workers at at&t, bank of america, comcast, southwest airlines, american airlines, and many other companies are receiving bonuses of $1000 or more. aflac and others are investing more in employees' 401ks. cvs announced it will hire 300,000 new workers. boeing, another great comedy, is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in employee training and infrastructure. more than 60 companies have announced they are raising wages, including many that have voluntarily raised their minimum wage to $15 an hour, and i mean they did that voluntarily, which many politicians said could only be achieved by government mandates. investing in the american workers the most important investment of business will make. i want to thank all of these taxanies for putting the savings to the best possible use by creating more jobs and higher wages for the american family. these great results are just the beginning. when the dreams of the american people are unleashed, there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can't achieve. we're going to make america great again, and it is happening a lot faster than anyone thought

we saw wal-mart announcing a thousand dollar bonuses southwest airlines american airlines so many corporations have been amounts in big bonuses because of the tax cuts a very huge tax down to twenty one percent. of the likes of apple will go into it only ever paid one percent but we'll get into that event right yes so this is all about bringing those jobs back to america bringing the cash back to america chums just finished his first year in office and this is some of the campaign promises that he made and he's making good on those promises it's really hard to criticize job because he's doing stuff he said he would do this is obviously going to be a huge boon for jobs in the u.s. going to start manufacturing in the us and credible about the if you start seeing i phones and i have some other equipment actually being manufactured not jonathan asia but in the united states i don't know if they're going to do that or not but they're clearly bringing a lot of jobs and are going to build a whole new apple campus and then i guess they're shopping for a city now where to put that new apple campus of t

employees in the united states we saw wal-mart announced a thousand dollar bonus in southwest airlines american airlines so many corporations have been announced and big bonuses because of the tax cuts a very huge tax down to twenty one percent. of the likes of apple will go into it only ever paid one percent but we'll get into that event right yes so this is all about bringing those jobs back to america bringing the cash back to america chumps just finished his first year in office and this is some of the campaign promises that he made and he's making good on those promises it's really hard to criticize job because he's doing stuff he said he would do this is obviously going to be a huge boon for jobs in the u.s. going to start manufacturing in the us sound credible would that be if you start seeing i phones and i have some other equipment actually being manufactured not giant in the nation but in the united states i don't know if they're going to do that or not but they're clearly bringing a lot of jobs and are going to build a whole new apple campus and then i guess are shopping for a city now where

investments to their employees, to their companies to their businesses and expanding, southwest airlines, american airlines these companies actually know what happens when you put your oxygen mask on first, how you can help so many others and this is playing out at every level in the economy today. charles: katrina i need you to stay right there because i want to bring in heather higgins independent women's voice president and ceo and fox news contributor roy murdock national review contributing editor. heather let me start with you the numbers are phenomenal. this week alone we saw retail sales last week in december were phenomenal manufacturing continues to go through the roof and almost every single day these numbers repeat themselves to the best either numbers we ever had or best numbers we've had in several decades. yeah, but they're not a surprise unless you had trump derangement syndrome pronouncing if trump won presidency the stock market would never recover. >> i like. he took a two hour victory lap, do you the dow was down. >> if you think about it, just rationaly, you cut regulations, you are go

workers at at&t, bank of america, comcast, southwest airlines, american airlines and many other companies are receiving bonuses of $1,000 or more. aflac and others are investing more in employees 401ks. cvs announced it will hire 3,000 new workers. boeing, another great company, is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in employee trading and infrastructure. more than 60 companies have announced they are raising wages, including many that have voluntarily raised their minimum wage to $15 per hour, and i mean they did that voluntarily, which many politicians said could only be achieved by government mandate. investing in the american worker is the most important investment a business will make. i can't to thank all of these companies to putting their tax savings to the best possible use by creating more jobs for the american family. when the dreams of the american people are unleashed, there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can't achieve. we are going to make america great again and it's happening a lot faster than anyone thought possible. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. as he

workers at at&t, bank of america, comcast, southwest airlines, american airlines, and many other companiesre receiving bonuses of $1000 or more. aflac, others are investing more in employees 401(k)s. cbs announced that it will hire 3000 new workers. boeing and another great company is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in employee trading and infrastructure. more than 60 companies have announced they are raising wages, including many that have voluntarily raised with their minimum wage to $15 per hour. and i mean, they did that voluntarily. which many politicians said could only be achieved by a government mandate. investing in the american workers, the most important of investment a business will ever make. i want to thank all of these companies were putting their tax savings to the best possible use, by creating more jobs and higher wages for the american family. these great results are just the beginning. when the dreams of the american people are unleashed, there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can't achieve. we are going to make america great again, and it is happening a lot

workers at at&t, bank of america, comcast, southwest airlines, american airlines, and many other companies are receiving bonuses of $1000 or more. aflac and others are investing more in employees 401(k)s. cvs announced it will hire three thousand new workers. boeing, another great company will invest in hundreds of millions of dollars in employee training and infrastructure. more than 60 companies announced they are raising wages, including many that have voluntary raised their minimum wag to $15 per hour. i mean they did that voluntarily, which many politicians said could only be achieved by government mandate. investing in the american worker is the most important investment a business will ever make. i want to thank all of these companies for putting their tax savings to the best possible use by creating more jobs and higher wages for the american family. these great results are just the beginning. when the dreams of the american people are unleashed, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, we can't achieve. we are going to make america great again and it is happening a lot faster than an

airline employees getting bonuses. >> airlines sharing the wealth from that windfall, southwest airlines, giving employees, american airlinesof $135 million there, southwest says they will be investing in 40 new jets from boeing making a next to $5 million donation to charity because of this extra money they got. >> was burger king ripping people off? >> using a buy one get one free coupon from october 1, 2015, to may 19, 2017, getting money back because of the class-action lawsuit that alleged certain burger king locations if you order a modified sandwich without meat or eggs and charged a little more for your 2-for-1 deal. you do need a receipt for fast food meals from 2015, that is pretty incredible but you can get $5 back for a $2 gift card at burger king, you have to file the right paperwork. rob: or you are a hoarder. thanks so much. music streaming giant spotify facing the $1.6 billion lawsuit. ♪ i'm free ♪ freefalling ♪ rob: we miss tom petty. the company with exclusive rights to songs from tom petty from neil young, stevie next, claims spotify didn't get a license to reproduce and distribute 10,000 of their songs.

with the tax bill just signed days into law and then yesterday two more companies southwest airlines, american airlines announced the same thing. i think what you are seeing is this idea that american workers are in demand again and so it will continue throughout the year. just in my district i'm going to tour tomorrow local family-owned company is doing the same thing. they made more than a million dollar investment in their workers because of this tax cut bill passed. so small businesses like that are doing the same thing that the larger high-profile companies like at&t are doing. >> sandra: interesting moves we saw at the end of the year and beginning of the year. january 19th, will a shutdown be avoited? >> yes, we've avoided it in the past. in the house the republicans had to do it on our own before december 22nd. it will get worked out before january 19th as well. but both parties have to be willing to come to the table. we've been there from the beginning. hopefully the democrats get there, too. >> sandra: from one tiger to another, go lsu, congressman. >> go tigers. and go saints. >> sandra: na

what is interesting in the corporate developments, so many of these companies, go to southwest airlines, american airlinesrgo, comcast, at&t, so many handing out bonuses, thousand dollar checks cumulatively to hundreds of thousands of workers. pricewaterhousecoopers's mitch rochelle. mitch, this is one of unheralded developments that surprised a lot of folks that is on top of whatever individual relief folks are going to get. spell it out. >> what is interesting, neil, it is underreported. i agree with that, in fact if you look at some of the press coming out at the time tax reform is being discussed, it was that ceos weren't going to share any of the wealth, that is not in fact what is happening. it is in part fueled by a lower tax rate, but the real thing is, it is about the labor market. we have a shortage of labor. jobs numbers come out on friday. 4.1% unemployment rate. when labor is tight, you want to retain the talent, you find opportunities when you can to share spoils with them. that is what ceos are doing. neil: you know what is interesting too? we have federal hourly minimum wage rate of 7.25 a

american workers. the very latest as southwest airlines and american airlines say they will give $1000 bonuses to employees. butcher block the u.s. government denied alibaba and financial proposed $1 million acquisition of global payment service money grants. the decision could have on u.s. companies trying to sell abroad. markets kicking off the new year record territory. s&p 500 and nasdaq closing at new highs yesterday. the nasdaq cracking 7000 yesterday. dow dow industrials has the second-highest close close on record up 105-point. take a look at the action could the momentum continues up better than 50 points today. nasdaq of 14 and in the s&p 500 up a quarter of a percent. across the world and europe certainly up half a percent. dax index in germany after 30%. combat by a fraction. closed for a holiday. the other majors that fractionally. weight watchers as dj callan becomes the new ambassador. baseball teams squaring off literally. the spongebob uniform taken the internet by storm. all the stories coming out the genetic talk about it, and dagen mcdowell, benchmark kevin kelly and "the wall street jo

bank, southwest airlines and others, american airlines, even comcast, the parent company of conspiracyv msnbc, wow, because of the tax cut they have given my employees $1,000 bonuses and pay raises. other employees have said that they will invest billions into the u.s. economy, build factories and manufacturing centers and hire new employees, not to mention you, the american people, will soon start to see money in your paychecks. where it belongs. it is all because of what? your tax bill that the media said was god-awful. i just shows you how clueless and other media lies to you daily and frankly, how much they hate president trump. if they have this trump-hating obsession, which i told you about last night, which means tt they will do and say anything to try and hurt him on a daily basis. let me tell you how it works. i told you all about cnn, he called them a demented wire and then conspiracy tv msnbc has to say, no, that's not enough. he's not only demented, he's deranged, and a pathological liar, and they talk to each other. what we have now is a media so corrupt, they are all a bu

and finally, we will hear from several us air carriers, including american airlines, southwest airlinesin a moment, but first here's sue noffke, uk equities fund manager, schroders. thank you for coming in. let's talk about the dollar. we have seen wea kness about the dollar. we have seen weakness for a while, but overnight, it certainly took a bit of a tumble. to what extent is this due to the rise of sterling? it is doing pretty well. sterling is the strongest g ten currency in the last six months, so ten currency in the last six months, so the story is partly a strengthening of sterling. i would say the detriment is the weakness of the us dollar. the reasons are at the us dollar. the reasons are at the moment is the america first policy that the trump administration is pursuing, and a weaker dollar really helps motor their economy. it makes them more competitive overseas, and that is part and parcel of what the objective is. sally, have you been following america first? absolutely. it is all the conversation here today. sue, i wanted to get your perspective on the noise coming out of

the resort will feature an -- >>> yesterday, american airlines and southwest airlines said they're going to pay their employees bonus of $1,000 each. the airlines are joining several other companies promising to pay bonuses or invest more in training after the biggest tax overhaul in u.s. history in 30 years which cut the corporate tax rate. president trump signed that massive tax overhaul into law in december. it cuts the corporate tax rate to 2 -- to 21% down from 35%. >>> this week, fox kicked off bs s and we're taking you behind -- shows and we're taking you behind the scene. we had a chance to sit down with the cast moments, "l.a. to las vegas" which premiered last night. >> you want to do the honors, alan? >> yeah. >> you never touch this. >> that's how jackpot airlines begin. fox new comedy "l.a. to vegas" follows the budget airline and their cast of passengers. >> i thought i dressed in bright colors, but come on my man. >> i'm modest dressed today. i'm dressed down for this occasion. >> captain dave -- >> when i read it, i knew this was my role. >> the captain of this airline is

latest our airlines we're talking specifically about southwest and american airlines both say they will give employees 1,000 bonuses. american airlinesl total $130 million and south west will invest in 40 new jets from bowing totaling 4.5 billion and then they'll be able to give an extra five million for charity. all because of money they're saving from the it. reform bill. and it's looks like going back to the future. it looks like they've tried this before. >> they tried something similar sim name this is called arch burger and it will be made with fresh brief. it also has something called arch sauce combo of mayo and muingt tarred. and kheerksz pickles, onions all that and trying to gear there to gourmet minded customer wanting to compete with other burger chains that offer freshburgers like shake shack or in and out and this is tested in seven markets specifically in oklahoma he and texas. price point here is $2 they're still good keeping with kind of other price range of mcdonald'sburgers. we'll see it it work they tried this a few decades ago and it failed. hopefully it work again. >> see you tomorrow, 6:25 right now. >> we ver

one thousand and fifty four dollars a lot of people by the way in the new year at american airlines at southwest airlines and various companies from out around america announce that they're giving a thousand dollar bonus to every single employee clean part time employees because of the tax cuts so the rockefeller gave kids don't name was on the street while he was plundering the economy and then you know rapaciously destroying any underpinnings of a sound economy here should have a dime cashless nickel between your teeth be my friend you know some of the give a thousand dollars is going to go immediately down to pay off their visa or master card if they're not well but if it looks a by big oil there do going back to this chart that highlighted that debt has exploded since one thousand seventy one when nixon took america off the gold standard and the us took the entire world off the gold standard by the way i did buy some gold over christmas so i'm going long gold again just so you know i think it's you know i guess full disclosure regarding this headline so he's explains the credit binge and he says the

. >>> two major airlines revealing what they're doing with the wind fall they'll be getting from the new tax law. yesterday, american airlines and southwest airlinesthey're going to pay their employees bonuses of $1,000 a piece. the airlines joined several companies who promised to pay bonuses or invest more in training after the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years. last month, president trump signed the tax overhaul into law cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% down to 21%. >>> this week, fox kicked off bd we're taking you behind the scene of some of them. paul chambers talked with some of the cast members of "l.a. to vegas" which premiered last night. >> do you want to do the honors, alan? >> yeah. >> you never touch this, this is captain dave time. >> that is how it begins. fox new comedy "l.a. to vegas" follows the crew of the budget airline and their cast of the passengers. >> they all -- i thought i dressed in bright colors, come on man. >> i'm modest dressed today. i'm dressed down. >> dylan mack did he make is captain dave. >> when i read it, i knew this was my role. >> the captain of this airline is not like any we have seen or want to se

airlines are sharing the wealth with employees as the new tax law goes into effect. american airlines and southwest saying they will give $1,000 of bonuses to employees. american airlinesying that will total up to $130 million. both are expected to give it to employees this quarter. southwest is also considering buying new jets from boeing. talk about on a wing and prayer. an airline passenger in europe gets fed up with the constant delays of his flight and takes matters into his own hands. he opened the emergency door and walked onto the wing of the plane. the aircraft landed but was waiting on the tarmac with no gate available. the passenger was talked into getting back onto the plane and then was arrested by local police. so don't do that. fans still celebrating the football team's return to the playoffs. how they're using the wind to create a windfall for one unlikely charity. depend silhouette briefs. feature a comfortable sleek fit. as a dancer, i've learned you can't have any doubts. because looking good on stage is one thing. but real confidence comes from feeling good out there. get a coupon at depend.com >> so the buffalo bills and their fans are celebrating

you can add southwest and american airlines paying companies bonuses. both airlinesllars bonus. it will invest in 40 more jets. the airlines is p expected to benefit big time from the the knew corporate tax rate as well as a provision that will let them expense the cost of new planes more quick limit the new year is the time to reflect on the accomplishments of the past wilson billing at zc. d.c. mayor muriel bowser stopped by fox5 to talk about 2017 and also talked about the grade fixing scandal we've seen at ballou high school. it's a very serious issue. we take it very seriously. we are conducting and investigating all of the violations. and so we expect that report in i think two weeks . and so that will give us a good road plan of the things that need to be fixed. chancellor wilson is already whrooing at things specifically at ballou and things that need to be changed. you talked about resources we endeavor to support families to make sure kids are there. a few years back i start ed kids ride free on metro because it used to be the case that families were paying

already businesses across the country like the american airlines, southwest airlines, boeing, comcast, wells fargo, at&t, and in my state of oklahoma the express employment professionals headquartered in oklahoma city have announced investments in their employees and businesses as a result of the tax bill. now, clearly the tax reform will compound the economic growlt that we've already -- growth that we've already seen, a result from president trump's consistent efforts to cut regulations his first year. following the severe economic recession of 2008 and uncertainty in the future, many companies have chosen not to invest their business in their employees, now, under the obama administration, federal bureaucrats unleashed hundreds of regulations that increased the cost of doing business, stifling job creation. and the result is obvious. according to a report by the heritage foundation, by 2015, obama's regulations were costing the taxpayers over a hundred billion dollars a year. with these limitations on job creators, it is no surprise that the average g.d.p. growth under president ob

bank -- my state of south dakota -- first hawaiian bank, sun trust banks, comcast, american airlines, southwest airlines, humana, visa, nationwide insurance, jet blue airlines. mr. president, the list of companies announcing good news for american workers thanks to tax reform goes on and on and on. tech giant apple announced that as a result of tax reform, it will bring home almost $250 billion in cash it's been keeping overseas and invest it mere in the united states. that's good news for the american economy. and it's a direct result of the tax cuts and jobs act. before the tax cuts and jobs act, our tax code encouraged american businesses to keep cash overseas. the tax cuts and the jobs act ended that. now that we've altered the tax code to remove the penalty for bringing profits home to the united states, we can expect to see more companies bringing profits home and investing in the u.s. economy the way that apple is. mr. president, we've seen a tremendous amount of good news this month, but it really is only the beginning. as the benefits of tax reform continue to sink in, we expect to see more gro

. >>> southwest and american airlines are sharing the tax law wind fall with its employees. the airlines say they will pay employees bonuses of $1,000 apiece. american says that will cost them $130 million. the airlines are just the latest companies promising to pay bonuses or invest in training following the passage of the tax bill. >>> coming up, the new and potentially damaging admission from tonya harding. what she told our amy robach about the attack on nancy kerrigan that she's never mentioned before. >>> and justin timberlake is ditching the suit and tie with a new album. but some of his fans worry that there may be a different sound on the horizon. we'll get a sneak peek in "the skinny". but first, here's a look at today's forecast. ♪ and you're in that dress i like ♪ ♪ let me show you a good thing >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by gain. ♪ ould do aget in, fred! for his daughter. even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain flings! and that smell puts the giddy in giddy up. that's because one gain flings

