. >> the primary objective was to blow up 11 airliners over the pacific.in the alternative, several planes were to be hijacked and flown into civilian targets in d wereited states. cia headquarrs trade center, the sears tower, and the white house. >> then there was the phoenix september 11th. >> an fbi agent in phoenix wrote an electronic communication identifying his concern that al qaeda associates and affilia co flight lessons. he recommended a number of things in his memos, sent it to fbi headquarters. >> i still look at that memo as the most important memo written in fbi history. >> it basically went to the bottom of the pile, nothing was done with it. there were numerous missed opportunities that happened that were not taken advantage of that were dots that were not put together. >> over 3,000 other human beings -- >> the families demanded a full federal investigation. >> how could this have happened? >> they wanted a 9/11 commission. >> our call for an indepen do with politics. it has everything to do with seeking out the answers that we so rightful

the airline did not want to comment on the lawsuit. airlines are required to report animal deaths on flights. we have more on this issue on our website, www.nbcbayarea.com including what items are required to be in a medical kit. we discovered what is in them can vary from airline to airline. >> thank you very much. >>> if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call. or send us an e-mail. >>> this is the big forecast. what happens tomorrow with everyone on the move. >> we get clearing in here. but a warning for early travellers that want to get a move on it in the overnight hours. it's going to be slick on the roads. we're going to track this rain coming up. let's get to the rainfall totals. impressive with this slow moving storm system. napa, 5 inches reported in 24 hours. that copying in from our viewer jane graham. and san francisco less at .12. but the totals will increase. the rain on the increase across the peninsula. you can see at the bay bridge, very wet roads not only there but across the golden gate bridge and oa

you are entitled to the airline making that choice at the end.eil: thank you, ladies and after you hear some gossip from a realtor, you will hit the roof. >>neil: the housing recovery could stick. home prices rising for the sixth straight month, 3 percent higher in december than the year before. before you race the roof, a realtor has a warning about washington, dc, that could floor you. katrina, what are they doing? >>guest: well, they are actually looking at potentially cutting the mortgage deduction. now, if my opinion this is another example of president obama and congress trying to take money away from people's pockets in order to fund government spending when if reality the revenue that would be brought in by cutting away the mortgage deduction wouldn't make a dent in reducing the national deficit. in fact, the approximate savings for cutting the mortgage deduction would be about $83 billion and that would only help run the government for 8.3 days and would have reduced the national deficit not one bit. >>neil: if you, a lot of people buy a

sylvia hall reports. >> reporter: it's one of the busiest days of the year for airlines, as people jet across the country to and from their holiday destinations. the airlines expect to fill a total of 24 million seats between today and sunday, according to airlines for america. that's an average of 2.5 million seats filled each day, up by a quarter of a million from last year. >> this year so far, the average profit point for every passenger is about $.50, which is awfully small. last year it was $.77. >> reporter: the holiday season is a welcome event in the industry's fourth quarter. >> historically, the fourth quarter was at best a break even quarter, but due to the airlines better management of their seat inventory, they can actually produce a profit during the fourth quarter, which i'm expecting. >> reporter: in recent years, industry representatives say airlines have struggled to survive, as their ticket sales failed to cover the volatile cost of fuel and their increased regulatory and tax burdens. to combat the problem, they have started selling fewer tickets to keep capacity do

did not want to comment on the lawsuit. airline, by the way, are required to report animal deaths on commercial flights. we have more on this issue on our website at nbcbayarea.com including what items are required to be in a medical kit, because we discovered what's in them can vary from airline to air line. nbc bay area nauz. >> thank you very much. >>> if you have a tip for the investigative unit give us a call or send us an e-mail to the unit. >>> jeff ranieri is here to tell us about the sunny forecast and everything else happening. >> it's improving across the bay area. around 250-mile radius and not a raindrop in sight. that's awesome news after the wet weather we had the past 24 hours. take a look at the totals. it really was two different sides of the storm system up into the north bay we picked up over an inch. san francisco with an inch as well and then you head down to 0 the south bay. we had 1,500 in san jose. so a lot of that moisture, unfortunately, got squeezed out before it was able but even at 1,500 there for the

