he's with the head of the faa. we'll continue to follow the story of course for anybody who flies, it impacts all of us. thank you very much, sir. >>> let's have some good news now travelers depending on how you look at that time it. delta says that it will give out tax refunds to customers who are traveling during the suspension of nonessential faa services. they are a it wag guidelinwaiti from the irs. >>> meanwhile a lot of folks are saying the tea party won the battle in the big debate, but did they get what they want some had we'll talk about it in the cnn political ticker. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to figh

so now 4,000 faa workers are not being paid. tens of thousands of others involved in airport construction and maintenance are also off t job. and some $25 million are being lost every day in taxes because there is no one there to collect. that is more revenue lost in one hour than you will probably pay in your lifetime because congress members cannot reach an agreement agreement. weill tear into this developing dispute in just a moment, but here are some other stories we're watching tonight. the last pharaoh. for 30 years hosni mubarak was the lord of the nile. today he was wheeled into a cairo courtroom in a hospital bed and kept in a cage. egypt gets its show trial, but is the middle east a safer place? >>> and the book of mormon. it's not just a broadway musical. for millions it's a road map to salvation. mitt romney follows it religiously. one ex-latter day saint says that should disqualify him from being president. >>> then, we finally got a debt ceiling deal, but fareed zakaria says the price was too high. >> we highlighte

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the faa shutdown is man made. now, it was thought this could bode well for passengers because ticket taxes, which average about 10% of a round trip fare are suspended during this shutdown. you know, what the airlines they found a way around it. most have raised fares by amounts equivalent to those taxes. they report airlines all together collected $21 billion in those extra fees in all of last year. laura, the faa shutdown could last through september, through labor day. that's when congress reconvenes, but we're just getting word that key members of congress, including senate majority leader harry reid is going to be there for an 8:30 press conference to see if they can work this out to restore the funding to the faa. >> lot of things to work out these days. thank you very much, marla. >>> it's 6:07 now. a brend woot man recovering from second and third degree burns after an accident at national night out. it happened at belfour road. a local eatery that sponsored the event brought in a mobile diner to cater food

crush the unions or the faa gets it.he faa has been reauthorized 27 separate times in the last four years. even when they can't agree on the big thing, at least they can agree to keep it going, but this year since democrats have not given in to the republicans, this year at the republican's hands, the faa got it. the faa shutdown is having real live consequences in an economy already reeling from horrible unemployment, this shutdown means that 4,000 faa employees have been put out of work immediately, another 70,000 construction workers are out of work as well. every week the shut down continues, the government loses $200 million in lost revenue in airline ticket fees, a total that will reach $1 billion if congress does not come back before the end of their recess to try to fix this thing. today president obama implored the republicans to stop playing games as did transportation secretary ray lahood. >> i'm focusing my laser beams on congress, end your vacation for a couple of days, get off the beach, get out of your mob

>> reporter: well, the faa says absolutely not because the furloughed faa employees, some 4,000 of them are nonessential, so your air traffic controllers, tsa folks at the airports, they're paid out of a different pot of money. so the faa maintains traveler safety is not at risk at all. however, we're talking about lots of jobs, thousands. not only the faa jobs but tens of thousands of construction jobs because airport projects around the country have been halted. basically faa has been stripped of all its authority so they've had to put a stop work order on all of its project os. you're talking about 70,000 construction workers not getting a paycheck while this impasse continues. people think it's inexcusable that lawmakers left town without dealing with this issue. take a listen to randy babbitt of faa. >> we're going to suffer a lot of long-term damage. we have billions of dollars in construction money that should be going out the door that's not. this is money that's available. it's simply we can't spend it. >> reporter: and the other tens of millions of dollars that tax pairs are l

why is funding the faa suddenly a partisan issue here? >> well, it has been for the last 20 attempts to get a bill. i mean, they've had 20 short-term resolutions to keep the government going for six weeks or two months or three months. this is really watching the last few days and talking about trillions of dollars, this brings it home to the traveling public when real lives are affected. we're not only talking about the 4,000 faa employees, 70,000 construction workers, but more importantly aviation/airport safety inspectors and the technicians that maintain all of our radars and aids, many of them have been furloughed. it it's pretty displace graceful to be in this situation. >> house republicans insist it's a question of government subsidies. specifically they want to cut off money to three rural airports with zaits with democratic senators, including nevada, the home of harry reid, of course, the others are in montana and west virginia. so how much money are we talking about here? >> to put it in perspective, you mentioned 25. i though