two major airlines are taking advantage of the passed and signed just before christmas. southwest and american airlinesl both give employees a one-thousand dollar bonus. millenials plan to be responsible with their tax returns this year. a survey from jackson-hewitt found 43-percent of millennials who get refunds this year, plan to use the money to pay down debts they acrued over the holidays. only 31 percent of the general population polled, plans to use their refunds in the same way. eileen? a houston man surprised his favorite waiter, with a car! edward pollard wrote on facebook -- when he leaves work, he often sees the waiter sitting at the bus stop. so he decided to get his extra car detailed like new -- and gift it. he's hoping it will inspire others to pay it forward as the year unfolds. an animal rescue - in california. highway patrol officers trying to wrangle up more than a dozen chickens on i-605 in santa fe springs. they tweeted this video of the ordeal, with the hashtag "why did the chicken cross the road." and - hashtag "we like fast food" but not on the freeway. it's 5: and time for a ch

airline employees will get a bonus after the tax bill. >> great news for them. southwest and american airlines employees will see a thousand dollar bonus because of this tax reform windfall their companies will be taking advantage of so american airlinesst $130 million come all those bonuses and southwest also says they are going to be investing in 40 new jets from boeing and able to donate an extra $5 million this year to charity because of this money too. jillian: does that mean less fees for us? >> probably not. heather: fresh beef from mcdonald's. >> mcdonald's testing the arch burger that uses fresh beef and arch sauce which is a combination of mayo and mustard. mcdonald's testing this in seven locations in oklahoma and texas, they want to appeal to gourmet minded customers. that is $2.19. jillian: does mcdonald's have a lot of gourmet minded customers? >> they are trying to steal those away from you. they focus on the fresh -- heather: nothing against mcdonald's, love their fries, appreciate it. apple trying to save face after admitting to slowing down old iphones. tracy brought this story in the latest concession to customers. is it enough? ♪ helped put a roof over the heads of hundreds of families, he's most proud of the one h

a telecom joint, at&t, headquartered in dallas, tx and american airlines and southwest airlines, have responded in similar fashion, offering bonuses to hundreds of thousands of their employees and promising to make significant capital investments in the if future and update their fleet of aircraft all with the savings that they will incur as a result of this tax cuts and jobs act. meanwhile, a restaurant company that owns a chain of popular establishing houses in -- steak houses in texas and elsewhere will use the low rate in taxes to provide customer service and provide additional benefits to their employees. the restaurants will be spending a significant amount of money to make sure that the dining experience is more worthwhile, hopefully providing not only jobs to the people who prepare the food but those who serve it and the vendors who sell it. well, not only will this legislation have the effect of improving a waiter's or waitress' salary, but the effect -- this demonstrates, i think once again, about how tax reform is far-reaching, perhaps in ways that we didn't necessarily thi

points this morning, lets break down airlines american airlines southwest, and jetblue this morning, the premarket southwest is best of the bunch up 2 1/2% american airlinesles, 8. %, ahead of the curve there on the sales numbers, 10.6 billion they have operating costs higher labor costs fuel costs also beefing up with paying pilots flight attendants united dropped 11% yesterday a look at jetblue mixed results earnings we did see earnings fall short revenue beat southwest got lift from increased travel, that is why you are seeing southwest really seeing best of the bun today as profit top more than tripled, stocks up 1/2% up in last 52 weeks up about 52% this airline really is shining back to you. maria: all right. thank you so much, president trump, is bringing his america first economic message to davos speaking in 24 hours from now, tonight, he is going to a dinner with you the head of the world economic forum with with host of ceos global ceos, let's get with stuart varney right now "varney & company" has thoughts on that, good morning to you stu. >> good morning, maria. i think the europeans are scared to death that our much lower business profit tax

airlines will ban so-called smart bags if they're equipped with nonremovable batteries. united, hawaiian and allegiant airlines will implement the new rules. several other carriers, including delta, southwest and american airlinesady taken similar actions. officials are concerned that lithium-ion batteries could cause a catastrophic fire. they could explode. passengers will be allowed to check their smart bags if they remove the battery and keep it with them in the cabin. >>> the top candidates for california governor faced off in a spirited debate in los angeles. health care ignited an intense exchange between lieutenant governor gavin newsome and former los angeles mayor antonio lagos a. republican candidate john cox tried to pitch his own plan. >> you know, by the way, the press is here. he said he's always been for single payer. you were discussing again and again and again. in orange county, you weren't for single payer. the first time you went to the nurses you were for single payer. then you said you were against it. three or four times in the last six months, you've said you were for it or against it. now you're doubling down and saying you're for it and you don't have a plan. >> i'm interested in fact.

