people on that float are just really lucky virgin america employees who won a drawing for a contestho could dress most likely a crazy giant and a bunch of 'em won they will be in the parade the duck boats here i asked who going to be in those boats they said i don't know just vips as far as they know earlier we showed you the safari boat that came through the safari bus i should say that came through and told that on that boat are going to be unidentified vips. there's going to be a lot 100 vehicles going in this parade some of the people of course you are going to know the players amy was talking also people you have never seen may never see again but they lucked out and they are going to be in this parade the second one in three years, wow what a lucky city. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> we are going to keep our team coverage going now to katie marzullo with die-hard fans at the start of the parade route. >> reporter: everybody is a die-hard fan, milk driver i truck just went by honking. this is billy philadelphia's carolyn showed it to us last night he's going to play it for fa

it's those high fuel prices that are hitting virgin america particularly hard. virgin america is privately held so you can't really go through its numbers but the temptation here is to speculate. people say they want to be treated well on a nice plane, but when it comes to buying a ticket, that nicer airline is 50 bucks more, people settle for the usual airline. that's my suspicion. >> going for the bargains. we're going to go for some tea for you in a little bit. >> with all those high notes, i thought he was going through late puberty. >>> 5:16 right now. rob mayeda is here to talk about a nice forecast. wouldn't be giving people colds out there. >> no, no. this morning is a little chilly, though. i feel bad for scott. the weather is not helping this morning. we've got numbers in the low 40s outside so as you send the kids off to school a good jacket for the morning but we're talking t-shirt weather by the afternoon. 43 in napa, clear skies. 49 san jose, gilroy down to 42 degrees. not much wind out there now but you'll notice around lunchtime the winds will pi

the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience begins with the glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels. it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradual

bank of america, dignity health, miller coors, diamond foods, virgin america, pg&e, and sales force to help to make this civic celebration possible. we thank you. and of course we must recognize the giants broadcast partner sports bay area that brings sports to our giants fans all season long and made it possible for this to be watched all over northern california. all right. are you ready now? we can really get it started. [cheers and applause] . i said are you ready? [cheers and applause] it is my pleasure now to introduce two members of the best broadcast team in baseball. please welcome dave fleming and john miller. >> now, all along the parade route this song that echoed through the ballpark and my broadcast partner on the radio dave fleming somehow has involuntary reaction to it. a lot of people think he's so into it. whenever the music comes on he can't contain himself. it's not even that and i'm going to show you it right now. >> i'm not sure where you're going with this john. >> it's uncontrollable for him so he's not really into even the thought of it but i want to show you w

many of those with the carrier's united and virgin america. hurricane sandy is bringing air travel to the east coast to a standstill for the next 48 hours. all flights to and from boston, jfk, nework, philly, baltimore and washington d.c. are canceled. also red-eye flights to jfk and boston. here's a look at those. flying out of the oakland airport flight 90 and flight 318. also out of san jose, flight 472 and flight 174. also a lot of the airplanes are stored in the affected east coast cities so that is slowing down air travel as well. anybody who is flying today even if you are not flying to the east coast, double-check your flight status well ahead of time. if anything has changed, don't come to the airport. call the airline or go online to make changes. cbs 5. #12k3w4r i think a lot of folks that were hoping to get to the east coast might be here for the parade on wednesday. a while before all those flights catch up. >> we've been talking about this storm all morning long. >> maybe the 50s. i was looking back in records, maybe back to the

problem is, if you raise prices, you have all kines of competition from soug west and jetblue and virgin america that are happy to step on in the place of american. it is never a better time for a passenger to buy the ticket and internet price comparison and sites of where you can compare on time arrival and safety and comfort and all of those things. >> by the way, american airlines swears they are not cutting back on safety. that's one thing they say they are not doing. but what about hiking fare to make us safer. >> will nolt work. it is uation of false competition. there is not competition in this market want only way americans are making money is reducing seats and charging for nonseat type things. it is government sponsored type -- >> i am going to make people crazy. i agree with everybody. i like what mark and rich is saying, too. look airlines need to do and going to raise fares . try to do it in a cabin pressure of stock prices that are not in the upright position for the airlines. >> first time emac as compromise and not taking an opinion. >> thank you very much. gang. >> coming up how

the crew on virgin america flight took pictures of fans cheering and put it on you tube. >> yes. it looks though most were towards giants games. >> fans are, after all, everywhere. >> two games up. they landed a little while ago in detroit. game three, tomorrow. >> okay. >> world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. we'll see yo >>> this is "world news." tonight, superstorm. 66 million americans on alert for a giant storm ready to unleash an epic mix of flooding rain, snow and wind. sam champion and the abc news extreme weather team out tonight. >>> pep rally. president obama trying to rekindle the fire with young voters.

