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southwest and virgin are two of the six airlines that head to los angeles from san jose. presumably, there are other airlines still heading there. >> abc7 news is reporting that the lax shooting prompted airports in new york to increase security efforts there including the high visibility heavy weapon patrol. they want the display of heavy weapons to deter copycat shooters. we will have continuing coverage of shooting at lax with updates later in the newscast. you can follow us on twitter, as well, for breaking news alerts. >> we have news that is breaking over oakland right now where you can see traffic is backed up in the eastbound lanes of the tunnel closed after a car fire filled the tunnel with smoke. moments ago, the c.h.p. re-opened one area of the tunnel. we understand eight people are being transported to the hospital after this tunnel fire and the traffic is backed up eastbound. we will have more as we follow the story. >> bart union workers are voting on the tennive deal that -- the tentative contract deal that caused a strike for bart. amy? >> kristen, more th

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a happy thanksgiving on southwest airlines flights today. we'll tell you why. >>> and while we're talking about things flying around, one comet's incredible journey that could come to an end today. its incredible speed, coming up. >>> and welcome back, everybody. watch for the american airlines/u.s. airways merger to take off early next month. a judge yesterday approved american's plan to upset bankruptcy. the two airlines will function separately for about a year or so. and then, they still have to work out the details, including whose frequent flyer program will continue. but the new name will be american airlines. >>> but it's the passengers on southwest airlines who may be celebrating today. the carrier tweeted that it's offering a free drink on all flights. all right. they're usually 5 bucks. one customer said the airline should have had the offer yesterday, the busiest travel day of the year. but then, there would have been an alcohol shortage around the country, probably. >> come on, now. let's not look a gift horse in the mouth. >> t

southwest airlines already has the most flights of any carrier at the san jose international airport with 12 different destinations. now the airline is adding ten more flights to its schedule beginning next year. >> southwest is telling us their passenger bookings are incredibly strong. >> reporter: they want to lure my airlines and flights to the silicon valley. it appears to be changing after nine straight months of ridership growth. >> it is much closer to my house. it is convenient and much quieter. >> reporter: it means more revenue for the airport and the city. >> they'll be staying in local hotels. eating at local restaurants. this equates to more job creation for both here at the airport and locally in our region too. >> reporter: it equates to more money to keep libraries open and hire more cops. 330 days of sunshine every year. a luxury for travelers who don't like those extended weather delays. because of those 330 clear days in san jose, the airport prides itself in having one of the best on time rates in the nation. everyone is crossing their fingers. >>> from san jose t

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>>anny: it also cost you more to bring your pet with you when you fly on southwest airlines. the airline says it plans to raise its boarding fee for pets from $75 to $95 starting on january 15th. currently, the airline allows vaccinated dogs or cats that fits in the carrier that goes under an airline seat. so far, southwest is still the cheapest option you have one flight with your pet. other airlines charge anywhere from 100 to $125. one survey says if you want to get to your destination during the holidays on time, hawaiian airlines may be the way to go. that's according to a new list from forbes magazine based on data from the airline website flight aware. hawaiian airlines did the best. only 7% of its flights were late over the last three years during the holidays. on the flip side, jet blew flights were late 22% of the time. however, jet blew flies into some of the busiest airports in the country. the list is based on a flight data on arrival delays for 18 major regional airlines. and hybrid, hot rods and high-tech cars to take center stage a thanksgiving night on kron4

cost you more to bring that your pet with you when you fly on southwest airlines. the airline says that it plans to raise its own boarding fee for pets from $75 to $95 starting january 15th. currently, the airline allows a vaccinated dog or cat that fits in a carrier, that goes under an airline seat. so far, southwest is still the cheapest option you have when you fly with your pet. >> hybrids, hot-rods and high tech cars take center stage thanksgiving night on kron 4 as we bring you a special preview of the san francisco international auto show. it's at 8:30, thanksgiving night. you can also go to kron4.com. to enter to win tickets to the weekend auto show. >> coming up on on the kron4 morning news spirit demands intensify for tougher charges against the four san jose students charged with hate crimes. >> president obama endured some tough criticism here in the bay area. we will tell you why the president was heckled and the middle of his speech. >> welcome back. many travelers are worried that the major storm system back east will have a ripple effect on air trav