but you have to associatize with the faa. -- socialize with the faa to get their perspective. you have to talk to mike o'shea. they butt heads with the faa to challenge why are you doing this and what is new. and as long as you stay in that loop, then it'll help you to be successful. but that was one of the things that had to come online at that particular time in order to make sure that you become operational. because if you buy the equipment, you do the training but you don't meet the regulatory standards, you're dead in the water. and you're not going to make a dollar out of that. >> and my next question was for you. so, basically, like, when you had the chase, does the suspect -- you mutually had to inform the faa to clear the region to base your temporary flight restriction, or how did that work for your flight? >> um, our -- [inaudible] we are allowed now at this point, what we've done, the process, the coa process -- and you'll hear coas for test and evaluation -- the faa will grant you a coa for a small area. when we began a few years ago, that was a mile radius at our

they are faa employees.construction workers and other people that are involved in construction, this money comes from a pot of money that was also suspended because congress didn't extend the faa bill. >> oh, okay. >> this is the money that actually pays the contractor to do the work so he can pay the workers. >> got it. >> look. there's a lot of talk about washington over the last several months about jobs and politicians talking about jobs and putting people to work. laying off 70 plus thousand people is not my idea of putting people to work. congress ought to come back and do their work, come back from their vacations, do their work and put hard-working americans to work so they can get a paycheck just like congress is receiving on their vacations! >> let me ask you this, secretary. you have said repeatedly that, at the moment, no safety concern. yesterday, we spoke to a former chief of staff at the faa. he agrees that at the moment, is there no safety concern, but says on the margins if this goes on for

the faa and the tens of thousands of parts that make up the faa is extremely complicated.gotiating. we have gone from 210 points of disagreement and staff negotiations down to toile. they all can be settled. -- staff negotiations down to 12. it has nothing to do with morgantown. it is not about central air service. if i agree to that, then they will say, ok. we have that one. then they would come back and refused to have an extension. you have to understand that. speaker john boehner sent a direct message to me that he was only considered discussing or doing the clean bill -- the clean extension if i would agree previous to the discussion on the certification, and judicial review which is all about mnb. what i am saying gently and timely and loving to you, this is a complicated issue. we are more to come out of a huge casket of complicated issues. there is context and history to what i am saying. there is clarity and what i am trying to say. it is so easy to do it. the question is, why will they not? >> it has been almost four years since democrats controlled both the hous

send the faa employees back to work and let's get the faa back in the kind of operation that it should be. >> okay. so the house has already passed a short-term extension that eliminates subsidies for rural air service. it's sort of been a sticking point on the short-term resolution for the senate. do you think there's any way that the senate just says, okay, we'll match those cuts, which is a little bit more than $16 million just so we can pass the house, the version that the house is on. >> we're urging congress to pass the bill that extends the faa so that our employees can receive paycheck checks. but as important, 70,000 construction workers are out of work. and there could be up to a billion in taxes that will not be collected. so, again, for mechanics of the house and senate who decry the debt and deficit, they're not allowing this money to go in the coffers and not allowing construction workers to go to work. congress should pass a bill today to send 70,000 construction workers back to work. 4,000 faa workers back to work. let's get the faa running again. >> secretary lahood, s

all that plus the faa funding fight.ngers as 70,000 workers wonder how are they going to get paid. see you in 15 minutes right here on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> tropical storm emily is battering the island of hispaniola right now, unleashing fierce rain on haiti and the dominican republic as it heads closer to the united states. let's get a check on the storm's path from the weather channel's nick walker. nick, first of all, how's it looking there over the island? >> reporter: it could be devastating. we're looking at heavy rainfall, perhaps six to 12 inches could fall over the dominican republic and haiti and maybe in the mountains of the dominican republic. we're talking as much as 20 inches of rain. that's bad news because this is really barely moving and that is going to mean heavier rain over the island of hispaniola. so no doubt we are going to see flooding and mudslides. the impact to the eastern coast of the united states harder to determine. since it has been so weak, it's sort of drifting off toward the we