the airlines have to field those people. not a surprise to the airline industry. they are acting as it's a big surprise. >> what do you differ from what sully said. >> i don't. >> you're on the same page. >> absolutely. you can't create a crisis and say it's an economic impact when you've known about it for a long time and the rules are in place and sully would agree are minimal rules. if you see what the actual requirement is for pilots prior to this is laughable. we're at a better level. >> captain, what do you think the solution is? >> well, i think the solution is what we do in any democracy with a free market. when the airlines create working conditions and have wages that will attract qualified experienced pilots they will have enough applicants. >> all right peter greenberg and >>> you of may have heard some people say salt may not be that bad four. we'll show you what that extra salt does to your body on cbs "this morning." ♪ me and you, a holiday rendezvous ♪ ghirardelli squares peppermint bark. rich chocolate layers

to pay the fees to compensate the u.s. airlines. so rather than do something constructive about global warming, we're going to ignite a trade war with the europeans. we ought to be working with them, in an international context, to do something rather than punish them, if they punish us and have the taxpayers pay the bill because the europeans have waited 10 years for an international agreement and nothing has happened. i ask unanimous consent for -- i ask the gentleman for 30 seconds. mr. lahood: i give the gentleman another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr. waxman: so even if you oppose the e.u. aviation requirement, this bill makes no sense. it's unnecessary, it's counterproductive. as the european union just agreed to delay the requirements targeted by the bill. it also risks taxpayers' dollars, threatens to provoke an international trade war, it jeopardizes u.s. national security. i urge my colleagues to oppose this unnecessary and misguided bill and i thank the

airports are also changing to accommodate the low-cost airlines. kansai airport aims to become a key hub to tab the rising demand around asia. >> reporter: airports around japan are now competing to attract more budget carriers. kansai airport is already looking ahead and has plans to build a second low-cost carrier terminal by 2015. kozue hamamoto, nhk world, osaka. >>> japan's national tax agency says that as of narch year the country's delinquent taxpayers owed the state $17 billion. the agency holds annual auctions of items it confiscates from nonpayers. this auction will include some interesting items. the opening bid for this 7.5 carat diamond has been set at a record high $510,000. experts say the gem's cut, color, and clarity are exceptional. vintage foreign sports cars and brand-name bags for coats and kimono fabric will also be up for sale. >> reporter: we want to sell the items for as much as possible to reduce that amount we're owed. we're doing all we can. >> the agency plans to hold an auction from november 22nd to the 26th. >>> weathe

the airline says it got computers back up. we will bring you the latest. connell: the president has been on the move but fiscal cliff negotiations are not. peter schiff is here to tell us why going over the cliff could be a good thing. dagen: the defense secretary ordering an ethics review for military officers. general david petraeus prepares to testify about benghazi in front of congress. connell: the founder of five our energy will answer questions about this report that his product may be linked to 13 deaths. and lead mcgraw on the oil market reaction to attacks in bas and the david petraeus scandal in charlie gasparino on the white house c e o meetings. dagen: so much to get to. after that computer glitch grounded its planes nationwide united airlines saying it is up and running. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. what is normal about the stock reaction? nicole: very normal stock reaction. this is a stock that started with the arrows and traded as low as 1960 interday and coming back and had a high of 2018 and all the rest of the ai

it is not good for the airline that this happened. there is any, they get it operational in two hours. back in october the same thing happened to alaska airlines. there were down for hours and hours. con there, during christmas one year. for five days. could not get their operation backup. u.s. airways and baggage and everything. philadelphia baggage snafued. gerri: on and on and on. it is scary. it is scary if you are relying on these people to fly you across the country. i want to ask you this. it seems to me that because you had united and continental merged, it's very possible that the glitch was caused by the merging of two different computer systems. to you think that had anything to do with it? >> of course. i mean, that was the biggest hang up. southwest and air tran today. this system that air tran runs on is a little bit modern than what southwest is. southwest actually has a system that dates back to the 80's. and they are trying to get this. they are doing it very nicely, doing its soft. probably still take another 12-18 mo

