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plunge. the dow slid 251 point, today. there's only one other day this year that it has been worse. people are afraid. they're afraid of the blood gushing out of europe's veins. they're afraid of the blood draining out of jobs here in the united states. ultimately, they're most afraid that congress is too cold-blooded to do anything about it. to make a deal that could instill confidence again in the greatest economy on earth. yes, that is, still, by leap, bounds, everything, everybody, the united states of america. instead, by the end of the day, the credit rating agency moody's down...

include an 8.7 percent cut to child care subsidies, it reduces the cal works program from for years to two years and eliminates the healthy families medical insurance program for low-income kids and fold them into the medi-cal system and gives fewer grants to college students by cutting cal grants >> families in poverty that represent more than 1 million children in the program will have less opportunity to get out of poverty >> they will formally vote come tuesday. they still have a lot of work left before the july 4th summer break. two of the issues they're facing our high-speed ra...

>> the house oversight committee voted yesterday to hold attorney-general eric holder in contempt over documents they have requested but not received from the justice department in the fast and furious investigation. nancy pelosi and john boehner all reacted. later, mitt romney speaks to a group of latino officials. what's it all of us decide at the same time that we will tighten our belts and spend less, guess what, we will all end up for. -- poor. this is the stuff we have known since the 1930's. it is self-defeating. >> who is going to tell them the truth? we have to tell them. if...

marijuana grow operation. it was found during a fire. ktvu tara moriarty live in oakland now with the details on how this fire started. tara. >> reporter: we want to show you what officers found inside of this home here in oakland. and that is a lot of marijuana. there are about 300 pot plants that they seized. we have seen officers poking around inside here with flashlights. it's pretty dark since the electricity had to be shut off because of an electrical hazard. authorities went in around 3:00 this morning. within a couple hours they should have all of this stuff loaded out here. ...

nbc's brian mooar has details. >> reporter: before the jury could finish its first day of deliberations in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial, two new accusers stepped forward to accuse the former penn state assistant football coach. one of them is sandusky's adopted son, matt sandusky, who said through an attorney he had been abused by the former coach and had been ready to testify if jerry sandusky took the stand. the second accuser, travis weaver, was not included in the current case but appeared on nbc's "rock center." >> i told him if he didn't get off me, i was going to call th...