death case was filed against boeing and the faa since the crash. it was announced by the family of 24 year-old samya stumo. this is not an accident. this is something that could have been prevented. and as somebody who has lost the dearest person in my life, i want her death not to be in pain. i don't want anyone else to die. amy: we'll hear from samya stumo's s family and speak with her great uncle, consumer advocate ralph nader. >> boeing is used to getting its way with the. this time, however, it is in really hot water. if it continues to do gets heels itselfis going to expose and its exexecutives to potenenl criminal prosecution because they are now on notice with two crashes, i indonesia and ethiop. amy: it was the second fatal crash of a boeing max 8 in five months. then we look at how the trump administration is pushing for nato countries to increase military spending, to the benefit of manufacturers like boeing. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives has approved a wa

faa approved and certified boeing's 737 max, a senate committee has sent this letter to the acting head of the faa, saying the committee has received information from multiple whistle-blowers alleging insufficient training and improper certification of faa safety inspectors. the concern, that poorly trained inspectors may have led to an improper evaluation of the mcas anti-stall system suspected in those two fatal max crashes. jeff guzzetti is the former chief of faa accident investigations. >> you would hope the pilots for the faa that evaluated the airplane had already been experienced in 737 operations, had already been type rated in a 737. >> reporter: meanwhile, the max fleet is likely to remain grounded for weeks, even months. boeing was expected to release a software update for the mcas software system this week, but now says it will take several more weeks. the faa says additional time is needed to ensure that boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues. but a former ntsb chairman says the relationship between boeing and the faa is now front and c

." faa been asleep at the wheel on this one? >> they share some of the blame. let's go back to t original sin. the original sin is that this plane should never have been certified. in effect, cha the powerful engines change the structure of the aircraft. boeing was bragging about how fast they got it certified. once you do that, all the pressure you have pilot training, don't burden the airlines -- it was sold at minimal pilot training. they need to go back and look at whether that was a wise dision . the faa has been suffering from attrition of people for many, rs were doing more with less has been the mantra. they are to blame, but they don't have the capability to keep up especially with modern automation. katty: is there an insidious relationship between a major company like boeing and regulators? standing outside is very big offices in washington, d.c., not far from capitol hill, you can see it. are they lobbying the faa? >> intensely. this is a great example. is is a strong, powerful lobby in washington that does lobby the f. the systematic problem is the delegation ofho aty from th

it went down. this as whistle-blowers have come forth alleged faa employees involved in certifying the max jets were not properly trained or certified to even do the job. >>> and later today, actresses lori loughlin, felicity huffman and 11 other parents tied to the college admissions cheating scandal will have their day in court. >>> it is a big day in news and we're going to begin with democrats upping the ante in a potential legal battle with the attorney general. you're looking inside the house judiciary committee room right now where they're preparing to vote on a subpoena that would demand the mueller report in its entirety. i have a great team here to break all of it down. as get started, we've got to keep an eye on the hill. the vote in the house is expected to start at any moment. assuming it passes, it will put a whole lot of new pressure on attorney general barr to hand all of robert mueller's findings over. msnbc's ari melber talked to jerry nadler about the purpose of the subpoena. watch this. >> the subpoena is sort of a planned leverage to see what he does with the r

did he say? >> right. and that is going to come back to bite him as well and also bite the faa. because a lot of coziness for years, this is the complaint that boeing and the faa are just too cozy. but in 2017 the ceo dennis mulenberg was talking to a press conference and i'll just let you listen to what he said about how the new trump administration is handling regulation within the aviation industry. >> yes, just to comment on that, one, the overall focus on deregulation and simplifying processes is one that we've been a strong prouponent for and the administration has been engaged across agencies and within the industry to find ideas and ways and opportunities to simplify and streamline. things like faa certification processes is one place that we're seeing some solid progress. that is helping us more efficiently work through certification on some of the new model aircraft such as the max as it is going through flight test and entering into service. so we're seeing a change there with work that's been doing with the faa. >> reporter: brooke, the transportation committee in t

