most of the closures will be completed by the fall of next year. >>> southwest airlines says it'll no longer limit the number of seats for sale on its flight. that means those middle seats will again start filling up. that's going to start december 1st. covid pandemic promised the airline to limit the number of passengers on its plane. the airline now says passengers on fuller flights will be able to rebook to another flight if they're just not comfortable with that middle seat being full. >>> after nearly 160 years a new york city holiday tradition will look different this year. mace's announcing santa claus will not be greeting kids at its new york store yes because of coronavirus. more 250,000 people come to new york to see santa each year. you can still see st. nick during the televised macy's thanksgiving day parade. not seeing santa is a huge bummer. >> it's going to be a different holiday season for all of us. >> we're back in a moment with the raiders big mess in vegas. why sunday night football is off the table. stay with us. in the bay area, we believe in science. traffic an

i've worked very closely with american and southwest airlines here in north texas. i appreciate their importance to our economy. they are critical to us. also our enormous economic engines. i'm thankful that they have worked so closely with me to let me understand exactly what they need and how we can work to make that happen. what we need now is to make sure that the ally -- legislation we pass in the house is sitting expand cfc or we can pass standalone. we cannot go through the end of the year without doing this. >> ms. collins, you will get some extra time to answer both questions. should there be another stimulus bill? what should it include? do you support the extension for payroll support for airlines? ms. collins: there should absolutely be another stimulus bill. i've talked to small business owners since this pandemic has started. including those who did not get ppp funding, as well as essential companies like my friend howard at the kosher palace who was able to get ppp funding. people are struggling. arewashington politicians playing partisan politics. i

in southwest airlines the company making the announcement today, the problem is money southwest is struggling, and mightily the ceo there says it could be ten years before business travel returns to prepandemic levels. ten years? the airline reporting its biggest loss ever, burning through $16 million every day. believe it or not, that's an improvement. it had been $23 million a day. many airlines spend the money they are spending just to stay in operation with little revenue coming in. planes are parked. they have noshl nowhere to go, barely any demand. american, america's oldest airlines is in worst shape losses mounting to $200 million in the alone, hemorrhaging $44 million every day. better than the $58 million american was burning last quarter. improvement in the covid era what a thing bill, southwest is no longer keeping the middle seat open could that hurt its business what's the thinking? >> i don't think it is going to hurt the business. the bottom line is this, there may be some people who enjoy having that extra space when they get on a southwest flight but they are going to contin

take a look. >> southwest airlines is dropping a pandemic policy that provided more social distancingights it will no longer keep middle seats empty, starting december 1st southwest says air filtering and masks have created healthy environments aboard planes >> jimmy: come on. it's southwest the whole plane is a middle seat [ laughter ] you actually don't have to worry, because even the coronavirus doesn't want anything to do with the middle seat on southwest. the middle seat on southwest i would rather be on lockdown in north korea pretty sure the only in-flight entertainment they have on southwest is "emily in pyongyang. [ scattered applause ] and finally, guinness is about to unveil its newest product let's see what it is >> guinness launching its first-ever non-alcoholic beer. it's called guinness zero. it took the company four years to re-create the same taste as it's original stout without the alcohol. >> jimmy: if you order that in ireland, you're marched through town while everyone throws rotten vegetables at you shame, shame guinness without booze here's how irish people are

>>hi daria just southwest airlines pilots taking issue with the company's proposal to cut their pay by 10%. southwest says it can avoid layoffs entirely if the employees will take this pay cut the flight attendants union also headed balking at that idea southwest by the way has never furloughed employee its nearly 50 year supply waffle set to unveil a 5 g enabled iphone later today so this new technology will to promise of internet speeds significantly faster than what many smartphones are able to do right now not all americans can take advantage of the 5 g it's not everywhere yet, but it is coming, so you may want to call your wireless carrier just make sure your by g capable before you spend the money on it and amazon's prime day is here it runs through tomorrow, there's discounts on more than a million items of some of the deals on the front page or the amazon branded things like the kindle echo device also video games other electronics as sales event expected to be bigger than black friday and to bring in 10 billion dollars, but the resort to a report put together by california uti