southwest airlines had to go through an agony of lawsuits and administrative proceedings in order to get started three and a half years because the incumbents didn't want us to be able to compete. during that time, i got a little depressed about the system, thinking the system might fail. i mean, all we wanted to do was offer more flights at lower fares with a better quality of service, and it didn't seem to me that that was too inimical to the wellbeing of, of america. consumerists and antitrust people were beginning to realize that this was a cartel to protect the industry from competition. and the final demonstration of this was, who was it that was in favor of regulation? easy -- the airlines and their unions. you would walk into a congressman's office and his eyes would get real big and he'd say, "aren't you the smallest carrier in america?" "yeah." "how many airplanes do you have?" "oh, we've got 10." "and you want the industry to be deregulated? you're going to get wiped out." i said, "we don't think so. "but give us a chance to be wiped out. give us that chance to be wiped ou

. >>> southwest airlines the latest air line to ease electronic rules for passengers. passengers may use certain devices in airplane mode during taxiing, and takeoff and landing. jetblue, american, united, have already made the change, as well as delta. >>> cupertino have cleared the way for apple to make a new headquarters. the tax break is considered the last hurdle. all that's left is the ground breaking and the construction of the nearly 3 million square foot campus. the design looks like a spaceship. the new campus will have its own transit center and a pavilion to unveil new products. >>> a new cbs poll out tonight shows a third of americans plan to do holiday shopping over thanksgiving weksd. black friday is still the most popular day to shop. but 76% think stores should be closed on thanksgiving day. retailers are already going all out to get us to spend this holiday season. but some deals may not be as great as they sound. >> reporter: it's become a sort of tradition, the black friday stampede also known as the official start of the holiday shopping season. >>

he was on board a southwest airlines flight. he jokingly indicated that he was giving out the peanuts for free, which is an indication of the changes timing in the airlines. also social media playing a huge role in this situation as well. what is the very latest that you are seeing now? >> we're seeing more tweets now. john says more buses, more people, now more than a thousand in holding terminal. we want to try and zoom in to some of these pictures. he says buses keep bringing more people to holding area at bradley terminal, and also he earlier said call -- colleague trying to help passenger from australia contact family, was in terminal with us, can't find husband. also torie has been tweeting. he just tweeted this one minute ago. take a look at this image. it's filling up inside the secured area. people are mostly calm now but very upset. del these are just some of the tweets we're seeing here. people still being shuttled to secure area, nerves are starting to settle. >> -- have been instructing us to receive official inform

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airlines accounting for half the travelers and has been open in terminal a since last month allowing reapproved travelers to leave on shoes, jack coats and belt and keep laptop in the case and liquids in carry ons. >> want do fly first-class in make an offer. american airlines is experimenting with a bid process for first-class seats so passengers can submit a bid on the web site up to six days before the flight. american will then decide whether to accept the bid. the airlines says winning bidders get priority check in, boarding and baggage and food and's rages that are complementary. >> hotwire if you are used to >> nice. >> now a look at what is going on with how much rain we received from the system that rolled through in los altos. can you mansion him doing the weather? three quarters in san jose and an inch at sfo and everyone else up to fairly at two-thirds, more than an inch of rain in san francisco and san rafael and concord 1.5" and mount st. helena 1.75" but we captured a rainbow from campbell yesterday. just beautiful as the rain was pushing off. the winds are not a big s

it will cost more to bring your pet on southwest airlines which is citing higher costs in raising the pet fee to $95 per flight from $75 going january 15th. southwest lets passengers bring vaccinated dog or cat that fits in a carrier that fits under the seat up to six a flight. united and delta and us airways charge $125 and jetblue charges $100. >> mom who created a body image uproar with a photo of herself is at it again, you remember maria in this photo with the caption "what's your excuse," critics say it was body shaming. facebook has suspended her account for a response she posted to an article showing plus-size women in lingerie. here is what she wrote. >> you need to change the mentality we are breeding in the united states and why it is important to love and accept your body i was peeved because we are normalizing obesity in our society. >> facebook says someone reported the post and the cite removed it calling it hate speech but now they say that was a mistake. they have restored her account but not the post. >> all right. stay tuned to mike's postings in the days to come be

