what we recommend is a basin expansion and it would be a pretty good side basin expansion. we marked white marks on the sidewalk the smallest we probably would recommend would be a 6 by 9 tree basin currently it's a 3 by 3, so we do recommend a pretty large base inexpansion to accommodate the roots of the tree near the base of the trunk. in summary, we do have to protect large mature trees if the sewer repairs have been made, that issue has been addressed. if the sidewalk repairs are made, that issue has been addressed. we do hope some bit to maintain the trees in san francisco because we want to protect and enhance the canopy size in the city. unfortunately for property owners, when faced with a lot of financial costs obviously it's understandable that they're going to seek removal but what i'm concerned about in this photo you can see the tree behind the subject tree that has recently repaired sidewalk no one sought the removal of that tree, so again to be consistent, fw the tree's relatively healthy, sidewalk repairs could be made without destabilizing the tree, our reco

of the existing services but as well as the expansion promissory note program to meet our legislative mandate to provide the response services in the event of a national disaster a few of the hostile over the last year, we served almost 2 million passengers getting to and from work and seeing the contributions on the waft since we'd district attorney took over the lemonade oakland and other services we've seen double digital growth if 2011 and we really don't see signs of the growth slowing wlar we doubt the number of departures for the lemonade we provide services during every half hour rather than an hour doubling the sires as repaired demand continues to grow we're running out of the space at the downtown ferry area this growing ridership we have larger and better areas for the waiting and queuing of our passengers including facilities that protect our projects during rain. >> what not in addition to accommodating the existing services new employees are noticed to have more routes sincerely downtown san francisco i'm happy to announce the agency provides the fund for a new downtown

costs in the affiliation agreement for physician services with revenue coming in through the med cal expansion. when we adopted the initiative, what was the third year fiscal '16, '17, we expected an increase to hit the budget. that was included in the mayor's deficit forecast and in the five year financial plan. we've been working really closely with uc over the last several months. it's been a really great partnership with them. we've come to a place where we don't think we'll need to add that additional general fund for the second year. we really happy about that and grateful to uc for their went. i know they've been very focused trying to figure out how to fund this i.t. program. they really kind of stepped up and worked with us to make this happen. that's an $8.7 million avoided general fund cost increase in the second year, which can then preprogram internally within our budget. with those additional initiatives that are before you today, that leads to $22.7 million available funding for us to reprogram within the budget. added to the 19.3 that was set aside at the may-march hearing of t

there is the respite expansion which has been an important discussion that we've been leading with the city. there's the getting to zero program to reduce a new hiv infection and of course, discussions about the cost of doing business increase for nonprofit partners that is handled centrally at the mayor's office. we'll see the outcome of those decisions on june 1st when mayor's office submits its budget to the board of supervisors. then we'll have further modifications during the month of june during the board hearings with final approval of the budget and signature by the mayor in july. i'm happy to answer questions as is bill or others. >> commissioner singer? >> i have a comment or question. the comment is, this is pretty incredible that financial performance within the department. while you get to stand up here and take the accolades i'm sure there's a big staff and a lot of collaboration among the operating groups for it. so congratulation, you're able to find the money to fund the investment in the emr is great. probably deserve a lot more praise but it's few minutes before 6:00

we know about it only because it causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate speeding up. contrary to what you might think i'm a gravity pulling everything back together again. it's like a repulsive gravitational force that only becomes effective in large distances. now, naturally physicists have tried to calculate the amount of dark energy, the number of calories per cubic meter of space and we can calculate some contributions and not others. the contributions that we can calculate turnout to be much too large too large as compared to the amount of dark energy measured by astronomers and observations in the way that the universe is expanding. the terms in the dark energy that we can calculate our too large by a very large number. one with 56 zeros following it. quite a discrepancy. it's not a paradox to cause there are other contributions we can calculate and they depend on constants of nature we don't know and we can adjust those to 56 decimal places. that's the kind of fine-tuning the tolls us we don't understand what's going on. copernicus was led to his theory to elim

