thousands of american airlines flights canceled or delayed this halloween weekend. lines to get rebooked stretching through airports. >> i'm stuck here instead of at home. >>> city on edge. thousands of new york's first responders set to be suspended tomorrow after refusing to get covid vaccines. is the city prepared for the shortages? alec baldwin telling his side of the story after the fatal, on set shooting. >> we were a very, very well oiled crew. >> reporter: the new reaction to his words tonight. >>> a shocking attack in the subway in tokyo. people fleeing in fear. the alleged attacker reportedly dressed as the joker. >>> kids under pressure and acting out. the surge in violence and misbehavior at schools. why adults may be to blame. >>> plus on this halloween a house filled with good spirits and lighting the way to help others. >>> good evening. after a full weekend of in-person meetings with world leaders for the first time in a long time, president biden today touted the g 20 commitment to a global minimum tax, pandemic preparedness measures, and discussion

but what happened on an american airlines flight last night led to an emergency and condemnation from american's ceo stephanie gosk has details. >> reporter: an american airlines flight from new york to california forced to make an emergency landing in denver. the airlines ceo speaking out today. >> we had one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we t investigation says a flight attendant accidentally bumped into a passenger and apologized soon after the man walked to the back of the plane and punched the flight attendant twice in the face. >> i did see her walk back down the aisle afterwards she had blood on the outside of her mask. >> reporter: passengers say this was the man involved, handcuffed by police on the ground. >> this type of behavior has to stop and the best deterrent is aggressive criminal prosecution. >> reporter: according to the faa, there have been nearly 5,000 reports of bad behavior on flights this year. many were related to mask mandates, but not all. only 216 have led to law enforcement cases. crimes in the air are the fbi's jurisdiction do you think there h

personal level. >> every single flight attendants' heart is with her right now. >> reporter: american airlines banned the ban from flights forever. the airline is calling on the agency to press criminal charges. stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> a criminal summons has been issued for former new york governor andrew cuomo. he's charged with misdemeanor sex crime and ordered to appear in court next month. in a statement, his attorney said he's never assaulted anyone here's nbc's kate snow with the latest >> reporter: former governor andrew cuomo, once a star of the democratic establishment, facing a criminal charge for sexual misconduct last december, on the second floor of the governor's mansion he did forcibly place his hand under the blouse shirt of the victim and onto her intimate body part for the purpose of degrading and gratifying hissing is desires he resigned in august after a blistering 165-page report from the state's attorney general detailing allegations by 11 women have unwanted physical contact to inappropriate and harassing comments >> the hugs at first were hugs and then they were hu

american airlines and southwest airlines both say their employees must prove that they are jabbed inbott says he supports vaccination but it's a remain voluntary. the white house said his order is political and against all public health information. earlier we spoke to steve adler who was the mayor of austin, texas and he gave us his reaction to governor abbott's executive order on how he felt businesses in the state would respond. multinational businesses that have announced this morning that they are not going to buy by what the governor says, that they are going to follow the federal direction from the president, so we are seeing businesses pushback. the order is confusing and inconsistent on so many different levels. it's also inconsistent with the pro—business climate and culture that we try to foster here in texas, that he would take away from businesses the freedom and liberty to be able to protect their own employees and their own customers. it's just not very texas either. to assess business reaction in texas, we can speak to david koenig in dallas. thank you so much for com

american's ceo says this type of behavior has to stop. >> american airlines will not tolerate airport or in-flight misconduct of any kind, particularly toward our crew members or airport team. >> the suspect's name has not been released. it's unclear what caused the alleged scuffle. american airlines told cbs news that they do not believe the attack was mask related. >>> the biden administration is reportedly considering a $450,000 payment to people who were separated at the u.s./mexico border. the "wall street journal" reports about 940 families have filed claims saying government policies left them with lasting trauma. payment could come near to nearly $1 million per family. it's unclear how many people will be eligible. the immigrant families were separated under former president trump's zero-tolerance policy. >>> and breaking overnight, the head coach of the nhl's florida panthers has resigned. this follows allegations a player was sexually assaulted while he was the coach at the chicago blackhawks. joel quenneville allegedly did not prioritize accusations by player kyle beach in

