fareed: expand on that.re you saying that you think that there's been too much of an emphasis on austerity and that, in effect, governments should spend more money to boost the economy? mr. bernanke: under appropriate circumstances, yes. in 2013, the united states, between sequestration and budget cuts and the like, the congressional budget office estimated that in that year, that fiscal policy was taking 1.5% of growth off of what otherwise would have been the case, which was something at that point we really could not afford. i'm not saying that the government should always be spending. obviously, we are looking at longer-term fiscal sustainability, which is very important. but at certain times, particularly in a recession when the central bank is out of ammunition, the fiscal policy does have a role to play. fareed: alan greenspan, may i ask if you would agree with ben bernanke, that this is a moment at which governments around the world, particularly in the western world should be spending -- mr. bernank

fareed: each of you very quickly,. is the question is -- china's currency likely to be in the next 15 years the single greatest challenge to the reserve currency status the dollar currently holds. allen comedy want to start us off? -- alan, do you want to start us off? indeed, it is fairly evident that the yuan is getting close to a floating currency. cut to as not been point where it is accepted internationally. and the total amount of holdings of the yuan and international reserves privately is really very small. so they have a long way to go. yuan don't think that the is a significant threat to the tower, as of yet. but it obviously could be. if in doubt it changes its overall structure, which it is doing very slowly. fareed: paul, the you have any -- paul: what are they threatening? the threat of the dollar? [laughter] the dollar will be an international currency as long as we have stability at at home. i do not follow all the advice of increasing the inflation rate and so on. [laughter] china is very big. how big

fareed: each of you, very quickly. but the question is -- is china's currency likely to be, let's say in the next 15 years the single greatest challenge to the reserve currency status the dollar currently holds. alan, do you want to start us off? china has made extraordinary progress, and it is fairly evident that the yuan is getting close to a floating currency. but the yuan has not been gotten to a point where it is accepted internationally. and the total amount of holdings of the yuan in international reserves privately is really very small. so, they have a long way to go, and i don't think that the yuan is a significant threat to the dollar, as of yet. but obviously it could be, if in doubt it changes its overall structure, which it is doing very slowly. fareed: paul, do you have any -- mr. volcker: i'm not under sure i -- i'm not sure i understand this business. what are they threatening? the threat of the dollar? [laughter] mr. volcker: the dollar will be an international currency as long as we have stability at

fareed: expand on that. are you saying that you think that there's been too much of an emphasis on austerity and that governments should spend more money to boost the economy? mr. bernanke: under appropriate circumstances, yes. in 2013, the united states, between sequestration and budget cuts and the like, the congressional budget office estimated that in that year, fiscal policy was taking 1.5% of growth off of what otherwise would have been the case, which was something out that point we could not afford. i'm not saying that the government should always be spending. obviously, we are looking at longer-term fiscal sustainability, which is important. but at certain times, particularly in a recession when the central bank is out of ammunition, the fiscal policy does have a role to play. fareed: alan greenspan, may i ask if you would agree with ben bernanke, that this is a moment at which governments around the world, particularly in the western world should we spending -- ms. yellen: i did not say -- mr. bern

fareed: that is a very diplomatic answer. [laughter] fareed: all right. i think we have questions from the floor. the lights are not great. here they are. if you introduce yourself and ask your question, i hope it is brief. [laughter] >> i am a student from turkey. i'm at the columbia journalism school. my question is about the fed's responsibility with regards to the international economy. when the fed takes a decision, it can have drastic effects in other countries, especially through the foreign exchange rates. what is the fed's responsibility with regard to minimizing blundersonal economic in other countries? fareed: let me ask alan greenspan to take this. there is this dual function. you faced it when you were in your term. are you the central banker of the united states, or are you the central banker of the world? in 1998, does the russian default, long-term capital explodes, you cut rates -- it may have been the right thing for the world economy, but the u.s. economy was growing at 6% at that point. was it the right thing for the u.s. economy? how

