but i don't think -- i just don't see a customs union being in the cards. >> i also think those are very smart initiatives. another term for that is a smart border. and pushing the border out that way is smart. we did that in the united states with something called the safe ports act, which requires cargo to be screened at the point of embarkation in china or some other asian port, pick that, ca the oceanso priorities and it seems to me that initiative was a very healthy one. >> where it's trying to adopt the view of something -- i forget what the exact term is, checked once and verified twice. once it's checked in one country, it good in both. >> i'm checking my watch but i still think we have more time. i can use a few more questions. here's one. you have made the arctica central. is it place for cooperation or competition? where does canada fit? >> there's probably a place for a little bit of both. it is true that -- it is true that more of the ice is melting. ilt also true that i think the economics of commodity prices are going to drive resource developments in areas like the arctic

proceed further in bunches as fast as we can so you should also interrupt other countries to the customs union of course if they're ready for that with the goods on and we should create a wider integration also video elias i think eurasia union will soon become an important player on the a global market. timing we already of course for closer integration with the european union and with asia pacific and on the beaks with limited breaks countries with other regional alliances. but this states can ascend trust on the part of our partner use the future. and this would be more we can it was the make steps unilateral it's a two way street. and yes nothing else next year of course this doesn't the end of the russia for the other will abandon its sovereignty and they will no longer is up of and will not have a reliable national security system we've started at modernizing the system it was in effect a formal. army or you. and rearmament program it is definitely a priority for the next three years senior. decisions to make are the decisions to make our army professional has been we need a few years th

signings of the on the customs union now he's in there a proponent of the idea of the eurasian economic union i think this is a very good position and it will definitely develop our relations with. the situation with the states is more difficult many times i thought about visiting those countries and every time i talk to my aid in. we can tell them to consider this possibility they do something bad about russia and he lets us. but. you do such things supporting nazism inserted so it's up to those countries up to their leaders like of them what their position is more broadly or if they don't talk about the russians or the russian missiles in our country is a very good relations with them because our cultural historical. and i strongly believe that i can't get a certain top level will resume at some point but i just hope they will not i mean to the russians are terrible at what dear there is a bug to hear them limb from limb and. can we talk about. the fairies now. so in case he becomes prime minister and bill want to leave we all understand that you will. be so speaking about what he onl

the russians are not starting to put in their economic customs union. many of the central asian countries are actually moving towards that one, so the move for integration is more north than it would be south. there's questions about who would be paying for the projects. financing is not guaranteed. very serious problem for the central asian countries that all these talks but where is the money? the problem of iran is a problem for asian countries because a lot of roads go through iran and it will be expensive not to go through iran. so if we want them to actually apply the sanctions it will be problematic as we've been hearing. politics coming in the way of economics completing this region. just an example about the surplus electricity that they want to sell when they have their own problems over the energy swap with uzbekistan. we do have political problems in the region that cannot be solved and economics can be exasperating. the companies prefer because of the competition that they have with each other and because of the kinds of gains that they'll

domestic carmakers including a recommendation the government should only buy cars made in the customs union of russia bella reese and stuff. stay with the auto industry russia's car assembly holding after an canadian auto parts producer mag now they're considering creating a car making class in russia now in order to do that the company's plan to set up twenty one new plants in the country's northwest. now say look at other markets and the dow jones the nasdaq also fall in the nasdaq is dragged by yahoo's shares the company's going to fly in two thousand people to downsize in europe the trading is over the footsies down more than two percent the dax almost replace them at the close a lot of negative factors here spain's important option didn't go so well gloomy outlook for the economy pretty much inflation at two percent g.d.p. to decline point one percent this year and also knows that melissa pretty much interest rates have been left that one person. on the currency markets because of all the sell off for the dollar is of course in high demand a lot of money going in there out of the euro

joining customs union we try to stimulate seals and then make a special programs to promote our cause in this market we see huge potential we forecast the sales almost seventy thousand cars i think may increase. twenty twenty five percent. and now on to the good news that russia is a gas export monopoly gas from now is beaten expectations with its full year results they managed forty five billion dollars in the twenty eleven financial year with a gain of thirty five percent and that's thanks to high prices and growing production now the company increased its market share in europe which is its key markets increased to twenty seven percent and that's from twenty four percent a year before but analysts on nervous thailand nervous because the government plans to raise taxes on gas problem classes also prospects of greater competition and that's coming from the us as they become the world's top gas producer due to shell gas. i kate are sticking with good news the russian market is all set to close up on a high this friday afternoon here in moscow got the r.t.s. over a percent up on the mo

