public union workers, force them to pay too much because they vote them out of office if they don't.t's designed to fail. >> companies that stopped because they couldn't do it. >> charles: by the way, no one believes that there will be money will be there anyway. the money will be plundered and have to repay taxes. it's going to be nightmare. everybody knows that. speaking of nightmares, there is a woman that falls to her death in rollercoaster. democrats in d.c., they want to step in federal regulations, is that the answer? we reported, you decide. all business purchases. so you can capture your receipts, and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork. ink from cha. so you can. ♪ >> charles: that wake of woman falling to her death from a rollercoaster. massachusetts democratic senator ed markey wants to regulate autoamusement parks nationwide. is that the answer? >> not at all. i live in the theme park capital of the world and they do a terrific job for safety. you don't need my opinion. last 2011,

public union workers force them to pay them too much because they vote them out of office if they don't. it's designed to fail. >> and companies -- by the way, companies hav stopped offering pensions, adam, because they couldn't r run them well. >> by the way, is there any -- no one believes that there will be the -- the money will be there anyway, right? the money will be plundered. they'll have to raise taxes to replace the money. it will be a nightmare. everybody knowshat. speaking of nightmares, there's a woman, she falls to her death on a roller coaster in texas, that's it right there. now demo >> in wake of the woman falling her death on a roll coaer in texas the massachusetts senator edmarky is calling to regulate all a municipalment parks nation weed. >> not at all. i live in the theme parkapitol and they do a terrific job in safety. sense the last big sdy, the 400 parks in the country, the odds of being injured one in 24 million. the state's cover this and the theme parks and those cooperations cover it and they do a wonderful job for safety. no need for the federal coming in?

public union workers force them to pay them too much because they vote them out of office if they don't's designed to fail. >> and companies -- by the way, companies have stopped offering pensions, adam, because they couldn't run them well. >> by the way, is there any -- no one believes that there will be the -- the money will be there anyway, right? the money will be plundered. they'll have to raise taxes to replace the money. it will be a nightmare. everybody knows that. speaking of nightmares, there's a woman, she falls to her death on a roller coaster in texas, that's it right there. now democrats in d.c. want to step in with federal regulations. is that the answer? we report. you decide. being sixteen, alex thinks he's invincible. his dad knows he's not. that's why dad got allstate accident forgiveness. it starts the day you sign up. [ female announcer ] with accident forgiveness from allstate, your rates won't go up just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. call 866-735-9100 now. kim and james are what you might call...overly protective. especially behind the wheel. no

and all of the public union workers and government workers who are balking at the prospect of forcednto the very plan that their union bosses foisted on the rest of us. nprofessor timothy jost, followed the law in the implementation as it rolls out. it is mandatory spending. detroit and other cities put the retired on the exchange it is mandatory spending. and not like the feds didn't know. retired could have to pay more ending up on the exchange than if they stay under the plan they thought they would get. they agreed to other concession and deals because they thought of those benefits and a third group of people who don't qualify to medicare and exchanges. is it possible that they could love the retirees with 0o hent care policy. >> all points and yes, there will be a lot of these orphan workers or retired who have no where else to go. it is a huge legal headache and ticket for years to come. and then we are operating under the fantastical assumption that health care exchanges will be up and working. hss announced it before thevaca be ready by 2014 and we all anyhow many of us from

pensioners, public sector workers. folks in unions. >> i get it. o industry was too big to fail but detroit's public sector workers are just small enough not to give a [bleep] about it. here is how crazy this story is is. we all detroit to emerge from bankruptcy okay, but we might not want it to emerge too okay. and here is why. >> they are really in dire straits. they cannot pay their bills. but there are a lot of other cities and up toes and communities across the country where we have unfunded pensions and liabilities and health care costs. and they are watching very closely to see how this is treated in court so it's really a test case. yes, we could see more of this. >> john: oh, that's just great. so if this doesn't work, detroit will die and if it does work, other cities may try going into bankruptcy to screw over their retirees. i'm talking about you. gloat baltimore and los angeles ♪ don't apologize for liking that song. look, i understand how bankruptcy works. even if detroit does come back, it's not going to happen before its creditors go