southwest airlines, by the way, also announcing today it will start selling the middle seat come december 1st. tom costello in washington. back to you. >> president trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, is denying he had anything -- or did anything wrong in the new borat film. giuliani talks to a young fake female reporter in a bedroom. during that prank, sasha baron cohen calls him his teenage daughter. he said he was only adjusting his clothing after taking off a microphone. he also calls the video a fabrication and says he was never inappropriate. [ bell tolls ] >> there you have the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. the dow is up aspell owesy signals progress on that stimulus deal. jobless numbers are released and 787,000 people applied for first-time claims. that's less than what analysts expected. more than 8 million people are still receiving continuous jobless benefits. on top of those jobless numbers, california not doing well when it comes to unemployment. federal numbers last month put the state's unemployment at 11%, third highest in the nation. hawaii, nevada rou

>>> southwest airline says it will not block the middle seat. on planes starting december 1st leaving just delta and alaska keeping those seats empty. here's tom costello. >> reporter: southwest and delta have been blocking middle seats to give passengers a few feet of social distance in the pandemic but with new research suggesting it is safe to fly southwest says it will sell every available seat starting december 1st. american and united are already filling middle seats, delta plans to do so in the first half of next year. >> the facts are that it is a very safe environment. and with all of the filtering techniques, with air, wearing mask, facing forward, it is a very healthy environment. >> reporter: the entire industry is in crisis. passenger volume down 65% losing billions of dollars in the third quarter alone. without more government help, tens of thousands are furloughed. southwest is now asking its unions to take pay cuts to avoid furloughs there. airline ceos warn it could take years for passenger levels to pick up. >> i don't know wha

things were a little chaotic at first, but they were happy to assist battling the wildfires southwest airlines also provided a to free charter flights for those crew members to get back home. now time to our 4 zone forecast lawrence is standing by with all the details on his red flag warning warrants, yeah unfortunately looks like this is going to be a busy week ahead can't let our guard down just yet hoping for rain but nothing in sight. >>and we're going to see some periods of some gusty winds on and off throughout this week right now it's looking beautiful. our san francisco you've got clear skies there some patchy dense fog has now moved along the coastline coming need from the berkeley hills you can see some of that fog spilling into the bay, but it is right down on the surface make for some dense fog even some drizzle on the coastline air quality looking good right now all around the bay area we're in the green just where we want to be and that's way it's going to stay for now. but we're seeing some changes in the works and you'll notice right here just a couple of patches of fog along t

. >>> and southwest airlines is asking unions to agree to pay cuts in order to prevent furloughs and layoffs through next year. unions represent more than 80% of the employees. salaries for nonunion workers will be cut by 10% until january 2022. southwest has never furloughed workers in more than 50-year history but says it may have to if there's no new stimulus package for airlines and travel continues to be down at such depressed levels. marcus, back to you. >> bertha, thank you. >>> a history making nomination. next here on "today in the bay," when could we actually see the first openly gay member of the state's supreme court. that and much more ahead for you right here on "today in the bay." hey, m my twitter r is blowing! dear jack k box, bringng bak ththe spicy chchicken strir, still wawaiting for the spicy chickeken strips,, so manany about spicy chchicken stririps. wow,w, i hear yoyou. so i'm b bringing back my jujuicy 100% all-whwhite meat s spicy chchicken stririps combo for only $ $5.99! is it the e juicy 100%0% all-whitite meat? or b because youou can spipe themem up or c

southwest airlines reporting a surprising double beat meanwhile. merican airlines. it is on the screen right now. all the numbers as soon as they hit the tapes, coming up. what's your info worth? amazon is ready to pay you for your data. it's making a buzz this morning. "mornings with maria" is live right now. european markets this morning are also under selling pressure but as you see, the fq100 has turned positive, up 2 points. the cac is up 9. the dax index lower by 2 points, fractional moves across the board this morning. in europe, as the final phase of the talks between the eu and u.k. resume today, for britain's exit of the european union. in asia overnight, markets were mostly lower. the international monetary fund predicts asia's economy will shrink by 2.2% this year. the numbers were fractional overnight as well, that is lower than the june forecast of 1.6%. coca-cola and american airlines out with quarterly earnings. you saw them on the screen. cheryl casone with numbers right now. cheryl: big news coming out of coca-cola's earnings, the