. >>> federal aviation officials are investigating an incident aboard a southwest airlines flight that scared the passengers. the flight was headed from north carolina when the pilot announced the plane was going down and people panicked and reached for cell phones when the plane nose diveed. >> that is what everyone thought, we were all going to die. you could have handled it differently. >> the flight was if tampa to north carolina and after the plane plummeted and leveled it made a safe landing at raleigh. there was a maintenance issue that may have involved cabin pressure but it was resolved when it descended to 25,000'. can you imagine? >> i cannot imagine a pilot saying that. >> here is mike. >> you can see the golden gate bridge and see how fog it is with temperatures cooler than average and we back in the 60's if most neighbors. as far as what will happen, you can see around the state today we are looking at a lot of high clouds. there is no rain. temperatures are going to run in the middle 70's through the central valley. tahoe is 59, warmer-than-average and 77 in san diego an

within seconds, the southwest airlines flight from tampa to raleigh, durham, took a nose dive thousands of feet in the air. frantic passengers thought it was the end. fortunately, the boeing 737 leveled out and was able to make an emergency landing. >> you think of your kids and your family. i think they just could have handled it differently. >> southwest later e-mailed one of the passengers on board saying the captain was communicating his plan with a flight attendant and activated the pa system. the faa is investigating. >>> it was an incredible finish tonight at oracle arena. the game just ended and another sharks overtime goes to the review. the minute is next. ,,,,,,,, announcer: announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempurpedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. the triple choice sale o

. >>> southwest airlines is raising fares for cats and dogs. the airline will start charging $95 for pets that ride in the passenger cabin starting in january. that's up $20 from the current price. alaska and jetblue charge $100 and the cost on most other major carriers is $125. >>> san francisco's market street is set to flip on the holiday spirit at 6:30 this evening. once city officials flip the switch, more than 200 decorative snowflakes will light up the lamp posts along market street. this is video of the lit snowflakes from last year. the snowflake lighting ceremony will take place in front of the cable car turnaround at powell and market street. the lights will stay lit through mid-january to celebrate the holiday season. >>> and in the city's golden gate park, newschopper2 found snow and santa claus. a little patch of it. it's all part of the california academy of sciences tis of season. visitors are allowed to play and build in the snow. you can see santa claus waving there. the exhibit runs through january 5th. >>> today on the news

. >>> some of you may like southwest airlines' baggage fee policy. but pet lovers may have an issue with a new fee. southwest is increasing its carry-on pet fare by $20. starting january 15th. the airline will charge $95 per pet carrier each way. that's up from the current $75. >>> a houston car dealership is offering a deal that probably can't be beat. at 7:00 a.m. today he's unlocking all of the doors to 300 preowned cars on this lot that you're seeing right here. customers can call dibs on the cars by sitting in the driver's seat. as the price gets marked down, they can claim the prize. but three lucky drivers will get a car for $1. one buck. almost hard to believe. i wonder what the taxes are on a $1 car? 50 cents? >>> doctors are -- rather turning the artificial elements to help people who are losing their sight and have maybe a better chance down the road to see. we'll tell you about a bionic eye after the break. >> and it's going to be cold but the sun will be out and it's out later. olga's first alert weather forecast is up next. >>> ooh. it'

