or something -- you have to really need to go one way from fresno to lubbock. or if you can get your own jet. >> you must have that a lot, though. if you have just 21 airplanes and you're flying to 2,000 airports, you're jumping all over the place, right? >> we're moving all the time. yeah, all over the place. between five and 20 empty legs. >> is there a long-term plan about how to get the price down even more? >> yes. the only way is to look more like an airline, am ties the cost over more seats. that's going to mean -- >> it goes back to the bigger airplane. >> yeah. does, but the thing is, what's been lost in this country now is the short-haul market, okay? southwest last month in a magazine said -- southwest flew six million more passengers in markets under 500 miles in 2001 than last year. more people are driving than flying. southwest is much bigger than they were in 2001. you know, our job is to recapture that market. if we have basically coagulated the vein of short-haul air traffic, that's bad for the country, commerce, individuals. less safe. we're o

[groans] and when a big buyer heads to lubbock, i need to reel him in... >> oh, yeah, that catches my eye. >> before he skips town empty-handed. >> i don't know, that color... almost looks like a rust red. >> i need some aspirin. my name is jeff allen. i buy, fix, and flip cars. but i don't do it alone. i've got perry... meg... eric. we are the car chasers. hey, hey. what are you doing? >> bills. ♪ they're multiplying >> [laughs] hey, i just talked to jay cooper. >> oh, cool, what's up? >> he wants to come down and see what we got. >> cool. usually he buys a few cars. >> jay's a big client of ours, and last time he was in town, i sold him three cars. buddy, look. look at it. i mean, it's-- >> it's perfect. >> i like this. i should be dealing with her. >> let's look in-- you should. yeah. >> [laughs] >> sold. >> yeah. >> he bought the 21 jump street camaro, the in time challenger, and the mustang shelby. >> 71,000. >> all right. meg, pull the titles. i just sold three. >> he's looking for some stuff to ship overseas. >> yeah, especially like big block stuff. they're into american muscl

. >>> roads became rivers in lubbock, texas, last night.ere flooding cut off power and stranded cars and parts of the city. at least 15 people had to be rescued from submerged cars. some areas also saw quarter-sized hail. >>> and a massive california fire is racking up a bill of $53 million to fight. it's the second most expensive fire in the state this year. firefighters say it's nearly 40% contained. it's charred 145 square miles since it began two weeks ago. it has destroyed 12 homes. >>> this week in new york city the fire didn't got another tragic reminder of the september 11th attacks. three firefighters who answered the call to the world trade center died within hours of one another. as jessica schneider of our new york station, each of the men had cancer caused by the toxic conditions at ground zero. >> reporter: on the same day three heroic lives came to an end. firefighter danieling heland spent 21 years with the fdny. he died one day before his 59th berry. he and robert lever grew up together in brooklyn and were childhood friend

the national weather service issued flooding warnings and watches for lubbock. voluntary evacuations were in place if some areas that saw up to 15" of rain since thursday. >> they have the opposite problem we would like, more significant rain. a few drops over the weekend were not much. >> not as much as they getting down there. we can use more. mike? >> if you remember a couple of years ago they were in a severe drought and now they get too much. the feast or famine cycle is what we are going through the last ten or 15 years. we cannot get an average amount of anything. we have wild 180-degree swings. >> good morning, everyone, we have 18 miles per hour in fairfield and ten in napa and the rest of us are slower and we have a breeze today and the clouds are filling in our gaps right now and look for it to be cloudy by the time the sun comes up with flight arrival delays. brighter and warmer the next few days with clouds as they run at night but the likelihood of drizzle and fog is not so great and the chan of showers is good on wednesday and into thursday. not h

. >>> the national weather service says more than two inches of rain fell on lubbock in under two hours turning flood-prone roadways into waterways. the flooding was so suden and so severe, fire crews had to pull people from their vehicles. the storm brought lightning and high winds that downed power lines. in western texas we're getting a first look at devastating flooding. look at this after the picos river overflowed its banks earlier this week, cars stuck in the mud and mobile homes simply flooded and more rain expected in the region today. >>> the u.s. military has expanded its aerial campaign against isis targets striking in syria and iraq. the strikes, however, have not stopped militants from advancing in kurdish areas. richard engel has the latest from the turkey/syria border. >> reporter: isis now has copycats. in algeria a militant group claimed it beheaded this french national for revenge on attacks on isis. in the philippines, another group threatened to do the same to two germans. but syria remains the isis headquarters. these bombings were the work of the syrian regime, ye

