delta airlines, toyota motor, or union pacific?ayoff, toyota that has risen about 22% year to date. >> we're looked ahead now. it could be historic for the year. so we have guests with us to discuss it, erin, should we follow history and say september is, for the most part, always bad? >> we have a lot of uncertainties hanging over us. >> pretty good gains we have had this summer. >> because of the gains, i look for a pull back. we're looking at a lot of volatility, and i think we could see more in september. >> you're bearish too, aren't you? >> yes, but you have had four things up and one thing down. four things up, retail sales, lead indicators, house prices, industrial production, okay? you had those things rising and you had the energy prices easing off a little bit even though they were up 10% for the month. we agree with erin, we see the fourth quarter up only 1.2%. and the next quarter is .9%. now we're looking for the number to come in at 1.5 to 1.7. >> wasn't there a moment we were talking about a recession all over again

. >>> expect to pay more for delta airlines tickets. they raised twices between $4- $10. so far no other airline has matched that increase but it's the first fare hike since united airlines boosted fees two weeks ago. >>> the price to rent a home in parts of the bay area is going up. apartmentlist.com released new research that shows rental prices jumped 44% in the last 20 months. in san francisco rent prices are up 19%. a property management company we spoke to says the tech boom has made competition for rental homes more intense. >> we've had properties we've rented in a day. number of applicants several hundred dollars over asking price. >> one property management team say some people have been paying a higher security is deposit. >>> several pounds of beef are being recalled because it could be contaminated by e. coli. the beef was shipped to whole sailers and retailers in california and utah. you can get more information about the recalled meat at ktvu.com our website just click on the web links. >>> parts of the central valley is without a representative this morning

gape gourmet is a delta airlines caterer.nd it admits that the needle was found there meals. >> reporter: they say the company is working with the airlines to enhance screening of its food. i asked rami about that process. >> with everything being loaded onto a plane like that, how do you screen all of those items for something that may be in here? >> well, not everything has to be screened. and not necessarily screening is the best solution to present the forbidden items from getting on board. in the case of catering, obviously catering is being prepared in a specific location. and this is a place where the security procedures need to take place. >> reporter: ron says airline caterers have to start by vetting their employees better. >> the security concerns go beyond just sandwiches and other prepackaged food. one expert from the hospitality industry says about 40,000 items are loaded onto a jumbo jet for a long flight. when you count food, knives, forks, blankets and are the items. >>> senate republican, end -- intended to

over the weekend, he swims toward the airport light, walks across two runways, all the way to delta airlines. >> a 31-year-old jet skier can penetrate that system, we have deficiencies and they have to be addressed. >> reporter: we tried to ask federal authorities that exact question. but no one at the tsa or department of homeland security would be interviewed. saying they are working with investigators, while directing us to airport officials, who promised to step up perimeter and boat patrol. >> we need heads to roll. now, we have to turn around and hold government accountable. >> reporter: $100 million of your money, spent on a failed security system, while you're still stepping out of your shoes at the airport. jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> some remembrances this morning. first, a member of our extended abc news family, kathy gertsen. she worked at our abc affiliate in seattle for 30 years. she fought brain tumors for the last 12. and viewers watched her valiant battle. >>> and fans are remembering "cosmopolit "cosmopolitan" editor, helen gurley brown. she wrote "sex and the sing

to toronto, this incident comes two weeks after sewing needles were found in six sandwiches on delta airline flights out of amsterdam. some encouraging economic reports are expected to send stock a little bit higher today. >> futures are on the upswing. ashley and joins us now. >> investors are also keeping an eye on the european central bank policy this week. markets overseas were mixed today. futures are pointing to a higher open after positive news on the job front. on tuesday the dow lost 64 points but stayed above 13,000 and rose 1% for the month. the federal reserve wraps up its two day policy meeting today. investors are anxious to see if ben bernanke will announce new steps to give the economy a boost. he has said the central bank will take action if unemployment remains high but experts say the economy has not slowed enough to provide stimulus. house speaker john bainer and senate majority leader harry reid agreed to keep the government running when the current budget year ends on september 30th. that ends the threat of a shutdown and keeps the government running for six months afte

just off the runway at jfk, he swims towards the light, walks across two runways, all the way to delta airlines terminal three. >> if a 31-year-old jet skier could penetrate that system, then we have deficiencies and they have to be addressed before the next time we see a terrorist with very sinister motives. >> reporter: we tried to ask federal authorities that exact question, but no one at the tsa would be interviewed, saying they are working with investigators, along with airport officials, who promised to step up perimeters and boat patrols. >> we need heads to roll. now we have to turn around and hold government accountable. >> reporter: $100 million of your money spent on a failed security system, while you are still stepping out of your shoes at this airport. jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> and the latest now on the showdown between the republicans and house of representatives, and attorney general eric holder today. republicans have sued holder in an attempt to force the attorney general to release documents involving the disputed gun running program known as "fast and furious." th