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passengers on a southwest airlines will flight from tampa to raleigh-durham feared the worst when the captain announced "we're going down." they started phoning and texting their loved ones, but the plane was not about to crash. the airline told us today that there was a pressurization problem. so the 737 made a controlled descent-- although abnormally steep-- from 41,000 feet to just under 10,000 feet in about 11 minutes. the plane landed safely at raleigh-durham. the mayor who smoked crack is fighting new accusations. that's just ahead. my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my guys, make better decisions. i don't like guesses with my business, and definitely not with our health. innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one

southwest airlines are raising fares forecasts and dogs darfur cats and dogs. a alaska and jet blue charges 21 -- $125. >>> what about the victim's families, the conclusions about the school shooting massacre, but did the families get what they wanted to hear. >> plus the you are resistible homework assignment, how a dog almost lost his life because of it. oop. >> welcome -- >>> welcome back, 2 investigates a loophole that allows people to drive through without paying. it allows newly purchased cars that have no lou since -- license plates at all to not pay at all and people get away without paying. transportation officials want all new cars to leave with temporary plates and lawmakers say that is hard to do. >> there is resistance because it is applicable to the bay area but then it has to apply to the whole state. there is the cost of the funding to have them pay for the plates. >> now in 2005, when they started tracking no plate violations, it went up to more than 188,000. it cost more than $106 million. >>> they are trying to save it and it would maintain s

. >> reporter: in a statement, southwest airline says flight 3426 experienced a maintenance alert, as they were on descent. the captain declared an emergency and descended the air force to 26,000 feet. the flight was normal. landed uneventfully. and was not met by emergency vehicles. abc 11 has learned the alert went off due to uneven cabin pressure. according to flight stats, it took crews just one hour to fix the plane before it went on to baltimore. wells says the terrifying ordeal has her thinking twice about flying with the airline again. >> you just think of your kids and family. i think they just could have handle it a little bit differently. >> our thanks to heather. >>> the woman accused of stalking alec baldwin is waking up in a new york jail cell this morning. a judge charged genevieve sabourin to contempt and sentenced her to 30 days behind bars for yourself bursts in court. sabourin just before she was arrested last year, testified she had sex with baldwin before he cut her off. baldwin has insisted the whole time they just had dinner before she started stalking him and b

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passengers on a southwest airlines will flight from tampa to raleigh-durham feared the worst when the captain announced "we're going down." they started phoning and texting their loved ones, but the plane was not about to crash. the airline told us today that there was a pressurization problem. so the 737 made a controlled descent-- although abnormally steep-- from 41,000 feet to just under 10,000 feet in about 11 minutes. the plane landed safely at raleigh-durham. the mayor who smoked crack is fighting new accusations. that's just ahead. ahead my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my guys, make better decisions. i don't like guesses with my business, and definitely not with our health. innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capit

. >>> a frightening ordeal for passengers aboard a southwest airlines flight. >> they were flying from tampa to raleigh durham when the captain told passengers over the loud speaker they were going down. the faa is investigating a pressurization on the jet. passengers are saying about the shock of their lives. >> i thought i was going to die. that's what everybody on that plane thought that we were all going to die. just by one word of the captain. >> shelly was on her way home from a birthday trip to tampa when southwest flight 3426 took a dramatic drop midair. >> he said we are going down and everybody is looking around like is this a joke? is he serious? then he felt the nose dive. >> reporter: passengers went into panic mode. wills, a nurse, tried to help a first-time flyer next to her clutching her chest. >> i'm thinking oh my god she is going to scare herself in to a heart attack. >> reporter: she said passengers started to reach for their cell phones, desperately trying to reach loved ones. wills typed this message to her daughter. it says, "i love you. my plane is going down."

