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President Obama warned that Congress's failure to pass transportation funding could cost 700,000 jobs and effectively force states to halt 100,000 improvement projects.

President Obama traveled to New Yorks Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, N.Y., to implore Congress to pass a languishing transportation bill that the White House says would secure 700,000 jobs and begin to restore the nations crumbling infrastructure.

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If they dont act by the summer, funding for transportation projects will run out, the president warned. The cupboard will be bare.

Without federal funding, states may have to put the brakes on 100,000 active projects restoring roads, modernizing transit systems, and strengthening bridges, Mr. Obama said.

More than 63,000 bridges in the United States are in woeful need of repair, according to an American Road and Transportation Builders Association report released late last month.

The Tappan Zee Bridge is routinely overcrowded and holes in the pavement offer occasional views of the river.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama toured the Sept. 11 museum on Thursday, viewing a memorial wall with photos of victims and a mangled fire truck, ahead of a ceremony marking its opening.

Obama walked quietly through an expansive hall with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with the first lady, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton following behind them.

Obama was set to speak at the dedication ceremony later Thursday, with hundreds of dignitaries and Sept. 11 victims' relatives, survivors and rescuers there to view the museum built to commemorate the 2001 terrorist attack, as well as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The museum opens to the public May 21.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, current New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former New York Gov. George Pataki were among those attending, as was actor Robert De Niro, a museum board member.

By turns chilling and heartbreaking, the ground zero museum leads people on an unsettling journey through the terrorist attacks, with forays into their lead up and legacy.

There are scenes of horror, including videos of the skyscrapers collapsing and people falling from them. But there also are symbols of heroism, ranging from damaged fire trucks to the wristwatch of one of the airline passengers who confronted the hijackers.

"You won't walk out of this museum without a feeling that you understand humanity in a deeper way," museum President Joe Daniels said Wednesday.

The museum and memorial plaza above, which opened in 2011, were built for $700 million in donations and tax dollars. Work on the museum was marked by construction problems, financial squabbles and disputes over its content and the appropriate way to honor the dead, but its leaders see it as a monument to unity and resilience.

And its opening is prompting reflection from presidents and the everyday people whose lives were changed by the attacks. Former President George W. Bush issued a statement Wednesday saying the museum "will help ensure that our nation remembers the lessons of Sept. 11."

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