airbus has won a huge contract from cotter -- from qatar airways. the ceo is ordering five airbus super jumbos. spirit airlines has also placed a big order. in all, 75 aircraft. the contract is valued at some 5 billion euros and is due to be finalized by the end of the year. occupy wall street. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg is defending his decision to forcibly evacuate the occupy wall street camp in lower manhattan. he said the campsite ceased to be a place of protest and became a place where the law was being broken. early tuesday morning, police in riot gear moved in to clear the camp. protesters were told they could come back without tents or sleeping bags. winter is coming. 70 protesters were arrested. >> the chinese dissident has faced all kinds of pressure in his home country. now authorities have slapped him with a huge tax bill. >> there is a police car parked near his studio and a surveillance camera has been installed. many supporters have come here in recent days and donated money. thanks to their health, -- there help, ai weiwei w

he is new to the airbus. for the past eight years, he has flown a boeing 737. >> well, take-off was uneventful. it was a nice day. it was cold. this is only my second trim on the airplane. i was actually hand flying the aircraft to get used to it. about 3,000 feet we, you know, flew into the birds. >> the plane has been in the air less than three minutes when it collides with a flock of canada geese, crippling both engines. >> this is captain of 1539. a flock of birds. >> okay, yeah. you need to return to laguardia. turn left heading 2-2-0. tower stop your departures. >> captain chesley "sully" sullenberger takes control of the airplane, with two simple words. my aircraft. remarkably, there is footage of the plane's last moments being airborne. >> sully took over control of the airplane and called for the dual engine failure check list that we do, and i started to do that. >> trying to get the engines restarted? >> yes. >> and was there any luck at all? >> no. >> the airbus dual engine failure checklist, crui

airbus. a battle between the two that's been fierce lately now that boeing has started delivering the 787 dreamliner. of course, the airbus has the 8380 which sa heck of a lot bigger. >>> it was a sad day landmark. we lost our top credit rating 101 days ago. what are we doing to get it back? the deficit committee has nine days to come up with $1.2 trillion spending cuts. come on, you guys can do it. >>> the fallout from the penn state rape case. jerry sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing eight boys gave an interview to bob costas. nbc got the following quotes. he said, i'm innocent of these charges. quote, i am not a pedophile. quote, i have horsed around, showered, touched without sexual intent. and, quote, i shouldn't have showered with those kids. a reporter for the patriot news is covering the news in penn state college. sarah, what did you think about the quote, i am not a pedophile? >> reporter: well, his attorney said that he adds mit that there was a touching situation with

airbus.en a battle between the two that's been fierce lately now that boeing has started delivering the 787 dreamliner. of course, the airbus has the 8380 which is a heck of a lot bigger. >>> it has been 101 days. it's been a sad landmark since we lost our top credit rating, 101 days ago. what are we doing to get it back? the deficit committee has nine days to come up with $1.2 trillion spending cuts. come on, you guys can do it. >>> the fallout from the penn state rape case continues to grow, the man at the center of it all is speaking out. jerry sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing eight boys gave an interview to bob costas. nbc tweeted out the following quotes from sandusky. here's what it said. he said to bob costas, i'm innocent of these charges. quote, i am not a pedophile. quote, i have horsed around, showered, touched without sexual intent. and, quote, i shouldn't have showered with those kids. a reporter for the patriot news is covering the news at penn state college. sarah

. >> so unless airbus and boeing use ejector seats, not going to happen. >> certainly the airlines will lose money if they have to find other ways for passengers to travel. what the c.o.o. from heathrow is saying is that perhaps you can make it easier for passengers to rebook their journey. they might not want to fly into heathrow next wednesday anyway given their choice, so please find other ways to move those passengers who would otherwise be coming in. >> but the knock-on effect will be huge, because the wrong planes will be in the wrong place, crews will be out of hours, and then it just continues for a bit. >> well, what b.a.a. is trying to do is minimize the zrucks by saying keep the same number of flights so the same number of planes come in. that way the planes will be where they should be for subsequent planes. >> richard, thanks very much. you're watching "bbc world news." still to come on this program -- we explain why some of the biggest names in food will soon be allowed to trade in india. here in the u.k., the government is to spend a billion pounds subsidizing low-paid jo

. >> across the wires from the associated press, an airbus concorde crashes shortly after take-off slammingm hell. absolute pandemonium. people were all around me shaking. we were all absolutely in shock. all we could see was a huge bonfire. >> immediately after the crash of air france flight 4590 outside of paris, aviation experts and investigators arrived to unearth clues from the smoldering wreckage. >> it was really a nightmare. i knew that the bodies were not there any more but death was everywhere. >> when the flight data and voice recorders are located, investigators take them in for analysis. >> the two recorders were not in excellent shape. especially the data recorder. initially we learned not much. slowly we began to make a scenario. >> the crash site is not the only place where investigators look for clues. the streaks of soot and fuel on the runway indicate a fuel leakage that could have fed the raging blaze but how did the leak start? >> we found a part of the tank and we found also something which was not from the plane. it was a strip of metal. it was not a part of the conco

