cabins, larger overhead bins, and more modern lighting that can actually vary y th the time of day. for american airlines, these new fuel-efficient planes are a necessity. to fight the airline s number one operating cost, rising fuel prices. but travelers don t expect lower air fares. in the long run, candidly, our customers are going to have to pay for fuel just like they pay for all the other costs of delivering our product. reporter: you re now looking at the boeing dreamliner, a state of the art plane american airlines is also excited about bringing on board. this happening the same day american airlines parent company amr is reporting second quarter losses of $250 million. it s hoping to turn those numbers around as it moves forward in this deal. in 2017, its next generation of fuel-efficient planes will be 30% more fuel efficient than currently. i think all of us would like to have new planes. not the see-through planes. you were talking about those.
of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment of space we cannot replicate here on earth. we are going to still explore and research there but we have proven we know how to get to lower orr. it next step is we need to go on. absolutely. that s going to be the challenge for you and the rest of the folks at nasa. as we see atlantis sitting on the edge of the runway, it is, in fact, over for the space shuttle program. that s right. thank you for that. we want to get the take of what it is like in haas ton at mission control where i
nfl season after four-month labor lockout between players and owners, well, a key vote could break the stalemate. and we re also learning this. tiger woods fires his long time caddie steve williams and guess what? he speaks out about the abrupt move. we will hear from the caddie in just five minutes. millions of pro football fans are hoping today, well, that it will be the day the nfl s labor lockout will end. players and owners expected to vote on a deal that will hopefully say the 2011 season. david mattingly is live in atlanta where the negotiations are going on. what is the word, david? reporter: kyra, everyone watching and waiting so far. the players ended yesterday without having a final vote. if they vote today, it will take at least half of the players voting yes for the collective bargaining agreement. then all eyes will be here on atlanta where the owners will be meeting about an hour from now. it will take 75% of those owners, that is 24 out of the 32, to ratif
read the wall street if you go see fox movies, harper collins, if you watch american idol, you re a rupert murdoch customer. the murdochs both father and son have their work cut out for them. they have two different things in their testimony tomorrow. they got acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely obvious is that this wasn t abe ration, it was apparently thousands of people who were hacked and the idea they didn t know is propest rous. at the some time, they can t con fes to crimes. another twist a former news of the world reporter a man who blew the whistle has been found dead in his home. one of the first to go on the record saying that his colleagues were encouraged to hack. the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. the hacker group hit the sun, a murdoch paper, it posted fake articles and now some hackers saying they re sitting on news of the world e-mails. two weeks until america runs out of money to pay its bill.
in an update on a natural gas explosion in allentown, pennsylvania. five people, including a 4-month-old baby, were killed wednesday night when that blast flattened two row homes and set an entire block on fire. investigators are focusing on a cast iron pipe installed back in 1928. it s the latest in a series of explosions across the country involving aging pipelines. well, it is not looking good for labor talks aimed at a new nfl collective bargaining agreement. the leagues and players unions didn t bother getting together yesterday for what would have been the second day of a two-day bargaining session. the sides are far, far apart on several issues, including expanding the season to 18 games. the current labor deal expires on march 3rd. if a new deal is made, the minnesota vikings will likely play their home games next season under a completely new roof. last december the roof of the metrodome collapsed under heavy, heavy snow. we remember that image there. now, instead of simpl