ben tracy, cbs news, lubbock, texas. >> pelley: tough times but tough people.'s the cbs evening news. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> new at 6:00, thousands of bay area nurses just hours away from walking off the job. why they say they are doing it to help their patients. >>> he was san jose's most wanted and now can't stop sobbing. the different face of a suspected murderer and who is accused of helping him hide out. >>> which one do you think is real? >> that one. >> wrong. >> really good identification showing up at bars all over the bay area. where they are coming from and how easy it is to score one. good evening. >>> it could be the biggest strike of its kind we have ever seen in northern california. tomorrow, thousands of nurses plan to walk off the job and patient care will be affected at some bay area hospitals. phil matier on the

we have communities " organizers at the school, and you probably know tracy brown. she is a great person and a great dynamic programmer, and she is working to coordinate this and is very well aware of sf promise, which is at everett. this is one initiative. i think the feeling there is that we need multiple initiatives if we are to get a culture going. this is on big event planet, making sure there are weekly clubs. they do some other very good specific work, but this is about organizing student clubs, the focus on college readiness and academic success. this is not about covering the walls of the school. this is about targeting newcomers who are latino and specifically working with their parents in collaboration, along with the begin. ? she as the communicator and working with the team everett are working to coordinate all of these services. i think it might be this week that they have a meeting with some of the sf promise folks. this one is not so curriculum focused. what they want to do, for instance, a college advisor listed here, and sf promise, this would be a

tracie potts joins us now from washington. tracie, good morning to you. >> i had, veronica. good morning. the big concern is will there or will there not be a government shutdown next friday. both houses of congress are scheduled to be off. in fact, the house is scheduled to adjourn this afternoon. they have passed a bill that would keep government running through the middle of november. it passed by only 16 votes last night. here's what both sides said about it. >> this bill is an embarrassment. this is not worthy of that congress. vote no on this latest assault. on the republican plan. >> that you would call voting for that -- >> does the woman yield. >> no, i'm sorry. you had a half an hour. >> i mentioned three times since the gentleman has mentioned me -- >> the gentle lady from california controls the time. >> order in the house. >> order in the house, mr. speaker. >> this bill includes nearly 3.7 billion in disaster aid but that's paid for by cutting off some clean energy programs that democrats wanted. house speaker john boehner said there's no threat of a shutdown h

tracy has more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: they also want to know how the president plans to pay for this $447 billion package. that could start a big fight here. >> this is the bill we need to pass. >> reporter: president obama is expected to reiterate what he said about his jobs bill. >> it is fully paid for. it will not add a dime to the deficit. >> reporter: mostly by limiting charitable contributions and closing loopholes that affect the wealthy. republicans are already speaking out against tax increases. republican candidates of last night's debate questioned whether the stimulus will work. >> i can do the math on that one. >> it is suggested that maybe the president doesn't need to pay for the payroll tax cut. >> when you give people their money back it's their money. you don't have to pay for it. >> and the big question is how many jobs will this create. >> this package will help the economy by 2%. could mean an additional 2 million jobs. >> republicans say they want to see the numbers. the d

police say tracy slocum operated as a pimp in several california cities. tracy slocum was a running back from cal. >>> prosecutors say they will not retry barry bonds on perjury charges. a jury failed to reach a verdict during his testimony. baric baric was convicted of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: a bill to improve worker safety at napa is now on the governor's desk. it would make it a -- the bill comes after several attacks this year and the murder of a technician there last year. patients use contrabans to induce other patients to commit crimes. >>> bart faces controversies in the recent past and today they have a new general manager. >> apointe grace crunican as the district's general manager. >> grace crunican last headed seattle's public transit system where she was criticized. only one bart board member voted against her siting concerns about her salary. >> you have got to sacrifice and take a lore salary. it should be an honor to work for the government and the people. >> all of the other directors think she is a great choice. she will make

