here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: southwest airlines denying disturbing allegations that two pilots hid a camera in an airplane restroom and livestreamed the video. flight attendant renee steinaker filing the lawsuit saying she made the discovery when she went into the cockpit during a 2017 flight from pittsburgh to phoenix. >> she saw an ipad on the windscreen, and on the ipad appeared to be a video feed of the captain using the lavatory. >> reporter: according to court documents the copilot admitted it was livestreaming and that the camera was hidden so that no one would ever find it. >> and it occurred to her that she, having used the lavatory, as had many of the other attendants and passengers, had likely been filmed. >> reporter: the lawsuit alleges steinaker alerted the airline and was told to stay silent. southwest airlines telling abc news the company immediately investigated, adding there was never a camera in the lavatory, the incident was an inappropriate attempt at humor which the company did not condone. southwest vows to vigorously defend against the lawsuit in

southwest airlines issued a statement saying it is not use cameras in the bathroom. >>> for united airlines announced a partnership with apple to improve the passenger experience at sfo. seven cisco international airport. two companies have not given us details about how to work together, but united says apple has been inspecting the baggage areas, customer service and the lobbies at united space at sfo. apple is one of the united airlines biggest corporate clients to bay area. >>> united airlines says it is also going to add larger overhead bins on most planes. that is help improve boarding on united plate. the bigger bins allow for one bag per customer on domestic flights. the bigger bins help they need to check back at the gate. >>> classes once again canceled in the city of chicago. the teachers strike in the third week with a possible deal over the weekend. they seem to be. backwards. yesterday the city said it is a fair offer on the table but the teachers union does not agree. the teachers union says the city is not taking demand of the lower and smaller class sizes seriously. the may

that conduct is something that should have immediately been investigated by southwest airlines. >> reporter news they will vigorously defend the lawsuit and that the company looked into the report immediately, adding, we can confirm from our investigation that there was never a camera in the lavatory. the incident was an inappropriate attempt at humor which the company did not condone. and the airline will not expound on what that inappropriate attempt at humor exactly was. she is seeking at least $50,000 in damages, and according to the lawsuit she confronted the pilots about the video and she was told that it was all part of a new top security measure, but she remains at the airline and the pilots remain at the airline. i hope i sorted that out but i'm not sure. still, a lot of layers in that story. >> very much so. >> and who dat? >> thank you. appreciate that. >>> we're going to turn now to the search for a missing alabama college student last heard from wednesday night. family and friends are pleading for the safe return of aniah blanchard, the stepdaughter of ufc heavyweight walt harr

they have had 30,000 flights cancelled that solve the neck southwest airlines, that would've beenjobs would have been taken and paid for. this actually isn't the only lawsuit against boeing that's being brought bya group against boeing that's being brought by a group of pilots. a separate group of 400 pilots has also brought a similar lawsuit against the company, again come over lost revenue. 0k, vivian, thank you very much for that update. appreciate it. that's vivian live with us in new york. we don't often talk about seaweed, but i have a quick report on this to play you. it's key ingredient in many cosmetics. and its an important export for zanzibar, off the east coast of africa. but rising sea temperatures are causing problems. tula—na na bohelo reports. zanzibar‘s white za nzibar‘s white sandy zanzibar‘s white sandy beaches and warm waters are an undeniable tourist attraction. and now, these same waters are becoming lucrative ina same waters are becoming lucrative in a different way. seaweed is increasingly becoming za nzibar‘s in a different way. seaweed is increasingly becomin

a former southwest airline flight attendant is suing the airline after reporting the pilot was livestreamingflight from pittsburg to phoenix says the captain needed to use the restroom and protocol requires two crew members in the cockpit at all time. so he asked the flight attendant to cover him, and that's when she says she saw and ipad mounted to the windshield livestreaming pictures from the lavatory. >> what she saw was what appeared to be a video of the captain using the lavatory. what were they thinking? what kind of a prank is it that would prompt two professional pilots to become peeping toms in a cockpit? >> the pilot then said it was part of new top secret security measures and when she complained to management, she was told not to speak to anyone else. southwest says it does not use cameras in washrooms. >>> united airlines announced a partnership with apple to improve the passenger experience at sfo. the companies haven't given details on the collaboration but united says apple has been inspecting the baggage areas, service areas and lobbies at united space at sfo. apple is one

going to add complexity and costs and it makes a change to an airline that's the beauty of only flying the 737 all of these years for southwest. it's one of the advantages that the airline has had. now they're seeing the flip side of that. this is the problem with flying only one aircraft, when you have the max being grounded for seven months, it's hurt their capacity and hurt their ability to grow as an airline at a time when they want to grow. i don't -- i would not discount the possibility entirely that they might diversify and might add an air bus type of aircraft into their fleet. >> yeah. >> jon has something for you. >> thank you phil, i got to view this as a bluff. i mean if o'leary over with ryan air said the same thing, you and i would both be shouting bluff there is no way you're going to take that many mechanics and basically throw a bunch of new mechanics on an air bus when that's all you've thrown or 737s since the beginning of the airline. i can't believe that anybody takes him very seriously when he says that. that sounds completely like a bluff coming from southwest even though as you say, this is a very resp

