called the student a future welfare recipient. all the comments were caught on camera. you airline passengers, you are used to shelling out money for a lot of things to that airline, but you ll hear a story this morning of passengers actually paying for the fuel pore their flight. thank you very much for being here on this cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. reynolds wolf is about to join me, because we have a weather situation that is causing fits for firefighters fighting a fire this is going on in northwestern nevada. this is a fast-moving fire fueled by strong winds and dry terrain it is threatening hundreds of home. thousands are without electr electricity around the reno area, but most of those folks do have their power back on now. this fire is a day old and has grown to three square miles. tragically, at least one person has been killed as a result of this fire. also one firefighter had to be taken to the hospital with injuries. schools were closed yesterday.
spread to half of the country. it s been linked to ground turkey. what you need to know about this recallo keep your family safe. i m ashe velshi. burning up another day of searing heat. it s already proving deadly on this american morning. good morning to you. are you awake yet? you will be. happy thursday. it s august 4th. this is american morning. there s a lot going on today. we should get right to it. i want to talk first about the heat. heat is on congress to finish their business as we ve been reporting. they ve left washington without resolving a dispute over funding the federal aviation administration. that s resulted in tens of thousands of american workers not getting a paycheck today. on last night s in the arena with tom foreman, one worker voiced his frustration. running ourselves into debt, selling assets. unlike our congressmen and senators who are on vacation. nice congressional junket. i m sitting here watching the grass grow. watching
allow the president to raise a debt ceiling and avert crisis. a vote on that could happen this week. the fallback plan would likely pass the democrat-controlled senate but face a bigger challenge in the house where republicans hold the majority. let s get the latest with brianna keilar. are we any closer to a deal? on a deficit reduction plan, kyra, it doesn t appear so. no announced meetings between the white house and congressional leaders over the weekend, there were staff-level meetings and a lot of focus has to do with this fallback plan you mentioned. it s sort of the brainchild of the center republican leader, mitch mcconnell, working out some details with the senate majority leader harry reid. essentially, it would give the president for all practical purposes the ability to increase the debt ceiling with really just a minority of support from congress. it would allow congress to voice its disapproval and this is something that the president would have to do in thre
have escalated in the early months of this year. they now exceed $400 for each return flight. now, remember, that s before you add the other taxes, the airport taxes into the equation. here in hong kong the air transport sits at the $132 for long-hall price, $28 for short haul. if you re wondering how the airline industry is justifying these fees, the answer is the way the passenger will keep on flying. the air transport association says traffic rose 1% in march despite the fact that the average cost rose 12%. quite a big jump. now for you business travelers out there, let s take a look at the global weather picture. let s go to jen delgado at the international weather center. i check how much i m paying for fuel surcharges. we only need to go one way, which is up. it s been going up recently, but even when it comes down, i don t see those surcharges coming down