one stock in particular people will pay attention to is southwest airlines this morning they said if't get a payroll package, we have to consider a 10% price cut. flight attendants said huh-uh. >> i am confident we will get past this pandemic and be in a position to thrive but we have to conserve cash between now and then this is our largest cost opportunity that we have >> so here is what you are looking at, the airlines overall. they continue to lose tens of millions of dollars every day. 77 billion will be lost in the second half of this year worldwide by the airlines. i looked what the u.s. airlines are doing in the third quarter they are losing between 17 and 36 million a day they are expected not to break even until 2022. one other note with regard to the airlines and it has to do with boeing not surprisingly you are seeing fewer wide bodied planes needed. that's why they bring the outlook down by 11%. international demand will be weak for several years and they are not expecting a full passenger recovery until plalate 2023 this is not going to be a great quarter especially if

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move on to because we have gary kelly which is great, southwest asking unions, to accept pay cuts, goals to avoid furloughs and layoffs as the airlinee word on a bailout from washington. joining us now, southwest chairman and ceo, gary kelly is this where you are now? thanks for joining us, by the way, it's great to see you >> you get, joe. >> is this where you are now because you have decided you can no longer assume that something will pass in terms of what speaker pelosi and mnuchin are talking about so you're taking matter into your own hands or you would do this even if there was a deal in fruition. >> it's because the payroll support is expiring here, and there's no certainty that it will be extended through march you know, if we don't get the support, we're just going to have to borrow that much more money, and we just need to get from here to there i'm very confident that we'll get past this pandemic, we'll be in a strong position to not just survive but thrive, but we've got to do everything we can to conserve cash between now and then, and this is our largest cost opportunity that we have, and, you know, we've not asked ou

alix: joining us now on bloomberg tv and radio is gary kelly, southwest airlines chairman and ceo.hank you for joining us. you heard scarlet set up where the industry is. i want to get your visibility outlook. on december 1, you resume selling all seats, not taking up that bitter seat -- that middle seat. i wonder why. is that better visibility, or just plain economics? gary: that was a great set up. i didn't hear anything i disagreed with. the third quarter is the low point, and it feels like things will improve from here. we are definitely having a had inoctober than we the third quarter, so that is welcome improvement. november, in terms of the visibility we have there, looks like it will be better still. she was talking about the cash burn. our cash burn is now down to $12 million a day. i can't believe i am celebrating that, but in any event, it is definitely good progress. we are hoping for better revenues in the fourth quarter, and also lower-cost, so we should narrow our loss yet again in the fourth quarter. beyond that, who knows? i think the demand is just difficult to pr

holiday travelers could potentially face completely sold out jets, the airline making the announcement today back in april southwest became the first. claim to or airline i should say to not sell the middle seats and they took other safety precautions because of the pandemic. >>alameda county is set to allow indoor church services to resume starting tomorrow officials say services, our limited 25% of capacity or 100 people whichever is a lower. there will also be social distancing requirements, including wearing masks and staying at least 6 feet apart. across contra costa county indoor church services resumed on october 1st. offering a preview of what churchgoers in alameda county can expect. one church leader in walnut creek says that some people were reluctant to come back better now showing up. >>but each week we've notice that there's been a growing number of people attending. we have them pre-register so we know how many people we can have. >>father fred also says that after the uncertainty of the past few months returning to indoor services has been a a big relief to a lot of parishioners. >>next police bruta

southwest airlines says it will no longer limit the number of seats on its flights. e new policy means middle seats will be filled beginning december 1st. the covid pandemic prompted southwest and all the other airlines to limit the number of passengers on its planes. it happened months ago. southwest, though, says passengers on four flights will be able to rebook to another flight if you're not comfortable with the amount of people. also today, southwest announced a third quarter loss of more than a billion dollars. >>> there will be no miracle on 34th street this year because of the coronavirus. 34th street of course is the address of macy's flagship store in new york city and the setting for that famous movie. for the first time in 160 years macy's will not host visits from santa claus in new york or any other store. macy's is offering a free online experience with games, a virtual tour of santa's workshop and a selfie with santa. all of that will launch after thanksgiving. >> we're going to have to get used to this. there are so many holiday events that are right

