newspaper, which is a newspaper that has been around for quite some time a local paper that does good long form journalism there, and it is reporting now two of the biggest firms that build the florida international bridge have been accused of unsafe practices. one of those case, another bridge project collapsed and fell on the workers. it s munilla construction management, a south florida firm that won a competitive bid to build the new bridge, which is part of a $14.2 million project funded by the u.s. department of transportation. they beat out other finalists. this group partnered with fig bridge group that has worked on iconic projects like the sunshine sky way. if you have ever seen a picture from tampa, you ve seen this passive bridge that is beautiful
. co-pilot is headed to jail for six months for boozing it up with the crew. breathalyzer shows he was nearly seven times the legal limit. yes, seven times the legal limit for drinking. the baltic air co-pilot admitted in court that the group had downed a couple of bottles of whiskey and some beer. happened earlier this month at an airport in norway. two flight attendants also heading to the hoosegow for a few week. the other pilot s blood alcohol level was reportedly only double the limit. he is set to stand trial next month. baltic air with boozing comes along for the ride. get ready for bigger crowds and longer lines at the airport during a labor day holiday, which should be fantastic. that s the word from the industry group that projects 14.2 million u.s. passengers will fly over a seven-day period around that holiday. that s up 3% from last year when 14.2 million flew.
friday is the busiest day of them all. more flights and cheaper fares are driving the increase. the same group predicts that in may that this will be the busiest summer ever for air travel and sure enough. adam shapiro is with us here. why are so many people flying? it s cheap fares. it s crowded and not a pleasant experience fighting the lines. but cheaper fares. i was online looking at american, delta. they re offering deals, just as an example, miami to new york round trip 195 bucks. things are getting competitive. they ve got overcapacity with the sits but they re trying to get people to sit on those planes. 14.2 million just over the labor day holiday. 222 million for the entire summer. that s a record number of us who are flying. take a look at the crowds you ll see at the airports because this will not change any time soon. the airlines are able to drop some of their fares because fuel prices have come down, 34% for them. shep, they re posting some
which some said came pretty late. this allowed him more time to raise money. once you become an official candidate you re limited in how much you can raise for the pacs. the pac is dwarfing. in 16 days he s come up with $11 million or $12 million. a lot of money but a fraction of what the pac is doing. once the campaign gets into swing they ll be able to keep raising unlimited amounts of money and spending as much as it wants. they play a huge role. no doubt. somebody like ben carson has raised $10.5 million. independently. we don t know about his super pac money. you look at ted cruz. $14.2 million independently. $48 million from his super pac. that s just so far apart from jeb bush. marco rubio only about $16 million. probably one of his biggest competitors. that s very significant, gretchen because it will allow him to take a swing at these
making the kind of structural changes that could prevent similar flooding in the next storm. as the star ledger reported last night, quote, the christie administration said it has promised nearly $70 million in federal funding to the city of hoboken with more to come. though the state s own sandy fund tracker puts that figure at $14.2 million and includes millions given specifically to residents not the city. but, this is moving beyond the central claim that mayor zimmer made on our show. the claim that we reported and we are interested in getting to the bottom of. she told us that one of the top members of governor christie s administration, the lieutenant governor of the state kim guagdano explicitly told her her level of support was contingent on her expediting a development project in hoboken, a development project that is represented by the law firm of one of chris christie s closest political allies and confidants david sampson, the chairman of the port authority. she also told