it's only federal contract, airlines in american united delta, all contract out to regional affiliates over half of their flights. so the stick that, hey, you're going to be on a mandated airline. do you book on american united, delta likelihood is you're going to be on an airplane that isn't mandated and the good news is no matter what you're saying to fly. we've proven that during the pandemic mask and airflow have worked. and ultimately, that's the most important part when you're up in that high in the sky that you're safe of there and that you have a qualified pilot that is piloting you and he'd happy to be there, at least mostly happy, great chatting with you captain. always thank you very much. now along with the issues falling workers in schools, there's a shortage of school bus drivers and some experts believe it might be a bigger issue than one thought or 2 correspond. natasha suite explains the country as a school bus shortage has been a problem in the making for years. as companies like amazon skyrocketed during the pandemic finding drivers. now it was even more of a challen

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tyrus: welcome back to "the big sunday show" a spooky start to halloween for some travelers american airlinesn 800 of the cancellations happening today, the wall street journal reporting that staffing shortages saying the majority of american cancellation saturday were due to lack of crew members and flight attendants according to the internal airline by the wall street journal it is so upsetting. more than 2000 southwest flights were canceled also for staffing issues and whether. whether or not i believe that is true i have no idea. i'm in a go to you i just imagine. sorry technical difficulties. lisa when you travel to show up the day of to find that your flight is canceled that has to be one of the worst feelings in the world were in entertainment and when a happens and we get the drift of getting the heads up, how unfair is this to the american people. lisa: i think it's a good thing what it appears to be a reaction to his vaccine mandate for a lot of these companies and eventually southwest auto mandate to putting unvaccinated employees on leave so the eventually back off of that. i thin

she needed to get up and go to a hospital and the police and it got it on an arrest man. >> american airlines issued this statement. it reads in part, quote, we are outraged by the recourse of what took place on board acts of violence against our team members will not be tolerated. this behavior must stop and aggressive enforcement and prosecution of the law is the best deterrent. the airline added the passenger involved in the altercation will, quote, never be allowed to travel with american airlines in the future. but we will not be satisfied until he has been prosecuted to the full extent of the law effect reports of unruly behavior on airplanes have increased since the start of the pandemic, the faa says 923 incidents have been investigated this year so far. into violations of the regulations. that number is up from just 183 last year. assaulting a flight attendant is a felony and could land you up to 20 years in prison. the faa has also been handing out hefty fines this year after a surge in these on unruly incidents. officials say most of the incidents are connected to passengers who ju

plus, affirm ceo max levchin talks about his company's new buy-now-pay-later partnership with american airlines >>> and we will speak to the imf managing director kristalina georgieva ahead of the g20 and cop26 summits. >> let's first focus on the big stories we're watching today mike, let's start off with the broader markets. the s&p flat >> a bit of an uneven performance aside from the indexes. well, if you mentioned microsoft, alphabet, you can throw tesla in there that's responsible for the s&p being positive the vast majority of stocks are actually in pull-back mode today. a little bit of a fatigued market seems like it's taking its toll on the average stock the index is holding to the highs still looking like we have the sort of seasonal shakeout. yes, you get fourth quarter strength typically, but it doesn't always come on cue and it's not simply every day. take a look at the lop-sided nature of the recent gains in the nasdaq 100 even. it's obviously more pronounced even than the s&p 500. also the biggest five in the s&p 500. they're responsible for about 40% of the weight of the nasdaq