-- they have not substantially addressed any of the safety concerns the unions have for the public and the union and the workersnd it was a long day yesterday. >> as you heard union members say bart is not addressing safety concerns for its workers and there is still progress to be made on the pay issue. now on this 4th of july, which is also the 4th day of the strike, a state mediator is facilitating talks they are not meeting face-to-face, they are supposed to go into the evening unless of course they get a contract done before then. >>> anyone here in the bay area is looking for any signs of progress. >> you guys will know right after we know when we get a contract. >> and right now as we said they have been negotiating for -- they were a little late -- so negotiating for about a half- hour. the bart people didn't say anything but again everyone is saying they hope to get it done today and even after it gets done it would be at least 12 hours before the trains could start running, should they reach a deal tonight. tonight at 5:00 ktvu's ken pritchett will be here keeping track of what is going on with negoti

they haven't substantially addressed any of the safety concerns that the unions have for the public and the union and the workers. >> reporter: shortly after that union worker spoke he was reminded there is a gag order put in place for both sides. bart expressed this same sentiment. they too are not saying much. but in terms of numbers, we know bart says the strike is costing the agency $3.9 million a week. that's about $560,000 a day. and $1 million in passenger revenue. we're also told they are saving $4.3 million in labor expenses. now, of course, this is also costing the union -- the strike is cost the union workers as well. they are not getting paid. they are not getting paid for the 4th of july holiday. in oakland, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> hopefully they will get it settled today, cate, thank you very much. >>> if you plan to ride public transportation today, check the schedules. things are different because of the 4th of july holiday. because of the bart strike, ac transit is offering beefed up service with 11 additional buses. the nl and f lines will run every 15 minutes instead of every half hour. bus

unionized state workers. members of the state's largest public employees union will receive the pay raise by july 1st of 2015. governor jerry brown's office negotiabilitied the deal. >>> things are not going exactly as planned as america's cup events got underway in san francisco. a parade of racing boats didn't materialize due to high winds. the parade was scaled back and the time trials were canceled. the first round of quaff qualifying races for sunday. the skipper for the italian today indicated they might not compete. they are contesting unfair rule changes. >> we want to -- we'll make our plan. >> if you don't turn up, you don't win races, you don't win points. >> an international jury is expected to decide the matter on monday. >>> new at 6, a man is recovering after being shot in the face and police are saying the incident may have been motivated by road rage. jade hernandez spoke to police in asaphia low al toe and is here. >> reporter: tonight police know one thing. they found a man shot in the face along this block just before 1:00. this is beach tree. now why the man was shot, they are still inves

pensioners, public sector workers, folks in unions. many of the public citizens of detroit who had some context to the city's public sector, they are going to be hurt by this big tichlt. >> time. >> let's talk about who is going to get hurt in the weeds. the bankruptcy they filed for, any kind of positive impact it has is going to be slow even if no one decided to contest it, it would be slow, right? >> yes. if this takes a year or less, i'll be pretty amazed. now it is the case that tsh without getting into the weeds, this is chapter 9 versus chapter 11 and aspects of chapter 9 are milder. that is the municipal bankruptcy than, say, a corporation. under this type of bankruptcy, under chapter 9, the city doesn't necessarily have to liquidate its holdings to sell to creditors. the emergency manager apparently yesterday called up the detroit institute of art, the dia, and asked them for their inventory. that sounds a lot like a liquidation plan. >> yeah. one of the ironies of this as i sit in the motor city, that the cheaper cars, the mor