lost as a result of the grounding of the 737 max worker representatives and bunch of carrier southwest airlines say staff have missed out on $100000000.00 and paid because of the model being out of action the $737.00 max was grounded back in march after being involved in 2 fatal accidents samsung electronics is expecting its operating profits to drop more than 56 percent in these 3rd quarter down to $6400000000.00 is stark reversal from the same period last year when it posted record results the south korean tech giant cited a sluggish global demand for computer chips. the deadline for a threatened nodia brags that is nearing with businesses warning of the potentially devastating consequences of an abrupt u.k. departure from the european union now new figures show that the threat of bragg's it alone is already hitting the u.k.'s trade relationship with the e.u. quite hard. london and brussels are at an impasse so things are not looking good for businesses german exporters have already been suffering losses linked to breaks that poured into the german federation of exporters the b g 8 in the 1st

as a result of the grounding of the $737.00 max worker representatives that budget carrier southwest airlines say staff of missed out on $100000000.00 and pay because of the model being out of action 737 max was grounded think in march after being involved in 2 fatal accidents. to ecuador now and tensions are running high in the south american country indigenous people and farmers have been clashing with security forces and their protest of soaring petrol prices earlier the government has scrapped fuel subsidies in order to obtain much needed financial aid from the international monetary fund the clashes have only been the latest incidents in days of looting and vandalism which prompted president boren no to declare a state of national emergency. angry protests on the streets of quito the capital of ecuador. they were triggered by exploding petrol and diesel prices since the government cut its fuel subsidies. that the government has to pay for this economic crisis people are sinking into misery. if people are hungry they will fight and fight on where look bad are actually allowed to have ecua

southwest airlines has pulled 2 boeing aircraft after discovering cracks steering inspections the model in question is the 77 n g a forerunner of the embattled 737 max it's a further blow to boeing following 2 fatal crashes involving the 737 max it's also being sued by the airlines pilots associations over last pay as a result of the models grounding. unicef the united nations children agency is starting a cryptocurrency fund it will hold and to distribute contributions of bitcoin and ether to promote open source technology for children around the world a speaker said on thursday in new york a fund will initially be operating countries digit currencies are expected. and morocco syria production is down almost 50 percent to 5200000 tons the season mainly because of very poor rainfall maracas grains and cereals agency says it will have to import grain in order to feed people in casablanca the international grain industry fair is taking place many companies from morocco and abroad a showcasing their new product supplies and services to increase production. france exports of a lot of grain

tightening of export controls on electrical components destined for south korea and for us southwest airlines as opposed to boeing aircraft after discovering cracks during inspections the modeling question is these 737 n g a forerunner of the embattled 737 s. it's a further blow to boeing following 2 fatal crashes involving the 737 max it's also being sued by the airlines pilots association says the asian over last pay as a result of the models from the. forest fires that swept across bolivia and brazil this year could disrupt rainfall distribution across south america grains and beef producing regions in unpredictable ways for years to come scientists say that would add fuel to the heated debate that particularly the brazilian government has launched over how much economic exploitation of the pristine amazon is wise now be farmers naturally strongly advocate for fewer trees and more pasture although there are some who think differently molly rowe is a large landowner and proud cattle baron in the 3rd generation. from the back of his mule he rules is gigantic ranch in the brazilian state of p

southwest airlines closed down more than 2%. ing of delta, delta airlines, the airlines is warning that the wto ruling could, quote, inflict serious harm on u.s. airlines. again, many u.s. airlines fly the airbus. delta has ordered more than 250 planes right now from airbus, that's the order. we'll see if the order sticks. lauren: and staying with boeing, some disturbing revelations from one of their engineers who helped develop the 737 max. according to published reports, the engineer filed an internal complaint after the two crashes, saying the company's culture had an effect. boeing said quality and integ integrity are at the core of the values. cheryl: the ceo discussed why pilots were unable to prevent the two 737 max planes from crashing. he was in new york yesterday. here's what he said. >> the early information established that in both flights a software function activated in response to incorrect information from an external airplane sensor, as part of a broader chain of events. this cree oughte korea ated mord for -- cr

grounding of the boeing 737 max has turned into a legal issue here with the southwest airlines pilots association suing boeing over misrepresentations and lost wages. for more on the move, i'm joined by john weeks. what specifically do you fault boeing with here >> hi, good afternoon. and we were in talks with boeing and because of the magnitude of the losses keep piling up. aand as we know now, that's probably even further delayed. and i understand that is the core issue that hangs over the entire delay >> kelly, we relied on boeing to produce product tests all the way back from when we were negotiating. and there's been surprises along the way, we were never informed and what existed much less, you can't train what is not in the book and when we send our representatives into boeing for the training, there was no mention of that. so as we know it, it doesn't exist. it's being designed out of the airplane now the fact is boeing was responsible for producing an airworthy airplane that we could make income off of and that hasn't happened and i'll be glad to shed light, too, on the time