pleasure tograte introduce forensic aria -- fareed zakaria. he is at an extraordinarily decorated career from running foreign affairs at the tender age of 28 years old to hosting on cnn and writing to new york times bestsellers among his many accomplishments. he is universally recognized for the quality, depth and inside of commentary. he understands and appreciates the mission and he has a wonderful addition with his celebrated work we are about to hear from. [applause] fareed: thank you so much. that was a fantastic introduction. i love the letter. i hope it will be published one day. gorman.ers of james let me say a few things before we have our guests join us. this is being recorded for my show. please turn your phones off and refrain from applauding until the end. in any case we don't want to that the fedense chairman has to parent -- pander to popular whims. it will interrupt the broadcast. i think that is all i have to say. this is such a special event. i'm going to -- henry kissinger need nose who hav introduction crave it the most. i

reporter: you know string is here, streets are close off and treat fares show up -- street fares show up. this is not your father's street fair, soothing melodies and delicious smells at pop up new york street fair on upper west side sunday. you had your traditional kettle popcorn, and sish -- i'm going to be 10 pounds heavier by the end of the story. and refreshing icees. i know i had a tough assignment the player flair at this fare was unlike any other, chinese crepes, and items that benefit will impoverished. and street far with one of a kind art work that could set you become $2000, and new york city t-shirt, garlic hot sauce from israel, and south african sweet treats. >> we were talking about how fantastic the products are, people are stopping by saying, not the old sauce sausage market. reporter: you can now pair it with an all natural soda. >> organic sugar-cane based surso syrup. >> they get it in dc but not like this. reporter: evan strives to estrives to make this one different, city has been waiting for a transfer may be of street fares. reporter: after this eat we did the

metro will spend that any way to replace the gates and fare machines that are in some cases 40 years old. >>> d.c. mayor joined union leaders and workers in a move to raise the minimum wage in the nation's capitol. the mayor submitting a bill to the d.c. council to raise the salary to $15 an hour by the year 2020. under a bill signed by former mayor vincent gray the current minimum wage goes up $1 this said no one showed up to install fios yesterday after thousands of employees went on strike wednesday morning. richard everett called before the strike to see if it would impact his cable installation. verizon assured him someone would be at his house if there was a strike. verses then sent him three text messages telling him to reschedule because of a temporary work stoppage. >> i would go online and when i went online i saw that there was appoint ments two, three weeks out. and -- or call. when i went to call, i was put on hold for an hour and just finally gave up. >> after we told verizon everett's story, they continue to say they anticipated minimal impact to the business because o

. >> warmer temperatures mean it time for street fares. christina: coming up, a foody fair with a unique spin on the annual festival. antwan: beyonce dropping a brand-new album. and judge jay-z may not be a big fan of it. police christina: i like that corn stuff. italian sausages and a variety of knickknacks. antwan: then there is one that lidia curanaj went on the upper west side. reporter: spring is here when streets are closed off, and street fares show up. but this is not your father's street fair. soothing melodies and delicious smells. you had your kettle popcorn. >> i'm going to be 10 poundeds heavier. don't judge me, i know i had a very tough assignment today. okay the flair at this fair was unlike any other chinese crepes, and growths to beneficial the impoverished. and art work setting you back 1200 dollars. and new york city t-shirts, and hot sauce from israel, south african sweet treat. >> people keep stopping there. saying it is like the old sausage market. reporter: you can get a sauce act sandwich but pair it with an all nat

but new fare rules would require passengers who want to travel from l.a.x.o new orleans instead book one ticket for 363. >> all of them are the same. >> reporter: this san francisco attorney points out the three major airlines united, delta and american, all impose the same rules with virtually the same language at the same time. >> if they did it individually they never would because then the others would be able to take their customers away, elimination of competition and it's price fixing. >> reporter: alioto says until now, the airlines would allow you to book a multi-stop itinerary and pay the lowest price for each leg. >> then they discovered some legs were very low because that was areas in which they were competing against low cost carriers. >> reporter: the lawsuit on behalf of travel agents says the airline threatened to charge agents the difference in fares if they continued booking the cheaper individual legs. american airlines calls the lawsuit without merit and says the move eliminated the loophole. meanwhile, united says it makes changes to it

we are seeing -- fares declining. we are seeing salaries rise.is it worth it for them to reduce disability for the markets, typically? orge: the north american business is their most profitable business. it is hard to not to want to grow that share, because it is quite possible they could have a lot of cash flow, profits to the bottom line. i think if they are acting in the best interests, they'll probably try to maintain capacity to keep fares higher, but the look flipside is low-cost carriers bringing a lot of capacity to the market. competitors are saying, if we don't lower fares and try to keep market share, we lose market share. jonathan: another beat this morning. citigroup coming out with earnings that exceed analyst estimates. >> as an investor, you don't have to have a revenue story as well as violation practice, that can be good. citigroup is a good example, revenue growth will remain challenged on a global basis. however, valuations are relatively cheap, and they can cut costs to show some level of profitability growth. that is what we

