new york's transit union says it is is the latter. it plans to take $360 million in taxpayer money meant for transportation projects and use it for a pay raise. jonathan, you say it is more proof of union waste. >> i don't understand it. wasn't the stimulus as you pointed out supposed to create jobs, stabilize the economy? just like the auto bailout it is becoming a slush fund for unions. our viewers are losing their jobs, their taxes are going to give a pay increase to union guys in the m.t.a. that is shameful. cheryl: then again, it is going to somebody to spend money. >> what i love about you guys, you just hate it when anybody else gets money except the rich. what do you think a tax cut is? >> the ones who earn it. >> it is an income boost. what is bad about working people getting an income boost? again, you focus all the time on one side of a balance sheet looking at it as if this is some kind of outrageous cost. they won't be leveraged out on debt. they will be able to buy stuff. it is a circular flow. cheryl: hang on because i'm

bay area rapid transit has reached a tentative contract agreement with the local transit union.ions got testy after the bart instituted new rules that the union says amounts to a 7% wage cut. >>> colonial bank group became the largest bank failure of 2009 last friday. its assets were taken over by regulators and subsequently sold to bb and t corp. the failure of the montgomery, alabama, based regional bank was the fifth biggest in u.s. history with $20 billion in assets. colonial operated 346 branches across georgia, nevada, alabama, texas, and florida. >>> at the box office, the action and alien packed "district 9" took the number one spot with $36 million its opening weekend. that's already more than the $30 million it cost to make. ""gi joe: the rise of cobra" got bumped to number two. "and the time traveler's wife" baseded on the best-selling novel, debuted in third with $13 million. >>> and as he began the pro football comeback, michael vick told "60 minutes" he's disgusted with himself. in the first interview since his 18-month prison sentence for running a dogfighting rin

well, the transit union says the driver was calling the control center for metro because her two-way radio didn't work and they say she never moved the bus while she was on the phone. metro enforced a zero tolerance policy. >>> a disturbing policy, concerned about a dangerous chemical. the army corps of engineers found mustard. it has been the scene of a 16- year-old cleanup project. fox5's tom fitzgerald is there with more. >> reporter: brian, this latest discovery is prompting fresh promises of action from the u.s. army corps of engineers. residents say they have heard that all before. the army stopped its search for world war i chemical weapons at this house. the reason for people doing the investigation came across an open glass flask and inside were the trace amount of the chemical agent used to make mustard gas. >> we have every reason to believe that there were agents there. >> eleanor holmes norton met with the army corps of engineers. since the cleanup began, the army left the site twice and this time she says that is not going to happen again. >> remember, the corps left an

. >>> transit union leaders are pushing metro to reinstate a bus driver.nd for talking on cell phone and threatened with being fired. a rider snapped a photo of the driver a couple of weeks ago. union officials insist she never moved the bus while service on the phone and they say she was calling central control because her radio had died and she was stuck in heavy traffic. metro had no comment on thursday but the union says another rider confirms the driver's story. >>> today the president takes his health care reform sales pitch out west. he will lead a town hall meeting in montana. here at home, the passion of people on both sides remains heated as witnesses at a town hall meeting in salisbury, maryland. >> why on earth are you producing a health care bill that has so many pages in it and such complex wording that we can't understand it and we, quite frankly, don't trust you all to be honest with us. >> that was one woman's opinion at the meeting led by senator ben cardin. he called it democracy in action. >> i believe this is part of the political proc

. >> san francisco could be crippled by a transit strike later today. the unionsenting the bay area rapid transit rain operators and station agents has rejected management's final offer, which includes a wage freeze. the board of director meets today. the union says its members will strike if they need to. >> there's better news for the auto industry this morning. thanks to the cash for clunkers program. demand is so high most car companies are ramping up production and adding factory hours. ford, which is selling some of the most popular cars right now says it will build an additional 10,000 cars in the third quarter. here's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: at ford manufacturing more cars is job one. ford says it will build an additional 6,000 focus compacts at its wayne, michigan plants and an additional 3,500 escape suvs in kansas city, a plant that was scheduled to shut down for two days later this month. >> the demand did take us by surprise. not so much the amount but how quickly people came to ford. >> reporter: dealers say they are desperate to replenish lots