. david: let me ask you about one other subject that came under your former jurisdiction, the faa, and what is going on with the boeing 737 max aircraft. we got reports that boeing is not going to give us forecast on their earnings because they are not sure about the financial consequences. we know the concert is for those poor souls lost in those accidents. is the faa tarnished by this, can it recover? ray: i don't think the faa is tarnished. for a long, long time we've been number one in aviation safety. that comes about as having a regulatory agency, the faa, that cap aviation as safe as it could possibly be, working with people in the industry. this thing that boeing is going through now is a wake-up call that we need to continue to put safety as the number one priority, so that when people get on an airplane, they know that plane is 100% safe, take up to flight to landing. boeing is doing the right thing now, inspecting all of these things, finding a fix, and working with the faa to do that. that kind of collaboration is very important to get the flying public to the idea that fly

time we have learned that federal investigations both in congress and the faa might be expanding looking at how the plane was built. four boeing whistleblowers called the faa hotline the day after the ethiopian air crash to report problems with things we didn't learn before. there were problems in manufacturing or reported problems in manufacturing of the aoa sensor, the single angle of attack sensor similar to problems boeing had with other development of its plane, particularly in its charleston plant where you have foreign objects or messy or sloppy manufacturing that could have led to damage. just as they are trying to continue to put the two crashes behind them and get the plane back up in the air, new angles of investigation have been opening up. >> good for the whistleblowers. that's who the public needs to hear from as well as the investigators. so it's not just boeing that's under fire. there is a lawsuit that's going to be filed today against the faa and boeing. explain what that's about >> boeing and the faa, right. this is the first lawsuit based on this ethiopian air

deadly crashes. and the faa and off vacation regulators are meeting today to determine if the 737 max is safe to fly and boeing's ceo facing shareholders for the first time since the two deadly crashes. well, tim cook has repeatedly talked about apple's pledge to crack down on iphone addiction and limit screen time. why is apl pell removing -- apple removing apps that help just do that? we've got the hi hip consider hg up. avengers end game, record-breaking numbers and how far fans are willing to go to stop the spoilers. it is monday, april 29th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. lauren: here's how your money is moving at 5:00 a.m. eastern. renewed optimism on u.s./china trade talks, boosting the dow futures, gaining 31 points. we're sealing follow-through from friday's gains after the blow-about gdp report. europe, stock stocks trading mi. it was a mixed monday for stocks in asia as well. the shanghai composite losing three quarters of 1% as that u.s. team of negotiators heads to beijing today. cheryl: it is monday. we would like to welcome you to "fbn: a.m.." good morning, i'm chery

has taken off in recent years. the faa predicts by 2022, they'll be 2.24 million drones and 300,000 remote pilots. many will molai s raining. >>reporter: williams is assembling her tinylights. >> i like to build them. >> the 4th grader is part of a class run by global air media in baltimore that teaches drone assembly and flying technique and safety. >> when you're flying, you have to take account for the helicopters and the other planes flying around. >> drone ownership has skyrocketed. >> the same drones that the professionals are flying today, some of these kids are getting these drones for christmas, for birthdays and they haven't had the same level of training as the adults. >> safety is not just on the minds of these kids and the instructors it's also on the faa radar. >> the number one room is keep buzzy in site. >> the faa created short, animated videos starring buzzy the drone to remind kids they need to be able to actually see their drone while it's flying. keep it away from airports, and below 400 feet. in january, a drone shutdown new york liberty international airport a

. several airlines including southwest were dealing with computer issues. the faa recommended people contact their airline directly for updates. it's not clear what city they were in but baltimore civil rights activist tweeted out, quote, i'm on the runway on a delta flight and the pilot said the system that gives them clearance paperwork is down, and that they'll hopefully get the system update in ten minutes. the spokesperson with southwest says there was an outage with a vendor that services multiple carriers with data used in flight planning. the airline says it lifted an internal ground stop at 7:05 eastern time and that it lasted for about ten minutes. i did talk with a gate agent and he told me things seem to be moving smoothly. reporting live from sfo, jobina fortson. >>> just to be clear the faa did send out an update saying the issue has been resolved but there could be residual delays. >>> fearly 3,000 pg&e customers are starting their morning in the dark. here is a live look in santa clara. one of the impacted areas this morning. and here is new video from about 20 minute

