Gerri amen and amen. I will show folks exactly what youre talking about here. 39 of folks you surveyed, delays and cancellations are biggest problem. Airport feels and security screenings for 8 . You came up with estimation here how many people are staying home and what the cost is to the economy. First lets talk about how many folks are not flying or traveling . When we asked people, do these delays and cancellations make you want to stay home . We extrapolate to 38 million avoided flights. What does that mean to the u. S. Economy . 35 billion. What does that mean to jobs . Over half a million jobs. This is killing the economy. It is how americans get to see each other. How they get to see america and how they do business. Gerri this is amazing to me. 9. 5 billion on air fare lost. 5. 8 billion on hotels lost. 45. 7 on recreation. Almost four on food services. Three on car rentals. That is big load of cash remains unspent. How do you you come up with these numbers . Youre doing opposi
About. Story one, another rouge recall. This time no, it is not gm, it is nissan. Recalling million vehicles because of airbag failures. The second airbag recall for some of those cars. The second. They are among the most popular makes on the road. For more were joined by alan camp, a former nhtsa official who runs his own Safety Consulting firm. You were at nhtsa for 25 years. You know the organization very well. We were looking at some of nissan makes and models, some of the most popular, all tim ma as well. They had a recall last year 82,000 but some of those are being included with 90,000, essentially an electronic problem where the vehicle is not always sensing that an adult is sitting in the front passenger seat. And if it is not sensing that the airbag may not deploy when it should. Gerri obviously not as serious as gm. We have no deaths involved here. Barely any accidents. But you know, it just brings to mind once again, why arent these problems being fixed the first time aroun
The news comes as more and more children report to hospitals and doctors offices across the country with cases of poisoning from these very products. But is the fda move too little too late . Joining me the doctor who first told us about the injuries, gaylord lopez, director of the georgia Poison Center. Doctor, welcome back to the show. Great to have you here. Fda announcing, people using ecigs, have to be at least 18 years of age. A Health Warning is required. You cant sell these things in vending machines. They have to register all products an ingredients with the fda. No more free samples. Which is i find things interesting. That is great way to help people get hooked. Do you think the food and Drug Administration has gone far enough . The right steps have been taken. Those of us in the Poison Center world want to see a few more. They include putting hazard or warning labels that reflect this stuff can be very poisonous, if just touched on the skin. Precautions about handling. Prob
Airline fees. If youre flying this summer, say sayonara to kids at the gate even if theyre on the same plane. More airlines are charging extra to sit next to your child. Joining me is the founder of airfare watchdog. Com, and a mom who experienced this firsthand, karen means founder of walking on travels. Youve got to tell us your story. What happened to you . You werent able to sit with your fouryearold . No, and actually not the first time its happened. About two weeks ago we were flying down to the dominican republic, and i was checking in online and i noticed i was seated away from my fouryearold son, i had to call the airline and let them know, hey, i need to sit with my kid, and i was told by the reservation agent they couldnt do anything over the phone and id have to check with a gate agent. Go right ahead, karen. But anyone who has flown knows once you get to the gate its chaos, you cant always count on somebody to seat you with your child. So luckily for us, you know, i was ab
Their coverage entirely. To help sort this out were joined by dr. Sreedhar potarazu. Dr. P, welcome to the show. Thank you. Gerri what are the big problems . The big problems are people not being able to sign up and adequately verify their income or falsely reporting what their income is. As you know, part of it has to be selfreported right now which wasnt the original intent. But is the way that it works right now. There is a lot of room for errors. When you have to verify income and as well as eligible requirements this is where the two Million People and probably more are falling through the cracks. What will happen is, is that if in fact the government find out that people didnt report their income accurately, they may go after them on their tax returns. Gerri lets break this down because you covered a whole lot of ground there. First of all, how did the government even know im reporting the wrong number for income . So theyre going to eventually go back and look at your tax return