scott, the travel season can be rather trying, you say you can help yourself out by knowing the weather not only where you are but where you re going. and also where you may be connecting. explain. reporter: yeah, where you re connecting could be the most important factor in your trip. if you know the weather will be bad in charlotte, even though you re going from say florida, to california and the weather is fine in both places you may be suffering big-time delays. the quicker you figure that out, call the airlines. see if you can re-route through a hub in houston or dallas or someplace that no longer is affected by this storm. you also say sign up for those flight alert services. they could really help, right? yeah, they really can. and not just from your airline, but also a service like flightstats.com, and flightaware.com, flightstats
this year alone. finally, 4.1 million. that s the number of people employed by the government. that s more than the populations of guess how many states. 24. brian, over to you. brian: thanks a lot. renting a car can be pretty expensive. especially if you don t really know good tips to upgrade your car or get a better deal on your car. a lot of times the upgrades are for free. joining us right now is a common face, but rarely in person, doug brown is here. you re talk being a car to rent? absolutely. travel season coming up, labor day. talking about rents cars, a lot of families will do it to have a nicer ride. there are some things to know. first of all, ask for the upgrade. let me take a look at this. i ll get a shot. i rented this car yesterday here in new york city. it s got a stain on the front seat. there is an argument that you have you go right back and say i don t want this car. another tip, rent in the morning. pick up the car early in the morning.
yes, 6:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia. let s get you caught up on the headlines of the day. one of three american students arrested in egypt says they were hit repeatedly just after their arrest, but the news and the good news certainly for their families, you re seeing the pictures there, all three are now back on american soil. the last of them got back just a few hours ago. they were accused of throwing molotov cocktails during anti-government protests in tahrir square. we ll hear from them in a few minutes. nato saying it s highly likely that they carried out air strikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers near the border with afghanistan. this incident has led to strong protests by the pakistani government, plus the closing of key nato supply routes in afghanistan. pakistan is also telling the u.s. that they have two weeks to leave an air base there that s used for drones. they said the same thing just after the raid that killed osama bin laden. we ll have a live report fro
against u.s. troops inlo afghanistan, his name is hajee malee kahn. he s said to have been behind the attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul next month. troops guarding the embassy battles these insurgent attackers for almost 20 hours straight. let me bring inok ourq nick pey loss. or me int( w3kabul. can you start with who this guy is and why he is a big deal. e1 this is the operational leader forq a group in afghanistan, we re told. that s a very sophisticated part of the insurgency in the east of the country and based inlp pakistan. this man is uncle to that network s leader. so a key player arrested on t5 cdaqxm we re told, it may hae taken this long to confirm his identity. but nato saying this is welcome t.j.÷dg here, and just how relevant is the3 hakani network? that s not a word our cnn crewers are used to seeing. the relevance op of this network in some ways, haqqani hasok become some of the most sophisticated agencies. they re well organized, certainly behind th
around, pick it up, bam. three for $30 and you help people with special needs keep going. this i like, too. the final thing is called paper shower. it s a very large towelette with moisturizers built in. but then after you moisturize yourself, the other side contains a paper towel for drying yourself that leaves the moisturizers on your skin. so, it s a quickie way to refresh and they re like $1.20 each. you don t have time for full shower, bath, this hits the hot spots and start your day, right? whole new meaning to hit the hot spot. for sure. very cool ideas and very cool items. thank you so much. good stuff for the travel season. it s getting warm now so finally we can travel. i m off to the pet show, so i ll be back with pet gadgets. we like that. you can get more details on these gadgets on dick s website, gizwiz.biz, or check it out on our facebook fan page. gizwiz.biz, or check it out on our facebook fan page.