and of course we want to run a quality airline. unitedhas tried to run a quality airline, at least from the employee's point of view. we've done that. we show up for work and we're very safe. we have a great record of safety in the history of aviation business. and i think all of our employee groups tried very hard for that. sometimes it's tough, you get beat down emotionally. so, a lot people wanna be hopeful now and that there's a lot to be a hopeful for. looking on potential. how will it work out remains to be seen. ok, thank you so much for your thoughts on this issue. we appreciate it. capt. herb hunter, spokesman for the united pilots. b-p's handling of the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico...a look at potential damage to the company's image. the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico is a major setback for oil company bp. the longer it goes on, the bigger the hit to bp's image. nick kalm is an expert on corporate reputation, and he's here to talk about it. welcome to the show. good to have you again. and the cleanup efforts

united's ceo glen tilton said the new airline will be stronger than either of the existing carriers. y is going to be able to serve our shareholders, our stakeholders and our employees in ways that frankly neither continental or united could do if we weren't about to embark on this journey. >> reporter: the merged airline will fly under the name united but use continental's logo and be run by continue netal's ceo. >> this is a true merger of equals so continental will contribute six directors to the combined bore. united will contribute six directors to the combined board. glen and i will be on the board. he. >> reporter: the new united airlines will surpass delta airlines in size making it the world's largest carrier flying to 370 destinations. it will be based in chicago. united's hometown, and will have a commanding position in other major u.s. cities including new york, los angeles, houston and san francisco. together, the two airlines lost almost a billion dollars last year by consolidating they say they will save 1 to 2 billion a year by 2013. that could mean lay-offs. the deal

continental and united airlines will merge in a deal valued at about $3 billion. if it passes legal hurdles, the new company will be the world's largest airline and will use the united brand. no word yet on what impact it will have on fares or routes. >>> a major story the week is the jobs report released on friday. what does it mean and what does it tell us about the economy today? joining me to interpret and explain it is hilda solis, secretary of labor. great to have you on the program. welcome back. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm doing great. what's your take on the employment report? we saw 290,000 new jobs created. the unemployment rate at 9.9%. better than many expected, but the unemployment rate went up. so how would you characterize this month? >> well, let me show you my chart here. i'd like to show you where we were last year in april. we were losing over 500,000 jobs. obviously we've gone up. the last two cycles we've added more than 500,000 jobs in the last four months. and the gdp is up as you know for the last three months. the tickup of the 9.9 unemplo

when he asked whether united airlines would be a state actor , if o'hare airport was the government entered -- government entity manager, if the united employee could not be fired from the terminal he operated from, the lawyers did their for more than 30 seconds saying nothing -- stood there for more than 30 seconds saying nothing until justice scalia leaned forward and told him,'the answer you are looking for is no'." you can always count on justice scalia for some good lines like that. carter phillips continues, " justice stevens always ask the hardest hypothetical, and he did it so gently that the effect was particularly devastating. often, these gentle, unassuming questions point the way for resolution." i mentioned before that justice stevens' questions very frequently come late in an argument. bides his time before actively engaging council. this is, i think, because justice stevens is simply the best listener on the court. said another way, he is the person who most understands the value of listening. he listens to learn himself, and he listens to understand what is on the minds of h

amanda has no idea when her flower deliveries will return to normal. >>> new information on the united airlinesat made an emergency landing on sunday night. the ntsb says a known problem with the boeing 757 started the fire in the cockpit. the safety agency warned airlines in 2007 that issues with the windshield heater had caused past fires the pilots had to use two fire extinguishers to put out the fire this the cockpit. no one was injured by that fire. >>> another worker from massey energy has died on the job in a coal mine. officials say 55-year-old james irwin was killed after being pinned by a piece of equipment. the accident happened at massey's ruby energy mine in west virginia. massey is of course under investigation for that explosion that killed 29 men in its upper branch mine back on april 5th. >>> well, this is bike to work day and what better day for arlington county officials to make a big announcement on using pedal power to get around. they say that arlington is teaming up with the district to create the nation's largest bike sharing system. they are still working out the detail

