>> rehema ellis at laguardia for us tonight.hanks. >>> still ahead on our broadcast, a series of extraordinary events. a town blown apart, a poison letter sent to the president, a bride on television in the middle of an earthquake. that's just the start of what happened while the nation's attention was elsewhere last week. >>> later the sad word tonight of the loss of a music legend. ♪ >>> we're back. we are all just back from a weekend that gave this country a chance to breathe. we were all watching boston last week which meant there was a lot going on in the world that would have deserved our attention during any other time, starting right there at the finish line. because of all that was lost on that beautiful day in boston, we also lost track of who won. the winners of the marathon were virtually ignored. for the men, it was lelisa desisa, running only his second marathon. for the women, rita jeptoo from kenya. she won in 2006 and took a hiatus to have a child. >>> the town of west, texas, remains torn apart. satellite image

jfk and laguardia with 40 minute delays. jfk has runway maintenance. laguardia has high winds.edged not all delays are as a result of sequester furloughs. that's right, all the 15,000 folks that work in air traffic control hours have it take off one day every couple weeks that just started in the united states. there have been some delays, the airline industry said, 400 starting last night though that could build up the airline industry said would be thousands in one day. they are getting criticism the faa said they structure the sequester cuts though the administration had no other choice. >> furloughs can not be avoided. 70, p of the faa's operating budget is personnel. they must furlough 46,000 employees for 11 days now until the end. fiscal year. that is why secretary lahood two months ago called on congress to replace the dumb sequester cuts and put instead in place a smarter approach to deficit reduction. >> republicans are charging politics. this is from bill shuster, the chairman of the transportation and infrastructure committee a republican. this disregard for the ame

. >> both new york's laguardia airport and lax in los angeles, featured major delays in the first 48 hours of fewer air traffic controllers on duty nationwide. the next six month, 15,000 air traffic controllers will be furlou furloughed, losing at least a did day a's pay every two weeks. >> traveling is stressful enough, when you don't know how long it will take you to get lew the line, you have -- through the line you have to add extra time to get through point@to point b. >> i believe if you want to prove a point, aggravate the average american. >> delays are just the beginning they say of what could be a nightmare for airline travelers. >> here in laguardia, it means that a delay means you miss your connection in chicago. everyone will get hit. >> the major airlines claim about a quarter of the 27,000 commercial flights per day, could be impacted, their trade association is suing the faa to halt the budget cuts. >> the faa has and should have exercised the discretion not to furlough air traffic controllers who never in the history have been furloughed before by any budget sequestr

. >> reporter: for passengers at new york's laguardia airport travel is already a four letter word.ned bcause they said the delay could be up to four hours. >> reporter: thanks to mandatory budget cuts approved by congress the faa has 637 million dollars less to spend. that's forcing some air-traffic controllers to stay home without pay. two days a month. mark rosenker is a former ntsb chairman and aviation safety analyst for cbs news. >> it could slow anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes and in some cases, even three, four hours. if it gets too crowded in the skies, unfortunately it will result in cancellations. american airlines tells cbs news that until the faa provides secretary of details of the furlough, it's hard to inform passengers of the effects. but they do say they expect the biggest delays at lax, chicago's o'hare, and right here at laguardia. union and the airline trades official are suing the faa to stop the furlough. a fear is airlines will cut low-heeled flights to places like wichita to protect more profitable ones overseas. >> we are going to see some very difficult tim

cnn's zain asher is live at new york's laguardia airport. do they have delays at this hour?arly. but it has been a very disruptive week for passengers. and pilots have also been complaining, as well. monday, tuesday, and wednesday we saw 3,000 flights delayed, specifically because of budget cuts. essentially the faa had to find a way of reducing their budget by $600 million, as a result they reduced staff at air traffic control towers by 10%. so what you saw was more space between planes. planes being on the tarmac for longer, planes circling in the sky for longer. i just spoke to a pilot from american eagle. here's what he had to say. >> it's just been torture. that's all i could say. it's been torture and i've never been -- i haven't been home on time yet. so i plan on coming back about 3:00 today, probably going to be about 6:00. so plan on being on duty for at least 12 hours today. >> that pilot also told me that he's being very open and honest with his passengers saying, hey, guys, if there are delays it's not our fault, it's because of the sequester. it's because of th