who stopped our r g two was actually delta airlines our sheets had already been through an extensive t.s.a. search and he got to the gate and delta told them that some of the passengers in the pilot didn't feel comfortable with his shirt and we saw from his shirt i mean he's obviously making a joke of just what he sees as too much national security expenditures and really this fear mongering that goes on on a daily basis when it comes to terrorism but obviously delta didn't find the joke in it the pilot himself told the crew that he didn't want. on the plane and they ended up having to take a plane the next day so and this is after several several searches and he even changed his shirt so despite the fact that he went away went ahead and change his wardrobe went through several searches it's it's quite surprising this they still didn't let him on simply because the pilot said oh i don't want that guy on there so i mean he did go through that extensive he went through t.s.a. and he wasn't found to be a dangerous how there wasn't really any plausible or was there any plausible reason t

the incident comes about two weeks after sewing needles were found in six sandwiches on multiple delta airline flights out of amsterdam. we have live pictures out of massachusetts right now >> and recreational vehicle has crashed through a fence eight and into the swimming pool of a home. emergency crews are there 20 mi. south of boston >> a little southwest of boston and it is not clear if anyone was inside but there are a lot of personnel on hand. >> hopefully everyone is ok. 645, let's get a look at the traffic and weather >> first up is whether. not a bad place to be here today. patchy fog outside this morning and it looks like there will still be another hot day in some of the valleys. mostly clear to start, some coastal fog and sunshine for most as we head through the afternoon except for the patchy fog at the coastline. only some minor changes through friday. high temperatures will crank the numbers up in the valley with the sea breeze just strong enough to keep the numbers down. watts of sunshine by the afternoon and 75 degrees. 82 in chicago with possible thunderstorms towards a new y

grounded a delta airlines flight set to take off from new york.y bee drawn to the wing of a plane. master bee keeper was called in to get the swarm off of there. >> you are about to see a land speed record that was smashed to smith arenas. look at the record breaking cheetah. 11-year-old cat at cincinnati zoo now world fastest land mammal ran the 100 meter dash in 5.95 seconds. beating her record previously set of 6.13 seconds in 2009. clearly the cheetah has been training. zoo officials say sarah the cheetah was clocked sprinting 61 miles per hour. that is flying. >> check this story out. more proof that you are never too old to stay active. spencer listen up. meet dr. william bell who at 90 years oldest still pole vaulting three times a week. he holds the world record in pole vaulting in his aiming group. check out the video. bar not looking very high but he cleared seven feet 2 inches. like jumping over l kareem or shaq. new record. he told his wife he wanted to set a new record because he wanted to show off for the camera. he did. age 90? amaz

two weeks ago needles were found inside of six sandwiches on delta airlines flights from amsterdam tohe u.s.. dutch officials say it's too early to know if the two are connected. >>> a plane returned safely to oakland airport after intense moments in the air. shortly after takeoff the pilot reported a possible problem with the landing gear. the plane circled the airport several times and did land safely. the plane was on the way to bakersfield at the time. it was chartered by the justice department. 66 people were on board. >>> new this morning a nor man is face -- a florida man is facing charges of committing a scare at the dark knight rises movie. he briefly left and witnesses say he returned wearing black gloves and yelled this sit. people ran for the doors. the scare comes less than two wokes. >>> fro mont police have been making their tragedy known. there has been no. san jose police continue to investigate an incident last week where season threw a package. >>> congressional hearing is about to begin in ash. hooking at more wasteful spending at the jury room services administrat

a swarm of thousands of bees gathered on the wing of a delta airlines plane, delaying its takeoff from pittsburgh airport. a beekeeper had to remove them. it's the fourth swarm removed from pittsburgh's airport this year. weird. very weird. preventing a plane from taking off because of bees. i don't get it. but it happened. >> made for nice photos. >> true story. this one's true. >> not allegedly. >> not allegedly. >> all right, ron. thank you. >>> we're turning to politics now. "your voice, your vote." president obama and mitt romney hitting each other hard over the new jobs report. employers added 163,000 jobs in july. that's more than twice the job growth in the previous month. but the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3%. and david kerley has the story from washington. david, not surprising that the two candidates are focusing on different numbers out of this report. >> reporter: absolutely. the question is, is that report good news or bad news. and it depends on if you're the democrat or the republican running for president. >> we continue to have 23 million americans out of work.

