and the faa is basically a bystander. so while safety was never econonomics, it has become really a paper saying not onlyththe faa relying on the manufacturer for pretty m much evererything, butt having its own people that are confident and not consult -- tent and dealing with outside experts in vetting the systems. amy: ralph, even when the faa and nasa were grounding the 737 max planes under enormous popular pressure, president dennisontinue to praise muilenburg and has talked about boeing some 200 times in the last three years of public, praising them and has nonot criticized them at all. paul hudson, what shohould trump be doing right now? >> he should be meeting with the people that represent airline passengers and the victitims of these air crcrashes, number one. 103.ughter died in pan am after that, president bush met with families. that put in motion things that eventually greatly improroved te security for aviation. if the president can take phone if hefrom the boeing ceoeo, can meet over and overer again with ai

the faa is only reiterating previous comments that it welcomes external revir ane faa those concerns lau it found, and what if any action it actually took. lester? > now to a dramatic scene about to play out in a federal courtroom in boston. felicity huffman and lori loughlin among the parents caught up in that college admission scandal. here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: lori loughlin and felicity huffman will soon trade in the red carpet for the steps of federal court, charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, both actresses, seen this weekend, out on bail. >> lori, do you regret the way you handle your kids' educations? >> reporter: accused of paying top dollar to cheat their children's way into prestigious universities. loughlin and her fashion designer husband accused of shelling out more than half a million dollars in bribes so their daughters could attend usc. loughlin's future with "full speaks out. >> we stand by each other and pray for each other, and we'll always be there for each other. >> reporter: the alleged mastermind behind the scandal rick singer, telling inv

the faa is allowed to do that. when the faa said we don't have any evidence to ground these planes even though two of them just crashed. that ir allowed to do that. it doesn't make any sense for a regulator to take those actions. >> it doesn't make any sense, but what is the punishment? you and i had a similar conversation after the financial crisis. this makes no sense, but technically you're allowed to do it and then people got away with awful things. lives have been lost here. what will the real fallout be for boeing and the faa? >> well, the fallout for boeing we have already seen and they probably won't be able to get this airplane back up in the sky for a good while. people are not going to trust a software fix to fix this problem. >> but are people really not getting on boeing planes? >> they're getting on any other plane, the max is the problem. it's a perfectly safe aircraft andpoi boeing introduces new aircraft 737 max which they pretended was not a brand-new aircraft and that was the problem. >> that was

. >> reporter: tonight amid multiplve igations into how the faa approved and certied boeing's 737 max, a senate committee has sent this letter to the acting head of the faa, saying the committee has receivedin rmation from multiple whistle-blowers alleging insufficient training and certificat iion ofmp faa per safety inspectors. the concern, that poorly trained inspectors may hav led to an improper evaluation of the mcas anti-stall system suspected in those two he fatal max cr jeff guzzetti is the former chief of faa atccident investns. >> you would hope the pilots for the faa that evaluated the la ai had already been experienced in 737 operations, had alrey 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 el and appropri addressed all pertinent issues. but a former ntsb shhairman says the relati between boeing

the faa not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, you have to go through a process to name the faa but there is a conspiracy claim in that lawsuit where they're saying that boeing and the faa were in conspiracy to get this airplane out. whether that claim could be proven and whether the faa could be proven and it is difficult to hold the government liable in these circumstances remains to be seen but there is clearly a problem where the faa is supposed to be an independent check and safety and they are not being independent, they are in cahoots with boeing. >> we mentioned the first wrongful death lawsuit has been filed. i'll play the sound as one of the victim's families has spoken out. >> we flew there to bring her home. but we learned there were no survivors. then we learned we could not bring home her body. or even fragments of her body. i stood on that ethiopian agricultural field with my family looking at the crater sealing her. this should not happen to anyone again. that is why we're here. the butterfly effect of the ethiopian crash is massive and the potential of my sister and