central terminal at laguardia airport was pushed back. a plane from the runway also reported and surround at logan airport. an evacuation took place in cleveland, reportedly as well. and the new york bomb squad was looking at a package in lower manhattan. it's one thing that authorities says happens in situationses like these but we don't know what went on in boston. they say this is a see something, say something situation. if you see something suspicious, you should report it. they are welcoming it to avoid any potential situations. >> some part of you has to say not surprising. we do have a 12-block crime scene in the city of boston. officials are asking the public for video and photo records of the marathon yesterday. and we know the centrals of security in boston, in washington, pennsylvania avenue closed to pedestrians, the net is going to get tighter andful. >> it does. in cities like new york where they hold these drills all the time, weekly, sometimes daily, it's now part of our routine. we understand when something happens somew

you can tell laguardia's a pet peeve for chuck. >> yes, and you. >> can i make one serious point? to go to you. but really quickly, our fin federal structure is so bad anyway. >> okay. >> that throwing this on top of a third world infrastructure makes -- makes it incredibly a pain. >> right, but the infrastructure you see at laguardia what you see, the problem is that we have an antiquated air traffic control system in which we have invested very little money and still operating with ancient technolo technolo technology, it's the only way to track them. if we invested what we should've in the air traffic system, we would have -- may not solve all of chuck's problems, but a much faster, flowing system. >> by the way, if you modernize it, you can cut back on some of the workforce permanently and save money there. that's the other issue. it's very labor intensive because of the issue that steve just described. >> before we go to break, the president is dining tonight with members of the senate, all women, isn't that nice? >> that's great. >> chuck todd, thank you. we'll see you at 9:

to manage traffic with current staff which will lead to delays at airports including new york's laguardiathe faa saying yesterday there were some 400 flight delays because of these furloughs in the air traffic control towers from airline industry could experience on someday 7000 flight delays. critics say the faa absolutely has the authority in the budget to cut elsewhere, and so there's a debate on whether or not the faa and government have a choice. >> we believe the faa has the discretion not to furlough the air traffic controllers, historically have never, ever in any situation been furloughs before because the frontline safety professionals keep the planes in the air, get them to the ground and keep travelers moving, keep shipping moving and that is critical to our economy, does not have to be this way. >> we believe the way their plan is constructed is going to maximize the disruption assuming it rules out and disruptions occurred. not a good situation. rich: the obama administration says the altar of the faa staff is personnel workers, the only way to comply with the numbers of the

dean, your people are the ones who staff the traffic control center at laguardia. you saw the numbers in terms of the numbers of flights delayed. can you give me a sense of how much different the job is for air traffic controllers? how more chaotic is it? >> it certainly changes the perspective when we go into work. we're used to walking into work and having -- normally we have a full staff the air traffic controllers so we can move 100% of the airplanes and passengers can be on time and the airlines can keep their schedules. what we find now is when we get to work now we're short 2, 3, sometimes more people depending on the locations, and working combined positions. we're hearing on the news about the delays. delays are not something we tailed pride in. what we want to do is get back to the business of moving the nation's travelers around safely and on time. >> dean, do your air traffic controllers say your flight is delayed because of the sequester staffing problems, or is it delayed because of weather? do they tell the pilots and the pilots relay to the passenge

the left, you would drive beyond it because you didn't recognize the first cue. >> at 10:33 a.m., laguardiat. no one realizes it, but the united dc-8 is headed straight for them. seconds later, as both planes approach 5,000, there's a brutal collision. one of the dc-8's engines tears through the fuselage of the super connie. the twa plane breaks into pieces and goes down on the spot, crashing in staten island's miller airfield. but the united jet manages to stay aloft for eight and a half more miles, until it is over brooklyn, where todd reed, 20 years old, is standing on the street. >> i crossed at 7th and sterling place, just stepping on the corner, when i heard a loud, loud whine. when i turned around, the wing of the plane, united airlines, was catching into the roof of the building i had just left. and there was a tremendous explosion. immediately i dropped to the ground, and moments after that, there was a second explosion. bang. just everything exploded. and now the whole place was on fire. i stayed on the ground for what i thought seemed to be a long time but i believe it was only s