>> yes -- that is going to be coordinating all of these efforts with tracy? >> yes. commissioner: this is one of the things that was being pushed, around college readiness, too. you guys really hesitated. you do not like it? it is not the strategy? >> it is great. it is great. it was more -- there is just some confusion about the appropriateness of working with the esl students, so that has been coming up recently, and that is why i hesitated, because that is what we have been thinking about recently, but in terms of avid, avid is great. president mendoza: commissioner maufas? commissioner maufas: i to turn this from president mendoza. $125,000 is going to one person -- i just heard this from president mendoza. >> is part of our work. we are six months in. we are being mindful of those milestones. commissioner maufas: i just want to know the salary. the $125,000, what is going to a person and their benefits. i want to know what their money is pulled out of this contract amount, and then what is left to do this. that is what i want to know. >> right, we would have to

tracy jordan to the stage, please. tracy to the stage. hey, hey, hey, where are you going? rehearsal. rehearsal? we just did a show last week. i just came to pick up a paycheck. no. we do a show every friday, tracy. it's not gonna work. next friday is damon dash's birthday party.

tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. the white house says we're probably looking at 9.1% unemployment for the rest of this year and 9% for all of next year despite the fact that the weekly jobless claims are down. we're probably not going to see much change today. analysts say that the government is skeptical that the government can do anything to affect that number. president obama next thursday giving a big speech here on capitol hill telling congress what he believes needs to we done to create jobs in this country. but he's under fire from his own party, from democrats who say he's been compromising entirely too much, they believe, and that the president needs to creation a vision that sets them completely apart from the republican party as they head into this next election. >> tracie potts there for us in washington. thank you. >>> economic woes may be the main reason why this labor day weekend, the nation's highways won't be quite as crowded as they have been in past years. most of the causes for folks spending this

i just think when it comes to this whole tracy thing, it's best to tread lightly.

and it's going to be tracy's job to think about and plan for the bus program. tracy, d.c. yf.org. >> when we say questions, we mean questions not comments >> hi. my name is susan stone. i am on victim mediation. it's alive and well. my question is i want to acknowledge your commitment and passion. is there a place in the schools in this community where we can stop the cycle of shame and blame. both on the offenders because these crimes are among the youth under 18. we would love to see that program happen. there are 22 people and we would love to see it in san francisco. >> we have already started that program. in fact, jim dierck has that in his school. we want to get it in every single school. >> yeah, i wanted to say, as superintendent mentioned. we do have peer courts. i have sat through the sessions myself. it does seem like it has a better impact. the second thing is coordination. once you have san francisco peer court and into the room. community response. the schools have to have and also the cbo , need to have a stronger partnership. i will give you a very quick e

host: we will be talking with tracy and a few seconds, but mark seetin, what are apple growers doing to combat the stink bug in terms of pesticide? what cost is it to the farmer and what will be the cost to consumers? guest: we have a great debt we owe to the researchers with in the area. they are really under the gun of having to have this attack as and they put together a program where they work seven days a week, 24 hours a day, looking at pesticides effective against this past. and the ways the growers had to apply them, and providing information to growers on how to deal with that. as a result of that, this year, growers were certainly aware of it. they took action and follow the recommendations developed by tracey and her fellow researchers. we've actually seen some pretty significant results. harvest is still four or five days away from completion but it looks like the impact in terms of knowing them but is mobile, it does not reside in the orchard, and you have to attack it when it starts attacking your fruit, you have to be vigilant in looking for damage because you have to

nbc's tracie potts joins us with more from washington. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. democrats familiar with the president's plan say this speech tonight will be mainstream, aggressive and specific, with the goal of lowering our unemployment rate by next spring. the president expected to pitch a package of hundreds of billions of dollars in middle-class tax cuts, business tax breaks, infrastructure projects, another payroll tax cut, help for people who are having trouble paying their mortgage. job training, an extension of unemployment benefits and money to states to prevent layoffs of teachers and other state workers. now according to a new piece of research by pu, democrats and independents are skeptical this is going to work even before the president has laid out his ideas here on capitol hill. that happens tonight. lynn? >> tracie potts there for us in washington. don't miss the president's address to congress tonight. it will air live at 7:00 p.m. eastern time right here on your nbc station. and now he