. >> overnight, northwest texas, lubbock flooding, especially along texas tech university stadium. the flooding so intense and sudden fire crews are to rescue motorists. >>> but worse in central florida, the area in and around daytona beach is drowning. 10 inches in some spots. turning kayaks into the preferred form of transportation. >> when you pull up and the water level is up to the top of the mailbox, it's a little concerning. >> the cleanup can't get started yet because there's more rain in the forecast today. >> and most of the west coast bracing for a significant storm today. >> meteorologist jim dickey joins us with the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. tracking heavy rainfall this morning along the coast, mid-atlantic, soaking baltimore, new york city, philadelphia this morning. morning commute going to be an absolute mess along the i-95 corridor. the question is, last home game for derek jeter in yankee stadium? looks like the heaviest rain will be over, but still going to be drizzle around, a wet night for sure. hopefully get the game in. and the west coast, powe

huge clean up job in texas after massive amounts of rain caused major flooding, the scenes out of lubbock incredible, a local freeway suddenly flooded, submerging cars and drivers. fire crews rescued several stranded drivers. it appears all the people in the submerged cars got out safely. >> nicole mitchell has been keeping tabs on all that have flooding in texas and where the storms could be heading today. >> just a disturbance was moving through and this is what it created, so looking like especially near the texas tech area, looking more like rivers than the roads and definitely you don't just want to think about yourself, oh, i can make it through, also the rescue workers have to come get you if you get stuck in all this. there around flood watches or warnings for the area anymore. this is yesterday. here's what it looked like today. the final outside the city went through today. better chances for eastern texas to get the rain. i am worried about the flooding in the east coast. we have a strong system moving up the coastline, between that and an area of high pressure, kind of a flow,

the national weather service says more than two inches of rain fell in lubbock in under two hours. turning roadways into water ways. the flooding was so sudden and severe, fire crews had to pull people from their vehicles. the storm also brought hail, lightning and high winds that downed power lines. and in western texas, we're getting a first look at devastating flooding after the pecos river overflowed its banks earlier this week. cars were stuck in the mud and mobile homes flooded. more rain is expected in that region today. >>> the u.s. military has expanded its aerial campaign against isis targets striking in both syria and iraq. the strikes, however, have not stopped militants from advancing in kurdish areas. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest from the turkey/syria border. >> reporter: isis now has copycats. in algeria, a militant group claimed it beheaded this french national in revenge for attacks on isis. in the philippines, another group threatened to do the same to two germans. but syria remains the isis headquarters. these bombings, according

emergency crews had to rescue drivers in lubbock stuck in floodwaters. ed floods also led to power outages. >>> police arrested a man in connection with the abduction of a university of virginia student. jesse matthew was taken in custody in galveston. this is a big of his mug shot. investigators think he was the last person to see 18-year-old hannah graham before she vanished after leaving an on-campus party. police have not said how they found matthew or how he got to texas. >>> this florida woman is facing child abuse and other charges after police found her 5-month-old baby in the trunk of her car. police made that discovery after the 19-year-old gave a fake name and said she didn't have her license on her. that's when officers heard the baby crying and found the baby in the trunk. police say the mother said she put the baby there because she did not want to be ticketed for having the baby in a car seat. >>> and a crash caught on dash cam. pulled over and discovered that the vehicle was stolen. that's when the teen drove off leading police into a cra

he sentenced a shot from lubbock texas. you've been there before. happenings in rome.d us the shot from the four story room overlooking the piazza barbara and after a sharp past. boy is that beautiful. >> had the camera out and she is flying. >> in the middle of it. a glacier national park. the rope around was closed because there are pleasant conditions. it is always kind of interesting to intercept the first of the year when you're on a trip. it happens there a lot earlier than it does here. a little bit of haze in the area. some moisture returning. it is not humid by any stretch of the imagination. not many clouds in the sky at the moment. kostis south wind dominating. pushing temperatures into the '70s today. and as warming by double digits across a good part of the midwest. kind of modesty now. as the winds blow in the heating goes on we will pompey's temperatures up to a little bit more. it is 71 here in chicago. the warm air is taking control after a long stretch of cooler weather. 72 at midway. the dew points still in the upper 40's. they're heading for the mid