. >>> the airline lawsuit that has passengers creeped out. did southwest's pilots place cameras in the plane's bathroom >>> plus, the high-wire rescue the window washing rig out of control, and the workers who brought them to safety >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening it's on track to be the largest fire in california's history getting worse, more dangerous by the minute in northern california's sonoma county another 50,000 residents told today to get out right now this as another deliberate mass power outage puts millions in the dark tonight. and it's not the only fire in the state. tens of thousands are still evacuated outside los angeles. sam brock is in the northern california town of geyserville. sam? >> reporter: jose, good evening as you can see around me, just all of this destruction. it represents what people are dealing with tonight, the threat that they're facing new evacuation numbers going from 2,000 to 50,000 this afternoon, and all those new evacuees have to be out by this evening. fires ripping acr

southwest airlines issued a statement thing it does not use cameras and bathrooms >>> united airlinesership with apple apple to an and is the partners experience. the companies have not given us details on how they will work together but united said apple has inspected the package areas, customer service and lobby that united space at ffo. one of united airlines biggest corporate plate in the bay area >>> united states banning fights to keep her with the exception of havana. the battle start and december. mike pompeo says it will prevent cuba for making comments from you there trouble the flight suspension will prevent american tourism which is banned under u.s. law critics say it will give more difficult for cuban-americans to visit family living far from havana. >>> president trump company says it is considering selling the landmark washington dc hotel after almost six lawsuits. hotel up and open in 2016 just before the election. it has been a hot shot hotspot for diplomats and lobbyists who want to gain favor with the trump ministration. there but if i wait the money with clause of

. >>> pilots for southwest airlines are suing boeing over the grounding of its 737 max. epresents nearly 10,000 pilots are demanding $100 million in lost income. southwest has canceled more than 30,000 flights since the faa grounded the 737 fleet back in march. the decision followed two deadly crashes overseas just five months apart. >>> yet another company is making moves to become eco-friendly. unilever says it will cut the amount of virgin plastics it uses in half by 2025. the company says it will cut its use of plastic packaging and increase its use of recycled plastic. virgin plastics are produced using raw materials rather than recycled ones. unilever's brands include dove, ben & jerry's, and lipton. >>> and apple's latest software kills itunes. they're getting separate apps for music, video, and other media. apple says splitting itunes functions lets apple build features just for podcasts or videos. itunes has been around for 18 years. >> it kind of made sense. if you were searching for a song, you'd have to scroll through tv shows with a key word. >> if it's easie

a former southwest airlines attendant is suing the airline, saying two pilots livestreamed bathroom videothe allegations were made in 2017 during flights from pittsburg to phoenix. it claims the captain, terry graham, had to use the bathroom. the rules state you have to have two members in the cockpit at all times. he asked the flight attendant to cover for him, and that's when she saw and ipad mounted to the windshield livestreaming video from the bathroom. >> what she saw was what appeared to be a video of the captain using the lavatory. what were they thinking? what kind of prank is it that would prompt two professional pilots to become peeping toms in a cockpit? >> the lawsuit claims the copilot paniked when the flight attendant asked him about the camera, saying it was part of new top secret security measures. when she complained to management, she was told, don't talk to anybody else. southwest airlines says it does not use cameras in bathrooms. >>> the kincade fire explodes and containment numbers drop after intense gusty winds. we are live with the latest on the fire fight as crew

analysts say the southwest airlines fair raises quickly matched by delta and united. now airlines are fast to act when one player makes a move to increase prices on things like tickets and bags, starbucks launched a new happy hour promotions cervix lunch, this revamped happy hour deal. it's from 2 to 07:00pm it's a buy one get one free deal on any or larger handcrafted beverage the happy hour drives traffic to starbucks during the slow afternoon time and before pg e's massive blackout swept across northern california. tesla told customers to charge up their cars. the utility owner begin shutting off electricity of course of this week as you well know and tesla cee-lo that's tweeted the company adding sorraylar aand batteries to the charging stations as fast as possible catia need to leave live from the nasdaq market site i'm jane king back to daryn thank you jane. >>are supposed to be for coffee like that the afternoon. >>a look at this coming up we've got a while bad in the east bay that was found with rabies we're going to tell you where and we're also keeping an eye