germany, so that has hampered trade there as well. the us aviation regulator the faa says its going to put together an international team to review the safety of the boeing 737 max. it follows last month's crash of an ethiopian airlines jet which killed all 157 people on board. ethiopian investigators are due to release their initial report into the accident any time now. let's speak to our correspondent, theo leggett, in the business newsroom. what do we know at this stage? an international team? will it change things? it will try to restore confidence in the certification process because the problem the faa has is that it certified the boeing 737 max as a safe aircraft. since then, two of them have been involved in accidents which on the surface look similar and we are expecting to hear in a few moments time in the preliminary report into the investigation into the ethiopian airlines crash that a flight the ethiopian airlines crash that a flight control system was a significant factor. if that is the case, a lot of questions will be asked about how the system, which was also implica

for answers seems to be squarely back on boeing, the manufacturer, and the faa, the regulator. >> let's discuss with justin green, former president of the air and transportation safety bar association. he's also representing families of victims of the ethiopian airlines crash. what's your initial takeaway from this reporting that the pilots did what they were supposed to do? >> it would be shocking if they didn't. the lion air case was a huge major aviation disaster. it highlighted the problem with the mcas system and emergency air worthiness directive was issued by the faa. procedures were sent to all their customers. the pilots would have known how the system operated. the ethiopian pilots would have known the system was there and how it operates and how to turn it off. it would have been shocking if they hadn't followed the procedure. what this tells us is that the procedure, the safeguard they sent out after lion air was not enough to protect the crew. >> so a manufacturer has a crash. they zero in on a cause of the crash, being this anti-stall system, the mcas system. the

" as the 2020 campaign takes shape. >>> and software delay. tonight, the faa says it will take weeks to tweak and review a crucial safety upgrade to the boeing 377 max. we're following breaking news on the fate of the aircraft involved in two deadly crashes. >>> we want to welcome our viewers isn't the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, house democrats appear to be on the brink of authorizing their first subpoenas aimed at the trump white house. the oversight committee demanding answers after a whistleblower warns senior officials overruled concerns about 25 people whose clearances were initially denied for disqualifying issues, including fierce about foreign influence and potential conflicts of interest. we're told jared kushner and ivanka trump were on the list. this as the house judiciary committee chairman is set to authorize a subpoena in the democrats' battle to obtain the full unredacted report from special counsel robert mueller. this hour, i'll talk with a top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee,

. thank you. >> new word from faa after air disasters involving boeing 737-max jets. those planes are grounded worldwide. nbc's costello covers aviation and joins us with details. tom, what can you tell us? >> reporter: phillip, good morning. the faa says pilots will be required to undergo additional training before they are allowed to fly the max again. buoeing still hatzant formally submitted the software update for faa approve. when that happens, the plane willtill have to be recertified. the faa right now telling airlines pilots will be required to undergo new training on that mcas system blamed for the crashes in ethiopia and indonesia that killed 346 people. th software fix is what they have been working t on. the piloaining can be completed on a computer. with the max grounded, there will be fewer planes flying for the upcoming summer travel season. so watch your schedules closely to ensure that your fligh is, in fact, taking off when they say it is going to. back to you, phillip. >> tom costello for us, thank you, sir. >> there is a new bombshell in theussie smollett saga. mes

cathedral. >> all right, anne, thank you. >>> there is late word tonight that the faa has possible changes on the way after those two air disasters involving boeing 737 max jets. those planes now grounded worldwide. tom costello has been covering this story for us. what's the latest, tom? >> the faa says pilots will be required to undergo additional training before they're allowed to fly the max, but boeing still hasn't formally submitted the software update for faa approval, and when that happens, the plane will still have to be recertified. but the faa now telling airlines the pilots will be required to undergo new training on the mcas anti-stall system blamed for crashes in ethiopia and indonesia. that's the software fix boeing is working on. the pilot training can be completed on an ipad or a computer. simulator time will not be required. however, some airlines may still require it. with the max grounded, there will be fewer planes for the upcoming summer travel season, so watch your schedules closely. >> tom costello, thank you. >>> tonight former first lady i president. the c

to the faa for approval. and that means hundreds of planes worldwide will remain firmly on the ground for now. it's the fatal flaw suspected of taking down two 737 max flights overseas, a software glitch impacting the plane's automated stall prevention system known as mc mcas. boeing has been working on a fix, hoping to have it ready as soon as this week. even as it invited hundreds of pilots and airline execs to its seattle headquarters last week to brief them on the upgrade. >> we're working with customers and regulators around the world to restore faith in our industry. >> reporter: but now boeing says the final package of software enhancements won't be ready for weeks. the faa saying in a statement more week is needed on that fix before it can be submitted for approval. the agency adding, it will conduct a rigorous safety review and the new software won't be installed until faa officials are completely satisfied that boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues. the max, boeing's newest, most sophisticated, and best-selling plane ever, was grounded around

