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Red tape held up the bidding process. finally when they had a bid awarded back in december of last year a lawsuit was filed, there were nor problems with who had jurisdiction over the installation of these shelters and that bidding process, as of last week, now has to go back to square one. the county emergency manager, anthony cliff ton is just about at his wits end here. he's been trying for two years to get the storm shelters in. at the end of this month he's got to send all of these things out to bid yet again and says that they probably won't get them in in time for the storm season. rick...

Union as opposed to put it up for an open bidding process. >> estimates are that it costs 12% to 18% more because of this national labor relations act and more importantly, because you've got to have union work rules, it takes a whole lot longer to complete any project. all with federal taxpayer money. >> all this as california is broke. when you're looking at the situation when you can get the work done cheaper, it seems like a silly rule for people who live in california. >> it is. california is broke, the federal government is broke. we're going to spend federal taxpayer dollars on more exp...

Announce specific plans to help egypt and tunisia transition into democracy. taking a look at your thursday forecast now. stormy in the southern plains, hail, gusty wind, isolated tornados in texas, oklahoma, kansas. showers, thunderstorms for minnesota, to northern illinois. heavy snow in the rockies. another rainy day for cleveland, detroit and much of the east coast. boy, are we getting a lot of it. >> yeah, messy coming in. indianapolis gets up to 72. omaha, 69. fargo 76. 70s from seattle to sacramento. 63, boston. 74 in baltimore. 84 in new orleans. you are going to love the next story....

Third time the pentagon has attempted to award this contract for all of us who have been following this. the previous two times, the decision was overturned over allegations that the bidding process was rigged and the rules were discriminatory. hopefully the third time will be a charm, and we won't see any more challenges. you can bet the congressional delegations from washington and kansas will be coming out soon with releases. >> great news for boeing, no doubt about that. they always make these announcements after the stock market close. i'm sure boeing's stock will do just fine. big news f...

Through far enough, but it was, it was an encouragement to people. >> reporter: beth did not have a paycheck coming in from november through right now, but because of the job that she had for 17 months working this project, she was able to squirrel enough money away to be able to live comfortably. she's got another construction job lined up next month, and as far as a pack, the lead construction company, they are now searching for work in other states because there isn't enough work in missouri to go around. they're looking in arkansas and as far east as abe indiana, but they say the bidding p...