no wonder he made the shovel-ready comment. ge has been a corporate failure.ight as well own a mule -- a mutual fund. >> sean: i was saying this about his inner child has come out this has been a long scheduled debate. the exact same time, exact same date as the republican debate at the reagan library. all of a sudden that has to be the night after his martha's vineyard's vacation that he comes back and makes that announcement. obviously, there was some political calculation there. what was it? >> to announce the jobs plan? >> sean: no that he's going to make his so-called his version of -- >> i don't think it was a political calculation. i think they bungled this from day one to say you have a plan when you don't. then go on vacation. come back and have the associated press reporting your team is scrambling to find the plan. now he's talking about going up to the hill on the same day as the gop debate, hoping to step on their story. it is not even about this jobs plan it is his political ambition. and he's stepping on his own story. >> that is what investors

neighbors here lil' will be given the opportunity to shovel dirt in the hole. pg&e's contractor will fill the hole this afternoon as paving work and other sidewalk repairs should take about three weeks. neighbors here got a letter from pg&e, telling them to expect about three weeks of construction. this hole may get closed today but neighbors say they hope legislators will close the hole in loop holes in regulations so that a tragedy like this won't happen again. you are seeing people milling about. i saw a spokesperson from jackie spears' office, lots of neighbor whose lost their homes here and we also have the mayor of san bruno, who will be the first to shovel dirt into the crater. reporting live from san bruno, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you very much. pg&e planning for the cooler months ahead, which means an increased demand for gas. pg&e trying to convince state regularitiy regulators that its pressure checking system is safe. pg&e has water tested the lines, but the state wants pg&e to use a so-called spike test instead. that's

shovel-ready jobs not exactly shovel-ready. >> sean: the president i think has set himself up.o on vacation when i come back there's going to be this big speech. first he to move the speech because he was playing political games with the republican debate. then he has to move the again, because it is conflicting with football. >> hard to be president these days, right? >> sean: what can he said that would inspire the american people if this is what with we are getting as a preview? >> whenever president has lost the trust and confidence of the public on an issue as central to every american's life the health of our economy, the ailing health of our economy right now. the first hurt regain trust. i don't know how obama presents this speech as anything more than a political move. when he has been so political in every aspect of his treatment of the economy. if he gets into office. he says i'm going to reach across the aisle in the meetings to discuss the stimulus he says i won. doesn't take a republican suggestion. people jumping up and down republicans and democrats hurting in a

[applause] >> i am going to keep mine short because i want to see the shovels. [laughter] i have to tell you, on behalf of the school board, and i know that hydra mendoza and the school board members are here -- i really want to say thank you. we have the privilege in our beautiful school district to serve 56,000 students. you're sort of going to go and thank all the different groups that got here because it really was an effort by everybody, but i'd want to 0.1 thing out, and that is this project has been long coming. i have to tell you, i think why it finally happened is because everybody, all those names that people have rattled off -- the mayor and everybody else -- i have to tell you, the thing that brought us together is that all those people, including the school district, all of us -- we left our egos at the door and said this is more important than anybody's ego because this is about a community, not about individuals. it is about all the folks who actually live here. we come here and make some speeches, but we are going to leave. it is about the people

let's do something shovel-ready and create jobs immediately. we don't need new stimulus for the money 2 1/2 years ago. let's focus on making sure that the money that was appropriate previouslily is put to good use at the same time we are looking at plans to be able to actually boost the economy and motivate job creation. >> i can't imagine you agree with everything danny said, but they believe the stimulus did not work and they call it 2.0 and whatever you choose. there as danny points out are painting the picture that this won't work again. >> study aside, the fact that the stimulus helped turn around the trajectory. we were losing jobs every month for a long time until these new policies were put in place. we stopped the bleeding. putting that aside for a second, it makes me chuckle when i hear my friends on the other side say we don't need the short-term investments. i think the fundamental miscalculation is investing in infrastructure is both a short-term and a long-term necessity for the economy. investing in education is both a short-term