burlington. reportsafr takeoff. a separate claim will be filed today against the faa on behalf of the family. the complaint accuses the faa of negligence, breach of warranty, liability, and civil conspiracy. the complaint states that minded bites great, boeing haphazardly rushed the plane to market with the knowledge of the faa. the decision to put profits over safety and regulators that enable it must be held accountable for their reckless actions. the lawyers are holding a press conference later this morning where we hope to learn more details. >>> this is a live look from berkeley. plans to significantly expand als will a detailed study of two options, one would revitalize the historic berkeley., the other would involve building an entirely new structure. if approved, service could begin by 2025. f withthe securities exchange commission over a pair of tweets. one said that tesla would make around 500,000 cars in 2019. he backtracked and wrote that the company will actually deliver 400,000 cars. the sec says he violated a settlement deal that requires him to get preapproval for soci

before they submit the final approval or final submission to the faa for approval. that means hundreds of planes worldwide wil remain firmly on the ground for now. it'she fatal flaw suspected of taking down two 737 max flights overseas. a software glitch impacting an automated stall as mcas.asknown boeing h been working ono a fix hopingve it ready this week. >> we're working with customers and regulators around the world to restore fai o in industry. >> reporter: but now bing says the final package of software enhancements won't be ready for weeks. the faa saying in a statement more work is needed on that f adding it will conduct a rigorous safety review and the w software won't be installed until faa officials are completely satisfiedoe thatg has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues. the max boeing's newest and best selling plane ever was grounded march the world in following the crash of ethiopian airline 302. that comes months after a crash involving a lion aplane that went down in indonesia. the pilots in both cases fought the planes which pitched wildly in the

position of boeing and of the faa seemed to be for quite sometime that pilots, if this went wrong and their position was it was a very rare occurrence, they had the training and the tools at hand to overcome that. the release of this preliminary report coupled with the lion air crash, this crash in ethiopia, seems to suggest that pilots can do -- if not everything right, maybe not everything right, but an awful lot right and still not be able to recover the planes. so in boeing's position here, they have not just a technical problem, in terms of trying to make sure that the fix they put on this plane actually works and doesn't make it worse, but also a confidence problem. and this statement is a lot about the confidence problem telling airlines around the world and telling pilots around the world and trying to tell passengers around the world we're not going to hide behind this, we're going to say it is our fault even though we don't have the final report yet. we believe it is our fault, we're going to fix it. the question is can they convince people they did fix it. and by the way, b

. >>> investigating the faa. a senate panel is launching a probe into whether safety inspectors were properly trained to evaluate the now-grounded boeing 737 max. were problems with the jet overlooked or ignored leading to two deadly crashes? >>> and blood money. exactly six months after the brutal murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, we're learning about multi-million-dollar payoffs to his children. is the saudi government trying to buy their silence? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news on the rapidly escalating warfare between the president and house democrats. tonight, the oversight committee has voted along partisan lines to subpoena a former white house official seeking testimony about the handling of security clearances. democrats are expected to authorize more subpoenas tomorrow as part of their fight to get the full un-redacted mueller report. president trump is lashing out about that, calling the move "r

. trying to put that in place ahead of time. the fix expecting this summer. the faa and boeing are confident. they know the answers are

: good morning. these are whistle-blowers telling congress that the very faa employees who should have been certified the max for flight, they themselves were not trained properly and they themselves may not have been certified and they warned the faa about this last summer. me meanwhile, new details about the ethiopian airlines' final seconds. new details about the boeing 737 max jet that crashed last month. "the wall street journal" reporting the pilots at the controls of the ethiopian flight initially followed emergency procedures laid out by boeing. according to people briefed on the probe's preliminary findings, the pilots turned off the flight control system that was pushing the nose of the plane down. when that didn't work, they reportedly turned it back on but still regain control of the aircraft. meanwhile bloomberg is reporting that accident investigators in indonesia are looking at a maintenance shop in florida. according to documents obtained by bloomberg that shop did the repair work on the so called angle the day before it went down. it's believed bad sensors from that si

