President obama and the first family are back in washington tonight. After wrapping up their holiday vacation in hawaii. Air force one touched down at joint base andrews in maryland earlier this morning. The president interrupted his vacation by flying back to washington to settle the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now. Hes back to face new battles over spending cuts and raising the countrys debt ceiling. The president could also announce nominees for key positions in his cabinet as soon as tomorrow. With the fiscal cliff beginning to fade from the minds of Many Americans a new fight is heating up on capitol hill. A new deal over the debt ceiling is looming in the notsodistant future. We go now to elizabeth corridan to check up on both sides and how theyre preparing to get a new deal in place. I believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we dont raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. Reporter strong words for a new congress, the new years deadline for the socalled fiscal cliff has come and gone. Now lawmakers start a new session under pressure to avert another financial crisis this time over raising the debt ceiling. If an agreement isnt reached by late february or early march, the United States risks defaulting on its financial obligations. The argument this time around will be over how much congress will agree to cut spending. The bottom line is we cant continue down the path were on of borrowing money to pay our own debt with, and weve got to have serious spending cuts. Weve got to have dollar for dollar within the same year. Reporter but key democrats say the debt limit and spending cuts are not related, and a deal based on a dollarfordollar offset could further damage the countrys credit rating. Youre going to say im not going to pay my bills unless you stop buying stuff . Then stop buying stuff so you dont have future bills. But right now we have to pay the bills that have been incurred. If you want to say cut spending for what we do next, fine. But dont tie it to the debt ceiling. A big part of balancing this budget is in fact getting people back to work. That balances us twice, so thats another big piece of it. Reporter president obama has said he will not negotiate with congress on whether they should pay their bills. Some republicans are now criticizing his fiscal leadership. Whats really disappointing to me is that the president isnt generating the discussion on his own, that he has to sort of be dragged kicking and scream, to the table when we have these other big issues like the debt ceiling to get him to talk about it. I wish hed lead. Reporter im elizabeth corridan, reporting. We started with showers but now, clear. As we go for it the night tonight it transitions over to clear conditions. Transitioning again to cloudy conditions tonight. We have a weather system that is moving into the bay area. The rainfall will stay well to the north. Clouds in the morning and sunshine for the afternoon we have some pretty nice systems. Sunshine and warmer temperatures with low mid 60s. Here is the satellite. There is the storm from this morning. Southeast. Clear skies with this next system but the bulk of the rainfall is going to stay to the pacific northwest. Showers near eureka here we are at midnight tonight with clear skies and the system is the rain and the clouds as we go for tomorrow look for the clouds to increase with mostly cloudy skies. As this weather system departs we will see clearing for the afternoon with temperatures in the 60s in some spots. 30s in the north bay. Mid 30s for the east bay. Loma 40s. And high is looking for a nice with mostly sunny conditions for the afternoon. Mid upper 50s and nearly 60 degrees for the south bay. Highs in the 50s for the east bay. Concord. Nearly 60 degrees for hayward and union city. We are going to go off to the 50s for monday. 60s for the north bay. Here is a look at your your kron 4 7 day around the bay lots of sun. Temperatures and low 60s. Things will change quickly. Even some light rainfall wednesday. The showers will continue on thursday. The big story will be the colder temperatures and gusting wind. Take a look of those morning lows even in the 20s. Four people are dead. Including the suspect. After a gunman barricades himself inside an aurora colorado home early saturday morning. For more on the story we go now to todd walker. Ill be honest with you, ive never been so scared in my life. Reporter it may not look like it. It blows my mind. Reporter but this neighborhood is just like any other thats ever on the news. Its normally quiet. It was scary no doubt because we had no idea where it was, we thought it might be this house, or this house. Reporter and the person accused. Kept to himself. He didnt appear to want to say anything to anybody. So i leave people like that alone. Reporter thats the way it normally is. Today is not normal. At about 3 23 exactly, i heard two shots so i came out. And my dog started crying. Reporter it wasnt long before that archuleta jumped out of a second story window to safety. Her husband sonny may have believed to have killed 3 people inside this town home in aurora. After that he barricaded himself inside. Radio reference shes saying he has an assault rifle, hes going to open up on us. Refusing to come out for nearly 6 hours. Thats gunshots. Reporter after shooting at police officers, police shot him through a second story window. Our swat team goes out on numerous calls. Our patrol guys handle barricaded suspects all the time. And peacefully, somebody giving up and coming out and getting the help that they need without injuring anybody. This obviously worst case scenario. Its horrible. Reporter it is not the ending anyone wanted. In a neighborhood no one suspected. They were saying, we know youre scared. We wont hurt you. Reporter on a day that is far from them northhow do i put it