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today an act of picking up a shovel for many went a long way to help change that. the mayor talk -- tossed a first shovelful followed by a long line of neighbors, survivor autos we did survive. and you know, putting the dirt on the hole this, is like we beat the hole and the blast. and this is very important. >> eight people did not survive. 38 homes were destroyed when the 30 inch steel natural gas pipeline exploded from four feet underground and was thrown 100 feet. the giant blow torch roared for an hour and a half. today in a ceremony organize bid the city, residents got a hands on moment to face the place where the fiery monster emerged and tried to bury some of the pain along with it. >> this felt good. because i know the pipe is gone. the hole is going to be filled. i'm happy about that. it's closure. a little bit. >> once filled and the road rebuilt there is unfinished work in sacramento and washington to chaimpkt way pipelines are inspected and maintained because of the age, the line was exempted from the expensive testing. that now changed in california.

>> my next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than this current-- (laughter) >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnists cal thomas. jim pinkerton, the young american conservative magazine and daily beast, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. warren buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett. there's no justification for it. it is wrong that in the united states of america, a teacher, a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000, should pay higher tax rate than somebody pullingn 50 million dollars. >> a very busy week for the media began with the president pitching his latest tax plan, citing what is now referred to as the buffett rule. so, let's start there. the media theme, judy, seems to be that the, you know, it's time to soak the rich and ask them to pay more money, but the rich do pay an awful lot of taxes. >> right, it's true. it was very interesting, the disconnect between the media and the people. the american people seem to like this speech

only problem, the joke was vaguely familiar. >> my dogs have created more shovel-ready work than obamas. >> wow. almost verbatim. but, don't jump to conclusions. rush may have done some borrowing himself. check out this photo from a tea party way back in 2009. you've got to give credit where credit's due. wow. and more from the debate front, here's a new take on reality. at one point, candidates were asked about taxes. let's hear the inimitable michele bachmann's one-of-a-kind take on tax policy. now, she's running for president. here she goes. >> i think you earn every dollar, you should get to keep every dollar that you earn. that's your money. that's not the government's money. that's the whole point. barack obama seems to think that when we earn money, it belongs to him. and we're lucky just to keep a little bit of it. i don't think that at all. i think when people make money, it's their money. >> that's right, we shouldn't have any taxes, so, one, no one pays a dime. well, to be fair to bachmann, very fair, take a few steps back, saying we do need to make some contributions to fun

he says shovel-ready we know what transpired from that. the stimulus cost a trillion with interest and cost more than $200,000 a job. this sounds the same. i think you need to empower the entrepreneur. when i was 20-years-old, i created my first . my folks didn't have enough to send me to college, i made investments, started my own business. in two years i had enough to pay my whole way through college. those challenges, you need to unshackle. the biggest strength is small business. >> greta: he talked about getting rid of regulations. >> he said he would get rid of 500 if you look at the dodd-frank bill it takes 10.7 million hours to get that it only took seven millions hours to bill the empire state building. if he recalls 500 regulations he added more than every other piece he has put through. we are way behind. i would look at competitive. we are in a world economy. take every country that come peas with -- competes with america and say america is getting a leveled playing field. if it is three years to bring a new drug in europe, it i

crews are using shovels and hoses to douse hot spots. the current plan is for them to remain on the scene. briefly forced campers to evacuate campgrounds and forced rangers to close the park. >> the bay area air quality management district says tomorrow will be a spare the air day. people are encouraged to refrain from driving as smog and pollution levels are expected to remain high. >>> happening now, san francisco celebrates the end of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. a party is underway at the lesbian, gay, transgender service center. the repeal of the policy. david stevenson spent the day with veterans who reflected on the past and are celebrating the future. >> it was an emotional morning for gay and lesbian veterans in san francisco celebrating the end of the don't ask, don't tell era. >> wow. former u.s. may i have commander came out 18 years ago until her retirement four years ago, she was the nation's only active openly gay service member. >> it's so excited when i woke up, i no longer have to be a spokesperson for t