there are still some hurdles for the expansion to go through. what they have said is it needs to agree to the project financing. there are still some other hurdles including permitting to go through. investors showing a little bit of caution. the history of this project has been trouble for the past two years. we have seen copper futures fall this morning on expectations of weaker demands from china and the u.s., the biggest consumers. we have seen a bit of a mixed picture on the outlook. it may be that the -- from euro this news today is -- is that expansion project really starts to move. rishaad: thanks for that. let's move to some of the other stories we're watching for you. >> thanks. as the threat of bankruptcy gross more acute, greece's finance minister is confidence that an agreement will be signed within this week. they are very close to a deal that would unlock $ billion in loans. those loans sorely needed as greece's government coffers are empty. investors expect to know the way forward for greece when e.u. leaders gather later this we

members of the metropolitan transportation commission unanimously voted to approve the expansion this moefning. the is to expand the amount of bicycles from 700 to 7,000. about 1400 bikes will be added to sites in the east bay including berkeley, emeryville and oakland. about 4500 bikes will be added for riders in san francisco and 1,000 bikes in san jose. >> we'll be able to get coverage in every neighborhood from san francisco in the bay to the ocean, from the san mateo border up to the golden gate bridge. >> having these bike shares will expand the access to these important transit systems. >> the expansion will not cost any money to tax payers because it will be funded by corporations. people will also have a say on where the new bike share stations should be located. full expansion is expected in two years. >>> a contentious battle over palo alto's last mobile home park has ended. the decision that brought residents to tears. >>> stocks recovering from yesterday, the u.s. dollar has extended the gains. investors focused on greece since it might miss a date payment next week if it

we talk to neighbors that say expansions at philadelphia international will ruin their quality of life. >>> get ready for another warm one today. a live look at beach avenue in cape may. this morning it's already noticeably warmer than it was this time yesterday but today we also get a chance of storms. we'll keep an eye on that for you. good morning. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm chris cato. let us begin with meteorologist bill henley. a little summer like pattern setting up. >> yesterday 85 degrees the high temperature. chris, as you mentioned, it is warmer this morning. some spots 15 degrees warmer. a lot of sunshine this morning will lead to a quick warmup. mild temperatures this morning, 66 in northeast philadelphia. trenton and wilmington at 66 degrees. a quick warmup with bright sunshine. there's a chance we'll see scattered showers, even the possibility of a thunderstorm. we'll go through it hour by hour with future weather. first, let's check in with first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. happy tuesday. we're on the vine street expressway where this is one of t

users who use the bike share program say expansion is needed and welcome. >> this expansion wherevert bay, and where it is in san francisco, and many other metropolitan areas have used this system to great effect. >> now, where will the new locations in the east bay and here in san francisco be, that's how riders can speak out. the makers of the bike program, motivate international, it will launch a web portal where they can put in their input where the new input should be. you can hear from them later on this morning, and the vote is expected to take place in oakland at the mtc meeting, it begins at 9:30 this morning. this will and press event at 10:45, and by the way, how much is this going to cost, nothing, the taxpayers, a lot of smiling faces, when we told people that this morning. ex packses of the bike share program expected later on this morning. >> nothing is always good. >> coffee nothing. >> 6:45 is the time, a half billion construction program is getting under way in san francisco, the market area, moscone convention center is who linked to 20% of tourism. it is the 25th

this is what poppy was talking about when it comes to an expansive area until 9:00 p.m. central time. that includes dallas oklahoma city. we've seen some 1,600 lightning strikes in a 60-minute period across this region of the country. this is pretty remarkable. what this means, the conditions are favorable for tornado to form. you take a look at the map across eastern portions of eastern oklahoma and south dakota and western kansas tornado watch in place as well. this far more sparsely populated. again, we expect the tomorrows to really fire up later on into afternoon and potentially evening hours. that becomes a concern. zooming out for you, a wintry weather aspect. pretty impressive snowfall across portions of high rockies could see as much as two feet in the coming days. denver you could pick up to nine inches of snow tonight into tomorrow morning and again not unheard of but impressive to see the cold side of this storm with parts of south dakota maybe up to two feet snoefw before mother's day is over with. >> ryan pedro mentioned may. when you think back to 2013 it