now her family is suing the 3 airline. the judge has a verdict on this. that verdict will be next.e a big merger to tell you about, conagra is buying a company for 6.8 billion dollars. this is why it matters to you. these are the food brands you're buying. conagra makes chef boyardee and others. the other company makes products for private label. when a food has that label of your local grocery store, it may be from that ralcorp. these two food giants coming together. the dow industrials is now down. the latest reading on consumer confidence best number in 4 1/2 years. the market is still down. all right, everybody, you wanted this, and you are going to get it, the judge back in 90 seconds. a sad story of a woman who was not allowed to fly because she was too fat. she died while waiting for a flight home. across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. stuart: we've got a very sad

certainly good news for the airlines. these people who are flying right now are just a fraction of the 43.6 million who will be traveling this weekend. that's a slight increase from last year. they are, however, spending about 10% less this year in terms of how much they are spending on their trips. but for the airlines, because this is a huge weekend for driving profits, the good news is that it is off to a smooth start. >> the good news is that as things are going right now on the busiest day of thanksgiving weekend, it is going pretty smooth. we're not expecting any major storm systems coming through other than in the pacific northwest. i think we're going to have a good weekend. >> it's huge for the airlines to have a good weekend. for the first half of this year, we talked about how they've been stripping out capacity, raising fares. they've raked in more than $2.5 billion first half of the year. average fare in the second quarter was up to $385. importantly for the airlines, they expect to have higher fares -- not a

today the big concern is the airlines and on the road.e driving and traveling this morning. the northeast is looking good. clouds will clear out. airports at this hour, usually there's no problems, just opening up and just starting to get going. no issue whatsoever, looking clear as can be. all the concerns are with the foggy conditions. be careful, wisconsin, michigan, illinois, those are the travel trouble spots because of dense fog. >> bill, thank you very much. >>> did actor sean connery pass on a movie roll that would have earned him close to $500 million? entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. time for citi price rewin. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi

that's good news for the airlines. were talking about the number of seats that have been stripped out of the system over the last five years. check out these statistics. 14% of the capacity in the u.s. for the airlines has been stripped out since 2007 as the airlines have gotten better at limiting capacity. if you look at what's happened with airfare since 2007, they're up about 16%. fewer seats, more revenue for the airlines. with that said this year, the average domestic round-trip ticket coming in at about $188, according to aaa, down 10% compared to last year. there's some good news. popular thanksgiving destinations, they are all seeing higher fares. if you're going to new york, which a lot of people do because of the macy's thanksgiving day parade, other festivities, you'll see higher fares for some of those cities. airfares for christmas are already trending higher acordsing to orbitz. if we look at the airline stocks, which are doing better as jet fuel cooled off. take a look at busiest airport, o'hare, not surp

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the airline and amtrak cleared out much of the backlog of strand travelers. storm cost airlines about 100 million dollars. and suzuki is giving up on the u.s. auto market and they are filing for bank suptry and auto maker will no longer sell cars here instead it will focus on motorcycles alter rain vehicles and and highser bush wants images of the budweiser beer release -- taken out of the film flight. the character drinks vodka and beer and that distributor is upset. that's america's money. >>> it's -- are's watching the station at that -- you're watching the station that works for you now good morning maryland. >>> back in business. a popular mount washington watering hole opening its doors after fire almost closed them for good. >> talk about home protections. police may a bizarre discovery during a drug bust. we will tell you what they found crawling around inside a suspended drug dealer's home. and we will show you the pictures. >> scary but an interesting story. >> he is a watchdog. >> when you have an alligator. it's tuesday morning election day i am me