can airports still operate safely with the faa in such budgetary disarray?ty, the function of flight safety has not been affected. they have been budgeted. the inspectors are still on the job doing their oversight roles for the airline and charter and commercial aviation industry. that has not been affected. it's these ground programs. it is these airport improvements and of course the new generation air traffic control system that congress really wanted the faa to start pushing forward to improve safety in the skies. >> in your estimation do you think if these 4,000 furloughed workers and more than 70,000 within the construction arm are really just caught in a political tangle right now? they're collateral damage in the fact that bewnt get things done in washington, d.c.? >> i think that's a very good way to put it. they are collateral damage. they have an essential function. unfortunately they've been declared nonessential. and so without the funding to continue these projects, it's essential for them to get back to work because the more time they spend do

the faa is collecting it. it is true, when you buy an airline ticket right now, it does not include a federal tax. it is 7.5% as the base and there is an additional 3% for every take off. that is not being added to the tickets right now. according to the irs, passengers who purchase tickets prior to july 23 before the shutdown began are entitled to a refund of that money, if there are flying during this particular shot down. the only problem is is not clear how they are going to get that refund. there are some airlines that are doing that. i believe delta is one of them. making refunds for their passengers. other airlines saying the irs is responsible for the refund. it is more complicated than i would have imagined when i first started looking into it. that is how -- there are a lot of people try to figure this out. you can find out whether you are entitled to a refund of that money by going to the website of the airline. if they are not willing to do it, the irs also has a form for you to fill out. host: her

randy babbitt the head of the faa, he is very upset by it.e did with cnn yesterday. >> this can't go on a day longer. much less six weeks longer. we're going to suffer a lot of long-term damage. we have billions of dollars in construction money that should be going out the door, that's not. this is money that's available. it's simply we can't spend it. >> of course, the big question is, well, how do you solve a problem like this? well, we just happen to run into a passenger this morning at o'hare who has a wonderful idea. take a listen. >> cut your vacation short, get your butt back to washington and figure something out quick. >> there you have it. i don't know that congress is going to cut their vacation short or not. that seems to be one thing they do agree on is they deserve an august recess. at this point, though, ali, a lot of people very frustrated with the fact that they left town without dealing with this issue, which really has been simmering since 2007. >> okay. in fairness to some of these members of congress, a lot of them don't

they put a provision in the big five-year faa bill. the obama administration immediately put a veto threat on that. when you are talking about the broadness of negotiations, you have basically two immovable positions. john mica and other republicans in the house saying that i will not approve anything that makes it more difficult for these workers to unionize. then you have the administration on the other side reddening veto. it is hard to know where they will come to agreement on that. members of congress said that bute hawould be an agreement, somebody will have to give. it is true, that is the elephant in the room, and it has got members angry. what i find interesting is, there is no reason for them not to be extending the funding temporarily, as is happening, because that was not part of the negotiations to begin with. it has just gotten difficult to talk to one another. host: part of a peace in the "the new york times" op ed -- tx. ardel. go ahead. caller: the lady that just called sort of took my thunder away. i do not know why y

congress has passed 20 faa funding bills since 2007. even transportation secretary ray lahood, former seven-term republican congressman, says just get it done. >> when it comes to creeicreati members of congress give a lost great speeches. we've heard a lost great speeches from members of congress about creating jobs. they talk the talk. but they have not walked the walk. >> before speaker boehner left town on tuesday, he talked a big game about jobs. >> fixing our fiscal problems will in fact provide more confidence for employers in america, the people we expect to reinvest in our economy and create jobs. >> but the truth is, actions speak louter than worse r words. is 74,000 people out of work boehner's idea of job creation? let me tell you, it's time for us to really look not at the theatrics, but at what is really done. here we go with all of these weeks of arguing and posturing and walking out. and when it comes down to it, the republicans go on vacation before they can vote with they've done routinely, 20 times, since 2007. that i

. >>> faa employees and those on contract projects remain out of work. democrats say republicans are holding back on legislation to fix that all for a $16 million cut to airport funding. the president said this is a dangerous game being played. >> congress decided to play politics. thousands of faa workers being furloughed, including safety inspectors. projects across the country involved construction workers being suspended. >> the someof the products are in the bay area. kron 4's dan kerman shows us where. >> reporter: this will be oakland airport's new control tower. 236 feet tall and will replace the two existing towers. one 50 years old, the other 40 years old. but this construction site now looks like a ghost on it. >> after 10 years of getting this underway and being there and with no activity is disappointing. >> it is just one casualty of congress' lack of funding for the faa. some of the airport projects stopped due to a lack of funding, that's not exactly why this has come to a stop. the reason here is, for construction to continue an engineer