workers came back. >> the president of the transit union says that its board does decide to bring in replacement workers in the event of a strike, she believes the public safety will be at risk. current content rules say the board cannot begin safety training of replacement workers until the union officially goes on strike. >> here is a live look outside at san francisco. it will kick in later on this afternoon. [ female announcer ] for the freshest produce, you want to be close to the people who are close to the land. [ rooster crows ] that's why safeway works closely with local growers. the folks whose hands are in the soil. planting and nurturing the kind of delicious produce that gets delivered to safeway every single day. fresh from our farmers. this week, fresh local sweet corn from g&s farms is just 8 for two dollars. at safeway, ingredients for life. ♪ no i didn't. you ate the bones. no, you ate the bones. nobody ate any bones. so, frank didn't eat the bones? no honey, frank did not eat any bones. well he's breathing on me. no i'm not. yes you are. no i'm not. yes you are. no i'm not. yes you are. [ male announcer ] it's kfc original recipe wit

unionization decreased among latinos. janitors, home care workers are making the union rules younger, more diverse and more female. last year for the first time ever an african-american was chosen to lead the publica full-court press for the senate's comprehensive reform bill after successfully negotiating a landmark agreement on worker protections with the business community. this is a big shift from the failed immigration reform effort just six years ago when unions were divided over whether to support a compromise bill that many felt did not do enough to protect or deliver citizenship to the undocumented. 40 years ago, richard nixon looked at peter brennan and saw the future of his party. all these years later, barack obama may be looking at tom perez and seeing the same thing for his party. we'll talk about that future for labor politics for the democratic politics and party, next. ♪ [ crashing ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. trusted heartburn relief that goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance

everybody, kern workers, caroer47 separate public unions in the city of detroit., some o the unions have only one member. it's hard for me to envision. of one man union. and i just don't think politically a union can go to its members and say we agree to wage cuts or cuts to pensions are cuts to health care which is why i think it ends up in front to a federaludge. the emergency manager of the charge might not say this to anybody. i think he prefers to in chapter nine. he has more power. a judge can say to the unions, you know, you can protest all you want to value a michael ix:00 monday morning. you have an hour to make your case and then on my decision. i really think that he prefers to be in chapter nine. john: how big hair cut? three in a half billion in the red which means a union worker thinks he has 50,000 year might only get 30? >> well, the judge is going to make that decision in a bankruptcy court. and i really -- let me just say this. i have a great deal of sympathy for the average pensioner or the average retiree because they are not really getting a l

everybody, kern workers, carothers 47 separate public unions in the city of detroit., some of the unions have only one member. it's hard for me to envision. of one man union. and i just don't think politically a union can go to its members and say we agree to wage cuts or cuts to pensis are cuts to health care which is why i think it ends up in front to a federal judge. the emergency manager of the charge might not say this to anybody. i think he prefers to be in chapter nine. he has more power. a judge can say to the unions, you know, you can protest all you want to value a michael ix:00 monday morning. you have an hour to make your case and then on m decision. i really think that he prefers to be in chapter nine. john: how big hair cut? three in a half billion in the red which means a union worker thinks he has 50,000 year might only get 30? >> well, the judge is going to make tt decision in a bankruptcy court. and i really -- let me just say this. i have a great deal of sympathy for the average pensioner or the average retiree because they are not really getting a

public's going to completely turn. >> reporter: union leaders rallied striking workers hoping to keep spirits up. [ chanting ] >> we will fight for the rights of working people, will we not? >> yes! >> reporter: the union's chief negotiator greeted picketers. its their fourth day without a paycheck and it's starting to hurt. >> thank you, guys, thank you. i don't know what we would do if you weren't out here on the 4th of july keeping strong. >> reporter: breaking their silence, union negotiators say bart management continues to ignore safety issues in the talks and say bart will use unfair tactics. >> they can try to reach impasse with us and say we're walking away from the table. that's it, we're ready to do nothing else, and then impose the terms of the contract. we believe that's what them and their union-busting consultants -- they have hired union- busting consultants -- want to do. >> reporter: a bart spokesman denied talks have gotten to that point. >> we are diligently working to reach a fair contract for our workers, whom we appreciate, and to come to some agreements that will allow us to do what we need to do