this was the scene last night as passengers on a virgin america flight watched brandon belt catch the final out of game two. ktvu will air game three. the first pitch is at 5:07 tomorrow morning. our coverage begins at 4:30. >> california has 31,000 newly registered voters thanks to state university students. the students sent out voter drives. the students say they're motivated by potential budget cuts in the state's education system. if the governor's tax increase measure goes down in defeat. coming up, not one but two different class schedules. the uncertain future facing students at one bay area community college and why it depends what happens election day. >> bart leaders showed off a milestone today in the warm springs extension project. here's an underground look as they walked the subway tunnel this morning. the new section runs under lake elizabeth and will eventually reach san jose. the bart station is expected to open in the fall of 2015. >> several bay area hospitals are teaming up with local farmers to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to improve hospital food. thousands

weatherman" available for purchase on itunes and according to his facebook, just linked a deal with virgin americaweather raps will be on all their flights. in this particular video, he busts into a few dance moves, too. ♪ gungham style gungham style ♪ >> yeah. so he busts in a size gungham style. >> his gung hum style isn't as good as his rapping. >> if you're waking up early to do a morning show, you want to wake up and do the show with this guy. >>> rosanna spent a great weekend with jesse cox and other friends having fun with liquid nitrogen. >> so, kids, don't try this at home. >> they freeze some stuff and think, oh, i didn't know that would happen. let's start with a rubber duckie. >> quack, quack. >> he just broke, and this is -- >> hammer. >> hammer. >> whoa. >> that looks like it should be in some sort of '90s, like, music video. put that in slow motion. seal could sing the songs. >> i love this one. this is a boo loalloon. look what happens. pour some on top of it. looked like a messed up whoopee cushion. >> it's feeling back up with air. oh, my gosh, oh my -- whoa. it's -- >> that is c

it hasn't been an easy trip for them coming or going on virgin america. >> they canceled our first flight and put us on the next flight. so we're just trying to get that by coming here and flying now. >> reporter: the airline are tracking the storm to decide which flights to cancel. some including virgin, jet blue and united are offering to waive penalty fees if someone wants to change their flight or cancel flights from certain airports over the next few days. >> right now they're trying to see what the major impact will be. which airports will be affected. and then try to reduce the amount of impact on their passengers. >> reporter: the advice from airport officials for anyone planning to fly the next few days is to keep track of the storm and keep checking the airline' website for change. another option is to set up automatic alerts to your phone or e-mail changes. >> to find out where are they going, are those airports impacted. >> we'll to go philly if we can. >> you'll try in a around about way to get home? >> yeah. >> reporter: another thing for travellers to keep in mine, even if

flyers of virgin america are pretty happy campers!has been voted number one in conde nast's traveler magazine's 20112 reader's choice awards. this is the fifth straight year it's snagged the coveted title. but wall street analyts say the compapny needs a major restructuring because many americans aren't willing to choose quality over price. and virgin indeed says the outlook is weak...they plan to *trim* capacity by 3-percent in the first quarter, and is offering voluntary short-term leave to workers to cut costs. and -halloween sales not looking so sweet for candy makers as consumers cut back. now halloween still tops easter. christmas and valentine's day as the top holiday for chocolate consumption. but families are cutting back on spending for goodies on higher gas prices, and overall softness in the economy. the national confectioners association says americans will spend about two-point-four billion dollars on halloween this year and while that's a one percent gain. it may reflect higher prices. not increased demand. and the end