the nose gear of the united airlines jet wouldn't deploy. the pilots flew the plane past the control towers so the engineers could get a look at what was going o the gear door was open but the gear was not safe to land. it is under investigation. >>> the strike is affecting british airlines flights. they say they will be able to operate more than half its flights. the airline is running two of its three scheduled flights out of dulles beginning tomorrow, cancelling its own flight out of bwi. >>> another travel alert on the roads. some sun screens may actually be spreading skin cancer. shawn back with your fox 5 top 5. >>> we begin with a story that affects anyone who wears sun screen. number five, hundreds of popular sun screen products may actually increase the speed at which malignant cells develop and spread skin cancer. a study from the environmental working group finds the ingredient slows skin aging but may result in cancer when exposed on skin to sunlightment they recommend only 39 of 500 sun screens for the season. >>> number four, g

, legacy airlines like american, delta, in the united have become more international. at is were the biggest affairs and the most money is. in terms of deregulation, fares are much lower than they were then. and -- in the airline industry, we take prices from the marketplace. very difficult to appraise what you want in the airline business -- to price what you want in the airline business. the costs have gone up enormously. our revenue has not. that is why a lot of airlines have gone bankrupt. host: matt on our independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am concerned about this merger because the banks that merged have gotten to the point where they are too big to fail. i think this could possibly happen to these airlines. i do not think it is in the best interests of oz or our country to let this merger goes through -- of us or our country to get this merger. it is to obey. -- too big. guest: if a large airline were liquidated it would be a terrific thing because you would have 700 planes on the ground -- a horrific thing. you would have 700 planes on the

. >> reporter: yeah, the united airlines flight was heading to los angeles and the fire broke out sundayht. the accident investigators say it was concentrated in a piece of window heating equipment. in a letter to the faa three years ago, the safety officials said that was the source of six other incidents and in march of 2008, the fda were going to give instructions or replace the equipment, but no order was issued. >> all 112 people escaped injuries. >>> a jetblue pilot is pulled over for threatening to crash the plane. and eyewitness news learned that the authorities took a gun from the pilot before the flight took off. he apparently only wanted to harm himself. >> reporter: it was the most unsettling news for the passengers about to take off on jetblue and it came from the cockpit. >> i don't think it's appropriate, especially with what's going on around the world and air travel. >> reporter: sources tell us that a pilot so personally december straight -- distraught, he e-mailed his girlfriend and threatened to crash a plane if they didn't work on their relationship. this was taken s

united airlines flight 27 was flying from new york to los angeles when a cockpit fire forced the pilot to land the boeing 757 in virginia. federal safety investors today said the fire was concentrated in a piece of window-heating equipment that was the subject of a safety warning three years ago. the national transportation safety board says it took two fire extinguishers to put out the blaze. there were 112 people on that plane. no one was injured. >>> we have a warning for weekend drivers, stay away from the inner loop in alexandria tomorrow and sunday. that part of the beltway will be reduced to just a single lane just west of telegraph road because of road repair there is. and officials are predicting back-ups of between 10 to 15 miles. here's news4's tracee wilkins. >> reporter: preparations are under way to squeeze the inner loop of the beltway in alexandria down to a single lane this weekend. >> stay away this weekend. >> reporter: drivers who have experienced the potholes over that bridge may understand there needs to be a major overhaul. that's the plan for this weekend. repai

jon: northwest is gone, they were a big overseas player, now you've got united and continental, basically you've got three airlinesis country, the new united if it happens, delta and american. >> yeah. us airways -- jon: they flew a few. >> i think you'll still have competition. there definitely is potential for fares to go up on certain routes where they're a much stronger player. jon: that's what everybody's asking about. if you get down to fewer and fewer airlines, doesn't that mean fares go up? >> definitely a possibility. i think domestically you have enough low-cost competition with the southwests of the world, internationally i think there's more potential for fares to go up. jon: each of these airlines lost a couple billion dollars last year, to my understand, so what's the advantage in putting them together? are they able to shave enough work force down that they can save money sh? >> yeah. i don't think you'll see that much work force shaved off because the pilots, the gate attendants that they need, i think from management you will see some cutting, but overall it's a much stronger industry. it's an ind

