he is executive officer of the air transport association. the chair recognizes mr. calio for his opening testimony. you will have to get your microphone there mr. calio. >> thank you. chairman rogers, ranking member jackson-lee and members of the committee, thank you or the opportunity to testify here today. as the committee undertakes reauthorizing tsa, think it might be helpful to set a little perspective. by recalling why tsa was created to begin with. to protect the united states, its systems, our economy and a way our way of life from terrorist attacks. the reason i mention this is because as i travel around in airports i often observe travelers are passengers who with the passage of time, don't seem to understand why the screening process is necessary. it is. can it be better? cs and ata is working with tsa to try to improve it. effective efficiency is vital to the airline industry and fulfilling our central role in propelling commerce and economic vitality and global competitiveness of the united states. terrorist attacks, either on or through airlines, under

he is executive officer of the air transport association. the chair recognizes mr. calio for his opening testimony. you will have to get your microphone there mr. calio. >> thank you. chairman rogers, ranking member jackson-lee and members of the committee, thank you or the opportunity to testify here today. as the committee undertakes reauthorizing tsa, think it might be helpful to set a little perspective. by recalling why tsa was created to begin with. to protect the united states, its systems, our economy and a way our way of life from terrorist attacks. the reason i mention this is because as i travel around in airports i often observe travelers are passengers who with the passage of time, don't seem to understand why the screening process is necessary. it is. can it be better? cs and ata is working with tsa to try to improve it. effective efficiency is vital to the airline industry and fulfilling our central role in propelling commerce and economic vitality and global competitiveness of the united states. terrorist attacks, either on or through airlines, under

he is executive officer of the air transport association. the chair recognizes mr.and members of the committee, thank you or the opportunity to testify here today. as the committee undertakes reauthorizing tsa, think it might be helpful to set a little perspective. by recalling why tsa was created to begin with. to protect the united states, its systems, our economy and a way our way of life from terrorist attacks. the reason i mention this is because as i travel around in airports i often observe travelers are passengers who with the passage of time, don't seem to understand why the screening process is necessary. it is. can it be better? cs and ata is working with tsa to try to improve it. effective efficiency is vital to the airline industry and fulfilling our central role in propelling commerce and economic vitality and global competitiveness of the united states. terrorist attacks, either on or through airlines, underscore a simple fact. aviation security is a core homeland security function. are airlines appreciate the collaborative relationship we have with t

the air transport association says if airlines had to pay back the fee for every time a bag was delayedhey would have to start charging more. there are a few other protections under the new rules that require the airlines to disclose new changes to their baggage fees for three months before they go into effect. also on the website when you're booking they have to make you aware and disclose what baggage fees would be. a few protection there is but for a lot of passengers not going far enough. >> i can understand that. i never had my luggage completely lost. it has been diverted, went to the wrong airport. in your case have you experienced that? >> i never had it completely lost either. and the airlines say it's only about 1% of bags that are actually lost but i definitely had mine not get to me for a few days. that's pretty annoying. >> it was on christmas for me. >> bah, humbug. >> 6:44. a change in curriculum headed to california classrooms. the history of the gay community meaning gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders will be included in lesson plans. the governor signed the bil

the air transport association says if airlines did have to pay every time a bag was delayed and reimburse passengers the fees they would have to start charging more for everyone. the worst for mishandling baggage in may 2011, american, southwest, continental, alaska and united all airlines, though, had reports of at least 1,000 mishandled bags in may of 2011. and listen to this. the fees that airlines collected for baggage last year, $3.4 billion. that's billion with a "b." >> to think we have to pay for pretty much anything on the flight. thank you for that. >> this morning police in marin city are investigating at least six robberies in one month near the same bus stop. this happened in the middle of the day tuesday on terner's drive. three men robbed an ice cream truck driver at gunpoint. most of the other muggings have happened at night. county lawmakers say they are looking to improve lighting. the work could start in september and may wrap up by thanksgiving. carmageddon starts this morning. a major freeway in l.a. now closed. john cadiz klemack is live with a look for us. how's it