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new york city, laguardia, make sure you check out through the day.retty potential weather system headed to the northeast. as we head throughout the day today. we will keep you posted, 47 degrees in san francisco. 41, napa. 46 degrees to start the day. in santa rosa, comfortable conditions down south 45 for san jose. high pressure. our friend keeping our skies mostly clear for today. comfortable readings all the way through saturday. we will see offshore flow that will pick up later today. this is your futurecast. we stop the clock at 1:00 p.m. where you are getting the warm colors. the fiercest winds are expected at the coast. we could see gusts from time to time. winds will be at their strongest between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on sunday. overall, we are looking towards a cooler day as well. a weak disturbance will come through the bay area. that will drive the winds and drop our temps. 74 in fremont. not too hot. not too cold. you know, summertime is breathing down our neck at this point. we know it is going to get warm around here soon enough. thes

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it's all clear at laguardia earlier where i was telling you about central terminal evacuated.hael, when we look and learn more details about the devices that we know were detonated on site at the marathon, what are the clues that are going to tip off the analysts about whether or not this was a cell phone detonation, whether or not this was a fuse detonation? the sophistication to then set the trail in place for maybe bigger leads? >> that is critical part of the information that will be led by fbi and the alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives unit. detonator, how did it start? they'll look at how it was controlled and they may well find if, say, cell phones were used to detonate it, they'll find remnants of those phones potentially. all of this will help create a signature and the hope would be that that signature is mapped up, mapped to what previous organizations or individuals have used. again, that's a piece of the information that will then be matched up with the rest of the intelligence collected globally, videotape an the like. >> yeah, again, these were the pot

"i was delayed from laguardia. we were on the ground for about an hour. they made it up in the air, but we were delayed today." but delays in chicago were spotty, though passengers were bracing for them. "we had a business meeting this morning that we pushed back back an hour but it was smooth sailing from austin." - will you make an adjustment on future flights? "no, i think it's a more scare tactic than anything else." others got that same sense. oklahoma senator tom coburn called the furloughs "a dangerous political stunt," saying that more than $100 million could be saved by using fewer consultants, supplies and less travel, and pointed to the transportation security administration, which has managed to avoid furloughs. "being a flight attendant and working as a flight attendant, i care about safety, and when you cut people out of the tower, that's safety." as of now, the furloughs mean all 47,000 faa employees, including 15 controllers, will work one less day every other week. faa administrator michael huerta found no other way to cut $637 million as

part of new york's laguardia airport has been evacuated due to a report of a suspicious package. here locally, d.c. police have increased their patrols along today's emancipation day parade. our bruce johnson is standing by. he's in northwest washington. he has more information on that part of the story. bruce? >> reporter: jc, we're in the middle of pennsylvania avenue northwest. talked to the mayor a short time ago. he says there have been no incidents. he's excited about the size of this crowd. it's emancipation day in d.c. recognizing, commemorating what happened here back in 1862, some 3,000 slaves, african- americans were freed by abraham lincoln. that was before the emancipation proclamation. behind me a group of distinguished men. talk to me first about boston and this being the nation's capital, you know this could also be a target. what are your thoughts? >> first of all, the brothers of the fraternity want to send their prayers out to the families of those in boston. we think it was a terrible thing. here in washington, d.c. of course it's an open city. we have 20 mill

at new york la laguardia airport, crews evacuated an entire terminal. this speaks to the feeling throughout the country. now, this morning, the white house lowered its flags to half-staff in honor of the three peep who died and the more than 176 injured survivors. a prayer service is planned for tomorrow in boston. as the president mentioned, one of those who died is 8-year-old martin richard. a vigil will be held for this child tonight. the boy had just congratulated his dad who finished the marathon before returning to the stands moments before that blast. his mother was severely wounded. his 6-year-old sister lost her leg. his father released a statement only moments ago. in part it says my dear son martin has died from injuries sustained in the attack on boston. my wife and daughter are both receiving, recovering from serious injuries. we thank our family and friend, those we know and those we've never met for their thoughts and prayers. i ask that you continue to pray for my family as we remember martin. more than 100 people remain in area hospital