united airlines flight 27 was bound from new york to los angeles when a cockpit fire forced the pilot to land in virginia. federal safety investigators said today that the fire was concentrated in a piece of window-heating equipment. that was the subject of a safety warning three years ago. the ntsb said today that two fire extinguishers were required to put out the flames there. there were 112 people on that plane. nobody was injured. >>> police say fairfax county -- trying to figure out how a woman accidentally crashed her vehicle onto the roof of a house. it happened in the 10300 block of harmony road in myersville last night. a woman drove off a steep driveway and onto the roof. the rear of the vehicle remained on the ground. the woman's 10-year-old son was in the vehicle with her. both were taken to a hospital but both are expected to be okay. nobody inside that house was injured. >>> the district government has several aggressive campaigns to fight sexually transmitted diseases. it hands out nearly 4 million condoms every year. but the city's decided to change brands to one that

.  >>> safe landing after a scare on board this united airlines jet. the nose gear wouldn't deploy on the trip from san francisco to ontario, california. the pilots flew the plane past the control tower so the controllers could get a look at the plane and see what was going on. apparently the nose gear door was open but the landing gear was not this place. the pilot eventually made a safe emergency landing. the cause of the malfunction is under investigation. >>> a big strike is affecting british airways flights around the world including some out of dulles and bwi. cab and crew members are on a walkout starting today. the terminal at heathrow is nearly deserted right now. british airways says it will operate half of the flights out of dulles. british airways is running two of the three flights out of london tomorrow and at bwi marshall, british airways is cancelling the onlyto london for the duration of the strike. >>> a fox 5 consumer alert about a skimming scam at a popular dc restaurant. customers were bilked out of credit card charges. the restaur

. >>> investigators say they know what sparked a cockpit fire on a united airlines flight sunday night. the plane made an emergency landing at dulles as it headed from new york to los angeles. window heating equipment that prompted a safety warning three years ago is being blamed for the fire. passengers say they could see flames when the pilot opened the cockpit door. luckily no one was hurt. >>> federal agents took a gun from a jet blue pilot right before he boarded a plane in boston last night. investigators say they confronted the pilot after he threatened to harm himself in a spectacular nation. they say he made the threat in an e-mail to a flight attendant and former girlfriend. >> never did he threaten the aircraft or the passengers or anybody involved with the plane itself. he was not the pilot. as we understand it he was the first officer of the co-pilot. he was intending to hurt himself. that was the essence of the e- mail. >> the pilot was taken to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. he was not charged with illegal possession of a firearm suggesting he might be a member o

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a horrible experience for a blind woman after united airlines flight attendance forgot about her and abandoned plane. she was from vancouver to jacksonville and stopped in chicago. supposed to be guided to the flight in florida, but a maintenance worker found her inside the plane ten minutes later and the family complained to united airlines who gave the woman a $250 travel voucher. a new white house video blog is providing a rare look behind the scenes at 1600 avenue. check out this entry, president obama is on camera urging a new york times reporter to ride in a hover craft. they were visiting the company that makes the hover craft and he didn't want to be convinced, but he didn't want to, but he did convince new york times reporter cheryl gates solberg to hop in. okay, those are your headlines and out to rick the weather. >> man, i want a hover craft. i cannot wait for that to happen! we've got a nice day. a look at the weather map. we have problems with severe weather today, a little bit, but not anybody who is going to see any significant problems. here is your temps as you're w

there have been no arrests made. >>> a mega merger in the airline industry could we announced as soon as tomorrow. unitednental reportedly this close to a deal. where will it leave passengers? terry trip letter is expert on the airline industry and joins us from minneapolis with the latest on that. thanks for joining us. mega merger thisis may would then be the largest airline in the world. what do you think about this and should we be concerned? >> it will be the largest airline in the world. i tonight think consumers -- i don't think consumers will we hurt. we will have three global carriers, huge, continental, united, delta and american battling for your dollar. they will want you to fly into their gateways for international travel. we will be the only country with three global airlines. i think consumers will come out find on this one. >> one thing i heard is when you look at continental and united together they don't step on each other. they don't fight for each other's business in a lot of markets and especially on international routes. >> that is absolutely true. continental is very strong to lati

