your financial security depends on your job and americans are looking to washington for answers. welcome to your $$$$$. president obama saying this week that he ll announce a new jobs initiative in september. john king is cnn s chief national correspondent. americans need help now. the president apparently is going to offer something next month. what s the delay? next month because the president says he wants to talk to his economic advisers. they re reaching out to ceos. the white house says this will not be a repackaging of things the president has put on the table. ali, you know those well. extending the payroll tax cut, which the administration says will not only put money in pockets, but hope to create jobs, extending unemployment insurance for people out there frustrated and can t find a job. there would be new proposals. the question is, what will they be. here s one question. we know some will involve spending. government spending. house republican leadership have
is, going to be terrible, the new plan is for special needs kids going to hurt them perhaps the most. greta: interesting litigation to watch in the state of missouri federal court. one if florida and one in virginia argued last week. we ll be following all of them. thank you sir. i have a bone to pick. we see new alaska, out in arizona. when are you coming to southeast missouri so we can show you some hospitality? greta: i ll come out soon, i promise i ll get out there. thank you. greta: republican congressman shock wants to ban stimulus funds used for stimulus road signs. what does that mean? congressman what is it you are seeking to ban from the use of stimulus funds? it is simple, we don t think we should be spending taxpayer money to produce signs to tell taxpayers when we are spending their money.
is, going to be terrible, the new plan is for special needs kids going to hurt them perhaps the most. greta: interesting litigation to watch in the state of missouri federal court. one if florida and one in virginia argued last week. we ll be following all of them. thank you sir. i have a bone to pick. we see new alaska, out in arizona. when are you coming to southeast missouri so we can show you some hospitality? greta: i ll come out soon, i promise i ll get out there. thank you. greta: republican congressman shock wants to ban stimulus funds used for stimulus road signs. what does that mean? congressman what is it you are seeking to ban from the use of stimulus funds? it is simple, we don t think we should be spending taxpayer money to produce signs to tell taxpayers when we are spending their money.
because the whole project is paid for by taxpayer dollars and people are saying why do i have to pay tolls to drive on this road if i m already paying for the road. but the department of transportation says they re sure in 20 or 30 years there s going to be congestion and they ll need to regulate it with tolls. reporter: to reduce congestion. so money helps reduce congestion. we take a look at a project for you and this one here, the $250 million, total jobs 50 so far, hundreds more jobs are expected. so, kyra, in the sweepstakes for who gets the biggest stimulus road project in the nation, there you go, the answer is dallas, texas. and we re also hearing a lot from our viewers every day on this. reporter: it s amazing. you and i were talking about this the other day. i think on the blog alone we have hundreds of comments. let s show how you can weigh in. you ve got my page or cnn.com/kyra. a lot of people debating this on my facebook and twitter pages. let us know what you think
stimulus road project in the nation? it s huge, and it could affect your travel to and from a major airport. i m josh levs. i ve got that along with all the zebra updates you could possibly want in the next hour, kyra. thanks so much. also ahead, if you don t get enough sleep, can it make you fat? we ll have the answers and a little more zebra. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx