alaska airlines, alk for all you home gamers. the whole airline cohort has been pretty strong since the election, but last week most of the group got slammed as people began to worry that all the airport protests in response to the president's immigration rules might put a damper on air travel. but alaska airlines, it barely got dinged. this thing is still less than two bucks off its all-time highs. it's up more than $22 since trump's surprise victory, climbing from $73 to $95 in just three months. the reason for this astonishing strength, look, alaska airlines has always been one of the best run regional airlines. for decades, i have hated this whole industry. >> sell, sell, sell. >> because these companies were constantly pushing each other under thanks to relentless price competition. and until a few years ago that was consistently the right call. but even when the major airlines were struggling, alaska air was thriving. for ages this was one of the only stocks in the group that i would ever recommend owning, along with the ev

it happened in 2011 on an alaska airlines flight when he saw something unusual. lessons learned from that flight being shared with flight attendants everywhere. miguel almaguer has her story. >> reporter: the alaska airlines flight from seattle to san francisco seemed routine. until she said she approached two passengers, an older man and a teen sitting in row 10. >> the burns i saw on her and her demeanor and appearance. the way she would not answer me. the way she would look at him. i knew something was just not right. >> reporter: a flight attendant of 10 years urged the young girl to use the restroom where she left her a note and a pen. >> i said if you need help, write on this note and i left my phone number at the bottom. she wrote i need help. >> she alerted the captain who called police in san francisco. officers later boarding the plane and taking the man into custody. a case of human trafficking spotted at 30,000 feet. >> if you see something, say something. even the smallest thing can be a huge difference. >> fedric's 2011 encounter part of the campaig

it happened in 2011 on an alaska airlines flight when he saw hing unusual. lessons learned from >> the alaska airlines flight for seattle to san francisco seemed routine. until she said she approached two passengers. an older man and a teen sitting in row 10. >> the burns i saw on her and her demeanor and appearance. the way she would not answer me. the way she would look at him. i knew something was just not right. >> a flight attendant of 10 years urged the young girl to use the restroom where she left her a note and a pen. >> i said if you need help, write on this note and i left my phone number at the bottom. she wrote i need help. >> she alerted the captain who called police in san francisco. officers later boarding the plane in taking the man into custody. trafficking spotted at 30,000 >> the 2011 encounter, part of attendants to spot trafficking. last year nationwide, ice arrested 2,000 traffickers and identified 400 victims. >> what's happening every day on airlines. she had the courage to take action. to listen to her gut. to report

. >>> meanwhile, new study find alaska airlines to be the best u.s. based airline. travel rewards website, points guide.com look at ten factors. included airfare, group network, cabin comfort, on time arrival and customer satisfaction. united airlines, virgin america came in second, third followed by jet blue and american e. >>> asasessing the damage. >>> and the theory of orange. show you the workout that claims to chemobukeep burning fat long you stop moving. >>> good morning, nbc 10 news today. it's 6:00 a.m. i'm pamela osborne. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. cold start. >> yes. the temperatures are cold once again. check out this view. this is a live view of what's going on in our area. right now in the 20s and 30s. the warm spot, philadelphia international at 34 degrees. 20 those for the suburbs. we will see sunshine. king of prussia will see sunshine to start with. look at the clouds coming in during the day. see warmup into the 50s this afternoon. part of a warming trend that