it just shows you the power of having lower fares. that what is we are doing in houston. >> you added 9.2% capacity and typically you would not expect that the revenue was go up as much. how can you add so much capacity and not be worried more about price war? >> well, you know what? 9.2% is pretty aggressive in this environment. it was really what i was referring to earlier, sort of the culmination of integrating airtran, opening up dallas love field, opening up an international terminal in houston. all of those are a risk. what we try to do here in 2016 is slow down adding new and let the new things that we were adding in 2014 and 2015 give them time to mature. really what you're seeing in 2016 is the year over year buildup. we are not actually adding a lot of new flights here in the first quarter of 2016. you're beginning to see the maturing of those previously-added markets. i'm very proud of our people. i think they've done a wonderful job. i would also give a lot of credit to our advertising campaign where we are pointing out to

it's been significantly stronger and these have been how the big miners of fared -- have fared. quickly, shares of daimler and the other big german automakers, mercedes-benz boosting its sale twice as far as bmw, putting it on course to achieve it. 31% in shares down by the last 12 months. shares down 57%. they have had a horrible year but big news today from mercedes-benz. check in on the bloomberg first word news with matt miller in the newsroom. matt: two men have been charged in relation to the brussels bombing and others have been detained in relation to the paris attacks. they were involved in renting an apartment that served as a hideout for the palmer who attacked the brussels subway on march 22. the detentions follow a morning search of the belgian capital. a judge will decide whether they should remain in custody. pro-government forces in syria are launching an offensive today, trying to retake a strategic hilltop village. sinceea has been held 2012. crash killed two pilots. it will bank said freeze its plan to create 250 due to a new state law that limits antidiscrimi

the actual fare is calculated by the gps that tracks the route taken by the car.rival, passengers settle the payment on their smartphones. they can't get away without paying, because the app company has their personal information. wang gets one request after another, and the passengers are all close to where he is located. he wastes no time getting to the next location. wang earned about $30 u.s. this morning alone and he bernz $1,500 u.s. a month. china's conventional cab drivers usually belong to a company and pay for the cars they borrow to use. they also have to follow many rules, such as getting their cars checked or going in for physical checkups. at 11:00 a.m., when the morning rush winds down, wang takes a break. twice a week, wang comes here for car maintenance and washing. safety is a concern, but he also just feels good when his car is kept clean. more importantly, these efforts lead to customer satisfaction. a bonus system encourages car delivery drivers to do their best. passengers evaluate the service, so the drivers have to be attentive at all times

i'm fareed zakaria. we'll start today's show with janet yellen, the second most powerful person in the united states. a rare chance to hear from the chair of the federal reserve. >> i feel more positive. >> i was asked to moderate an extraordinary event that gathered all living fed chairs. yellen, bernanke, greenspan and volcker. we will bring you the highlights. >>> also the panama papers have been out for just a week and they have already taken their toll on world leaders. but this is only the start of a growing trend. data dumps that embarrass the wealthy and powerful. we will tell you where it will go next. >>> finally, we will teach you how to sleep, not while watching the show of course. arianna huffington has a new book out that she hopes will have you snoring. again not now, but i'll let her explain. >>> but first, here's my take. in an interview during the 2008 campaign, barack obama explained that ronald reagan had changed the trajectory of america in a way that richard nixon and bill clinton h

i'm fareed zakaria. >>> we will begin this show with the prime minister of italy. an exclusive interview on the migrant crisis that is threatening to tear europe apart, on the isis terror threat and on the comparisons between donald trump and silvio berlusconi. >> i consider donald trump a man who invest a lot in a policy of fear. >>> also looking at the migrant crisis from another nation's point of view. lebanon's education minister explains how his nation of 4 million is dealing with the refugee population of 2 million. imagine 170 million people coming into america in just two years, he says. >>> and with each new terror attack people have begun to ask again that question. why do they hate us? >> tomorrow will be washington. it will be new york. it is coming. >> why do some muslims seek the death and destruction of the st? that's a question i will ask and answer in my latest special premiering monday at 9:00 p.m. i will give you a sneak preview this hour. >>> but first here is my take. should the united states cut off its ties to saudi arabia? that is the questi

