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about this for years and under the presidents plan anyone making more than $1 million a year would paper the same percentage of taxes at the middle class. boy, it does not sit well with republicans. >> when you pick one area of the economy and say were going to tax those people, because most people are not those people, thats class warfare. >> warren buffett has been honest and others i know who have havent fortunate in life and wealthy say, for goodness sake, raise my taxes if thats g...

continues. we will see t. j. holmes from new york on 9/11 as well. >> on sunday, yes. >> and you are in now for randi kaye. >> yeah, and i will see you tomorrow. what is your show called, the saturday afternoon -- >> were just here. lets stick with the news room, how about that. you at least got the cnn part right. >> got that right, okay. i am in for randi kaye at the top of the hour here. new yorkers have been through a lot and have seen a lot. here we go. something else they have to...

>> hundreds of flights. >> this is such a -- >> its a nightmare. >> such a bad business. >> its a horrible business. now, jetblue. and, of course, we fly all the time. ive got to say right now. from a distance, the one airline that always seems to have it together is jetblue. are they doing alreal right? >> they are doing all right. do you remember what they called the valentine state massacre? i was on one of those flights so i have very mixed views, lets say. >> we feel that way sometimes. >> ...

People arent paying anymore than they used to pay. since august 1st whats happened has been really terrific. were finding more and more people are checking bags and carrying less on-board. the result of that is that people who are still carrying on-board now find space for their bag right above their seat. they dont have to have it taken away from them because it wont fit. more and more people are checking bags. it is a less stressful environment. weve reduced our boarding times by about 8 to 10...

At spirit never checked a bag. yet theres a lot of expenses for checking bags. tugs, carts, employees, insurance. bag belts, mechanics to keep all that stuff working. it half the people dont check barks everyone would have to pay a higher ticket price for those who do, and we think its fundamentally unfair to charge someone for services they dont use. so the checked bag fee fixed that problem as it charged those who checked bags but didnt charge those who dont and our new carry-on fee does the s...

Into overhead storage bins. spirit will become the first airline in the u.s., perhaps the world, to charge for carry-on luggage. the air carrier describes the move as progressing to the next stage of unbundling. checking bags in the overhead bin will cost up to $45 each way if as a flyer you dont belong to their $9fare club. scott at the "wall street journal." scott, i read your piece on this. one of your commenters online wrote, at first blush its like gm reducing the price of a chevy, then mak...

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Attorney general of the state, saying 13 people are dead. and officials say the shooter was shot and killed by police as well. after the now we know 20-year-old gunman opened fire at umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. weve been saying roseburg, its roseburg. officials say the gunman was a 20-year-old man. we dont know his ties, but we understand some sort of warning had been placed, if not on facebook, as suggested in the news conference. on for chan, the details will come. the specif...

Over four ounces, they are going to measure how big your bag is when you get on the plane and gate check it u don, you dont want to have that happen. >> men always carry on, you dont have to worry about the long lines. the point here is never put important items in your checked baggage, meaning rick you have to leave your air spray behind when you board the plane. >> thats true, if youre checking bags make sure you have your eyeglasses, our medicine, your cellphone charger. those are the kinds o...

With new york city, goes the entire length of the city. there was a checkpoint where every single car was being stopped, either a drivers license was being shown by the driver and they were peering to check the load of some of the trucks coming this direction as well. throughout this city yesterday, the police commissioner ray kelly has made it very clear, he said for tomorrows ceremonies, commemorations, there will be thousands of additional officers in this area specifically but really through...