. >> reporter: the alaska airlines flight from seattle to san francisco seemed routine until she approachedder man and a teen sitting in row 10. >> the bruises i saw on her, the way, her demeanor, her appearance, the way she would not answer me, the way she would always look at him. i knew something was just not right. >> reporter: the flight attendant of ten years urged the young girl to use the restroom where she left her a note and a pen. >> i said, if you need help, write on this note and i left my phone number on the bottom. she wrote, i need help. >> reporter: she alerted the captain who called the police in san francisco. officers boarded the plane and took the man in custody. a case of human trafficking at 30,000 feet. >> even the smallest thing is a huge difference. >> reporter: her 2011 encounter to train flight attendants in human trafficking. last year, ice arrested human traffickers and identified 400 victims. >>> still to come, how uber is developing to fly taxis. keep it here. you are watching "early today." per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning somethin

frederick works for alaska airlines and was on a flight from seattle to san francisco. and as soon as they landed in california, the man that she was -- that the young girl was with was arrested for human trafficking. airline ambassadors is an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking. the founder wants airline staff across the country to use frederick's story as an inspiration for them to keep their eyes open and be alert. >>> hundreds of people gathered in georgetown today for a fund-raiser in honor of yeardley love was a uva lacrosse player killed by her ex-boyfriend in 2010. the fund-raiser at town hall restaurant raised about $17,000. and that money will go to the one love foundation, to raise domestic violence awareness. nbc 4 is committed to that very cause. we call it our safe at home initiative. the campaign also highlights solutions to domestic violence. and you can learn more by opening our nbc washington app and searching safe at home. >>> you may want to take an uber, lyft, take a cab, whatever you've got to do to get to that super bowl watch par

all new this morning alaska airlines is the best u.s. based airline. that is according to a new study from the travel awards website the points guide.com. it looks at waide ranging factos to rank the airlines. it includes airfare, route network, comfort, on time arrives. alaska topped the list over american airlines and virgin america. followed by jetblue. >>> nbc bay area responds to another recall airbag complaint. the consumer received a generous offer from honda but says she couldn't get the company to followthrough. >> last spring deanna goldman received a notice about a driver side airbag recall that came from honda. this was a wait list to get that airbag replaced. deanna didn't want to drive her car around with a faulty airbag inside. she asked honda if they would reimburse her with a rental car until they could replace that airbag. honda said yes. she turned to honda to reimburse her for $2,200. she says the company told her she would receive a check in six to eight weeks but that check for $2,200 never happened. deanna said she made repeated

in 2015, an alaska airlines plane accidently landed on a taxiway in between two runways in seattle.2009, two pilots mistakenly landed a jet liner filled with 182 passengers on a taxiway in atlanta. >> hang on. >> reporter: monday's incident wasn't the first time the screen legend had trouble in the sky. >> engine failure. >> reporter: in 2015, ford was critically injured when engine failure forced him to make an emergency landing on a santa monica golf course. we did try to contact harrison ford, but his representatives declined to comment. the faa is investigating and he could have his pilot's license revoked. >>> just days after north korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea of japan, the half brother of the country's dictator turned up dead in malaysia. kim jong-nam was attacked inside the kuala lumpur airport. a vietnamese woman is under arrest. >> reporter: the 28-year-old woman was arrested at the same terminal where he was attacked. she was identified using airport security footage. police are still searching for five other suspects in this growing investigation. kim jong

alaska airlines employee in 2011 noticed something unusual with two passengers on her flight from seattle to sfo. the passengers were an older man and teenage girl. the teen had reported bruises on her arms and odd demeanor. frederick said she could tell something wasn't right. so she urged the girl to go to the bathroom where she left a note and a pen. i said, if you need help, write on this note. and i left my phone number at the bottom. and she wrote, "i need help." >> the captain called police. the man was arrested in san francisco. that story is used as a campaign to train flight attendants on how to spot human trafficking. >>> 6:16 right now. uber hired a nasa veteran to spearhead its plans for flying cars. it is being touted as a way to ease traffic jams. the ride-hailing service envisions a future where cars can take off and land vertically. it will be decades before we see such cars flying overhead. >>> u.s. news and world report is out with its annual list of the best places to live. austin, texas takes the top spot, bumping off denver, san hoe saw, washington, d.c., and fayette

