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if you lose your job, right now you lose your coverage. and that's not good news for the american public and not good news for family members. Members chose to make it and it's sad it's been turned into this scare tactic. but historians say obama's challenges today are far more even back then the president was pleading for its preservation. roosevelt made a famous visit to the grand canyon in 1903. > reporter: the administration says obama will lead the nation with a quote rooseveltian legacy, meaning teddy roosevelt, father of the park system.
> these are national treasures, symbols of how much we owe to those who came before us, the work of generations past reminds us of our duty to generations yet to come. this year's stimulus bill tagged $750 million to address the most pressing problems, including $9 million for waste water treatment at yellowstone, $8.8 million for ellis island and the statue of liberty, 5.5 million for philadelphia's independence hall and 30.5 million to restore the reflecting pool at the national mall. president obama has made a big first step. > reporter: the national parks are facing a $9 billion back log in their maintenance budget. Have a park system that is deeply hurting. > reporter: while people lined lake shore drive for the annual air and water show, their garbage is lining the streets, piling up and left there to sit it's all part of a major effort close a massive budget gap. all city agencies are closed and all city employees, except for emergency workers, are being forced to take an unpaid day off. > if you need something done in chicago today it, may have to wait. on average 300,000 people ride the bart system every day. negotiators for transit workers and the bay area rapid transit system announced a tentative agreement just hours before a scheduled walk-out. > san francisco commuters are waking up to good news this morning. > reporter: as we move closer to the end game on health care, the president may wind up saying to liberals, look, i fought good fight, did the best i could but this is the best deal i can get.
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