traci, this is the epicenter of the summer's activity. is there a concern bart riders will have to pay for this maybe incorrectly down the road? >> reporter: that is the concern, actually. it's interesting. it's really quiet here in civic center station right now. but it might be a bit different tomorrow with the other protest that's planned. no one really knows how many people will show up. whatever happens, it will add a few more dollars onto the growing bill that san francisco's law enforcement agency and bart will have to pay. >> it's beyond time. so many people are angry. >> adams has been fuming for two months after repeatedly getting stuck in the middle of anti-bart protests. during the first run it took her three hours to get home. >> it's just ridiculous. what's the point? adams and others are angrier after discovering the amount of money attached to this protests. bart is estimating it's spent $300,000 on police overtime alone. the san francisco sheriff's department footed the bill for dozens of riot gear clad officers on the st

nbc tracie potts joins us from washington with more on the president's plans.ing. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. expect to see the president back on the road again this week pushing his plan first in ohio. then north carolina on wednesday. $447 billion to create jobs in this country. but first, the president will speak about that today at the white house in the rose garden with teachers, police, firefighters and other public workers. he wants to give states money to help save their jobs, but republicans see that as more stimulus and are unlikely to support it. also unlikely to support another extension of unemployment insurance. but it looks like there may be some common ground on a couple of other areas, like extending and expanding this year's payroll tax cuts, extending it for workers and expanding it now to include employers, as well. they also have some agreement on passing trade deals, not yet though decided how all of this will be paid for. lynn. >> tracie potts there for us in washington, thank you. >>> now for a look at your n

tracie, good morning to you. >> good morning, lynn. president obama wanted to come here to capitol hill to address both houses of congress next wednesday, the first night they'll be together after their break. he wants to talk about jobs and job creation. he sent that request to house speaker john boehner and the republican speaker said no. no he says he was only given 15 minutes to decide. the white house called him earlier and he didn't seem to have rejections, but that's the night of the republican presidential candidates debate out in california. three members of congress will be part of that debate, so boehner counters with another offer thursday. the white house says that's the first night of nfl football, the season opener. now the big question, will the president go head-to-head with football, just who might win? >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> the president will head to new jersey on sunday to survey the flooding and damage left behind behind hurricane irene. the storm's death toll continues to climb with at least 41 deaths no

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. new tough talk from the president at that labor day rally with union workers. the senate and the house is in tomorrow, to talk about how to create jobs in the country. the president will be here on capitol hill thursday, laying out his plan. but on labor day, the president urged republicans to put their country before party, that jobs speech he's expected to pitch, roads and bridges, building and fixing them to save one million jobs. and now a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll that shows the president at a record low disapproval rating, only 44% approve of the job, down since july. >> tracie potts there in washington, thanks. >>> this morning there appears to be a breakthrough for rebel forces seeking to advance peacefully into the pro-gadhafi town. of bani walid. according to al jazeera tv libya's rebels say that after on and off negotiations the tribal elders have agreed to surrender the desert town without a fight. a peaceful handover of the pro-gadhafi town would be seen as a big

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. good morning everyone. that new white house projection says the unemployment rate in the nation will probably hover around 9, 9.1% all of this year and next year as well. later this morning, we'll see if that was the case last month as the new unemployment rate comes out for august. analysts don't expect to see much change even though the weekly jobless figures are down. that's good news. all of this comes less than a week before president obama is expected to roll out his new jobs plan. he is increasingly under pressure even from democrats who say he's been compromising too much. what they want to see is a fresh new plan that the president thinks will work, a vision as they put it to distinguish himself from the republican party. so far we believe his plan will include infrastructure projects to create more construction jobs and payroll cuts, tax cuts, we saw them this year. more for next year and an extension of unemployment insurance. it

nbc's tracie potts joins with us more from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. president obama and the u.s. seem determined to convince him that the united nations is not the place to deal with this issue during his speech to the general assembly yesterday president obama said that peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the u.n. the security council is set to consider tomorrow the palestinian's request for full membership. he met with mahmoud abbas yesterday and also with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president obama said we are committed to israel's security and the commitment is unbreakable, but there's another option here. they may put off a decision tomorrow on full membership or as the french suggested, they could upgrade the palestinians from observant status to non-member status. bottom line, they have work to do on this. lynn? >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> here's a look at some other stories making headlines today. police say a michigan attorney and his two sons are

nbc's tracie potts has more from ground zero in lower manhattan. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. we have learned that new york is stepping up security. it was already on a heightened state of alert as a result of this threat that they say is specific, but they just don't know if the source of the threat is credible. what we do know is it's believed to include possible car bombs or truck balls. possibly targeting new york or washington. perhaps involving three men who may have traveled from overseas into the united states in connection with this. but again, it is not believed to be credible. here's what new york's mayor had to say about it late last night. >> now the threat at this moment has not been corroborated. i want to stress that. it is credible, but it has not been corroborated. but we do live in a world where we must take these threats seriously, and we certainly will. >> reporter: now, none of the plans for the 9/11 memorial here in new york have been canceled or delayed or changed, we're told

this location is in the city of tracy. this acquisition is on the tracy called country club, shown here. roughly where my finger is is where the pipeline cuts across the country club. this is two timber construction easements totaling 1.1 acres and two permanent easements. the agreement reached here with the country club calls for them to handle turf restoration and sprinkler and cart path issues. the city's obligation is simply to return the great back to its existing condition. in the country, take it from there. the purchase price includes adequate compensation for them to do that, and that is in the amount of $83,000. again, approved by the puc commission. we do have a general plan conformity letter on this as well. ymitem 11 is the same project. the city of tracy, san joaquin county. across the street from the golf course. this involves the acquisition from the dole family of eroded easement and a temporary construction even that lies along the road of 1.39 acres. this is also a settlement slightly above appraised val

guest: thank you, and i want to sit thank you 2 tracy leskey.ost: thank you for being of the phone with us. guest: thank you. host: we will continue our conversation with kevin hackett. what is the federal government's role in combating a species like the stink bug? guest: mark seetin and the u.s. apple industry, this is national citizenship day, and we interact with which we depend on the interaction with growers -- we depend on the interaction with growers and the citizens. what is the the response of the federal government? we have responded in several different ways. one of which is organizationally, as mark indicated. basically, we have an infrastructure. mark mention that word. it is critical. we build decades of infrastructure. we are ready to respond to a new test when it comes into the country. we monitor. we have a general invasive species response. the president, in 1999, signed an executive order that established the national invasive species council. we have groups associated with that matter -- that are association. this is a way t

ben tracy, cbs news, lubbock, texas. >> pelley: tough times but tough people. that's the cbs evening news. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> new at 6:00, thousands of bay area nurses just hours away from walking off the job. why they say they are doing it to help their patients. >>> he was san jose's most wanted and now can't stop sobbing. the different face of a suspected murderer and who is accused of helping him hide

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: the president says he has a plan and we'll hear more on thursday. today on labor day, he's spending this day with workers in detroit. unions used to be a scht hoo-in vote for democrats, now they're distanting themselves. >> i think the president should challenge the patriotism of these american corporations that are sitting on the sidelines. >> reporter: on saturday the president urged congress to pass a transportation bill that he says could save a million american jobs. >> in virginia, 19,000 jobs are at risk. in minnesota, more than 12,000. and in florida, over 35,000 people could be out of work about if congress doesn't act. >> reporter: the president will lay out his own jobs plan thursday. republicans expect more of the same. >> frankly, i'm so tired of his speeches, it will be hard for me to watch. >> reporter: he'll likely pitch building roads and bridges, extending unemployment, and i roll tax cuts and tax breaks for businesses who hi