someing and if you are looking for a stress free flights on next vacation you may want to look at alaska airlines new survey saying it's best in the u.s. thanks to affordable ticket prices and on time arrivals. that's business i'm david asmond. >>. welcome back and thank you for your flexibility those are are the greetings for parents, students and teachers at a d.c. elementary school shut down because of a bed bug infestation. >> bob barnard was there as the school reopened this morning. >> good morning. >> doors to savoy elementary school reopened a little after 8:00 this morning and some parents they're he happy to be baca sure the building has been cleared of bedbugs and rodents. >> i hope it's, you know, it's old, i hope they don't come back. if it z. i mean, hey, they have to do what they have to do. >> d.c.p.s. officials hosted on house for the community giving us a tour of the building. we're told every desk and every classroom has been scrubbed and floors look shiny and clean and the floor in the main lobby is brand new. we're told all items that could harbor bedbugs were replaced. >> we

alaska airlines employee in 2011 noticed something unusual with two passengers on her flight from seattle to sfo. the passengers were an older man and teenage girl. the teen had reported bruises on her arms and odd demeanor. she could tell something wasn't right. so she urged the girl to go to the bathroom where she left a notepad and pen. i said if you need help, write a note. and she wrote, "i need help." >> the captain called police. the man was arrested in san francisco. that story is used as a campaign to train flight attendants on how to spot human trafficking. >>> an argument in washington whether it is a good idea or not to provide people with free data on their phones. >> free is good, right? >> you would think, right? it actually depends, laura. it might violate the rules. t-mobile users don't pay extra data charges to watch netflix. it is an advantage to being a t-mobile user. it sounds like a great idea. watch netflix on your phone. free is good, except net neutrality rules say you shouldn't do that. they say you ought to treat ought data equally, not charge extra but not give

. > an alaska airlines flight attendant is being praised for saving a teenage human tee trafficking victim11 it's one of many stories being highlighted bying a organization that's training attendants to spot the signs of human trafficking. she will yeah frederick is credited with helping a 14 yearr old on a flight from seattle toa and francisco. she spotted the girl with anth older well dressed man who woulo not let the girl speak. that's when frederick told theth girl under her breath to go to the bathroom where she left thee note. the teenager wrote back that she needed help. frederick notified the pilot ant police were waiting in thehe terminal when they landed. i had been a flight attendanttt for 18 years. i had gone all the way back tobk when i was in training.trai i could have seen these youngyon girls and young boys and didn'tn even know. about 100 flight part of n a human trafficking session over the weekend. thank goodness she was aware and able to help that girl. > president trump's communications director omarosa was sotted shopping in a virginia department store.stor the outing

it happened in 2011 on an a alaska airlines flight when a flight attendant saw something usual between a couple of passengers and slipped one of them a note and alerted the captain. >> what she did was brilliant. now lessons learned from that flight are being shared with flight attendants everywhere. nbc's al ma gear has that story. >> reporter: the flight from seattle to san francisco seemed routine. she said she approached two passengers, an older man and a teen, sitting in row 10. >> i believed that i saw on her the way her demeanor, her appearance, the way she would not answer me, the way she would always look at him. i knew something was just not right. >> reporter: a flight attendant of ten years urged the young girl to use the rest room where she left her a note and a pen. >> i said, if you need help, write on this note and i left my phone number bottom. she wrote on the note, i need help. >> reporter: she alerted the captain who called police in san francisco. officers later boarding the plane and taking the man into custody. a case of human trafficking spotted 30,000 feet. >>

among those expected to attend the ceos of united, southwest, alaska airlines and jetblue. they will talk about aging airports, reform and control in the industry. the president's controversial immigration order is also expected to come up. >>> more ceos are making their thoughts about president trump known. last night jeff immelt told cramer that he likes some of the moves the president made so far. >> there's a lot i like in what president trump is doing. infrastructure, tax reform, regulatory reform. outside the u.s. we're on our own. you have a highly global economy, we don't need trade deals to be effective. we can navigate the world on our own. i'm perfectly comfortable doing that. i think it's up to me from an investor standpoint to be a good american company but still be able to do business in saudi arabia, china, brazil and we plan to keep doing that. >> we don't need trade deals to be effective. that's interesting to hear from a ceo. immelt also said if he were to get called out by the president like other ceos have over job creation in the u.s., he would ask trum