the airlines have to field those people. not a surprise to the airline industry. they are acting as it's a big surprise. >> what do you differ from what sully said. >> i don't. >> you're on the same page. >> absolutely. you can't create a crisis and say it's an economic impact when you've known about it for a long time and the rules are in place and sully would agree are minimal rules. if you see what the actual >>> if you are headed out the door, this morning, yeah, bundle up. it's a little chilly out there. temperatures in the 30s and 40s looking nice and clear toward the golden gate bridge. we'll likely see passing clouds as we head throughout the day today. 34 degrees in fairfield. 37 concord and 38 in livermore. highs only in the 50s toward the coast, 60s in many of the valleys and a little bit warmer the next few days. >>> you of may have heard some people say salt may not be that bad four. we'll show you what that extra salt does to your body on cbs "this morning." ♪ me and you, a holiday rendezvous ♪ ghirardelli squar

the repositioning of jets to ny. they have to bring them back in." american airlines extended its rebooking period on storm- affected tickets without penalty through december 20th instead of the usual one-week or refunds if a flight was cancelled. but customers on united have only until november 9th to reschedule. new york's subway system suffered the worst damage in its 108-year history when floodwaters poured into the subway just as they cascaded into roadway and rail tunnels. "getting water out of the tunnels is the main business right now." sandy's path of destruction included 100 homes destroyed or heavily-damaged when fire jumped from house to house in the breezy point neighborhood of queens. entire homes along the jersey shore were swept off their foundations. and emergency crews patrolled flooded streets in hoboken. as lives and businesses clean up and resume, some industries may bounce back more easily than others. "no mistake, this will put a dent in third-quarter earnings for the airlines, but fuel is also low at $85 a barrel and demand has been strong." th

the negotiated pay increase for the cabin crew threatens the cost-cutting targets of the airline, something which many investors took very negatively. >> a quick look at som market numbers now -- the dax ended the day just over 0.75% down. across the atlantic, the dow jones is currently going down about pointing to 5%. the euro is trading for $1.2773. british oil company bp says it has agreed to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for its role in the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> in 2010, an explosion on an oil rig working for bp killed 11 workers and started and under water leak that took months to plug. under a settlement reached with the u.s. justice department, the company says it will also plead guilty to felony misconduct. penalties include 1 billion euros criminal fines, the largest in u.s. history. germany's relatively strong weathering of the eurozone crisis seems to be making the country more and more attractive for job seekers from around the continent. >> germany's statistics office says more than 300,000 foreigners from eu countries took up residence in german

that's according to the trade group airlines for america. so how are the airports looking this thanksgiving sunday? cnn's susan candiotti joining me now from new york's la guardia airport. susan, i understand you met a few passengers today, and how are they feeling about flying today? >> reporter: i tell you, it's been remarkably smooth. we've been here since this morning and throughout the day at la guardia airport. we have seen virtually no lines at the check-in counter, and as you can see behind my shoulder, the security, very little backup there. you sail up, very few people in line and you go right on through despite the fact this is billed as the biggest travel day of the year. maybe in part it's due to the very good weather we have worldwide. joining me now we've got joe and rhonda stevens and you're heading back to houston. >> no, dallas. >> sorry about that. what did you expect when you got to the airport today? >> we thought we would be delayed. we got here at 2:00. our flight is at 3:30 and we could hop on right now. >> reporter: w

the airline is expected to ground 80 aircraft as a result of high oil prices this winter. al year to 3ist billion for the financial year to 31st march 1920 13 after a reported a 221 per cent jump 31st march 1920 13 after a reported a 221 per centjump in profits for thejuly to a 221 per centjump in profits for the july to september quarter. a 221 per centjump in profits for thejuly to september quarter. and thejuly to september quarter. and the administrators of the electrical retailer comet have decided to suspend use of gift vouchers at all, its stores. the website has also returned in slimmed—down form, confirming store locations and asking questions about the administration. prudential is to buy the life insurance arm of the 5th largest retail bank in thailand for around £368 million. they have also signed a15 £368 million. they have also signed a 15 millionjob protection in greg —— agreement to help them build on their growth in asia. in the past hour, figures out suggesting growth in britain's crucial services sector has slowed to a fraction. these are the figures base