it also cost you more to bring your pet with you when you fly on southwest airlines. the airline says it plans to raise its boarding fee for pets from $75 to $95 starting on january 15th. currently, the airline allows vaccinated dogs or cats that fits in a carrier, that goes under an airline seat. so far, southwest is still the cheapest option you have one flight with your pets. other airlines charge anywhere from 100 to $125. one survey says if you want to get to your destination during the holidays on time, hawaiian airlines may be the way to go. that's according to a new list from forbes magazine based on data from the airline website flight aware. hawaiian airlines did the best. only 7% of its flights were late over the last three years during the holidays. on the flip side, jet blue flights were late 22% of the time. however, jet blue flies into some of the busiest airports in the country. the list is based off like that on arrival delays for a teenager and regional airlines. hybrids, hot rods and high- tech cars and take care-- center stage thanksgiving night of

particularly at this airport, it seems wherever southwest goes, other airlines want to follow. and by the way, the airport will use some of that extra revenue from these flights to pay for its own police officers and, perhaps, hire more. live at sjc, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> still ahead at 6:00, a south bay city tackles a nationwide problem. the unprecedented move and why some say the change is a violation of the constitution. >>> also coming up, treating a child's disease with marijuana. the controversial medicine that has one school drawing the line. >>> and the a's in san francisco. the team responding to a new report that would have them moving across the bay to at&t park. >>> and we have a newly issued frost advisory for parts of north bay up above 1,000 feet for tonight. there are the clear skies right now. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we'll talk about how the clearing will lead to temperatures in the 30s, coming up in just a few minutes. >>> twitter expected to go public with its stock this week. now they've raised the possible asking price to aro

southwest airlines issued an apology to passengers for the confusion. they were offered a voucher good towards a future flight. >> that whenever in any danger. they were just going down to a different level to get the pressure back. >> there's not much else that they can do. >> it is just that feeling. >> the time is 5:43 a.m.. >> here is a live look from our mount tam cam. we will be right back. ♪ me d yo.. irarlli uarechocate... a ltle ndezus savor r luiousilli coinedith r sl melng ccola. ♪ that ttleewarfor l e thgs y do.♪ onlyrom irarlli. ♪ ♪ welcome to aulani. it's hawaii with a touch of disney magic. ♪ >> the time is 5:47 a.m.. we are starting things out with a live look from our roof cam. we're also a little breezy but the winds are not as strong as yesterday. we are not talking any wind advisories and we do not have a red flag warnings. the temperatures for the most part are in the 40's and 50's and it could bit much colder we have dropped into the '30's for places like napa and vallejo. satellite and radar shows clear conditions but

southwest and virgin airlines got hardest hit. we found many disappointed passengers like antoine peron, who was supposed to fly to l.a.x. and vacation with friends. >> supposed to be 1:15, my flight was canceled and we were rescheduled to 3:35. >> reporter: these friends switched airports to get in earlier. >> so we took a ticket to southwest that flies into orange county. >> right now, all of the airlines that operate between sfo and l.a.x. can expect flight delays today. >> reporter: the l.a.x. shootings certainly affected sfo. tighter security and cancelled flights are just one concern. for passengers, a killing like this has been extra cautious during their travels. >> you just look around and be more aware of the surroundings than usual. >> reporter: so virgin and southwest airlines were impacted the most and later this afternoon, here at sfo, they have started scaling back the police presence once they determine, liz, that this was an isolated incident at l.a.x. >> all right, mark, thank you. >>> a live look at l.a.x. right

top of it came apart new has another situation that happened to a southwest airlines plane just a couple of years ago here in the united states so fatigue issues on the aircraft metal fatigue. what kind of corrosion. look there right now it's the years particularly now there has been twenty three years old in many parts of the world and the civil servants known to have routine problems so they're going to work at their very who are deceived me a brilliant contributing factor ok mark thanks ever so much for coming on to the program and give us your insight as ever hopefully they'll get to talk to you too soon mark boyce thank you. all right let me bring up to date on the breaking news at ten past ten moscow time you're watching our take a tougher stand company boeing seven three seven jet scrappier on the sea of new while landing it carries an airport in central russia fifty passengers and crew were on board that ill fated flight all of them have been killed at least the numbers gone down from two earlier on we thought fifty two were died earlier on they were forty four passengers and six