because of that too runways are now closed, two out of the three runways are now closed and american airlinese also had southwest airlines that just had a total fiasco with their flights with 1800 flights canceled and i will tell you around that time my brother said i'm supposed to fly out there. should i buy my ticket and i said no problem, but it's not. lara: it's been very tough. it's been very tough on travelers these days and i mean raymond mentioned this you know compounding the fact that we don't have enough people already in so many of these airlines can't complete their flights because the staff is under these vaccine mandates and they are saying we are not going to stand for it. i've actually seen a lot of videos where people are delayed or their flights were canceled because of the southwest a situation and of those people are saying i'm frustrated, i'm stuck at this airport, but i feel like this might be a win for the american way, so they basically were giving a roundabout floss to the pilots and said you know them mandates to get vaccinated and instead they got delayed, so it's

american airline said the passenger will not be allowed to fly with american airlines again.rd on how that flight attendant is doing. >>> engineers will drill five new holes deep under san francisco's millennium tower to see if they can secure the foundation to bedrock. the high-rise is leaning more than 22 inches towards fremont street. previous drilling designed to secure the foundation was halted because it was actually making things worse. san francisco gave the tower permission to expand testing for a possible fix, this after a test drill two weeks ago caused minimal sinking. >>> another sign fire season is getting closer to ending, cal fire lifting more suspensions on burn permits. six counties are listed in the latest order including nap that, sonoma and solano. >>> new video to show you of a black bear hanging out in a residential neighborhood in southern california. researchers tracking it say the little bear made the trip across the san gabriel mountains, stopping in an avocado tree. the family called fish and wildlife to capture the 2-year-old bear. they tranquiliz

this means about 1 in every 10 american airlines flights have been canceled over that three-day periodrding to american on thursday when it says that high winds and bad weather hit one of its biggest hubs at dfw. that really started this chain reaction of cancellations. american coo david seymour sent a letter. thousands of people were stranded in long lines at airports across the country. listen now. >> i don't understand why it's canceled. i've heard they didn't have enough staff. well, you sold me a product. i paid for it. now it's your job to get me there. >> reporter: remember, this is not just about staffing. that is only part of the issue here. a bit of good news, though. american airlines said about 1,800 flight attendants who were on pandemic-related leave are now coming back starting tomorrow. so the airline says there is an end in sight here, but it may still take a few days for things to get back to normal. >> all right. pete muntean, thank you very much for that. >>> some breaking news coming in in just the last couple of minutes. here it is, the breaking news we have just

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both american airlines and southwest airlines have said today that they are going to follow the federal federal regulations take precedence over the state, and i guess they are regulated by the federal government and so they are going to go ahead and require vaccinations. so that's quite clear and, in the end, this kind of federal and national law and obligations trumps the state ones. what about this accusation that this, from governor abbott there, is a kind of political move in some way? well, i think there's that suspicion because governor abbott is up for re—election next year, he's facing primary opposition from his conservative flank in the republican party, people who have criticised him for not being tough enough against vaccine mandates and mask mandates and other measures by the federal government, so that makes it a little bit easier for people to look at what he did yesterday and say, oh, there's maybe a political angle to it. and what about the airlines then, just getting back to them? will they suffer locally at all by going against this? no, i don't think so. all of thei

of american airlines is promising to do. former aattorney general say ret her plea to women who put off mammograms during the pandemic. facebook's new name. but, can it divert attention from its recent troubles? children poisoned. decorating dust for birthday cakes contains lead and dangerous metals. and, up from the ashes. a football team rises, after a devastating wildfire. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, yo our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us. in the words of president biden, his presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week. before flying off to europe today, the president unveiled new framework for his build back better plan. we'll explain what made it into the proposal, and what didn't, in just a moment. but first, we wanted to put it in perspective, just how much spending this is on social programs and climate change initiatives. the price tag for this bill? $1.75 trillion. combined wi

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of american airlines is promising to do. cbs news exclusively from -- former acting attorney general sally yates' breast cancer battle. her plea to women who put off mammograms during the pandemic. facebook's new name? but can it divert attention from its recent troubles? children poisoned -- decorating dust for birthday cakes contains lead and dangerous metals. and up from the ashes, a football team rises after a devastating wildfire. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. in the words of president biden, his presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week. before flying off to europe today, the president unveiled new framework for his build back better plan. what made it into the proposal and what didn't in a moment. first, putting it in perspective, how much spending. $1.75 trillion combined with the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the recovery bill passed in march is close to $5 trillion.

