good evening, everyone. thanks for tuning in i m alison camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. let s start with the culture wars. in the past 24 hours the battlefield has been noisy. more battles about books in the classroom, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas stoves. here is florida governor ron desantis this morning surrounded by and taking urgent action to protect gas stoves. they are trying to take away your gas stove. they are coming for any little thing in your life that they can do, and i think what they want to be able to do is they ultimately want to control the amount of energy you consume. well, it turns 92% of floridians use electric stoves, but let s not let that get in the way. what is this really about? well, governor sarah huckabee sanders spelled it out. we are under attack in a left wing culture war we didn t start and never wanted to fight. sure seems like some people do want this fight. but what s the truth about culture war rhetoric? we
doing the job right. and that s the at the end of the day that s what you know, that s what s going to solve any problem at southwest is either people walking over to the other airline counters or customers i have a word for you. it s called ole gaupally. there are certain places where airlines really do monopolize. they have so much market power the government does have to step in and say, look, guys, follow the rules, act right or you re going to get in trouble. what do you think it is? i said cockpit. no? you can t buy the cockpit. what do you think? the exit row seat. that s a good guess. no, it s the worst seat on the
gone viral. so, what happened when she finally said, oh, by the way, i was looking at your mean texts. she confronts him how? she confronts him. she tells him that the words that he used were very harmful, very hurtful, and that he should never do that again. first, he denied sending that sort of text, and then she quoted him, used his own words against him and said, well, this is what you wrote. i saw your words and she repeated what the text message said, and then he confessed. he apologized. and then i want you to hear what happened after the apology, because this is just equally as stunning. take a listen. you know, in fairness, you probably shouldn t be sitting in an exit row seat. you know, what wh they ask you are you willing and capable to assist people in getting off the airplane in an emergency, do you honestly think that you are? don t ever treat somebody like that again. you don t know anything about
sound counterintuitive to call airlines still but doing that little bit of due diligence can pay off. arthel: that sound fantastic. what about getting a good seat. flying to japan you don t want to get stuck in the middle seat. get good seats. absolutely. air fares are not skyrocketing thanks to low oil. but what we re seeing airlines are charging for best seats in coach. you do sometimes have to pay. you can pay in advance, 20 to $100 to get exit row seat but get twice the leg room it can absolutely be worth it. if you re cheap and don t want to pay recommend checking in exactly 24 hours. at that point the airlines open up a lot of those seats. last case, go to the gate. be nice. give a chocolate bar to the gate agent. can you help me out. you would be surprised being nice can pay of more than any upgrade. arthel: check at the last minute because seats may become available. they block offsets for babies with bassinet. if there are no babies on flight, no people with disabilities t
tomorrow, despite the threats of violence from hackers. few hundred movie theaters have opted to show the film. 9 movie drummed up controversy when it led to a hack of sony, allegedly by north korea. the company is hoping to make a deal to stream it online through-demand. this one s a real head-scratcher, a long island woman is suing united airlines for $5 million. jean mamako said she was treated like a criminal and pulled off her flight by three police officers because she wanted to change seats. the registered nurse wound newspaper a jail cell in seattle for three days instead of skiing in alaska. united airlines won t comment on the case, but when you read her suit really interesting. she tried to move to an exit row seat so she could get some sleep. the flight attendants according to her suit said no no no, that s $109 to sit in that seat and that s when the conflict ensued. because it was a weekend, she planneded in the county jail with no courts open, three days, she said she