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Business. though in its front page report "the new york times" did say there's no indication the banks' top executives were aware of the practices. the s.e.c. and justice department are probing whether jpmorgan and other banks violated the foreign corrupt practices off by doing this. this in order to win business in that country. brian? >> mary, when united and continental emerged it seemed to take forever. it was brutal. i was a continental guy but say us airways and american might be smoother, right? >> they'll close their $18 billion merger today. that will create the world's biggest airlin...

Highly recommend everybody get on board with the tsa precheck. we were at la guardia airport on thursday and wednesday and those tsa precheck lines were breezing through. so, you know, to skip the line, it's really the best. >> but you get your own separate line, right? >> you get your own line and, you know, another way to breeze through is sign up for frequent flier programs. a lot of the benefits of these programs allow you to have your own separate, faster line. >> 20 million people have used this thing so far? >> absolutely. and it's only going to grow as we get into the holiday season an...

In, what does this mean for the passengers? >> i was just going to get to that, because i know you two fly a lot. the big question is, what does it mean? a lot of the consumer advocates say this is bad news for the passengers. brianna, i know you travel, so what does it mean for frequent flier programs, for example. for two companies the program would become one. advocates that simply means a larger pool of fliers will be fending for fewer seats and upgrades. but the airlines say not true. higher fares, delayed and fewer flights to small and medium sized cities, devalued frequent flier miles. ...