. >> like any transit system, there's some sort of risk to it, but i don't feel any less safe on it. >> reporter: metro and the unionrepresenting its transit workers and repair crews say safety is the top priority. chris gordon, news4. >>> this week, metro is reviewing its rules and procedures and conducting refresher training on safety procedures for all employees. >>> d.c. police are trying to figure out w beat a dog and then left it for dead in a dumpster. authorities say a man found the dog now known as trooper on friday in a dumpster outside an apartment complex in southeast. he called the humane society who found the dog wrapped in a trash bag that was duct taped to her body. she was taken to the friendship hospital for animals and taken into surgery. troopers now recovering. doctors hope to find a loving home for her once she is fully healed. >> loving and affectionate as she is, she's just obviously a wonderful dog. and i think that that will help her a lot with her healing. >> doctors say trooper may need at least one more surgery. the washington humane society is offering a $1,500 reward for information le

. >>> really a transit cliffhanger going down in san francisco, bay area, where commuters are facing a rail strike. monday morning. a rail strike. the union representing workers for bay area rapid transit system, b.a.r.t. voted to strike after contract talks broke down. workers rejected an offer that froze salaries, capped health benefits and overtime restrictions. some b.a.r.t. commuters are showing it for the employees. >> people need to be happy they have jobs. both side need to negotiate things out. that's times are tough. >> sympathy for the people. they have a job already. that's what i feel. >> in terms of money. people have to make a living. but it seems to me they could compromise and do well. >>> california politicians are calling for further talks right now. none scheduled. battle over health care reform, yelling and shouting at some of the townhall meetings. around the country in washington, is there anything, anything at all that the democrats and republicans agree on? yes apparently there is. josh levs will take a look. 31 are streaming a sales conference from the road. eight are wearing bathrobes. two... less. - 154 people

but the amalgamated transit system says she was using her cell phone with a good reason. the union was calli metro's control center because her two-way radio wasn't working. the union says the bus wasn't moving while the woman was on the phone. >>> now to i big story coming out of the nfl where the football world is reacting to news that michael vic has signed a contract with the philadelphia eagles. >> they gave him a one-year deal with an option if a second year. he hasn't played in the nfl since 2006. he was convicted in 2007 of conspiracy and running a dogfighting operation. he reese be thely got out of federal prison. he is currently airnd conditional suspension with the nfl. he can play in the final two pre-season games but could sit out from one to six weeks once the regular season begins. some of vick's new teammates are glad he is getting a second chance. >> i pretty much bobied bob -- lob wrid to get him here. i think for a guy who has spoken the truth in front of the nation, has served his time and if a guy looking for an opportunity to get his feet on the ground, i thin

although in the last few weeks, the african union peacekeepers have been rather more forceful in their defense of the transitional federal government. this is 4,300 odd strong contingent of ugandan and burundiian peacekeepers who are there to supposedly keep the peace but to defend the transitional federal government. now, what we've seen in the last few weeks is it's like pushing back on al shabab and now we have a real state mail situation in mogadishu. but if we look at the kind of control that president sharif's government actually has, it's very limited, indeed. at the moment, they do have control of a town called bela twain near the ethiopian border, but that wasn't the case a couple weeks ago. in in mogadishu they have a presidential palace, they have control of the airport, control of the seaport. and a handful of roads in between. but everything else in mogadishu is really a fluctuating situation from day to day and the transitional federal government really has very little control over its own territory. >> warner: tristan mcconnell of global post, thank you so much. >> no problem at all. >> woodruff: a