suspicious packages brought boston's logan and new york's laguardia airports to a crawl today. both were later deemed safe. in washington, a heavy police presence in the subways. pedestrian traffic in front of the white house shut down. capitol police checked every trash can for explosives. while at the emancipation day parade, both unease -- >> i was kind of concerned as to who's here, you know, why they're here, if anything's going to happen. are we safe? >> reporter: -- and defiance. >> i came down. i'm not going to be afraid. this is my home. >> reporter: across the country, police departments were showing the badge today. the tsa also stuffing up passenger screenings. meanwhile, event organizers began revisiting security plans for big upcoming gatherings. the oklahoma city marathon, a bike race in houston, a 10k in miami, nascar in virginia, even the kentucky derby and indy 500 getting a second look. >> i think the event in boston yesterday will raise once again the consciousness that there is a reason, there is a need for the extra security that they encounter. >> reporte

the northeast, reports of delays out of laguardia just about all morning long. those are now heavy delays. same for boston. keep that in mind. overall, though, we have a beautiful weekend shaping up here. i'm going to show you exactly how warm it will be. one of those weekend days a little better for outdoor plans. if you've got those little ones, you want to take them outdoors, you'll need to stick around. stay tuned to the forecast. very important one. >> i like the sound of that. friday is beautiful. doesn't get much better. thank you very much. >>> thanks, christina. local wine grower taking on a scientist. why they say a climate change study won't effect them. >> is this a great vacation deal or simply a sign of desperation. how carnival cruise lines is trying to lure travel out onto the ships. >> new facebook software for your android phone. we'll tell you about it. >> take you live to the golden gate toll plaza. people making their way into san francisco this friday morning. get ready for the weekend, you can see that cloud cover christina is talking abou

look, your delay out of laguardia means you're going to miss your connection in chicago.t's a whole system. omaha is going to get hit, lincoln is going to get hit, everybody is going to get hi it. >> but to be fair, we should have higher security now after we've learned what two idiots and a pressure cooker can do in boston. are we not? so we have budget cuts, a bitter tsa, you're laying out the case, mike -- and flying, as we know, if you're over 5'2", already it is a miserable experience. flying is going to be even more miserable than it has been in a while. correct? >> no way out of it. again, when the government try toes shut down the system as they're doing, it's going to get miserable. they have professionals doing this this time. >> mike boyd, thank you very much, i think. >> thank you. >> good news. go greyhound. >> coming up, we've got -- >> i'm a little bitter myself. a frequent traveler, taller guy. but i'm in the tsa trusted traveler program so i breeze right through. although after that interview, i may now be off it. >> coming up, much more from morgan stanl

officials warned today at airports like atlanta, chicago, o'hare, newark, jfk, laguardia, delays willtart to be felt. upwards of 50 minutes on some flights at o'hare. >>> some unsettling news about an american favorite. dick van dyke has been forced to cancel an appearance in new york because of an undiagnosed neurological disorder. he's asking for help with a diagnosis. on his twitter account, dick van dyke solicited assistance in figuring out what he's got. a throbbing condition in his head when he tries to lie down. it's led to lack of sleep and fatigue. it has eluded tests and scans so far. dick van dyke is 87 years old. >>> and some good news to report from the world of public health. the nation's infant mortality rate fell by a full 12% in the years '05 to 2011, having been static for years. the biggest change for the better was in the south. but the u.s. still ranks an embarrassing 27th in infant mortality among the world's 30 leading developed nations. >>> another problem for carnival cruise line. this time on board the "ecstasy." it lost power at sea while sailing off the coa