the air transport association says these short-term increases, that is by the airlines increasing their ticket prices to make up for the taxes going away, these short-term increases benefit all stakeholders because it enables the airlines to invest in their product and service. huh? what? let's see, the money used to go for safety security and other essentials. now it's going to the airlines and they are going to use it to improve their product and service. maybe they'll start serving peanuts and soda on some of these. i don't know. so much for the republican mantra. you know, corporations do pay taxes, and in this case now they're getting a windfall because the taxes went away and no tax cuts don't create jobs. wrong twice. the speaker pro tempore: at this time the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. roibled -- ms. roybal-allard, for five minutes. ms. roybal-allard: mr. speaker, today i rise to introduce the teen pregnancy prevention act of 2011. my bill addresses the sobering fact that the united states has the highest teenage pregnancy rate of any developed nation.

the weather, things like air traffic control. >> reporter: the national transportation association says the aircraft will be taken to the airport for further investigation. >>> we have more details now, last night's crash is not the first near watsonville airport. we looked back over the past five years and found two other crashes. in 2006, a pilot ran out of fuel and crash landed in the front yard of a home across the street from the airport. he had minor injuries, no one else was hurt. he had radioed that his plane was on fire and that it was trying to make an emergency landing. >>> harrowing stories of survival and some serious anger from the bay area fisherman returning after their charter boat capsized in mexico. ktvu's debra villalon has firsthand account from the fishermen. >> reporter: they are avid fishermen, experienced boaters but nothing would have prepared them for sinking in the middle of the night. and they say the captain who could have helped them, didn't. >> reporter: it's emotional for this retired chp officer, the fear and isolation waiting for rescue realizing no distress call was made, he had a life vest b

i talked to a number of airline, but more importantly, i talked to the air transportation -- or the aviation transportation association. which represents most of the airlines. but i've talked to some of the airlines personally about this. >> and do you have names? >> you know what their names are. >> if i could ask as a former congressman, republican congressman, and before that in the reagan era and the chief of staff to the house republican leader, could you comment on this debt limit impasse and whether you think your colleagues or successors in the house republican caucus should have accepted the deal that's on the table with the president and mr. boehner? >> i'm not going to get into that aspect of it. i've probably said pretty much what i want to say about this. i'll leave the details to jay and others that work in government affairs to do that. >> mr. secretary, at what point does the faa impasse become a public safety issue or could it possibly? >> there is no public safety issue. flying is safe. air traffic controllers all over america went to work today. they're guiding planes in and out of airports. thousan

air traffic controllers are rested and ready to work we have the safest air transportation system in the work we needed to make changes and we are doing that. >>> faa and air traffic controllers associationgree to continue the policy not allowing controllers to take naps they must be available for recall at all time in washington fox news. >>> a small plane got a fighter jet escort after it came too close to camp david in maryland yesterday. authorities tried to contact the plane by phone when it didn't respond it was intercepted and escorted. the pilot was interviewed by secret service and it was all an accident. >>> time for a look at today's other stop stories three people are dead after a car hit a speed bump too fast the car rocketed flipped over and slammed into two tree it is driver and two men were ejected all three died a third passenger wasn't thrown and survived she is in serious condition the names of the victims have not been released. >> one person was killed in a house fire in edgewater maryland one woman in her 50s was found dead inside another woman in her 80s was flown to hospital it took 60 firefighters to beat back the flames and smoke a husband and wife lived there w

the front page. >> secretary of transportation is fighting against air detroit lions have turned partial shut down federal aviation administration into a money making opportunity. ray told 7 news he's talking with the nation largest airline trade associationo get air carrier to stop raising fare in lieu of charging passengers federal ta taxes. those tax expired along with the faa funding bill on friday. as a result hundreds of airport, construction project on hold including those at the oakland san jose international airport. thousands of construction workers have been laid off nationwide. and the postal service will release a list tomorrow of the 3600 post offices it is considering closing. trying to cut its losses after losing a billion dollar last year. most are rural post office that is could be moved into stores, town hal halls or even community center centers. there are about 3 32,000 post offices throughout the u.s. >> about doubts about the investigation the mother of a man who died in a confrontation with san francisco police has hired a high profile civil rights attorney. medical pfxaminer found ballistic evidence that shows the fatal shot came from kenneth harding own gun. harding was running from cops following a routine muni