. >> he eventually approached a delta airlines worker. now that man is facing criminal trespass charges and then airport security is re- examining exactly how this could happen. >>> all right, it doesn't matter if you book your vacation online or use your travel agent, you can expect a pitch for travel insurance. it could be a smart move given all that could derail your trip. you don't want to jump into that purchase quickly, because travel insurance is not always a good deal. >> bill nuget may say he has the worst luck. >> i had to cancel a trip three days before and the second time i injured my leg and had to cancel it two or three weeks before. >> fortunately, he bought travel insurance for both trips. bill got back most of the nearly $12,000 he paid. >> travel insurance is a $2 billion a year industry, covering everything from natural disasters to personal medical emergencies. >> but do you really need it? money experts say maybe, but buy wisely. for instance, don't buy insurance coverage for small losses. worrying about dying in a pl

cape gourmet is a catering company that serves delta airlines.s. they say they serve air canada but was not the prior from there. a gate gourmet spokesperson says they're working with airlines to enhance screening of the food. i asked the former top israeli official about that. how do you screen items? >> not everything needs to be screened, not screening is the best solution to prevent forbidden items from getting aboard. in the case of catering, obviously catering is being prepared in a specific location, and this is the place where the security procedures need to take place. >> reporter: ron says airline caterers have to start by vetting employees better. the security concerns go way beyond sandwiches and prepackaged food. to give you an idea how tough it is to screen it, one expert says between food, knives, forks, spoons, blankets and things, there are an average of 40,000 small items loaded onto one jumbo jet for one long haul flight. candy? >> thanks, brian. >>> a respected california professor appears to lose it after his son commits suic

in addition to starbucks, delta, macy's, southwest airlines and target were included in this. >>> we landed on mars, and now we have a medical story to tell you. you can put on a helmet to shrink your brain tumor. this is an amazing story from our linda so. >> there's an hart to savings -- art to savings when it comes to school supplies. >> on the weather front 87 at bri. 86 is -- bwi. 86 is normal. congrats, christopher. you're going to get an abc2 storm umbrella. when we talk about, we'll see if the rains will stay south. you clan look at them by -- can look at them by downloading our app. we're back in a couple moments. >>> we're keeping you updated on the breaking news, ritchie highway. we had a tractor-trailer overturned and it's causing a big traffic headache. recount recount police said the trail -- anne arundel police said the trailer separated from its load and spilled. it's shut down between east and west between jumpers hold road. you got to be very careful. stay away from the area if you can tonight. >>> listen. you may not know this but your brain works a lot like tv's a

airways, and delta airlines.hilippines picking up tons of mud and debris after 12 days of downpours sparked heavy flooding. the rain has let up, but it's being blamed for the deaths of 23. millions of others are still stranded. millions. what the power of mother nature can do. frightening thing. >>> i feel like we keep saying it, but the weather systems around the world this year have been very unusual and devastating in many places. >> yep. >> just very, very tough. >> tough year for it. around here, overnight -- probably don't need to tell you -- good thunderstorms that got rolling about 3:00 in the morning. still moving throughout the city. southern maryland getting the worst of it, with very heavy rain. possible of ponding out there on some of the roadways, particularly waldorf and la plata. west of chestertown, down south and west of chesapeake beach, another line of showers and thunderstorms dropping good rain rates. rain and showers with us this morning, and another chance for it this afternoon. let's go t

. >>> several passengers suffered minor injuries aboard a delta airlines jet while landing on monday. saw several people hit their heads on the ceiling and two flight attendants fall on top of each other. fasten your seatbelts on the planes everybody. one went to the hospital for minor injuries. >>> rosie o'donnell says she's happy to be alive after suffering a heart attack. on her blog, she said she felt symptoms on tuesday but just took an aspirin. the next day her doctor informed her that one of her arteries was 99% blocked. she wrote a poem to warn other women. know the symptoms ladies, listen to the voice inside. the one we all so easily ignore. >> now pitching for the sugar land skeeters, roger clemens. again for a second, roger clemens. he's 50. he signed with the texas minor league team leading to speculation perhaps about a major league comeback. the sugarland team plays the independent atlantic league. he's expected to make a first start on saturday. he last pitched with the yankees in 2007. he's coming off a major legal victory. he was acquitted of lying to congress about u