. >>> united nations airlines flight 27 was flying from new york to los angeles yesterday when a cockpit fire forced the pilot to land in landon county. the fire was concentrated in a piece of window heating equipment that was the subject of a safety warning three years ago. the national transportation safety board says two extinguishers were required to put the flames out. nobody was injured. >>> a warning for drivers that use the inner loop near the wilson bridge. this weekend that part of the beltway just west of telegraph road in alexandria will be reduced to one lane for road repairs. news4's julie carry reports. >> reporter: there are so many sections in the loop it looks like a concrete quit. there is a replacement bridge under construction in part of the new telegraph road interchange but they cannot keep patching until its ready next fall. the makeover starts at 9:00 tonight and the inner loop is narrowed from three to just one lane. the old concrete will be ripped away down to the rebar and then special quick-drying concrete will be poured into a new slab. the rain restrictions

and united airlines has announced it wants to buy continental. the deal goes through, the new united will be the world's largest carrier. actress lynn redgrave has died known for her film, stage and television roles. she died louisiana night after a -- last night after a seven-year battle with breast cancer, she was just 67 years old. >> the federal government has launched and coordinated an all hands on deck relentless response to this crisis from day one. megyn: president obama on the gulf oil catastrophe saying the administration has been on point since this accident happened. mentioning that phrase from day one, and he's not the only one. >> secretary napolitano, should the administration have responded faster? >> oh, the administration responded all hands on deck from day one. megyn: that was janet napolitano on fox news sunday, and that was not the only time we heard the phrase day one over this past weekend. take a listen here. >> if i may, just on that point, from day one the president has been involved and informed and been directing us

airline. reports that the combined company would use the united name and be nearly 8% larger than delta. a has held the top spot since acquiring northwest airlines in 2008. a fox weather alert now, extreme weather causing more deaths in tennessee. more than a half dozen people now reported dead in that state from tornados and massive flooding. thousands forced to leave their homes, entire roads and highways underwater and the rain continues to fall. elizabeth is live in atlanta with more on the story, elizabeth? >> that's right, record breaking rainfall, flooded highways, rising river levels, the people in tennessee just can't seem to get a break. this band of severe thunderstorms drenching and hovering over the volunteer state over the weekend and at least 20 inches of rain falling so far, turning streets into bushing streams and people could be seen all day today wading through waste high waters. emergency responders as well as volunteers helping to have people driving in their cars and low lying areas and road closures are hammering the rescue efforts while the residents are dealing wi

they noticed he was on united emirates airlines flight to dubai. that's why they pulled him off the plane. it's not the no-fly list as such. it's a separate deal. >> pete williams our justice correspondent today. >>> there's an active organization overseas in faisal shahzad's pakistan, dozens of people there rounded up, including several relatives of faisal. foreign correspondent richard engel there from islamabad. richard, what do we know about shahzad's pakistan connections given the fact he told authorities he received bomb-making training in wazirstan. >> he has an important pedigree in pakistan, i'm talking to a senior military retired general who knows the family. kae fr he came from one of the most important families in the military, his father was a advice air marshall and quite senior within the pakistani air force. so he was a well-known person here. people who knew where he lived, that he came back to visit quite often. he was a respected family man. he was not someone who was known for expressing extremist religious views. howeverish th

you what this is, but it is not important you get this exactly when he asked the lawyer whether united airlines would be a state actor for purposes of section 1983, if it told o'hare airports a government entities manager that united would move its planes to midway airport if 0 hey did not fire the o'hare employee who was in charge of the terminal that united operated from. ed lawyer stood there for more than 30 seconds. he was saying nothing then justice scalia leaned ford and told him the answer you are looking for is no. you could always count on justice scalia for some good lines like that. and in my judgment, carter phillips continues, justice stemps also asks the hardest hypothesisals and he did it so gently, that the effect was particularly devastating. and often these jenl gentle unassuming questions point the way toward resolution. i mentioned before that -- that justice stenches' questions very frequently come late in an argument. that he buys his -- bides his time before actively engaging council. and this is, i think, because justice stevens is, simley the best listener on the court