airlines will ban so-called smart bags if they're equipped with nonremovable batteries. united, hawaiian and allegiant airlines will implement the new rules tomorrow. several other carriers, including delta, southwest and american airlineslready taken similar actions. officials are concerned that lithium-ion batteries could cause a catastrophic fire. passengers will be allowed to check their smart bags if they remove the battery and keep it with them in the cabin. >>> now to the deadly mudslides in southern california. the death toll stands at 19. the santa barbara county sheriff's office found the body of a woman a day after finding her sister's body. they're still looking for the five missing. they're trying to wrap their minds around what happened and what they're up against. >> that first day, tuesday morning, was very surreal. we weren't -- couldn't really comprehend the devastation until we got to the area and saw areas of homes that were wiped out and just rubble and debris everywhere. >> and crews are now in montecito trying to begin restoring power there. many roads remain closed due to all that mud. >>> the top candidates for california governor faced off in a spirited debate in los angeles. health care ignite

positive stuff, and i believe the domino effect happened because when you see southwest airlines do it and american airlines? delta, united, and the rest will follow. and as more companies do it, the rest follow in those industries. so i think it's going to be a big year for bonuses. and you combine that with the tax cuts a lot of these people are getting. we're talking about a little bit better wealth effect as we move forward. stuart: i think gary is agreeing with you, actually. >> i think so. and what is interesting is that if you look at the major metropolitan areas in the united states, you will find many that have unemployment rates under 3%. that means that wages, wage increases. which is usually a lagging indicator of going up. which is a dramatic increase, a dramatic change that is occurring in american life at the moment. stuart: a big shift from what we've been seeing. >> oh, absolutely. >> and just remember, it's about how people feel that is so important to the economy, people feel so much better, i speak to them all the time from my radio show. stuart: gary, prosperity is a feeling. it's not a

airlines. when "action news" continues. >>> employees at two airlines will soon be receiving bonuses, american and southwest have announced they will be paying their employees $1,000 each. due in part to the new lower corporate tax rate. and that employees will get their bonuses during the first quarter of the year and southwest will issue the payments on monday. >> the search to find a cure for diabetes found an unintended benefit in the treatment of alzheimer's disease. that the the drug significantly erased memory loss in mice than could help humans in the future. alzheimer's experts say the results are encouraging because there are no new treatments for alzheimer'ss in nearly 15 years. >>> the "action news" team is work on news stories for today at 4:00. lets check in with alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom. >> of course with the possible of snow and some of the coldest temperatures yet to come this week aaa is urging drivers to plan ahead. coming up today at 4:00, we'll tell you how they are answering hundreds of calls about dead batteries ever since the frigid air set in. you don't need to be the next victim, wha

southwest airlines held the planes during the shutdown. alaskans had two-hour delays but everything was back to normal by nighttime. >>> yesterday american airlinesployees bonuses of $1,000 each. the airlines join several company who's promised to pay bonuses or invest more in training after the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years. last month president trump signed it into law, cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% down to 21%. >>> nissan unveiled new research that allows cars to read the driver's brain waves. it is called brain to vehicle. and nissan says the technology could actually speed up reaction times for drivers. drivers wear a skull cap that allows the car to detect actions like steering, accelerating or braking before the driver actually starts doing them. researchers say the car can detect the action about a half secondary leer. secondary-- half second earlier. >> welcome to the 9. we're expecting rain a little later today. as you make your way around town, make sure that the umbrella is in the trunk of your car, not in the coat closet. on this january 3rd, we have great weather compared to what so many are deal withing in the southeas

worth reports american and southwest airlines will pay a bonus $1,000 to employees because of the new tax law. the airlinesately from a lower tax rate on corporate income. southwest says it will pay their bonuses next monday. american says workers will get the money in the first quarter. >>> and the ceo of southwest airlines talks about tax reform and the company's disruptive form. that's today in our "cbs this morning" podcast. you can find it on itunes and apple's podcast app. >>> one of the most popular new year's resolutions is to lose weight. so weight watchers is reaching out with a new program and a new social media ambassador. ahead we'll talk with the company's new ceo in studio 57. there he is. i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans better than a manual. and my hygienist says it does but they're not all the same. who knew? i had no idea. so she said, look for one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to gently remove more plaque. and unlike sonicare, oral-b is the only electric toothbrush bra