southwest, like all of the airlines, they cannot continue without a payroll package in place as they are currently constructed. given the fact that you have lower demand, they're going to have to cut their costs further. and while southwest is proud of the fact that it has never furloughed any employees in its history, gary kelly was very blunt in saying look, we have to take actions in order to conserve cash. so southwest is one that people will be watching closely and you already know the actions that have been put in place by american, by united. they have begun furloughs, have actually furloughed more than 32,000 employees so this is not good news for the airlines you heard ilan basically outline the fact that these guys are waiting. and if they don't get a stimulus package they don't get the $25 million in order to cover payroll through march of next year >> and phil, furloughs are the first step or are we worried about how much cash they've got left even if they enact -- >> we're not to that point about worrying about how much cash they've got left look, these guys have borrowed

as of now, delta and southwest airlines say they will be able to avoid major layoffs for now. it might be harder for you to find a flight at home the next time you're looking to travel. some small airports will not have any commercial flights and some medium and large airports could see fewer flights. no word this morning on the direct impact here at the second busiest area in the bay area, at mineta san jose airport. if we learn more, we'll update you. julian glover, abc 7 news. >> thank you, julian. >>> new at 6:00, a study released this morning found that president trump is the main driving force behind the conversation about coronavirus misinformati misinformation. jobina fortson at the live desk with the findings. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. this is considered to be the first -- misinformation and traditional and online media. what we're seeing is researchers analyzed 38 million articles written in english about the pandemic. when talking about covid-19 misinformation, president trump's name was mentioned in 38% of articles. miracle cures, deep state, bat soup. the pres

and southwest airlines says it will start flying into the big airports so o'hare instead of midway. at is a huge move for southwest. that brings down the price we expect. >> you're a fan of chicago. >> i am a fan of chicago and i love to fly for a cheaper amount but i don't want to fly into midway. that's miles away from my parents' house. >> we have to get you home. thank you, scott. tesla cars will soon bewant to getting a self-driving upgrade but so far only for some drivers. the ceo elon musk tweeting tesla will be rolling out next week but will only go to those deemed experts and careful drivers. a fully self-driving car including helping you get on and off the freeway and bringing the car to a complete stop at traffic lights and stop signs. but it will only work if drivers keep their hands on the wheel. >> i like that feature. >>> trending this morning, a version of this may be at the top of your kid's christmas list, but they will not be messing with this star wars light saber. a star created what he says is the world's first real-life retractable light saber and says it can a

there's the possibility as you take a look at southwest airlines you may see more furloughs in the futurely was on our air yesterday saying, he doesn't have furloughs, doesn't plan on starting them right now but said the staff needs to cut by 10%. the union for flight attendants at southwest said, we're not taking a 10% pay cut take a look at jetblue, up more than 6% on the double upgrade. there is some movement with airline stocks it will be interesting to see if we see any movement on capitol hill with regard to the airlines over the next couple of days. >> absolutely, phil. thank you very much. phil lebeau. to seema mody for trading nation. >> airlines taking a u-turn on both revived stimulus hopes for how to trade stocks, let's bring in the trading nation team steve, i'll start with you after months saying to avoid to invest in airlines, you're starting to get cautiously optimistic tell me why. is it on the prospect of a stimulus bill? >> that's part of it the president's clearly in negotiating mode here. both in terms of the threat of walking away and pushing out for targeted measure

while southwest's announcement might unnerve some travelers, the airline does have a flexible change thout paying a fee. southwest's decision comes just after the company reported its biggest ever loss. >>> still ahead here, we're fact-checking the president's claim that the stock market will quote/unquote crash, if joe biden is elected. >>> and as we go to break, we'll look back at this date in history. in 1973, president richard nixon agreed to turn over white house tape recordings subpoenaed by the watergate special prosecutor to a federal judge. >> president nixon in a startling reversal has changed his position on the secret white house tapes, has abandoned his offer of a compromise summary and will obey a court order which says he must give the tapes to the judge. the judge will then privately determine if the tapes have evidence of criminal actions. te evidence of criminal actions som? yup! ugh. even when i don't know how she got the stains, i know tide hygienic clean can get them out. it gets between fibers to remove visible and invisible dirt. if it's got to be clean, it's go

