airline ticket taxes amount to $200 million a week. far more than the savings derived from eliminating the eas subsidy. but republicans counter democrats are renigging on earlier agreements. the house and senate by significant voting we pass limitation on semiair services. reporter: by this afternoon, with most senators preparing to jet off to an august recess and many house members already gone it appeared a surprise deal to break impasse may have been in reach. harry reid said he was amenable to accepting the house republican plan. of newstime, that had not happened. bret? bret: okay. we ll follow it. doug, thank you. the federal government is taking steps to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonia nitrate, the fertilizer chemical that is a favorite of bomb makers. timothy mcveigh used it in sadr city used it in oklahoma.