for boeing, southwest, other airlines, the faa, other international regulatory agencies to work togethero return these aircraft physically to service and we have a plan, but we just have to expect that we may have to call some audibles with that plan so we just don't know how many airplanes can be returned in a week and right now we are being conservative with our assumptions. but i think that's the main thing and then, of course, boeing has to build airplanes as well and they've maintained their production capacity at i think they cut it from 52 to 42 a month and, hopefully, that ill sustain that but in order for us to maintain our future flight schedule, they'll need to increase their production capacity back, i think, to 52 a month for us to get all of our airplanes so a lot of questions there to work through but right now, based on all our conversations with boeing, our working assumption is that if the airplane is ungrounded in december and, you know, nothing else comes to light, then we should be back where we would have been roughly the middle of next year. and i would be just fin

southwest airlines reporting record third-quarter net income this despite the continued grounding of boeing 737 max. all of the other numbers look pretty good. the problem you have got is getting the max back into the air. once you get it and once the faa clear it, how quickly can you turn things around? for have been telling folks some time that we have one issue and it is the max and everything else is in good shape. right now we are working on an beumption that the max will ungrounded by the faa in december and based on that we have the backs published in our schedule taking bookings february 8 and forward. an assumption of 30 airplanes at that point and we own 34 at this point. i have to quickly add that the all of theirssed predicted schedule so far. the nice thing about where we stand today is that the final software has been submitted to the faa this week. we are at least in the so i thinkon process that is a great process. whether they will be done with their review and ungrounded the airplane in december i don't know. damaged has your relationship with boeing been as a resul

southwest airlines out. the airline in discussions right now with boeing regarding compensation.st airlines stock as well, 3m cut its forecast. the stock is down one and three quarters percent on 3m. it is cutting its forecast for growth for the rest of the year. futures indicating the markets will open higher, take a look. we've got the dow industrials up 17, s&p up 3 and-a-half and nasdaq up 35. following a day of back and forth action yesterday. the major indices at the end of the day were slightly higher. the dow was up 45 points, s&p was up 8 and nasdaq you up 15 and-a-half. s&p 500 closing above 3,000, take a look, with that 8 and-a-half point move. that is 22 points away from an all-timtime high. european indices, the ecb rate decision is due later this hour, the last under the leadership of mario draghi. the cac in paris i'm 28, dax in germany is up 76 points, that's two-thirds of 1%. in asia overnight markets were mostly higher. take a look. the best performer there was hong kong. hang seng index up almost 1%. mark zuckerberg facing fierce questioning yesterday on fact c

also reporting american and southwest airlines.ay with help from health care and communications companies. the dow rose 45 points. the s&p 500 gained eight. the nasdaq added 15. >>> a new report says the faa must restore, quote, public confidence in aircraft certification efforts following two deadly crashes involving boeing 737 max. according to "reuters," the report by the transportation department's inspector general said the faa faces a, quote, significant oversight challenge to ensure that companies conducting those tests maintain high standards and comply with faa safety regulations. >>> now, call it a quantum leap. google says it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing. scientists say they developed an experimental processor that performed a complicated calculation in 200 seconds. the same calculation would take about 10,000 years to complete by today's fastest supercomputer. if they head to the mainstream, quantum computers could perform important work like designing new drugs at the molecular level and speeding up

. >>> southwest airlines pilots union is suing boeing, claiming the grounding of the 737 max has costhem more than $100 million in lost pay. southwest is the largest operator of the max with 34 in its fleet, at the time the jets were grounded worldwide in march. the union says it agreed to fly the max based on boeing's sales pitch that it was safe. boeing says it will defend itself against that lawsuit and it continues to work with southwest to return the max to service. meantime, two major retailers are getting out of the ecigarette business. walgreens and supermarket giant kroger will stop selling those products nationwide amid the mounting health questions surrounding vaping. kroger, which operates kroger, ralph and harris teeter stores will stop sales once its current inventory sells out. walmart will stop selling ecigarettes at all of its stores. a lot of controversy over vaping, a lot of folks worried about it >> exactly. we'll see if any of the changes make a difference as well. thanks, bertha. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," back to the coverage of the fire danger and pos

pilots at southwest airlines say it could be february or march before the airline resumes flights usinghat boeing 737 max jet. that's much later than projects by southwest or boeing. pilots say the grounded planes will take longer because of additional pilot training that's needed. boeing expects to planes to fly again before the end of the year. southwest has a january 5th target date for its return. the jet has been grounded since march after the two crashes killed 346 people. >>> pep boys auto parts chain will pay $3.7 million after violating the environmental protection laws. employees were throwing oil, batteries, aerosol cans and other waste right into the dumpsters. authorities say pep boys disposed of customer records without shredding them. and marriott is testing out vegan options, and the beyond burger and the beyond meat roasted red pepper flatbread will be available. the plant-based options will be available in nearly a thousand locations starting tomorrow. still haven't tried it yet, have you? >> no. >> me either. >> i like impossible burger, which is a local company. pers

a live look at oakland international airport pilots as southwest airlines are suing boeing for $100 million. in lost wages. this is due to the grounding of the 737 max aircraft the pilots association claims boeing deliberately misled pilots about the aircraft safe. 30,000 southwest flights canceled by the grounding this year. boeing said it will fight the lawsuit. it is working to safely returned the max to service.>>> nasa calling it a space walk an answer. a series of 10 spacewalks began yesterday. they will continue for the next few months. the fourth in the series schedule for next week. is expected to make history. >>> nasa astronauts completed the first of 10 spacewalks of the international space station.>>> astronauts christina cook and andrew morgan removed aging batteries and replaced them with the new much more powerful ones. cook and morgan will go back out on friday for more battery work. but all four astronauts will take part in the spacewalks at some point in the series. >>> it is our goal to share that experience and complete these tasks in the most efficient manner while als

