Americas infrastructure gets a d plus. According to the latest report card put owe by the American Society of civil engineers. Seven the roadways in particular get a d. An estimated four four of the major highways are clogged with traffic. Now the society says that the sorry state of our roads costs us 100 billion a year in wasted time and fuel. Dams, courts, rails and waterways are inadequate to meet the scale. But the economic consequences of the failing to act, and to increase those investments by 2020, would put at risk 900,000 jobs in the united states. And nearly 1 trillion. So it is a big issue for the country. Well, think about that. Think about all those jobs. Two American Society says lit take 3. 6 trillion over the next seven years to bring americas paragraph up to grade. The largest transportation project in america today. David chuter has the story. This is bertha, the biggest tunnel bore magazine in the word. Especially for the project today. Seattles viaduct replacing pr
Weeks, however, the 301 square mile blaze will burn for much longer than that. Two so called rim fire has destroyed more than 100 structures. It has been eight years since Hurricane Katrina decimated new orleans, and the gulf coast. Memorials are being held today, to remember the more than 1800 people who lost their lives. Officials in new orleans, say the city is making huge strides of rebuilding but admits that there is still a lot more work that still needs to be done. Those are the headlines at this hour, real money with alley is up next, on al jazeera. The economy kicks it up a notch, i will tell you how the u. S. Measures up to the rest of the world, plus, ill dig into seattles Massive Underground project, and explore whether infrastructure megaproducts are an economic cure. As fast food workers do on strike, see the thats been good or bad for the businesses there. This is real money. This is real money. Yo uh are the most important part of this show, so join our live conversatio
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Many years later, long nap during that you family plan, my father writing the attend the airshow. While there he began into an old friend from work. The man looked at me and said i work next to your dad at the desk for 15 years. I said hey, youre the guy ive been looking for. I want to know, what did my father do every morning when he went to work each day . He got very quiet, thoughtful and then he said, a little of this, a little. Thats the day i discovered my father had been doing more than just holy all those years. Hed been repeating the party line that all engineers with secret clearances had been taught by their employer. But if the knowledge of my fathers daily vocation was meager, it was even less with my mother. Ive been told that my parents had worked together for a while at rocketdyne, although different departments. I know shortly after my younger brother stephen is born, another retired to become a fulltime wife and mother. Over the years i heard between friends and cowor
Western edition. On this night of warmth and good cheer, its a challenging christmas with no power at all for hundreds of thousands of people in the u. S. And canada. The lingering effects of an icy storm have left more than 200,000 without electricity just in michigan and parts of new england alone. This is the Christmas Chris fink and her husband dick will always remember for being all bundled up in their winter coats inside their house in kalamazoo. But its little conor hergert without power in flint, michigan, who may best sum up the mood of many without saying a single word. As Terrell Brown reports, forecasts calling for more snow are not going to make it any easier to get the power turned back on. Reporter crews are scrambling to help restore hardest hit areas. This team traveled nearly 500 miles to help restore power. Workers like erik collins have been clearing branches and reconnecting lines nonstop since monday. Much rather be at home with my family and kids. My kids are at