. boeing 737 max airliners will remain grounded for a while longer. the faa says boeing's software upgrade will be delayed for weeks to allow time for additional work and a rigorous safety review. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. vice president joe biden touched her inappropriately, rubbing noses at a 2009 fund-raiser. that comes as female supporters are stepping up their efforts to defend biden's record. also tonight, a white house whistle blower has told congressional investigators that senior officials pushed through security clearances for some two dozen people who are initially rejected for reasons such as potential conflicts of interest and foreign influence. a source says the president's daughter, ivanka trump, and son-in-law jared kushner are on that list. house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings says he'll issue a summons to find out why those concerns were overruled. and house judiciary democrats, they will authorize a subpoena, they say, this week to obtain the full unscrubbed mueller report along with underlying evidence. i'll speak with republi

, all we got his safety is our first priority. we are working with regulators, the faa will be meeting with global regulators. there was one question that struck me about why is boeing's internal auditor going through the update and the faa is approving it? where is the external objective regulator overseeing the software updates? as someone mentioned, the faa has government contracts with going so it did not feel like there was an independent auditor looking through the approval process? . david: did he addressed that. we have had people saying the faa delegates that to the aircraft manufacturers. did he address that? taylor: he said they have set up an independent committee to look as the software is going through the approval process. they are on board and bring an independent auditors now and again throughout the process to make sure it is objective. he said there was a new committee on that but that there has always been some sort of independent oversight beyond boeing and the faa that should give some people more comfort, though the shares get up and then go down a round-trip rid

, united, jetblue, alaska, and delta. it is a become the faa explained the issue, saying several airlines are experiencing issues with a flight planning weight to balance data. they are impacting it to varying degrees. >> i met a man traveling to chicago. he was flight supposed to leave at the?:20. got pushed back to 8:30 and he was not given a reason why. >> i just want to go home. it has been a long week here. hopefully i will be out of here by 8:30. a result officials and they said that the delays we're seeing today are pretty typical of a normal day, but they are keeping an eye on things. airline to major cities like chicago, new york, and detroit were greatly impacted. travelers took to twitter to voice their complaints. they vented their frustrations. the airlines have apologize. the faa says that the issue has been resolved, but there will be residual delays throughout the day. >>> now to the north bay, where three people were hurt when a hat air balloon hit a power line. one person suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital by helicopter. two other people suffered min

for the reporting. >>> new questions about the faa inspectors that reviewed the max 737 and whether they were properly trained. according to information from whistleblowers, the faa may have been notified about training deficiencies as early as august of 2018. that's two months before the first of two deadly boeing crashes. >>> an investigation now around way to determine how the boeing 737 max fleet was certified to fly. justice department prosecutors issues subpoenas as part of a criminal investigation. one former boeing employee is asked to turn over all communications including drafts related to the boeing 737 max. >>> a significant security breach at the president's mar-a-lago report. prosecutors filing charges against a woman carrying chinese passports and malicious software who entered the facility illegally over the weekend. the president was there at the time, but not on site. when she gained access through a miscommunication, members of the resort's security detail. >> she was detained after saying she was there to attend an event. the receptionist knew that event did not

company did not alert the faa or southwest airlines it had deactivated a key safety feature on its 737 max jets. cnn business correspondent cristina alesci joins me now. it's interesting because clients who bought a certain package of services, they were notified. others who did not were not. that's inexplicable. >> the "wall street journal" is reporting that the 737 did come with a feature that essentially alerted pilots to any faulty or incorrect data coming in from sensors that would have helped in these particular crashes. and perhaps avoided them. the paper alleges or is reporting, rather, that boeing did not tell the airlines that it had shut off this feature. so this is yet another negative headline for boeing, lots of questions at the shareholder meeting today. and the ceo addressing the "wall street journal" reporting indirectly by saying that it does not make airplanes with optional safety features, but this is a long -- this is another negative story in a long list of negative stories about the company. and during the shareholder meeting, you saw shareholders try and hol