in terms of individual stocks to watch, check out southwest airlines yesterday southwest said that beate to initiate 10% pay cuts for the staff, unless the payroll protection is passed gary kelly was on squawk b"squa" talked about it and he laid out the negotiations that they face. >> what the unions will have to reach out to each one of the union representatives and go through a negotiation process, we can furlough employees without negotiations, but if we're going to make any other changes to the contract, that has to be negotiated >> as you take a look at shares of southwest, we did hear back from the flight attendants union saying huh-uh, we are not renegotiating our contract so that is not a starter for them in terms of a potential 10% pay cut. remember, and i hear this all the time from people, they say why did the airline need $25 billion. this is not money that goes to the airlines that money which has been raised through private equity, through capital raises, that is money that they have set aside for their own liquidity this 25 bmd wou $25 billion would go for payroll protect

southwest airlines says it will resume booking the middle seat in december.ace for passengers due to the pandemic but the airline posted its largest loss ever in its quarterly report this morning, $1.99 per share. tums versus mozzarella stick (bell rings) when heartburn hits fight back fast... ...with tums chewy bites... beat heartburn fast tums chewy bites ♪. jackie: moving forward with the supreme court nomination. the senate judiciary committee advancing the vote to confirm judge amy coney barrett despite the boycott from democrats. fox news's chad pergram is here with the breakdown. chad, you know, the approval, the process is moving forward. the approval did come today but there was some political theater involved as well. tell us what happened. reporter: absolutely. this was the first stop, first step to actually put this nomination on the floor. you have to get out of the judiciary committee. there was a favorable vote by republicans to move this nomination to the senate floor but democrats boycotted the meeting. they contend that republicans broke the

batman has been postponed to 2022 >>> and southwest airline ceo calling on union workers to agree to cuts in a bid to avoid furloughs and layoffs. with anning that the company would reverse potential pay cuts if fell aidderal aid comes thro. >>> welcome back piper sandler releasing its 40th semiannual taking stock with teens survey speaking with nearly 10,000 generation ze erers, honing into the brands, the trends, the company most near and dear to their young hearts but with hybrid schooling and social distancing, teen self reported spending is hitting an all-time survey low, $2150, down 9% from this time last year. and joining us now is author of the report, erin murphy. we have to stop meeting like this, we've been doing this all year and we talked all about the millennials for years. but they are has beens, right? it is about the generation zers now. what are the new trends that you have seen from gen z that may differ from those who are 8 and 10 years older than they are >> great to be back on your show this was a fascinating survey from our perspective because as you mentioned,

. >> interesting time to sell southwest airlines tell me why. >> yeah. so i talked about it last month as well. southwest has been in a channel and so i've continued -- i've traded it three times since april. it been a really good buy in the mid to low 30s and then a sell around 42. i've done that three times and so i bought it after the show last month around 36 i sold it yesterday around 42. i definitely want to get back in the stock. that being said, when you're doing a trade, you have to trade for the market you have, not the market you want. and so i think southwest is definitely going to be the leader i travel on them every single week and they call themselves covid- covid-19-full because they have the middle seats open. >> not anymore >> what's important about that and i sold the stock yesterday at around 42.50. after december 1st they're bringing that back because there's more demand. if i get an opportunity to get back in in the 30s, i'll definitely do that goldman was the same in southwest. buy below 200, sell around 212, 213. >> kevin o'leary,

southwest airlines is asking union workers to accept pay cuts in order to stave off furloughs next year if they do not come up with more assistance. the ceo said the nonunion employees will see a 10 percent pay cut in january. the airline says it will negotiate a similar cut from union employees. he said he will not take a base salary for next year to help keep the airlines solving.>>> it would normally attract hundreds of thousands of people to san francisco. this year the event is going to be virtual. coming up with at least local businesses. our chief meteorologist tracking a chance of wet weather. i'm voting 'yes' on prop 19. nineteen limits taxes on seniors. it limits property tax on people like me. nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. it says so right here. if 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. i looked at moving but i can't afford the taxes. will you help california's most vulnerable? vote 'yes' on prop 19. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ they do one of the most deven in normal times.s, our frontline health care workers. and when these heroes lack the resources they need

delta and southwest airlines say they will be able to avoid major layoffs for now. it might be harder for some to find flights. some small airports won't have commercial flights at all. american airlines alone canceling flights at at least 11 american cities. it's unclear right now if that means more flights will be more crowded and we're working to find out what the exact impact will be at mineta san jose this morning. julian glover, abc 7 news. >>> julian being thank you. this morning, governor newsom cleared his desk of bills, bringing the 2019-2020 legislative session to the close. jobina fortson is at the debts being with what the governor signed and what he didn't. jobina. >> reggie, yes. the governor took action on legislation to end systemic racism. that includes a bill that is creating a task force to study and develop proposals for potential reparations for the -- >> in some respects, it's rather sad that i'll be signing a couple of these bills, that they weren't addressed decades ago. that we still need to be talking about jury selection, still need to tal