>> we are keeping an eye on three airline stocks today, all set to report quarterly results, american airlines, southwest airline and alaska air this after delta and united both reported better than expected results with delta actually posting a profit scott kirby also telling cnbc yesterday he believes the industry has bottomed out. joining us is sheila, jeffrey's aerospace and defense analyst. thank you for joining us here today. we have a little bit of information so far from some of the airlines that you cover, including united we saw a surprise profit there from delta what do you like so far about what you've heard from these two and what might it portend for what we are yet to hear today? >> so we did see a surprise profit out of delta and united these companies preannounce so their revenues are known they're 30% below 2019 levels give or take on the average for the group. what we saw from united is shifting the conversation from cost to capacity so one of the headwinds for the airlines in q 4 is fuel cost fuel is up 80% year-to-date. you're basically at 2018 levels even though revenues

american airline says they're not saying the same issue at the airports. >> we haven't seen that much of an issue. a few things here and there. usually when people give us cargo, they have a plan for the opposite side. >> demand is expected to pick up heading into the final stretch of the holiday season. but while cargo is moving, in fact, this pallet is headed to milan shortly. it's coming at a cost. you have to think that retailers and businesses paying the fees will be forced to pass it along to the consumer. back to you. >> thanks, lydia. of course, as much as they can. inflation meanwhile is a top issue for voters in the latest fox poll. 87% of voters say they're extremely or very concerned about higher prices. this is as the white house comes to spend $2 trillion in spending. and they say a billionaire's tax will pay for it. will it really? let's bring in douglas here. you know, first of all, when they say billionaire's tax, i hear charles payne tax. that's coming to me and i'm not a billionaire, doug. >> yeah, what they have on the table now is this idea of taxing unrealized ca

the allied pilots association represents about 15,000 american airlines pilots.heir organizations vaccination rate is higher than the national average, but the mandate could still leave out thousands refusing to get their shots. >> if in fact the pilots were not vaccinated are put on unpaid leave, or terminated, that is more than 4000 pilots at american airlines that will not be able to fly area >> reporter: meanwhile, the termination process is beginning for almost 600 and vaccinated united airlines employees. that is just a fraction compared to the 66,000 who are vaccinated. >>> walmart is looking to make a wave of new hires ahead of the holidays. the retail giant says it plans to hire 150,000 new associates for its u.s.-based stores. the majority of those will be full-time, permanent positions. walmart bumped up its pay to attract new workers during the pandemic. the retailers average rate is now $16 per $.40 per hour. >>> still ahead and 5:30, another bay area school district looking to issue vaccine mandates for students. we are live ahead of tonight's big t

but american airlines says it will press charges. the faa has received nearly 5,000 unruly passenger reports this year. >>> in washington, house lawmakers are vowing to hold big oil companies accountable for misleading the public for climate change for decades. today, they are planning to grill the top executives from exxon mobil, b.p., chevron and shell. they waged a campaign to cover up the impact of fossil fuels on the climate. >>> deadline day for democrats. they are trying to reach a deal on president biden's spending plan before he leaves for europe. paid leave is on the chopping block. paid leave was one of the cornerstones of the president's plan. he may delay his flight to europe to continue negotiations. faith, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, mona. president biden wanted a deal done on this spending package before he leaves for his foreign trip. but there's a new fight now over which provisions can stay or go. this morning, president biden, expected to make a rare capitol hill appearance, as he desperately p