workers. this negotiation style is not welcome in the bay area and to hold that ransom the public commuters, and workers without pay is unconscionable. as you well know on july 5 bar unions return to work to spend 30 days mediated negotiations and to avoid further disruptions of park service but now more than halfway into this contract extension it has become clear that parts management and achievement negotiator thomas hawk, are not serious about pursuing real negotiations. with no movement from bart management in three weeks we are very concerned that part management and thomas hawk i once again surface bargaining toward another strike. we ask you, supervisors, to for help to make sure bart bargains in good faith to a second strike can be averted. while those of us represent our workers are prepared and ready to meet every hour of every day between now and august 5, due to mr. hawks unavailability targeting is only scheduled for four days before the expiration of the contract. we believe that management scorched earth strategy is being prosecuted with specific intent of subverting subverting the collective bargaining process. this revelation was discussed even an edito

possibility of using replacement workers if >> the president of the transit union says if bart does decide to bring in replacement workers in the event of a strike, she believes public safety will be at risk because those employees will be less experienced. current contract rules say bart cannot begin safety training until the union officially goes on strike. the time is 6:12 a.m.. here is a live look from the van ness ave. whatwh makesakour oumilymimilei backflipfls and anrtwhrtls.ls whatwh mlove, wa, rmth.thimilei here, retry thy . backflipfls and .mmmmmmok!oks whatwh mloveching!g!th.thimilei lotslo of dif erenert stesstoinmmmm!!.ss breakfaskft i'm vem ry imp issedss honey buy nches heofat o this is ia greagrcerece!! i hei ar you yruncrung.ng >> welcome back. grou forecasters say a widespread heat wave will be on the way out by the weekend, but cooler air from canada could also bring the threat of severe thunderstorms. today though, new york city is bracing for another day of temperatures in the high 90s. it's been hot enough in some states the past few days to buckle highway pavement. current temps in new york city as we take a live look near times square. and fo

i'm here to support my brothers and sisters from my unions and co-workers as well as members of the public who want to see some accountability and transparentcy. i have referred folks to primary care and medical and mental health services over the years and understand the complexities of the system and subsidies and you know how things get paid and coverage. i think this is a very important issue, but i also think that we must definitely look into how we as a city practice giving out the money. what i'm sensing here and i'm fully convinced by folks earlier that we are giving out a blank check here. we are giving out too much money and no real scrutiny or analysis of why this money is coming out. at the same time we have a lot of services in the community that are just as valuable that this payment goes out to kaiser. i would like to see in money go back and get renegotiated to the health services board so we as a city do the right thing and make the best decisions. i feel like it's too much money. i'm not convinced that kaiser should be getting this money. this money should go to better se

we need to make the public aware of what sacrifices our unions have already made. city workers here have cut to the bone. times are really hard in detroit. they are hard for our families, and -- and we need to educated the public and make them aware of the fact that we've done our part. we've sacrificed so much to keep this city afloat. >> thank you very much. we appreciate the time. >> breaking news, mandy. back to you. >> absolutely. breaking news coming into cnbc right now. tyler, i'm going to throw it over to you at desk. >> mandy, thank you very much. the u.s. securities and exchange commission has charged s.a.c. capital's founder and prime guy, steven a. cohen in that insider trading case. he's been charged with failure to supervise two traders whom the s.e.c. and justice department have charged with insider trading. this is not a justice department criminal filing. we should be very clear in saying. it is the s.e.c. that has charged mr. cohen for failing to prevent insider trading. let me read from one of the s.a.c. paragraphs. cohen received highly suspicious informatio

transport and public services were brought to a near halt as the two main unions went on strike. municipal workers are already out on a strike would started yesterday. athens has fallen behind on its land to redeployed 25,000 civil servants. scientists have developed a skin patch which they hope to prevent malaria. this is designed from -- designed to prevent mosquitoes from detecting carbon dioxide in onallows them to hone people. egyptian army chief, who led the coup, is now the deputy prime minister. brotherhood has denounced the new cabinet as illegitimate. -- themonths of ramadan month of ram again is meant to bring peace. ramadan is meant to bring peace. egypt still has its nights of violence. on monday, supporters of the deposed president made a stand against the security forces. this was egypt's most serious outbreak of violence for more than a week. in the hours after the clashes, i met the military spokesman. have an rare chance to extended conversation with a senior officer. the colonel agreed to answer one question on camera. do you think the egyptian armed forces in recent days have u