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide.y ted cruz, trying to stop donald trump to run away with the republican nomination. >> the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: bernie sanders, more than 100 bernie sanders, more than 100,000 votes in wisconsin, securing his win . hillary clinton's campaign is dismissing the notion, that it would open up a democratic convention. they are looking ahead to pennsylvania, hillary clinton will be in front of sanders according to a poll some of his ideals will not work his numbers do not add up. >> reporter: ted cruz is taking a victory lap. >> the day before yesterday, donald trump promised a big victory in wisconsin. not only did he not get a big victory, but the men and women rejected his campaign. >> reporter: they are facing an uphill battle. donald trump is the only one with a possible chance of reaching the magical number. a talkof a contested convention is being talked about. >> he has made himself that trojan horse to push this contested convention. >> reporter: they are exp

this fare policy for cc connect was put in place as part of i don't know area all effort to standardizeayment so that service is not delayed. septa is always looking for ways to better accommodate our customers and in light of this incident we will review the fair policy to see if we can provide additional payment options. mrs. irwin told me she was frustrated that someone like herself who uses the service regularly couldn't be accommodated and hopes that in the future some sort of compromise can be reached. >> maybe they should treat people a lot different than what they treating them because, you know, some elderly people can't even get out of the house. you know. so that's all i can say. >> reporter: i did speak to septa reps on the phone and they explained that the policies don't allow drive discretion and are in place to remove confusion and customer payment issue from the past. mrs. irwin understands all of that but maintains that compassion should have been more important than policy. iain. >> kind of tend to agree. all right. , bill. >> um-hmm. >> thank you. back to your fox 29

fareed, you've got nothing on us. >> once we've organized that. right. our top story this morning, jpmorgan releasing ceo jamie dimon's annual letter to shareholders last night. among the highlights, dimon says he's not worried about negative interest rates in the u.s. that's because the chief executive notes housing is in short supply. car sells are at record levels. consumers are spending what he calls the gas dividend. dimon is more concerned about rates rising faster than people expect, which is odd for aening baaing ceo to outline that rue. the banking ceo also warns high

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. >>> new at 10 a woman from newark ended her hunger strike today after nearly three weeks that she says her mission lives on. the 23-year-old went on her hunger strike in honor of her brother who was killed in a car crash almost a year ago to. tomorrow a judge will sentence the driver who caused the crash. ktvu's azenith smith is near the crash site in castro valley tonight with the message that that 23-year-old is trying to send. >> reporter: frank, can you believe rita low mission lost 26 pounds during the hunger strike? she tells me she was inspired by cesar chavez and gandhi and she hopes that the strike will bring awareness and change for tougher road laws. you can tell her that she is tired after starving herself for 19 days he of the 23-year- old returned to the spot to where her other -- her only brother died, feeling empowered. >> i've tried really hard to accept, but i found you can't accept being trampled on. drove back on april 20 last year, her brother

a lot of them have used lower fuel prices to lower fares and take market share.kets are not deteriorating year-over-year but the growth was the lowest we have seen from delta in a number of quarters. salariesarting to see rising. they are sort of getting attacked. worth it for them for airlines to reduce fares? does it improve market shares typically? >> right now, the north american business is their most profitable business. i think it is hard for them not to want to grow that share, because it is quite possible they will add a lot of cash flow, preface to the bottom line. i think if they were all acting in their best interest, they would probably try to maintain capacity and keep fares higher. the flipside is the low-cost cost carriers bring a lot of capacity to the market. i think competitors are saying if we do not lower fares and we try to keep our market share, we will lose market share. we have talked about how smart the airlines have gotten. terms oflped them in pricing and the other metrics. but that has changed. >> you look at. and they are growing 20%

will there be a fare hike? tell you about that, wendy, coming up next hour at 6:00. >> thanks, adam. >>> we are learning new details about what may have been the district's first murder of 2016. the medical examiner is now saying that a man's death inside a home in northwest d.c. in january was actually a homicide. it says that sheldon gordie died