airlines. that's american, delta, united, u.s. airways and alaska airlines. we are looking for 2013 to have at least two additional carriers join the program. so as we talk about risk-based security, we are talking about money going from the one size fits all. we've talked about precheck. we've talked about known crewmember. again, these are ways to get populations of people that we have higher trust and confidence with because of information that they have volunteered or information that we have on file already out of the regular screening process and put into an expedited security process because of the amount of verification and validation that's been done a frightening to some other programs, other initiatives we've taken underway as part of a risk-based security construct, we've made modifications for the summer for children under 12 screening related procedural changes to facilitate children under age at checkpoint also made modifications for adults over 75. again, screen modifications at the checkpoint. all of this type together as we head towards 2013

united said it increased the domestic airline flights by $10. delta u.s. ican airlines are doing the same for most of the roots. will southwest airlines jump on board? they are not only the biggest domestic carrier but also the most reluctant to raise prices. in the past major airlines have gone back ton fare hikes when they haven't followed suit. there is still hope for travelers out there with the last hike only two weeks behind it. it is unlikely southwest will match the hike this time around. it may sound counter indue tive but they under cut price increases by sales. they boasted about weekly specials when they e-mailed the customers. they get to entice you by saying they get a discount but it it may be coming off a higher price tag. >> diane macedo thank you so much. >> earlier we asked you to brew on this. mitt romney expected to pick a running mate. who exactly is at the top of the list. >> we wanted to know who do you think mitt romney should pick as his presidential running mate. he would like to see allen west for vice president. ball tully also

is one of dozens of companies listed as supporters of l-g-b-t rights.others include delta, macy's, southwest airlines employees at one of our nation's biggest touriit attractions are charged with stealing from visitors. investigators arrested three parking lot attendants saturday at the smithsonian's national air and space museum in chantilly.they say cameras caught the trio stealing parking fees by repeatedly unplugging electronic vehicle counters to manipulate the total.they would then pocket the 15-dollar parking fee.the museum says it cost them at least 4-hundred thousand dollars.the trio faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. it was anything but a smoothhtake-off for southwest airlines... during an online "half-off" fare promo. promotion. over the weekend thousands who bought tickets were overcharged. some were charged for dozens of tickets.one woman took to facebook to complain that southwest debited her account for more than 19-thousand dollars. southwest airlines says a "computer glitch" was the culprit... and worked to resolve the issues... and even that.. frustrated some customers. ((

walked across two runways and walked into delta's terminal three. after an airline employee saw him wearing his brought yellow life jacket, police charged him. >> i think he should be given dinner and a bottle of champagne for showing us our faults. >> reporter: apparently someone wasn't watching. >> one of the things about technology and systems they're only as good as the people maintain them. >> reporter: they are now information to determine how this system can be improved. >> the tnsportation security administration is investigating racial profiling. it started after the new york times said it obtained interviews and internal complaints from nearly 30 officers. these officers were involved in the quote behavior detection program. they were instructed to target people who fit certain profiles including hispanics traveling to mexico and blacks wearing their baseball caps backward. >> it's driven by your behavior no matter who you might be. >> the tsa respond said its program quote in no way tolerates profiling. >>> now to a delling story out of texas where a cons

airline stocks took a beating today. did the options traders play it the same way? mike noticed some action in delta in particular. yeah, actually, i noticed it in a couple airlines, but delta was certainly the earliest and most pronounced. we saw a big block of december puts traded early. they continued to be bid for for the balance of the day. by the end of the day, over 16,000 traded at just about 49 cents. obviously a bearish bet there. we found puts for united as well, which is interesting. i asked one of hour bond traders what he made of it and tro to try to find out whether the bonds were selling off. we saw a bid there. as i was taking a look at this, i was thinking what we might have is some guys who are on the fixed income side, possibly trading the eefcs, buying those and making sure they're hedged. >> all right. catch more options action tomorrow and every friday at 5:00. follow the show on twitter to get constant trade updates. >>> all right. got a question for you. looking for love? one company is banking on an old-school approach to dating. what makes grouper unique is its focus on group dates. join

. >> justine: airlines have either cut or adjusted their rewards perks. >> justine: for instance, deltaand united stopped giving customers a free second checked back. and delta and alaska airlines deny even allow low-level the members to access the priority security lines. travelers are questioning whether or not they should stay loyal to an airline. he will take a break and much more after this as we take a live look at what is happening in san jose. [music] >> justine: good morning, the big story we are watching is a car that slammed into a power pole in oakland taking out the power lines. this is a live picture showing us that the police are on the scene. the power line goes all the way across the street. this is right near the colosseum, we will have a live report for you in just a few minutes. the other big thing we are watching today is how hot it will be. hot may not even be a good enough word. steamy, sweaty, what you think erica? >> erica: my word choice is scorching. we could see triple digits as the head into the afternoon the have very warm conditions and we could see proble