ben tracy on the strange return of la nina. >> continuing la nina is definitely not good news. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the economy is stuck in neutral. the government reported today that every time a job was created in august, another job was lost, the first time that's happened in 66 years. the result? no job growth at all last month and the jobless rate held steady at 9.1%. discouraging news for the nearly 14 million americans officially listed as unemployed. six million of them have been out of work for more than six months. anthony mason now on the reality facing the president as he prepares to roll out a new jobs plan next week. >> reporter: in the heat of the summer, the u.s. economy was hit with a hiring freeze. private businesses added a meager 17,000 jobs in august, but government job cuts wiped out even that little gain. >> it's pretty alarming. >> reporter: economist ellen zentner. >> it shows we've got real problems with keeping this economic recovery going. >> reporter: job growth has be

traci grant is live at at&t park in san francisco with the details. traci? >> reporter: well, janelle, it really depend on who you ask. bill neukom told us today here at at&t park that he was the one who decided to retire, but some others are saying he was actually shoved out the door. now it was clear from the news conference today that the giants are painting this as an ordinary passing of the torch. >> were you forced out? >> i don't think that's the right characterization at all. >> so what was it that prompted giants franchise managing general partner and ceo bill neukom's sudden exit? a shakeup that stunned many in the sports world? sitting next to larry baer, the currents giant president and officer said it was simply the right time to leave the team that won the world series just 11 months ago. >> it's just an evolutionary process. i didn't have any fixed term in mind when i pushed other things aside and agreed to step in. it seemed to me as though it's come in a real sense pretty much full cycle. >> this is business as usual. this to put it simply,

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. that meeting with the boss was a late add to the president's schedule. he is also meeting one-on-one but separately with israelis prime minister. the message is they need to work this out between them but not at the u.n. >> president obama speaks to the united nations welcoming the newest member. >> the flag of a new libya now flies. >> republican presidential front runner showed up in new york criticizing what he calls america's policy of appeasement. >> if america does not head off the aggressive forces hol tile to israel, we will only emboldin them. >> reporter: the u.s. is prepared to veto but experts say they could send the wrong signal. >> the united states is forced in a position of having to navigate a position where neither party is able to make concessions. >> the meeting, the administration says president obama would tell both peace talks are the only way to achieve a two-state solution. >> irrespective of whatever takes place

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. taxes, the president today will propose a plan that he says should cut nearly $4.5 trillion from the deficit over the next decade. but here is the catch. the rich have to pay more within $1.5 trillion in tax changes, including the exposedly called buff et rule, meaning that the rich would never pay a smalls proportion of their income in taxes as the middle class. also, the bush tax cuts would end for couples making over $250,000. the president will propose closing loopholeses for corporate jets and big oil companies. the reaction? john boehner heading the republicans on the house side suggesting that this will probably never make it through the house. the gop says that taxing the job creators will actually cut jobs. now, the other big portion of this is medicare. the president will not propose raising the age for eligibility for medicare, but he will propose some cuts that would mainly affect doctors and hospitals. lynn. >> tracie potts f

nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. now we head into the weekend not having to worry about a partial shut down or thousands of jobs at risk. washington exhibits what seems to be the spirit of cooperation. >> for the betterment of the country. >> absolutely. >> that's what we're here for. >> reporter: 36 senators, democrats and republicans, say enough. >> we feel it's time to check our political hats at the door and to step up and do what is the right thing for the american people. >> reporter: they're urging the deficit super committee to go big and reduce the deficit by almost twice as much as they have to. that spirit of cooperation spilled over into the senate where one republican -- >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: -- gave up his opposition to building bike paths so temporary funds for highways and air traffic control could be approved. >> it's a good day to be able to go home and say, we worked together in a bipartisan way to save almost 2 million jobs. >> the a

