first meal he wanted to be from dairy queen. he was 17 when he went in. seven superrich bidders propelled a set of paintings to record highs. they went for an astonishing 142.4 million dollars at christey s. that makes them the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. a gallery in new york city bought them after six minutes of what was described as fierce bidding. it s now up to a judge to clear the way for an airline mega merger. cnbc s mandy drury is here with what s moving your money, talking about american airlines and u.s. airways. they have reached a deal to create the world s biggest airline. there s still some questions about what it means for us, the air traveler. we don t know whether it s going to be a huge cost to us, but what we do know is that there is some question over what happens to small towns that could lose service. the two airlines did agree to give up dozens of gates in new york and washington to make this merger happen. that does allow for a bigger foo
republicans are already saying it was an unnecessary waist of air traveler s time. from the get go the federal aviation association could have implemented the sequester without this tyned kind of paine travelers. they could have made sure controls were in place where they were most needed. they say any blame rests on the shoulders of congress. you could have thrown in members of congress on the flights homeless. the delays are a problem for not just business travelers and members of congress, but for many in america. that is a real negative consequence. as you heard earlier later on today president obama is expected to make a change top of the department of
surely you would find a half a million dollars or half a billion dollars in savings to deal with the issue in a way that doesn t impact public health and safety and the american air traveler are anded our economy. when people are sitting there on the tarmac for hours at a time it has profound impact on our productivity as well. greta: i guess looking at worst case scenario and i hope we are only looking at being annoyed and affecting the economy. i hope so, too. they better be paying attention to this that aspect of it. there is a solution out there and the administration needs to come forward and work with us to try and solve this in a way that isn t so inconveniencing and so painful not american public. greta: it should be done tomorrow. right. greta: senator, thank you. thanks, greta. greta: coming up, the report on benghazi setting out a new controversy. ambassador bolton will be back. ambassador bolton will be back. not a one hit [ male announcer ] you are a business
$70 billion budget. surely you would find a half a million dollars or half a billion dollars in savings to deal with the issue in a way that doesn t impact public health and safety and the american air traveler are anded our economy. when people are sitting there on the tarmac for hours at a time it has profound impact on our productivity as well. greta: i guess looking at worst case scenario and i hope we are only looking at being annoyed and affecting the economy. i hope so, too. they better be paying attention to this that a it. there is a solution out there and the administration needs to come forward and work with us to try and solve this in a way that isn t so inconveniencing and so painful not american public. greta: it should be done tomorrow. right. greta: senator, thank you. thanks, greta. greta: coming up, the report on benghazi setting out a new controversy. ambassador bolton will be back.
address. and john, do you feel safer than you did 10 yearrs ago as a frequent air traveler. yes, i don t care if i take off my shoes or body surf buck naked. i don t care. i don t want to be patted down any more than the next guy. i want to know that the guy next to me white, brown or black and any religion is safe. we don t have the best security and the taxpayers. and why don t we have bomb detection machines for all baggage. charge the airline passengers, to them and instead of the taxpayers. we ll never get it done as long as it is a government agency and not as long as it is open to bids. johnathon, you don t agree with that? i don t. what i fear an environmentt god forbid terrorist militant