digit wind chill do points earlier today that means virtually no moisture in the air only place and airbuss from is in the arctic do not have open water 2 ft. deep moisture into the atmosphere, 20s this morning harvard-whitewater wisconsin and island lake look at the temperatures: into the north dakota. high temperatures this is where the air is coming from. we will have thirties' tomorrow instead up in the teens and idea of the area what is going on as far as weather 34 degrees in midway 28 degrees at mccaffrey and to some temperatures across the metro area and the wind chill or around this area. storms georgia big rainfall parts of georgia over 2 in. some of the wind gusts in alabama and georgia extreme, one made it up to 74 m.p.h. during a thunderstorm down there. we are watching a new storm and arc of clouds coming in from the west began with three blast of weather in northern rockies turning wed to the southward and us up anticipation of the wind until watches on the great lake tornado watches eastern and southeastern states frost and freeze advisories of a variety of winter weather w

we've seen tiles ripped out of airbus recently.ork they're doing and our safety? >> i don't have any direct connection but certainly, i don't want people that are high or drunk working on my plane especially for our troops. we want our troops to be safe. they're doing -- protecting our country so i mean, it's pretty outrageous what these guys are doing and to think they're doing this under the influence. >> rob, what does the company plan to do about all of this? >> well, the company has been pretty hush. we had offered to let them look at the video before we aired the story and they respectfully declined. so so far i have not heard anything from the company. >> well, now, able to watch our channel and your channel, of course, be able to see it for themselves. they don't even need the videotape. have any of these employees been fired? >> at this point, i do not know because the company has not told me. i've heard they have been suspended but other than that, i don't know for sure. >> rob, good job. very interesting. >> unbelievable

saying to one of his colleagues, you go to geneva, i'll get a job with airbus. we have screwed up the u.s. economy and now we can tackle europe. only in an alternate universe is this funny or make any sense whatsoever. it is no secret that the nlrb's reckless actions have a direct impact on my district. without any question. but it is also no secret many on both sides of the aisle have recognized the danger of those actions. earlier this year the house passed my bill, h.r. 2587, which removes the ability from the nlrb to destroy jobs because simply put they cannot be trusted to do anything other than undermine the fragile recovery here in america. unfortunately, senator reid has done with my bill with what he has done with the other 22 job creating measures. nothing. miss forks: i yield the gentleman another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, dr. foxx. in an effort to appease the president and his union supporters, the nlrb has gone off the tracks and begun proposin

they have engines less fuel efficient than competitors and only five seats across compared to the airbus a-320 and bowing 737s, six seats across competitors use. give the industry american couldn't turn a profit. it's ceo said quoting our very substantial cost disadvantage compared to our larger competitors and all which restructured their costs and debt through chapter 11 has become increasingly untenable given accelerating impact of global economic uncertainty and resulting revenue instability and volatile and rising fuel prices and incense filing competitive challenges. >> it is widely known within the industry american's cost structure has been out of whack for some time basically as a result of the fact that most of the other major airlines in the united states reorganized through their own chapter 11 petitions a number of years ago and were able to bring their cost structures down as a result and left american's cost structure at much higher amount. >> reporter: the airline says that it will honor all tickets, all reservations cancellations and refunds. as far as the passengers is

saying to one of his colleagues, you go to geneva, i'll get a job with airbus.ve screwed up the u.s. economy and now we can tackle europe. only in an alternate universe is this funny or make any sense whatsoever. it is no secret that the nlrb's reckless actions have a direct impactn my district. without any question. but it is also no secret many on both sides of the aisle have recognized the danger of those actions. earlier this year the house passed my bill, h.r. 2587, which removes the ability from the nlrb to destroy jobs because simply put they cannot be trusted to do anything other than undermine the fragile recovery here in america. unfortunately, senator reid has done with my bill with what he has done with the other 22 job creating measures. nothing. miss forks: i yield the gentleman another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, dr. foxx. in an effort to appease the president and his union supporters, the nlrb has gone off the tracks and begun proposing harmfu

in alabama, they're building mercedes, they're going to be building bmws, airbus -- >> but he's not.know that china doesn't have nuclear weapons. >> joe, doesn't this remind you of three years ago? sarah palin came on to the stage, made a brilliant acceptance speech -- >> so let's not waste our time. >> and she was the hollywood icon, the norma ray -- then it turns out when she was asked some tough questions like what do you read? it didn't work. had sarah palin done what you talked about. all right, i've only been governor for a year, all of these condescending guys are saying i'm nothing. let me show you what i know, she would've a formidable figure. >> and by the way, jeff, if she'd done that -- >> but she's not. >> if after the race she'd gone home and done even what pat buchanan suggested and studied up on the issues, sarah palin would be in first place right now. but she decided not to do it. she decided to be a reality star instead. >> but the question is, the reason people keep talking about this, despite the fact that it's demonstrable that herman cain's act ii doesn't exist

to joke about a competitor called airbus which is boeing's number one competitor. wanting work and not getting it is not a laughing matter. boeing is exhibit a. among the evidentry reasons that the nlrb has overreached its statutory mission, but it is not the only piece of evidence, mr. chairman. currently union elections take place on average within 31 days of the filing of an election petition. additionally unions are victorious more often than not when there is an election, but, mr. chairman, that's not good enough. the nlrb wants more. so they proposed sweeping changes to the election process, shifting the balance of power even further towards union seeking employees by promoting rush elections and ruling that elections can take place in as little as seven to 10 days, the board severely limits the opportunity for workers to hear all sides of an issue and they can inform -- and make an informed decision. additionally employers would only have seven days to retain legal council and decipher the complex labyrinth of federal labor law before presenting their case b