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. he has flat out said in the past that he is not running. he did not repeat it last night. that is raising a lot of questions whether he sidestepped the question, leaving the door open. what he said last night was that he would point to his previous statement that he is not running and he is listening to those who are urging him to do so. a packed speech at the reagan library, perhaps because he is acting like a candidate, criticizing washington, the president, and congress. it continues to fuel speculation. president obama who is sagging in the polls, trying to win popularity on the other side, his advisor says winning re-election will be a titanic struggle. >> tracie potts for us in washington. thank you. >>> elsewhere, israel has announced it has given the go ahead for building 1100 new jewish housing units in east jerusalem, a move drawing international criticism. the decision is being condemned by palestinians who demand an end to suc

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. here's how it happened. 26 republicans joined democrats to pass this measure. they're doing it in two parts. first of all, a temporary extension, which basically extends government funding through tuesday until the house gets back next week. some clean energy programs. they are taking that disagreement off the table. they were able to work out a deal. essentially a two-part deal. the house will be back in session next tuesday. that is supposed to happen on thursday. and once they are back on tuesday, another -- a longer short term extension to keep government running through november 18. fema gets $2.6 billion when all of this is approved. there is expected to be no government shut down by the end of the week >> tracie potts for us in washington, thank you. >>> well, from investors to job-seekers to small business owners, it is easy to see how the troubled economy is impacting all different kinds of americans. what about our nation's stud

tracie, good morning. >> hey, lynn, good morning. neither side wants to see that, so both the obama administration and the 26 states and small businesses that oppose this law have all asked the u.s. supreme court to speed up their decision early 2012 instead of later as might be typical for a big she decision like this to put it too close to the election. at issue as you mentioned is the individual mandate, everyone, almost everyone, having to buy health insurance by 2014 or you face a penalty. but those 26 states who oppose are now asking the court not only to strike down the mandate but the entire law. three federal courts have made three different rules, one thing is constitutional, one saying it is not, one saying it is too early to make a decision. now the entire issue has been put in the laps of the u.s. supreme court. we'll find out what they'll say and how soon they may make that ruling. lynn? >> traciepotts in washington, thank you. >>> a 26-year-old man is behind bars this morning after federal agents uncovered what they ca

we know what tracy says. >> not a hacker? >> no. no. i'm normal. >> and this is tracy value jail on the day she pleaded not guilty to charges of hacking into pay pal web site in december. and the group anonymous protesting a decision to not forward donations to the internet whistle blower wiki leak autos indictment alleges that several people launched an attack on the pay pal service. it floods server was communications. >> and i was on the internet reading the news, and i saw something about pay pal shutting down payments to wiki leaks. and clicked on some other site and joined a protest z next thing i know, three months later i was at work in the morning at 6:00 a.m. and my house was surrounded with fbi agents and guns and vests. >> federal agents took computers questioned her for five hours, and this attorney working with the firm that may represent her. and they see it, the case against her and other protesters pushes limits of the computer fraud and abuse act. which is mostly designed to protest government systems. >> this only ent

then tracy on the impact now and in the future. >> so they had different sizes? what else did they have? >> marley and/or has been teaching at signal hill elementary school for 15 years. but now 30 kids are granted to her second grade classroom. five more than last year and 10 more than the year before. >> is hard to meet with 30 kids and they both looked through the cracks. >> schools such as burroughs elementary have been closed which is where nine -year-old andrew martinez used to go. he's now at signal hill and he misses his old friends. >>> and things here in long beach could get worse. california's new budget contains triggers. come january at the state is not taking in enough revenue, $1.5 billion in new and automatic cuts to education take place. that could cost the school district another $30 million. >> that's unacceptable. >> chris steinhauser is the long beach school superintendent. >> we are going to pay big time five or 10 years from now when we don't have an educated workforce and more people going to prison. >>> people have got to think in the lon