. >> union leaders and bay area rapid transit officials preventing a major strike today. it could have affected more than 300,000 monday morning commuters. leaders began to strike because of new rules that they believe would have employees. >>> all right. so hurricane season may have gotten off to a slow start this year. but that may be changing today, my friends, with several first to talk about. say hello to bill. this became the first hurricane of the atlantic season today and could turn into a major headache this week. a look at the damage from claudette, now, the first named storm of the year to make u.s. landfall. it came in as a tropical storm but now it's been downgraded to a depression. so let's not waste any time and throw it over to mike and fran. and a strong hurricane, 70 miles per hour, gusts stronger going to 90 miles per hour. there are a couple of things that are going to be beneficial for the storm to get bigger. one, sea surface temperatures, minimal sheer in the atmosphere. what you're going to deal with is a possibility for this thing to grow and get

work may be more difficult tomorrow in san francisco unless transit workers work out their differences today. one of the three workers unions't agree to a pay cut. 330,000 riders use bart each day. >>> helping creade the demand for hybrid and higher gas mileage vehicles. ford is producing more of the popular hybrid models and sales up 2.4% over the last year. this is the first jump in sales since november of 2007. those are four stories right now, shannon, back to you. >> shannon: good news from senator chris dodd. he is back home after prostate cancer surgery. doctors operated on dodd on thursday. he is resting well at home and is looking forward to getting back to work. >>> wisconsin governor jim doyle struggled to keep the badger state out of the end are soon going to end. he will not seek a third term. doyle's office says he will announce his future plans tomorrow. his seat is one of 39 up for grabs in 2010. next year will be a big year for senate races with 36 senate seats opening up. >>> for some people the town hall meetings are about healthcare reform. are they productive? are we really any closer to healthcare refo

that generation and gray jeff who was his deputy also arguing for this, and the soviet union couldn't make that transition. nonetheless, the concept of operational art applied to the u.s., and the u.s. in the '80s and in europe took concepts like deep operations and the rma and ultimately these were materialized in operation desert storm. mary and jake and i have all written on operation desert storm, and we all got confirmation from the soviets that from there point of view what we were doing was implementing the soviet attack plan for europe, albeit in the desert. and this is important because then the next generation russian military thinkers, slip cn coa and younger men who have come in sense, have grappled with what they expect to be future wars. again, the term noncontact war where the armed forces of the two sid don't come into contact with each other directly, either don't have force on force engagements but major operations at long range either informational or long-range strike capabilities whether it be air, land, or sea, the falklands being an exale of neighbor warfare, is the preoccupation of

transit, health services and community colleges. $75 million will come directly out of state worker pay by forcing more furloughs. that includes state troopers this time. all those cuts are frustrating union>> when you look at the situation, it is the people that you serve who feel the brunt of these cuts. again when we need service, it won't be there because we're being furloughed, laid off again. how much more does the state employee have to take. >> an additional 205 people will be laid off. the governor, lieutenant governor and house speaker are returning ten days worth of their own pay to the general fund. other state delegates may follow suit. >>> gordon ramsey famous for his belief ridden tirades, find out how he made it up the food chain. >>> turn back the clock in a matter of minutes. the new tool to get rid of those unwanted wrinkles. >>> coming up, seven carjackings in less than two months all in the same area. find out who's being targeted. >>> new fallout from metro's deadliest crash ever. one victim's family is taking the transit agency to court and metro is for the the only target in the giant lawsuit. >>> but first, a little trouble brewing out there in the tropics tonight

unconfirmed, that india plans to sue the euro union at the world trade organization at the wto for allowing big pharmaceutical companies to detain engine nettic drugs in transitto developing countries. that is one important development. meantime, more reports coming in. capital major has written to the power minister to impose a duty. get actually a cost advantage over indian suppliers. so that is one thing which is really playing out in the market right now. they have, indeed, asked the company to offset high sales tax on volumes. meantime, it's back to you. >> ayesha, thank you very much for that. >>> well, whether it's india, china, anything moving markets, news, videos and blogs, with you can find them all in one spot, cnbc.com. >>> still to come, u.s. jobs and services data fuel concerns about the strength of the recovery. so just how difficult will it be to get off the bottom? >>> plus, also the dollar is somewhere bopping around the nine-month low level against the pound. we'll get the latest on the currency market. eeeeeeee >>> the dollar is nearing lows to sterling. let's talk more about the currency markets. bob roth is trading manager at fo