. >>> now to the disturbing claim by a southwest airlines flight attendant accusing two pilots of placing hidden camera in the response. >> reporter: tonight, a flight attendant on a southwest flight claiming she was shocked by what she saw, acc privacy. >> when i walked into the cockpit i noticed that his ipad was located on the window. it appeared to be a live streaming video of the captain in the lavatory. >> reporter: in the cockpit so the captain could use the restroom, steineker says she saw that ipad, with video of the captain in the bathroom. she's alleging in a lawsuit that the first officer said it was a new streaming system, and the camera was hidden so that no one would ever find it. on the ground she reported the incident, but says she was warned if this went public, no one would fly the airline again. >> it's just not a joke at all. if you think you're being violated and someone is watching you in a lavatory, no, that's not a joke. >> reporter: southwest in a statement says it was a false video reference. an inappropriate attempt at humor. and says there was never a camera i

result i think the number was north of 435 or 50 billion -- $450 million or around that much for southwest airlinesble to raise prices so how big of a deal is this for them how do you kind of net-net all of that? >> yeah, i think what investors want to see from airlines is they want to see them behave like railroads and constrain capacity and get stable pricing power and kind of compete responsibly with one another and they got that behavior really through 2014, and that's when airline stocks did really well since 2015 airline stocks have been relatively flat or worse because there's been excess capacity this year capacity is kind of where it should be maybe a little bit below gdp, but it's kind of an artificial constraint that's going to go away next year and so we're assuming that when the capacity comes back, that it produces a more challenging revenue and fare environment for airlines it's just unclear in terms of when it comes back and how quickly. >> phil? >> joe, this is phil lebeau. the first quarter always the slowest of the quarters for the airlines might be a good environment for them to

in 2018, a woman was killed when she was partially sucked out of a southwest airlines plane after an engine blew out. the n.t.s.b. recovered both of ede plane's black boxes today. more investigators will be on scene tomorrow. norah. om o'donnell: kris, i know there's another big story you're following involving that boeing 737 max, a different plane than this here. what are we learning about that? >> reporter: there is a new document that surfaced that is raising some big questions tonight-- when boeing knew and what did they know about the airplane. it's a series of messages between two boeing employees about the automated flight control system that malfunctioned in the two 737 max crashes. about two years before the crashes, one employee said the system was "running rampant" on him in the simulator, calling it egregious. he wrote, "i basically lied to ."e regulators unknowingly." now, both the f.a.a. and congress are demanding answers from boeing tonight. norah. >> o'donnell: still more on that story. thank you so much, kris. appreciate it. now to an extraordinary development in th

jon: two southwest airlines piloted are accused of streaming live bathroom video to the cockpit. said she took a picture of the ipad where the live stream could be seen. the pilots were allowed to continue on their flight. a crucial world series game coming up later tonight on fox. mark meredith is live at the field at nationals park. >> the excitement is building as fans are starting to pour into nationals park. we'll have a preview right after this break on the fox report. jon: mark meredith is reporting from nationals park from washington, d.c. in what will be a pivotal game for the world series. reporter: the nationals did well in houston, winning the first two games of this series. for fans that have been coming out here, it's been a long time coming for this city. they have not seen a world series played in d.c. since 1933. we caught up with rivera and hoffman. they told us it's unlike what a player has ever seen before. >> it's so stressful. you are not used to having a lot of hair. it's so great. you know. you have your opportunity to 5-4, then you come in the 8th or 9th.

if you are southwest airlines and you have 700 737s, you really want to believe in boeing customers aren't think about what kind of airplane there on. >> exactly what i mean by that, could you see a situation where let's say you are delta which flies a lot of airbus, you might want to reassure the public and say hey, we don't fly the 737 max we fly this airbus and you should choose delta. there is a consumer choice story to this. is it not? subtly making the public aware i was in houston right before the max. united was the last airline flying a max i was booked on the flight on a 737. i was going to get on it i had flown those for years but i will say it was in my head >> absolutely. and delta is very glad to be one of the only four giants without that exposure. most of that is because it is not dealing with the operational headaches. on day one, there are going to be consumers aware of the fact i'm not sure there is anything boeing can say to reassure people >> i'm sure you know a lot of pilots i've spoken to a couple of pilot friends who have flown the 737 max. they have talked about th