he says shovel-ready we know what transpired from that. the stimulus cost a trillion with interest and cost more than $200,000 a job. this sounds the same. i think you need to empower the entrepreneur. when i was 20-years-old, i created my first . my folks didn't have enough to send me to college, i made investments, started my own business. in two years i had enough to pay my whole way through college. those challenges, you need to unshackle. the biggest strength is small business. >> greta: he talked about getting rid of regulations. >> he said he would get rid of 500 if you look at the dodd-frank bill it takes 10.7 million hours to get that it only took seven millions hours to bill the empire state building. if he recalls 500 regulations he added more than every other piece he has put through. we are way behind. i would look at competitive. we are in a world economy. take every country that come peas with -- competes with america and say america is getting a leveled playing field. if it is three years to bring a new drug in europe, it i

that this really isn't the best example of a shovel ready bridge -- a shovel ready project. that's something, brooke, that republicans are absolutely slamming the president for trying to promote a jobs plan that he says will create a jobs plan and then coming here. that it wouldn't have construction going on until mid to late 2013. that's with an expedited process. more likely you wouldn't see jobs here until 2015. here's what the white house is saying. they're saying they didn't say it was shovel ready. the point they're making, this is what we heard from jay carney today, this is symbolic of the crumbling infrastructure across the country. that republicans have a choice to help out the president to do something for jobs, and that instead the white house says, they're deciding to play politics instead. trying to beat him politically. rather than try to do something for the american people. >> thank you. speaking of the american people. >>> and zpoks the dow. let's go to the big board. the dow is down now over 500 points. we're just about a half-hour away from the closing be

that is closer than almost anything else to being shovel ready. we can get to work right away on those schools. there's no excuse for having substandard schools and so many substandard schools. with regards to vacant buildings or buildings that have been forfeited upon, if they are generally vacant and the government starts investing in them and takes an equity interest in them so the tax payers can get something back when those buildings not only are resold but also it improves the entire neighborhood, that's worthwhile to do but that also, like a lot of other infrastructure projects, is going to take a little bit more time to get done. >> ifill: matthew slaughter, what do you think about those two pieces of this, the schools and the foreclosed properties? >> you know, there's many needs to improve america's educational system. some kids in america do need to be in higher-quality schools so i see the value of that. i would stress though the value of the transportation and broader pieces of infrastructure that touches american business. the jobs c

and what nothing nothing really i mean the show really mean the whole shovel ready industry for the kids kind of a joke but i mean we have we have a lot of of layoff people in this country in the mortgage industry in the financial services industry that shouldn't be getting jobs in those industries because those industries are too big to begin with we have a we have a incredibly robe of the education and health care and government sectors in this country are far too large those are not productive areas of the economy those are not ways in which you you in richmond economy or great or gain wealth those are industries in which you dispel wealth what we need is a larger manufacturing sector a larger energy sector a lot larger technology sector. those types of jobs that we can we can make things export them around the world and we simply have lost those types of jobs unfortunately we need to do a lot better it creating the types of industries that put a blue collar worker can get and we haven't spent much time or energy thinking about those types of jobs ok but it sounds like maybe construct

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here we are 10 years later and not one shovel of dirt has been lifted to bring those stables and the community of people that were as historic as any community in this city, like i said, 165 years. we had public horse boarding in the city. it brings me to the subject of sleeper politicians. we know what sleeper cells are, but what is a sleeper politician? it is someone who says or does anything to get into office. once they get to office -- he shoots the public in the back of the head, just like major nadal malick hassan did at fort hood. except we are dealing with politicians aren't legislation instead of bullets. it is the same effect. president chiu: thank you very much. thank you very much. next speaker. >> i am here for a third time. i have some handwritten notes that i wanted to give to your clerk. perhaps you can hand them over to the supervisors, each a copy for them. today i want to speak about what i call the ark. in memory of a doctor who practiced here in san francisco. i would like to recommend that the city of san francisco engraved the stone sculpture that sits on polk

