Airlines sent out a news statement apologizing to the customer promising a thorough review. 86 million passengers, united denied boarding to 3700 people because of overbooking. More than 60,000 voluntarily gave up their seats. Kenneth moat en, abc news new york. Today new Jersey Governor Chris Christie asked elaine chao to suspend regulation which allows airlines to overbook flights and to remove passengers. Christie specifically cited the incident involving david dao as the reason. The question from united is how do they recover from what is a huge Public Relations disaster . Kristen sze is here with more. The hashtag continues to go viral today. Take a look at some of the memes out there. Southwest, we beat our competitors, not you. How about this one. If we cannot beat our competitors, we beat our customers. Others are posting pictures of the cut up frequent flyer card. Take a look at this, because Even White House Secretary Sean Spicer is weighing in and criticizing united. Clearly
Reporter sanidad was booked on charges of recommendless driving and stealing a vehicle. Reckless driving and stealing a vehicle. I imagine its frustrating for officers that see these bikers doing these stunts and cannot chase them. Reporter thats the cause, its frustrating. They said these are highly mobile drivers and they are difficult to stop. They drive on the sidewalk and through people and they have no regard for the law, according to california highway patrol. Thats why they said they are cracking down on them with these aircraft. The San Francisco giants are going to be without buster posey for a week after he took a fast ball to the helmet in yesterdays home opener against arizona. He was placed on the disabled list. The manager spoke out about his condition. We are live from the ballpark with the latest on the giants all star catcher. Reporter it was a glorious opening day for the giants yesterday with one exception, the fact that their former National League most valuable pl
To nazi death camps as holocost centers. In the south bay, a driver slammed through to fences and a car ended up sinking in a Swimming Pool in santa clara. The teen age driver fell asleep at the wheel. The car hit a fence and then crashed into a pool. First responders found the 19 year old driver uninjured but wet. Police in San Francisco have arrested a dirt bike driver. They used an aircraft with a camera to track him down. Officers said its not clear if he is connected to other dirt bikers that surrounded and a tacked a driver on highway 101 last month. This is ktvu fox news at 630. Today, the ceo of United Airlines issued a new apology, oscar munoz said, i continue to be concerned with what happened on the flight and i apologize to the customer that had to be removed. Nobody should be mistreated this way. Even the white house is now weighing in. Reporter its a viral video seen by millions. Chicago Aviation Police pulling a passenger to the ground. Passengers on the plane said they
Hi, everyone. Good morning on this thursday. It is a busy one shaping up to be an even busier day in washington, d. C. After flipflops and highlevel talks from the trump administration. Heres what were covering right now, President Trump makes some extraordinary uturns changing his course on china and nato. Plus, a bombshell on health care. The president now threatening to take drastic measures to force democrats back to the negotiating table. And President Trump says the countrys relationship with russia may be at an all time low. The comment comes as Rex Tillerson is said to arrive back in washington today after meeting with Vladimir Putin. Abcs maggie rulli starts us off. Right now were not getting along with russia at all. The current state of u. S. russia relations is at a low point. Reporter a grim view of u. S. russian relations from the president and americas top diplomat. Both men once called russian president Vladimir Putin a friend. But now those hopes of a fresh start have
Powerful and accurately delivered weapon. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves isis fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target u. S. Military advisers and Afghan Forces in the area. That is our breaking news this morning. Thank you for joining us. Im Sam Brookwood and continue to follow that story. Im laura garciacannon. More Turbulent Times for united. Days of after video emerges of a passenger forcibly removed from the flight to the point where the man suffered a concussion and broken nose, that passengers attorney and family are now speaking out. Scott magrew has been following the story from the start for us. Scott. The lawyer pleaded to the airlines and united in particular to start treating passengers, quote, like people. Reporter like people, and rental Car Companies and all of the places, laura, where weve been treated rudely. This mornings News Conference was partly to answer all of the questions we have had. The passenger, dr. David dao, par