OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

>> DESPITE A SURGE OF COVID-19

CASES UNITED AIRLINES IS ADDING

HUNDREDS OF DOMESTIC FLIGHTS.

MORNINGSTAR FOUNDER MAKES A HIGH

PROFILE PURCHASE A HOTEL AND HOW

SOON WILL YOU BE ABLE TO ORDER

THE PLANT SANDWICH AT YOUR LOCAL

McDONALD'S.

HERE IS ANN DWYER.

WE'VE GOT THE SKYROCKETING COVID

CASES YET UNITED AIRLINES IS

ADDING FLIGHTS.

WHY IS THAT?

>> FOR UNITED AIRLINES NORMAL

CANNOT COME BACK SOON ENOUGH

THEY HAVE SUFFERED.

THEY ARE BETTING THAT AMERICANS

FEEL THE SAME WAY AND THERE ARE

ENOUGH OF THEM WHO WILL FEEL

SAFE ENOUGH TO FLY AROUND THE

HOLIDAYS.

SO MUCH SO THAT UNITED ANNOUNCED

TODAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ADD

15% TO THEIR DOMESTIC CAPACITY

AROUND THE HOLIDAYS TO

ACCOMMODATE THE TRAVELERS.

THE BIG QUESTION MARK IS WHETHER

THIS COVID SPIKE WE ARE LIVING

THROUGH IS GOING TO CONTINUE

INTENSIFYING.

IF IT DOES THE SLIGHT REBOUND IN

TRAVEL DEMAND THAT WE'VE SEEN IN

THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS NOT LIKELY

TO BE LONG-LAST SNOOK REMIND US,

IS UNITED PACKING FLIGHTS?

>> THEY ARE REPORTING THAT

DEMAND IS SIGNIFICANTLY UP.

THEY HAVE HAD VERY GOOD WEEKS

RECENTLY.

AGAIN, WE'RE MEASURING AGAINST A

POST COVID YARDSTICK WE ARE

NOWHERE NEAR THE LEVELS OF

TRAVEL DEMAND WE SAW PRECOVID.

>> THE MORNINGSTAR FOUNDER,

CHICAGOAN HE BOUGHT THE CHICAGO

FIRE MLS TEAM NOW HE BOUGHT THE

WALDORF ASTORIA IN CHICAGO FOR

$54 MILLION.

IS THAT A STEAL GIVEN THE

PANDEMIC HAS DEPRESSED PRICES?

>> IT IS.

IT IS A BARGAIN BASEMENT PRICE

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT IN 2015

THAT SAME BUILDING TRADED HANDS

FOR I BELIEVE $112 MILLION.

SO IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS THE

MARKET VALUE HAS PLUMMETTED.

TO BE FAIR, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT

THE WALDORF ASTORIA HAD ISSUES

BEFORE COVID CAME ALONG.

THE PREVIOUS OWNERS WERE LOADED

DOWN WITH DEBT.

SO WHEN THE COVID TRAVEL SLOW

DOWN HIT THEY WERE HIT

ESPECIALLY HARD.

>> GLAD TO GET IT OFF THE BOOKS.

LASTLY, McDONALD'S IS UPPING

ITS GAME IN THE FAUX MEAT ARENA.

TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT IN THAT

REGARD?

>> McDONALD'S EVERYBODY IN THE

INDUSTRY HAS BEEN WATCHING

WONDERING WHY IT'S TAKEN THEM SO

LONG TO ANSWER BURGER KING'S

IMPOSSIBLE WHOPPER.

WHICH CAME TO MARKET MONTHS AGO.

AND ACTUALLY NOW TODAY THEY DID

DECIDE THEY ARE JUMPING INTO THE

CATEGORY WITH BOTH FEET.

IT IS A VERY, VERY FAST GROWING

SECTOR IN THE FAST FOOD

BUSINESS.

THESE FAUX MEATS.

McDONALD'S HAS LAUNCHED AN

ENTIRE RANGE OF PLANT-BASED MENU

ITEMS TO ANSWER THE BURGER KING

CALL.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE

SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE

THE CHICKEN COMPETITION LINE

DOWN ANYMORE.

THEY ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A NEW

FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH TO SEAL

BACK MARKET SHARE THAT THEY LOST

TO CHICK-FIL-A AND TO POPEYE'S

BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SELLING SO

MANY SANDWICHES THERE'S LINES

AROUND THE DOOR AND McDONALD'S

MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF THAT