. >> my next door neighbor's two dogs created more jobs than this shovel -- >> reporter: it came from a handful from the audience who booed a gay soldier. >> you intend to circumvent the progress made for gay and lesbian soldiers in the military. >> reporter: for a race that's come dune to rick perry versus mitt romney, it's unclear whether anything changed at last night's debate. florida republicans will have their say as a non-binding straw poll set for this weekend. jim acosta, cnn, orlando. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas will stand before the general assembly and ask the world to accept the palestinians as member. here's the problem. he knows full well he'll be rejected. >> right. his support for statehood is slowly eroding thanks to heavy lobbying by the united states. richard roth is with us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the palestinians have been lobbying the nations on the security council. they need nine yes votes to be accepted in a security council resolution, but the u.s. has a veto that's potentially waiting. now, the battle is just begin

and they are inviting neighbors to pick up a shovel as well. >> just think about what happened, reflect on the others. >> it will be a sense of normalcy, a sense of the community coming back together. >> reporter: people agree it will be a positive step forward but they also admit filling the hole won't fill the void. i am da lin, kron 4 news. >>> high temperatures today were in the 60s and 70s. warmer in some spots as he wee head into tomorrow we will warm more. high temperatures today, 73 redwood city. 68 heyward. 68 oakland. 79 concord. we are on the mark in every location. except oakland. they hit the mark exactly and a degree off icoakland. -- in oakland. the fog return over night but clears tomorrow afternoon. sunny and warmer condition. sunday winds slack off, brings us no fog in the morning and warmer, i will have details coming up in a bit. >>> a warning going out to people who wear gold chain. ro mñwñ >>> a rash of gold chain robberies in oakland left one person dead, is still raising concerns tonight. reports are occurring almost every day. oakland police are alerting the com

you don't include the possibility she used a shovel to burry her dead baby? you saying she went psychotic and lost contact with reality. is in the public believes you perjured yourself. >> the interview is on kron 4 tuesday at 4:00 p.m. >>> special teams sparked the raiders tonight and it's just one game but the new head coach already getting the bath. gary has raiders-broncos highlights and all of the sports coming up next. ( grunting ) it feels like help is never far away. it feels like you're protected against life's little mishaps. it feels like you'll make it home. that's what it feels like to be a member. . >>> all right. good evening, everybody. the raiders for the fist time in nine years win their season opener. if likability means anything, the raiders will be dynamite this year. early on matt making making the play here. three turnovers, four sacks and a nfl record tying 63-yard field goal. that ties tom dempseys all time record. meanwhile, eric decker will go the other way. 90 yards and the raiders 16-3 lead is down to 16-10. raiders 15 penalties.

i know. >> take your shovel. i'll get these. >> she has been in and out for so long that this is kind of like home, unfortunately. she feels probably safer in here than she does on the street. >> i'm almost happy to be doing something like normal, you know? >> daniel esdale is also hoping for a bit more freedom. he has five weeks left to serve on his two-year sentence for possession of a firearm. as unlikely as it is, he's still holding out hope that he can serve that time in general population. >> it's still a possibility just like this big. i might. i doubt it. >> esdale is currently back in segregation after refusing to perform his job in the jailhouse infirmary. >> open 4, please. >> but he sees it as one small slipup after four months of what was for him unusually good behavior. today he's meeting with jail officials where he'll learn what's in store for him. >> i'm going get administrative because of my history in the building. then i'm going to pop because they think i'll come back in and fight. >> assista

jobs are not so shovel ready. and we have the fbi ratings the solar company that was supposed to be for clean tech industry. i am for fixing highway, especially i-80, which is like the blair witch project. >> personalidessing. >> why would you drive through pennsylvania? >> there is a real redundancy problem. his china comparison is not really honest. in china, you are building highways where there were none. that's not the same as adding a lane to i-95. we have i-95. >> have you driven in pennsylvania? it's a lot like china. no, that's not true. bill, before you say something, the outram of the speech is when obama asked to you up your game?! >> i may race to the middle and then i will have time to watch access hollywood. but this was too long. i am from the past. this jacket will tell you, 1977. so the question must be asked -- what would jimmy carter do? we would take the trillions and invest it in peace and he would blame it on a rabid bunny. >> have you met kevin? >> yes. i was thinking of knop -- of janet na

neighbors took turns shoveling dirt to fill the hole from the san bruno explosion last year that killed eight people. for some, this is symbolic of closing a wound in the community. >> it was a little bit of a closure. it felt good because i know that the pipe is gone and i know the whole is going to be filled and this is the safest neighborhood in the world. >> reporter: the mayor of san bruno says while the whole still remains to be closed, there still remains safety violations in pipeline regulations. >> the legislative holes, a grandfather clause has come into play where pipes are not inspected, automatic particular shutoff valves are not mandated and inspection techniques. you can put a man on the moon but you can't configure a smart pig to check every pipe in the country. so there's lots of work that needs to be done. >> reporter: pg&e contractors are expected to fill the hole tonight. neighbors say while they will soon be able to walk by here now and not stare at the crater, the dirt does nothing to fill their loss. neighbors say that they are frustrated, they thought one year af