public and private, and the underlying issues are with the trade unions and in the public sector, and this has increased with the transitionhe way that we deal with the executives. this is not a question of personality. they had a link to all of the groups, and a change would allow you to escape from this, and then you realize that you are escaping from this, and may be the case of the personality has -- maybe this will change and now you have a president with a different personality. and this is a deeper issue about what you may want to call the entrenched political equilibrium, in the public sector and the labor union, in a particular sectors of the economy. this is a very concentrated situation that does not allow for the intense efforts, to do things, and the actions. i asked them a little bit of what we do, this situation is a little bit complicated because some of the social policies from this country are actually in my view, further distorting the incentive structures, with more and more social programs for this sector. what you see is a growth of informal firms and the growth from unemployment, in which there is ve

some private, the underlying power of some of the trade unions in education, oil, electricity and the public sector has increased in the transition to democracy as a counterweight exercise by these groups whose executives are no longer there. you think maybe this is a case of the personality of the president, and with a different president will change. the deeper issue of what you might want to call a very entrenched, political equilibrium in which areas groups in the business sector in every culture, in the labor unions, are extracting rent in a rent-seeking relationship, that does not allow for productivity in hansard actions. this situation is a little bit complicated because some of the social policies by some countries in the last few years are further distorting the incentive structure, as more and more social programs for the sector is growing. you see a very large growth of informal economy in which there is very little innovation or growth or labour training. what you see is a large amount of subsidies going in through the budget to subsidize the informal sector through the social programs. this is the nature of the prob

transition. >> reporter: un aides, the u.n. agency has its doubts about the program. that such marriages do not prevent the spread of aids. >> prevention of hiv and aids and rather than encouraging that kind of unionction is universal axis to prevention treatment and care. >> reporter: no scientific evidence that these hiv marriages actually stop the spread of aids, but for all the couples we have spoken to, the marriages provide a partnership of support and that personal fight against aids and also against stigmatization by society, family and friends. people from suffering from aids in nigeria often face discrimination. but this hiv positive couple say

there are some of the trade unions in education, in oil, in electricity, in the public sector has increased in the transition to the democracy as the counterweight exercise by a strong executive that is no longer there. and the issue is even more deep because it's not a question of personality. you could say it is because they had all these links and therefore a change to the plan would allow you to esce from that. and then you have president fox and you realize you aring from that. maybe it's the case with a different president this will change. now you have a president which is different personality from president fox and still haven't been glowing. so the issue of what you might want to call a very entrenched groups in the public sector and labor unions and particular sectors of the economy are actually extracting in a very concentrated rent-seeking situation that doesn't allow for the productivity enhancing, you know, effort-inducing actions. and i add a little bit of 60 seconds from my own work. this situation is actually a little bit complicated. because some of the social policies that has been put by

says on state of the union sunday morning, it is not essential, i believe those were her words, that's news. >> you have to have some sympathy for the obama people. the transitionul. republican administrations don't expect anything. they expect to be bitten and yelled at. no shock. for democrats, it is always painful. i thought you guys were supposed to be on our team. when periodically, the press displays some skepticism or repeats the news that they want to put out but not exactly the way they would like it reported, they are shocked, betrayed, hurt. that is something they will have to get used to. good discussion. let's check in with lou to see what's coming up at the top of the hour. lou? >> david is nailing those things, wolf. coming up at the top of the hour, the white house insisting it is not sending mixed health care plan. after days of shifting policy, the obama administration now says a government-run public option remains a key part of the president's plan. we'll have that report, and the fight over health care exposing what is now a deep rift within the president's party in congress. house democrats threatening to withdraw their support for a bill