the new york area today. delta is projecting halted flights. other airlines are tracking the storm. this is as the airline industry is six -- recovering from 20,000 cancelled flights last week due to hurricane sandy. estimates show sandy may have destroyed more cars and hurricane katrina. -- a van hurricane katrina. that and more coming up in the next hour. linda bell. back to you. >> see you soon. 39 degrees in the nation's capital. >> we are off to a cold start this morning. >> temperature is a going to be pretty steady throughout much of the day. we are watching for the first snowflakes of the season later on this afternoon. adam caskey is on snowflake what. good morning. >> good morning. we are expecting snow flakes for the evening commute. the driving to work is just fine. you'll notice blustery conditions for the midday. the drive home -- a light rain, but mainly some light snow. road temperatures are between 37 and 41 degrees, not expecting much accumulation on the road. there -- it will not be heavy enough in the washington area. especially during the rush hour as more cars

skely is a safety coordinator. >> i receive all the reports from american airlines that i review. >> she represents flight attendants and sees inflight medical issues daily. >> as everybody's fear, if you think about it, 35,000 or such feet up in the air flying for one destination to another, not the ideal place to become ill. >> the passengers. >> dr. melissa madison happened to be on the flight when a fellow passenger started having a seizure. the medical kit on board was not adequate. >> for never occurred to me that you could request an emergency medical kit and be given a box of band-aids. >> the faa does require certain items be in the kit, but the medical professor said if the airlines reported all problems, they would be better equipped to respond. >> we can better take care of passenger who is become sick in the sky. >> there other complaints we obtained. the anonymous database documenting the emergencies, including nearly 600 incidents when perjuries needed medical attention in flight since 2001. some flight a tent ants reported difficulties communicating with ground crews l

. >> reporter: hackers discovered the bar code on domestic airlines boarding pass can be manipulated to access the tsas reduced security screening line. >> by using a readily available bar code tool, can you a-- read of that bar code. can you take that thin string of data, alter it to make it read whatever you want. >> reporter: the bar code contains the flight details and if you sign up for the tsas precheck traveler list, also the level of screening at the scanners. the precheck flyers don't need to remove their shoes, belts, or laptops which could allow for people to conceal their items. >> if they do this, someone who would go through the screening process could upgrade themselves to the precheck line and go through a far less invasive approach. >> reporter: they could be digitally edited online in minutes. the tsa wouldn't say how long it's known of the flaw but downplays the danger. >> identifies something as a vulnerability as to not understand the entire aviation security system because there is not one whole -- one whole is not going to bring us down because we have other pat

you're going to need more pilots in the system flying the same schedule for the airlines. worldwide look at the demand that is out there, particularly take a look at what's needed in asia. 185,000 pilots according to boeing will be needed by 2031. they're already starting to recruit here in the united states particularly the chinese airline. you look at the airline index over the last three months, the focus is on jet fuel prices when you look at airline stocks and performance but look at what's going to be happening in terms of whether they can meet their schedules over the next couple of years because this is a real issue facing the entire industry and particularly here in the u.s. >> but i'm probably not alone in liking my pilots with experience. right? maybe it is not a bad thing. we're getting more populous so there's that as well. what do we do to fix it? >> i think there's going to be a lot of pressure put on the faa to at least lower that 1,500 hour limit for certain pilots. maybe perhaps your commuter flights. right now you're going to see the first flights that ar

there's a fascinating story involving the man who runs airlines. he also has a huge stake in the drinks business, and he's facing some trouble. >> it's interesting, the story really starts in drinks, and it moves through to airlines, quite interestingly, because those say he's a billionaire with his fingers in many buys. but it starts with diageo. it's going to spend about $2 billion. it's got a $1 billion expenditure, buying a large stake in united spirits, which is part owned by b.j. it will probably end up getting a complete controlling stake in united spirits. that's fine, because it's a fantastic deal to get into, huge, great whiskey market, biggest whiskey market in the world. so that's doing diageo a great deal of good. on the other side, b.j. needs the money desperately, because he's got king fisher airlines. it's grounded now, it's in such a bad way t. hasn't been flying now since the beginning of october. it's been facing strikes and all the rest of it. the question is, is he going to use it to bail out king fisher or use it to bail out th