la compaqia american airlines se vio obligada a cancelar cientos de vuelos por las condiciones meteorologicas... los fuertes vientos en el centro de operaciones de dallas, impidieron las salidas de 342 vuels el viernes y el efecto domino llevo a la cancelacion de otros 434 vuelos hoy sabado, un 16% de su programacion... segun la aerolinea, los clientes pudieron volver a reservar sus viajes. la compaqia de productos alimenticios "dole" esta retirando del mercado algunos de sus paquetes de ensalada "garden classic" de 24 y 12 onzas por una posible contaminacion de listeria...la administracion de alimentos y medicinas, -f-d-a-, informo que tienen fecha de caducidad de 25 de octubre... los productos se vendieron en diez estados y, aunque no se han reportado enfermedades, se detecto la listeria en una prueba de rutina. a los problemas que habitualmente enfrentan los trabajadores de la frontera entre estados unidos y mexico, tambien se suman la corrupcion y la delincuencia de quienes se aprovechan de los que diariamente cruzan de un pais a otro... jorge fregoso desde tecate, mexico, nos relata los

american had orders for 100. southwest airlines for 200.company became the first customer to fly the 737 max, signing an agreement worth more than $20 billion. >> airlines loved it. there was a years-long waiting list to get one. >> but boeing's signature new jet had a fatal flaw. ♪ ♪ >> breaking news. the search for wreckage is underway after a passenger jet with 189 people board crashed. >> a lion air boeing 737... >> a nearly brand-new 737 max... >> narrator: investigators from the u.s. national transportation safety board contributed to an analysis of what led to the lion air crash. >> leading up to the lion air accident, the angle of attack probe itself was miscalibrated. the maintenance crew was not able to properly identify this miscalibration. >> the angle of attack sensor sent bad data to mcas. >> the plane thought it was in a stall because of bad information. >> and as a consequence of this angle of attack data error, the mcas activated when it really shouldn't have. ♪ ♪ >> five months later, almost the exact same thing happens ha

american airlines said it would do so on friday. what is so interesting here is that delta airlines is holding out, saying what needs more information about the biden administration's worker vaccine mandate. with that deadline approaching, december 8th is about nine weeks away. here is the statement we got from delta airlines, while we

. >> our first order that came in without anyone talking to the customer was american airlines it came we kind of asked the three or four people we had, anyone talk to american airlines anyone e-mail them we had zero contact with this customer they had gone to our website downloaded the software. learned about its advantages themselves they had installed it, tried it, put in their data. used it. decided it was good enough and decided to buy it. gone to our website. decided not to use our online commerce form, which was probably a good idea downloaded a pdf, filled in with a pen and faxed it to us without ever talking to us >> that's old school 800 bucks. they had the good sense, atlassian, to raise the price after that he told me atlassian has continued its unconventional approach to sales and continued to build out collaboration tools in the pandemic era. they're adding features like backgrounds that allow workers to show their personalities. that sense of connection and belonging that can come from remote work is important even in software environments. the typical mix is to spend 15

but texas-based southwest and american airlines saying they will not comply with the governor's orderinstead sticking with the federal requirement. >> this is a government mandate. it's a presidential order. and we're doing our best to comply with that. >> reporter: as law enforcement also works to get its rank and file vaccinated across the country, new data showing covid's toll among officers. 62% of deaths in the line of duty were from covid in the last year. and tonight, in the sports world, consequences for basketball star kyrie irving until he is vaccinated. >> there's irving, one-on-one. oh, what a fake! >> reporter: the brooklyn nets benching irving without pay until he meets a vaccination requirement to play in a new york arena. at stake, roughly $380,000 a game. >> kyrie has made it clear that he has a choice in this matter. and it's ultimately going to be up to him what he decides. >> reporter: and tonight, a critical decision just days away for the 84 million americans who got moderna and johnson & johnson. an fda panel could authorize those booster shots by friday, with t

american airlines has cancelled more than 1,000 flights since yesterday. the airline is citing staffing problems and high winds at its dallas/ft. worth hub. backup as travel rebounds from all the pandemic disruptions. it seems like we have been hearing a lot lately about fights on airplanes, many sparked by mask mandates. but we have new video tonight of an incident on board a delta flight that's one of the most violent yet. a warning, some of these images are disturbing. >> reporter: a bloody brawl breaking out on board a flight to california again. passengers on board a delta plane in atlanta watching in horror friday morning. atlanta police reporting a 30-year-old man got upset when the passenger behind him placed something in the seat pocket, curtis clayton then throwing punches before another passenger restrained him. delta releasing this statement, civility at our airports and on our flights is something our people and customers deserve always. >> this is happening far too often. >> reporter: the violence falls less than 48 hours after more bloodshed