and buying 54 in advance if possible you get better fares. are we going, guys? >> mike? >> showers moved out quickly. and the roads are drying. the later you leave the boater you are. this picture from mount tamalpais shows had and out, and rain totals from .2" in santa rosa and dublin to .15" in oakland and san jose is at .1". the snow continues to fall around lake tahoe and under a winter weather advisory until noon showing a dry trend for us and the last bit of energy from the parent that is bring the heavy rain do washington and oregon will slide into the north bay this afternoon and spark a scattered shower or two. a lot of sunshine. as we go from rain to isolated shower during the afternoon. you will need the sunglasses. breezy today and tomorrow and 10-20 degrees warmer for the weekend than today and it included the coast where it is 57 at half moon bay and san francisco is 59, and san mateo and richmond is 61 and the warm spot, we have fairfield and san jose and santa rosa at 65, tonight, extra blankets, 42 in napa and 49 in san franc

what are people around the world saying, fareed? what are they feeling when they see this presidential contest unfold? and it now looks like trump has an excellent chance of being the republican nominee. >> they're very worried. i had the italian prime minister on my show and flat out endorsed hillary clinton saying from markets fear and that is the way in which he is risen to prominence, we don't like this at all. i think it's important to point out, trump's rise to prominence is on foreign policy. that is to say it is the wall with mexico that began trump's rise to prom neninence and accelerated with the issue of the ban against muslims. so he's been playing foreign policy all along. what he has recognized is that there is a very large group of americans who feel with a jacksonian. these enemies and allies are to be deeply distrusted. we need what we need to do unilaterally. i don't think isolationist but say we need to defeat isis and beat up the bad guys. but then go home. in other words, no nation building. no policing. no enga

. >>> low air fares are here to stay until next year. fewer business travellers. all four of the major airlines including american, dealt that and southwest have plans of lower fares. sometimes record breaking profits. the industry is benefitting from the drop in fuel cost. >>> why humvees were falling from the sky. ♪ ♪ you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. >>> u.s. army training exercise goes wrong. very wrong. a number of humvees fall from the sky. they were conducting air drop training in germany which involves dropping supplies even heavy vehicles. three humvees fell to the ground. it is investigating what went wrong. it wants to know who shot that video. somebody is in trouble. >> hopefully i'm not in trouble with the weather. the snow showers will continue in lake tahoe. >>> have a good weekend everybody. >> the prince death investigation. >> was it a terrible case of the flu or a drug overdose. >> it was not the flu. i guarantee it was not the flu. >> did he get

for more, go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week. let's get started. >> 2016 is the year in which president obama has to put the finishing touches on his legacy both foreign and domestic. on the foreign side he's expected to hop on air force one and travel all over the world this year. last month's trip was just a warm up. on tuesday, he'll take off of said rab i can't, the u.k. and germany to talk about the greeting he'll receive at all these stops and more, let me bring in my panel. he's a contributing writer at the new york times magazine. brett stevens is the columnist at the wall street journal. gideon, first stop, saudi arabia. there are a lot of people who look at saudi arabia these days and feel oil has plummeted. it's highly unstable and finally, after many prognostications are proven wrong, saudi arabia is on the verge of collapse. >> this is not going to be a good stop because both leaderships have expressed their discontent and disgust with the other. not a fun meeting. no reason to believe the saudi regime is in any dang

consumers are frustrated that they see an air fare and they see a dozen air fares but when they go to actually buy tickets, the actual price is different because -- and can vary a great deal between airlines because of fees. so they're trying to standardize that. and they want airlines to automatically refund checked bag fee that is arrive more than six hours after a domestic flight lands or 12 hours after an international flight. the idea is you paid this fee. you ought to get the service. and they also have another provision in there that would require fees in general to be automatically refunded by airlines if you don't get the service. so let's say you paid for early boarding and you didn't get that. i shouldn't be surprised, but airlines don't necessarily give you that money back. if they didn't deliver what they promised. so sometimes they will give vouchers. but frequently you don't get anything even though you paid for it. covering y, transportation. thank you very much for being with us. we appreciate it. guest: my pleasure. host: let me share with you another comment on our

other people with it, or so say the three networks who are programming nearly 40% of their primetime fare with series about the very rich, and the public is devouring it at such a rate that make believe money has become ratings gold. >> the characters were larger than life. they were more evil and more cunning and manipulative and more gorgeous. i mean really, look at the way they were dressed. look at the way they lived. everything, it was fascinating. >> alexis, i didn't thank you for your present. >> it's he you should slap, dear, not i. >> we all wanted to live like we were on dynasty, like the carringtons. >> it was a wonderful picture of debauchery. >> agreed was okay in the 80s. >> primetime families like the carringtons who live here in luxury on the "dynasty" und stage are not the onlyich folk in tv. almost half of all new shows have featured the wealthy. ten years ago, that figure was zero. >> it was an accident. your father is dead. "falcon crest" was a winery. >> all of those shows where, oh, my god, what's next? what's going to happen with that? he can't get away with that. a