carmakers including a recommendation for the government that it should only buy cars made in the customs union of russia ukraine russia belarus bruson kazakstan. all right moving on to other stock markets in the u.s. still feeling the chill after those minutes released from the fed which did not suggest any quantity of easing on the horizon at all and the nasdaq is being pressured down by yahoo which is cutting two thousand people off that stuff and san disk is also be. over in europe around one hour to go or trading footsies down two and a half percent the dax three percent many stories here spanish born dogshit not going as planned inflation is forecast to be around two percent this year and g.d.p. to recline around one tenth of a percent interest rates have been kept on change by d.c. . moving over to currencies now and of course the dollar is gaining massively against many currencies including the euro and the ruble as vessels are selling off stock of course moving into cash moving into new zealand gold was about the ruble managed to strengthen our almost three quarters of a percent versus

joining the customs union we. still eat seals and then make a special programs to promote our cause in this market we see huge potential wealth because we forecast the seals almost seventy thousand cars things may increase. twenty twenty five percent. as day and we brush over see how the bosses are performing in the afternoon trading session we go the r.t.s. point six percent on the my stays around one and a quarter of a percent in positive territory as for the russian ruble with the how about performing at this hour and it is indeed losing against a us dollar and the guy looking at the euro dollar that is gaining just a fraction one thirty two thirty for the traders favorite has a sentiment coming out the region today the biggest news all the headlines was they had their credit raising downgraded by s. and pay to triple the loss but now traders are rather optimistic and that's because they're looking ahead to the u.s. so they're going to be posting their g.d.p. figures today and allies are anticipating the bigges

carmakers including a recommendation that the government should only be buying cars made in the customs union of russia belarus and stuff. elsewhere in the world the dow jones is down more than one percent the nasdaq even more so pressured by yahoo shares down as the company announced that it would be cutting two thousand people of its staff and san disk is also one of the biggest losers on the mast and over in europe trading is over also on the negative notes second bad session in a row was pretty down two percent of x. two point eight interest rates remain the same no stimulus inflation stands around two percent for the year the forecast and g.d.p. is to the line point one percent and spain's bond auction didn't go well either so this is all piling up. therefore a lot of money is moving into the dollar and out of the euro and in line with that trend the russian ruble weakened one million one percent versus the greenback and strengthened around half a percent versus the year. and that's the way the markets look this is our last and last thing to mention is of course commodities they're down

[laughter] when will canada decide to form a customs union? >> i think it's a purely theoretical question. since we signed nafta, there has been a tremendous growth in trade and integration and the integration of supply chains between our economies. but i have no appetite -- i've sensed no appetite in that united states to take the economic relationship to any fundamentally deeper level than it is today in terms of things like a customs union. i just don't think that's in the cards, particularly in the context of nafta. fighting has more to -- what we have done is we have this beyond the border initiative where we are finding ways of avoiding duplicative screening where we cross the border and finding ways to more screening and security checks on the perimeter of the continent rather than the border. these are ways to significantly increase integration, trade, tourism flow across the border. but i just do not see a customs union in the cards. >> i think those are very smart initiatives. another term for it is the smart border. pushing toward t

in terms of things like customs union.i just don't think that's in the cards, particularly in the context that nafta probably has more to do with the mexican-american relationship and with the american canadian relationship. but nevertheless, i think that's the situation but what we have done with the obama administration is we have beyond the corner initiative, where we are finding ways of avoiding duplicative screening when we crossed the border, where we are finding ways of doing more and more of our screening and security checks on the perimeter of the continent rather than at the board. so these are ways to significantly increase integration and trade and tourism flow across the border. but i don't think, i just don't see a customs union being in the cards. >> i also think they were very smart initiative. another term for that is a smart border, and pushing the border out that way is smart. we did that in the united states, states with something called the safe port act which requires cargo which can be a great risk t

when will canada decide to form a customs union? [laughter] >> yeah.cal question. i certainly -- there has obviously been a tremendous growth in trade and integration between our economies. i have set no appetite, particularly in the united states, to take the economic relationship to any fundamental a deeper level than it is today in terms of a customs union. i do not think that is in the cards, particularly in the context of nafta. it is more to do with the mexican american relationship than the american-canadian relationship. what we have done with the obama administration is we have this beyond the border initiative where we are finding ways of avoiding duplicate of screening where we cross the border. of doing moreways screening at the border. these are ways to significantly increase integration, trade, and tourism flow across the border. i do not see a custom unions in the card. >> i think those are very smart initiatives. another term for that is the smart border. pushing the border of the way is smart. we did that in the united states with some