kim zolar flying from dallas to laguardia for an important meeting was more than 90 minutes late. >>e were supposed to leave at 8:25, and just as we're about to leave, they said, sorry, we're not leaving. we've been sequestered. >> reporter: jonathan rogers sat on the ramp for two hours. >> new york city is right there. you want to reach out and grab it. >> reporter: in all, more than 1,200 delays yesterday blamed on the shortage of controllers, another 1,400 delayed by weather and other issues. a job that literally keeps the nation's economy and its people moving caught in a budget stalemate. of the roughly 15,000 air traffic controllers, 10% are off the job each day. 1,500 not at their stations. >> i don't think that it's fair that air traffic control, particularly air traffic controllers, are being used as a pawn. >> reporter: there's no shortage of people who are angry about it, but so far congress hasn't acted to fix the problem. the man whose job it is to keep the nation's skies safe says it's an outrage. >> sequester is a bad idea, a dumb idea. it's not a way that any person w

big airports like ohare, laguardia, and atlanta were most affected but the delays were seen across the country in connecting cities. many travelers simply changed their travel plans to avoid the delays but others did not have a choice. the biggest reason for the delays is because there were fewer air traffic controllers to manage the a a furloughed ten percent of tower workers and other critical employees that make big airports work smoothly. the cuts were brought about by the sequester legislation which cut about 85 billion from the faa budget. after the week long debacle congress passed emergency legislation to allow the faa to get staffing back to normal. officials say everything should be back to normal by sunday night. the duty manager says sfo was not directly affected by the faa cuts and the tower remained at full staff. but, the furloughs did affect lax and a handful of flights are expected to be delayed here because of slower traffic down there. i'm jeff bush at sfo, kron four news. >> a suspect is on the loose after an attempted bank robbery in burlingame goes wrong. police s

. >> reporter: thankfully the pilots made up the time and we got to laguardia at 10:07. things didn't go so well for stephanie gosk who flew from columbus to newark. >> this flight was supposed to land around 7:00 in newark. it's now 9:30. the good news, we are on the ground. the bad news, we are in allentown, pennsylvania. we were going to run out of gas because newark couldn't let us land. >> reporter: passengers not so happy. >> they could save money in a million other ways. they have furloughs to key people that they need to keep planes in the air. >> reporter: today, southwest airlines ceo accused the f.a.a. of failing to tell the airlines where the delays might be most acute. >> there are suggestions we should adjust schedules but we have no idea on a day-to-day basis where we might need to adjust our schedules. >> reporter: meanwhile as republicans blamed the white house and the white house blamed republicans, nbc's gabe gutierrez flew round trip from the nation's busiest airport. >> no delays round trip from atlanta to miami. both flights arrived on time. >> repo

cnn's zain asher at new york's laguardia airport. good morning, zain. >> yes, a very disruptive week. over 3,000 flights delayed specifically because of budget cuts. so the faa was trying to save $600 million from its budget between now and cement and as a result they've been reducing staff at air traffic control towers by up to 10%. what you're getting is more space between flights. you're also seeing more flats on the tarmac for longer. also planes circling in the air longer before landing. i just spoke to a pilot from american eagle. here's what he had to say. >> it's just been torture. that's all i could say. it's been torture and i've never been -- i haven't been home on time yet. so i plan on coming back about 3:00 today, probably going to be about 6:00. so plan on being on duty for at least 12 hours today. >> that pilot also told me that he's being very open and honest with passengers about the reason for the delays. he's been coming over the p.a. system saying hey, if there are delays, it is because of the sequester. so botto

the central terminal at new york's laguardia airport was evacuated tuesday after a suspicious package was found. the faa also issued a temporary ground stop which kept planes from taking off for 45 minutes. businesses in boston will attempt to return to normal today. some of the hardest-hit areas in the back bay closed tuesday as investigators combed for evidence following the deadly blast monday during the boston marathon. deluca's market closed briefly for a police search, then quickly re- opened. a deluca's manager tells us tuesday it was the only grocery store in the area available to residents. the manager says business at deluca's is brisk. turning to earnings from the financial sector, bank of america and american express report today. analysts predict bac brought in $23 billion in revenues in the first quarter. the bank suffered two previous quarters of heavy losses from legal settlements tied to the financial crisis. american express is reeling from 4500 job cuts as it tightens up. it's estimated that the nation's top credit card company earned $8 billion. yesterday, goldman