passengers on the verge in america will find wifi on all flights -- passengers on virgin america. chris clackum has more. >> two huge drawbacks remain as prevalent today as well started using smartphones. the money we're paying to use them. >> 46% pay $100 or more on their phone bill. >> some would rather stay connected then eat. >> some spend more on their mobile plan than they do on groceries. >> clothes sleep examine each bill each month -- closely examine each bill each month. >> mobile threats have been fairly small. we are seeing cyber crimes shift to the mobile world. >> a simple solution exists. >> password protect. that is the single most important thing you can do. you need to pass for protect the device. >> install or unable the remote function on your smart phone -- install or enable the remote function on your smart phone. >> jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >> good morning. betemit agree to pay more than $5.5 billion for coventry healthcare -- $7.6 billion in bonuses to the ceo who didn't shop around for the highest offer. coventry and aetna had

it is kind of your apple in netflix and virgin america airlines and you're kind of one of the team. >> right. >> you feel and i think people felt a bit betrayed by that. >> absolutely. that was the greatest thing about netflix and why they were able to grow so fast is because people really invested in that brand emotionally. the market or the website is very -- it is a market research platform, and the company is constantly testing different aspects. is this a better color? do you like the button here or here? what about this language? >> you wrote in your book 20% churn, not in customers. >> no. >> in employees. >> right. >> wow. >> i know. it is tremendous. that's mcdonald's. >> it is. it is because they're extremely demanding on people. that is reed hastings likens his company to a nfl team. we're not here to be touchy and feely and supportive of each other. if you're picked, you're the best. we'll pay you better but we're going to work you and it has always been that way. >> i was going to ask what is his standing now in the pan thon of ceos? a couple years ago he was looked upon

i want to say virgin america is offering 20% off many routes to fly out of san francisco. you must fly between november and mid december. and offer expires at 11:59 tonight. get in on this. >> 20% off. >> yes. >> where are we going? >> yes. >> vegas. >> still to come here is the question. real? or fake? amazing pictures coming out of sandy. which are gene genuine? which are not? >> here is a look at what is ahead. >> tonight on world news brand new pictures from the storm zone. roof top rescues and reporting again tonight from the town in a race against time. you will hear the gas pipe leaking all around people as they fear someone will light a match. and dr. richard beser out today testing drinking water. it will be helpful to anyone including in the bay area facing the storm. >>> during a crisis like sandy, social media have become places to go for information but also for pranksters. >> a lot of people manipulate photos and post phony photos. taking a look at what is real, what is fake. sandy's destructive march produced more than its share of stunning images. stacking

that would be also jetblue and virgin america. >> 1 thing that drives me nuts is boarding procedures. if you were gold you were the first person who got on the plane now it's platinum it's diamond it's gold it's silver. when do we finally get to board? >> the procedures now are not streamline. they are saying they are trying to but that's not the case. even if you have platinum status on airlines it doesn't mean you get to board first. it has military people and people with disabilities and people with children. >> they have got everything. by the time your group is there there are 10 different groups that boarded. >> we have to leave it there. thank you so much. 25 minutes after the hour. horrifying new report out on fast and furious. the guns provided by the u.s. government are now linked to hundreds of shootings. we will tell you about that. we are two-days out from the first presidential debate. governor chris christie is giving his prediction. listen to this. >> oo every time mitt romney has been confronted in in campaign in one of these moments he has come through and performed

here at sfo, i got a chance to go inside and talk to some of the people at virgin america. one of the airlines that have a lot of canceled flights. they sent out an e-mail blast and phone blast to their customers and able to reschedule everybody. inside we haven't seen too many stranded people this morning but we're going to head back in and talk to people trying to get to the east coast. even though this storm could only last a couple days. some of these flights people can't get a new one for at least a week. back to you. >> thank you. >> if you look at the satellite imagery of this storm, goes from the carolinas all the way up into new england. >> we haven't seen something like this in a long time. >> maybe since the 1950s with wilma. this one a category 1. but still a very dangerous and potentially devastating storm system as it makes its way toward the eastern sea board. watch as it moves up along the coastline. at the very end, you'll notice it starts to jog to the left. that's the turn we've been waiting for on shore a little later on into tomorrow morning. sustained

