Alaska Airlines flight forced to abort landing at SFO after another aircraft spotted on runway

Strain. Pain. And pivots. That’s what nearly 10,000 NBC and Telemundo viewers told us when they took our recent Affording America survey. “We’re screwed,” said Cheyenne Riggs, 33, of Martinez. Riggs said she’s “on the payroll” at one company. She said that one paycheck would be plenty if it were a generation or two ago – when young people could buy a home and fund a nest egg on one income. But in 2026, in her prime of life, Riggs said she needs several part-time jobs just to make ends meet. “I say yes to any sort of opportunity to make any sort of anything,” she explained. Riggs’ thoughts resemble many hardworking yet frustrated viewers who answered the NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ survey. “There are a lot of survey responses saying, ‘I already work 12 hours a day. What else am I supposed to do,’” said Lucia Walinchus, Managing Data Editor for NBC and Telemundo owned stations. Walinchus says only 37% of people who took the survey said they’re financially comforta