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Likely won't be easy. expect traffic jams because decades-old bridges and roads weren't built to handle today's traffic. >> if this congress does not act by the end of the summer, the highway trust fund will run out. >> reporter: dubbed the transportation fiscal cliff, a federal fund used to repair america's crumbling infrastructures weeks away from going bankrupt. a potential crisis for commuters, considering the american society of civil engineers gives u.s. naufr a d plus, and one in nine of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient. look no further than delaware, for what the impact ...

The problem, cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobs potentially at stake here? >> we're estimating 700,000 jobs at risk. >> reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted 2.9 billion gallons of gas just sitting in traffic costing the average consumer more than $800 per year according to one study. the highway trust fund gets revenue from an 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax. ...

Deficient. look no further than delaware for what the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the critical i-495 bridge. the problem? cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony fox say failure to fund repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. how many jobs potentially at stake here? >> so we're estimated 700,000 jobs at risk. >> reporter: in 2011, commuters wasted $ 2.9 billion gallons of gas just sitting in traffic, costing the aver...

For what the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the critical eye 495 bridge, the problem? cracks and leaning support columns. >> old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country. causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary anthony foxx say failure to fund, repairs and improvements will cost americans in more ways than one. >> how many jobs potentially at stake here? >> we're estimating 700,000 jobs at risk. >> in 2011, commuters wasted $2.9 billion gallons of gas just sitting in traffic costing the average consumer more than $800 per year accordi...

Jury acquits george zimmerman, can't the judge based on that same evidence determine that george zimmerman, again, if acquitted by a jury, is entitled to stand your ground immunity? that has a lot of other implications including it would eliminate the risk of a civil lawsuit if the judge were to impose stand your ground immunity. >> lots more to come on this case and we'll be speaking with you both again. thank you. >> you're welcome. investigators are looking at a newly released surveillance tape that shows the exact moment the washington state bridge collapsed this week. the back of your s...