with the families who we are already being case managed is a good way to sdwrath h f a we've had an expansion to a recontracting toga new organization we've increased new medical outreach teams and we're pretty much 85 percent staffed in the area of our dispatch area we've also this year be able to invest into the public the federal government between cdc and hertz have lowered our financial dollars in those areas and so we really want to build our ability abatement in health response particularly around commemorative disease today, the mayor announced the expansion of our medical respite we have a medical respite open ace and mission dollars that will be receiving from the mayors will add thirty additional beds and targeting to those in our shelter system not doing well mel and psychologically the medical respite had been attend to the needs of homeless and vulnerable population and we believe that will lead to better health oungz while avoiding health cost there's are a lot of 9-1-1 calls to the shelter we've added nurses to the shelter to help with the begin of this process the nurses had

while the majority of philadelphia is celebrating a planned airport expansion this morning, "nbc 10" is talking to neighbors who say it will be disas strous for them. >>> our summer like stretch continues. we're off to an even warmer start today than yesterday and some people could see some showers and storms but that's later. we'll find out the timing. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. boy, it got warm yesterday. >> it sure did. >> right up there in the mid 80s as meteorologist bill henley said it would. sounds like we're in for a repeat. >> very close. we're getting a warmer start. already a leg up today. a few changes, showers and thunderstorms. for now we are watching the radar screen which shows no activity. just the temperatures are moving. 64 degrees in philadelphia. trenton is 63. 63 in wilmington. 66 with northeast philadelphia airport and headed back into the 80s today. you'll need sunglasses this morning but you'll need your rain gear this afternoon. clouds building. 80 degrees at lunchtime today. we'll go through it neig

the entire airport expansion will take 12 to 15 years to complete. reporting live in tinicum township katy zachry "nbc 10 news." >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic this morning. we are looking at 95 this morning. noticing some jams relatively early. we couldn't figure out why. under 50 minutes due to a disabled vehicle around cottman avenue. jam from cottman avenue into the southbound lanes. that's a hefty travel time there. as we head out the door to the schuylkill expressway drive times starting to pick up a little bit or decrease shall i say. 20 minutes headed eastbound from the blue route towards the vine street expressway. westbound lanes under 1/2 hour. you can see some slow going there as well. we're having some good news for mass transit. no problems for septa, new jersey transit or patco speed lines. still dealing with volume heading into philadelphia on the ben franklin bridge as well due to ongoing construction losing out that right hand lane. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >>> o

francisco will have 4500 bikes as part of our bike share program, and we will also see a significant expansion in oakland and san jose and berkeley and emeriville and so this is an exciting thing for the region and that is my report and if there are no questions or comments, we will open item three up for public comment, and so any public comment that is relevant to this item? >> yeah. >> relevant to the item? >> (inaudible) >> are there any public comment on item three? seeing none, public comment is closed this is an informational item, item four? >> executive director's report, this is aan informational item. >> i pleased to present this month's executive director's report, highlighting a number of great progress item that the chair spoke about several federal delegations that have visited our city to look at our complete streets project and to study the vision zero effort and to continue that report, the national highway and traffic administrator dr. rosenkind joined us as well as the state director of the office of traffic safety and undersecretary, of cal sta the state transportation age

that good for the economic expansion and equities would be degraded -- that could thwart economic expansionnd equities could be degraded. ,any countries around the world particularly opec, depend on triple digit oil prices to maintain social programs and stability. you could see a geopolitical low oil as a result of prices in oil-producing nations and that is a risk that is a high probability event coming in the next couple of quarters unless we see oil prices will markedly higher. angie: geopolitical risk is something that we keep a close eye on here in asia. thank you for joining us out of pittsburgh. mark, chief investment strategist. " isng up next, "avengers expected to be the highest earning film and chinese movie history. hollywoodme back, why is looking for beijing for more than a box office boost. ♪ back, you are watching "first up." avengers" are set to become superheroes in china. pre-bookingsy and "furiousay overtake seven" is the top grossing movie there. joining us for more is paul sweeney. how important is china to avengers? paul: china will be important for "avengers." it ha