in perspective . Youre absolutely right, i cant. This happened right next door to me. A hall of fame coach hangs it up. [ male announcer ] the career landscape of america is changing. New jobs are here, and by 2025, we could have millions more that demand qualified college graduates. Many in the bay area. At devry university, our marketresponsive bachelors and masters degree programs can give you what you need to succeed in todays careers and the ones on the horizon. Get the know how you need for a new tomorrow at our 4 bay area locations, online or both. Learn more at devry. Edu. And let nothing stand in your way. Progresso. Your new light creamy potato with bacon cheese soup says its 100 calories a serving. Thats right. In what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories . Your world. My world. [ whispers ] real bacon. Creamy cheese. [ whispers ] 100 calories. Say it again. [ whispers ] 100 calories. Maam, hello . Maam . [ female announcer ] find progresso light for a great price today at your local safeway store. Coming up, well see why this coach who made a miraculous comeback after a tragic accident is now leaving in shame. A couple was killed late last night after a fire engulfed their massachusetts condominium. Authorities say the victims are believed to be an elderly couple that lived in the woodcrest condominiums. The fire started in the couples fourth floor home and quickly moved through the building. Four relatives staying with the couple were injured in the blaze but were able to escape with their lives. Authorities are not releasing the names of the the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Two women are on the loose today after escaping from the York Correctional Institute in niantic connecticut last night. Authorities are searching for Melissa Riley and jessica rivera. It was on a walk back from the gym on saturday night that the guards first noticed the two were missing. They were being held in a minimum Security Section that is not completely fenced in. The two arent considered dangerous but a reverse 911 call went out to warn the nearby residents of niantic about the incident. Hall of fame track and field coach Beverly Kearney has retired from the university of texas. Her resignation comes while the University Investigates the allegations that kearney had a sexual relationship with a student athlete back in 2002. Kearney is well known for her amazing recovery story after an auto accident left her partially paralyzed more than ten years ago. That crash killed two other people. Kearney is also known for leading texas to Six National Championships over the years. She became the first African American coach to win an n caa championship in divisionone track and field. Coming up bonfires around this San Francisco. How you can keep this from happening in the next edition of people behaving badly. One system output and other coming and that this rain will not impact us but rainfall, later this week. Details officer male announcer now, heres Stanley Roberts who found people behaving badly. On the corner of kirkwood and dormitory in San Francisco sits this lonely tree or should i say whats i believe its whats left of a Christmas Tree because of these lights that were still attached and this tree stand a few blocks away, yet more burned up rements of what was once possiblly Christmas Tree it even scorched this hydrant in fact from the beach to the bay burned up Christmas Trees litter the San Francisco landscape over at ocean beach dispite this Christmas Tree burning is prohibited sign you will find burned trees on the beach people call it a tradition to burn old trees at the beach the National ParksService Calls it illegal e over at 19th and folsom sits San Francisco fire station 7. Well at 230 in the morning there was a knock on the door the reason, someone set about a dozen trees on fire this is all that left there are chirstmas trees all around the city waiting for the same fate of people setting them ablaze and its all fun and games until someones personal property gets destroyed because of fire bugs and a dry Christmas Tree more trees pile up some in places were just the day before only one tree was there you will hear stories my suggestion be part of the solution not the problem dispose of your trees properly. Because we all know some people just dont have common sense in San FranciscoStanley Roberts kron 4 news if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e mail us at peoplebehavingbadly kron4. Co m the man accused of shooting movie goers faces the judge tomorrow. Coming up next, a look at what may be the first time the public hears much of the evidence against james holmes. Plus members of Congress Starting to take aim at guns. Well see what new laws are being proposed to keep the public safe. And could victims of Superstorm Sandy finally [ female announcer ] no more paper coupons. No more paper lists. [ dog barking ] no more paper anything. Safeway presents just for u. Save more. Save easier. Saving more, starts now. Just for u on the safeway app. When parking around San Franciscoyou will now need to feed the meter seven days a week. Today marks the first day of sunday Parking Enforcement in the city. Kron 4s mike pelton shows us how much money the city drivers are reacting to the change. You are going to start to needed to pay on sunday. It is overwhelming. There seems to be nothing free. Sunday was a relaxing day another wanted to charge you for that it does not seem right. You can pay and park for the amount of four hours. Genuine britain tickets will begin a january 27th between now, and then, warning tickets will be issued. However, written tickets will be issued january 27th. This manager is at a cafe she will keep a close eye. I am just hoping. The driving force of according to city officials is they needed to ease traffic concerns on that sunday in the city. I fake it