the biggest delays are predicted at l.a.x., o'hare, and laguardia.slashed the budget by more than $600 million. mark rosenker, a former ntsb nannal list and cbs responsibility says the delays could hit for hours. >>> we're going to see delays for the carriers, the passengers, and frankly i believe for the economy. >>> the country's largest pilots union and the airline is trade association are suing to stop the fur lou. asian markets were mostly higher. tokyo's nikkei added about 2% to a nearly 5-year high. hong kong's hang seng added a fraction. essentially major countries including apple, ford, exxonmobil, will release their earnings this week. it comes as they finish their worst week since november. the dow lost 317 points while nasdaq lofrt nearly 89. there's good news at the pump with a gallon of gas dropping 11 cents. the lung berg survey now finds the total. tulsa has the cheapest at $3.21 a gaon while chicago is the most expensive in the continental u.s. at 3.97. >>> oblivion beat the competition at the box office this weekend. the sigh-fie th

the faa sahacaed 400 delays nationwide on sunday averaging 85 minutes at new york's laguardia airportelays were also reported monday in charlotte, north carolina, and jacksonville, florida. transportation department head ray lahood says there was no other choice. >> we eliminated contracts. we cut contracts. we eliminated temporary employees. we looked everywhere possible to avoid the kind of furloughs that are now taking place. >> reporter: not everyone agrees. nick represents the airline industry which is suing to stop the furloughs. >> the faa has a budget of $15.6 billion. in a budget that big surely they can find the money to not furlough the air traffic controllers and have this kind of rolling impact on the u.s. economy. it's going to cost a lot more. >> reporter: critics argue president obama wants the public to feel the effects of sequester to create pressure so that there are changes in it. >> we have looked after passengers for 4 1/2 years. the last thing we want to do is disadvantage the flying public. >> cheryl attkisson, cbs news, washington. >>> disgraced former new yor

want to point out delays in new york, jfk and laguardia reporting one-to two-hour delays.hose are staffing issues not weather related. on shore, temperatures today are really comfortable. west southwest wind at 14 miles per hour. all that cool ocean air getting transported inland. hold onto the upper 70s most cities inland. 79 at fairfield and 80 in gilroy. meanwhile around the inner bay, san francisco 64 degrees. our boys not at home. they will be playing in san diego. keep it here on nbc bay area. taking on the pads at petco park. all the action starts at 7:00 p.m. summer sizzle, the place to be for the next couple days will be the beaches. look at this, pacifica, 65, half moon bay 67. winds out of the north 5-15. water temperature, 50 degrees. once you hop out of the water in santa cruz, 76 will warm you right back up. next week we hold onto the spring sizzle, mid-90s on the way towards the end of next week. over to you jon and marla. hope you guys have a great weekend. >> sizzle is right. all right. still to come, nfl draft day. the niners and raiders both picking out

and early numbers show delays at baltimore, washington, and laguardia spiking four-fold today over last monday. but part of that could be weather-related. but at other airports like philadelphia, not much change. to see for ourselves, we boarded a flight in miami for orlando. so here's the confusing thing. the flights to washington, d.c. all seem to be delayed from miami. but the flight tracker here on the faa website has no delays. >> so 10% fewer air traffic controllers still have the same number of planes in the air at the same time. about 5,000 of them. transportation secretary ray lahood called it a calamity. >> safety will never be compromised. safety is not involved in the decision that we made about who to furlough and when to do it. >> reporter: and it's not just passengers who were frustrated. >> everybody knows they need to keep the system up and running. we're going to do our very best to do so. but somebody's got to figure this out. >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, back in line, in orlando. >>> now, a note about another story we've been following in texas today. some res

