greta: is wisconsin governor s collective barginning law at risk? but first to the new york newsroom. reporter: asian stocks tumbling following wall street s worst sell-off since 2008. nikkei sliding 3.4%. hong kong s hang seng down 4.4%. markets reacting to fears the u.s. may be heading back to recession and u.s. debt crisis is worsening. went shutdown costing the government 30 million dollars a did in last airline ticket taxes. 74,000 employees went without wages. former tropical storm emily breaking apart after lashing haiti with heavy rain damaging hundreds of homes still
so, essentially they arrived interest chaos according to testimony. but according to witnesses they did not fully assess the situation as trained and, instead, they shot six innocent people woman walking across this bridge. one of the victims who died was just 17 years old and his mother said this. he took the twinkle out of my eye and the song from my heart. but it will be all right because justice has been served. reporter: the other man who died was 40-year-old mentally disabled man and he died from a shotgun blast to the back. trace: thank you, chris, from southwest newsroom. thank you, chris. thousands of workers will go back to work and the government be able to collect $30 million a day in airline ticket taxes after congress finally agreed to fund the f.a.a. the president signed the bill moments ago, and you will recall lawmakers were at a standstill
bob: no. i don t remember it. not because i m i m not that much older. i do remember it. i don tdy machine problem is i don t remember my 40th. greg: who bailed you out? bob: on my 40th? my friend bill. monica: one other point about tonight, the obama white house, they brought in the nonunion crews to run this birthday. kimberly: how hypocritical. monica: amazing. it s in chicago. and they brought in a nonunion crew. eric: the uniqueness of the 50th birthday in illinois, chicago, illinois happens to rank 50th as far as bad deficit numbers. the most in deficit state in the union. leave ero up there for mr. obama and keep the five for ourselves. bob: you foe what will happen? eric: hold the five. bob: that will end up in your face. keep going. move on. greg: let s move on. good point. talk about the faa shutdown. government will lose $1 billion in airline ticket
this morning on world news now, air anxiety. the faa s partial shutdown leaves thousands without jobs and our runways without safety what it means for millions of american travelers and what it s costing american taxpayers. it is thursday, august 4th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody, i ll rob nelson. and i m tanya rivero. the faa shutdown has sidelined thousands of contractors at a time when the government says it is trying to create jobs, not take them away. it s also stopped the faa from collecting millions of dollars in airline ticket taxes. we ll explain the political roadblock that is making so many people angry. first the political clash over the debt ceiling, now they re clashing o or the faa. just another mess. if it isn t one thing, it s another.
through portions of eastern florida, a few areas that need to watch the system. there s a look at the forecast over the coming days. certainly a potent tropical storm and one to keep a cleose eye on. now back to washington. the latest bipartisan battle is costing 74,000 people their jobs all because congress went on vacation without approving funding for the faa. as a result, the faa is partially shut down. 250 airport construction projects have been halted and the government is unable to collect $30 million a day in airline ticket taxes. that all started july 23rd when the faa funding expired. earlier today, transportation secretary ray lahood once again called on congress to return and fix this problem. congress gives great speeches about jobs and putting people to work. well, the way to do it is to pass the bill, come back to washington, come back from your vacations for a couple of hours. you re being paid. let s help pay american workers.