airlines with the best records are southwest, followed by alaska, delta, jet blue and air tran. the airlines with the most complaints are frontier and united. frontier is in the process of revamping policies and complaints against united are down 30%. now, do we have a used drop, a drop in prices at used cars the average price dipped to lowest levels in four years. heed mundz.com says average price just over $15,600. that is because there is a large inventory. more people are trading in used cars and buying new ones. prices could dip further as leases expire and cars become available on used car market. this is great news for the economy. this shows things are coming back. the reason used cars have been expensive is that there haven't been enough of them. so they're buying new cars it's great news. good news. >> thank you. >> sure. >> up next overcoming adversity. >>> a student not letting her disability stop her from dancing. >> coming up at 5:00 families in vietnam and families here at home. tonight, photographers show us images of war. plus... >> my moment was that you know o

southwest airline that i rode, they threw up their hands and said this is the best we can do. everybody was nice, but we just sat. >> just waiting and waiting. >> five hours. >> did you check luggage? >> yeah. we don't know what that situation is and rental car. there are also people heading to the next flight, but they're still on the plane even. >> everybody i assume is in a relatively good mood? >> geffen the situation, obviously we can't complain when there's a real tragedy happening, but i think, you know, everybody was in about as good spirits as you can be, having sat on a plane for five hours. it was frustrating to see other people taken off the planes on these buses, sort of bussed around, but it's my understanding that even though they got bussed to terminals, they're still stuck here, too. >> good luck, lucas, and your friends over there, and the other passengers, lucas jenksen joining us with that story of what happened, but he's okay. they're all okay. we appreciate it very much. >>> we're just getting in some video. i'm going to share it with you. this is video o

i'm talking specifically about people like jetblue and southwest airlines? they will be able to bid on some of those slots. i'm curious if that in your opinion is a positive impact. and what does it mean for united? what does it mean for delta? they have a bigger competitor now internationally when it comes to american and us air? >> certainly jetblue and southwest will be bidding on those assets and they will get some slots and they will be able to find attractive places to put those planes. definitely it is good for them. in terms of delta and united they are going to see a strong competitor but, you know, we're now well into ccnsolidation into the industry. economics of the industry are good. with an improving global economy, we've seen no reason why there shouldn't be strong profits for all three of those companies. cheryl: we're talking about 104 carrier slots. i think that is interesting in particular reagan. seems like reagan it came down to that one airport in this agreement. do you think that the companies gave up too much at reagan in particular? >

. >>> southwest airlines today is offering passengers one free cocktail, beer or wine, on their flight. >> if you're watching football, go in the kitchen and help your wife clean up. time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. it takes him a second but once he dives in it looks like this panda bear is enjoying himself. next the bad. you might not see pecan pie at your thanksgiving table today. sorry, a shortage due to heavy rainfall driving the price of that nut up by 30%. finally the ugly. a police chief in indiana tasered to raise money for his department. he's trying to raise $9,000 to get two new squad cars. we'll raise the money for him. no need to be tasered. >> we hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving with your family and friends. >> we're thankful to you for watching us every morning. have a great holiday. >> yes. "fox & friends" starts right now. bye. >>> good morning. it is thursday, the 28th of november, 2013. i'm anna kooiman. holiday nightmares. thousands of people stranded, hundreds of flight delayed. will this wicked weather keep you from getting to

. >> plus panic on a southwest airlines flight, the panic was heard on the loud speaker. ♪ ♪ welcome to aulani. it's hawaii with a touch of disney magic. ♪ . >>> time now 5:24, police want your help to catch a petty theft suspect, this is photos of a man leaving an area where he left a large empty box at the front door but walked away with two packages which had just been delivered. he was driving an older model blue sedan and if you have any information please call police. >>> this was domestic terrorism, and it failed to detonate and instead it just blew out the windows, however the fbi says it is an attack on a visible symbol of government and it demands singular focus. so far nobody has claimed responsibility for that blast. >>> a pilot caused everybody to panic by saying, we are going down on the loud speaker. the woman says the announcement came after the plane took a nosedive after they got close to the airport. they landed safely but everybody on board was terrified. >> that i was going to die and that's what everybody thought that we were all going to die just by one word