. >> heavy downpours in the northwest texas area swamped much of lubbock.as so intense motorists found themselves trapped inside their cars and in need of rescuing. the flooding was worse in central florida. abc's ginger zee has that part of the story. >> it's flooding everywhere. >> reporter: downpours smothering the sunshine out of the sunshine state. up to ten inches of rain drowning central florida. >> crazy out here. >> reporter: some people foolishly bulldozing through. others stalling, and many finding better, safer ways to get around. daytona beach picking up more than eight inches of rain. now kayaking through their wettest september on record. >> when you pull up and the water level is up to the top of your -- the numbers on your mailbox, it's a little concerning. >> reporter: from orlando to melbourne, what's known as a toad strangler becoming a fish and people displacer. so let me time the storm out for you. heavy rains will move along the coast. really rough conditions for the morning commute from philadelphia to new york city. and lingering sh

she and her husband, andrew farley, who's a pastor, teach at texas tech university in lubbock.gether, they wrote this book, "a climate for change: global warming facts for faith-based decisions." welcome. >> thank you for having me, bill. >> when i saw the film i couldn't believe that that was the plainview, texas i knew many years ago. then it was bustling, like a beehive. the film reveals it as an almost lifeless place. now why are you convinced that this has to do with global warming instead of just the usual droughts that come and go in west texas? >> everybody living in texas knows that droughts are just part of life there. so the first question people r÷$ always ask is, well, how is this any different from what my daddy or my granddaddy experienced way back when? first of all, we see things changing. we see plants and trees flowering earlier in the year. we see birds and insects and other animals farther north than they ever used to be. it's warmer now in every season of the year in texas because of climate change. so along comes this drought just like you had 30 years ag

this is lubbock.had problems overnight, so more of this is coming in from yesterday and then some of this this morning as the sun comes up, but not easy to drive in. it only takes, you know, they're still doing a rescue mission for someone lost in the storm. you want to be very careful heading into this. you can see the core of the moisture. we are going to see a lot of flash floods, also a boundary on the east side of the state from a frontal boundary and gulf moisture. kind of getting it from both sides in texas. the core into west texas, one to three more inches is going to cause more flooding situations through the day today. they are in a drought, just don't want this much. >> sometimes no rain, sometimes too much. nicole, thanks. >> aljazeera is looking closer at the fight against isil in a special show tonight. >> he spent a month that in country. he'll join us with a look at the hurdles the u.s. faces trying to stop isil. >> big changes in the way americans get organ transplants. we are in chi

lubbock, texas is drowning in heavy rain waters. cars are submerged in water.reeways are closed because the water level is so high. water rescues were needed for motorists whose vehicles became stuck. >> wow. >> crazy weather for sure. >> flood warnings, watches up around here have been cammed. we are still seeing ponding on the roads. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein as we look outside. so no flooding? really? it's a lot of rain. >> it has been under a quarter inches. quite a bit less. that watch has been canceled. you're right, april, i did run into ponding on the ramps where the areas of poor drainage are. the heaviest rain, as i was saying yesterday, would be east of us. that is happening. most of the rains in the yellows and oranges. we have one pocket of moderate rain from mcclain, through fair taxity in burk. this is all tracking north and northeast. elsewhere, just light to moderate showers coming on through. and for the big game tonight at fedex field, giants taking on washington at 8:25. that's the kickoff. by then, just c

they got lubbock read from qpr. he was on loan to new castle. $17.5 million that deal.hat will help out chelsea who are top of the table three wins from three games. little bit earlier on, from manchester united shown the door. they're clearing stock to make way for new stars. a player from japan came before cometing to manchester united. four year deal with the german runners up from last year. he's really looking forward to playing for them again. also, just an interesting one to note before i go karen. a keen eye on danny wellbik, the striker. we might see a move by him by the end of the day. we'll keep you up to date on bbc world news throughout the day. >> pause for breath now. thank you very much for that comprehensive round up. that's nick marshal. i'm sure we'll see more of him today. >>> if you studied chemistry at school, you may think this is little hr than sitting on the periodic table. two elements have been used by athletes to give them competitive edge, an edge ruled to be unfair. the world anti-doping agent say is banning agents to produce more red blood

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. >>> the national weather service says more than two inches of rain fell on lubbock in under two

. >> for people not familiar with lubbock, texas, or with the area, is this common places or is this a scene you've never seen before? >> this is not as unusual as you would think. and it didn't get as much rain in this instance as we did during the halloween floods last year where several people perished. the creeks rose so fast in that one that people actually swept away before they could even see where they were on a lower crossing or not. there wasn't as much rain this time and it was just nothing but 5 inches of rain in particular areas. >> well, that sounds horrible. roger wade in austin, texas, thank you so much. best of luck in the search. >>> coming up next, he has a long history of abuse, including several arrests, but that did not stop the arizona cardinals from signing this running back after the ray rice scandal. sweenjoy it all...ry! 'cause red lobster's one and only endless shrimp is now! endless choices! endless variety! kick it up with our spicy new wood-grilled sriracha shrimp and it's back: parmesan crusted shrimp scampi! the year's largest variety of shrimp flavor