. >>> today the senate is expected to pass a bipartisan deal to end the partial shutdown of the faa.olve a political dispute in congress, but thousands of workers could be back on the job as early as monday. joel brown reports. >> reporter: the senate has ñr agreed to a house approved bill that would end a partial shutdown of the faa. the stalemate furloughed 4,000 faa employees and put more than 70,000 contract workers out of a job. >> you know it's ridiculous. people work hard for a living. >> reporter: the deal expected to pass friday would allow the faa to operate through mid-september. the bill includes cuts to ruralr airports but democrats say they expect the transportation Ñi secretary to waive or negate those cuts.Ñi during the shutdown, safety was never compromised and flights were not affected but the government lost about $30 million a day in uncollected ticket taxes. the impasse also made for another bitter battle in washington with each side pointing fingers at the other and the white house applying pressure. >> why in the midst of a situation where we're not growing eno

thousands of faa employees, they're not getting paid.getting put on hold and lawmakers, they're on vacation. wonder if they're flying. >>> also this -- >> i've got kids and grandkids coming up and we're going to need this water. >> a desperate situation in this small town. down to its final drops of water. next, why their dire situation could get worse. >>> the faa fails to get funding and that leaves thousands of people without jobs and a former leader goes on trial behind bars and sweltering heat bears down on much of the country. ted rowlands let's begin with you at chicago at o'hare airport. congress is on vacation now for a couple weeks without passing this faa funding bill. were these workers here expecting to be out of a job for as long as a month? >> oh, absolutely not. we talked to one faa employee who said, you know, he figured maybe it would take them an extra day or two and they might be out of work for a day, maybe two days. he was shocked that they actually went on vacation and left for a month, possibly for a month, hopefu

the white house is urging lawmakers to end the stalemate over faa funding. now in its 12th day. as nancy courtis reports, more than $1 billion is at stake. >> come back, congress! >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood resorted to begging as the partial shutdown of the faa moved into its 12 day. >> i'm calling them back. come back to washington. leave your vacations for a couple of hours! >> reporter: the stalemate over funding the faa has idled more than 200 construction projects for airports, putting many out of jobs. >> this is a lose, lose, lose situation which can be easily solved if congress gets back on the job and does its job. >> reporter: and 4,000 faa employees are out of a job. >> there's mortgage payment due, student loans due, car payment that is due, groceries to be bought. >> reporter: the main sticking point is workers rights. house republicans want to make it harder for airline employees to unionize. democrats, don't. republicans are trying to trim subsidies. >> reporter: democrats held an irate press conference before leaving town. >> i hope the amer

a short-term extension in funding and a long-term funding package for the faa. ideological fight. democrats support union efforts. republicans very generally oppose union efforts. listen here to senate majority leader, the top democrat in the senate, harry reid, earlier today when i asked him about the short-term extension that's on the table. why not just accept this short-term and live to fight another day -- >> live to fight another day in september 15th and -- what will the hostages be then? this is a subterfuge for the number one issue. they refuse to go to conference unless there's a prearrangement that they've issued legally within the confines of the law, we're not willing to do that. this issue has nothing to do with essential air service. it has everything to do with a labor dispute between airlines and the american worker. >> reporter: digging into this just a little bit more, randi, this is what's going on here. house republicans are pushing a provision in this funding fight that would reverse a recent change to federal regulation that would make it

house republicans did pass a bill to fund the faa.ut, prompting an objection from senator jay rockefeller, the morgantown airport in his home state of west virginia would be cut. when we asked him about it, watch how the democratic leader jumps to his defense. >> you have blocked it. are you really willing to partially shut down the faa? to protect the subsidy -- >> we're not answering that question. >> reporter: their bottom line, it's all the republicans' fault. >> you know, jonathan, here's the issue. you -- and i say this respectfully -- the way that we have america going today, there's no penalty for outrageous conduct. >> reporter: the cuts republicans want would save $16 million a year. but this impasse is costing much more. $30 million every day. democrats say they just want the house to work out a compromise. good luck with that. they're already gone for the rest of the summer. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and investigators looking into the death of 11-year-old celina cass may be w wking with some new clues. the