. >>> southwest airlines is the latest to adopt the faa's newly relaxed rules on electronic devices. flyers can now keep their devices on throughout the flight, and get on the internet as soon as they board. but that's only for smartphones, e-readers and tablets. laptops still have to be stowed during takeoff and landing. >>> minutes from the latest federal reserve meeting similar to indicate it could start pulling back on its stimulus efforts if the job market keeps improving. >>> more rain possible overnight. but what's next? the complete forecast in five >>> uc hospital workers are expected to be back on the job tomorrow after staging a one day strike. a large group of union members braved the rain to picket outside of ucf today. dozens of patients had to postpone surgeries due to this walk out. union leaders say workers have been harassed, and intimidate the by uc management for taking part in a two day strike in may. >>> a massive tunnel boring machine is about to reach a busy san francisco corridor and start drilling just below an existing b.a.r.t. tunnel. an exclusive look at

the picture here with i believe that's a southwest airlines jet right here and southwest is one of those that was in this terminal. people out in their phones, carrying their luggage. people boarding buses. all the folks who had escaped this chaos were being taken away on buses and in addition, people on planes and kept on those planes after the shooting happened, all taken way on buses and that's a little slide show of some of the pictures we brought in. billy vincent is on the line with us, former faa security chief who's still in the private airport security business. your thoughts. >> well, skip, i'm immediately brought to mind that back in many, many years ago, a decision was made even before i took over security for the faa in the early '80s, so remove the armed individual at the security screening point and the philosophy at that time was that if a gunman came up to do what happened apparently today in los angeles in terminal three, the first person that that gunman would shoot would be the obvious armed individual. and what we did was we put the law enforcement officers on a roam

. >>> follow up to the terrifying flight for southwest airlines passengers. they say the pilot handled the incident safely. and they regret any uneasy feelings. each passenger gets a $200 voucher. some say it is hardly enough for the fright they suffered when the pilot announced quote we are going down during an a a maintenance emergency on a flight. >>> president obama spent yesterday apologizing for the botched health carroll out. he promised that those that want to keep their health insurance would be able to do so. during the 52-minute speech president obama said i'm sorry about 29 times. >> i apologize for not executing better. >> we fumbled the ball on it i feel deeply response able. >> as for the health care.cough website the president second guessed himself publicly. he admitted the federal government doesn't do websites well and he should have known better. >>> people already removed from their health plans getting insurance back may not be easy. >> an industry group says changing the rules could cause premiums to go up. with a look at the other poss

delta, jetblue, southwest airlines, all higher. that is in part because bankruptcy judge today approved the antitrust settlement between the justice department, u.s. airways and american airlines. that in turn paved the way for their merger and clears the regulatory side. it is clear where these airlines can compete and go in the future. let's look at u.s. air with a shares, ticker symbol lc c. we call it that because it is a low-cost carrier up $0.19 or just under 1%. check out of the year to date chart. usairways up from 70%. another reason we have airline stocks higher is oil is going down. the price of light sweet crude dipping below $92 a barrel for the first time since june third. the price tag recovered just a bit. let's take a look. $92.26 because of rising supplies and reduce tensions with iran don't expect a price to go higher unless there is another headline. that is something out of the middle east or something going off line due to a problem with one of the refiners' but you do see this moving significantly to the down