hundreds of flights. the faa says the issue has been resolved but people flying today could see rezizial delays. aliza is at the airport to show us how this is impacting travelers. >> reporter: let me show you the yellow which are the delayed flights. i'm counting 25 delayed arrivals. these are mostly southwest flights. i'm at the oakland international airport where the delays areings the country. first the airlines impacted are southwest, united, jet blue, alaska and delta. in a statement this morning, the fa elained the issue saying that selve airlines are experiencing issues with a flight planning weight and balance program, arrow data. although there are a lot of delays here, i reached out to the communications department at the oakland airport and they said these delays are pretty typical of a normal day. but airlines in major cities like new york, detroit, which chicago were greatly impacted. many travelers took to social media to vent frustrations. the faa says the issue has been resolved but there will be residual delays throughout the day. so check your flight status if you are

similarities between the two situations. the faa, i am pleased to see them reaching out to other regulators to form a multilateral task force to make sure the fixes that are proposed are acceptable probably and then we will see the aircraft back in the air but that will take some weeks before we are in that situation. david: how is it different from other groundings in the past? i want to understand -- he ended by saying will the 737 ever be in the air again? that might have to do with what we find. we don't want to speculate but how different can this time be? andrew: there are precedents where you find a design failure and have to make changes before you put the aircraft back in the air and certify it to fly again. sure thatt to be very we don't introduce other vulnerabilities. i'm sure confidence in the plane among the traveling public will be restored. this is narrowly safe industry. very safe a industry. the public can be confident that whatever is done will be appropriate but it can't be rushed. we have to study. we have to base it on the facts and it has to be a joint deci

crashes, senator blumenthal is concerned. >> boeing needs to be taken to the woodshed. the faa needs reform and whistle-blowers need protection. >> reporter: five airlines tell us they have full confidence in the 787, and there is no indication that a production issue has ever led to a significant safety problem. the planes have never experienced a crash. sources tell us while there should never be foreign debris inside a new airliner, it's not uncommon. jeff? >> all right. kris van cleave, thank you. >>> there were six people on board aneshed itexas penedbo 70 pilot was preparing to land. here is mireya villarreal. >> reporter: from the sky you see all that's left of a twin-engine plane that crashed near the small town of kerrville, texas. the plane left the west houston airport and was attempting to land at the kerrville municipal airport just before 9:00 a.m. local time. sources say the aircraft may have lost one engine, sending it into a deadly spin, crashing on a private ranch six miles northwest of the airport. richard hall saw the plane just before it crashed. >> just came dow

the faa. what you know? >>> a little bit of good news. the faa says that the issue has been resolved but there will still be some residual delays. want to stay what we're seeing at the oakland airport. there are some delays especially on southwest flights, but i spoke with the communications director here and says that could just be a normal day. this is not necessarily connected to what we are seeing with the technical glitch. sfo says that operations there are normal. meanwhile, some airports in major cities across the country or seeing delays. that includes a boston, atlanta, miami, new york city, chicago, and detroit. there is a computer glitch that delayed hundreds of flights this morning. the faa released a statement? plenty what went on, saying several airlines are experiencing issues with a flight planning program called aero data. these are the airlines that saw impact. southwest, united, jetblue, alaska, and delta. i met a man in oakland traveling in oakland. >> i just want to get home. it has been a long day here. >> reporter: travelers spent the day reaching out to airlin

of years. t the. >> the other piece of that story, i don't say that the faa was in cahoots with boeing, but it looked like they were having correspondence internally about this being an issue but then not doing anything about it. >> yeah, looked like it didn't go all the way up the chain of command at the faa what i will say is we knew about this this was a nuanced new version of an older story. there was a time in the last couple of months when we were reading about the safety features shut off and they were charging people additional to turn it back on. >> american airlines had had it from the get-go. >> i guess what we didn't realize is some of the carriers including southwest didn't know about it. >> what was it about the anti-stall stuff, they can move where they was just an option. no, i don't think so i think they decided as a way of potentially raising revenue they would turn this off. >> a system together some type of interaction that causes -- >> well, yes the pilot wouldn't necessarily know the faulty reading is going in and to understand the mcas was kicking in and t