[laughter] >> when will canada and the united states or to you, canada, decide to form a customs unionyeah. well, i think that's a theoretical question because i certainly, you know, since we've signed nafta, there's obviously been a tremendous growth in trade and integration and integration of supply chains between our economies, but i have sensed no appetite particularly in the united states to take the economic relationship to any fundamentally deeper level than it is today in terms of things like a customs union. i don't think that's in the cards, particularly in the context of nafta, and it probably has more to do with the mexican-american relationship than with the american-canadian relationship, but nevertheless, i think that's the situation. what we have done with the obama administration is we have this beyond the border initiative. >> right. >> where we are finding ways of avoiding repeated screening when we cross the border, finding ways of doing more and more of our screening and security checks on the perimeter of the continent rather than at the boarer. these are ways to

can you walk me through how he thinks the customers for these union workers, engineers that live in the heartland of america, how talking down that industry has anything to do with job creation in america? >> so i'm sorry. just take me a little further. what industry -- >> the general aviation industry cessna and beechcraft and learjet and boeing and hundreds of suppliers that live in south central kansas and make their lifgs building the very airplanes sold to the folks the president refers to as corporate fat cat jet owners. it hurts the industry when he makes it politically incorrect to fly around in a business tool. i'm asking you what the job creation rational for talking down the aviation industry could possibly be? >> my experience, and i know this directly, i was for 18 1/2 years a president of the boeing board of directors. the president has been very, very supportive of the u.s. aviation. when i do the tours that i do around the world, i am again and again and again espousing u.s. aviation. component parts -- >> i appreciate that. >> it's what i do. >> i appreciate that. it's

union. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?!let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> back to "hardball." now the side show. snl paid tribute to all the great players in the 2012 gop -- dairy say it -- clown show this weekend. what would it be like, they decided, if romney, santorum and the rest of the gang got together and began to reminisce at some bar. let's watch. >> hey, can i admit something to you guys? >> sure, you're among friends. >> romneycare is just obamacare. there you go. >> i knew it. i can't believe none of us could beat you. >> and i can't believe it took so long to win. hey, one more time. ♪ another turning point, a fork stuck in the road ♪ ♪ so make the best of this test and don't ask why ♪ ♪ it's not affected but it's -- die ♪ ♪ it was always unpredictable, but in the end was right ♪ ♪ this campaign was the time of my life ♪ >> what a reunion. let's say goodbye finally. speaking of letting loose. secretary hillary clinton was having a little

>> dealing with each customer, most of the ones that i speak to in the credit unions out the fact that they know their customers, know them well, and that they're dealing with the customer is a situation of the customer. it is not one-size-fits-all. that is part of the strength. there are other problems, such as taking unreasonable of vantage of the fact that the consumer is not able to choose their provider. that is true of debt collectors and others. there is nothing subjective at all about that. some of that definition is what congress laid down. we are required to implement something that may be firmer, and another thing that may be softer, and that is not surprising. if you override this, we will implement whatever law that you write. >> mr. steiner, five minutes. >> i would like to thank rich for being here. the problem with having such low seniority on the committee is that i do not get a chance to tell my friends and colleagues that have left that rich is one of my constituents. i have known him for years and he is a great public servant that cares deeply about this country. i

can you walk me through how he thinks the customers for these union workers, these engineers that livein the heartland of america were billy these airplanes, how talking down the industry has anything to do with job creation in america? >> so, sorry, this would take me a little further. what industry -- >> the general aviation industry. cessna, beechcraft, boeing, and hundreds of suppliers that live in south-central kansas and make their living building the very airplanes that are sold to the folks that the president refers to as corporate fatcat jet owners. and hrsa the industry when he makes a politically incorrect to fly around in a business jet. so i'm asking you, what the job creation rationale, for talking down the aviation industry could possibly be? >> my experience, and i know this directly, i was for 18 f. years a member of the boeing board of directors, the president has been very, very supportive of u.s. aviation, and when i do the tours that i do around the world, i am again and again and again espousing the u.s. aviation, component parts, that's what i do. >> i appreciate