this does not begin with management service and united airlines, american airlines. this begins with the corporate board room of those airlines. if there is not a culture of safety in the board room, the government can set the minimum standards and make certain that these are followed. what have you changed in the corporate culture? >> in 2005 and 2006, we have very serious accidents. in 2007, the ceo came in, and he made it absolutely -- absolutely clear that the number one item for this company is safety and compliance. we have changed a lot. the leadership has been changed along with management, and there has been a safety and ethical committee established that the board level, and utilize, robustly. we have the group and the corporate operational risk committee, that has been organized under tony, to understand the risks across the company. and there is the safety and operational integrity in the organization that has been set up, to oversee these issues. we have instituted an operational management system that is rigorous, and extremely detailed. we are implemen

and the editor of airline economics talks about the impact of the proposed merger of united and continentalirlines. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest sunday on newsmakers. he will talk about democratic efforts to pass reform legislation and a look at the political landscape in the midterm elections. that is at 6:00 a.m. eastern. now janet napolitano visits to asheville to hear from state and local officials about the response efforts after present severe flooding. after a look at the flood damage, she spoke at a news conference. joining her were the governor of the state and director of fema. this is about 15 minutes. senators and congress men have been in constant contact. through the process, i have had -- we had a chance to talk several times with the secretary here and she's been very helpful and wanted to come down, wanted to come down today to see things first hand. we have been traveling around this more than. and i think you know most of the pele standing up here but we're certainly available it answer queions. righ

major merger in the airline industry. minutes ago, united and continental announced they have agreed on a merger deal. the new airline would become the world's largest should it get shareholder and government approval. the company would keep the united name. critics worry the move would squeeze the thinning airplane line industry even more and drive up air fares with less competition. >> all right. 9 minutes after the top of the hour. you watched on 60 minutes and heard a lot about it. for the first time, conan o'brien speaking out about the big controversy involving late night television, the tonight show. how it went from jay leno to conan o'brien, back to jay leno again. we have not heard from conan o'brien because he got $33 million to not say anything. >> sure. >> last night, he began to talk. >> yeah, he sat down in his los angeles area home. it's pretty clear that nbc really botched this thing. it was extraordinary, i get that conan has not yet spoken to jay leno. i get they have not talked on the phone. the fact that the guy who runs

when he asked whether united airlines would be a state actor for purposes of section 1983, if it told o'hare airport, a government entity manager, that united would move its airplanes to midway airport if they did not fire the employee who was in charge at the terminal that united operated from. the lawyer stood there for more than 30 seconds saying nothing until the justice scalia leaned forward and said, the answer your are looking for is no. [laughter] you can always count on justice scalia for some good lines like that. in my judgment, carter phillips continues, justice stevens always asks the heart is hypothetical, and he did so so gently, that the effect was particularly devastating. and often, these gentle, unassuming questions, point the way to resolution. i mentioned before that justice stevens' questions frequently come late in an argument. that he buys his time before actively engaging council. this is, i think, because justice stevens is simply the best listener on the court. in another way, the person who most understands listening's values. he listens to learn himself, a

i will focus my time on the continental airlines and united and raised several questions quickly so that you can, andn what kind of structure the investigation will take. unlike comcast and nbc, which has a number of other agencies, it appears that the department of justice in this instance may be the overridinggency. the question becomes to we have a concept the merger that represents too big to fail, are there major impact competitiveness routes involved and do we hold to the comments made by one of the ceo's that this is in essence an easy do, a piece of cake, and will be done in a certain period of time. closing routes, closing hubs, losing jobs. my direct question to you is the justice department is going to be guided by public statements as a piece of cake, guided by comments that it is an illinois deal and they will look the other way and will they be guided by the fact that the star alliance, which you also reviewed, was supposed to represent making these entities strong enough to stand on their own. maybe it was a step toward monopoly. what will be the structure be of that inves

airlines. american, continental, delta, united, and u.s. airways will all add between $10.30 dollars for each one-way domestic flight. >> day attack those fees and taxes on. >> they are calling it taxes on peak travel days. only july 4th is not marked for the increase because that is a slow travel day. >> you go to see people in other places. that makes it all the more difficult. >> not everybody sees the airlines as the bad guys but of course the economy the way it is, everybody needs to make money. >> they predict this latest fee is something we will soon forget. >> probably the same thing. of course there will start another $30. >> southwest and jet blew air lines will not be implementing -- jetblue air lines will not be implemented dec. surcharge. -- implementing the summer surcharge. julie parker, abc 7 news. >> as you can see, it was good weather there. doug hill has more with what to expect a night. >> blue skies and sunshine. it looks good to me. we will continue to see this trend. warm temperatures through the evening. 78 in silver

