don't get in a car wreck in jefferson county alabama. or if you do don't expect the county sheriff to send his deputies out to see if you're ok that's because beginning this saturday jefferson county will no longer dispatch sheriff's deputies to traffic accidents because the county can't afford it what else can the county no longer afford about a third of all the public employees one thousand jefferson county public workers will soon be told to go on without pay nobody knows how long because the county can't find the money necessary to cover their salaries this is what a county on the verge of bankruptcy in america looks like a well jefferson county is scrounging for nickels in the couch cushions wall street giant j.p. morgan chase just posted the biggest quarterly profit in the history of that bank five point six billion dollars for three months add that to the seventeen billion in profits the bank made last year and it's pretty clear that j.p. morgan chase is sitting on amount of cash and a lot of those profits are why those jefferson c

i'm scared to death. >> reporter: jefferson county isn't the only place scaling back.rapped states have cut nearly half a million jobs. public sector jobs are needed to fuel economic growth. >> in past economic recoveries they've added jobs aggressively. in this economy state and local governments have been cutting jobs. it's a different time today compared to the past. it's one of the reasons why this economic recovery is as weak as it is. >> reporter: the realities of the cuts are starting to be felt. last month rescue workers failed to save a drowning man after the budget for equipment and training was severely cut. in camden new jersey officials reported a 19% spike in violent crime after the police force was reduced by half. the future is unclear. >> the ditches are going to have to be cleebdaned driveways retied in, new pipes for drainage and not going to have enough people to do that. >> reporter: last week we watched as he was handed his pink slip. he swiped his time card one last time and turned in his i.d. badge leaving with the hopes that the cutbacks are on

we talked to authorities in jefferson county and they tell me that their jails are overpopulated alreadyhey lack the resources and personnel to enforce the new law. deb? >> well, rafael, it's interesting. what is happening is people are going to make illegal immigrants pariahs, outcasts, they're going to be frozen out. it's really creating an us against them, no? >> reporter: what people are telling me is they're concerned about what kind of effect this law is going to have. for example, you can get in trouble if you give somebody a ride and that person is unauthorized to be in this country. there's also a clause of the law that mandates that school districts inquire about the citizenship of their students. so that part of the law is making a lot of parents very nervous. and even though the law doesn't go into effect until septembe t septemberst, 1st, there's already a chill region report. >>> shy students are being heard without raising their hand. just ahead the social media website that's helping out in the classroom. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticl

at least one tornado in jefferson county. the damage with no injuries, and several boards at the churchill downs for badly damaged. the horses are road to okay, and the truck was closed. and the swallow why your--that churchill downs track closed. >> near greer, this is 60% contained in is just one of the three major wildfires in arizona. a texas portal fire, this is already destroyed dozens of homes. this texas wild fire. they are trying to help f firefighters. a rancher has gone two days without sleep. this is a 75% contained. >> nasa had a dress rehearsal for the final descent. they are scheduled for liftoff on july 8th. they will go back to the johnson space center in houston. they will return to the kennedy space center on july 4th. >>pam: new gasoline prices the obama administration announced plans to release 30 million pperils of oil of the americans reserve as though beryl's--30 million bar.. with the turmoils and middle east and particularly and libya. aa isa saying that it will stabilize prices. there but it will me

we were talking to authorities in jefferson county and they tell us that they have a jail for 900 people. they already have 1200 and they're very worried, concerned about the added responsibilities that this law is going to cause. so, a lot of, again, worry and confusion, t.j. >> all right. raphael romo for us in alabaster, we appreciate you. we will check in with you again this morning. >>> at seven minutes past the hour, we turn to some political news taking a look at our political ticker, newt gingrich, if he is worried about his floundering presidential campaign, he's not showing it. the former house speaker says he'll be in california tomorrow night for a speech to a republican group. also in new hampshire on sunday, for a presidential debate. thursday 16 of his top aides and advisers resigned. rick santorum, another republican candidate, will appear at the new hampshire debate. tuesday he opened up an office in iowa to prepare for next year's all-important caucus. the former pennsylvania senator also becomes the first republican candidate to air a radio ad. >>> we still don't know

. >> reporter: ned tells folks he met his future wife at the jefferson county children's home, a home for orphans and that when he first met her, she was just a head. >> the head told him to build her a body and that's what he did. >> reporter: we don't know why he chose this caricature of a black woman. his situation is out of the film "lars and the real girl." >> bianca is a missionary. well you are. >> he appears to have a dilution. >> fantastic. when will it be over? >> when he doesn't need it anymore. >> ned says he's needed teegen for 25 years. we can't diagnose ned's mental status but he does say he's on government disability. >> you guys have any kids? >> she's not flexible. she can't have children. >> almost like she's not real. >> well, she's real, but there are ladies that are flesh that can't have children. >> reporter: some may mock with music. ♪ pretty woman walking down the street pretty woman ♪ >> reporter: some may snicker watching ned feed teegen a snickers bar. but others are it touched. they think he's no dummy. >> he seems happy. >> reporter: and at least he has t

county near 60 degrees. and weather watchers are up bright and early this morning reporting a mostly clear sky. a little bit of haze in the air over the jefferson memorial. there is the live picture from city camera. we'll have sunrise here shortly in just about three minutes. by 9:00, into the upper 70s. quite a warmup quickly. by noon time, mid-80s. we'll peak, though, in the low 90s. by midafternoon that is a good 10 degrees above the average high this time of year. in addition, a a code orange for poor air quality this afternoon. anyone with a heart or respiratory ailment should stay inside. a warm evening. dip into the upper 70s by late evening. by dawn tomorrow starting off wednesday morning with more humidity. it will be near 70 for the low tomorrow morning. a look at increased heat and humidity and into next week along with my latest school visit at 5:51. how is traffic now, jerry? >> tom, things starting to get a little bit busy. outer loop, route 5, word of an accident reported to be in the travel portion just above allentown road. virginia side, inside the beltway, route 236 just above 395, word of a pedestrian accident. authorities