we'll hear from dow, southwest airlines, twitter and our parent company comcast to name a few. and we'll assess the chances that libra makes it off the ground skbauc "squawk box" begins right now. >> announcer: live from new york where business never sleeps, this is "squawk box. ♪ >> good morning, everybody welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc, we are live from the nasdaq marketsite in times square the dow was up yesterday about 45 points despite some disappointing results. those components ended up higher the dow indicated up by about 31 points up by close to five and the nasdaq up by about five. no changes are expected. this will be the final news conference for ecb president mario draghi incoming president christine lagarde will

you hear it from southwest and other airline executives if you travel much, i do, i know you do, most are comploe to capacity. they're filling the seats. we're not seeing that slowdown in the economy in terms of demand for travel on the leisure side or corporate side >> mike, is this emerging theme more broadly from earnings season still consumer, strength around consumer versus industrial, weakness around some of the big industrial manufacturing names, that's kind of what's playing out in terms of what's leading the dow and what's the biggest laggard >> it is confirming the way the market was postured before we got here, reflects all those things i would point out, microsoft up a little today, would have been not surprising to see it sell off a bit, shows you what a great quarter, a stock that's strong and hovering needed to have a little extra on the up side, what microsoft and p&g were able to do. on the industrial side, it is confirming things weren't great in august, but stocks got down there to account for that. >> can you put to bed the igb concerns and software? >> i don't kno

some analysts say they can -- paul: the union representing pilots in southwest airlines is suing boeinghe rollout of the 737 max 8 to stay competitive. the suit claims boeing made a calculated decision to rush a b engineered aircraft to market to secure market share and prioritize its bottom line. the union says it is seeking 115 million dollars for damages sustained through this year, primarily for lost pay and legal expenses. its chinese and pearman are planning to merge their power unit operations into a standalone company, aiming to cut costs as they shift to a fully electrified lineup. it would supply to million combustion engines compared with a 600,000 turn out currently. it could supply competing auto companies, although none have expressed interest at the moment. anz: and fed has taken -- bank has taken a charge for wrongly charged fees. it is the latest mediation moved in a bid to restore consumer confidence. last week, the national australia bank set of five $560 million to compensate giving bad advice and selling junk insurance, taking his total payout to $1.3 billion. in on

southwest airlines has delay their flights at least until february and other airlines until january and the chairman of the house committee. these do suggest that they need to make sure boeing is being completely upfront and every deadline so far has been missed. the plane was supposed to be back in the air a long time ago. we a still waiting for a firstication flight it is certainly not good news and also, the public has to be confident andhat is the bigger issue, will people go backnce the faa gives the ok? >> meanwhile, a boeing etecutive will bifying on capitol hill. what are some of the key estions you think need to be answered? ?>> first, he lost his title of ochairmy one week ago day. he will be asked a lot of questions. how come no one at boeing has been fired. the key question, did boeing make mistakes? areventable tragedy, what exactly did boeing know? todid regu know enough and the whole system of how planes are certified need to be changed? >> these are some of theed messages uncov do you expect there to be more? >> another 10 pages ofmails involving the same pilot, that she

to court claiming the grounding of the 737 max is causing them millions in loss of salary >> southwest airlines union have filed a lawsuit against boeing alleging the grounding of the max has cost them more than $100 million in loss wages. southwest is the largest operator with 34 in its fleet. it had 41 more planes on order but those deliveries now remain frozen the union said pilots agreed to flight max based on the sales pitch that it was air worthy and had time tested. in a statement, it says that was false and, quote, boeing's errors cost the lives of 346 people, damaged the critical bond between pilots and passengers and reduced the opportunities for air travel a boeing spokesperson says the lawsuit is baseless. a company will work with southwest to safely return the max to service southwest is keeping the max off its schedule until at least early january pending its recertification. >> the owners of the hong kong stock exchange announcing it will drop the $36 billion offer to buy the london stock exchange marking an end to cap and break up the deal for the company refinitiv. shares are u

the southwest airline association. suing boeing for a hundred million dollars. alleging lost wages.model of course was involved in two separate crashes that killed a total of 346 people. the california utility warned it may turn off power through much of the state. to prevent powerline and equipment from starting new wildfires. the 28 counties include the entire bay area. the forecast for wednesday and thursday pg in a agreed to pay $11,000,000.2 insurance companies in the wake of the multiple wildfires. the paradise fire that killed 86 people. this all involves a battle over computer processor technology that is a school argued that apple used without permission on certain iphones and ipads. the high court also declaring to hear the lawsuit over making sure that warehouse workers get paid for the time it takes to pass to through security screening. it comes five years after the high court issued a ruling in that case that barred similar claims under federal law. and finally you been waiting for this one. vladimir putin celebrating his h birthday by hiking across the wilderness obvi