well, tonight, american airlines is just the latest to warn employees get the vaccine or get fired. airlines are considered government contractors under the president's federal vaccine plan, so it is a requirement for them. but the mandates are hitting some headwinds. cbs' errol barnett reports on how this could impact holiday travel. >> reporter: tonight, a travel warning: turbulence could soon hit flights as pilot unions resist vaccine mandates and risk losing their jobs. >> what we're looking for is to c.ure that there's a i >> rorte representing american airlines' 15,000 pilots warnedff shtages could start as soon as holiday travel begins. >> if you suddenly in one day have 4,000-plus pilots that are not able to fly, that's a big deal. that's worse than this past summer. >> reporter: but the largest pilots association and most major carriers confirm they will follow president biden's executive order requiring airline workers to get the shots. united says hundreds of its own vaccine holdouts changed course in just the last week. one airline, however, is flying a different route.

but two texas companies, american airlines and southwest airlines, saying they will keep the mandates in place for their employees. brooklyn nets player kyrie irving has been barred from playing or practicing with the team until he's fully vaccinated. and tonight, news on the staggering toll on law enforcement officers. 62% of deaths in the line of duty last year were from covid. we're also tracking the timeline this week for potential news on boosters for millions. when the fda could decide. marcus moore tonight from dallas. >> reporter: tonight, a new salvo in the war over vaccine mandates. texas governor greg abbott issuing an executive order banning all state entities, including businesses, from requiring a vaccine from anyone who objects based on a “religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from covid-19." but texas-based southwest and american airlines saying they will not comply with the governor's order, instead sticking with the federal requirement on large businesses. >> this is a government mandate. it's a presidential order. and we're doing our bes

american airlines is calling it one of the worst displays of unruly behavior.witnessed on one of its planes. >> a flight heading to southern california was diverted after a man allegedly punched a flight attendant in the face breaking her nose. chip has that story for us. >> once again. an airline passengers being investigated on allegations of assaulting an airplane crew member. this latest incident happened wednesday on a flight from jfk airport in new york to john wayne airport in orange county in mid flight. the plane made an unplanned landing in denver surprising passengers. i'm halfway through the flight off the lights came on and the captain to able-bodied men to come to the front, which is like a lot me. >> and know we're going to make an emergency landing in denver based off of the flight attendant said i'm she said that the flight attendant was punched in the face twice and her nose was broken. so she needed to get up and go to a hospital and the police got it on an arrest man in denver. the passenger believed to be involved was escorted off of the pl

i would say i was recently made aware of the actions of american airlines to hold these town halls, to make it a no confirmed that the airline is focused on these issues, and they want to get the opportunity of people of color to tell their stories at the airline of what they faced and have other people here that. and hear the difficulties. and the aggressions that they faced at work. and then we have the backing of everyone at the airline. and those issues are going to be taken seriously and they are more likely to be follow-up action, and other people are more likely to understand that when you are disrespecting someone because of their gender, their race, or because of the way they identify. that that is unacceptable. and there is zero tolerance approach from the airlines in addressing that. that needs to be taken as seriously as any other violation. so i would lift up what american has be doing. and i've been at other airlines to, they all have the inclusion program. but more can be done to have these public conversations about what people of color are facing at work. >> thank you.

