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jay, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, terrell. a significant number of democrats and republicans voted against this bill, and have gone on record saying they are unhappy with the outcome. but party leaders were able to convince enough of their members that this bill simply had to be passed, because a default could not be an option. the senate is expected to approve a deal today to raise the debt limit, avoiding the first-ever u.s. default. >> the bill is passed -- >> reporter: house members pushed the legislation through last night, but not without a fight. >> i...

compromise just last night. the next step, votes in the house and the senate. lawmakers are checking the details of the package now. this deal comes just ahead of tomorrow's deadline for a government default. jay dow is in washington with a look agreement. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a deal that calls for $2.4 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. it does not include any tax increases. and it's a two stage debt increase, once now and again at the end of next year, after next year's elections pending the creation of a bipartisan committee that would lo...

>> i liked the heat. it's great. >> cool and cloudy this morning, temperatures running well below average, 5 to 10 degrees only 80 today in concord instead of mid-90s. cooler in san jose at oakland. oakland 69, san francisco 65. we'll have a full look at the forecast in a bit but gianna has traffic first. >> not a bad start to your monday morning drive. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge where traffic is okay. look out for construction as you work your way out of marin. details on that coming right up but right now back to you. >> thank you. it is almost a done deal. the ...

of gang activity. that's a huge problem here in richmond in the past couple of weeks. the police department says the recent spike in fatal shootings is problems between two rival gangs one from the north and one from the central parts of richmond leaving 11 people dead in the past five weeks. again no information on suspects or motive. we are waiting to hear from the police. they will speak to us shortly. >> thank you. anser hassan live this morning in richmond. a violent weekend in oakland. police are investigating three murders that happened within four hours of each other. a 16-...

they took it right down to the wire in the crisis over raising the federal debt ceiling is not over yet. there is a lot more hope this morning than there was 24 hours. president obama, congressional leaders from both parties finally hammered out a deal yesterday one they think can win votes from lawmakers in the house and senate. jay dow in washington, good morning to you. >> there's no getting around the fact these debt negotiations were messy. neither side got everything they wanted and you could argue that's the sign of an effective compromise. lawmakers from both sides are faced ...