flash flooding, making a mess in cities like lubbock.hile rain is letting up in the southwest, in the northeast, a storm system could pose a problem for a very big night at yankee stadium for derek jeter. joining me now, meteorologist bill karins. good to see you. what are we looking at in new york? >> jeter, of course, last game at yankee stadium. average ticket price is $800. for 50,000 seats, highest prices, someone paid $10,000, and don't know if they can go to the game or not. we are going to look at the radar. if the rain has moved into new york city, it will be through us through the day, we go through the midday, when it will be the heaviest. saw heavy rain earlier to the south around philadelphia and atlantic city.@ the question is when will it time out, when will it exit the region. let's look at this. this clock takes us through the afternoon. game starts around 7:00 a.m. still heavy rain in new york city, and heaviest in long island, it moves out in the evening. i think the game starts wet and could be delayed. as the evening

first some pictures i believe we're just getting some images from texas, this is i understand in lubbock, this was during the daylight hours. this was just the beginning of the event. this is now further south, the heaviest of the rainfall. all kinds of scenes and worse will pick up in texas and across the southwestern u.s. now to the fire, of course, in california. we've been covering the king fire now scorched upwards of 28,000 acres yesterday at 13 so this thing is just out of control at this point here and we say that literally because only 5% containment yesterday. 5% containment today as of last word and we have upwards of thousands of firefighters getting in on this thing here with 2400 structures now at risk for the fire and then, of course, the fire in northern california, that just decimated upwards of 100 structures there. just vanishing overnight, incredible images coming out of california where we need the rain and not going to get it, guys. >> all right. thank you, ivan. >>> we've got new information into cnn we want to bring you now as it relates to the killings of a young

nearly two inches of rain pounded the lubbock area turning roads into ponds and stranding people in theirecord rainfall submerged start parts of central florida. >>> and it is not over yet for texas, florida, heading north. all that wet weather getting ready to swamp much of the atlantic coast. >> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey is tracking those storms. >> good morning. tracking some heavy rainfall here through these morning hours. along the coast, the mid-atlantic. storm system crawling northward. you see that heavy rain nosing down to baltimore, philadelphia. going to be a mess of a morning commute. this rain tracking into new york city. going to stay in place through the morning commute through the afternoon and move into sorn new england into the evening and overnight hours keeping the heavy rain in place. watch out for flooding in theseuaries. we'll dry things out by friday. reena and t.j., back to you. >>> prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against the father whose son died after being left in a hot car. ross harris faces one count of malice, murder and felony murder. ge

. >>> and the weather this morning, lubbock, texas. stranded drives. and the east coast has flooding rain. that's coming up. >>> and a major break in the search for university of virginia student hannah graham, missing for nearly two weeks now. the man suspected is now behind bars. arrested on a beach in texas more than 1,000 miles away he is expected back in court this morning and sent back to virginia. there is no sign of graham. >>> and a woman punched by a highway patrol officer will get a $1.5 million settlement. the woman was found walking along a freeway in july. >>> a different kind of police confrontation in san francisco. take a look at this woman, accused of driving for a mile with a parking officer clinging to the hood of the car. she refused to accept the parking ticket, but maybe now has felony charges. she claims the officer harassed her. >>> finally, after years in the making, "wedding crashers" the sequel. take a look closely at the picture. they were joined by uninvited guests. that's a herd of deers. sorry, no plural

in lubbock, motorists barely able to navigate the intersection. >> i didn't realize how deep it was until stalled out. >> reporter: and they were left dealing with flash floods. in missouri, cars pelted by rain. that's a road under what appears to be a roaring river in springfield. and here in arizona, rain has filled dry river beds with rushing water. many people fearing what today's rain may have in store. >> when i heard there was more rain coming in, i panicked. >> reporter: this morning, thousands of americans still believed to be stranded in cabo san lucas, devastated by hurricane odile. no way to contact anyone back home, and now fear of food and supplies runs out. this bride-to-be and seven bridesmaids lucky to be back home this morning. >> there was just chaos and madness everywhere. >> reporter: a light rain falling now, not enough to fill this area. flash flood watches have been lifted for the tucson area. so residents breathing a sigh of relief for the moment. >> thank you so much. rob marciano, so happy to have him on the team. we need you. an active time in the pacific. now