crew on virgin america flight took these pictures of giants fans cheering for orange and black and they put it up on you tube. they have television on the back of the seats and it looked like most of them were tuned in to the squlints game. >> if ryan starts for the game tomorrow tonight at 5:07. game 4 is sunday at 5:15. matt cain will take the hill for the giants. game 5 would be monday in detroit as well if necessar necessary. now we can help you share your giants pride on facebook. go to our site like us then click the giants logo at the top of our page there. th will take you here. where you can choose to share any of 9 different the to show your support on your face book wall. add fun to the festivities. >> stay with us as we continue tonight. your voice. your vote. >> lack for common ground. shared principals. >> my last question is are we ready for this? ism even as the first lady helps her husband tashingt one group, governor romney counting on very different demographic to win the race for the white house. >>> also ahead. new feature at the popular real estate web site sill 0a

it hasn't been an easy trip for them coming or going on virgin america. >> coming here they canceled our first flight and put us on the next flight. we're just trying to get them beat by coming and flying now. >> reporter: airlines are tracking the storm to decide which flights to cancel. some including virgin, jetblue and united are offering to waive penalty fees if someone wants to change their flight dates or cancel flights from certain airports over the next few days. >> right now they are just trying to see what the major impact is going to be and what airports are going to be affected and then try to reduce the amount of impact on passengers. >> reporter: the advice from airport officials for anyone planning to fly in the next few days is to keep track of the storm and keep checking the airline websites for changes and set up automatic alerts to your phone or e-mail of flight changes. >> they need to figure out when are they flying, where are they going, are those airports impacted? >> we'll go to philly if we have to. if we can. >> reporter: you're going to try in a roundabout

. >> i was on virgin america. >> daniel jonas, big fan of the show. >> the wife of kevin. >> she's goter own show, "married to jonas." >> 3m, up 1%. >> 3m has an advance ceramics maker paying $300 million, which is a 40% premium, but it's going to be accretive right away, the companies says. unusual in this the acquiring company is higher once they announced the deal. >> we've got finally a pop here for the cds. today marks the 30th birthday of the commercial compact disk. the sales have waned and hundreds of billions of cds sold in the past three decades, billy joel was the first commercial album available on cd. the first to reach 1 million in sales, brothers in arms released by the british rock band. >> it's the last new band i liked. >> the last new band. >> i don't know how, was i not clear? that's the last new band i liked, dire straits. just saying. all downhill -- >> downhill. you stopped. >> where do you store all your cds nowadays? >> got a huge case. >> they don't make cases. >> that's one of those ghetto things you buy at best buy, i've got something nice. >> i went to shar

the crew on a virgin america flight took these pictures of giants fans cheering for the orange and black youtube. they have televisions on the backs of their seats and looks like most of them were tuned to the giants game. giants fans are everywhere. >>> one of the bay area's most magnificent and scenic places celebrates 40 years with the national park service today. back in 1972 president richard nixon signed the bill that created the golden gate national recreation area out of a mix of public and private lands in three counties. today a celebration is planned at the head lands to honor the visionaries who created the park out of fears that scenic beauties would be paved over. they were talking about developing the head lands. it offers several exhibits. exhibits open at 9:00. ceremony is at 10:00. the founders walk starts at 11:15. coming up next at six, two beautiful children killed tore no reason. the bay area connection to the family in new york city's nanny murders. and the the connection the bay area mayor has to the accused arsonist who set fire to >> live from the kgo broadcast

united, american, virgin america, jet blue, delta, usair to all of these airlines and some of these tomorrowre being cancelled. >> @ s f o haazig madyun >> they are taking over the bill a gram civic center to honors windows 8. >> we are bringing phones. into the windows family. with the windows phone 8. >> the life of the party we know that apple and google dominate but for some people that use a widow's peak laptop, tablet. or if they want an alternative for a windows -- tablet accompaniment this smart phone has a lot to offer your it will roll out in about one month. gabe slate tech report >>jacqueline: the big weather story is pushing through. this is in effect for tomorrow. cloudy sunny and mild but that will be transitioning day with clouds increasing but the chances of rainfall later. the tail end of the system is funneling towards oregon. but that rainfall will be mainly of short for tomorrow and through wednesday. you can see the rain fall stay in will of to the coast and wednesday morning and also the later morning hours with the cloud coverage. but no rainfall is expected to stay o