southwest airlines will pay $15 million to settle claims it conspired to boost ticket prices. the class action lawsuit claimed southwest, american, united and delta worked together to raise prices. southwest denies wrongdoing. the other airlineselves against the lawsuit. >>> following the massive wildfires, major insurance companies are denying coverage to homeowners in high-risk areas. >> even those who are able to get coverage are facing problems. according to a report some homeowners are getting hit with much higher insurance rates in the aftermath of the fires. the state department of insurance is urging lawmakers to draft a bill that would help secure affordable insurance. >> this is very frustrating. they're doing everything fire officials tell them to do. at the same time the home insurer is not writing insurance. one of our recommendations to address that is that if the homeowner does these things to protect their homes, then the insurance would have to be written for them. >> about $9 billion in insurance claims in the north bay. >>> san francisco billionaire tom steyer may be running for office. his political group says he's going to make a major announcement monday in washington, d.c. he last made headlines when he

according to auto data, for december, was 17.9 million vehicles airlines are celebrating the gop tax plan southwest and american airlinesouncing bonuses to employees following the tax overhaul president trump signed into law last month >> scorching statement from the president of the united states towards steve bannon his former political advisor. the president saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired, not only lost his job, he lost his mind. >> dow up nearly 100 his mind. >> the dow, 24,921 s&p 500 up two-thirds of one percent. the nasdaq which yesterday closed above 7,000 for the first time, today up 8.4%, closing at 7,065. dow, nasdaq, s&p, russell. dow transports, even, all finishing in record territory today. tim seymour is getting ready for "fast money" at 5:00 but we want your thoughts now, tim. >> okay. >> if three is a trifecta, four is a quadfecta, all five is -- >> a quinilla. >> what do you make of it? >> byron talked about how we're in goldilocks. if you look at where rates are, where we're going to string together a third plus 3% gdp, 45 countries have synchronized g