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide.t's transfarency. >>> the palo alto city council has approved raises for four unions but no matter how much their paychecks go up, firefighters say they can't afford to live in a city they protect. ktvu's ann ruben has the hard numbers on the wages compared to home prices in the area. >> matt goo works for the palo alto fire department but lives 105 miles away in oak dale. he leaves his house at 3:15 a.m. to get to work in palo alto by 8:00. >> if you are not through livermore 685, 80 by at least 4:00, you are stuck until 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning. >> with median prices in palo alto about 2 1/2 million dollars, he has no choice. in fact, no other firefighter lives in palo alto. today, they are celebrating a new contract and new raises. still, they say it's unlikely to make people move. >> not even close. not even close to even coming anywhere near palo alto. >> last night, palo alto officials approved new contracts for 850 people and four union meaning raise for about 2 1/2% a year.

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide.ansfarency. time is seven 22. gay rights activists say they are disappointed but not surprised by two anti-guy measure this is a passed in two southern states. lgbt people here in the bay area say their struggle for civil rights across the country is far from over. >> we are seeing a full on assault against civil rights protections and we need to be vigilant. we can't take anything for granted. >> i think its protects the religious freedom of people who have deficiently held religious beliefs and so did the legislature and so did the majority of the state of mississippi. >>> the national center for lesbian rights is proposing a bill in california that would ban state-sponsored travel to any state with antigay laws. we just reported yesterday that pay pal is canceling an expansion plan in north carolina after that stateadopt add law restrictions protections for lgbt people >>> golden state warrior star, steph curry grew up in north carolina. he was asked about that law in north carolina

umbrella and light jacket standard fare tonight and for a while. by 7:00 looking at temperatures in the 40s. 49 in la plata and 47 in gaithersburg. cloudy and not much in terms of rainfall. by 10:00 temperatures in the mid-50s. we will come back and track future track to saturday night and sunday. a reminder to download the app and get it before the rain rolls in tomorrow and sunday and go to the wusa9 app it is free and we will send you alerts for you can have the doppler radar as well. >>> the reward to help police to track down a killer is getting bigger. 21-year-old heather holmes was found murdered. police have not arrested anyone. the family is pleading with anyone that knows something to come forward and there's $2500 for tips that lead to an arrest and conviction. >> a student that admitted sucker punching a student that ultimately died may not go behind bars. he will serve 3 years probation and if he commits a crime then he will serve six years probation. in the chaos, he said he punched jack godfrey in the head. he recovered but died a ye

fares are on the way. hear when the discounted rates will start kicking in. >> before we go to break, let's go to a song that's not going to play because it's a joke. >> people still don't get that. >> purple for purple rain for prince. >> we're honoring prince all weekend. that's why we're dressed in purple and all calendars are dedicated to prince. i'm sharing prince trivia and we've done "money don't matter tonight" at 6:00 p.m. he wrote a crazy good song, gave it to members of the revolution to do on their own. >> mm-hmm. >> he liked what they did with the song so much, he took it back and made it his own. that song was "kiss." he gave it away originally and took it back. >> i'm taking that >> oh, yeah. >> on madonna's big hit eye like a prayer 0 i ," that's prince on guitar and he never took credit for it. third fact, he shares a birthday with a certain someone, june 7. >> and jessica tandy. i can't take. >> prince, jessica tandy, similar artists. >> with that the remix here. >> it's not gonna play. >