2011 ahora estÁ felicitada y la azafata, ahora de 49 aÑos fÍjese, se encontraba en un viaje en alaska airlinesr algÚn trÁfico humano. >> la azafata tiene 20 y tantos aÑos trabajando y gracias a ese conocimiento y experiencia que tiene es que pudo identificar que si le hubiese pasado cuando era mÁs joven y comenzaba a trabajar pero a ellos les dan muchÍsimas clases y orientaciÓn sobre quÉ cosas pueden pasar con los pasajeros y entonces estar atentas y dar notas sobre lo que sucede. >> se hicieron mÁs de 2.000 detenciones en el trÁfico humano. >> que continÚe el buen trabajo. >> bueno, ahora quÉ les parece si nos vamos a un caso de las estrellas. >> con el astro rey con mario vannucci. >> ay! seÑores, esa azafata la que verdad es un Ángel, hoy dÍa es martes 7 de febrero. >> comenzamos con aries, viene un momento maravilloso con tu compaÑero del alma y tu pareja que se convierte en un Ángel para ti. >> mis amados tauro, los Ángeles de la intenciÓn que pongas toda la intenciÓn dentro del trabajo ¿por quÉ? porque te darÁ las mejores notas de triunfos y Éxito esta semana preparados viene dinero en g

they include the ceos of delta, southwest, united and alaska airlines.xecutives from fedex, u.p.s. and some of the nation's airpor airports among those attending the meeting. munoz on criticizing the president's -- >> remember he talked about how he hated the airports? that the airports are terrible. that they are not in keeping with a great american country. it wouldn't surprise me because there are so many airport people there that this isn't a conversation about how to make it so that america's great again when it comes to airports. by the way, airports require a huge amount of infrastructure spend. so it's entirely possible that this is less about gates and what we can get from europe and more about just making it so that, well, what can the government do to make it a better experience for travelers. >> we don't hear as much about infrastructure when we think about those three pillars of the trump plan that certainly helped embolden investors. tax reform, regulatory rollback and infrastructure. i feel like infrastructure's taking a deep backseat. >>

speaker, on a recent flight, flight attendant sheila frederick of alaska airlines noticed a young girl, 14 or 15 years old, with blondes hair. sheila approached two of the individuals, but the young girl refused to speak or make contact with her. the man next to the girl was defensive, as she tried to make conversation. something was just not right. sheila quicklydy viced a plan. she convinced the girl to go to the bathroom, where sheila had left a note stuck to the mirror. the girl wrote back on the note and she needed help. the flight crew quickly alerted the police on the ground. sheila frederick ended up saving a victim of human trafficking. traffickers often ship their victims across the country like baggage. the department of homeland security and flight attendants are working together through training to spot warning signs of modern day slavery. thanks to sheila frederick and other flight attendants for their work in rescuing victims of trafficking. we must continue to stop traffickers in their tracks. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the h

ceos of delta, united,d, southwest, jet blue and alaska a airlines heading to the white tw house.ort officials from theoffi nation's biggest airports willrw also be attending the meeting mi and plan to talk about airport infrastructure and air trafficif modern nation.mode house after the aviation meetinm jeff sessions will be sworn insn as the next attorney general.erl he was confirm by the senate set yesterday on a nearly party line vo.e. meanwhile the president now facing new criticism and thishi time it's coming from one of hih hasn't picked people. peoe. supreme court nominee kneel gorsuch.gouc fox fief's bob barnard has moree from the white house. >> reporter: the president was t up early this morning tweetingwn about a democratic member of thf us senate who you'll hear fromr in a moment.ent. all about the president's nom n kneel for the supreme court neww war of words that's raise rai something eyebrows here inere washington this morning.ning. >> i have great great -- >> president trump hasn'tn't exactly shied away fromtly ied criticizing the courts as histsh new border and

