[ technical difficulties ] have differences we re in a time of crisis that we ll sit down and at least have a conversation. really, mr. president, it s time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. the speaker was referring to jean specirling, and what he wa saying is exactly what the president has said, that they are not going to respond to this hostage taking. a pew pole say four and ten americans say the federal government can go out that deadline without major economic problems, but 64% of conservatives that identify themselves as in the tea party agree the debt ceiling really doesn t matter. so, mike, we see that obviously congress is back to work. a number of furloughed employees might be wondering if congress will get to work on the idea of back pay. is that something that we can expect some action on? that is an interesting question, tony, because all along when the house has passed these piecemeal bills, nih, any number of sensit
farms is a company that has staked its reputation on freshness. we found some of the foster farms chicken that the usda says is suspect at this safeway store. there is no recall, so the chicken is still being sold here tonight. officials say, if you do buy it, you should take some precautions. reporter: this is the foster farms chicken authorities are concerned about. it s stamped with the number 36137a. tonight, it s on display at the meat section of this safeway. it includes p6137, p6137a. the agriculture department issued the health alert today. most of the illnesses here in california. those people who have low immune systems are those people that actually have kids, or elderly are actually at risk. reporter: officials say strains of salmonella are produced at three foster farms facilities in the central valley. reputable stores, and all in all, the quality is going to be better. reporter: foster farms is not sold at piedmont. the center says there s not neces
into characterizing how the negotiations are going. the mediators asked us not to publicly talk about what s going on. we re going to leave the bargaining at the bargaining table. reporter: b.a.r.t. s spoke person says they re working very hard to find a negotiated settlement and willing to continue talks well past the deadline at midnight thursday. any given work day, some 400,000 passengers rely on b.a.r.t. to get where they need to go. earlier today the municipal transit agency issued a warning to commuters to review their contingency plans. they say if b.a.r.t. strikes and if that happens this month, it willikely have a bigger impact than the four-day strike back in july because more people are headed to work and taking their kids to school. the governor has already used his one-time-on the legal privilege to call for a 60 day cooling off period. he says it is now up to the two sides to work it out. live in oakland, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. could be some pro
costs is labor and benefits. so we are trying to control those costs. that s what this show, about. reporter: with the clock still ticking, they are still $89 million apart, a figure the unions dispute. that $89 million gap they talk about is for all the workers at bart including management. that number should be much smaller. bart can t look at it just on two bargaining units. you have to expect that the other bargaining units are going to expect the same thing that these two get. reporter: bart is already spending big to hire a fleet of buses to prepare for a strike. usually we ll have 150 and if we need to we ll get up to 200. it s $900,000. we have already secured buses for a week so we re working on a second week. that money has already been deposited. reporter: so we have spent $900,000 just getting ready for this? that s correct. reporter: and that money is gob. meanwhile, they are talking and everybody has their financial crossed. no strike notice bu
this is kpix5 news. e discovered tonight.. hundreds of people get sick after eating chicken produced here in california, what we discovered tonight that makes you wonder how safe is the food we buy? good evening. i m elizabeth cook. i m ken bastida. it s a salmonella outbreak involving one of the most popular brands of chicken out there. we talked to a bay area man who was just about to dig in. the number is right there. reporter: ed vanick says he bought foster farms raw chicken today and was about to prepare dinner when he saw our report on kpix5 at 5:00. turns out he bought the very same chicken, had the same serial numbers as the ones making people 6p 6137, p6137a and p7632. why can they put stuff out that has salmonella in it? if they could check it closer, it wouldn t happen. reporter: today the us department of agriculture issued a public health alert saying 278 people got sick with strains of salmonella heidelberg in 18 states, predominantly california and