live in san francisco, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, tracy. >>> also new tonight at 6:00, b.a.r.t. officials are dealing with another pr firestorm tonight. today the agency is admitting it made a mistake by trying to manipulate the media. last night we reported on the leaked contents of an e-mail sent from b.a.r.t.'s chief spokesperson in which he planned to recruit loyal riders to speak from prepared scripts for an august 11th news conference. b.a.r.t. wrote those scripts for the riders. now, the private car service hired to deliver the protesters to the event cost about $800, yet only one rider participated in that planned event. today's revelation is just another black eye that b.a.r.t. has suffered recently. nbc bay area's jean elle has the story on how b.a.r.t.'s internal communication is causing a lot of external problems. >> reporter: i'm jean elle in oakland outside b.a.r.t. headquarters with a stack of e-mails from b.a.r.t. about how the agency has been handling weekly protests. those protests started in august and they have shut down train service on sev

. >> we are following breaking news out of tracy. a power substation has caught fire. we have pictures just coming into the newsroom and it shows a huge plume of black smoke that is rising from the area. you see it right there, as well as the flames. now, the fire broke out around 10:30 at the substation, which provides power to a massive safeway distribution center. firefighters tell us that they will just let the fire burn itself out. we'll bring you more information as we get it. again, this fire at a substation out of tracy. >>> and today, there are more people looking for work here in california. >> that is according to the state jobless rate, which grew in august to 12.1%, up a tenth of a point from july. california is the second highest unemployment rate in the country, and it's right behind nevada. that means a huge rush for any open jobs, and the competition is scary out there right now. stephanie? >> reporter: good afternoon, frank and grace. it's really clear when you see how many people are applying for temporary jobs here at the halloween store, just how b

tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. here's what you want to look out for at that debate tonight. first of all, texas governor rick perry jumped into the race, becomes the front-runner. now his first debate since then. we're told despite touring the wildfire damage in texas, he is still expected to attend the debate in california tonight. fighting him or trying to fight tore that top position, mitt romney, who had been the front-run are. he recently released his economic plan promising 11.5 million jobs by, in part, lowering the corporate tax rate 10%. he also wants to get tough on china. then keep an eye out for michele bachmann and jon huntsman. analysts say they really need to prove that they are still in this race. and so we're likely to hear the republicans turning more on each other than on president obama. of course, all of this just a day before the president comes to capitol hill to release his own jobs plan. republicans now want to sit down with him before he does that. by the way, there's a superpac that's put

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more. >> reporter: getting this done is the tough part, and president obama is already getting lots of ideas from the business community. what's in that jobs plan president obama will announce thursday night? big business has some ideas. >> too many people think that business is bad. you know ha? corporations are made up of people. employees, shareholders, customers. >> reporter: the chamber of commerce promises six million new jobs if washington will spend money on roads and bridges, pass trade deals and give tax breaks on overseas income. >> this is real capital that belongs to american companies. >> get rid of the income tax, shrink the size of government. you would have the jobs then. >> reporter: with union workers on labor day, president obama had tough talk for republicans returning to capitol hill today. >> the time for action is now. no more manufactured crises, no more games. now is not the time for the people you sent to washington to worry about their jobs. now is the time for them to worry about your jobs. >> reporter: but ca

traci grant is live at at&t park with the passing of the torch. if this means anything to the a's, a possible move to san jose. >> reporter: the new man in charge is a familiar face. he's giving a familiar response to the a's question. larry baird says the team is maintaining its opposition to the a's moving to san jose. here at at&t park today, bill neukom managed to deflect questions about whether he as the ceo is actually retiring or whether he was shown the door. >> it's my intention to retire as the managing general partner of the giants effective the end of this calendar year, december 31. >> after information began to leak out yesterday, the giants confirmed that after three years, its ceo was out. neukom sat next to his successor, larry baird, the current giants president at a news conference today and talked about his imminent departure like it was a natural transition, and not part of a shake-up that seems to have shocked many in the sports world. >> as bud selig reminded me, there's a time to come into an organization and a time to leav

nbc tracie potts joins us now from washington. >> reporter: good morning. it's not over yet but they really don't have a lot of time. the possible shut down could happen by the end of next week. so they may only have a few hours to work this out. the house did pass a bill only by about 16 votes that would keep government running through the middle of november. here is some reaction after that vote. >> this bill is an embarrassment. this is not worthy of this congress. vote no on this latest assault. on the republican plan. >> that you recall voting for that. >> will you yield -- >> no, i'm sorry. you had half an hour -- >> i mentioned three times -- i mentioned three times the gentlemen was -- >> if you -- >> the gentle lady from california controls the time. >> order! >> order in the house, mr. speaker. >> reporter: this bill includes -- that was actually before that vote. the bill did pass that include ed nearly $3.7 billion in disaster funds, but in order to pay for that there were some clean energy programs cut including one that failed solar panel comp

tracie potts joins us live from washington with the details. good morning to you. >> veronica, good morning. what's at risk here is cash and things handed out immediately after disasters. fema only has $175 million left in that fund for all of the disasters its managing and that money could run out as early as tomorrow but it's tied to a big spending bill where there are big disagreements. one version was passed that provides money but does so by cutting clean energy programs that democrats say we need to keep. the senate has decided to extend its break. they were both supposed to be out with the looming government shut down on friday. but the senate is extended and expected to take a vote this afternoon. if it doesn't match exactly with what the house passed last week they could be back at square one. how about how the republicans are looking at all of this? over the weekend president obama said that the republican's vision could fundamentally cripple america. more on that in coming weeks especially on the campaign trail. >> tracie potts in wa

tracy potts is in washington with more. >> when you log out of facebook and is it any of nearly 1 million sites with the like would -- with a like a button, the site send a message to facebook you have been there. >> the a equivalent of you closing your door and hanging up -- or hanging up your phone of a person is still there in your home following you room to room but you can't see them give them a little bit scary. >> really creepy. >> it is called frictionless sharing and lawmakers called the invasion of privacy. democrat ed markey and republican joe barton is pushing a do not attract kids bill in congress. in this letter they are asking the federal trade commission to investigate facebook. the discovery comes as users adjust to other changes. >> it is not fair to have people in the position where they have to play catch up every time a company decides it wants to change something. >> facebook users say they are surprised. >> it sounds awful. >> big brother is watching. >> facebook says the tracking is part of its security to prevent someone else from logging and as you, and it is not

good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. we'll pay close attention to what john boehner says in the speech here in washington later today. because if he endorses key elements of the president's plan, like the payroll tax cuts, for example, it could indicate cooperation here as opposed to gridlock last summer. and analysts say there's a good reason why republicans may want to cooperate. the approval rating for congress is twice as bad as it is for president obama. plus, there are 60 house members, republicans, running in districts where president obama ran and won last time around. so there may be some vulnerability there. meantime, president obama is going to be talking on monday about how to pay for all this, not only the jobs, but also that big jobs bill here, deficit reduction. the president said the super committee should go big and look at $2 trillion. he's going to outline that coming up on monday. >>> a newly released government report on the massive gulf oil spill finds bp ultimately responsible for the events and pr

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that we're told was unprecedented, rejecting the president's original request. here's how it went down. president obama sent this request to john boehner, because he wants to address both houses of congress to talk about jobs and how to create jobs in this country. he wanted to do it the first day they resumed together on wednesday. but turns out that is also the date of the republican presidential debate in california. three members of congress are participating in that debate. by phone earlier we're told by the white house that boehner expressed no problems but he later rejected the president's request saying that thursday would be a better date. the white house in a statement late last night said they welcome the opportunity to address congress on thursday. but now there's another problem, that's the nfl season opener between the saints and the packers, that long-awaited game. it's a big question, what time is the president's speech going to