. >> other local dignitaries joined in for the shoveling of dirt. the new building is scheduled for completion in 2014 and will house command center, a police station as well as fire station at a projected cost of $243 million. >> and in emeryville, the police department unveiled a new state of the art emergency response vehicle. and the vehicle will alout department to set up a mobile command post for disasters and better respond to major crime scene autos the department didn't pay any of the quarter million dollar fees for the vehicle but it was a gift from. emeryville. >> a september 11th story of hope on a day that so many americans changed this young woman's life was saved. >> another punishing storm hitting the east coast. several communities have been cleared out to make way for flood water autos and serving of thunderstorms may be on our weekend weather men yuchl details are coming up in the forecast. >> sky 7 live over market street right now. you can see a line of police officers that are responding to calls for protests at bart tonight. p

and shovel ready projects, are you going to go for that? >> guest: we will do a highway author in the normal course of business. we believe that infrastructure is good and will fix this but that is not going to work. we tried that in the bush administration and they failed to. and pay for them with permanent tax increases they don't work. we cannot bail out the state government when the federal government is in worse shape. >> chris: no to the shovel ready and aid to the state to keep first responders and teachers on the pay roll? >> guest: that is the constitutional penalty of the state governments and not federal government. >> chris: how about these. i will go through it quickly. how about the pay roll tax cuts and retraining for long-term unemployed? >> guest: the georgia plan sounds interesting. we are looking at unemployment reform. and temporary tax, i am all for people to keep their money. it was tried in the bush administration and obama administration it hasn't worked f. you are paying with them with terminent tax increases that i

. >> mire next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than the current administration. >> the line of the night. did gary johnson steal the joke from another big name republican? >> sentenced to church, one judge is givening criminals a choice. go to jail or go to church. it's coming up. the details on that. "news nation" is back in a few minutes. down the hill? man: all right. we were actually thinking, maybe... we're going to hike up here, so we'll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ] whew! i think it's worth it. working with a partner you can trust is always a good decision. massmutual. let our financial professionals help you reach your goals. >>> as the debate ramgs over whether georgia executed an innocent man, two men who served a decade in prison have been set free. kenneth and his codefendant were released yesterday after being exonerated by a three-judge panel. the judge acted after the north carolina innocence inquiry commission found in april. there was enough evidence to indicate the men were not guilty of the killings. the innocence

anyone can come and shovel dirt into the hole here on glen view drive. pg&e will come later to finish the job. they've left the hole open for a year at the request of investigators. they've been given the all-clear to fill in the spot where there once was a pipeline. when it ruptured the fire killed eight people. even though it was a year ago, people here still get choked up when they talk about it. >> you want to forget but you don't want to forget. easier to see the hole filled. you will never forget. >> people died. when i walked out of my driveway i saw flames i thought it was a plane. it is scary ii -- >> reporter: residents need the street back. it is a thoroughfare they say it has been a hassle to go around it. some recognize it will be tough to drive over this spot that won't be possible for another two to three weeks when they estimate they will get it repaved and opened up again. one topic, whether to put some type of memorial here? some people think it is important. others say they are ready to move on. they don't want to be reminded. live in