in addition to faa employment, babbitt and ray lahood say it will affect them.nspectors are being asked to stay on the job without pay. >>> president obama has just signed legislation raising the debt ceiling, but the big issues of jobs and taxes are still on everyone's minds. what does this debt ceiling deal mean for both? the parties are clearly divided how to create jobs and how taxes factor into growing the economy. moments ago the president called on congress for more action. >> we need to begin by extending tax cuts for middle-class families. so you have more money in your paychecks next year. if you've got more money in your paycheck, you're more likely to spend it. that means more small businesses and medium-sized businesses and large customers will have more customers and that means they'll be in a better position to hire. >> i want to bring in terry savidge. hi, terry. first i want to ask you do you agree with what the president said. and then it becomes what's the offset of the revenue. >> it's nice that the president says you don't raise taxes in the

. >>> the partial faa shutdown is about to end. that means airport construction workers will be back on the job including hundreds right here in the bay area. elizabeth wenger is at oakland international airport where work will likely resume next week on that new control tower we have been hearing so much about. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. construction likely to resume as early as next week on that new air traffic control tower they have been working on here at oakland international airport. yeah, politicians after a lot of wrangling reached an agreement late yesterday afternoon to temporarily restore funding to the faa. projects like the oakland tower had been on hold now for a couple of weeks and workers haven't been getting paid because of bipartisan finger- pointing over funding to the faa. late yesterday senate majority leader harry reid announced a temporary deal. the compromise will also save construction jobs at sfo and san jose international airport on a new tower ramp and taxiway as well as 70,0

not only the faa workers, but the construction workers. this is not the way to treat the american worker, particularly when we have such high unemployment. if we want to bring the unemployment workers down, let's put 70 thus thousand people back to work. that's the way to put the talk with the walk -- the walk with the talk about putting people to work. and congress gives great speeches about jobs and putting people to work. well, the way to do it is to pass the bill, come back to washington, come back from your vacations for a couple hours. you're being paid, let's help pay american workers. >> mr. secretary, you were a republican congress member from illinois. i mean you know this place better than anyone. how do you explain the fact that this is not just about the airports. i mean there is a partisan fight, house versus senate. this involves everything. house versus senate, democrat versus republican. there's a union issue there that the republicans say was stuck in by the democrats. i mean it is so convoluted it is a classic mess and t

. >>> ,000 faa workers could be out of work for several more weeks, including the back-to-school weeks. the bonus bad news is the federal government is losing about $30 million per day in aviation taxes. the good news is members of congress get to sleep in, chill all day and still get paid until september. we told you how washington left furloughed faa workers in a lurch, thanks to some complicated partisan bickering. the senate went o recess without giving the agency a short-term funding extension. president obama believes the issue will be resolved by the end of the week. the transportation secretary says you have nothing to worry about when you fly. i'll be speaking to him later on "american morning." >>> president obama turns 50 today. he qualifies for a free scoop at baskin-robbins. and he got a surprise in chicago ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday -- >> jennifer hudson much better singer than rahm emanuel. >>> 26 seconds of the president's comedic stylings. >> it's true, that i turn 50 tomorrow. which means by the time i wake up i'll have an e-mail

a lot to tell you about, including 4,000 faa employees out of a job after the senate failed to come up with emergency pay for them. >>> and back to the breaking news of the pre-debt fight world, there was an escaped peacock on the loose on the upper east side of manhattan yesterday. complete team coverage later in the show. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. >>> after months of negotiation and political rhetoric, and just hours before the midnight deadline, congress passed legislation to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. the senate voted to approve the deal 74-26 guaranteeing the u.s. will not default on its obligations allowing it to begin borrowing more money to pay the bills. president obama signed the bill into law in the early afternoon, seen here without observers or fanfare. speaking in the rose garden just after the vote, the president praised congress for finally passing the compromised deal. but he immediately shifted his focus to fixing the economy and creating jobs. >> it shouldn't take the risk of default, the risk of economic catas