>> kristen welker, thank you. >>> this evening we just learned the faa, nasa, boeing and nine civil aviation regulators are joining forces to examine the certification of the boeing max jets meanwhile, there are new details about the final moments on the doomed ethiopian jetliner. here is tom costello. >> reporter: the black boxes from flight 302 show the pilots followed boeing's emergency instructions on how to cut power to the mcas anti-stall system, suspected of forcing the plane down, but as the crew struggled to save the plane, they were unable to pull the nose back up manually and instead turned the system back on again 157 people died when the 737 max crashed just six minutes into flight. >> it appears to me that they may have turned off mcas but the thing that concerns me is it appears they turned it back on why would they have turned it back on? >> reporter: why was the plane flying at 320 knots, much faster than normal. it would make the plane harder to control in a statement today, boeing says we urge caution against speculating and drawing conclusions on the findings prior to the

faa says the issue has been revolved result but travelers might encounter residual delays. we have more on how the issue impacted those in the bay area. >> early-morning, technical glitch continue to impact flights across the country. >> reporter: this is what we are seeing at the oakland airport. i'm counting 25 arrival this lady's delays and 13 departure to blaze delays. we have southwest, united, jetblue, alaska and delta all impacted. in a statement, the faa explained the issue, saying several airlines are experiencing issues with a flight planning and balance program, aerodata. operations are impacted to varying degrees. a man traveling to chicago whose flight was supposed to leave at 6:20 am got pushed back to 8:30 am. he says he was not given a reason why . >> i just want to get home. it has been a long week here so hopefully i will be out of here by 8:30 am. >>> i reached out the communications department at the oakland airport and was told the delays we are seeing today are actually pretty typical of a normal day but they are keeping an eye on things. major airports like c

with another setback. trying to get the 737 max back in service and the faa has ordered boeing to fix a second software problem with the flight control system. boeing officials tell cnn this is separate from the anti-stall software known as the mcas now under investigation and this glitch is relatively minor. but keeping in mind the context of all of this, this comes on the heels of the company ceo taking responsibility for both ethiopian airlines and lion air crashes in the last few months acknowledging the mcas failure contributed to both of those accidents. >> we at boeing are sorry for the lives lost in the recent 737 max accidents. it is apparent that in both flights the maneuvering augmentation system known as mcas acted in response to erroneous angle of attack information. it is our responsibility to eliminate this risk. we own it and we know how to do it. >> attorney fred teasy is a former commercial pilot, former federal prosecutor. he's with me again. polling isn't giving detail but the "post" is reporting the second issue is with the flaps and other flight control hardware

, right?? last year on this program tucker revealed how the faa has diluted its standards hiring less qualified candidates in an effort to promote diversity. they deemphasize job skills and irrelevant relevant factors like how many sports they played in high school. the administration got rid of the worst abiases there still has not been a return to merely merit-based hiring. finally, bthis year bipartisan legislation introduced by senator jean shah neon and senator john hoban would fix out problem permanently and they did. if tucker recently spoke to the aviation attorney and here is what they said to each other. >> it doesn't seem like a complicated problem to fix. this someone of those rare jobs where it would seem thisee heart surgery a few others where you would only want to hire on merit. why has it taken a year to get there? y >> you know, tucker, there is still a lot of administrative push back. there isad still people in the faa that were part of this cobol to try to get rid much the cti program. the be national catastrophic controller's association finally came around and ar

. the faa now says it will take longer than expected for those grounded boeing 737 max flaeeen to get back in the sky. drew griffin joins me now. >> definitely a blow for boeing. an announcement that comes out just after the markets close this afternoon. the faa saying that the software package that boeing was supposed to be delivered to faa is still weeks away. why? according to the faa, time is needed for additional work by boeing as the result of an ongoing review of the 737 max flight control system to ensure that boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues. this is just the software package that is going to be delivered to the faa by the faa of these planes get approved to fly again. so this is definitely a setback in the timing of that fix. of course, the 737 max grounded worldwide. jake? >> all right, drew griffin, thank you so much. >>> in our world leader today, the united nations joining actor george clooney and singer sir elton john against a strict new law targeting people who are gay. in a matter of days, the small asian islamic country of brune

whistleblowers have alleged faa inspectors who inspected the boeing 737 max jet lacked training and valid certifications, and the faa may have been notified about the deficiencies as early as august of 2018. wicker said those inspectors' participation may have led to an inappropriate evaluation of the plane's flight control system, which is suspected to be the cause of both boeing 737 max fatal crashes in ethiopia and indonesia. the faa says it will cooperate with the committee's investigation. we'll bring in nbc's tom costello later in the show for his latest reporting. >>> the florida man on trial for targeting president trump's critics with mailed explosives say he didn't intend to hurt anyone. in a handwritten letter to the presiding judge, 57-year-old apologized for his actions, saying he intended to threaten but not cause harm. attempting to clarify when pleading guilty to federal charges. sayoc believed the pipe bombs targeting barack obama, hillary clinton, cnn, and others he built and mailed last october could have detonated. he said he never expected his devic devices, packed wi