at new york laguardia, another suspicious item and passengers forced to wait outside in the street. and the comforting sound of resiliencyy. >> i think if i become nervous i'm giving in to something that's going to make me underpowered. >> as citizens, we have to be responsible one to another. >> reporter: meanwhile in boston, vows unbroken. >> we're strong people and we're not going to let anyone push us around. you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. >> reporter: all across the country, people sent their best wishes and prayers to boston. we've seen this in america before, when a crisis hits home, this nation will rally. >> so true and byron, it is great to have you with us at abc. >>> and now if you'll allow us tonight, there's a member of our abc family who has died. a man who has been absolutely critical to the kind of reporting we've done today, this week, and so many times before. preston davis, 35 years ago began as an engineer here and rose to become president of broadcast operations and engineering. the first african american president of any division at abc, kno

the worst delays on east coast, including new york's laguardia, one out of 5 tier oeveryfive flightsefore noon s delayed. congressional republicans say, bull. they charge obama administration is structuring cuts to make them as painful and obvious as possible. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will not be at jac jacn hole sim this year. my next guest said that we' seeing a slowdown in the economy after a stock first quarter, joining us, wells fargo chief economist, john sylvia, you see a slowdown here? >> there is a slowdown that is what bothered market, stock market a little bit, we a single family housing stocks, retail sales disappointing. building into the commodity market, chinese economic growth is disappointing. people at the inning of year think this economy will take off, and earnings will be strong, then as year goes down they tamper down those expectations. >> you know there is one stock that stands a metaphor, caterpillar, we see themith disappointining results off 42 their earnings, because they are off in the mining sector, but they tell us about good news, just

big airports like ohare, laguardia, and atlanta were most affected but the delays were seen across the country in connecting cities. many travelers simply changed their travel plans to avoid the delays but others did not have a choice. the biggest reason for the delays is because there were fewer air traffic controllers to manage the air traffic. the faa furloughed ten percent of tower workers and other critical employees that make big airports work smoothly. the cuts were brought about by the sequester legislation which cut about 85 billion from the faa budget. after the week long debacle congress passed emergency legislation to allow the faa to get staffing back to normal. officials say everything should be back to normal by sunday night. the duty manager says sfo was not directly affected by the faa cuts and the tower remained at full staff. but, the furloughs did affect lax and a handful of flights are expected to be delayed here because of slower traffic down there. i'm jeff bush at sfo, kron four news. >> a suspect is on the loose after an attempted robbery in burlingame goes wro

we have some delays in laguardia.ou want to take caution if you are trying to head to the north eeflt, you might run into some pretty significant delays. we have a potent weather system heading that way. at 7:00 a.m. today, people are gathering at the fairy building, running for boston in solidarity. count on a cool start to the morning. highs today will be warm later on this afternoon. we are slated to hit the 80s. your full forecast in just a moment. i want to check your drive. >>> the volume for san jose, not so bad. slowing showing up through the same area, because that build is just starting now and kicking in. the arrow pointing past tully road where there may be a stalled big rig in your second lane. they gent updated in a little while. heading north, around bailey avenue, slowing. here is the reason why. a box truck went off the roadway and smashed and the spectators coming off the scene. a quick look toward sunol. sg. >> 6:38. coming up, bob redell will have all the very latest information about the breaking

a false alarm over a stray package shuts down new york's laguardia airport. and washington, d.c. up security for its emancipation day parade. >> we will have some enhanced security that probably some will, some will not be visible to the people who come down, but i want people to feel comfortable to take public transportation. >> and, of course, in boston, the men and women of blue are out in full force. >> that presence will be significantly enhanced. we are doing that for the comfort of the public. >> a lot of the talk about making the public feel comfortable. >> i felt a little uneasy in security. i think it would give us a little peace of mind in this horrible time. >> is it comforting? annoying? or troubling to see police wherever you look. >> things have changed in the last 10 years i don't think every parade and public event needs to have patdowns. >> some see a larger problem. >> i think if if this is the beginning of a trend, then we really are going to start to see discussion about abridgement of our civil liberties. >> it's too soon to say what the boston bombing might