>> a five-week recess -- >> and leave the faa in a lurch.description. >> yeah. it's pretty shocking when you think of it. they better do something. 24 to 48 hours they got to resolve this. this country can't afford another $1 billion of taxpayer money going to go down the drain for nothing. >> doesn't anybody look at, like, a calendar and figure out this isn't a good time to go on vacation, and take care of the faa? >> very busy. >>> for our north american viewers, "john king, usa" coming up at the top of the hour, his interview with the transportation secretary ray lahood, he'll be among the guests. the big story from the faa today. >>> and a very different final resting place, guess where? inside a shotgun shell. jeanne moos has that story next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expens

already, 4000 faa employees have been formallfurloughed.e tho construction projects have been halted and an estimated 70,000 private sector workers are affected. the air traffic controllers and safety inspectors are still on the job as they are considered essential personnel. the government is losing $30 million a day in and uncollected airline ticket tax because the faa cannot officially collected because congress has not authorize them to operate. if the issues not resolved until september when congress comes back from recess, the lost revenue will be about $1.2 billion. >> in another developing story, health officials are still trying to identify the source of the salmonella contamination that has killed one person in california and made at least 76 people across the nation's sick. cargill is recalling its me. they are afraid it is contaminated. they're recalling 36 million lbs. is sold under different brand names. look at the screen and see if you have any of this turkey. if you do, you should throw it away. to the person who died was f

about 4,000 faa employees and some 80,000 construction workers are now out of work. almost 250 airport construction projects are on hold nationwide worth almost $11 billion. psych milk work at the airport in livermore is also on hold. construction of the $30 millionaire traffic control tower at oakland international also stopped. this, of course, not sitting well with local politicians. >> with this shutdown, there is no business, there are no jobs, and our economy is not being stimulated. >> now, here is where it really matters to you and me. it was thought this could bode well for passengers, because ticket taxes, which average about 10% of a round trip fare are suspended during this shutdown. you know, what the airlines they found a way around it. they found a loophole. most have raised their fares by amounts equivalent to those taxes so really just a big effort to keep their checkbooks balanced. no break for the passenger after all. now, "the wall street journal" is reporting key members of congress have called a press conference scheduled for 11:30 this morning

for ten days, 4,000 faa employees have been furloughed. and more than 200 airport construction projects stopped, putting in additional tens of thousands of out of work. meanwhile, the faa has been unable 20 collect taxes on airline ticket sales. losing $25 million each and every day. >> i've been around this business a long time. i have never seen anything like this. and i find it appalling candidly. >> the faa has not had a new budget authorized since 2007. but 20 extensions have kept the agency operating. the 21st, however, contained something new. language inserted by house republicans, cut off money subsidizing air travel to three rural airports in states with democratic senators. including nevada, home of senate majority leader harry reid. >> someone has to say no. no to wasteful spending, no to subsidies of $3,700 per ticket. . >> for days, the chambers have failed to compromise on the issue, much to the dismay of some members. >> i cannot think of anything more fiscally irresponsible. >> the underlying issue causing rancor, a labor

thousands of faa workers being furloughed, including safety inspectors. means projects all across the country involving tens of thousands of construction workers being suspended because congress didn't get its work done, and that means folks who are on construction sites, doing work, bringing home a paycheck, now potentially find themselves going home without one, and important projects all across the country are left undone. here's what also happens. it turns out that this extension gives the authority to collect fees from airlines. the airlines are still collecting these fees because it's priced in a their ticket but they are not turning them over to the federal government, and the federal government stands to lose $200 million a week. that would be $1 billion at a time when we're worrying about how we pay for everything from education to head start and we don't anticipate it's going to be easy to get that money back, even though the airlines are collecting it. they are keeping it. so this is a lose, lose, lose situation that can be easily solved if con

neill bolin's job with the faa. he's now on furlough. >> i have a hard time understanding their partisan bicker and rhetoric. we're reaching into our investments, savings, signed up for unemployment. and that's barely going to make the electric bill. much less the water and mortgage. so yeah, we're incredibly disappointed. >> he says congress could have prevented his ordeal with just a day's work. now, here's why they fail. to it's a little complex but it's knowing. since 2007, the faa has been running on short-term funding bills that routinely passed rough congress. almost like the debt limit until now. this time, politics have intruded with republicans inserting language about rural airports and faa unionization into the process. neither of which democrats support. now, you can decide for yourself if you're for subsidizing rural airports or whether or not the faa should unionize. i'm not taking a position on that. that's not my job. that's for you to decide. but keeping them honest, we could not find any other ins

