the southwest austin, san antonio, some of the cheapest places to go right now. denver, los angeles are your best bet. gerri: there's a lot to do, a lot of history. >> fenway park is my favorite place on the planet. gerri: thank you for coming on, we appreciate your time. everybody has their own method for getting their best travel deals. i hit the street of new york to ask about their favorite methods. here is what they told me. >> we do a lot online, a lot through american express travel. >> usually go through kayak online or through a travel agent. >> definitely online. travel zoo, depends. >> do you feel you are getting good prices are the prices go up? >> it is really all luck, i think. depends on the day of the week. gerri: do feel you get a good deal or the prices going up? >> prices are always going up. >> if you fly, cannot go anywhere directly. the prices are outrageous. in a big city, the prices aren't so bad. from a small town, they are really high. gerri: interesting. kayak seems to be the website of choice for travel with our viewers. if you're plan

if you go down the coast of florida, as you to the southwest you have austin and san antonio, some ofheapest place to go. denver and los angeles are your best bet. gerri: lots of history. >> fenway park is my favorite place on the planet. gerri: everyone has the best method -- has the best method for getting their own travel deals. here is what they told me. >> we do have a long line. >> your travel agent. >> kayak, travels them. gerri: you feel like you're getting a good price? >> it really is all locked, i think. it really depends on the day of the wheat. >> you feel like you're getting good deals are prices are just going up? >> prices are always going up. >> if you fly you can't go anywhere direction -- directly. >> from a small-town mayor really high. gerri: interesting. the website of choice. making a huge investment in the future. the carrier is building a one half billion dollar high-tech terminal. it promises to make the travel experience much better for everybody. a sneak peek at the new plan. >> senior vice president of the art. a great title. the new terminal is about to o

we have people helping us with south by southwest coming up in austin. the timing with austin is really unfortunate. we were planning on providing these shared rides for south by southwest and along came all these actions. we would love support on our petition on change.org. just search it and you will find it. >> i want to reference quickly, a company not up here but relay ride had a person -- quite a tragic case. n m.i.t. student and going her -- googler es leased out her honda, several people were injured, someone was killed. that looks like it would be exceeded. she could be on the hook financially. this ask a case that no one thought would happen but lending out your car than leasing out your couch. >> i would say this goes back to the public policy issue. he talked about his work to develop peer-to-peer legislation and it would help to protect consumers as well as protect their right to make money off the use of their car. only two other states have adopted that legislation thus far. in that particular state, massachusetts, there was no protective

we have people helping us with south by southwest coming up in austin. the timing with austin is really unfortunate. we were planning on providing these shared rides for south by southwest and along came all these actions. we would love support on our petition on change.org. just search it and you will find it. >> i want to reference quickly, a company not up here but relay ride had a person -- quite a tragic case. n m.i.t. student and going her -- googler es leased out her honda, several people were injured, someone was killed. that looks like it would be exceeded. she could be on the hook financially. this ask a case that no one thought would happen but lending out your car than leasing out your couch. >> i would say this goes back to the public policy issue. he talked about his work to develop peer-to-peer legislation and it would help to protect consumers as well as protect their right to make money off the use of their car. only two other states have adopted that legislation thus far. in that particular state, massachusetts, there was no protective

we have people helping us with south by southwest coming up in austin. the timing with austin is really unfortunate. we were planning on providing these shared rides for south by southwest and along came all these actions. we would love support on our petition on change.org. just search it and you will find it. >> i want to reference quickly, a company not up here but relay ride had a person -- quite a tragic case. an m.i.t. student and going her -- googler es leased out her honda, several people were injured, someone was killed. that looks like it would be exceeded. she could be on the hook financially. this ask a case that no one thought would happen but lending out your car than leasing out your couch. >> i would say this goes back to the public policy issue. he talked about his work to develop peer-to-peer legislation and it would help to protect consumers as well as protect their right to make money off the use of their car. only two other states have adopted that legislation thus far. in that particular state, massachusetts, there was no protective

we have people helping us with south by southwest coming up in austin. the timing with austin is really unfortunate. we were planning on providing these shared rides for south by southwest and along came all these actions. we would love support on our petition on change.org. just search it and you will find it. >> i want to reference quickly, a company not up here but relay ride had a person -- quite a tragic case. n m.i.t. student and going her -- googler es leased out her honda, several people were injured, someone was killed. that looks like it would be exceeded. she could be on the hook financially. this ask a case that no one thought would happen but lending out your car than leasing out your couch. >> i would say this goes back to the public policy issue. he talked about his work to develop peer-to-peer legislation and it would help to protect consumers as well as protect their right to make money off the use of their car. only two other states have adopted that legislation thus far. in that particular state, massachusetts, there was no protective

austin up through dallas-ft. worth to the oklahoma border. the city of granbury, 70 miles southwest of the dallas border, bore the brunt of the damage. the tornado roared through like a train. >> it is rough. very rough. everything is demolished. >> what was it like when it hit? >> hell. >> the houses are no more. they're all leveled from the destruction from one to ten, it's probably about a ten. >> i mean there's nothing left over there hardly. >> the granbury storm is one of three confirmed twisters in the area according to the national weather service. we'll have the national forecast in just a few minutes. >>> the severe weather also brought some texas sized hail. there were reports of hail as large as grapefruit in the mineral wells area causing damage to vehicles and windows. nbc's bill karins is here for more on all this. bill, are there other parts of the country that are the arisk this morning? >> no, thankfully the severe threat is minimized and snou just strong storms heading for east texas. let me take you through what happened. the big question is how much lead time di

austin to dallas-ft. worth to the northern border. residents sent these photos showing the ominous weather and funnel clouds. the city of granbury about 70 miles southwest of dallas bore the brunt of the damage. residents say the tornado roared through like a train. >> everything is demolished. >> what was it like when it hit? >> hell. it was like hell. >> the houses are no more. they are leveled. >> for destruction from one to ten, it's probably about a ten. nothing is left hardly. >> the granbury storm was one of three confirmed twisters in the area according to the national weather service. we'll have more on the weather including the national forecast in just a few minutes. >>> the irs scandal has cost the man at the top his job. steve miller had been acting commissioner of the agencies for just six months. he was made aware as early as last year some inspectors were putting extra scrutiny on conservative nonprofits. his ouster satisfied many republicans, but some critics say this is far from over. >> my question isn't about who is going to resign. my question is, who is going to jail over this scandal? >> president obama promised new oversight and

the youth has tipped mightily in the early days in 2007 south by southwest from the conference in austin about two weeks ago did in interactive -- twitter was there and they did a piece they put up 60 screams and tweeting all of the messaging coming out to further enrich the conference activities. in 2010, the last time for which i salles analytics on this, 40.1% happening out there are point list babbles still. some of the stuff the students were telling me that they had back in 2008. 37.6%, conversations. people actually having a back-and-forth. 5.9%, self-promotion. [laughter] 8.7% has passalong value, things that are being tweeted and then there is spam. one of the best quotes i found in the description of this comes from jonathan who is a professor of internet law at harvard who says the qualities that make tweeting seem half-baked are also make it quite powerful. so with that i want to introduce the panel and get us started. i am going to tell you about what we would like to do today and let me know if you are comfortable. each of the panelists with us today want to do a little bit