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southwest airlines taking a hit from the grounding of the boeing 737 mac.ough august, operating income fell $435 million. about 9%ding reduced of its fleet. elon musk flipping the script on those who doubt tesla. the electric carmaker delivering positive earnings few saw coming. plus, the company's founder declaring he is ahead of schedule with a new factory in china. tesla's profit and margin were better than expected. shares are surging in the premarket. that is your bloomberg business flash. alix: thanks so much. rush,re on tesla, colin oppenheimer's managing director and senior analyst, joins us now. why do using this profit might be sustained when we saw the same thing in the third quarter of last year? colin: does a couple of really important things going on. issue ishe bigger really about operational efficiency that they've been able to achieve. on the manufacturing side, they are true -- they are clearly driving costs out, and they are demonstrating that with their gross profit. more importantly in our view, from a cash flow and resiliency perspecti

both southwest and american airlines reported better than expected earnings and that sent shares of bothf those carriers higher. they have been also been forced to cut their capacity because they cannot fly the boeing 737 max and as w w report, their ces are not happy about that. >>eporter: southwest and american, bo posted betr than expects earnings thanks to strong demand, but both carriers say they could have flown even more passengers if they had all of the planes in their fleet. not only has the grounding of the 737 max forced southwest and american to cut their flight schedules, they're tired of waiting for the plane to be fixed. >> i have been very clear -- we are not happy about our situation. you know, we put our future in the hands of boeing and thehe m and we are grounded. >> reporter: the grounding of the southwest planes means the airline, which has exclusively flown the 737 since i started in 1967, will now look at potentially buying air bus models in the future. meanwhile, american, which has lost more than $500 million being unable to buy the max says boeing will have to

. ♪ might as well be walking on the sun ♪ >> back with a foxbusiness alert, southwest airlines groundingin g planes over a crack in the quitman, they noticed a problem in the part that attaches the aircraft body to its wings. the southwest pilot union sued boeing over the grounding of the fleet earlier this year. the union to the cost pilots 115 $115 million in pay. north carolina business gets the green light to fly a massive american flag after your controversy. city guilt to reaching agreement to rezone the facility settling over an ordinance issue. >> i respect them for standing their ground. a lot of people would have taken it down. >> they must still pay $14,000 in fines and $2000 in legal fees. now it is time for the good, the bad and the ugly. i school football player pulled off a catch that would make the pros jealous. some are now calling him the best high school football player in the country after that catch in florida. the young boy tangled four stories off the ground with his head stuck between security guards. police in china say the boy got stuck after he climbed out the

here we are six, seven months later, looking right now, according to southwest airlines and american airlines, they don't have any plans to possibly have the maxfliing once it gets approved even before february. there is still a lot to be answered. i think today's performance was a little lackluster and defensive. i applaud ted cruz, chair of aviation subcommittee, for taking him on with tough questions specially internal memos between technical and pilots. cheryl: not a lot of time left. in your expert condition should boeing ditch the 737 max? the boeing 737-800 never had problems. should they get rid of that plane? >> this is too late to do. this is what they developed and thousands of orders now, they need to fix what was wrong. it's a little late in the game, to scrap the program and start from scratch. cheryl: kathleen. great commentary. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. connell: preparing to take it public. in the last hour house democrats unveiled the text of the resolution that outlines essentially the impeachment inquiry already underway. to fox business's edward

. >> southwest airline back with its annual fire sale on airline ticket, from now until thursday, you a chance to buy cheaptickets starting 49 bucks for one way flight. let's get you update with tom cruise. invited by president of ukraine to come to kiev, ukraine president had this message for tom cruise. >> you are good looking. like the movie. >> good looking, it paying the rent. >> he talked about films with tom cruise, he said he was there to scout cruise locations. i okay. we have more way more show coming up, you want too stay with us. the fight that is going on with his -- elizabeth warren, 2020 democrat tax policies, they cost a trillion dollars, is a trillion the new billion? more questions piling up for joe biden. with that ukraine controversy. he said he didn't know what his son was doing in ukraine. a new photo surfacing, fox news got it, joe biden and his son golfing with members of the ukrainian natural gas company, what is going on here. >> i have never spoken to my son about his overseas -- here is what i know, i know trump deserving to be investigated. he is violated

a flight attendant is suing her employer, southwest airlines after reporting life streaming from thems to the cockpit.ht apparently big announcement on twitter. take a look at the president who says, quote, something very big just happened. we are making lots of phone calls and talking to a lot of people right now at the white house. as soon as we get more details you will hear them. so keep it here. new details on the osh gins of the -- on the origins of the russia investigation. joining me to talk about it is the president of judicial watch, tom fitton. as everyone knows, i'll say it again. fit weren't for you and judicial watch half of the stuff we have right now before congress they wouldn't have because you are the on one who has been able to get them by actually going to court and filing freedom of information. and for that i give you kudos, you and judicial watch. what we have got is a couple things going on here. we have got the lately we have got the information regarding europe and a visit by bill barr and john durham. what can you tell us has been going on. why do they go

