georgia. that s going to mean some really slippery travel ways. north of the kentucky, that s where we re seeing the snow. i want to point your attention to where we re seeing the freezing rain advisories in the lighter shade of purple and ice storm warning for parts of tennessee. so knoxville, as well as morris town, you re under an ice storm warning for the next several hours. things will be really dangerous. we ll keep you posted. steve, gretchen, brian, back to you. steve: ice not so nice. thank you very much. brian: now some more headlines. if you re swiping the plastic, be prepared to pay a lot more. starting sunday, merchants in 40 states will be allowed to add a checkout fee, charge up to 4%. steve: wow. brian: i know. gretchen: that s a big deal. brian: businesses used to cough up that money, but a settlement reached in july between credit card companies and merchants allows for fees to be passed on. you see, they tried to help you, but they don t understand that b
there s evidence of job growth and expansion there. but i should point out the survey that looked for any signs of recovery has just identified those three cities as the only ones in the entire country which are experiencing a measurable comeback from the so-called great depression. so knoxville, dallas and pittsburgh are in a very small club. looking deeply at the numbers, we see knoxville informed in infrastructure invested in infrastructure, often spending money from the government through its federal stimulus program. and dallas was not hit as hard as many cities in the housing industry plunge. and then there s this coming to light today, the mayor of detroit now admitting his city has reached a breaking point, bankruptcy on a the table, we re told, but the mayor hoping to avoid that by furloughing some of the 11,000 city workers, and that will begin in january. quickly, though, back to the good news. three of our 76 recognized major metro areas are feeling some relief. doesn t s
ages pipes aging pipes. one of the main gas suppliers here in the state of massachusetts says in the past three years they ve replaced approximately 300 miles of aging pipe here in massachusetts. jon? jon: yeah, and hats off to the professor for, you know, showing some real world work to his students. i mean, they seem to do some good stuff there. reporter: yeah, fascinating. jon: molly line, thank you. jenna: well, the nation s recovery is slowly recovering from the recession, at least that s what we hear. only three major american cities are really bouncing back so far. harris has more on this and who are the lucky three, harris? [laughter] reporter: yeah, exactly, jenna. the brookings institution, a washington-based research group, looked at unemployment levels among other things in our nation s leading cities. let s start though, jenna, with the good news of the story, because if you re in knoxville, tennessee, if you re in dallas, texas or pittsburgh, pa, life may be feeling