factors we're getting and, you know, i think an airline is quite a good barometer of an economy, so virgin americaic airline here is doing good. it is selling seats. it's a gut feeling that things have turned. connell: there you go, sir richard branson. very interesting guy. involved in a lot of different things. thinks we have turned the corner. dagen: now on to sports news. detroit tigers cabrera standing on the edge of history. third baseman leading the american league in batting average home runs and rbis, otherwise known as the triple crown. last time it was achieved was by boston back in 1967. that's why mr. walt mossberg would be interested in this story. only 13 players are part of that exclusive club. cabrera had a pair of singles and drove in two in last night's loss against kansas city. connell: walt is a big red sox fan. >>> the vice president's latest comment is drawn a lot of criticism. dagen: let's take a look at the nasdaq winners today. >> how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class -- [inaudible] -- the last four years. connell: these comments of

for the fifth year in a row, virgin america number one overall. >>> welcome back. let's get to today's squawk sports report. the yankees beating the red sox last night 14-2. it's definitive. new york winning its 13th division title in 17 years of a fer ter a thrilling back and forth race. on the lot of things came down to the wire. the achls defeating the rangers 12-5 to win the american league west. oakland coming from 13 games back on june 30th. just nine days ago, they were still out by five games. >> like money ball. >> down to the wire on these things. going to be a really interesting postseason. >> this will be the sequel. money ball 2. >> and the tigers miguel cabrera winning the triple crown, the first layer to do so since 1967. he finished the regular season leading the american league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in. >> that's big. >> it is big. i don't pay a whole lot of attention to baseball, but this has been exciting. >> amazing to win the triple crown. yaz was the last one. joey votto is not hitting as many home runs. now to today's

america, right? >> brazilian woman. >> catalina auctioned off her virginity. >> all the guys are looking. >> to a man -- we believe it's a man, a japanese gentleman. she auctioned her virginity to a man who paid $780,000 for her. she said she did it because she wanted the money to go to a charity in her hometown of brazil to rebuild homes and things. that's why i did it the first time. [ laughter ] made sense at the time. you know, you grow, you learn. you would do the same thing again. but back then -- ♪ ♪ like a virgin touched for the very first time ♪ >> you are crazy. >> anyway, she did it. circumnavigate the prostitution laws. it's going to take place aboard a plane. would you turn your phone off, woman? >> it's karen. she says she's watching. just so you know. she's watching us. >> flying some place between australia and the u.s. the young woman says the auction is just business. i'm a romantic girl at heart and believe in love, but this will make a huge difference to my area. not that area. although -- she's right twice. [ laughter ] and this is the best part, all of you romantics out there. the story will be tu

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america. >> what is the big deal. >> sean: like losing your virginity for obama. >> it's a joke, tucker. >> jokes, personally. let me just say, i mean, you would really have to be a liberal to believe that voting was on the same moral plane as like sex. i mean, one is like something you have t to do in order to secure your freedom. the other is something you do for fun, you enjoy doing. >> it's a joke. i don't think she really thinks that. >> i'm not mad. >> sean: answer the question. there's nothing cute about that ad. >> wouldn't a normal reelection campaign say vote for me because of all the great things i did over the last four years, here's what they are. >> they've done that. >> really? i haven't seen that. >> this ad is targeted at liberal elite women. >> sean: that want free birth control. >> it's just a tar ye targeted d towards this group. it's not against the law. >> it's not targete targeted to. >> sean: tur 2ubger, this is desperation, this is desperation. they can't run on their record. this isn't big bird bs, we're stuck with garbage, crap, and nonsense. >> it's not working.

america. >> what is the big deal. >> sean: like losing your virginity for obama. >> it's a joke, tucker. >>jokes, personally. let me just say, i mean, you would really have to be a liberal to believe that voting was on the same moral plane as like sex. i mean, one is like something you have t to do in order to secure your freedom. the other is something you do for fun, you enjoy doing. >> it's a joke. i don't think she really thinks that. >> i'm not mad. >> sean: answer the question. there's nothing cute about that ad. >> wouldn't a normal reelection campaign say vote for me because of all the great things i did over the last four years, here's what they are. >> they've done that. >> really? i haven't seen that. >> this ad is targeted at liberal elite women. >> sean: that want free birth control. >> it's just a tar ye targeted d towards this group. it's not against the law. >> it's not targete targeted to. >> sean: tur 2ubger, this is desperation, this is desperation. they can't run on their record. this isn't big bird bs, we're stuck with garbage, crap, and nonsense. >> it's not working. >