alaska. >> i like the airlines. they've been beaten up too much on what trump is proposing with the ban.ttle more of the airlines recently. i don't think it request go much lower. >> okay. dr. j, what have you got? >> with all the talk from ms. lepen, judge, gold is surging again and they're buying out. i've bought gold and traded the leveraged miners. >> since you went gold, what about copper? you could have this big strike tomorrow. anybody following copper? >> dr. copper? >> dr. copper. >> i need to call it dr. copper because dr. j hasn't even taken a look. >> support both you guys. oil is going lower. breakdown in price. opec is old news. >> what about the reversal today, though? >> not much of a reversal. 52 handle well off the high, going lower. >> oh, okay. fighting words. josh? >> i'll reiterate, i don't think it's done going up. competitive advantage they've gained the last year pays dividends for the next two years. i want to stay in it. >> amen. >> that's it? >> i said the airlines. that was me. i spoke first. >> that was me. that was my trade. "power" starts now. >>> presiden

airline industry. top executives from southwest, alaska, jet lou, the ring here at the white house. e notable exception, american tolines' ceo was unable attend. executives from american airlines are there. the you are seeing from comments from president trump is that he has been incredibly receptive in terms of deregulatory policies. he said one thing i want to point out. he said quote, i know you are under pressure from a lot of foreign elements. we want to take care of you. heading into this meeting, you talked to people in the airline industry who were concerned about some of these foreign subsidized ellen -- airline companies, particularly coming from qatar. we will have to see what policy comes out of this. vonnie: i have to ask you about his comments that we will see something on taxes in the next one to two weeks. know we were that close to getting something on taxes. onin: they are already busy -- busy at work on several committees. outside of washington and the policy circles are carefully working with the white house, including people like the vice president's office, as w

. >> the best airline alaska a culture of consumer sf number three are very gin america they acquiredying them, in general, they have got great prices customer service, and shockingly number two was united you know united has long had you know on time arrival woes management shake-ups when we looked at route network and convenience, and fares united came in above american and delta. >> i like united something with united last few years i liked them more than others for some reason what are drawbacks why do he is this earn top honor just ice. >> dta probably best run. >> price a third of the survey we really looked at it ask consumers care about price, right getting the best deal, and you know delta really run but expenditure we fook frequent flyer programs united best frequent flyer program in my opinion of three major airlines delta did he valued so much don't tell you how many miles you need dynamicly price amount of miles for awards means you need to use more miles, for awarded tickets. maria: that is an interesting observation because we had coe.o of delta airlines i was impressed

. >> well, it brings a total of three airlines that fly out of the sonoma airport, alaska, allegiant and now american eagle. >>> soon visitors may have to pay to drive down san francisco's most famous crooked street. lombard street in russian hill is known for its hairpin curves and vibrant gardens. some say it's time to charge visitors who flock to the street every day because it's disruptive to residents and causes traffic congestion. others say putting a price on the experience would be a shame. >> i understand it's hard on the residents. >> a price hasn't been set. a study is planned. in 2014, the city closed the street for three summer weekends to try to deal with all the crowds. >>> coming up, siblings separated at the shelter until their owners made a connection. how twin kittens became a family again in the most adorable way. >> one can make an argument it's been raining cats and dogs around here for a while. >> oh. >> four to eight inches of rain. >> you like that? >> no. >> already this month and more rain is coming. how many days. next seven are looking wet? you may be bum

