diana alvear. city workers take monday off. the first of three forced furlough days thanks to a budget in the red. sanitation trucks will be idle. even city hall will be closed. but mjs workers including police officers, firefighters and 911 operators will report to work as usual. mayor richard daly expects to save $8.3 million with the three planned days. recently he urged president obama to take unpaid days, as well in solidarity with his hometown. >> i believe that we have enormous impact upon america. in other words, you're telling the taxpayers that everybody is suffering, you're suffering. >> reporter: chicago is not the only american city that's forcing furlough days on its workers. in fact, some local and state governments are incorporating them on a regular basis, desperate to cut budgets anywhere they can. michigan wants to save nearly 22 million through six unpaid days. in colorado, furlough days may be accompanied by pay cut, as well, but nothing compares to california where more than 9

abc's diana alvear reports. >> reporter: while people line lakeshore drive for the annual air and water show, their garbage is lining the streets. piling up and left there to sit while city workers take monday off. the first of three forced furlough days, thanks to a budget in the red. sanitation trucks will be idled. libraries, health clinics, even city hall will be closed. but emergency workers, including police officers, firefighters and 911 operators will report to work as usual. mayor richard daley expects to save $8.3 million with the three planned furlough days. recently, he urged president obama to take unpaid days as well, in solidarity with his hometown. >> i believe it would have an enormous impact upon america. in other words, you are telling the taxpayer that everybody is suffering and you're suffering. >> reporter: chicago's not the only american city that's forcing furlough days upon its workers. in fact, some local and state governments are incorporating them on a regular basis, desperate to cut budgets anywhere they can. michigan wants to save nearly $22 million through

diana alvear, abc news, chicago. >>> the national enquirer is reporting the dna test prove john edwardsnd. the tabloid says rielle hunter demand the test so she could ensure a sound financial future for her daughter. edwards ad midded the affair but denied having a child. the enquirer was first to break the story of this their affair. >> if former vice president dick chin an's memoir apirnly shaping up to be atell-all. "the washington post" says cheney believes president bush gradually turned away from his advice during his second term in osts and report ld bush turned out to be more like an ordinary politician. the book is due in 2011 and cover cheney's kreer starting with his chief of staff job under president ford. >>> the problems of city of detroit are well documented, demise of the car industry and raging unemployment. on a recent trip there i met a photographer who's capturing the city's downfall one frame and one house at the time. kevin bowman is a professional photographer, his subject, old houses, his studio? the forgotten streets of detroit. where home after lifeless, collap

here's diana alvear. >> reporter: while people lined lake shore drive for the annual air and water show, their garbage is lining the streets, piling up and left there to sit while city workers take monday furlough days thanks to a budget in the red. sanitation trucks will be idled, libraries, health clinics and city hall will be closed. but emergency workers, including police officers, firefighters and 91 operators will report to work as usual. mayor richard daly expects to save $8.3 million with the three planned furlough days. recently he erjed president obama to take unpaid days as well in solidarity with his hometown. >> i believe we have enormous impact upon america. in other words, you're telling the taxpayers that everybody's suffering, you're suffering. >> reporter: chicago is not the only american city that's forcing furlough days on its workers. in fact, some local and state governments are incorporating them on a regular basis, desperate to cut budgets anywhere they can. michigan wants to save nearly $22 million through six unpaid days. in colorado furlough days may be accomp

diana alvear reports. >> i didn't want to say what if. >> reporter: 3-year-old brett favre is poisedto attempt yet again to prove he's still got it. it's hard to believe this was favre last year when he tearfully retired from the green bay packers. >> it's over. as hard as that is for me to say, it's over. >> reporter: not exactly. last fall he police department for the new york jets. he retired from that team earlier this year. >> brett favre is becoming the nfl version of cher ? >> that passion to play is always there. >> this is what he knows. he's a football player, a professional quarterback. and he knows he's one of the best. >> reporter: and he's not the only super sta are to rethink retirement. >> i am here to announce my retirement. >> reporter: michael jordan retired twice from the bulls and once from the washington wizards before hanging up his air jordans for good. after winning the tour de france seven times, lance armstrong retired in 2005. >> the body doesn't just keep going and going and going. >> reporter: apparently it does. armstrong placed third in this year's tou

diana alvear has more. >> a tow truck in a pool.hospital, all because of an accident police say was caused by texting. >> i watched it ram into the car in full speed. >> reporter: accidents like these are the driving force behind a september summit announced tuesday by the transportation secretary. >> the public is sick and tired of people being distracted and causing accidents. >> i think they should stop. that's why i pulled over. i have a phone conversation going on right now. >> i almost hit a couple of people. so i know what they mean. >> reporter: when >> when we are done, i expect to have a list of concrete steps to announce. >> reporter: one of those steps may be to recommend a federal ban on cell phone use and texting while driving. >> what gets drivers to change their behavior is a strong law, strongly enforced. >> reporter: the statistics are shocking enough. one study found texting while behind the wheel is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do, making it 23 more likely they will crash. >> anyone who says they