kent from the fox business network from their studios in new york. hello. hi, shep. the baggage and change fees have returned the entire airline industry to solvency. that s how much they are making off passengers these days. take a look. delta took in the most. about $866 million from bags alone. averaging $7.44 a pinner. delta also flew the most passengers. now, swefts, which is famous for its bag fly free policy and doesn t charge any change fees is tweaking its policy, too. they are saying passengers who buy their cheapest fares must cancel ahead of departure if they want that credit. on flags flying free. official tells fox quote we can never say never as far as our plans and policies for the future. can i confirm we do not have plans to implement a checked bag he fee. meantime overall ticket prices increased last year up 1.1%. the average cost of a
wind damage across central minnesota. you see the watch box drop now but more developments are expected. another hot bed of activity with the thunderstorms has been the southeast. what a wicked afternoon and evening it was. yesterday, today, we re going to see severe thunderstorms again across the carolinas and georgia. the biggest concern is maybe wind damage with micro bursts, and these thunderstorms have been putting out so much rainfall. we could see two to four inches easy. the focus up here across the centralplague centralappalachians. we re starting to sound like broken records with this. it s going on still. just not as widespread as it has been. heat advisories for the upper mid wefts. severe weather. not a big enough threat in minneapolis and st. paul, we have heat advisories.
brian: the feds can t tell the commonwealth, everyone in the commonwealth you ve got to get health insurance. the congressional budget office stated 1994 in a congress, in 220 years has never done this brian, if they haven t done it in 220 years, one suspects they don t have the powers. brian: you suspect it s a states rights. the 10th amendment of the constitution, and recommended by layton. brian: some democrats joined new this measure. yes, they did about a third of the democratic caucus voted for this. i made arguments based on constitutional grounds. how can someone compel you to enter a contract, they kbt. if you re compelled to enter a contract under duress, which is jail and a fine, that s unamerican. brian: wow, do you think that other states and common wefts are going to pick this up. i talked about legislators to six states and sent my model bill and they re looking at this, yes. brian: you think this is something that s going to gain momentum. the states a