ktvu scott mcfarland is joining us live in our washington, d.c. newsroom to tell us how the bay area will becked. >> reporter: less road work and fewer crews. it turns out they are considering cutting that. in a big way. to about $200 billion. a major change. reports this morning from the washington post indicate that they want to make the reductions in part of the deficit crisis. if they spent the original amount, it would require a hike in gasoline prices. >> then the transportation committee we are going to try to narrow the focus and make certain that the taxpayers money is wisely investigated on projects that are truly high- speed or that provide good transportation service. >> reporter: local projects in the future could be at risk because this federal transportation money in the past has been used for several vital local word projects. work on the golden gate bridge and caldecott tunnel up and down interstate 880. all of these in question in the fourth. we will hear from barbara box never an hour and a half here. she will talk about transpo

live in washington scott mcfarland. >>> 5:16. the attorney for a mexican man executed in texas says americans going abroad are facing potential danger. last night the state of texas executed 38-year-old umberto for the murder of a 16-year-old girl. he apologized before his execution and then he shouted viva mexico i am ready warden. attorneys say texas is setting a bad precedent for americans who get in legal trouble abroad. >>> an airport screener has been fired accused of stealing from passengers. investigators say that the scheme went on for months at the fort lauderdale hollywood airport in florida. investigators say he sold the stolen items online. he no longer works for the tsa. >>> a washington state woman says she was singled out for a hand search because of her hair. it happened after she went through an advanced imaging search at seattle airport. she was wearing her hair up at the time. tsa screeners threatened to call police if she didn't let them examine her hair. >> i remember looking at a woman with her hair in the

ktvu scott mcfarland is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom to tell us why it's a disappointing report. >> reporter: the headline hiring has slowed to a standstill. the nation gained 18 jobs in june. cut backs by state governments, cities, school districts to blame. the consumers spending which is stifled by high gas prices and sinking home values didn't help. >> you have to have demand. you have to have sales. you have to have buyers. there has been a significant number in this month. >> reporter: here in washington all sides getting ready to spin these numbers. the speaker of the house and republicans speaking to the capitol in the next 15 minutes. the president from the white house in the next half hour. live in washington scott mcfarland. >>> a man wanted for killing seven people in michigan took his own life after an hours long standoff with police. they are saying that 34-year- old rodrick dantzler killed. among the seven dead was dantzler's exgirlfriend, her daughter and another child. he went into another home and took three o

the president sat down with scott mcfarland and shared his high hopes for nasa's future. >> let's make sure we are going to the next big thing. let's not shoot to send somebody back to the moon, let's send somebody to mars. >> until the united states does design and build a new vehicle the united states will pay russia to carry astronauts to the space station. >> in news of the world in pakistan the taliban released video of what appears to be the execution style killings of 16 policeman. a note said they were captured and killed last month by taliban militants who entered tack pan from afghanistan. authorities say the video appears to be real. the bbc received cell phone video showing the bodies being found. ? in afghanistan the general handed over command of the afghanistan war to his successor. it'll be john allen's task to guide force as they prepare to hand off security control to afghanistan forces by the end of 2014. >>> the hand off happened hours after a top alli of the afghanistan president was gunned down a member of the parl," ament was also killed. just last week the presi

the president sat down with scott mcfarland and shared his high hopes for nasa's future. >> let's make are going to the next big thing. let's not shoot to send somebody back to the moon, let's send somebody to mars. >> until the united states does design and build a new vehicle the united states will pay russia to carry astronauts to the space station. >> in news of the world in pakistan the taliban released video of what appears to be the execution style killings of 16 policeman. a note said they were captured and killed last month by taliban militants who entered tack pan from afghanistan. authorities say the video appears to be real. the bbc received cell phone video showing the bodies being found. ? in afghanistan the general handed over command of the afghanistan war to his successor. it'll be john allen's task to guide force as they prepare to hand off security control to afghanistan forces by the end of 2014. >>> the hand off happened hours after a top alli of the afghanistan president was gunned down a member of the parl," ament was also killed. just last week the president's h

live this morning scott mcfarland. >>> the faa released the tapes of emergency calls from the southwest airlines jet that was forced to land when a hole ripped open in the planes cabin. this happened on april 1st. >> southwest 812 is that you? >> declare emergency vehicle we lost the cabin. currently we've got a hole in the back. >> that plane made an emergency landing in yuma, arizona. it was too dangerous to try to go back to phoenix. further inspection found cracks in the plane and at least 79 planes were grounded as a result. the faa now requires airlines to inspect their planes more often. >>> a federal appeals court has temporarily stopped the forced education of jared loughner. the court gave the government until the end of today to show that the drugs are absolutely necessary and likely to make loughner competent to stand trial. loughner is charged in the mass shooting in tucson that killed six people and injured 13 others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. meantime one of congresswoman's giffords aids made in the shooting made an emotional return to work. he will try t

in an interview with ktvu scott mcfarland president obama indicated he is willing to make significant budget cuts. >> we can make some cuts to programs that don't work anymore, but we've got to make sure we are still funding education. >> reporter: the talks are deadlocked over the size of the cuts and whether the deal will include tax increases. there is a light at the end of the tunnel. senate leaders are working out the details of minority leader mitch mcconnell that will allow president obama to raise the cut ceiling and pave the way for cuts. and the recommendations would be subject to an up or down votes in the house and senate. republicans seem to leak that idea. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> the city of san francisco is threatening to file a lawsuit over the san bruno pipeline explosion. city attorney dennis says state and federal agencies failed to regulate pg&e before last years explosion in san bruno. he says the failures put the public at risk. he sent a letter to the state public ewe tills commission and the federal government's pipeline staffty a

in an interview with ktvu, scott mcfarland the president indicated he would keep fighting for a deal that includes tax increases. >> you can't ask for sacrifices from working people who haven't seen a raise in some cases for a decade. and not ask anything from folks like myself who can afford to do a little bit more. >> and now let's get back to a live picture from that news conference with house republican leaders. we are not hearing any new proposals from them today. but speaker banner so far has reiterated that no deal will include tax increase ares in a senate leader are also working out the deals of mitch mcconnell's plan, it is being called plan b it would give president obama power to temporarily raise the debt creeling and pave the way for budget cuts. reporting live from washington dc, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, allison. we asked people here in the bay area what they think about the increasingly hot debate over the debt ceiling. we got some strong reaction. >> you would hope people you elect to office who get paid such significant amount of money would be