including american, united delta, and southwest are offering lower fares for this year. the industry is benefitting from the drop in fuel costs. >>> more to come on kron4 news at 11:00. a young 3-year-old girl made headlines with her love of garage day, we'll tell you why after the break. >>> in illinois a little girl's birthday is -- her favorite day is trash day when she gets to wave at the neighborhood garbage man. but this year was her birthday. she wanted to wrap up a cup cake and give it to the man she always waves to. this man explained that seeing her was his favorite part of the day. even leaves his morning meetings in a hurry to make sure he's able to catch her wave. and you see these pictures, and it's just a fun story. >> that guy is like superman she loves him. >> and she's giving him a cup cake on her birthday she's learning at an early page and giving stuff away. >> that solar flight is flying around up there. >> those winds are getting strong. they need to get it down tonight. the wind will be the big story the next day and a half or so as it looks like w

the ceo money to replace fare gates. back to 40 years ago. >>> dc mayor continued to push for the raise of the minimum wage in the district and planning to submit a deal to the dc council this week to increase the rates to $15 an hour by 2020. under legislature signed by former vincent gray in 2014. the current minimum wage will increase by one dollar to 11.50 an hour in july. >>> 40,000 verizon workers walking the picket line for a second day including a handful of locations right here you want area. they are on strike fighting for better benefits and job security. the walkout affects the land line and internet service and not wireless. the customers won't notice any disruptions. however, some verizon customers are feeling the impact of ri everett scheduled an installation when the strike started. he called verizon and he was assured they would be up to the home but no one showed up. >> i am exasperated and i am thinking about paying more to actually have someone else to come out and do the work. >> verizon did call eve

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an nbc producer got a fare with ease. >> you guys get in trouble if you pick up downstairs now? >> yes. >> they have the cops or something downstairs? >> yes. >> reporter: now that $1500 fie ee is not set in stone. today's vote was preliminary. next it goes to a public hearing then they have to vote again before it becomes law. >>> meantime in new york uber and lyft are hoping to take their business upstate. the group new yorkers for ride sharing has launched a campaign to convince lawmakers to allow upstate cities. taxi drivers are fighting the expansion, saying uber and lyft aren't held to the same standards they are. >>> police are searching for a robber in long island who stole a child's wheelchair. it was stolen from inside an suv parked outside a home on grundy avenue. >>> tonight police are hoping to find the man they say stole thousands of dollars worth of items in the bronx. they say he broke into the wave crest management office. among the items he took, two tvs and a set of keys. he used those keys to break into at least four apartments. >>> mayor de blasio signed a t

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide.r-old dental technician is behind bars tonight on charges that he drugs, molested and videotaped a young girl in his office. concorde police say the rest of this man, alejandro saro of antioch on saturday and i. after an eight-year-old girl told relatives she had been sexually assaulted. alejandro saro looked at the clinical monument on sierra road according to police he had similar counters with other young girls. >> he would bring these children who were scared to the dentist and the dental office into an exam room, he was sedate them, pull their pants down, touch them and videotaped it. it's very disturbing. >> police said they seized a cell phone with several videos indicate there are several other victims. they say that alejandro saro were to other dental offices including patino orthodontics and west are dental and concorde and wester dental and antioch. >> tonight to threaten strike by cal state faculty has been postponed after the two sides reached a tentative agreement. csu of

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. >>> check this out. it's an coal is beginning to form in a high school basketball court. officials are calling it a concrete collapse. it appeared yesterday at linda esperance of marquez high school in los angeles. officials believe a water collection basin underneath the court is to blame. so far no injuries have been reported. >>> a help sign made out of sticks helped save a woman who got lost on the white river indian reservation in arizona. ann rodgers was rescued after nine days. her hybrid car ran out of gas and electricity on march 31. then she got disoriented while trying to get a cell phone signal. rogers and her dog survived on pond water and plants. during a search, rescuers first spotted her dog and then the help sign. she was taken to a hospital for treatment but is expected to be okay. >>> cleanup is underway after a violent hailstorm in texas and another storm is expected today. the city of wiley, north of dallas was the hardest hit. hailstones of t

that's when you add work fare and that was done by a democratic president. >> that's right. incentives do matter. the work retirement was very dependent under bill clinton to get people off the welfare roles. the state of maine did something earlier and saying if you want to collect food stamps an able-bodied adult you have to get a job, you need training, if you don't come for that we will not give you food stamps. welfare should be a helping hand up and not a way of life. >> something even democratic prtsz agree with. >> that's true. there's a mist in this thing that people who are using food stamps don't work. i think most do work. it's a mift thyth and the food is to give people a helping hand and i don't think this is a good thing. >> sabrina, i got to tell you, i know people, certain millenni millennials, i won't name any names who received food stamps that don't need them. it's such a widely accepted program there are people who are getting them who don't deserve them. maybe to throw this workfare thing in would help, no? >> absolutely. we know there is widespread fra