committee is investigating whether faa inspectors were properly trained to certify the aircraft. we have cnn correspondent tom foreman here with us. tom, this could potentially undercut boeing and the faa and its claims following emergency procedures would have fixed the problem. >> yeah, because this cuts right to the crux of the matter. remember in the indonesian crash last fall and more recently this crash in africa, all they have been focused on the system calls mcas. mcas is software on board the plane. here's what we are talking about. i'll bring in a modem. because of the position of the max 8s and max 9s, they have a tendency to nose up in the air. the mcas is automatic software that's supposed to kick in and bring them back to level. but if they get a false reading from the instrumentation in the front, it could push them into a dive. >> that is the fear here. so the procedure for the pilots, they are to go through and shut down mcas and bring the plane back to level and fly on. so if these reports are true, what it's saying is that when the pilots did that, the plane continued. the

boeing employees called an faa whistle blower hot line to report problems with the 737 max airliners. among the complaints of previously unreported issue involving damage to the wiring of the angle of attack sensor by a foreign object. >> the faa telling cnn it may be opening up an entirely new investigative angle into what went wrong in the crashes of two 737 max air lliners that killed 346 people. the hot line submissions were from current and former employees who described problems with the airliner's antistall system. boeing's board will face shareholders for a meeting for the first time since the max jets were grounded worldwide. >>> the u.s. economy posted a strong first quarter, growing by 3.2%. that number will be revised twice more at least but for now this is a powerful tail wind for president trump. resilience is still the word. in stocks the dow is up 1% this month, 14% this year, 7% this year for the s&p 500. this year the nasdaq up more than 27%. these are phenomenal numbers considering the stock market volatility at the beginning of the year. two things are happening,

there were 15 delays reported with southwest having the most at seven. the faa is reporting several airlines were expensing issues with a non-faa flight plan program called aero data. mainline operations and regional operations are affected to varying degrees. the major airlines that were impacted, southwest, united, jetblue, alaska and delta. a lot of those airlines are reporting that because of the earlier outage, or maybe scattered delays throughout the day. it is always a good idea to check with your carrier at the very last minute before you head to the airport. save yourself a trip if you can. >> is look at the live news desk. we have some video from overnight. fire at a homeless encampment. this is near highway 17 near main street. it was a real challenge for firefighters because accessibility, it was sort of down in the growth where they had to first get their equipment down there to start fighting that fire and then it took them once they got there more than five minutes to actually put those flames out. a lot of stuff left behind right now as firefighters tried to determin

safety. one of the lasting legacies will be the relationship the faa has with the rest of the world and its relationship with the european regulator. what is the vision of how this works going forward? certification is now under the microscope. ben: absolutely. the relationship between the faa is the foundation of the modern aerospace industry. these are safety regulators who operate outside of the political rounds and outside of the competition between the manufacturers. essentially, very safely produce aircraft and develop new and next-generation models. the concern that was aired today is that if there is this misalignment or this does faa, thatbetween the could have ramifications that moveon. already saying there is tensions in the world of regulators, they are starting to look at things more closely and there is the overhanging question about the aircraft is certified on its own or they follow the faa. vonnie: fine coverage. that is bloomberg's ben katz. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: in new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is the european close o

administration on behalf of the family. the plane accuses the faa of negligence, breach of warranty, strict liability, failure to warrant in civil conspiracy. it says boeing has has early rushed the 737 max eight to market with the noise is approval of the faa. the decision to put profits over safety must be held accountable for their reckless actions. more will be talked about this lawsuit at a press conference later this morning. >>> australia is cracking down on social media companies after the new zealand massacre was live streamed by the gunmen. in the wake of those attacks australia passed a new law to punish social media companies if they don't remove violent post from their platforms right away. >> it's important that we make a very clear statement to the social media organizations that we expect their behavior to change. >> last month's attacks in new zealand were broadcast live on facebook and shared online for over an hour before being removed. the mosca task suspect is due in court in christchurch tomorrow. police say brenton harrison to rent killed 50 people at two mosques on m

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