. >>> well, the partial shutdown of the faa is almost over. that means airport construction workers will be back on the job including hundreds here in the bay area. elizabeth wenger is at oakland international airport where they are feeling the effects. >> reporter: good morning. construction workers will likely breathe a big sigh of relief this morning. construction could begin as early as next week, next monday on the new air traffic control tower they have been building here. a lot of political wrangling on this. late afternoon yesterday, politicians reached an agreement to restore funding temporarily to the faa. projects like the oakland tower have been on hold now for a couple of weeks and workers have not been getting paid because of bipartisan finger- pointing over funding to the faa. but late yesterday senate majority leader harry reid announced a temporary deal. the compromise will also save construction jobs at sfo and san jose international on a any tower, ramp and taxiway as well as 70,000 jobs across the country. we are still wait

quebec can >> congress' failure to fund the faa has led to the furlough of a dozen faa workers in theay area and has put a stop to a number of airports related construction projects including the new control tower at oakland airports that story is coming up tonight on kron4 news at 8. for >> now to a long time south bay fight over land. we are talking about a relatively small piece of land and foreign-owned as north work right here on the big board i will fly you in for a closer look. the land is largely residential is is east of highway 17 and rob fladeboe reports, this much discussed neighborhood and will soon be a part of the city of campbell. >> and home this is actually on county owned land, and years after years of the break--years of debate, they're clearing the way for campbell to acquire the property. >> we are not really san jose we were not really campbell, we are unincorporated san mateo counties with the campbell address. residents say they have always identified more with small tom campbell- small-town candling rather than san jose. >> campbell is a small town have the p

. >>> faa has not passed an -- congress has not passed an faa extension bill. we got an idea of how this is impacting so many employees across the country, including in oakland. new at noon, jade hernandez is live at the airport to explain the local project that's now on hold. jade? >> reporter: well, more than 60 local construction jobs were lost when work stopped at oakland international. today, it was oakland mayor jean quan against congress. >> these are not controversial projects. these are projects that are approved. these -- you know, part of getting out of the recession is the economy. >> reporter: the alameda labor council brought together several workers left without a job when congress refused to authorized faa a week ago. without the funding, airports like oakland had to stop their project, including the $31 million tower at oakland's airport. this project was originally funded by the stimulus act. >> this control tower was not shut down by natural disasters. there wasn't an earthquake. there wasn't a major flood. the faa shut down, it's manmade. >>

congress has not reauthorize the faa. the shutdown is less than two weeks old and the government has lost more than two of the 50 million in revenue. they're fighting over subsidies for commercial flights to about 150 royal airports. those subsidies cost 200 million the >> local officials are holding a conference to discuss the essays shutdown in the bay area. organizers want to urge congress to take action in reestablished the faa. who >> double will now give a tax refund for customers to overpay for their tickets so if you purchase tickets on or before july 22nd for trouble prior to the reinstatement you can get the tax money back but you have to go on line to apply for the refund. and we talked about how almost all of the carriers are still collecting tax we are back with more in a couple of men experience here is a live look at our mt. tam cam. op her hair home o >> let stand, forecasts. >> , mt. tam. marshall v 8 release bin laden date. willis double we are expecting an we are expecting in the know whether to leave.

they could be fixed the faa issue a couple of weeks ago.ing it to go to a point where workers were furloughed where those tax repeats were going to the% pockets of the airline. they were able to collect the taxes and collect them as profit. all of this mess could have been avoided. we can be pencilled in on september 16th to talk about this issue. it only goes to that point and then they have to solve it again. one of the issues has been to be fund the faa for all its operations and at the same time try to deal with some of the cost cutting that especially republicans in the house want to see done with some subsidies that go to rural airports. that's been a sticking point and that issue will come right back up in just a few weeks. >> kelly, i don't know object you, i think we should just go on vacation. >> reporter: take me with you. >> that's my point. thank you. have a great weekend. >>> and solving the faa standoff will help put 74,000 people back to work thankfully that's only temporary as kelly was just pointing out. today's job report

some lawmakers are refusing to sign off on faa funding unless subsidies are taken out of the bill. >> i'm pretty disgusted and appalled that they would do that. >> reporter: in the meantime, some faa inspectors are being asked to work without pay, and to charge their travel expenses to their personal credit cards, to keep the nation's airports operating safely. >> the airports, i think, are for the people to have the best experience and travel to be efficient, and if that's not happening, it's a shame that the congress can't get together and get this done. >> reporter: today, some democrats, including nancy pelosi of san francisco, fired off furious statements about the impasse. pelosi said, quote, speaker boehner should call them the committee leadership to produce legislation that can be approved by unanimous consent by the end of the week. tens of thousands of americans jobs are on the line. now, projects at airports in palo alto and livermore are also on hold. and the faa says the impasse does not affect air traffic controllers or airplane inspects because they're paid out of a se

