jeff smisekna and two other senior officials are out.to do with the federal probe of the airlines ties with the chairman port authority of new york and new jersey. the issue at hand -- united start a money-losing flight to the chairman's home in south carolina in exchange for political favors? united says they are cooperating with investigators. colorado's taxes on getting high are going away for a while. they will not be taxed. tax and asually a 50% 10% sales tax. smokers would save about $20 on a one ounce by, in case you are wondering. those are your top stories. coming up on your next hour, finally here, about three hours, tim cook will announce new apple products. we already know the iphone is coming, are there any surprises in store? erik: there are so few surprises left at an apple product announcement. scarlet: it is kind of a throwback event now. the salsa. plus, the great debate over whether the fed should raise interest rates. heating up, will market volatility produce the rise of a hike? and: the ceo of united authorities pro

jeff smisekna threatened to is used -- to reduce flight team in houston which is the date of -- ub and them in time for the oil bust and a little bit of both, the horse and jockey. erik: some of the people we talked yesterday about jeff what theyay that went believe took place was this program will with david samson, the former chairman of the new york port authority of new york and new jersey, was an outlier situation. in your experience covering the airline industry, have you seen more of those kinds of backroom deals between airlines and the people who sort of have authority over the hubs out of which they fly? seth: interesting question because i mentioned a minute ago, but much bigger ways, airlines do this publicly and very legally. i mentioned what united insulted in houston a couple of years ago even if it was to the own detriment. americans threatened that if charlotte would not keep the exemption on some school taxes -- stuff -- that's the that's what i mentioned back room. that stuff is all at least in the public domain and it should be, a disagreement. each side is incentiv