workers today shouted down bart's general manager during a transportation event in san francisco. >> members of the two bart unions confronted the general manager. she was giving a speech to the american public transportation association. the workers demanded that she replace bart's lead negotiator in the talks because he took a vacation during the 30 day cooling off period. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us now. tom? >> reporter: we continue to await word of any kind of progress. the fact is we may be waiting in vein. >> reporter: as bart general manager presided over a convention negotiations with bart's unions appear to be sustained. >> i think unions raised issues in orderer to not address the issues of the 23% they are asking for. the fact they don't pay for pension right now and little for medical. >> they are spending more time putting language up on their website and passing out false information to the press and going to conferences and going on vacation than they are on focusing on the real issue at hand. >> reporter: progress is elusive. >> we are negotiating today, last week and this week with all unions. >> i think she hasn't spent a lot of time in negotiations if that i

public relations. now what is the union going to do? >> that's coming from a woman who is a city worker and belongs to a union. riders told us campaigns aside, they want one thing to keep the rail running. >> i think 30 days aught to be long enough. >> union spokesperson told me by phone today that the unions are planning their own outreach campaign. that will start monday. >> thank you. the two sides have until august 4 to figure it all out, or those workers may go on strike yet again. >> checking other bay area headlines, another blow to the america's cup. tonight, italy's team says it may sit out sunday's race in a protest over rule changes. with a swedish boat out, that leaves the team from new zealand to compete. italy's appeal may be heard tomorrow. >> downtown danville is open for business once again after a water main break flooded the area. a 48-inch pipe ruptured near the street and hearts avenue last night. streets were flooded and homes lost water. but crews may prepare and have that mess cleaned up today. after officiating over 10,000 marriages, jim elig got to say his own

workers union staged this protest. >> union leaders have criticized walmart. >> they say they pay low beiges and public figures are -- low wages and public citizens apply for state benefits. >>> from uc berkeley, 2010-year-old sadai spaidz safadine is holding a two-year term as her calls in diverture from israel. >> her record is one of polarization. >> what's more important is talking about issues of tuition and equity and divertity. >> she says she'll be doing a lot of out rage to make sure all student voices and concerns are being heard. >> a former childcare worker accused of molestation had his first court appearance today. >>> and how negotiations are going with time running out at bart. >>> back here right after the break, a lot of fog out there but it's warming up and it's going to get kind of hot around here. >> i'll let you know what you can expect for your thursday. [ female announcer ] for the freshest produce, you want to be close to the people who are close to the land. [ rooster crows ] that's why safeway works closely with local growers. the folks whose hands are in the soil. planting and nurturing th

workers would pay into their pension fund less than 7%, paid by other public employee unions. the union's position was an annual raise of 4.5% with a cost of living increase and half percent going to pensions. one bit of good news, the union representing b.a.r.t. managers apparently reached tentative agreement. two larger union, the ones that run the trains, did not, but they are expected to be back at the negotiating table here in oakland at 1:00 this afternoon. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> anthony is in for mike inouye. the question, how are things looking out there early? >> it's very early. traffic isn't looking too bad. one thing in the tamalpanotice empty at the bay bridge approach. starting to see stackups in the cash lane. that's one small thing we're watching. again, if you are planning to leave this morning, use the bay bridge approach. leave early because yesterday this was stacking up to 11:00 in the morning. b.a.r.t. not running, ac transit still is. go to 511.org or nbc bbayarea.n. bay bridge approach not bad from richmond to