. >>> united airlines has upped its fairs for the second time in less than a month and other carriers are beginning to follow suit. on tuesday, united increased flights by $10. so far deltas. airways and american airlines have joined the fare hike on domestic the routs. so far southwest airlines has not joined in on the increase. >>> in news of the world tonight, former u.n. secretary general resigned today. he's tried for six months to bring peace of the nation. and had harsh words for the syrian regime saying assad must leave office. and also criticizeed the u.n. security office where russia and china have blocked action against assad. >>> there were reports that -- according to japanese media prosecutors can't bring charges until they identify the cause of the accident. so far no one has been able to do that. >>> and in kazakistan a rocket took a six hour trip to the international space station. this was a successful trip of a quicker way to get to the station. the capsule carried supplies and water. >>> a stanford physics professor was just awarded a prize. the award recognizes linde's work on a modification of the big bang theory. >>> basic drugs missing from bay ar

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. >>> united airlines has upped its fairs for the second time in less than a month and other carriers are beginning to follow suit. on tuesday, united increased flights by $10. so far deltaways and american airlines have joined the fare hike on domestic the routs. so far southwest airlines has not joined in on the increase. >>> in news of the world tonight, former u.n. secretary general resigned today. he's tried for six months to bring peace of the nation. and had harsh words for the syrian regime saying assad must leave office. and also criticizeed the u.n. security office where russia and china have blocked action against assad. >>> there were reports that -- according to japanese media prosecutors can't bring charges until they identify the cause of the accident. so far no one has been able to do that. >>> and in kazakistan a rocket took a six hour trip to the international space station. this was a successful trip of a quicker way to get to the station. the capsule carried supplies and water. >>> a stanford physics professor was just awarded a prize. the award recognizes linde's work on a modification of the big bang theory. >>> basic drugs missing from bay area amb

southwest airlines filed a $5 price hike on a third of the one-way fares. delta rolled out an increase on monday but retracted it. complaints about airlines went up 44% in june. most of the gripes are over fees and crowded planes. >>> also on the rise tonight, the cost of gas. national prices soared about 40 cents a gallon since july. the average is $3.93 up 32 cents from a month ago. it's $3.68 in maryland and 3.57 in virginia. the spike is blamed on an increase in oil prices and refinery problems in regions. the white house may release oil from the petroleum reserve. >>> expect delays on metro this weekend. on the red line the tacoma, brooklyn and rhode island avenue stations will be closed. fort totten will be open for green and yellow line trains. and single tracking on the orange, blue, and green lines. >>> she wants a car. but first she needs a driver's license. gabby douglas has lot to celebrate, we know. she won two gold medals and scored the coveted box on the corn flakes and was on the tonight show with michelle obama. but gabby has other priorities rig

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southwest airlines is raising fires on flights less than 500 miles by ten per ticket, about a third of their route, likely the ones we use, united and deltarease. >>> and american airlines voting to approve a new contract offer from the airline. results were released today and showed the majority of flight attendants voted to accept the contract, 60-40% according to the association of professional flight attendants. now, by voting for the airline's proposal, flight attendants will avoid deeper cuts in bankruptcy court. the bankruptcy court still has to sign off on the deal before the contract can go into effect. >>> and a san francisco family still stunned that united airlines lost track of their 10-year-old daughter, who was traveling up a companied. they say the airline officials couldn't tell them where their child was for almost an hour. and once they did, the parents wanted answers as to how it could have happened in the first place. but it was not until nbc's diane dwyer got involved, that they got a response from united. it is a story you will see only on nbc. >> reporter: we met up with the family at san francisco international ai

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not the largest airline in the world anymore or even close to it. merges of unity continental and delta and northwest created to airlines with much better developed route networks and americans. finally, late last year after watching the airline revenue share getting loaded by new, more attractive networks and unable to get its own cost structure in line with is pretty generic capability american resorted to bankruptcy. while i have never worked for company in bankruptcy, have seen enough in this business to know what airlines can and cannot accomplish. first, bankruptcy does allow airlines to either negotiate new contract with the liver unions or impose even worse terms upon their employees and allows the desert to avoid repaying all the people that have lent the money. finally, and allows the airline to renegotiate contracts such as aircraft leases and obligations. all of these steps have significant financial advantages. airlines can have lower operating costs and lower debt, and as fervently as much as they had before they filed. bankruptcy cannot fix a revenue problem, specifically