an american airlines flight had to be diverted to denver. the flight finally arrived in orange county today where passengers say they heard a man punch a female flight attendant after an argument about wearing a mask. the flight attendant was bleeding heavily while the passenger was duct taped to his seat. >> it seemed like the man that punched the woman kind of knew he had done something wrong and became subdued. i understand that he actually punched her twice. i did see her walk back down the aisle and she had bladder on the outside of her mask. >> the fda has received 5,000 reports of unruly passengers since the pandemic began. more than 3,500 are mask related. >>> one of the real housewives of beverly hills rocked in a home invasion. the robbers taking an estimated $1 million in property. this happened in the home of darique kensley. they broke in and confronted her while in bed. several co-stars arrived at her house in encino to comfort her. the robbers demand that she lead them to jewelry and other valuables in her home. luckily she wa

my first question was going be directed to aspire and airlines for american and that's in regards to the early part of the pandemic, airlines took a step to change t seating arrangement in the airlines, to space people apartt farther. can you speak to or answer in terms of the airlines that you represent he. have all the airlines gone back to booking at full capacity and are no longer blocking seats to maintain that social distance between passengers? >> thank you for the question, congressman. and thank you foror recognizing the work that we have all done as an industry throughout this pandemic. a really unprecedented, it goes without saying, time, to evaluate what we knew about this public health emergency. and, really, you know, the airline -- it's a big thing to determine what measures needs to be put in place with all of our employees and the traveling public throughout the pandemic. in terms of seating, as we've all done throughout this pandemic, we've learned more and more about this virus. and about the variants that have emerged. and so our policies at the airline industry ha

police escorted that man from the american airlines flight which was heading from new york to orange county. one passenger explain what happened. >> this guy was a new their business foster first i'm halfway through the flight off the lights came on and the captain to able-bodied men to come to the front, mike lee is like alarming. know, we're going to make an emergency landing in denver they stop with the flight attendant said i'm she said that the flight attendant was punched in the face twice and her nose was broken. so she needed to get up and go to a hospital and the got it on an arrest. >> american airlines issued a statement that reads in part, quote, we are outraged by the reports of what took place on board acts of violence against our team makers will not be tolerated. this behavior must stop and aggressive enforcement and prosecution of the law is the best deterrent. the airline added the passenger involved in the altercation will, quote, never be allowed to travel with american airlines in the future. but we will not be satisfied until he has been prosecuted to the full e

clock is ticking for tens of thousands of employees here who just got a sternly worded memo from american airlines that says, to be clear, if you fail to comply with the requirement, the result will be termination from the company. we know that these mandates work on the vaccine hesitant. take united airlines mandate, for example. just went into place last week. 67,000 employees in the united states had to submit to this, and of those only about 232 resisted, and united tells us that number went down as the firing process for those employees began. pete pete muntean, cnn, washington. >>> well, there's more trouble this morning for the national hockey league's evander kane. front office sports in the espn cite unnamed sources who say they didn't say whether he submitted a false vaccination card. san jose sharks forward was cleared last month of gambling on nhl games including some he had played in. cnn has reached out to kane's attorney for comment. >>> now, the english premier league has given its blessing to the controversial take over newcastle united football club. it has been sold to a consort

. >>> american airlines assaulted a flight attendant forcing the flight to be diverted to denver.re the attacker was taken into custody. the airline says violence against its employees is not tolerated and the perpetrator won't be allowed to fly an american airlines ever again. the u.s. federal aviation administration says so far this year, there have been nearly 5,000 reports of unruly passengers with nearly 3500 of those cases involving people refusing to wear masks. >>> now to what's being called the future of travel, for passengers it could prevent a lot of stress and wasted time at the airport. cnn's pete muntean shows us how it is supposed to work. >> reporter: for the first time your next flight could be unlocked by facial recognition technology, starting at bag check, going through security, and all the way to the gate. success. >> you're welcome aboard. >> reporter: the new partnership between delta airlines and the transportation security administration aims to save passengers time as people are flooding back to airports. >> i'm really hopeful it will reduce stress and i