a lot of customers love it for the low prices but a lot of union people lows it because of the low wages. but either way this wal-mart is opening tomorrow morning. some of wal-mart's newest san jose employees are already working, stocking up store shelves and warming up cash registers and in the toy department ... blowing up bouncing balls. but they're not inflating prices which drew customers in even though the store does not open until tomorrow. >> what is wal-mart have that you want or need? >> everything at a bargain price. >> we offer the best product at the best price. >> the store manager says this 92,000 sq. ft. location is the area's second wal-mart supercenter with a full grocery store and everything from clothing to cameras. but unlike a lot of wal-mart, the store won't have a lot of clutter. >> we have always tried to look at what the customers are looking for, they're looking for wider aisles and easier shopping experience. >> the store is providing 250 new nonunion retail jobs all the unions don't plan to picket, wal-mart has been under fire for years for their resistance t

. >> this is "bbc news," still ahead -- british customers start to stockpiles stamps ahead of a price increase by the royal mail. the united trade union has said that that will put a deal to its members which could avert a strike by a fuel tanker drivers. the union has been holding talks at a conciliatory body to resolve a route over issues on pay and safety concerns. -- to resolve a fight over issues on pay and safety concerns. the health secretary has said that the tobacco industry should have no business in the u.k. the industry has dismissed as preposterous a plan to remove branding from cigarette packets. the government will begin consultations on the idea next week. a man has confessed to blinding a woman in an attack lasting 12 hours. tina nash had her eyes gouged out in an attack. her attacker will be sentenced next month. this is "bbc news," of the headlines -- violence has marred syria's fragile cease-fire. the u.n. has not agreed to a plan for peace monitors. the u.n. has pledged to further isolate north korea following the failed rocket test. let's return to syria and we can speak to an activist in homs. and i asked you wh

have a lot of good people, the folks at the postal service, the folks who work there, the unions, their customers, and a lot of people are in businesses all over the country. together working on this, i think are smart enough to figure out how to solve this. we need to do that. last thought. during the recess, i mentioned to my colleagues, the presiding officer, to senator lieberman during our caucus lunch today. i don't know what you guys and gals did over the easter recess. i basically just covered delaware like a glove. i love to do it. i go back every night anyway. it's great joy. you know what i mean, to kind of reconnect with everybody. i also spent some time on the phone and meeting with folks who are in businesses in delaware and outside of delaware who usually rely on the post office. nationwide, there are seven million to eight million people whose jobs are integrated or are part of or facilitated by our postal service. seven million or eight million jobs. we are coming out of the worst recession since before i was born, since before we were born, and we need to get out of it. one of th

customers stay in their spending. citigroup will be out with the quarterly results. we will see what they have to say about mortgage union. wall street is also watching google. there's a fine of $25,000 against the company after examining how they gathered personal tax messages and others fear its st. view location service. google said it did not violate any laws. >> capital one workers bracing for job cuts. more details coming up in the next hour. that is business news. reporting for abc 7 news. >> thank you. we're looking at 66 degrees. >> 100 years later. how the world's most famous maritime disaster. >> a sweet 16 party turn sour. what happened that left five people hurt? and early spring turned into an early summer. we will talk about how high >> robbing gives on the screen. he is still in it, after falling unconscious he says his condition is a result of an ammonia and perfection. he is best known for the disco hit staying alive. axel rose skipped out on the rock-and-roll hall of fame induction ceremony. he listed several reasons why he was skipping including feeling like they did not respect him. the red hot chili

where should customers go is an easy one and so there's a lot of local credit unions small credit unions that are answerable to local communities if the community doesn't like what the credit union is doing they can actually stop them from doing that if the credit union wants them to do something else they can make them do that there are lots of credit unions all over the country that are very responsive to their local communities and they're doing this despite laws that are not super favorable to credit unions. one of the things that there are critics that actually will buy mortgages off of large banks like bank of america and resell them to people who are being evicted and thus save people from being evicted from their homes due to predatory lending practices and probably the best thing that could happen to a big bank like bank of america would be that it would be split into smaller credit unions. failing it could also just start predatory lending it could try to make reparations for the predatory lending disaster that it's created the foreclosure disaster. if you put your money in a c