moments ago making an announcement, december 1st, southwest airlines will start selling the. guys >> okay, tom i know they hadn't been for distancing purposes. thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> 7:44 let's switch gears. dylan looks dazzling in white, joining us with the weather. >> thank you you're so kind thank you. we have temperatures all over the place across the map and across the country look at this, we have the cold air that's helping to support some of that snow across the northern plains. temperatures only in the 20s and lower 30s. on the other side of that front, we have 82 in kansas city. 85 in st. louis. that's 20 degrees above average for highs today. this warm air continues to jump into areas like indiana, also west virginia and ohio temperatures running about 15 degrees above average. back behind that front, we're looking at a high of only 29 degrees in rapid city on friday. this cold air is coming to the east coast it will arrive over the weekend. in the meantime, enjoy what's out there. on saturday, we'll drop down 57. on sunday in pittsburgh, 60 degre

i work for southwest airlines. thank you for permitting me to comment. southwest airlines is proud of its records when related to their employees. over 82% of our workforce is unionized in the highest percentage in the aviation district. we have collective bargaining agreements, negotiated across the country with extremely generous provisions that extend to family members. currently, southwest employees can choose between a free healthcare plan or a premium plan at a discounted rate but it's important to note that southwest employees and unions approved these healthcare plans to the bargaining process. southwest has taken the necessary steps to preserve security to prevent layoffs and cut benefits. with the proposal that is approved, it would increase the cost of healthcare during financial challenging times and adding millions of dollars in unnecessary healthcare costs will hinder the recovery process and result in consequences. it would reduce head counts in s.f.o. or shift flights to other airports that are more cost effective. we go above and beyond

i'm not sure if i'm hosting a show or boarding a southwest airlines flight.veryone is wearing masks and those clear plastic face shields. everyone looks like they're in a daft punk cover band. we have a small crew here in our studio. i need you guys to laugh, even if its not funny. dnchlths -- i said i need you guys. this must be what kim jong un feels like. is he still alive? or did he go when we were gone? remind me to call and check in on him. we have everything we need to do a show. except, for my little mustachioed angel. where is guillermo? isn't he supposed to be here? ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> all right, that's enough. all right. anyway, good to see you. i miss you. i really did. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great, jimmy. guillermo, who's happier that you're back to work, you or your wife? >> my wife. >> all right, well, you know, i don't know if you, did you watch, i hosted the emmys last night. >> yeah, you did a wonderful job. >> thank you. did you see that lakers game last night? >> yes. >> wait a minute, how did you see the lakers game if i was hosting the ma

. >> now discount carrier southwest airlines also based in texas says that it does not have plans tout they say that early 2021, well, that is not at the table. they will wait until november 1st to begin furloughing some pilots already adding to staff that have been reduced because of the pandemic as the industry as a whole, harris, struggling a great deal with people not flying like they used to. >> harris: you know, 32,000 and is a huge number, but it does not take into account inside the airports. those people are affected too, right? food concessions and all of that. it feathers out when you remove that many people from a system. thank you very much. the showdown between president trump and democrats over universal mail-in voting and the potentially could have on the election. power panel weighs in and comes back. ♪ ♪ but i like it, i love it, i want some more of it ♪ ♪ i try so hard, i can't rise above it ♪ ♪ don't know what it is ♪ ♪ get a dozen double crunch shrimp for one dollar with any steak entrée. only at applebee's. some things are good to know. like where to find the ch