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he cared a lot about these unemployed construction workers and faa workers. he instructed me, and he instructed his staff -- stay on this every day until you get it solved, until these people get back to work. so the president and senator reid, senator rockefeller, senator kay bailey hutchison, senator max bachus stepped up. there is an agreement so these people can go back to work on monday or as soon as the president signs the bill. they can have their -- workers will go back to work. it really was more about some member of congress letting their own agendas and their own egos get in the way of hard-working people right smack dab in the middle of the construction season. this is not the time to be laying people off. chris, you've heard the speeches. so have i. jobs, jobs, jobs. people give a lot of good speeches. the way to create jobs is not to have legislation that lays off 70,000 workers. >> lean forward with chris matthews as he plays hardball with some of the most prominent leaders. watch "hardball with chris matthews" at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern weeknigh

first we start with the faa fabrication. we have exaggerated numbers used by the government to make the situation seem worse than it was. plus, arnold schwarzenegger's former $40 million lawsuit against media outlets. what sean penn said that caused this reaction from major league baseball manager. >> he's a loser. >> dana: "the five" starts right now. >> so are you. ♪ ♪ >> dana: so, as with the first friday of every month we have new job numbers to talk about. today, 117,000 jobs created in july. that was the report today. that's a decent number. certainly better than previous months for sure. but the underlying number spells trouble for the economy such as the number of people to gave up looking for work altogether. andrea, no dancing in the end zone at the white house. they have 9.1% unemployment rate. what were the bright spot in the economic report if there were any? >> the fact that there was some job growth that was good in past months you've seen the jobs decrease. it's a small bright spot, dana, one of the only ones

. >> reporter: 4,000 faa employees were furloughed and 70,000 construction workers on airport projects have been sent home without pay. house republicans have done their job but many democrats are unhappy. >> this is a lose-lose-lose situation. the american people's expectation is this will get resolved this week. >> earlier they had the shutdown of the faa that began july 22. >> come back to washington. leave your vacation for a couple of hours. come back. >> they told fox's neil cavuto -- the senate left town and failed to act. it's pretty much par for the course. >> they cannot collect the taxes, but could end up being more than $1 billion if the congress doesn't resolve it before returning in september. boehner said all that is needed to end the crisis is for the senate to pass house approve faa extension and the only reason some of the jobs were at stake is the senate democratic leaders chose to play politics rather than pass the house bill. senator hatch says they could do it without a roll call vote. >> they could do it with the unanimous concept request and take a small bill to

, what about faa, and we got a lot of shrugs.mous pressure being brought on members of congress to come back into town to resolve this. what you have in the fight between the parties is that democrats would like to see what's considered a clean extension. we've heard that term when it came to the debt ceiling, just raise it without anything attached, and republicans have been trying to use this as an opportunity to bring about more savings and they have been targeting some of the rural airports that get a lot of subsidy from the government, because there isn't enough business there to make the ticket prices competitive so the government helps to pay some of that to keep them in business which of course is jobs in rural areas and is a lifeline there. so you've got regional divide as well as the whole budget mess. >> it just so happens they just happen to find these rural airports in places where harry reid, jay rockefeller, the democrats certainly -- >> reporter: funny how that works, right? >> one quick question here, because i w

. >>> the faa shutdown is almost over. for now.g the tens of thousands of workers being held hostage. next. >>> and a billionaire puts his money where his mouth is when it comes to job creation. it just so happens that he's also the mayor of new york. we'll have more on mike bloomberg's remarkable jobs initiative. [ male announcer ] before you take it on your road trip... we take it on ours. this summer put your family in an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz now for an exceptional price during the summer event. but hurry, this offer ends august 31st. and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer on the powerful c300 sport sedan. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends august 31st. >>> senate democrats and the obama administration have figured out how to end the faa shutdown and rescue the 74,000 workers being held hostage by republican political demands. at least temporarily. senate majority leader harry reid announced a "bipartisan compromise" this afternoon. under the