Cliff and Hurricane Sandy, economists are predicting 150,000 new jobs. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington with more on this. Reporter mara, good morning. We dont know for a few hours but economists are encouraged that at things will remain steady this month. Thats because of the fact that december is always a little bit off because it includes all of the Holiday Hiring and not all of those jobs are permit. Adt does a private report and says 200,000 workers in november, thats up in december. The fourweek average is steady, though. Again, there were aberrations there as a result of the holidays. Economists say, despite the holiday possibly throwing a wrench into this and superstorm sandy. Remember, that had an impact on the november report as well because of a split week there, not all of the jobs that were lost were reported in november. So we could see some revisions as well in this december report. But there are a couple of other signs that could be encouraging. Auto sales up 9 . And
Another issue going on, on the lower deck of the bay bridge. A big rig is stuck blocking the eastbound 80 Treasure Island offramp. So you cannot use it now if you are leaving San Francisco trying to access Treasure Island. That offramp remains blocked. Westbound commute direction looks good across the pay gates and very quiet right now across the new eastern span heading into San Francisco. Mass transit is on time. New details in the Washington Navy yard shooting. The investigation is uncovering the gunman was an agitated and erratic person whose behavior and mental state was on the Police Departments radar. A Police Department report says aaron alexis heard voices a month before the shooting rampage. Cbs reporter Susan Mcginnis with how alexis was still able to get on the navy yard despite his issues. Reporter Officials Say 34 yearold aaron alexis used a valid pass to walk on to the Washington Navy yard monday. Once inside, he pulled out a shot gun he recently bought and opened fire k
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