I hope the law would be specific about the visitation rights of parents who "abandon" their children.... What if the children don't want to see their father again.... are they protected?

NextGen…sounds like a good deal to me. It costs $35 billion, but saves airlines $10 billion annually in fuel costs and pays for itself in seven years…so what are we waiting for? It’s always frustrating when technology like this is available, but inaction and lack of sense of urgency keep it from happening.

That man in Kansas is to be commended for coming forward. The money will be put to good use. I hope he lets go of the guilt and feel good that a kid will have a new toy because of what he did.

Take care,

Lilibeth
Edmonds, Washington

That was a great story about the man who paid for the 1940's toy car – the story should be reqired reading for a lot of todays CEO's and former CEO's.

Hello Erica,

Im not going to even bother commenting on the first story, you took my words.

I actually commented on the second story about the family yesterday.

I'm Jewish and there is nothing usually like Jewish guilt. If I even thought of stealing a toy much less anything else just knowing how my family would have reacted would have been punishment enough. To think this cute elderly gentleman went to the trouble after 50 years to write a letter explaining himself is just so nice. Sometime's it isnt the big stuff that eats at someone, its the small stuff that really affects a person so much so that that in this case he felt he had to write a letter.
I think the money is totally not important. The simple act of taking the time to write a letter that has allowed him to have a clear head and no more guilt. He teaches all of us a good lesson,its not how much or how big you steal, the guilt you feel is the same and if you think you can forget, think again. He tried and 50 years was enough he had to come clean.

Hi Erica,
WOW, what a funny story about the man writing a letter to the Mayor for forgivness for a petty crime 50 yrs ago. Can you imagine carrying that guilt so long? Makes you wonder; how many nights did he lay there awake at night thinking about that incident? Hopefully, he can rest easy now that it has been addressed. Have a nice night, see you later.

Hi Ercia...hope you are
having a good day.

This man who left his nine kids, for one thing I thought that the safe haven law was for new born?
Here in California it is, and why did he leave them there in the first place? Plus where is the mother?

Erica

You find the best stories. The one about the new system for air traffic is intriguing. I wish its implementation could get some priority since it would save us not only time and fuel costs, but probably lives as well.

The man who left his 9 children at the hospital under the safe haven rule – I'm sure this was a terrible decision for him and that he did it (I hope) in the best interests of the children who he probably could not afford in this economic climate. We may see a lot more of this sort of thing before our economy recovers. If the main reason was economic to cause the man to leave his children at the hospital I hope social services would work with him after determining if he is a good father or not and help him get in the position to rear his children himself.

Good for the man who confessed to lifting the toy car – glad to know that there are still people with consciences like this out in our society.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Hello Erica,
All we need to know is alittle honesty, not lies. The people need to know that McCain and Obama can only make empty promises because no one person can change the problems of our country. The politicians are bought and sold like cheap used cars with oil leaks. Maybe it's time for a new car!

The "friends-sometimes-have-the-same-look" gag tonight left me doubled over, nearly rolling onto the floor of my media room. Very clever. Well-executed by Erica. Keep it up, AC 360.

Those were cool stories but that wig was off the charts ! Oh my great day that was funny ! Thank-you for the stories and the laugh following election 08 !

Hi Erica
The story of flying the freindly skies makes me nervous.I hate the idea of being in the air longwer than you have to be.Flying is supposed to be convienant but this is crazy ,longer dealys and being up in the air longer it's bad enough to fly it's just nerve wracking for me fear of flying !

Hi:

I only wish our politicians would come as clean as the guy that stole the toy car. Lessons learned here!!

It sounds like the system would pay for it self faster than the bailout and actually help the economy. Isn't travel and tourism an important percentage of our economy? Too bad they didn't sneak it into the bailout.

I am also curious to learn more about the amount of radiation one recieves while on an airplane. On my last flight from Helsinki to Paris a Canadian Nuclear Power Plant regulator told me that one recieves as much radiation as if they had just had an x-ray on a typical 4 hour flight. He said there are laws requiring all workers – except for airline employees to wear ratiation absorbant shield patches – when exposed to that much radiation consistently. ????

Loved the bit with the gray wig, great reporting with comedy, that is why I love AC360.

Thanks,

Valerie Meade

To Erica Hill...........please forward to her (you can post on blog also if you want to)....

Erica..........your "costume" of AC and the way you played it off so cool was hysterical.........thanks for a good laugh – actually, a GREAT laugh!!!

It would be nice if you got more air time.........you're an excellent reporter and you could help a lot of especialy the women in America understand what's going on and how it will affect their households. Some ony listen to Sarah Palin and that's it. If you had, say, a 15-20 minute call-in segment every night (or e-mail segment) where you answer questions from women across America, I think you'd do great!

I wish CNN would allow you to do this......kind of an "Ask Erica Hill Show – for Women, by Women and answering the concerns of Women in America". You really would do great.