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Talk of CNN: Dick Cheney's Neighborhood; United Airlines

Aired December 10, 2002 - 06:43   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now for the "Talk of CNN" segment. Today, Judlyne Lilly from WTOP Radio News in Washington, D.C. joins us by phone -- good morning.
JUDLYNE LILLY, WTOP RADIO NEWS, WASHINGTON, D.C.: Good morning, how are you?

COSTELLO: I'm pretty good. Hey, you know I read a little blurb in the "Washington Post" the other day and it was so strange, and I want you to comment on it. It says that neighbors who live around Dick Cheney, you know the vice president's house, are hearing strange explosions coming from the property.

LILLY: Yes, they are. And what's happened is that it's a very upscale neighborhood and the neighbors have very expensive furniture and they live in very expensive houses, and these explosions apparently are knocking mirrors off walls, waking people up, scaring people so much that one woman called the police. The Neighborhood Advisory Committee, the people in the neighborhood who deal with the city and the police and that sort of thing, are being told that yes, something is going on but they cannot be told for national security.

COSTELLO: Oh no, and that brings us to the rumors that must be going around, because I hear people in Northwest (ph) think they're building a secret bunker for Dick Cheney...

LILLY: Yes.

COSTELLO: ... to live in underneath the vice president's house.

LILLY: Yes, that is the prevailing rumor is that they are building some sort of bunker to make sure that the vice president is safe in case of some sort of terrorist attack or any attack in general. And that's been the latest. I mean that's really all that the government is willing to say because they can't -- they say that it's national security so the neighbors have to live with it. And those explosions go on -- they start at like 7:00 in the morning and go sometimes until after 11:00 at night.

COSTELLO: Yes, and I don't think they're going to get a fine from the police for violating the noise ordnance in Washington, D.C.

LILLY: Not at all.

COSTELLO: No.

Let's talk about United and its effect on Dulles International Airport now.

LILLY: United Airlines here in the Washington area, especially at Dulles Airport, operates about 38 percent of the flights out of Dulles. They also operate eight flights a day between smaller cities like Richmond, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Norfolk, that kind of thing. And the governor of Virginia, I spoke with him yesterday, Governor Mark Warner, he is concerned that United in bankruptcy will look to cut those short hop flights. It will not only hurt Virginia's already ailing economy, because then United will close its operations in those smaller airports, therefore meaning that employees will also lose their jobs.

COSTELLO: Yes.

LILLY: And that's not good. He says he's going to be talking to the chairman of the airline to make sure that those flights stay and they stay flying.

COSTELLO: Yes. Judlyne, thanks so much for bringing us up to date. We appreciate it.

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