twinkies, wonder bread and other products may be back on store shelves. only a few hours will in the start of the holiday shopping season wal-mart is having labor problems as well. picketers are protesting pay and benefits of the country s largest employer. the company has filed a complaint with the government claiming these pickets amount to illegal attempts to intimidate and unionize its workers. wal-mart wants these protests stopped and the national labor relations board is handling the complaint and says the legal issues are complex, the office of general council does not expect to make a decision this week on whether or not to seek injunction to stop the activity. meaning the wal-mart picketing continues through the open of the holiday shopping season. the end of hostess could also spell death forever the coveted state fair deep fried twinkies. if you have never eaten one. deep fried in oil sprinkled
of gets in the track and it can gunk them up. but what happens is the gunk gets so thick that it actually pushes the pin out that holds the seat in place. so we spoke to an aviation expert today on studio b who says he is not buying the whole coca cola conclusion. listen. j. does the maintenance issue that went bad, they are fixing it. it just happened at the wrong time if you want to call it that. at the same time they are having labor problems. it really is a nasty cocktail for american airlines to deal with. i would like to know who at american airlines made that comment about coca cola causing this. that person really needs to be on the top of the hit parade to find another job. america has 617 plains so 48 of them needs to be repaired. that s 8% of your fleet needs to be taken out of rotation that s why they have had so many cancellations. harris: there that is a lot of flights. even once the planes are repaired americans problems
around and make an emergency landing at dallas/fort worth airport. the passengers were told to brace for a crash landing, some said they were scared to death, but despite that, the plane landed without incident. and because of all these labor problems at american airlines, some of the passengers were skeptical wondering if there really was a landing gear problem or if it was of just another job action by the pilots. the airline says the gear did jam which, of course, adds to the lengthy list of maintenance problems including the thurm of 757s the number of 757s with loose or disengaged seats. they blamed that on a faulty saddle clamp at the base of the seat that apparently were not placed properly, and that led some to accuse the mechanics of sabotage, and, of course, it left some passengers very apprehensive. listen. you re going to, you know, deal with people s lives, you want to be very careful. it shouldn t be about money, it should be about health and
the white house says that sector is adding jobs for the first time since the late 1990s. the president s upcoming remarks come on the heels of a recently new york times /cbs news poll that shows his approval rating now sitting at 50%. in the key battleground state of ohio, the commander in chief also beats the entire field of gop contenders in head-to-head match-ups. a new quinnipiac role shows him beating mitt romney 46% to 44%. mike viqueira joins me to talk about this. what can we expect to hear from the president talking about manufacturing? reporter: wisconsin is another one of those swing states, you mentioned ohio specifically. both of those states key to the president s reelection prospects. interesting interplay here. when he touches down in wisconsin, he ll be greeted by the governor there, the republican scott walker. he s had a number of controversial issues, not the least of which are those labor problems he had with state and
repeal the gains that made america s middle class strong. 60,000 public employees that would be affected by the law. what do you think is the different dynamic and what we could see in ohio tomorrow? i think people had an opportunity to see what happened in this and didn t happen. quickly people now have been able to get the facts that they were able to organize and get out to people to say this is the situation. as a matter of fact in ohio, when labor unions were organized, there were less labor problems with public employees after labor unions were created in ohio than before. they were positive and people felt they could talk to the employer and the employees and may moved the state ahead. the people of ohio will send a