i will focus my time on the continental airlines and united and raised several questions quickly so that you can, and on what kind of structure the investigation will take. unlike comcast and nbc, which has a number of other agencies, it appears that the department of justice in this instance may be the overriding agency. the question becomes to we have a concept the merger that represents too big to fail, are there major impact competitiveness routes involved and do we hold to the comments made by one of the ceo's that this is in essence an easy do, a piece of cake, and will be done in a certain period of time. closing routes, closing hubs, losing jobs. my direct question to you is the justice department is going to be guided by public statements as a piece of cake, guided by comments that it is an illinois deal and they will look the other way and will they be guided by the fact that the star alliance, which you also reviewed, was supposed to represent making these entities strong enough to stand on their own. maybe it was a step toward monopoly. what will be the structure be of that i

uma: you united and continental airlines are hitching up, the merger creating the world's biggest airline, the deal may make good business sense, but will less competition mean you will be paying more to fly? joining us now, andrea watkins, from our fox affiliate. krib, at hus yoon's george bush intercontinental airport. the big question, will ticket prices go up now? >> >> reporter: um yarks that's exactly what some people think is going to happen n. spite of the fact that the merger is intended to increase efficiency. marketing expert told us that in the very best case scenario will there be a drop in the ticket prices. more often than not the cost efficiencies are not going to be as great as they thought so ticket prices could edge up. keep m & mind this morning, the information coming out of this announcement says that the company is going to enjoy -- the company's customers are going to enjoy a wide range of departure times worldwide and will appeal to business travelers who value convenient schedules, so it doesn't sound like they are going to be promising lower prices here. remembe

united and continental airlines say that they have a $3 billion deal to form the world's largest airlineit first need approval from shareholders and antitrust regulators. the new carrier would keep the united name, and would be based out of chicago. economic stress declined in march in nearly three-quarters of the nation's counties. this is according to the a p + monthly analysis of conditions around the country. they said that the gains were due to an improving job market in the mid-atlantic and a steadying of foreclosure rates along the sun belt. those are some of the latest headlines. >> 8 governor's talk about job creation. live coverage as the u.s. chamber of commerce gets underway this morning at 9:00 eastern. >> c-span's coverage of the 2010 review of the global nonproliferation treaty begins today at 10:30 eastern speakers include iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and secretary of state hillary clinton . >> there are nearly 6000 references to abraham lincoln in every media library. you can find lots of interesting programs online. for a contemporary perspective in print, ther

with the tea party, and the author and editor of a book about airline economics talking about the impact of the proposed merger between unitednd continental airlines. that is "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> senate majority whip dick durbin is our guest on sunday. he will talk about the effort to pass political -- to pass financial reform legislation, and the political landscape. a look now at u.s. relations with mexico. chief of international affairs gave a speech recently, hosted by the world affairs council of pittsburgh. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you for coming here today. i am honored to introduce to you a man with a significant influence over very important matters in an important country in the world. he is currently the chief of international affairs in the state of mexico. he has been a political adviser to the governor of the state of mexico. he has served as an honorary representative of the state of mexico in europe, as well as the united kingdom. he has served as an independent adviser to the secretary of economic development of the state of mexico, the european union, and several m

review of this present merger, in particular, that i've mentioned, and that is continental airlines and united, and if you speak just from the law, the clayton act, section 7, or any aspects of anti-trust law, is obviously appropriate, is the question of pricing and price increase, are those variables that will be under the eye and scrutiny of the department of justice, and lastly, i would ask, and this is a pointed question, i want to pay tribute to chairman conyers, who developed an anti-trust task force under his initial leadership of this will committee, showing how important it is that a vigorous review -- vigorous review, taking into consideration president theodore roosevelt's i guess initial thought on this process of conglomerates, recognizing that we are a capitallistic society. i understand one of his quotes is that we have to save capitalism from the capitalists, but chairman conyers thought the anti-trust review was extremely important, and so we had a task force that we ultimately merged into one of our subcommittees, and the question that i now pose is -- which i think someone w