union city police are investigating. >> they a lently finished the objection book. it says they adopted a policy that raised the price of e.books by two or three dollars. that led to customers paying more than they needed to for popular titles. three of the two have agreed to settlement amazon has slashed prices some less than $10. hello sal. >>> traffic is doing well despite the bad weather however there are some problemmed spots. we do have an overturned vehicle blocking two lanes but it is early and driving conditions are not good. westbound 580, to lanes are blocked, the for marshal is on the scene, -- fire marshall is on the scene. we are getting an update here which says, nobody was serially injured. the traffic here looks good as you drive passed the coliseum and it looks like it may not be raining as hard as it was just a few minutes ago. we do have some slowed traffic here in parts coming down from richmond and in legally are -- berkeley it will be an extremely tough drive. the good news is it is moving through fast and i would give you another hour because it is just incredibly heavy rain falling. there is a lot of water on the roads, you can include roadway flood

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empires-- with different languages, cultures, and customs-- that have more or less been at war with each other for 1,000 years. until recently, their monetary unionrought stability and prosperity to the continent's social democracies, producing good wages, generous benefits, long vacations. but louise cooper, a top financial analyst in london, says the european holiday is over. >> louise cooper: we're in a debt crisis. euro-zone countries have way too much debt. we have gorged on debt. we are living beyond our means. and after ten years of booming economic times, it is now payback time. we are paying back our credit cards, and that will prove very painful and costly. >> kroft: it already has. ten european countries are now in recession. in spain, where the unemployment rate is 23%, there have been general strikes and civil unrest. in france, three of its largest financial institutions teetered on the edge of insolvency until the european central bank came to the rescue with more than $1 trillion in easy credit to shore up the system. seven european countries have changed leadership because of the crisis, and one, greece, reneged on $133 billion i

customers didn't like. when they complained, these organizations pulled out. why didn't shareholders know? they have no obligation to tell them. >> hold on, a lot of complaints by shareholders get results. a lot of complaints by union members don't. the union bosses continue to put the money where they want, democratic coffers. >> we talk about government members, rich is referring to companies. that's a big difference. the other thing is what he's doing with the aflceo is comparing the pay with teachers and firearm. we should compare it to fat cat union boss pay. he makes nearly 300,000 a year. the issue is, nine out of ten -- it's just about up there. you can quibble with the numbers but you're right, david, nine out of ten union members basically are not democrats. a lot of them are republicans and they get corralled and bullied into voting for spending and taxing at the state level when they don't want it. >> rich? >> i'm for full disclosure. if trumpka wants to publicize c.e.o. salaries, that's fine. he was a member of the united mine workers an sanctioned i by a virginia judge. he left the communist party back in the afl/cio and was one step below a socialist, admitting he's worse than that. people should kno

unionized and we're lou with the jobs. the factory now moved to zchlt. when it is released tomorrow it will be available custom. >> thapgs very much. thanks for having me. >> what's the point of tomorrow? what is the lopes saj. >> well, tomorrow i'm going to be leading the guitar many springtime soefr, it time for the regular season. so the economic malfeasance from. it caused millions of families so much hard wip. it's. pult approximate. it's going ab a beautiful day in new york city tomorrow. basically i'm starting a new band. >> what's the biggest band you ever player. if you don't have a guitar, bring a kazuo. we're going to track tunnel blids all those. just bring any instrument, it can be a gi tarl from tr srs. to respond what you saw in serving. >> for the last two decade, i've been standing up for the underdog. really, the one thang that remitdly teacher in illinois for over 30 years, and when the. i don't really choose to be a railroad, and it's been my job throughout the year to use my vocati vocation. you can't arrest a song. >> you say that and it seeds directly to my use and a lot of occasional. t

customer they're dealing with. most of the community bankers and credit unions i speak to tout the fact that they know their customers, they know them well, they tailor their dealings with the customer to the situation of that customer. it's not one size fits all. i think that's part of their strength. i would also point out there's other prongs of that definition that are much more objective such as taking unreasonable advantage of the fact that the consumer is not able to choose their provider. that's true of debt collectors and others. and in that setting there's really nothing that's subjective at all about that. so the fact that some of this, some of this definition which congress has laid down and we are required to implement may be firmer and some of it may be softer, i think, is not surprising. if you all decide at some point to rewrite this, we will implement whatever law you write. >> thank you. >> gentleman's time -- stivers for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairwoman, and i'd like to thank rich for being here. the problem with having such low seniority on the committee is i don't get a chance to tell