is just an excuse they just want to produce more revenue. I do not like the way that it is justified. These drivers are not buying it. In San Francisco, mike pelton, kron 4. Tickets for the annual burning man festival will soon go on sale. But some longtime participants complain the new prices are too steep. Tickets will be available for 380 dollars each. Tickets opened at 240 dollars last year, with prices steadily rising as the event approached. Organizers scrapped last years lottery system and a firstcome, firstserved basis. The festival is held the week leading up to labor day in the nevada desert. As Congress Returns from their winter vacation so does the push from many legislators to put into place stricter gun laws. On day one there were nearly a dozen new bills introduced related to gun violence. For more we go now to athena jones in washington. Reporter as students at sandy hook elementary returned to class. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords nearly killed in a mass shooting two years ago visited newtown, connecticut. And on capitol hill, lawmakers arrived to begin a new session on congress. With members in both chambers taking aim at guns. This is a fight that the American People are going to have to stand up and stiffen their spine. Reporter California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein plans to introduce a bill to ban more than a hundred assault weapons eight years after the old ban she championed expired. Another senate bill would ban highcapacity magazines. And among nearly a dozen gun bills introduced on day one in the house are efforts to ban online sales of ammunition and to require background checks for all firearm sales, including at gun shows. Two bills from freshmen republican congressmen would allow more guns around schools echoing the position of the National Rifle association. A bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Reporter progun control groups plan to keep pressing for action. But what are the prospects for their success . If youre talking about stuff around the edges, maybe banning high capacity ammunition magazines, that might be possible. The nra is the big issue, but i wouldnt say its necessarily on the republican side only, its on the democratic side also. You have fully half of your new senate has either an a , a or a rating from the nra. So if you want anything to happen on gun control, youre going to have at least half of the senate upsetting the nra and thats a very difficult proposition. There is no more uphill fight than this. The question is, do we fight or do we knuckle under . The man accused of shooting scores of movie goers at an aurora colorado Movie Theater last summer is expected to face a judge on monday. The court will decide then if there is enough evidence to require james holmes to stand trial. Casey wian has the details. Aurora, colorado, just after midnight, july 20, 2012. 911 cal. 315 and 314 first shooting at century theaters, 14 300 east alameda avenue, theyre saying somebodys shooting in the auditorium. He came down with his gun in my face. He was about three feet away in that incident, i honestly didnt know what to do. I was terrified. 911 call . We need rescue inside the auditorium, multiple victims. The guy was just standing by the exit firing away. Hes not aiming at a specific person. Hes aiming everywhere, trying to hit as many people as he can. 911 call ive got a child victim. I need rescue at the back door, theater nine, now. I was thinking i just got to get out of the door, even if i fall dead, just get my kids out of here. It was just so horrible. radio call . Suspect is going to be male, unknown race, black camo outside outfit believed to be wearing a vest, gas mask and multiple long guns. You have the right to remain silent. Reporter that suspect, 25yearold james holmes, is charged with killing 12 people and wounding dozens more. Prosecutors are expected to call scores of witnesses before Arapahoe County district judge william sylvester. Hell determine whether the evidence is sufficient for holmes to stand trial on more than 150 counts, including murder, attempted murder and weapons charges. The weapons included explosives allegedly used to boobytrap holmes apartment. His attorneys are expected to present a diminished mental capacity defense. The governments going to absolutely say that. The governments going to say this guy wasnt crazy. He was crazy like a fox. He was conniving. He was premeditated. He was methodical and that all may be true, but at the same time you can also have a mental disease or defect. Reporter he had been seeing a psychiatrist at the university of colorado, where he was a doctoral candidate in neuroscience until dropping out in june. His attorneys say he was hospitalized in november after repeatedly banging his head into a jail wall. The preliminary hearing is expected to last several days. The judge has issued a sweeping gag order, so this may be the first time the public hears much of the evidence against holmes. Casey wian, cnn, los angeles. President obama has signed a Financial Aid package for president barack obama is expected to nominate republican chuck hagel as the countries newest defense secretary tomorrow. Thats according to a Senior Administration official. The former senator and decorated vietnam war veteran is going to replace the retiring leon panetta. Obama and hagel built a strong relationship during their time together in the us senate. Over the next couple of weeks both obama and hagel will likely face a lot of questions on where hagel stands on many key issues as the country transitions into the future. President obama has signed a Financial Aid package. The congressional package for more funds will face tough scrutiny as it looks for more spending and debt. The bay area saw its own days of damage after some brutal storms. This is video from our kron archive fro