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im erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image, though, has taken a beating. c...

im erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image, though, has taken a beating. c...

Look for science-based decisionmaking, and thats what was yesterday, that came out fda. and then just out of the air we threw away the science-based evidence and rule making and -- >> but, senator, thats sort of the politics of this. this is the plan b. this would have been the decision to take e is essentially the morning-after pill for women under 16. secretary sebelius, their argument is the science may be there, but do we know that a 14-year-old would know how to take this pill? >> the senat...

>> sam? >> i agree with tim largely. usually when you see republicans and democrats getting together on something these days, it ends up being bad for the country . p i mean, the best thing that happened, as far as im concerned, is that the super committee was completely deadlocked. now if they could reverse their deal in the first place, theyd be better off. >> imogen, its interesting, and really with these panels, and youve seen it as well as i have, you cant find two people that hate each oth...

Get close to hitting their quota for the calls, messaging, or texting, their data, and the international rooming charges. the ftc has been getting ready to crackdown on bill shock. >> a woman was shocked by an over $30,000 charge while visiting her sister in haiti after the 2009 earthquake and a man got $18,000 bill after downloads expired without warning. >>reporter: those are extreme cases but this are planive wireless customers who pay $10 or $20 or $100 or up to $1,000 a month for the extra ...

We also met a man who got an $18,000 bill after his free data downloads expired without warning. >> the fcc will put its rule making on hold and monitor the industry as it rolls out this program. trace. >> trace: what are customers saying, peter? >> well, some welcome it. others are a little suspicious. >> im skeptical that when i see industries volunteer low complying, that there will be a cost at some point further down the road. >> maybe theyre doing the job and expecting us to be responsible...

After the accident happened, there were a lot of promises made. of course the ntsb had looked into the problem once again and they looked at it many times but all the ntsb can do is ask. they dont have powers to actually force the faa to take any action and it is going to take an act of congress most likely to force the faa to act because literally, i can think of ten times theyve had these new rules up for rule making which is when the faa puts up a new regulation an they have taken them down e...

We know now what the rules are and what the airlines will do for us. >> jamie: the answer on this one is be informed consumer and go to department of transportation and read the new rules and know when you get on the flight what you are entitled to. last question: what have they not addressed? which of the nuances or problems with flying were not addressed in the new rule? >> the biggest main to me is not knowing answersy lair fees. we dont know -- ancillary fees are. we dont know how much we pa...

The airlines will get them. one change to take place in the particular rule-making is airlines now have to list the customer service plan on the website. you know what its like if you go to airport and the flight is canceled and everybody mills around and talk to the gate agent. what can i get? you are begging them to help you out? can i get a room? can i stay overnight? do i get food? how long do i have to be stuck here? >> jamie: now youre not stuck as long and you get food on the flight. part...

Passengers have been waiting for, demanding from the airline industry, in fact? >> well, these are very important changes. and i have to give the department of transportation credit. these are most sweeping passenger service changes to take place since deregulation. passengers have far more rights today than they did yesterday. so thats a great thing. some areas that they havent quite gone far enough in in terms of how i think were waiting to find out what the ancillary and extra airline fees ar...