union leaders organized folk, i mean, saloons are where politicians walked in and treated -- >> the smoke filled rooms were? >> that was one of them. they treated everybody to a drink and of course the custom of drinking was if somebody treated you, you had to treat back, one beer led to another. and it's really where a lot of americans begame familiar with the political machine. they didn't have fox news. they weren't smart enough. they didn't even have you know, internet. they got to know the political system literally through the mechanism of treating buying a drink. of course that happen ond election day but it happened on a day-to-day basis. it's a way that constituents got to know their elected officials. >> we're not running for office so we're not treating. let's have another question. >> i'm at the george washington university. i recently found bout my cousin maynard who was an enologist at university of california davis in 1939 he was hired to rebuild the department most prohibition. i wonder, more for brian, the california wine industry before prohibition, and how long it took them to really figure it out later. and really, the role of academia in all of this, as i understand it

union represents five -- 55,000 workders at the largest airline. under bankruptcy protection they cut jobs and labor costs. they say the merger is the best way to fix the bankrupt airline. bge customersedit is a result of the merger between exxon and constellation approved back in march. it will automatically be applied to your bill by the end of may. if your bills less than $100, the unused portion will carry over to the future bill. for more intermission, and wbaltv.com. marlyand is poised to ban employers from demanding log in information for sites like facebook. right now, we are waiting to see if o'malley will sign it into law. it's a he has not made a final decision. it would require students to disclose account information but it passed in the house but saw no movement in date delegates. they say it is bad for business and request for log-in information would be rare. a reminder tonight that it is time for the annual shred day event. 8:00-12:00, you can drop off three boxes of documents to have them shredded for free. behind the amc loew's theater and other locations listed online. this is a live look from the boardwalk camera in ocean city. confirm that they are finishing bet

contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help of a union started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street ignored. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney, and i approve this message. >> >> avon slammed the door on a $10 million buy out pro correct on cody a smaller company that purchased brands like osays the bid. cody claims they will not pursue a hostile take over >> more african american women are saying no to chemicals in their hair they are getting the big chop and celebrating their natural style instead foxes joyce evans shows us why they are making the change. >> reporter: there is no doubt about it women love their hair doesn't matter if it is long, short, but simply that it is healthy. a fact that is becoming increasingly important to women of color. many african american women are saying goodbye to chemical hair straighteners and choosing instead to go natural using a num

customer's homes and businesses. >> i wouldn't send them home. i think. >> company polesis need to --. >> there are negotiations going on. this has nothing to do with contract. >> reporter: are the union is calling wearing the stickers a legal right as a concerted union activity. the company calls them offensive and the company has the right to require appropriate dress. the union said workers will show up tomorrow wearing the stickers. live in santa clara. >> american airlines employees walked picket lines across the country today including san francisco. they were protesting a plan put forward by the airline. they went before a court in new york today asking a judge to wipe out union contracts. workers oppose the plan and support a potential take over bid by united states airways. the judge is expected to issue a ruling in june. >> the secret service prostitution scandal has grown to 12 members of the military. the defense secretary also said that the pentagon has suspended their security clearances. there are also 12 members of the secret service being investigated and so far six have been forced out. they are all suspected of hiring prostitutes while in columbia prior to the presi

customer's homes and businesses. >> i wouldn't send them home. i think. >> company polesis need to --. >> there are negotiations going on. this has nothing to do with contract. >> reporter: are the unionis calling wearing the stickers a legal right as a concerted union activity. the company calls them offensive and the company has the right to require appropriate dress. the union said workers will show up tomorrow wearing the stickers. live in santa clara. >> american airlines employees walked picket lines across the country today including san francisco. they were protesting a plan put forward by the airline. they went before a court in new york today asking a judge to wipe out union contracts. workers oppose the plan and support a potential take over bid by united states airways. the judge is expected to issue a ruling in june. >> the secret service prostitution scandal has grown to 12 members of the military. the defense secretary also said that the pentagon has suspended their security clearances. there are also 12 members of the secret service being investigated and so far six have been forced out. they are all suspected of hiring prostitutes while in columbia prior to the presid