>>southwest airlines will begin nonstop service from oakland to palm springs starting next month. >>very popular run right now airport officials say 2 daily flights will begin november 15th to palm springs, oakland, 7 connection to southern california be a southwest and seats for flights are already on sale on southwest website. the flights will depart oakland at 09:00am and 06:45pm with returning flights from palm springs, arriving back in oakland at 10:00am and 05:50pm. >>los angeles prosecutors have charged rapper tory lanes with shooting artist megan the stallion during an argument earlier this year. lane's is accused of shooting at making the science feet and hitting her after she left suv during a fight in the hollywood hills. back in july. he faces 2 felony charges. one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded unregistered gun in a vehicle. 28 year-old lanes is due to be arraigned tuesday in los angeles if convicted he faces a maximum sentence of more than 20 >>next members of new york city's orthodox jewish community protested for a second night

passenger on a southwest airline got some fine tuning with a flight attendant is a ukulele to serenadeer birthday. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> nothing like two strangers singing in-your-face during the pandemic. in keeping with southwest policy, the passenger was later was $30. notes. ask of this was all a ruse to get the other passengers to pay for headphones. apparently the flight attendant always wanted to be a professional musician. but instead became a flying band horror. passengers clapped windowsill or only because they felt cabin pressure. lisa was flying to las vegas with her husband at the time where they helpfully did enough drugs to forget this ever happened. in fact, the experience was so terrible, they switch the return flight to malaysian airlines. [laughter] in a smug shop monday. and so we take you out of this world, on the final frontier where no one can hear you screa scream. florida. all, there he is. 28-year-old james was arrested for calling 911 to report an alien invasion. or as democrats called them undocumented space tramps. james of the night but one operator he was s

southwest airlines says it will no longer limit the number of seats on its flights.e again filling that middle seat starting december 1st. a month ago the pandemic prompted the airline to limit the number of passengers. the airline says passengers on full flights will be able to rebook if they don't feel comfortable boarding. >>> right now at 6:00, not in the clear yet. as extreme fire danger moves out of the bay area, another red flag warning is creeping in. tracking the time line and likelihood of, you guessed it, even more power shutoffs. plus -- >> if he's elected the stock market will crash. >> the idea the stock market is booming is his only measure of what's happening. >> decision 2020, the final presidential debate mostly civil but both candidates are still waging a war of words and ideals. a live report next on what was said plus reactions this morning. >>> and a new round of reopenings across the east bay. a list of who is finally able to allow customers back through their doors up next as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. we'll have

southwest airlines says about to sell every seat on its flights or at least tried to the carrier has kept a middle seat empty for months now to make travelers feel safer during the pandemic and now says it will start booking the middle seats starting december 1st. the airline sites. several recent studies that show the risk of getting covid on a plane is extremely low if everyone wears a mask, the whole time. delta and alaska are now the only 2 us airlines. still committing to blocking middle seats through january can you say beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice. >>ahead we're going to take you to a texas home that is decked out with everything from the halloween classic well still practicing social distancing. >>plus coming up in sports the niners getting ready for the patriots in new england. that means quarterback jimmy g is getting ready for his return to the place where it all started i would you like to be tom brady's backup sports director jason dumas says that story and much more. after the break. woman: after covid, my hours got cut. so we can't pay our bills. and now our fam

were a little chaotic at first, but they were pretty happy to assist battling these wildfires, southwest airlines also provided to free charter flights for those crews to get back home. hopefully we don't need them again. >>this year's intense wildfire season has taken a big toll on farmers, including people in salinas growing this let us farmers in the salinas valley say multiple days of extreme heat has caused a lot of stress on crops and the ash from all the fires could kill off additional batches to try to save what's left they're stripping off the outer layers of lettuce covered in ash so that the remaining plants can get sunlight. but they're not in the clear farmers are also dealing with a virus. they've seen popping up on their crops, it's called impatience necrotic spot virus and they call it ins before sure the virus is created by certain bugs and leave spots like that on beliefs. >>we see this fire sticking around for another few weeks at least until we finish salinas. with iceberg lettuce we transition to here on in about 2 to 3 weeks. 100% and then we'll be in the desert about 4 or 5

i work for southwest airlines. thank you for permitting me to comment. southwest airlines is proud of its records when related to their employees. over 82% of our workforce is unionized in the highest percentage in the aviation district. we have collective bargaining agreements, negotiated across the country with extremely generous provisions that extend to family members. currently, southwest employees can choose between a free healthcare plan or a premium plan at a discounted rate but it's important to note that southwest employees and unions approved these healthcare plans to the bargaining process. southwest has taken the necessary steps to preserve security to prevent layoffs and cut benefits. with the proposal that is approved, it would increase the cost of healthcare during financial challenging times and adding millions of dollars in unnecessary healthcare costs will hinder the recovery process and result in consequences. it would reduce head counts in s.f.o. or shift flights to other airports that are more cost effective. we go above and beyond