besides american's new flights to phoenix, alaska flies to l.a.x., orange county and san diego from sonoma county. as well as portland and seattle. discount airline allegiant flies a couple times a week to las vegas. and on this day of firsts at the sonoma county airport, we end with a special first embrace. one of the first passengers off the first american plane from phoenix met her online boyfriend in person for the first time. >> i just came to pick up my new girlfriend. >> reporter: grateful he didn't have to drive to the city to pick her up for their first date. now, some passengers we spoke with today felt that the tickets out of sonoma were a little bit more expensive but we did some price checking and found that they were pretty much on par with tickets out of sfo and oakland. in sonoma county, julie watts, kpix 5. >>> apple's worldwide developers conference is leaving san francisco and heading south after years at the moscone center. apple is going to san jose's mcenery convention center. having the annual conference downtown gave san francisco's economy a big boost. but apple wants to bring the conference closer to its own headquarters

>> look, alaska air is doing incredibly well and, remember, southwest is my favorite. i liked united airlines but it just had such a -- united continental, had such a big move, made me a little nose bleed. let's go back to southwest. that's the one i think is the most consistent. andrew in maryland, andrew. >> caller: hello, mr. cramer. i'd like to give a quick shout out to mr. marx. i'm calling about gilead sciences. it has an amazing balance sheet. they just bought 10 pl shabilli shares back of their company. what do you think? >> you know, look, i don't know -- as it's currently configured it's a dead value stock, but it has so much cash, i believe it made that acquisition i've been looking for, i would ignite. i think there's very little risk at that point because it has so much cash. but without an acquisition there's not a lot of reward. kim in my old home state of pennsylvania, kim. >> caller: hey, jim. booyah from steeler nation and thank you for everything you do. >> we like steeler nation. we like the way the steelers play. we like the three bs. >> caller: yes, sir. i got a quick qu

hawaiian airlines was ranked first for on-time flights... followed by alaska, delta, sky west, and united. still ahead on the kron four morning news... one bay area city has been named as the ááhealthiest city in the country. we'll tell you which one. you which one. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. áááábreakáááá no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 the annual list of the healthiest cities has just been released... and a bay area city tops the list. san francisco has been ranked the healthiest city in america. that's according to a study from "wallet-hub". researchers looked at categories like number of healthy restaurants, servings of vegetables people eat, how many people work out daily, and quality of public hospitals fo

put his muscle behind the airlines today telling them he's not going to let foreign carriers with government backing run circles around him. boom, the group flies. we said alaska air was right. it was a great quarter the other day. southwest, symbol luv, it was not for sale. it was to buy. neither needs protection from foreign carriers but they all move together even as united and continental are the ones who have been hurt the most by international competition. they're fine. when things really go right, like really right, today following yesterday's turn in oil, we got a second-day rally. oil has become self-fulfilling meaning when it goes down, the u.s. producers drill less, which ultimately causes the price to rise again. the companies with the lowest cost oil like pioneer, they soar. it tacked on nearly ten points today. >> hallelujah. >> last night everything relals even on a good day. the stocks that had been climbing, the ones that don't need trump's assistance, namely the fangers can't get out of their own way. facebook's stock got hit a little bit today although some might be from the hideous twitter quarter. let me give you the bottom line. watch the

alaska air also beating the street announcing an increase in the quarterly dividend ahead of the meeting with airlineeos at the white house tomorrow. big report focused on is disney, revenue falls short of consensus, rising costs as we said, declining viewership at espn weighing on the results. here is bob iger last night talking to our julia boorstin. >> i think there's way too much pessimism about espn because espn is still in demand from three constituents you want to be in demand the most from, one, distributors, two, consumers, and three, advertisers. and the reason it's in demand is the brand is still strong, the product is still good. we've invested nicely to keep that product as high quality as possible. >> cable revenue down 2, opera net down 11 all with espn despite what iger says. >> preponderance of the evidence says you can't sell the stock because you've got this brand new pandora, the new theme park that if you have kids you're listening saying i haven't visited that, i want to go back. you've got this incredible movie schedule. these $800 million franchises, they're terrific. he talks