customers an even being shut down. city leaders will talk about the issue during a meeting tonight. >>> a peninsula neighborhood says it doesn't want friday night lights in its backyard. sequoia unionh school plans to install 70-foot light poles on each corner of the football field. the project also calls for a new p.a. system. a group of neighbors concerned about the noise and lights are fighting back. they have now hired an attorney to try to limit how often the school can use that new equipment. construction is expected to start this summer. >>> well, we have some advice for you this morning. allow a little extra time. it's super busy on the roads. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. a whole lot of rain. >> a whole lot of rain. and what i have to bring to the table, a bit of good news. the active weather has for the most part moved through the greater bay area and it's concentrated over gilroy. you can see that here from this live picture over san francisco. now later on today, this picture will likely reveal some pretty tall cumulonimbus clouds building. we still have an unstable air mass overhead so we'll be watching that today. i want to widen out and

have done a very trob at chipping away at these losses with the help of their unions, with the help much a umin of their customersnd i think from time to time from those of us who have served in the congress in the last administration and the current administration. over the past decade the postal service has dried the size of its postal workforce by roughly a third, not by firing people, not by letting people off, but through attrition. they've closed scores of mail processing facilities across america with no noticeable impact on service. people still drop letters and packages in the mail, and they might be delivered the next day or within at least three days. pretty amazing when you think about it. and the approval rating for the congress isn't very high, but the customer satisfaction of the american people with respect to the postal service is still about 85%, pretty good compared to how we're doing here in our nation's capital. the postal service has introduced some new products, flat-rate boxes, if it ship fitt ships. the ups and fedex don't want to deliver every parcel to every postal box across america. t

customer. there is a plan to return to bric to the point to point service and short and medium haul service, but still air france will need the formal agreement from the union that it's really critical because this airline has a long track record of strikes. so let's see how the unions will react. but for the time being, the market is positive. >> all right. thanks for that. also still to come, we'll talk to an analyst who says you should be shorting european airlines including air france. that's at 11:20 cet. plus one u.s. airline has announced a surprising charge for its passengers. stay tuned for that. it's not a good charge either. could be very inconvenient, put it like that. >> i'm guessing it to do with something that all of us need, but i won't say what it is. holding back. >> holding back is exactly what you're going to have to do. >> exactly. wrong choice of words there. but holding back is what the australian central bank also did today. it's holding its cash rate target up changed 4.25% as expected, but signaling a readiness to ease. this may come as soon as its next meeting. may 1st. just a week after australia releases its key inflation data.

low rate fixed loans from credit unions, farm credit banks, rural electric cooperative infrastructure lenders, and finance companies who offer credit to their customers. without this bill, the farm credit council alone expects that substantial new costs between $6 million and $27.2 million a year will be added to their cost of doing business. all for new processes and red tape that are not needed. it is important that local businesses, local manufacturers, and local farmers be able to access low rate interest loans from local financial entities. this bill keeps the business in the local communities where it belongs by reducing the costly new regulations imposed by the 2009 bill. in addition, it clarifies a provision of d.o.d. frank to ensure -- dodd-frank to ensure manufacturers will be able to continue to provide credit to customers. we need to do everything we can to keep manufacturing here in america and h.r. 3336 helps do that. lastly our bill clarifies that states utilities are unduly burdened by dodd-frank in complying with state law as they entered contracts. it's time for washington to cut the unnecessary red tape that hampers job creation by

union points out that the -- there would be an exception to all privacy laws. and it would allow companies to share private and personal data that they hold on their american customers. actually among themselves and with the government. it would not limit companies to sharing only technical or nonpersonal data. they would be free from any liability of misuse. they would only have to plead good intentions. the bill fails to narrowly define the privacy law that would contravene, fails to put the cybersecurity efforts in a civilian agency. it fails to require companies to remove personal ible -- personal identify tent final -- identifiable information about individuals. it limits the government's use of information. it fails to create a robust oversight and accountability structure. the bill in its current form, there's no requirement that personal information must be removed. there's no consumer or stakeholder group involved in the oversight. there is no way for any member of the public to know if their data has been shared in error. and on and on. you know, ultimately passing this bill -- i should point out it's not just the american civil liberties union that oppose