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Whether your flight can be rebooked, a change fee, which could range anywhere from $50 to $200. megyn: a change fee? why would you pay a change fee when the airline cancels you because of weather? >> thats it exactly. they impose flexible weather policies. megyn: but is the inventory out there? you know when youre trying to get a flight back to mom or grandmoms in christmas you have to book the flight way in advance. it is such a busy travel weekend the flights fill up. now people who have been ...

Passes and new england led 28-0 before houston got on the board. >> >> the texans take a long flight back to houston after getting hammered 42-14. new england has now won seven straight, but the texans have the afc east best record by one game. >> i feel your pain, houston. coming up next, santas busiest helpers are going to follow the path of a pie and how it makes it to its holiday destination. but first, how a little girl is proving to be an inspiration for anyone who needs to shed a few ...

From the world. the defense insisted the money was a personal gift and not a a political donation. last month the jury found the former senator and presidential candidate not guilty on one count but dead locked on the five her others. the feds say they presented their best case and respect the jurys decision. millions of dollars gone. ten jetblue passengers suing the airline because of the pilot who ran through the cabin yelling about terrorists and jesus and all kinds of stuff. happened on a ...

egypt are headed home, arriving later on tonight. they were accused of taking part in the violent protests in tahrir square. egyptian officials say the students threw molotov cocktails from a rooftop. the student deny the charges. nba players and owners reached a tentative deal this morning so play may resume december 25th. the players still have to ratify the agreement but the plan is to start a 66 game season with a christmas day triple header. the nba lockout has lasted 149 days. ...

Thanksgiving. thats the good news. but it is going to be just as crowded as ever. airline industry actually expects 23.2 million people in its planes this year. >> thats 37,000 fewer than last year. about 2% less. the airlines have reduced the number of seats available. the busiest travel days will be sunday and monday after thanksgiving and the friday before as usual. >> as always. stay out of the airports. >> uh-huh. heres a look -- actually best day to travel is on thanksgiving. save some...

Tropical storm rina, the storm is moving just west of cozumel with winds that diminished to 60 miles per hour. 10,000 tourists abandoned resorts around cancun and the rivera maya when rina was expected to still be a hurricane. it is now expected to weaken more as it passes over the yucatan peninsula. good news there. the storm is weakening. >> could have been worse. here is your friday forecast, everybody. thunderstorms from new orleans to montgomery, knoxville, charleston, west virginia. chilly...

you may not be surprised to hear whos behind it, peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. it blows the whistle on unethical treatment of animals anytime it can. they are denied freedom, peta, claims and everything else that is natural and important to them while kept in small, concrete tanks and reduced to performing stupid tricks. the 13th amendment prohibits slavery and these orcas are, by definition, slaves. seaworld, of course, couldnt disagree more. i want to reed you it...

However, you can imagine how terrifying it must have been for the folk s on board the plane. >> i was texting my sister to make sure she told my kids i loved them. >> it was in back of me to the left. i did hear it. it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing. it was quick and scary. >> reporter: now, southwest has dealt with this before. a football-sized hole basically opened up on a flight back in 2009 in charleston, west virginia. the cause of that, it turned out, was metal fatigue....

A three to four-foot hole opened in the roof. many of the passengers thought they were doomed. the pilot managed to land that plane safely at a military base in yuma. ted rowlands is there for us. ted, this is some scary stuff. you were telling me last hour, you just dont hear about things like this happening. >> reporter: yeah, no, t.j. its very rare. the only real case that you might be able to look to that was similar was at an aloha flight back in 1988 where a large section of the skin of ai...

Nice meeting you. no, really, thanks. shawn says thats ryan seacrest of "american idol." i said, okay. nice to meet you. and he said to me, now, sweltering airport. the air conditioning wasnt working. lines are backed up. he says, anything i can do for you. i said, yeah, carry my bags. >> so im carrying his louis viutton bags. looks like we were on holiday together. you said to me on the flight back, have you been a guest on the show? i said, no. i carried your bags. oh, yeah. come on the show t...