. >>> every plane in southwest airline's fleet is a boeing 737.t may not be the same in the future. the ceo said it will look if boeing is the right partner going forward and if it's wise to keep one aircraft type in its fleet. the grounding of the 737 max has cost it $435 million through the end of september. it expects those costs will rise. reaching an agreement of how boeing will cover the damages. >>> amazon is trying to get you your package faster. the first decline since 2017. shipping costs for the quarter sit nearly $10 billion, up 47% from last year. but the investment comes as amazon web services, one of its key profit drivers, is experiencing slower growth. ceo jeff bezos says the investment will be worth it in the long run. >>> to the nba. kawhi leonard is proving to be quite the buzzkill for the golden state warriors. he had 21 points and 9 assists in three quarters in a 141-122 victory over golden state. the win damaged the home opener. last year it was the toronto raptors spoiling their final game. >>> thanks to the national viewer

the ceo interview with of southwest airlines.ger quarter relative to profits. 2%, theyairlines up trimmed their outlook, still better than what it was looking for, not so great, avis budget group, though shares down nearly 5%. one of the drags on the dow transport. on the year though we are looking solid for the transport and s&p 500. the s&p 500 up about 20%. right now on track for its best year since 2013. transport is not far behind. on pace for the best year since 2016 or 2017 pending on how big the gain is. guy: thank you very much. we will take you back to the event taking place in toronto, we have an exclusive interview with the sculptor capital cio. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. europeanthis is the close on bloomberg markets. let's check in on the bloomberg first word news. courtney has more. buytney: china has plans to $20 billion american farm products given the deal with the u.s.. bloomberg learned it would consider purchases as part of future negotiations. if china puts in plans that would

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is southwest airlines who's expressed that they have confidence in the plane.lown i think more test flights. i think they will operate. >> carter copeland, we will see where this all heads we appreciate you joining us. >> absolutely. >> "squawk box" will be right back >>> coming up, we break down and then add up all the taxes proposed by presidential hopeful elizabeth warren and tell you what it means for your money and, later, is president trump winning in his war with fed president jay powell those stories plus youlast headlines when "squawk box" returns. obvious. sometimes, they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group - how the world advances. ♪ when i lost my sight, my biggest fear was losing my independence. mmm... good. so i've spent my life developing technology to help the visually impaired. we are so good. we built a guide that uses ibm watson... to help the blind. it is already working in cities like tokyo. my dream is t

. >>> pilots of southwest airlines say could be february or march before the airline resumes flights ng 737 max. that is much later than projected southwest or boeing. pilots say the grounding's plane return will take long thing longer because of additional training for pilots. boeing said they expected planes to fly sometime again before the end of the year and southwest set a january 5 target plane. the planes have been grounded since march after two crashes >>> milestone. ups has been approved to run a drone airline. they won a certificate and it gives them the ability to fly at night and carry cargo higher than 55 pounds. it will use the drones for package deliveries and plans to expand to other environments. >>> wall street stock dropped sharply on the first trading day of the fourth quarter. dow fell 343 points, nasdaq drops 90 and s&p lost 36 points. >>> the nation's first cannabis cafe has opened in california. lowell cafe in west hollywood is the first legal cannabis restaurant and lounge in the nation. inside customers are able to enjoy farm fresh food, coffee and juice all

>> congressman, we have been working with a number of airlines including american and southwest. as you might've seen and are less quarterly report we took a charge of several billion dollars associated with what we call customer compensation. those discussions with those two airlines and many others around the country and around the world ongoing, and our intent is to make things right with our customers. we feel terrible about the impact it's had. we know the flying public is been effective. we noticed these airlines have been affected. we know that communities have been affected, and we have delivered engagement, approach with each and every airline and we are working our way through that. and we set aside a financial impact associate with that that you have seen in our public reports. >> we are going to be following this closely because there are employees of both his airlines have no role in this, who are doing their best, been impacted by this. i fly southwest twice a week. every time i get on the plane summit asks them what of the flight attendants whether not it is a max.

trapped under thevivors were fot there's no word on what caused the building to collapse >>> southwest airlines is getting rid of its senior discount a spokesperson says many of the same benefits of the senior discount are already available to all customers with other discount options american and united both have senior discount programs still in place you're up to date. ty, back to you. >> just when i'm eligible to take advantage of the senior discount >> then you'll have to fly united or american there you go >> thanks, sue >>> let's look at the markets. they are fluttering preciously clo close to all time highs. almost 28,000. the s&p 500, 20 points away from an all time high there's the nasdaq up at 81.65 the russell up about the same. the etf that tracks that group jumping to a record as a number of stocks, materials, texas instruments hit new highs in today's rally. melissa. >>> reata pharmaceuticals soaring today. >> it's a classic bio tech story. they said late yesterday its experimental drug met the goals of a clinical trial and will mover toward admitting the drug for approval it cou