in the case of twa, it was not a merger.ll the employees were stapled to the bottom of the list in terms of how long they had worked there. when layoffs came, they were the first ones laid off. that is why this lady found herself in distress. host: they said we want the planes ,the hubs, but not the people. guest: in the merger, you are integrated. it is more stacked. host: but people in both airlines, both continental and united, there are some people that will lose their jobs because of their, will there? guest: yes, there will be. host: on our line for republicans. jeff. hi. caller: yes, i am and airline employees. i am concerned about the employees within northwest-delta buyout -- a buyout, not a merger. the scary part is the ceo of and then he went with united healthcare. the scary part is he brought northwest into a huge bankruptcy which the employees are suffering from. he will be the ceo of the number two airline in the world. it is scary for the employees as far as future jobs. i want to know how you feel. host: tha

things are moving well twa between the fairfax county parkway making your way to inside the beltway.e incident free. i'm happy to report from germantown road and our lovely skies to the split. happy monday, everyone. over to you. >>> many of you face higher fees and or taxes as local governments look for ways to balance the budgets. montgomery county just increased taxes on power consumption and boosted cell phone fees by 75%. gary has more on the tension between governments and business in a troubled economy. >> reporter: harvey curtis has already lost his job at j.d. towing once. >> it is tough on me not having work and trying to survive and pay my bills and raise my family. >> reporter: laying off workers was tough on his boss, too. >> the people i have had i have had for a while and they are good people. it is very hard. >> reporter: he says growing government fees is making it increasingly hard to keep his 18-year-old business afloat. >> we have had unemployment go from 0.9% to 13% which was a 1450% increase. >> reporter: governments say they are cutting spending to relieve taxp

happening the fred harvey company moved into the fonda hotel in santa fe and was the original partner in twa, freddy harvey was accompanied to the plain business. this is one of the first airborne meals were served. it is on a transcontinental flight government commandos freddy harvey, charles lindbergh, henry ford, glenn curtiss, all the original people involved in aviation. this is one more picture have to show you. this is robert einstein at the grand canyon. [laughter] one of millions of pictures of celebrities taken of the grand canyon. he did not understand these indians work for fred harvey. he got there in the upcoming and be nice to them and making an honorary chief. he could see herman schweitzer in the corner. the indians whispered to him who is this guy? what does he do? we have to give her name and

in 2000, after the korean airline and twa disasters, you amended dosa to provide recovery of loss of society to the survivors of those killed in gh seas commercial aviation disasters. us in, in commercial aviation disasters, dosa is consistent with modern law and values, but for anyone else killed on the high seas, someone kind a cruise ship, someone killed on a semisubmersible floating rig or someone killed on a helicopter, the survivors may not recover loss of society damages. the proposed amendment would provide all survivors of those killed in maritime disasters with the recovery now available in commercial aviation wrongful death cases. and i would with like to pause here and say one thing about opa 90. opa 90 does not provide liability in the wrongful death case. those are outside the scope. i would like to shift to survival actions and note the supreme court in a high seas death case has held that predeath pain and suffering is not recould have rabble in a maritime survival action when the death arises on the high seas. thus, in any case covered by that rule, no matter how muc

think if you read the papers the last year or so it host: you has been a bumpy relationship.ra that twas public expression and doubt about his leadership andtn commitment to fight corruption rela and make some of the hard decisions that need to be made and i think it was unfortunates that became such a public issueg i think a good rule of thumb ise when you are dealing with close allies is to praise and the public and criticize and privatu and i think early on in the administration it kind of got that a little bit reversed but n think the of taken some good ateps.priv i think president obama is right having come from this visit iev. think it is an important visit psd it seems pretty clear thatoe ie administration is coming out of its way to put its best t fot forward to turn the page if you will on the past relationship tt g d to try to get this t is goin relationship on firm footing way going forward and that is what the need to do. >> host: as far as the firm theg footing what is the national security implications of only in terms of afghanistanationship ai neighbor in pakistan?ard. >>

in 2000, after the korean airline and twa disasters, you amended dosa to provide recovery of loss of society to the survivors of those killed in high seas commercial aviation disasters. us in, in commercial aviation disasters, dosa is consistent with modern law and values, but for anyone else killed on the high seas, someone kind a cruise ship, someone killed on a semisubmersible floating rig or someone killed on a helicopter, the survivors may not recover loss of society damages. the proposed amendment would provide all survivors of those killed in maritime disasters with the recovery now available in commercial aviation wrongful death cases. and i would with like to pause here and say one thing about opa 90. opa 90 does not provide liability in the wrongful death case. those are outside the scope. i would like to shift to survival actions and note the supreme court in a high seas death case has held that predeath pain and suffering is not recould have rabble in a maritime survival action when the death arises on the high seas. thus, in any case covered by that rule, no matter how m