but i will focus my time on the continental airlines and united, and raise several questions quicklyso that you can comment on what kind of -- what structure the investigation will take. unlike comcast and nbc, which has a number of other agencies, it appears that the department of justice in this instance may be the overriding agency. so the question becomes, do we have a concept of merger that represents something too big to fail? are the major clayton section section seven anti-competitive involved? and do a whole to the, played by one of the ceos this is in essence my words characterizing theirs, and easy to come a piece of cake, and will be done any certain period of time? the question is, the american people would be drastically impacted, my words, closing routes, closing tabs, changing locations, losing jobs. my direct question to you is, the justice department going to be guided by public statements, by ceos a piece of cake? are they going to be guided by comments, it's an illinois deal and they will look the other way? and i going to be guided by the fact that the alliance t

your review of this present merger in particularhat i have mentioned, and that is continental airlines and united. and if you speak just from the law, clayton action section 7 or any aspects of antitrust law is obviously appropriate, is the question of pricing and pricencrease, are those variables that will be under the eye and scrutiny of the department of justice. and lastly, i would ask, and this is a pointed question. i want to pay tribute to chairman conyers who developed an antitrust task force under his initial leadership of this committee showing how important it is that a vigorous review taking into consideration president theodor roosevelt's initial thought on this process of c glom rats recognizing that we are a capitalistic society. i understand one of his otes is that we have to save capitalism from the capital lists. chairman conyers thought the antitrust was extremely important. we had a task force that we ultimately merged into one of our subcommittees. the question that i know pose that i think someone has asked on another approach whether the is any politics that would play in a

united states army. >> reporter: asked in the video about muslim groups who disapproved of the christmas day airline plotecause it targeted civilians, awlaki had a chilling response. he said those who might be killed in a plane are merely a drop of water in the sea. lara logan, cbs news, washington. >>> former "survivor" producer bruce beresford-redmond who is suspected in his wife's murder is back in the u.s. his attorney says he returned from mexico to be with his children and to tend to family matters. he did not have permission to leave. his wife's body was found in cancun last month. investigators have said the victim's body showed signs of asphyxiation. >>> actress lindsay lohan is back in los angeles for a court appearance today. wearing a dark hat and sunglasses, she arrived from france saturday. she climbed in to a waiting vehicle which whisked her away. lohan missed a court hearing in beverly hills last week blaming a stolen passport while she was attending the cannes film festival in france. >>> straight ahead, your monday morning weather. and in sports, the suns battle back against the lakers

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i will focus my time o the continental airlines and united and raised several questions quickly so thatyou can, and on what kind of structure the investigation will take. unlike comcast and nbc, which has a number of other agencies, it appears that the department of justice in this instance may be the overriding agency. thquestion becomes to we have a concept the merger that represents too big to fail, are there major impact competitiveness routes involved and do we hold to the comments made by one of the ceo's that this is in essence an easy do, a piece of cake, and will be done in a certain period of time. closing routes, closi hubs, losing jobs. my direct question to you is the justice department is going to be guided by public statements as a piece of cake, guided by comment that it is an illinois deal and they will look the other way and will they be guided by the fact that the star alliance, which you also reviewed, was supposed to represent making these entities strong enough to stand on their own. maybe it was a step toward monopoly. what will be the structure be of that investi

we saw that most dramatically by the attempted december 25 bombing of a commercial airliner. one unit has not just the will, but the capability to launch a strike targeting the united states as home. we have every expectations that well hear more from aqap. we have learned something else important this year. the assumption that americans have some special inmuent to al qaeda's ideology has been dispelled. their several high profile cases have demonstrated that we need to remain vigilant. as you all know, five americans from nearby virginia were arrested in pakistan on suspicion of terrorist ties. we have seen americans traveling to somalia, ones who wound up joining el shabad. the native californian, adam gadan has become a spokesman, enabling the group to spread its propaganda to american audiences. of course the most notable of all is the yemeni american, who has become the most influential voice among english-speaking extremists. he has catalyzed a pool of potential volunteers. the fort hood attacker sought him out for advice. we should make no mistake about his nature. as his rece

