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Chief business correspondent christine romans is here tarking a look at it, including the tsa. >> tsa tightening security around your personal electronics. flyers may be asked to turn on your laptops, turn on your cell phones during security. the they dont turn on, theyre not flying and you will undergo additional security. concerns al qaeda bomb makers are coming up with new ways to target airplanes. meanwhile you pay more for tsa security fee. it will increase from $2.50 to a $5.60 flat fee. t...

Catholic high school in white plains, new york is one of the first to go all digital. students can digitally access text books on the laptop or tablet. it costs students $150 for digital access. >> cool. "chicago tribune," united airlines gave away free tickets on thursday paying only the security fee of $2.50. the airline halted sales when they caught the mistake. they blame it on a filing error. united has not decided whether they will honor the tickets and cancel them. >> give them the ticket...

as the gop nominee to be hoping to win back a state that went for president obama in 2008. and hes hoping hispanics will help him out. our colleague on that story in-depth for us in denver. i mentioned 2008. two thirds of the hispanic vote nationwide went to the democratic ticket but the vote in colorado was closer. does romney see an opening and could that spell a difference, do you think? >> oh, he definitely seeing an opening. both kand date candidates do. 12% to 14% of the overall ...

good morning to you. im carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning. mitt romney is standing by his decision to attend a vegas fund-raiser with donald trump today even though the real estate mogul wont let go of the birther issue. trump is again questioning where president obama was born. he first raised the issue a year ago. you know, back when he was running for president. >> barack obama should end this. he should provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesnt d...

hate. the tsa and ticket fees. add them together. >> what is it thats prompting them to ask for more? >> reporter: the agency backed by democrats in the senate wants to increase the security fee everyone pays for the ticket. from $2.50 a flight to $5 per one-way ticket. $10 round trip. >> 10s pushing it to a limit. i guess its only $5 more but i wonder, you know, how that fits in. they already have a budget. >> reporter: tsas budget is set to be cut. the agency says boosting this fee w...

president obama today paid tribute to americas war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veterans memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veterans memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first lets go to cnns dana bash. and a slight political unde...

To hike their fares and now a higher security fee for all passengers. and now, my guest says that is nuts. but, here we go, right? >>guest: the consumer or i call them suckers, the nickel and diming of them continues. the government has been trying to raise fees for the last nine years and it has been knocked down and suddenly, here is an excuse because we need to have baggage costs taken care of. i am not buying it. i fly a lot and they have never added more compartments, but it is an excuse to...

September 11 security fee, $2.50 per flight segment additional flight fees for flights to or from alaska or hawaii or for international travel. airlines are also charging a wide variety of add-on fees, including fees for making reservations by phone and fees for early boarding for seat selection, for checked bags, for wi- wi-fi, for carry-on bags, for blankets, for meals. lets talk about whats necessary and whats not, whats here to stay and what is it and how to get around that with robert reed....

Amount of personnel, and security, and instead of doing that, they slapped a very large security fee on us, usually over $5,000 for a conservativey speaker. then, when rioters do show up, when violence is perpetrated, when threats of violence are made, they either have their security and police and peacef officers stand down or, in fact, they cancel our event even before we are able to put them on. so, in all of these cases, youe have seen high profile, even low profile conservative speakers pre...

Rights, give us the proper amount of personnel, and a security, and instead of doing that, they slapped a very large security fee on masse, usually over $5,000 for a conservative . then, when writers do show up, when violence is perpetrated, when threats of violence are made, they either have their security and police and peace officers stand down or, in fact, they cancel our event even before we are able to put them on. so, and all of these cases, you have seen high profile, even low profile co...