move in a different direction. >> they launched it last year to test the fare gates. they added there were not enough riders to adopt new technology. >> the focus should be other things first. >> we can't expect everyone to have a smart phone. they were going to put the technology across the system. metro says will be used to approve the existing fare gates and the smart trip vending machine. >> scrap it now rather than later once we are $200 million in this program. >> the general manager paul wiedefeld said the market didn't dictate the need for these right now. he has heard from the stakeholders to get what they have working sometimes he has heard from the riders and it doesn't activate. the money will be used to get all of these up and running as they should be. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: a lot of folks took metro to get to the national game against the braves. that coupled with the 7:00 p.m. start for the caps first playoff game against philly. that is a busy time on the green line. kevin lewis rocking the red at the verizon center tonight o

are multicity flights like no longer combining the lowest fares. attorney says at issue united, delta and american impose same rules for travel agents for the same time. >> if they did it individually they never would because it would be able to take customers away, it eliminates, edition in his price-fixing. >> the airlines color without merits and changes close a loophole but bottom line you may want to pricing out individual legs of a trip. >>> walgreens is paying 50,000 to settle claims of overcharging shoppers. attorney general for new york says undercover investigation found the company charged more at the register for some products then advertised. this is an issue we covered for years pick walgreens had to pay more than 1.5 million for all the charges in california and wisconsin. safeway saving -- similar problems. check your receipts. if you are charge more than the advertised price at safeway or walgreens, you are usually entitled in california to get the item for free. >>> cleaning products in homes may contain hazardous ingredients. acc

kelsey who paid $800 a month was one of the first to sign up but then lyft started slashing fares. >> this is not economically viable any longer. we have had five rate cuts since i started driving. >> reporter: today's meeting is set for 9:30 this morning in san francisco. >> what about mandatory fingerprints for drivers? >> reporter: yeah. you know, uber and lyft have been fighting that proposal fiercely. it looks like the public utilities commission will be taking up the issue again in 60 days. live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> it is 6:02 right now. let's check the roads with gianna. how's it looking? >> it's not too bad actually. some better news to report across the bay bridge this morning. we had a broken-down vehicle right at treasure island. that's cleared out. traffic better across the upper deck. quite a few delays toward the toll plaza out of the maze and off the eastshore freeway as well as north 880 in oakland. metering lights are turned on at 5:30 so busy there. once you get past that, eastshore freeway easing up into san francisco. cummings skyway in the cl

book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. >>> caltrain is no longer making stops at some of its busiest stations. >> more than 60,000 people take caltrain on a daily basis, the increase in ridership me that takes people longer to get on and off the trains and that can cause delays. caltrain is shifting of schedule by several minutes to accurately reflect the actual time the trains arrive and depart. caltrain is also adding a third by car to some trains to make more room for bicyclist. >> i should correct saying they are making longer stops >>> shuttle trades are back for bart writers who use the pittsburgh waypoint line. there was hope that service would return to normal today between the north concord and pittsburg waypoint stations. but over the weekend test on the tracks shows the system continues to be but plagued by those voltage spikes which are damage trains. 2 shuttle trades will run between concord and pittsburg bay points. more engineer seven brought in to figure out what is causing these proble

he is one of a handful of cabbies who while driving around fares these homeless people who need shelter grabs the tent out of the trunk. >> it's disgusting. i would never wish this on anyone. >> reporter: the tents are bought by a gofundme campaign headed by osborne. >> for the most part all these folks out and without an adequate place to put them they are exposed to the elements. >> reporter: the man they call turtle says the current economy is an emergency. with the city pointing out obvious public health and safety issues walks the tent gone the stabbing of a chp officer at one camp and a shooting of a homeless man added -- at another. the supervisor says it's not healthy. he backs more but campers have made. >> he -- we can't just address one location and go home. >> reporter: we are focused on making sure people have an alternative first. >> reporter: the mayor's office says there is still room inch city shelters. more space is coming in the next few months. it's helping to keep them on the street and is not good. >> it's not the most helpful response. >> reporter: there was a swe