. >>> and the weather this morning, lubbock, texas.bled to rescue drivers who were stranded in their cars. and the east coast is bracing for flooding rain. we have ginger's forecast coming up. >>> and a major break in the search for university of virginia student hannah graham, missing for nearly two weeks now. the man last seen with the 18-year-old is now behind bars. prime suspect jesse matthew was arrested on a beach in texas last night, more than 1,000 miles away. he is expected back in court this morning and sent back to virginia. there is no sign of graham. >>> and a woman punched by a highway patrol officer will get a $1.5 million settlement. and the officer has agreed to resign. the confrontation was caught on camera in july after the woman, described as bipolar, was found walking along a freeway. >>> a different kind of police confrontation in san francisco. take a look at this woman, accused of driving for nearly a mile with a parking officer clinging to the hood of the car. she refused to accept the parking ticket, but may n

born in lubbock, texas, in 1944, mickey leland earned a degree in pharmacy from texas southern university in 1970. he quickly became a local civil rights leader, organizing the black citizen action team in protest against police brutality. while using his medical background to fund a door to door outreach campaign, to educate low income individuals about their medical care options. in 1972, mickey continued his health advocacy work in the texas state house of representatives, passing legislation to provide better access to affordable medications and h.m.o.'s. in 1979 mickey leland was elected to congress as the representative for texas' 18th district. after serving as a freshman majority whip, representative leland later served twice as at large majority whip, chair to congressional black caucus from 1985 to 1987, and was re-elected five times. as a member of congress, representative leland advocated for an increase in hiring quotas for women and minorities in the telecommunications industry and focused much of his attention on alleviating hunger across the globe. particularly in africa.

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some pictures out of lubbock.in in just a tiny bit of time. they're very prone to flooding. these pictures, pretty dramatic. they had about two inches of rain in just under an hour of time. a lot of vehicles and a lot of cars ended up getting soaked and drenched out in that area. there are some minor concerns today. a lot of people wondering are we going to get that yankee game in tonight. i think we will. i think the rain in new york city will taper off. some people paid up to $10,000 to sit near the dugout and now they're wondering if the game is going to be rained out or not. i do think they will get that rain in. remember, no umbrellas allowed. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. and just give them the basics, you know. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us.

. >> odile making its way up through lubbock, texas. this is the southwest, it's dry.one inch of rain is all it took to see this flooding. the concern is still high today. easy to see there's plenty more moisture still fueling the area. we're talking about anywhere of up to five to seven inches of rain. especially out towards houston. looking at the flooding concern and threat pushing farther east. if you're down to the southeast conditions are improving for you today as the stationary front made its way offshore. we may be looking at a few showers around miami. temperatures where they should be. you're loving this in the southeast. drying out for about a day or so. into the northeast there's a cold front as well. this one is pretty dry. when you're barely talking about a few spotty showers that are going to be out there, you'll notice a little dip in the temperatures, you're going to see your highs, new york city going from 76 to 65, boston down to the 50s and if you're high upstate, keep in mind we're talking about frost advisories by tomorrow morning. the temperatur

bill is 100 years today and he is from lubbock, happy birthday. quarter horses to real thoroughbreds. back to new york. i like that line. >> all right. thank you so much, uncle willie, nbc's hit show, "the biggest loser" returning for tonight. joining us we have two leaders. good to see you guys, welcome. >> thank you. >> so how does it feel to join the team? >> they hate us. it's actually pretty amazing, as a trainer, you train one on one. people do it on the biggest loser, it's a totally different being. it's a surreal experience. >> it's fun, it's emotional. we play a lot of games. we work hard, we are there step by step with any of our contestants. >> this time around the contestants want to lose weight. they have something in common. >> glory days. >> they are trying to get that back. >> they were at the top of their game not just in life but in the world class athletics. it's our job to have to reconnect with that. >> we have two time super bowl and a three time gold medal athletes. their game quit and they quit and now they're trying to pla

lubbock will feel like 93. tomorrow, st. louis you'll feel like 104. 91 in covintton.a, 92. the heat extends back into >>> 7:34. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. a live look at san francisco, socks in with fog. but that's going to keep you cool later today. temperatures are going to be comfortable, gradual clearing, a pleasant afternoon especially south bay. hit 82 degrees. 80 for the peninsula. 76 degrees in the east shore. a's have a day game 12:35, 70 for san francisco. north bay today at 86 degrees. as we head deeper into the workweek, temperatures stay level. great looking weekend. >>> laets your latest weather. >> thanks, al. >>> coming up next, matt, candid conversation from the american doctor who survived his battle with the ebola virus. what it was like for him to tell his wife and his family he was infected. right after this. was infected. right after this. ♪ oh, there's an energy crisis happening, alright. a human one. and it's time to fight it. quaker's good energy is just what you want. it's how we help keep go-getters like you, going, and