airlines revealed what they're doing with the wind fall they'll get with the tax law. american airlines and southwest say they'll pay their workers bonuses of $1,000. they joined companies that promised to pay bonuses or invest more in training after the big tax overhaul in 30 years. president trump signed the tax overhaul into law cutting the corporate tax rate. >>> the company announced it delivered $5 billion items just through its prime subscription. their echo dot advice was its best selling items for u.s. prime members and it's the first time amazon revealed its prime shipment figures for a full year. >>> our time is 6:45. in san francisco, breast feeding mothers have new rights under a new law that take effect january 1st. employers must provide a private space where mothers can pump and reasonable break times to do it. the city's lactation in the work place ordinance adds to that. specifying the private space must have access to a sink and electricity and there has to be a refrigerator near the mother's work space where she can store the breast milk. katie tang sponsored this and hopes other cities will follow suit. >>> the tesla model 3 rollout may have been behind, but the electric car set a new record. the editor took the car on a cross country trip from los angeles to new york in 50 hours 16 minutes 32 seconds. but beat the previous car electric record by an hour. alex roy documented his -- roy confirmed the extreme cold, it negatively affected the model 3, it doesn't stop them from setting that record. bravo. >>> highway 4, sal. >> we've been looking at these commutes and i'm lining it up here and the commute is going to be slow at the bay bridge. there's a little backup here. i can show you that. it's backed up for a 10 to 15 minute delay. it's better than it normally is. that means you start getting used to good things quickly. but this is probably not for the last more than this week, maybe, i think a lot of people are back next week, so enjoy what you can. this is a look at the commute in san francisco along northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. this traffic looks okay. traffic is also doing well southbound 101 heading down to the airport. and if you're driving on the limit freeway, we're seeing the first signs of slowing on 880 and hayward. at 6:47. let's bring steve in with today's forecast. >> we'll start nationally because that's what everyone has been talking about. we haven't much here, but it looks like a change in our weather. very cold all the way down to the deep south and even most parts of florida as well. i mean, really only southern florida and southern california escaped cold weather. everybody is dealing with it. what everyone is focusing on is this system developing off northern florida around jacksonville and southeast georgia and off charleston. that's expected to develop rapidly and deepen as it heads to the northeast. and northeasterly depending where a location is. if it stays to the west, it will be a big snow -- as i cold windy system. that's the main focus. we have a system on the way. i'm always reluctant the first system coming through a long stretch of high pressure. usually falls apart, but this one holding together. but we have a ways to go. this isn't a morning event, but a late afternoon. lightning strikes associated with that. a possibility exist on that. if we can get that to come in and not go south and north. cloudy in the morning with rain later. not much in the morning, but later this afternoon, it could late. this is late this evening into late tomorrow -- we'll focus on santa rosa. it doesn't look like a lot. as you can see going through thursday, a quarter of an inch. not a lot with these systems. we should pick up later tonight, tomorrow. i'm using the european forecast on the presip. thursday night into friday morning, that does look better. i'm banking on next wednesday. i think the temp is our best opportunity by far in the short range here on a good looking system. this will give us aloud of cloud cover and some rain. 40s and 50s. this is a warmer sector system.d system. not yet as far as rain system. e to get bumped along and it will by the next system. it's going to take a while to get here. the timing is later this afternoon. 2:00, things start to pick up in sin city and late tonight, there's not a lot with this first system, but again a possibility of maybe thundershower activity. the next system coming in late thursday and friday taking its system northward. 60s on your temps. kind of on the mild side with the cloud cover. we're starting off on the low side. a few breaks in the clouds. we will start to cloud it up throughout the day and have rain later tonight and thursday. next system early friday, a break on the weekend. >> steve, thank you. >>> time is 6:49. marijuana legal to sell in california. there's problems with the transaction. in a moment why an important moment of technology is not available to all and what sellers need to do instead. >>> also a frustrated passenger walks out on the wing of a plane. why the frustrated passenger walked onto the tarmac. >> the time is 6:52. happening today, the winter's first snow pack survey is set to be done. >> it hasn't snowed much so far. probably too early to worry. it reaches its peak depth and water content in april. they use the water content to help them anticipate the runoff from the mountains during the spring snow melt. they take five measurements between january and may. >>> the legal sale of recreational marijuana is in full swing in california but not everything is in place. a computerized system that was supposed to track all of the marijuana grown and sold is not up and running yet. the state department of food and agriculture says the system was implemented yesterday but it is still not required because training will be needed before it becomes mandatory later in the year. they want to track the marijuana so it doesn't head to the black market. community activists in marin county are working to make sure that the social host laws are followed. people who host parties are responsible for any consequence that's come from a minor consuming alcohol at the minor. some jurisdictions don't specifically list cannabis in the law. that leaves a gaping hole if a minor is involved in an accident or death. >> many perceive marijuana to be less harmful than alcohol. with legalization that will go down but the use will go up. it is used to protect us and our community. >> linda says the coalition connection hopes to have all social host laws made uniform by the end of the year. >>> the time is 6:54. mike tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champ and partners broke ground on a 40 acre resort. they are calling it tyson ranch. they will use half of the land to give professional growers a chance to cultivate new plants and research the benefits of marijuana. it will have an amphitheater and an edible factory. >>> congress gets back to work today. in september, president trump said he would not consider citizenship for those enrolled in the daca program. it allowed undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to be excluded from deportation if they met certain requirements. in a new interview, the homeland security secretary that the trump administration is not ruling out a pathway for dreamers to become citizens but says that building a border wall is the first priority. >>> signs were posted along the california state line welcoming people to the state. it does not apply to violent criminals. governor jerry brown signed the sanctuary state law into effect. >>> an armed robbery outside of a nordstrom store caused a shopping center to go on lockdown. the robber targeted a ups truck at a loading dock just before the store opened about 10:00 yesterday morning. police say the man had a semi automatic gun. he robbed the driver. he also reportedly pistol whipped a mall employee. the driver got away in a white van. police are hoping that surveillance video will help track them down. police evacuated the mall out of an abundance of caution. >> ups wrote the following statement. >>> there is no word yet if any money was taken from the truck. the truck was found nearby. >>> spotify is being sued for $6.1 billion in a copyright lawsuit. they are accused of using thousands of song that's it did not have a license for. it includes tom petty, beach boys and janice joplin. spotify paid $43 million to settle a claim. no comment yet by spotify. >>> samsung again dealing with a battery problem. this time some owners of galaxy note 8s say they can't charge or turn on their devices after the batteries run out. samsung says only a small amount of users had the problem. the company says they should get warranty replacements. in 2016, samsung issued a major recall after dozens of galaxy note 7 phones caught fire because of bad batteries. >>> a rat that was on board a plane mean that's passengers on the flight had to find a different flight to oakland. somebody spotted the rat during boarding. 110 passengers were put on other flights to portland. the plane was taken out of service and an exterminator was brought in to remove the rat. >>> airline passenger in trouble with the law this morning after he opened up one of the emergency exits and climbed out. this shows the 57-year-old polish man out on the wing of the plane. it happened on new year's day. the man appeared to think about jumping on to the tarmac but was eventually talked into getting back on to the plane where he was arrested by local police. >> reporter: san jose police released surveillance video of a man accused of assaulting an employee at a middle school campus. we will give you a look at the video and explain what we know about what happened coming up. >>> the first rain of the winter is expected later today. the effort now underway to protect communities burned by the north bay fires. this and much more ahead on mornings on 2. >>> this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> coming up on 7:00 this wednesday morning. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your wednesday weather. steve paulson is right over here. he is back. >> i certainly ho