. >> the boards of american airlines' parent amr corp. and u.s. ays have pushed back meetings on plans to consider a final merger. >> reports say that the amr board wants to me in person and that the u.s. airways board would only lead after the amr board approves the deal. >> it is not clear when the two boards will finally meet. a in car and u.s. airways could decide earlier this week whether to merge their two companies. >> over the weekend boeing said its 787 dream liner on a test flight, the first since the new airline was grounded three weeks ago. >> the company said the aircraft flew in and out of boeing field in seattle. and it's been two and half hours in the air. the faa granted permission for the test flights last thursday. >> in speculation that apple's next big thing will be a smart watched is heating up. >> the new york times reported that apple is experimenting with a device maker of glass that would run on the company's i o s mobile operating system. >> smart watches are hot items at the big international c s trade show in las vegas

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the board of directors of american's parent company amr corp.o meet monday to consider the agreement an announcement could be made the next day. but the american u.s. airways boards given the green light for the murder to occur. >> the u.s. anti doping agency is giving cyclists lance armstrong more time to decide if you speak with its investigators. the agency banned armstrong for life from sports and had given him until yesterday to speak with investigators under oath if you wanted to the band reduced. now you as a dea officials say they have agreed to give armstrong until february 20th to try to work something out. the agency hopes armstrong's testimony would help investigators crack down on sports doping by giving them more insight into the practice. >> a quick look here at southern california. we are watching and waiting for the latest as police there are searching for an ax lapd officer who is wanted in a double murder that happened yesterday and a shooting of the other fellow police officers this morning. we'll be back with more in a momen

considering the makeup of the combined company's board and an exact role for the ceo of american parent amr corpe friday, when a confidential agreement covering some of the 8 m r bond holders expires. if the two carriers were strike a deal, it would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. a m r has been already under bankruptcy protection since november 2011. >> bowling has similarly completed this flight test to find the source of the battery problems of its 787 is. boeing ran the second test flight of a 787 yesterday. it says that the flight, which last about hour-and-a-half over washington state, was on a in been full. the 77 are grounded because of a better problem the cole's one fire and forced a another plane to make an emergency landing. the aircraft maker has said that the test plane include special equipment that lets its track the conditions of the batteries during their flights. >> coming up on kron 4 morning news. an extension project for east contra costa county bart riders is in its final phase. we will tell you when the servers will launch, coming up. >> + we will

shares are down as the carrier is near an 11 billion dollars deal to merge with amr corp.hat's the parent of american airlines. if a deal is struck, it would create the world's largest airline and reports are saying that the two companies could announce something within a week. thought we might hear something today. maybe middle of the week. but the rest of the airlines are managing to take off and hit new highs today. united continental, there's another merger for you that's still getting completed. southwest airlines. delta airlines. all these stocks hitting new 52 week highs as you can see. 3,000 flights in the u.s. were cancelled over the weekend ass the blizzard in the northeast dropped heavy snow overnight starting on friday. still today airline stocks are up. what's left of them, anyway. a big day of trading for shares of nasdaq omx, the parent company of the nasdaq stock market. shares earlier today spiked 6% on news first reported by fox business that the company had held private talks with private equity firm carlyle to take the nasdaq private. what does this sou

considering the makeup of the combined company's board and the exact role for the ceo of american parent amr corp as a deal before friday, when a confidentiality agreement covering some eight and our bondholders expires. it the two carriers were to strike a deal, it would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. amr has an operating under bankruptcy protection since november 2011. >> boeing has temporarily completed its flight test to find a source of the battery problems on its 787 s. boeing ran the second test flight of a 787 yesterday. this is the flight, which lasted for about an hour and a half or washington state, was on eventful. the 787 is are gois are grounded because a battery problems that caused one fire and forced another plane to make an emergency landing. the aircraft maker said the test plan include special equipment that led to track the conditions of the batteries during the flight. >> a quick break, but live look from your lensnew orleans.e mardi gras coverage coming up in a bit. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he'

considering the makeup of the combined company's board and on exact role for the ceo of american parent amr corpe companies are trying to finish a deal before friday, when a confidentiality agreement covering some a m r bondholders expires. if the two carriers were to strike a deal, it would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. a m r has been operating under bankruptcy protection since november 2011. >> pope benedict the '60s has made his first public appearance since a shocking announcement that he is stepping down as the head of the catholic church. >> daughter is a faithful flooded to the vatican today to see the pope. he thanked them in several languages and said he does not have the strength required to carry on. >> the vatican insisted no serious medical ailment was behind decision, though he had meant for the first time that the pope has had a pacemaker for years, and recently had the batterers replaced. kennedy also celebrate and ash wednesday mass marking the beginning thelent. >> coming oup on the kron 4 morning news pittsburgh police i'm is getting an overnight off

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