. >> why don't the airlines here do that? character from the hob it movies.he films were shot on location in new zealand. it calls themselves the airline of middle ert, but what do you think? that's really creative. i like that a lot. >> i was kind of worried about the first one. thought it was another kind of movie that i watch. >> i was thinking the same thing. >>> well, coming up next, well, this week's showdown, that's where murphy quizzes players for the redskins. she's going to quiz and we'll see the defense. we'll be right back. ♪ [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details. ♪ and sometimes both. nature valley granola thins pack the big taste of granola and dark chocolate into one perfect square, under 100 calories. nature valley granola thins. nature at its most delicious. >>> all right. in sports we begin with some thursday night football. norm turner the great coach that he is can breathe a little easier. at least for this week. after the chargers rediscover the end zone ending a three-game losing stre

the airlines, mentalities, automobile, twinkies, what they'll have in common? all ruined by the union. tom: the union said we are not going to have a strike, all we we're going to do is have 1200 people marching down century boulevard to sepulveda and those who don't know l.a., the main entrance to the lax airport, 1200 people will create a nightmare out there. >> the only power unions really have in terms of negotiation is their ability to conjure up visibility. the fact we're talking about this right now means it is working already. the question has to balance is if we pick off consumers while also getting the attention they want in this case the airlines, you have to look back at baseball season when the referees went on strike. it wasn't the referees everybody got mad at, they got mad at the baseball league because they were not given with the referees needed. the question will be can they do this in a way that will get attention but not tick off many people on the thanksgiving weekend. what better day, semi-looking at it right now. >> if you don't want to t

the rest of the airline stocks, when you look at jetblue or delta, the one name that is really laggingdustry today is united. this could potentially be a huge, huge story. stuart: i am going to interrupt you. i just got this unofficial tweaked from united airlines quoting now. we are working to resolve this issue. we will update as we have more details. nicole: you just want to take your computer and throw it. it is so incredibly frustrating. stuart: we have learned that some of the smaller flights are able to take off. they do have a problem with jets and that is quickly spreading as a serious problem. thank you very much, indeed. here is my take on america. nine days after the reelection of president obama. i have a growing sense of unease. our country is not doing well and i do not see a plan that will turn things around. the stock market has gone straight down. that is ominous. if the future looks bright, stocks go up. this selloff is not good. how about the economy, do not tell me it is strong, do not tell me it is robust because it is not. the president plan to tax the rich. then

>> reporter: call the airlines and try to get them to rebook. the representatives will be overwhelmed by the other callers who had cancelled flights. best bet is to go online, see if you can do it yourself. often much faster. >> now to politics where the focus is turning from the election to the fast approaching fiscal cliff. congressional leaders from both parties started actually talking on wednesday. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. imagine that. washington has been holding its breath waiting to see who would have to deal with its most immediate problem the fiscal cliff. once it became clear the principal actors began weighing in there were phone calls from the president to congressional leaders and among the major players in congress. the president returned to the white house wednesday night as to the reality of governing in a bitterly divided washington. but one day after the election -- >> compromise is not a dirty word. i'm willing to negotiate any time on any issue. >> reporter: a spirit of

kicking the airlines when they are down. >> what is your reaction, this airline thing, let's see, thereabsolutely striking protesting in lax, a threat in jfk, portland airport or the portland port. you are going to lose whatever support you have left. president obama can't bail you out. >> i agree with both of you. there is a risk when labor strikes takes action at a time like this. there is a trade off. you might infeweriate the public. but as far as the number of people, it is not positive attention. you are right. there is a phrase, all news is good news. it is not true. the dwrunions are digging a hol. >> i think the percentage of people that would like to djoina union is far higher. if that was the case, they had allies all overwashington. they don't anymore and they are not all that happy with this president. >> i think it is odd that after president sweeps the election. all of a sunddden on a thanksgiving holiday, if it is not a recession, it is a slow-based recovery. it strikes me as odd. the companies that the unions and the left love to hate. they love to go after wal-mart and

