you know, a lot of americans have had to take pay cuts in this economy. people are tightening their belts, families and so forth. here s a question from chuck dutcher, essentially on that same point. the government needs to reduce spending. if every american is cutting back on their personal spending, then so should the federal government. do you get the sense, josh, that there is any appetite or any discussion on capitol hill of reducing federal wages and benefits? i haven t heard anything about it. i mean, you know, i d be surprised to see congress cutting their own salaries. it s hard for them to cut spending, i don t know that they re going to cut the paycheck they take home. that being said, federal employees salaries have gone up over the last several years, and there is some question about whether that s a place that folks should slow down spending. jon: all right. stick with us, we ll be back with more questions from our america s town hall panel. thanks, guys, we ll be righ
reports that he says he has explosives with him, but the big threat here is that he s threatening to kill himself. you can see some of the traffic that s being stopped there. as we take a look at this part of the bridge, we re going to try to get a more get more information about exactly what part of the bridge this is. you can see there s some land behind it, there s a big island that the bridge goes through as it comes from the east bay over to san francisco, and that s where all the major traffic is in the morning out there. just a point of reference, just to think about, this is one of those bridges that you re not able to walk on. if you re a pedestrian, you can t walk across this bridge like you could, for example, the golden gate bridge, so that s why it s pretty unusual to see anyone at all on the bridget self. also, another point of reference, this was the bridge that partially collapsed during the 1989 earthquake, and obviously, a lot of traffic concerns during th