were not vaccinated, are put on unpaid leave or terminated, that's more than 4,000 pilots at american airlines be able to fly. >> reporter: captain dennis is spokesperson for the allied pilots association and its 15,000 american airlines pilots. its vaccination rate is higher than the national average. that leaves over 4,000 of their pilots holding out. >> indeed the executive order for the mandate will hit right in the december time frame. >> reporter: so, both apa and southwest airline pilot association are asking for exemptions before president biden's executive order mandating vaccines takes hold. >> to vaccinate or to not vaccinate? >> reporter: transport workers union, local 514 president, voiced his resista t i just don government ought to give a company the right -- >> reporter: and this as the process begins for 6,000 united airlines staff that refuse to get vaccinated. that's dwarfed by those who are vaccinated. doug parker is pleading with his staff but not requiring them to do the same. >> reporter: please go get vaccinated now before the end of this month because we are before too

he was kicked off the plane the fbi is now investigating, but so far no arrest has been made american airlineseo says the man will never fly on the airline again. he also said the company is doing everything it can to guarantee he's prosecuted to the fullest extend possible. >>> new tonight, the biden administration considering paying millions to migrant families separated at the border nbc news reporting nearly 500,000 would be offered per person this would apply to families separated under the trump administration nbc news reports this is part of negotiations with families who have sued claiming they were harmed when the government split them up. no final decision made. >>> preparing for lockdowns. schools, restaurants and non-essential shops closing again. reaction from russia as covid cases climb amidst a low vaccination rate. >>> and beijing testing hypersonic missiles, and the pentagon sounding the alarm. the new weapons race that has the u.s. playing catchup bout it is all wrong. so we made a healthier song. for some folks it's like baby steps. maybe it's a jump or eating something gree

airline. i would lift up what american has been doing. i have seen at other airlines, too. the hell have -- they all have diversity and inclusion programs, but more can be done. >> thank you. >> thank you for that question, representative garcia. i would echo wholeheartedly what my colleague just said. the airline -- american airlines has taken steps toward making sure there is diversity, equity, and inclusion. the faa has just instituted a diversity, equity, and inclusion team, which i am now chairing. we are having conversations. should there be more conversation? yes. clear expectations on behaviors and some possible consequences for those, when we talk about air rage that does not discriminate, but there are cases where race and other disparaging remarks or comments are being made towards flight attendants of color. more conversations and more dialogue between the airline and our counterparts would help. >> my time has just about run out, so i'm going to yield back to the chair, thank you. >> the chair would like to now recognize mr. already -- mr. allred of texas. >> i

restrained him with duct tape and someone took this photo of him after he was kicked off the plane american airlinese man will never fly on the airline again and he says the company is doing everything it can to guarantee he's prosecuted to the fullest extent possible >>> new tonight the biden administration considering paying millions to migrant families separated at the border nbc news reporting nearly $500,000 would be offered per person this would apply to families separated under the trump administration nbc news reports this is part of negotiations with families who have sued claiming they were harmed when the government split them up. no final decision made >>> preparing for lockdowns. schools, restaurants and nonessential shops closing again. reaction from russia as covid cases climb amidst a low vaccination rate >>> and beijing testing hypersonic missiles, and the pentagon sounding the alarm. the new weapons race that ha the u.s. playing catch-up. (man) go on, girl, go on and get help! [heartwarming music] (man) ah! (burke) smart dog. with farmers crashassist, our signal app can tell when y

american airlines says both the faa and fbi.vestigate yesterday's incident reporting in santa ana partisan at all. >> new mexico. investigators continue to look into the accidental in fatal shooting by actor alec baldwin on the set of rust and now the question is, is there a need for tighter controls on movies involving firearms and one south bay lawmaker says yes. kron four's. rob fladeboe has the story now from san jose. >> i think there's plenty of ways to, you know, to take the lie firearms off the actual said get him away from these crowds of of crews that are working on the sets. >> state senator dave court as he is drafting legislation that would ban live ammunition and real guns in the set of movies shot in california. but as his proposal comes in the wake of a fatal shooting on the set of the film rust in new mexico. we're one crew member was killed and another injured. >> and what we asked is is the best practices because fight in state law so that there's there's some remedies and there's some penalties for people. no