unions are saying no? >> they have to be. they should be and i don't know why public sector workers should be exempt from the realities the restworld faces. >> paul: you would say bondholders, too? >>? >> when you are talking about bailing out the creditors. these people took risks. got the spread and one of the reasons they did it because they expected a bailout. i think it's very dangerous to perpetuate that idea. >> paul: how many other cities are in danger here with pension obligations and debt -- i'm not saying they are going to file bankruptcy. they've got some real troubled financing? >> detroit may be the canary in the coal mine. you probably got dozen cities that are in severe financial trouble. you are talking about my hometown of chicago. talking about a lot of cities in california, cities like oakland, san bernardino that are very severe problems. the trouble is exactly the same. they have incredible pension programs that they can't pay for. that means they have to cut fire service and police service and schools. that is the big problem. by the way, i think bankruptcy not a bad option here for cities like detroit.

public space. just like these are clean, we want to keep these clean. the buses here from input, from our operators, transit workers union local 258. the san francisco transit riders union. the mta advisory committee. a lot of folks working together, our fleet engineers, mechanics, supervisors, operators, most of whom are under the leadership of john who has been the driving force of getting these here. the one person who was so excited about this is our mayor. he kept saying when are we going to get to ride those buses? i'm happy to say this day is here. i would like to introduce you're san francisco mayor,ed lee. [ applause ] >> thank you. some of them have arrived and all of them will arrive by july. i want to thank the commission and ed riis skin and the staff for investing properly. this is what we talked about for a number of years. when you realize that many of the buses that we have are over 13 years old in the city and you realize on how not only how run down they are but we keep replacing the parts over again. we have learned the lessons of fuel economy, of ergonomics and designs and free coating on there and m

union negotiator moon told me workers negotiated the benefits and they haven't had a raise in 4 years. >> what would i say to the riding public is we want to bring everybody wages up. don't want to bring anybody wages down this union supports every worker being treated with dignity and respect. >> moon says the average union bart worker making 62,000 a year in salary. health pension benefit are over and above that but she says that's really not the issue. >> who they should be talking about is the general manager and previous general manager last year made over 1 million dollars for not doing a day worth of work. >> washington the bart general manager has paid is 3 99,000 dollars a year plus incentive bonus. last gm went out with a check for 80 week of inused sick leave which explains the big pay out. l what we get is finger pointing and bickering and i think that's probably a pretty good indication there's still far apart at the bargaining table. reporting from un plaza in san francisco mark matthews 7 news. >> before we move on we want to pass along a couple of items we put together a full range of resource for you on our w

know the good men and women of afscme under president lee saunders, the largest public employee and healthcare worker's unionentire country. making america happen and you can find out more about their good work at their web site, afscme.org. that's afscme.org. and speaking of president lee saunders, he joins us on our news line this morning. brother lee, good morning. >> good morning, bill. how are you? >> bill: good. thank you for your support. good to have you on the program. i want to start because when i heard the news about detroit, the filing for bankruptcy, the first statement that i saw bemoaning that fact was from you, lee saunders. out how this come about and were city employees and public employees part of this decision or what can you tell us? >> unfortunately we weren't part of the decision. really, it is a tragic situation, bill. nobody is denying that detroit is experiencing some severe financial difficulty. nobody is denying that. i was there a couple of weeks ago and you see the devastation in that city. but you've got to ask why. why is that devastation occurring there? what people are tryi

worker's union. >>> senator mike enzi, a new public policy poll shows wyoming republicans giving enzi almost a 30-pointliz cheney has established a legal residence in wyoming, but so far wyoming republicans are continuing to treat her as the virginian she really is. up next, a preview of the president's big speech tomorrow with robert reich. i would say my car. probably the car. cause as you get older you start breaking down. i love my car. i want to take care of it. i have a bad wheel - i must say. my car is running quite well. keep your car healthy with the works. $29.95 or less after $10 mail-in rebate at your participating ford dealer. so you gotta take care of yourself? yes you do. you gotta take care of your baby? oh yeah! it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but afte