the big airlines that are affected are american, delta and jet blew. at least a jet blew is waving their $150 changed see f fee. the best advice thati can give you is that you should call your airline before you come to the airport just to make sure that your flight has not been affected. it may not be cancelled but it may be delayed. >> many of these planes were stuck in the northeast and they cannot get to where they needed to be. you may be affected one way or another but so far so good you should call before you come carry it >> let's get it over to the weather department and we have an update with erica. >> it is prea pretty large system. it is not that impressive of this system but the big concern is how close it was to hurricane sandy that happened last week. the green and yellow does indicate cold rain. the blue indicates where it is snowing. philadelphia actually receive six--yes to that we saw wind gusts up to 60 mi. per hour. there is a concern for a storm surge today. this is nothing compared to what we saw with hurricane sandy last week. pa

the u.s. and canada. airlines are allowed to hire pilots with overseas licenses once safety standards are confirmed. >> translator: before signing an agreement we always check the other country's regulations. we want to know if they are as strict as japan or stricter. by doing this i think safety will be guaranteed. >> reporter: as more low cost airlines take to the skies over japan, more pilots are needed. easing regulations ensures enough flights to meet demand and safety standards. t the. >>> stormy conditions in northern japan are affecting people there. >> northern japan has been battered with storms after another. another low pressure system has developed over sea of japan. you can see the rain clouds covering much of the country in the northern half about 5,000 people without power at the moment are going to be suffering another very chilly night. across much of the western flank of japan precipitation will be turning down towards the west. you may probably see the first snow of this season. it's a bit earl

reindividual wall arrival delays. >> today's marks a third major come putter system issue for the chicago-based -- airline june >> right now a hearing underway looking into the connection between california's oil refineries and sudden spike in gas prices. new research shows refineries continued to produce gasoline during periods we the public was told otherwise. the information comes from mccullough research which combed through found thousands of pages of documents. transportation reporter heather ishimaru will have a full report tonight. >>> breaking news on the bp oil spill an executive has been indicted on charges he lied to authorities about the amount of oil leaking from the spill. the oil giant has agreed to pay 4 1/2 billion dollars in a landmark settle for causing the biggest spill in united states history terms of that deal released this morning in addition, bp agreed to plead guilty to 11 fell misconduct charges for the deaths of the men who died. the settlement is said to be paid over five years. >>> still ahead, he admitted the affair. former cia director petraeus is denying another aspect of

an airline network is a directed network, one in which the edges between nodes have an orientation, orir travel. but the most basic kind of network is the undirected network, like that of the bridges of konigsberg, where the direction traveled across each edge is irrelevant. for gument's sake, les assume that our oceanic air company is smart enough to have all connections between cities work in both directions. when we reprent the airline's network by its underlying undirected graph, we see that it's a connected network: any node is reachable from any other. once we know a network is connected, we can ask how tightly it is connected. we measure this in terms of the diameter of the network. say we have airline that not only serves birmingham, houston, denver, and boise, but also albuquerque, kansas city, memphis, and new orleans. let's call these cities our nodes. remember, we can't get directly from birmingham to boise, but we can make some connections to get there. so let's call the flight paths our edges. the fewest number of edges needed to get between two cities is called the "dist

a meeting in london britain wants to see a clear plan of political transition from the airlines before becoming next in line to officially recognize the new group the coalition will now hold talks with french president francois hollande on saturday after paris said it will also consider sending weapons to the rebels middle east commentator and blogger col shara believes however that the opposition movement is in disarray with no united voice to speak for the syrian people. in syria of course the process has been much slower the wave of defection that we saw in libya didn't exactly happen in syria and what's happening now in specifically in syria is that people there are going off to presenting a syrian uprising are not the people who are on the ground so we started hearing for example support from different rebel groups armed may rebel groups for the new opposition leadership but who knows the extent of or whether they would be able to exercise political control so what you really have to look at that there is a strong divide between leadership that is outside the country and doesn't h