united states army. >> reporter: asked in the video about muslim groups who disapproved of the christmas day airline plotecause it targeted civilian, awlaki had a chilling response. he said those who might be h killed in a plane are merely a drop of water in the sea. lara logan, cbs news, washington. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," most stocks in asia rebounded this morning after last week's losses and emily smith is here in new york with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, most michelle asian markets gained ground despite more concerns about financial stability. the hang seng was higher for ghooifts while the nikkei was off a fraction. today wall street gets the latest on the housing market and friday a late day rally pulled stocks higher after a very ugly week. the dow gained 125 points. the nasdaq added 25. british airways cab continue crews have ghon on strike. it began after last ditch talks failed. the airline said it should still operate more than half of its flights you, but those between here and london are expected to see cancellations. so call ahead. >>> aig will not fac

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major airlines will be slapping on a sur charge for traveling on peak days ranging from ten to 30 days for each flight. american, delta, continental, united states airways. the 4th of july the only day without the extra charge. >>> if you are a mom you know diaper rash come was the territory. some are claiming their babies have a rash that's off the charts. they are blaming a new product. we have more on why pampers is soaked in controversy because of dry max diapers. >> reporter: little charlie is on on the go kind of girl when she gets slowed down her mom knows manage is up. >> she was getting a rash on her belly and back and then the diaper rash started. >> reporter: that rash had smilely little charlie itching so bad she broke the skin and scared. it went on for a month until a teacher said something about the diapers. >> the daycare provider said other children had problems with the diapers. >> reporter: they have the latest technology called dry max and it's designed to be dryer and thinner than other diapers. some moms claim its causing serious side effects for their kids, much worse than the simple rash charlie had to deal with. >

associated press" the boards of united and continental cleared the way for a merger between the two companies. the deal would combine the two carriers into the world's biggest airline and developments in several mainly stories, the president just left the gulf region. where he went to assess first hand the efforts to cap and contain the ongoing oil spill. the president called the situation potentially an unprecedented environmental disaster. he defended his administration's response to the crisis and promised the government will do whatever it takes, to help the region recover. >> president barack obama: your government will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, to stop the crisis. this is one of the richest and most beautiful eco-systems on the planet and for centuries, its residents enjoyed and made a living off of the fish that swim in these waters and the wildlife that inhabit these shores... >> patti ann: crews still have not been able to stop the gushing leak about 5,000 feet employee the waters's surface and officials suspended all fishing in the affected federal waters for at least the next ten days. to protect the seafood supply. new york police ha

united states. it becomes almost mechanical. and they get a list, and they take a look at the list, and particularly emirates airline is not shocked a middle eastern name getting on board the plane. it doesn't stand out to them. they may have just let it go, knowing it's going to go to border patrol. but if you look at the situation and you say, well, what would have happened if the plane departed? >> right. >> they had the name at that point. they could just as easily picked him up at the other end. the concern is that maybe he's got a secondary explosive that he's packed in his bag if he's checked a bag, and you've got to worry about that, or he has a confederate on the plane with him who has an explosive. >> the underwear bomber, we have more fears of that. i want to ask about how this will affect future travel for all of us. after the shoe bomber, we have to put our shoes on the security belt. could there be anything strengthening in terms of how we have to get through security now? >> in my view, what we really need to do is we need to be able to concentrate on the legal profiling of passengers. there are stereotypical terror

. >>> and here in the united states, the arrest of that new york bombing attempt suspect aboard an airplane is prompting stricter rules for the no-fly list. airlines hours of being notified about changes. they were previously to check for updates every 24 hours. >>> got to tell you, british voter goes to the polls tomorrow, but it could be foreigners who ultimately decide the winner. really? i'll explain. >>> immigration issues in great britain. under the microscope for upcoming parliamentary elections. the british public has been growing increasingly frustrated. cnn's atika shubert is in the middle of it all for us. atika, tomorrow voters are headed to the polls. just like here in the united states, immigration is a major issue. how do the candidates for prime minister stand on this issue? >> well, pretty big differences here. david cameron of the conservatives says that they want to put a cap, a numerical maximum limit on the number of non-immigrants that come here. gordon brown of labor has already put in place a points based system. that allows for immigration but only in certain area where's there's a skill shortage. and david clay has made g