. >>> the city of philadelphia is celebrating a recently announced airport expansion project. people living near the airport say they're worried about the quality of their life. "nbc 10's" katy zachry is there this morning. katy what are they telling you. >> reporter: hi, tracy. i'm standing in a neighborhood of 70 homes. these homes have lived in the shadow of the philadelphia international airport for decades. they've dealt with all of the noise that comes with it the planes taking off, et cetera. now things are about to change because over the next 12 to 15 years there will be a lot of construction and activity at philly international. underway is a runway expansion project that will allow for larger jets and more international travel. also, there will be upgrades to the terminals, a new rental car facility and there are plans to build a transportation system that would carry passengers between terminals. all of this means the airport will acquire new land pushing up to the back of these homes. >> what kind of quality of life are you going to have? you have one here now, yo

did want to thank chair weiner, and our director change for talking about the bay area bike share expansion and so i think that it is really exciting to see, from a couple of 100 bikes, and bike share, and with a few stations here to tend fold, increase the 4,000 bikes and i really like the 20 percent of the stations in the communities of concern and the lower income of communities it is an opportunity to connect up, many unconnected neighborhoods. and i am having, ridden the bike share programs in mexico city, with our chair weiner and former share avalos and others, but also, austin and new york city's programs and i think that our regional, bike share could really be the model around the country, and it is time now that it has gone out of business and the new motivate to really look at private sector support and i am looking forward to and i guess that i will brag that i am one of the annual members, since the very beginning and i ride it often but to know that i could hop off in a bart station and ride to a meeting in oakland or berkeley will be really great and to start to use it more

it commemorates one of the greatest victories in the dynastic expansion of dos pilas. you see here the king of seibal stripped, bound, humiliated -- and he is being tortured and bled. the text records that he was decapitated here in the plaza area of dos pilas. and standing on him, the king of dos pilas, symbolizing the conquest by dos pilas of this very important city in the pasion river valley. keach: throughout maya history kings have attempted to expand beyond the boundaries of their individual kingdoms. but these attempts were often short-lived or completely unsuccessful. would dos pilas prove the exception ? in the domain of dos pilas was punto de chimino located on a peninsula jutting into lake petex patutun. here there's a break in it where it drops down into this little bay. keach: while surveying the region, demarest discovered that what at first looked like a natural ravine was in fact a manmade channel, a kind of moat like those that encircled medieval castles. you can see where the moat was. originally the water would have run all the way across to the oth

we are learning, which car and truck models are covered by last week's expansion of the takata airbag recall. airbags can explode with too much force. sending sharp metal pieces into drivers. now there is affect the record 34 million vehicles from nearly a dozen different automakers, there is a list of which models on cbsnews.com. >>> today, may 29th, is five/29 day. when state try to promote the importance of saving for college with a 529 program. it is casino every like a roth but for college. when you put monday my 529 account it is protect from the federal and state income taxes.

individuals. >> for medicaid. >> ac a is the law of the land you have the medicaid and insurance expansion and covered california is an component of that. >> accident framework to become. >> within the next couple of months we're no negotiations now for the first negotiation had to tend end because of the enrollment time and started up to have a completion of the negotiations. >> great 3 parts to the ac a the medicaid and cover california all and, of course our own healthy san francisco to note that many communities around the country and the biggest health systems and los angeles is work the past leadership to begin another healthy la so to speak but we have almost 18 thousand people in the healthy san francisco for those who don't qualify for the ac a and left that open for the individuals in san francisco to be able to afford the covered california. >> in colonel 4 million people enrolled a 50 percent reduction in california and in san francisco we did an enforcement effort with human services agency doing enrollment efforts in san francisco we saw over 54 percent reduction in insured 4

. >>> abc 7 in san francisco this morning for a $500 million expansion. we'll have more than 500,000 square feet of continuous space. the operators hope the expansion will help provide more conventional space to meet the increasing demand. >> means more conventions more tourist dollars. >>> that kid is back and said to appear on the big screen. >> when we're going about doing a wish it's whimsical. >> the new trailer begins making its online debut today. the documentary opens next month in select cities before warner brothers releases it nationwide in july. >>> it's the story of miles scott. he's able to live out his wish to be that kid thanks to the make a wish foundation it brought out the best of people in the bay area. >> can't wait to see that. >>> we're wishing for rain this evening. >> your wish is mike's command. >> when you wish upon a star. >> yes, mike. >> let's talk about what's going on. you can see live doppler 7 hd showing some rain. a shower moving up i-5. thunderstorms and even high elevation snow in the sierra once again. back here at ho