anyone can come and shovel dirt into the hole here on glen view drive. pg&e will come later to finish the job. they've left the hole open for a year at the request of investigators. they've been given the all-clear to fill in the spot where there once was a pipeline. when it ruptured the fire killed eight people. even though it was a year ago, people here still get choked up when they talk about it. >> you want to forget but you don't want to forget. easier to see the hole filled. you will never forget. >> people died. when i walked out of my driveway i saw flames i thought it was a plane. it is scary ii -- >> reporter: residents need the street back. it is a thoroughfare they say it has been a hassle to go around it. some recognize it will be tough to drive over this spot that won't be possible for another two to three weeks when they estimate they will get it repaved and opened up again. one topic, whether to put some type of memorial here? some people think it is important. others say they are ready to move on. they don't want to be reminded. live in

a 6-year-old in england dug up a rare fossil with her plastic shovel. it turned out to be a marine invertebrate that is 160 million years old. the young archaeologist loaned it to a museum so now her treasure can be enjoyed by all. you can see all the spikes on it. she cleverly nicknamed the fossil "spike." >> that's incredible to dig it up. >> 130 pounds, too. huge. >> that's a big invertebrate. >> certainly is. >>> it's time for an early look at some of the stories we'll be following throughout the day here on nbc. vice president joe biden will host a cabinet meeting as part of a campaign to cut waste to discuss efforts made to eliminate misspent tax dollars within the federal government. the campaign was launched after a report found billions spent annually on overlapping offices and agencies. >>> the band phish will hold a benefit concert in vermont to raise money for flood victims in the wake of hurricane irene. >>> on this day in 1814 francis scott key was inspired to write a poem during the battle of baltimore which later became the lyrics to "th

shortage of raw materials, we're getting 80% of our raw materials from prescription drugs overseas, shovelie: shocking. >> let's get the government subsidizing materials here instead of going there to get them. generics, not enough profit and the drug companies don't make a profit. >> jamie: so they don't make the drugs. >> they don't make the drugs, that involves chemotherapy, heart drugs, steroids, antibiotics. the fourth problem is that not only the generics involved, but sterilization is very, very expensive and the fourth problem, i think i'm the only one reporting this, by the way, a lot of the drugs go overseas to the army, to the war effort overseas and end up getting stock piled over there and not used. >> kelly: when they're needed right here. >> when they're needed here. i'm not against that, in a combat zone you don't know how many drugs, antibiotics you need, but that's skimmed right off the top. >> jamie: can patients do anything about this? >> we're doing it right now. i think that patients have to complain. i have patients on chemotherapy drugs is that have been snatched aw

she says after her turn at the shovel she wanted to keep going with more. >> it felt good. the pip is again and the hole is going to be filled so i'm really happy about the that. a little bit of closure. a little bit. >>reporter: carol says she normally avoid the hole but today was different. >> you know we did survive and bust the dirt on the hole is kind of like we beat the hole and we beat the blast and it's very, very important. >>reporter: 8 people did not survaichlt and 38 homes were destroyed. 30 inchnal natural gas paper line explode from four feet underground. the 3000 pound 28 foot section was thrown 100 feet from where it was burden for 54 years. the jaint blow torch that followed roared for an hour and a half. once the create or is filled and the road rebuilt there is still unfinished work in sacramento and washington. to change the way pipe lines are inspected and maintained. because of its age the san bruno line was exempted from the most rigorous andbe"aensive testing. that has now changed in california but there are still about 150,000 miles of untested line

>> well, they are not so shovel ready, number one. but we are going to do a new highway reauthorization and that is the normal course of business but we don't want to do it with all the borrowed money. we believe infrastructure is good and we are going to fix this. if you want to do right, the temporary tax rebates tried in the bush administration. they paid then, too. we don't think we should be bailing out state governments when the federal government's budget is in worse shape than the state government's are. >> chris: no to infrastructure as part of the jobs plan and no to aid to the states to keep first responders and teachers on the payroll? >> that is the constitutional responsibility of state governments, not the federal government. this -- >> chris: you just need to go through this quickly with you, sir. how about the payroll tax cuts, the retraining for long-term unmany ployed. >> the georgia plan sounds interesting. i think that is something we are looking at which is unemployment reform. the temporary tax rebates. i'm all

i know. >> take your shovel.e. >> she has been in and out for so long that this is kind of like home, unfortunately. she feels probably safer in here than she does on the street. >> i'm almost happy to be doing something like normal, you know? >> daniel esdale is also hoping for a bit more freedom. he has five weeks left to serve on his two-year sentence for possession of a firearm. as unlikely as it is, he's still holding out hope that he can serve that time in general population. >> it's still a possibility just like this big. i might. i doubt it. >> esdale is currently back in segregation after refusing to perform his job in the jailhouse infirmary. >> open 4, please. >> but he sees it as one small slipup after four months of what was for him unusually good behavior. today he's meeting with jail officials where he'll learn what's in store for him. >> i'm going get administrative because of my history in the building. then i'm going to pop because they think i'll come back in and fight. >> assistant director of