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here is the thing about the airlines and here is the second headline, airlines have done a better job of not overbooking flights and not flying unprofitable routes with fewer flights these days, cuts by 15 percent from the height and that means the airlines have actually done better with their bottom line. look at airline stocks, this is not necessarily great for consumers because they don't get as many deals but you look at the stocks of jetblue, delta, united, southwest, they are all between 20 percent and 40 percent over the course of the past year. that means the companies are doing a better job of making sure they make a profit. that means sometimes you don't get as good a deal and a situation like today with cancellations can delays, you don't have as many places for the travelers to go with no empty seats to fill. i show you the length of the concourse for a day with as many cancellations and delays it has been smooth at o'hare in chicago. for victims of super storm sandy who lost everything, they may not have a place to go for a meal but my next guest is changing that, connect

tom: look at the airline's there seems to be animosity. thwest. >> it is great leadership and transparency. you don't have the cycles of boom/bus. the unions have to take a compromise then they come back to say we want all of it. there is a foundation of trust built up you don't have verbal animosity. tom: it is easy to do to say they're ruining the company but to say would you agree to the contract? you better fulfill the promises if it is to expensive then shame on you. >> look athe motivation if it is tobe elected office to big sometimes they lose contact with the real motivati. the customer and the company and th

so, you know, so long as the airlines run differently. you know, virgin america is a great airline. it's got great staff. it's done it right. if you want to succeed, you have to make sure you are the best in the business. and i think one of the problems in america is your chapter 11, is the fact that instead of people when they mess up going bankrupt and making room for other airlines, they go into chapter 11 and they come back out again. and they struggle on. and some of these airlines have gone into chapter 11, you know, five, six times, and it doesn't seem to improve the service. it just seems to hurt their credit. liz: sir richard, did it ever enter your mind to buy american airlines, which right now is floundering? >> we're not the company that buys companies. i think if you buy companies, you buy all that goes with it. we'd much rather build a company from scratch and make sure that we get every little detail right. and i think, you know, i think buying one of the big american carriers would have been a painful pill to swallow, i think. liz: you are first and foremost an entrep

, private jet companies and others are going to be poached by big airlines." the ceo who shocked wall street with his abrupt departure from citigroup walks away with millions. according to reports, vikram pandit will be paid a $6.7 million bonus for his work at citigroup this year. he will recieve zero in serverance money. it's believed pandit fell out of favor with the bank's board of directors. lance armstrong is resigning from the board of livestrong, the cancer fighting charity he founded. armstrong says he's stepping aside to spare the organization any negative effects as a result of his fall from cycling grace. armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life from cycling by the u.s. anti-doping agency after multiple doping allegations. never underestimate the power of a new coat of paint. sherwin williams, the largest paint- maker in the u.s., is buying privately-held mexican paint company consorcio comex for $2.3 billion. the deal means the companies will combine operations and expand distribution in the united states, canada,

reindividual wall arrival delays. >> today's marks a third major come putter system issue for the chicago-based -- airline june >> right now a hearing underway looking into the connection between california's oil refineries and sudden spike in gas prices. new research shows refineries continued to produce gasoline during periods we the public was told otherwise. the information comes from mccullough research which combed through found thousands of pages of documents. transportation reporter heather ishimaru will have a full report tonight. >>> breaking news on the bp oil spill an executive has been indicted on charges he lied to authorities about the amount of oil leaking from the spill. the oil giant has agreed to pay 4 1/2 billion dollars in a landmark settle for causing the biggest spill in united states history terms of that deal released this morning in addition, bp agreed to plead guilty to 11 fell misconduct charges for the deaths of the men who died. the settlement is said to be paid over five years. >>> still ahead, he admitted the affair. former cia director petraeus is denying another aspect of