when it comes to medicaid expansion in my states and other states, and obamacare in general. first look at the hospitals. i'll give you louisiana's example. if we had done medication chance in louisiana -- we're not -- up to 250,000 louisianans would be moved from private insurance to medicaid. my point to hospitals is, that's more than the number of previously uninsured people moved into medicaid. so you'd have -- for every previously uninsured person in medicaid you'd have more than one person prevented from being private insurance now on medicaid. if you're a hospital you're no longer gifting blue cross blue shield or private insurance raise. you're not getting medicaid rates. my point is to be careful what you ask for because the reality is over time medicaid is increased as a percentage of almost every state our state's budget and the way states respond is reduce rates and before hospitals could cost shift to the private sector when medicaid wasn't paying their full share. so the hospitals need to be very careful, this crowding out because in medicaid expansion under oba

we will be a mid-single-digit company with margin expansion.a combination of organic rmb -- organic r&d like the emblem product. we have a $1 billion urology business. we will be number one market share leader across five segments. it is a combination of business development and global expansion. alix: you have stopped your share buyback or. at what point will you be wanting to return money to shareholders? >> were going to slow it down for about 18 months. our commitment to shareholders is top-tier growth. we delivered 18% in the first quarter at 15 percent for the full year. part of the cash this year was used for acquisition. we have but legal settlements behind us. we are committed to looking at the share buyback program in 2017. alix: your stocks and stocks in the arena have been on a tear, helped to fuel the nasdaq rally we have seen. what is your take on the sector and volatility? >> we have a lot of momentum. over the last three years, our stock is up 200%. this year, up 30%. we have done very well for our shareholders. we are excited a

they say proceeds will be used to support future expansion.d another 5% stake in february for around $2 billion. those are some of the top corporate stories making headlines this morning. tehran's biggest beer spending big on property with sales going flat. at hotels,king shopping centers, and real estate projects. worked?as this strategy linda: it could work. they are in a strong financial position so they had the resources to expand and it is not their first venture and property. they are just wrapping up their investments to compensate for the slowdown in the beer business. the government imposed higher alcohol taxes two years ago and that is to put a lid on consumption. military government has said it will strictly enforce alcohol advertising laws. this is the new plan. billion --nvest $8 $3 billion over five years and properties. 60% of the budget will go to commercial, the rest to residential, including luxury condos. class, inowing middle the long term, there will be demand for hotel rooms, exhibition space. this strategy could work. an

we should encourage more expansion and more competition.at american consumers and international carriers get better deals. ahead, antill in-depth look at wealth. how billionaires are making their money and why their incredible run may soon be out of steam. ♪ scarlet: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. we have namin 90 minutes left. as mentioned, we are looking at selloffs in all 10 industry groups. we have energy and technology pacing the decline, each off by 1.7%. telecom is one of the better performing in that it's only off by .75%. texas revisiting a one-month low, getting pressured by the stronger u.s. dollar today. oil has made a fairly big recovery from its six-year low. it has since stalled on speculation that rising prices will lead to more output from shale. we have an opec meeting at the end of next week. no change is expected from saudi arabia making clear that they are interested in preserving market share. now to a look at the top stories crossing the terminal at this hour. a setback for the obama administration on immig

the expansion vote expected to start roughly around 9:30.0:45 there will be a press event to announce the new event. and then how much will it cost? well, you still need to pay to use the bike but the expansion will cost nothing to tax payers it will all be corporately funded. that brought a lot of smiles. >> and it's a great way to get exercise. it's a win-win. >>> 8:40. new this morning, reports of yet another dead whale washing up along a bay area beach. this latest whale was spotted yet rolling in the surf on south beach at point reyes national seashore. it is reportedly decomposed. we don't know the species yet. we were telling you about a young gray whale that washed you on a sonoma county beach. the chronicle says this is the 12th dead whale to wash up on the northern california coast so far this this year. >> they say that's raising all sorts alarms with what's going on with the environment. >>> 8:41. using the notorious rave party drug known as ecstasy for terminally ill patients. how experts think it can help and how the fda is res

there won't be any more of those with expansion.the most competitive noise insulation schemes in the world, meeting the eu standard for noise insulation. that is similar to what has been done in frankfurt, and in paris. we've made that offer for insulation not just the people who will be newly affected by noise, but the people in the existing flightpath. there's a real benefit to all people who currently live around the airport. manus: the current intake at westminster all the voices that cause a ceo like you to throw your head in your hands. you got boris johnson. he is a vociferous voice against you. zac goldsmith, just of the southwest of london, he is not for you. this is a cabal of anti-heathrow voices. are you concerned about the complexion of the tories that are in power? john: not actually. we always said that we would need cross party support whatever the decision. this is a question of national importance. we need to see it in that context. what heathrow expansion can offer is keeping britain at the heart of the global tra