yesterday the president of the southwest airlines flight attendants union releasing a statement concessions to a contract that took decades to obtain at the end of the day, this all comes down to how long it will take the airlines to see some regrowth in terms of passenger levels in september the average passenger level every day was down 68% and it's not much better than where it was in august where it was down 71% so, guys, the question for many investors is separate from the payroll aid, when do the airlines start to see that break even point approach where they're no longer burning through 17 or 25 or $30 million a day? is it by the end of the year as many are hoping or is it more likely in the first quarter because the growth in passengers is just not there right now. >> all right, phil stay tuned talk to savante seith about this, raymond james airline analyst. your point, savante, it's kind of brutal. the airlines themselves are going to get through this. i worry about employees. i worry about them getting through this but they can weather this as long as there isn't a sec

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my name is (indiscernible) and over 83% of southwest airlines workforce is unionizeized and covered bycollective bargaining agreements that apply across the country. rather than having different agreements for each location like most employers. and it offers extremely health care coverage provisions that already extend to the family members. southwest plays host to half a billion dollars in raises and benefits in the bay area alone, and is workin one of the most recognized companies in the world and one of the best places to work as said by "forbes" magazine. i want the supervisors to understand the unintended consequences of passing this proposal. recently the airport sent communication to the board clarifying the financial impacts of this ordinance. based on the assessment, the proposal would cost employers at the airport $163 million. a number much higher than previously recorded by this board and projected by the airline. given the discrepancy in numbers we respectfully ask the committee to delay the proposal until a thorough economic impact analysis is completed. otherwise, the ne

compared to a grocery store, i think you choose the in cabin experience >> last week we heard from southwest airlines and gary kelly, he was right here on this show, after they reported their q3 earnings or loss of the third quarter, all the airlines reporting losses and during the analyst call, he came out as did other executives at southwest and said we're interested in a smaller single aisle airplane, whether the 737 max 7 or potentially the airbus a-220. that has people saying is it possible one of your longest most loyal customers might go to airbus how do you convince people that you will keep southwest in the family >> well, first of all, i can't remember a single deal or competition at any airline anywhere in the world where we weren't facing a direct competitor so we're doing that again here at southwest and we are going to put our very best foot forward and we're going to try to win in every way we can in the meantime, we'll support southwest as you said, the majority of their installed fleet for a long time coming is going to be boeing airplanes we hope it stays all boeing. we'll compete t

s confusion, rescue funds for airlines. southwest c.e.o. kelly: >> we had hoped the federal government would again move swiftly, but they have not. >> reporter: president trump now says he wants a standalone bill to help the airlines. but house democrats tried to pass one last week and were blocked by republicans. the biggest obstacle now is the fact that the house has gone home to campaign for reelection, and the senate is out, too, over concerns about covid. norah. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, thank you. tonight, a new warning from the nation's top expert on infectious diseases. dr. anthony fauci says coronavirus deaths in the u.s. could nearly double to 400,000 by the end of the year. new cases have risen in the past two weeks in 30 states and the district of columbia. the midwest and great plains are becoming hot spots. and tonight, wisconsin is taking emergency action. cbs' mola lenghi is there. >> reporter: tonight, a dire situation in wisconsin. >> we have a pandemic that is out of control. >> reporter: hospitalizations are up more th

southwest airlines will fill the middle seat again starting in december.mber of seats for sale for months due to the coronavirus pandemic. southwest lost more than $1 billion last quarter. the company says it's going back to its old policy based on science-based findings from trusted medical and aviation organizations. the tsa reported this week that airport checkpoints saw 1 million passengers a day for the first time since mid-march. so right now, delta is the only one keeping that middle seat open. >> thank you, delta. i just don't know about this if we're supposed to the six-foot distancing. >> when ed was talking about how good the air filtration was. i believed him and studies back him up. but i'm so used to pulling away from people, the idea of somebody in a middle seat makes me uncomfortable. >> the cdc is asking people not to travel during the holidays. this doesn't kick in until december, but maybe just stay home. >> i know the economics are talking here, but i'm a little worried about that one. >> all right, we'll see how it goes. meanwhile, pau