airlines. so we saw over 400 cancellations yesterday. most of them in and out of the dallas area. that has ramifications all across the u.s. the weather tomorrow could be even worse because a lot of airline hubs, the new york and dc area as well. they have one at newark airport. we saw a little at charlotte, and it could be worse tomorrow. the good news is yes we're seeing the delays you're worrying about, but not a ton of cancellations. assuming you don't miss a connection, everyone is optimistic you will get there and not spend the day at an airport. >> i wonder if reports like this, showing what we're showing with the weather, makes people who would have been flying out the heck with it, i'm not going to bother, and do they worry about that? >> i think they worry about what will happen on the day off not only do they hate dealing with a lot of people not able to take their flights, but it's a bad pr situation. it's not the airline's fault that it's bad weather, but they're coming out and say

airlines that accounts for half the travelers at san jose, which has been open in terminal a since last month allowing reapproved travelers to leave on shoes, belts and keep liquids in the carry on. >> still scattered light rain scattered height rain link otherring as the low pulls away. it did rain i admit the i unforecasted the rain. we needed it. it was good to fill up the reservoirs. we had two-thirds of an inch in hayward and los altos and fairfield and three quarters in san jose to an inch at sfo and everyone else is an inch to 1.75" in mount st. helena. now it will get dry again. as the rain was moving off we captured a beautiful rainbow yesterday so it had beauty in it. here is live doppler 7 hd, we are watching the east bay for the most part and now the south bay and this petaluma and the napa valley that is where the best chance of light rain are going to be the next hour to hour and a half. saysibility is okay with noing for and the winds are light but fairfield is indicative of what will happen as we head into the afternoon and evening. the areas are shaded in yellow and nor

. >>> southwest airlines is the latest to adopt the faa's newly relaxed rules on electronic devices. flyers can now keep their devices on throughout the flight, and get on the internet as soon as they board. but that's only for smartphones, e-readers and tablets. laptops still have to be stowed during takeoff and landing. >>> minutes from the latest federal reserve meeting similar to indicate it could start pulling back on its stimulus efforts if the job market keeps improving. >>> more rain possible overnight. but what's next? the complete forecast in five minutes. >> we're deep below ground, getting an exclusive look at san francisco's newest subway system. how the work here may affect your commute in the next few days. we're new to town.ells. welcome to monroe. so you can move more effortlessly... we want to open a new account: checking and savings. well we can help with that. we tend to do a lot of banking online. you play? yeah discover a mobile app that lets you bank more freely... and feel at home more quickly. chase. so you can. >>> uc hospital workers are expected to be back

southwest airlines has advertised for years that bags fly free but now the ceo said that southwest might be open to charging in the future. southwest currently allows two free checked bags. don't worry yet, the airline says it doesn't have any concrete plans to tack on those charges to you. >>> spirit airlines also considering charging more for checked bags during peak travel times, they say. that means you could pay more right around the holidays. and the flip side, you could also pay less when business is typically slow. spirit airlines says the new pricing if it happens wouldn't take in effect until next year. jetblue is the only major carrier that lets passengers check a bag at absolutely no charge. >> they know you don't travel light. >>> 20 minutes after the hour. a high school coach out. accused of biting a player's face. >> what! >> that's what they tell me. biting a player's face. andy scholes joins us with this strange story. we need some answers here, andy, coming up right after the break. (vo) you are a business pro. maestro of project management. baron of the build-out. you

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what happened onboard a southwest airline flight after it hit a flock of birds. abc's tai hernandez is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning, dan. so many people are so nervous right after takeoff until they hear the pilot say they've reached a safe altitude and all is well. the passengers aboard this southwest flight never got that reassurance. it's the pilot's announcement any passenger would dread. >> hey, tower. southwest 4055. we actually hit a flock of birds. we are going to have to do a return to the airport. >> reporter: moments after takeoff, the captain told passengers an emergency landing was in store. several birds had been sucked into the engines and the baltimore-bound southwest plane would have to return to the manchester, new hampshire, airport it had just left. >> the captain said we just hit some birds. about eight of them. >> reporter: passenger mike said it stayed surprisingly calm in the cabin. >> the captain did a great job. they kept us well-informed. >> reporter: bird strikes can cause damage to engines. famously witnessed in the