it was american airlines from minneapolis to new york's laguardia and they couldn't provide more detailsead to the delays and they had just been informed by the faa of the potential delays at the airline level. we've had these budget cuts in place since the beginning of march and why wasn't there any communication between march and the middle of april as to what had happened here. has there been a failure of communication, too? >> yes, there have. and it's the fault of the federal aviation administration. they have known about they is quest are not since march and this was last september when they were told it was coming. >> their budget which an increase in personnel. they had fallen 26.4% and they were one-fourth less work yet every year they've increased their personnel and increased their budget and they asked congress for even more personnel in 2014 and they just don't get it and they refuse to manage and they need to manage to take care of people. >> at laguardia, was there an average delay of 74 minutes and my flight in particular was held in allentown, pennsylvania, for about an

if you cannot have the delay at laguardia, boston dallas life goes on. to lock that down every airline had to respond almost immediately because they knew they were going to have a problem. >> you had a ripple effect. they closed boston on the railline and then boston all the way down to new york and you shut down the northeast corridor. >> there is. and there's no other option. that's why this is unprecedent. but the good thing is they knew they couldn't do it forever. the economic impact was too great and they lifted it. >> i got on the flight. i didn't see extra security. you get on amtrak there's no screening when you get on the train. >> that's right. we'll talk about that because that's the key. >> all right. peter greenberg. thanks for being with us. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." we'll be back. h?x? pxwx? a@ú?x?xx x?xx?x? >>> this is a live picture from watertown, massachusetts, on the morning after one of the most intensive manhunts in u.s. history. what a difference a day make. one of the two brothers accused of bomb

. >> this is 1549, hit birds, returning back towards laguardia. >> you need to return to la garia, turn left. >> top your departures, got an emergency returning. >> captain sully taking a control of the airline from his copilot, my aircraft. this is footage of the final moments. >> sully took over the airplane and called for the dual engine checklist that we do and i started to per form that. >> trying to engines restarted. >> yes. >> was there any luck at all. >> engines have to be in a start nfl that we call it and that usually is pred dated on it going a lot faster. >> the air bus dual engine checklist assumes the engines have failed at cruising altitude. 30,000 feet would have with given the pilots ample time to figure thing out. hitting a flock of canada geese at 3,000 feet, that's another story. >> what at this point is going through you mind. >> at this point i'm thinking this can't be happening. >> if flight's engines were not producing thrust, why wouldn't the plane have fall frn the sky out of control? simple air ro dynamics. >> it can still be controlled as it comes down. to

major delays at laguardia and boston. more on the forecast any time you guys at nbc bay area.com. we'll be back later on with more. >>> thank you, jeff. >>> changing the rules of the road. ahead at 6:00, potential changes for teenage drivers. plus -- >> i'm kris sanchez, the pedestrian food recall is expanding. something that could kill your pet. i'll tell you what the signs are to took to know if you need it call the vet. >>> what's in your garbage. why your trash may soon end up as part of an art project. back in two minutes. >>> green is universal at nbc. we celebrate earth week. tonight we're looking at environmental art, sort of. >> you probably don't think about art when you take out the trash. some people do and they're looking through your garbage. here's nbc bay area's joe rosato, jr. >> evidence of a disposable age. we buy things. when we're done with them, we toss them out. when some of that stuff lands at san francisco's rekolg recycling plant. it ends one journey and begins another. >> the things that i'm finding here are fishing poles and kites and umbrellas. >> arti

much more devastating way, so we can't let this red line be become fuzzy in a lot of international laguardianited nations, america's credibility on the line the president's news conference today at the white house. a will the of different topics. syria among them. what's happening next? the red line. america's credibility. benghazi. let's bring in our panel. steve hayes, senior writer for "the weekly standard," kirsten powers columnist for the daily beast and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? >> syria first. >> chain of custody? what is this csi damascus? in the middle of a war you expect a chain of custody and decide if a weapon was used? look, this is a president who sees himself as a liberal reformer. he remembers what happened to lgj. he knows what happened to george bush. you get involved in a foreign war, your presidency is ruined. and i think he has been determined from the first instant with syria that he would not allow himself to be dragged. in i think the reason he put out this supposed red line about chemical weapons is that he imagined, a, it wouldn't be used or