. >> talking about the new little stimulus package for the shovel-ready projects that aren't shovel-ready, that part? >> talking about this entire plan, $447 billion. do you think the tea party supported candidates will get onboard? we saw a lot of discussion previously when looking at the debt deal. >> first of all, i don't think stimulus spending just to spend money is something i'd even support. we don't need to worry about that. a lot of conservatives and republicans will have a hard time with that. stimulus spending didn't work the last time. i don't think it's going to work this time. i'm sure there are some things, and i agree with how we started this conversation. there are going to be some things i think both parties can agree to. i think that's the common groupd that we are looking for. reality is we are facing a mo monstrosity of a problem. we need major ideas and reforms to get this economy back on track. >> major economists believe this will work. we shall see if the plan does make it past the house. >> 101 economists. >> thank you so much. wish we had more time. >>> we are j

. >> my next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administrationave an impression. that's our report. thanks for watching. >> dicky: up next on an all-new "jimmy kimmel live" -- ellen pompeo. >> jimmy: so, your dad's side italian? >> irish. had a drink backstage. >> jimmy: yeah, right. >> dicky: fr

dollars in infrastructure money that was in our particular area stuck here in washington because shovel-readyas become -- you know, it's a national joke. it doesn't exist. but question streamline that process and speed up the process and actually get people to work on long-term jobs and get those big projects under way that hire people for more than just putting in a sidewalk or repaving, which may be necessary, but it's short term, temporary employment. >> i think republicans have tried to make the idea of shovel-ready into a joke but i'm not sure outside of republican circles it seems that funny. i don't mean to be disrespectful. >> i've been with the president and he just, you know, he gets it, i think, that you've got to streamline the process. it is a joke. i mean, it takes 78 years just to go through the standard approval process for a federal transportation project. >> specifically -- >> that's too long. >> in what the president was talking about tonight, let me get one specific other things he talked about. he talked about infrastructure investment to modernize 35,000 public schools.

even the president said a few months ago, shovel-ready wasn't quite as shovel-ready as i thought. >> and is it your analysis here, it's mine, that this right now is all about the first thing one does when one runs for re-election and that's bring your base back home. that's what this movement is with the president, this rhetoric. >> this is not completely safe ground for him, though. it is somewhat fraught in the sense the democratic coalition today is very different than it was 30 and 40 years ago. they actually run better in the upper middle class among whites, college educated whites, than they do among working class non-college whites, the people who are ostensibly the audience for this message voted 58% for john mccain in 2008. whites without a college education. 63% for republicans in 2010. so there is a risk that in this very kind of class-conscious language, he drives away some of the voters who might be more open to him on other grounds in those kind of white collar suburbs like the suburbs of philadelphia or bergen county, new jersey or outside of detroit. it is not a slam

one by one people dumped shovels of dirt into the hole. it marks a major milestone in the recovery and rebuilding process. for people who lived fire the deadly pipeline explosion, one year ago, this was an emotional step forward today. >> it was an obvious experience -- it was an awful experience. we were hoping this would be part of the healing process and close up the hole and look for a better life in the newture -- in the future. >> my neighbors couldn't be here so i did two scoops. i told the gomezs i would do their scoops for them. >> reporter: the pipeline at the bottom of the crater has been capped. it will never be used again. but the mayor of san bruno says even after this heel is filled there's still work on a political level to do a to make sure this doesn't happen -- to do to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> it's important to fill the hole. but i think the big story today is the holes that are not filled. they are the legislative holes in washington and sacramento. >> reporter: and filling this crater in the ground also