union's deadline august. if b.a.r.t workers do strike all other public transportation agencies will have to pick up the slack again. >> things are moving slow. our team is optimistic. >> monday we met all day. wednesday, no meetings. thursday, no meetings. today we'll get started and see how long it goes. >> at the b.a.r.t station today, riders are already thinking about another possible strike. >> that would be terrible. last one was horrible. >> and since riders will turn to other bay area transportation agencies, contingency plans are already in place. ac transit, still in their own union contract negotiations, will focus pron siding service for the east bit. -- providing service for the east bay. >> we might be able to put six to 10 extra buses on the road. but it's not even so much the number of extra buses. it's the number of extra runs we would be able to make. >> golden gate transit spokeswoman told me it would give as much supplemental service to oakland as it can. during the strike earlier this month, the metropolitan transportation commission funneled commuter information through 511.org. >> other

unions. i think the automobile industry made it so there was no public transportation system in detroit, so that workers not be mobile, and then because they wanted to promote a car industry and then the unions helped make our automobile industry less competitive and foreign consider caps coming in and capturing our market, building more efficiently at a lower cost and in some instances a better product. >> let's get to your first point, okay? >> everyone looks at detroit and says the car industry built the first middle class, the first real paris of the midwest is what they call it, fourth richest city in the united states at one point. you're saying that the automobile industry has also done a lot to take it down because there was no labor mobility if you were poor. you were stuck in a neighborhood. >> it was a one-industry town. just imagine new york city, the greatest city in the world, the most diverse economy in the world. imagine if the only industry here was financial services. we would be on a downward spiral continuing today. what happened is detroit didn't expand its industries. it didn't loo

good men and women of afscme under president lee saunders, the largest public employee and healthcare worker's uniontire country. for more information about their good work, make it happen, check out their web site, afscme.org. well more -- a lot more talk this morning about what's happening with nsa but particularly what's happening with edward snowden. and we find out that the president of bolivia was rerooted all over europe yesterday in his official plane while he was trying to head back to his country. several countries would not let him across their airspace because the rumor got out that he might have edward snowden on board. we check in with garantz who is politics editor with "the atlantic." >> thank you for having me on this morning. >> bill: i know before we get into some of this -- serious nsa talk, you just came back from the aspen ideas institute right? >> yes. the aspen ideas festival in aspen, colorado. >> bill: festival. and maybe the highlight of that -- from what i've seen was this interview with justice elena kagan who had -- dropped a bombshell out there. didn't she? >> she did.

workers this evening. and why some in the public are blaming the unions for disrupting the lives of commuters. >>> we are in the midst of an excessive heat warning tonight. take a look now at mount diablo. a little hazy in the setting sun there after another day of triple digit temperatures, and it's not over yet. there is more hot weather in the forecast tomorrow. ken wayne is live now in walnut creek and tells us, demand for power is at near record levels, asking people to reduce electricity during the evening peak hours. >> reporter: the temperature has fallen to a much more tolerable 84 degrees in walnut creek. we have gotten through this heat wave, up to this point without any big power issues, but that could all change come tomorrow. it's not just the inland valleys of the bay area sweltering. for four straight days, many baked under triple digit temperatures. it's now putting strain on the state power supply. >> these temperatures are amazing, and really driving the air conditioning demand. >> reporter: after a morning in the air conditioning, amy millsap was back in the sun with two young energetic

the union workers say they are frustrated but, also, motivated to show the public and the bart district what they are serious about: getting what they are owed. it inoed. no talks were schedule or materialized yesterday and there is nothing scheduled for today. it was behind-the-scenes as mediators worked on this yesterday and no one was talking about any mediator activity yesterday. they might be trying to get the two sides together today we. the unions called the last offer insulting and said it would tick a better package to get them back to the table. they are on hold waiting for that offer but, at the same time, we the acu union lawyers met yesterday and were trying to send their response back to bart from bart's last offer which made on saturday. the tricky issues are those that have been tricky from the beginning, the unions would like a wage increase of 4.5 percent over three years. the district is offering rather than a three year a four-year contract with a 2 percent increase each of the four years and the unions have been pushing heart to get better and more safety and securi