community guides are like doe sents -- we have a lot of expansion in our neighborhood from the masconi center and the mexican museum coming down we will incollies and need you port from the community benefit district. we do a thing together called yerba buena night, they organize they celebrate the district it's free there are families and activities all over the place, they also do granting to the neighborhood, which supports. family art projects, and exhibitions that are really important. i think it's really notable that their street skaep workcape work -- (they're awesome to collaborate with, we need them in our community thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. my name is ray bobit, from sf clubs, we operate 715 harrison, which houses city nights and cityscape pizza. we are one of the store fronts, we have been there 28 years i have been there 26 years. the transformation of the area is amazing. as you well know beyond the residential expansion, we still have small businesses that have been there several years shg including our own. what the ybcbd has done is created a circumstances

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we hope to by september, have pretty much a report that will either say the parking expansion is a feasible the barrage to -- garage to look at the space. just some key steps and dates. after today, actually in parallel to today, we just finished six briefings face to face with the board of supervisors to explain the project with the nonbinding term sheet. got overwhelming support from all six. after today we'll make preparations to make the. binding term sheet and full board in june. at that time, the sequel process begins and goes through about 10 months. that is finalized regents certified eir that triggers our ability to go lease and our board of supervisors in june of 2016.:ññ?ñ?ñ i'll be happy to answercxñ?ñ?ñ any questions or real estate directors here, city attorney's office. >> commissioners questions? commissioner pating. commissioner singer. >> one question. can you put a report on top top of this thing? seems like the hospital could use it. >> i think physically you could design it to be able to do that. whether that's something that you see to pursue and beyond our -- >> i just

this expansion of medical respite is the next step of series for solutions to the city's homeless populationl health and services and getting homeless individuals the support they need earlier and helping to avoid crisis that can cause harm and great expense. also included in the $28 million proposal that the mayor released last week $14.5 million to bring 5 occupancy buildings for the housing masterpiece portfolio for a 45 bed hotel. $1.8 million new funding to increase site sefrtsdz services at the sro units and $3 million for the mission district. the department provides all the medical mental health for referral services and hot teams identifying people in encampments and will have an important flow to permanent housing. this last week, supervisor avalos sponsored a recent hearing at city hall on staffing levels and systems at san francisco hospital and gph clinics and opening the new hospital and participation in aca and human resources director reviewed in may of last year during the supervisor's hearing. we also provided key information for the lean process, the reduction of the tempo

commissioner president fong and commissioners i'm joel the owners representative of the jewish home expansion project i wanted to make a foot noted the judicious hope e home has been serving since 1891 this is rehabilitate and the second site of the joush home on the site since 1923 in the time the excelsior what well what i'm going to present to you tonight is a little bit right of vision we've been working on this master plan it's been 2, 3, 4 process for nearly 10 years the design is the stakeholder and the board members and neighborhoods and planning staff and the environmental planning and quite a bit of work health department and caregivers and engineers one the key objectives to create a wonderful practices for the seniors to live we've been finding open creating not only a great place for the seniors to live but we want to live there ourselves this must be innovative in the excelsior of the greater excelsior community the design has been lead by architects that are leader in the design and they join with a local firm who are leading the charge for the urban planning component of the p

airlines say this rapid expansion has flooded the market and edged out u.s. competitors. but the ceo of qatar air this week fired back saying the u.s. airlines have only themselves to blame. he points to surveys that show when it comes to customer service the u.s. airlines rate well below the gulf carriers. >> we're serving the wider people of this great country of the united states. we're providing people seamless travel experience and high standards of inflight product. we're giving them a travel experience that they wouldn't get from anybody else. >> still, the u.s. airlines are pushing for their government to freeze the gulf carrier's right to fly to the u.s. until the issue of fair competition can be addressed. >> i think the airlines ceos stand up and argue against the free market is shameable. the center graft of the world has shifted and right now, it's in southern asia and southern africa and guess where the gulf carriers are, right in the middle that have. >> in what has become an increasingly fierce battle for business in the sky. kimberly halkett al jazeera, w