prior to 2005, at least there was an faa inspector. could be a guy or woman who was really tough or whatever. doesn't happen anymore, so the faa take the word of boeing to self-certified. let's put it this way, when you buy a new iphone and you take it back for a problem, do you want a software patch i don't think so. the accommodation for this plane raises other questions. i hope the faa will look closely , as they say they are the summer. christian: just on that point, michael, are you saying that the engines are too big for the airframe, and to compensate that, the software we balances the aircraft? michael: yes, yes, and engineers have said that. i don't know if engineers or the business were driving the decisions, but clearly they have rld-class engineers and going in airbus. they look for the fixed to the aeronautical problem. the reporte patch -- today speaks to the fact that a key to gaining speed and the pilotsan overtake it. i don't know if the software patch is going to fix the problem. we may have to go back to ground zero

jane: former faa chief of staff michael goldfarb there. now to the brexit deadlock all attention was on dublin, where aela merkel was in talks with taoiseach leo varadkar. mr. varadkar said that any rirequest by minister theresa may for anotherwo delay uld have to be made for credible reason. our ireland var has the latest. emma: a key eu leader arrives' angela merkel' visit comes amid warnings of the possibility of the uk's leaving without any deal has increed, and there is growing speculation over whether ireland could be asked to budge. chancell merkel: we are more than aware of the fact of what is at stake in what has to be solved, what will be essential , what we need to do, what sort of assurance we have to give. maireland, so exposed to brexit, needs the eu's backing. prime min. varadkar: whatever challenges we face, protecting the good friday agreement or maintaining the integrity of the markets, we will approach those as shared challenges. athere won't one trying to force any anything on anyone else. it will be a shared challee an

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 flying continues to be safe. david: i suspect everyone working at boeing, the faa would say safety is the number one priority. specifically, when you talk about collaboration between the private and public sector, that has shifted over time, so there is more work being done by the private sector. has that shifted too far? do we need to look at th

boeing did not notify the faa about the change. this disclosure could come up today at boeing's annual shareholder meeting. we'll have more on this in a little bit. important story, important stock to watch. cheryl: here are other headlines making news this morning. the rabbi who was shot inside a southern california synagogue on saturday says this nothing short of a miracle that more people were not killed. the rabbi himself injured in the attack, came a face-to-face with the suspect and says the rifle miraculously jammed and that prevented a blood bath. a 19-year-old suspect is in custody. he is facing murder charges. well, police in baltimore on the hunt for the suspect who opened fire on a crowd at a cookout yesterday. one person is dead, seven others injured. police say the shooting appeared targeted. he didn't provide a motive. joe biden holding his first campaign rally today at a pittsburgh teamsters hall. biden, a pennsylvania native, has been endorsed by the state's democratic senator. his rival, pete put geein buttis meet

the faa says that's enough. then there's another crash. that's a pretty shocking failure by both the manufacturer and the regulator, is it not? >> people are like, if they follow the emergency procedure, why weren't they able to get control of the aircraft? the ability, the safety is based on what your altitude is, what your air speed is. it gives you time, it gives you options that these pilots didn't have. ethiopia happened soon after takeoff, close to the ground. and what i think the faa and what boeing failed to do is consider that this problem can rear its ugly head in airplanes that are flying slow and low to the ground, and the pilots wouldn't have options. >> i don't want a pilot ever fighting the plane at any altitude. >> the bottom line is the system needs to be easier and the designs that heir coming up with now will prevent this exact thing from happening, but two airplanes have already been lost. >> let's talk about how we got here, because there is really important reporting from our colleagues at cnn business that points out

the faa releasing a statement saying that safety is the faa's top priority. we have a longstanding, well established aircraft certification process that has consistently produced safe aircraft. the single angle of attack sensor was considered in relation to a variety of other factor, specifically well known pilot procedures that would mitigate the effects of a failure. read between the lines here. this is the faa looking towards pilots' action or inaction in these flights which i think is significant >> it sounds like it. drew, thank you very much for sharing part of your investigation with us. >>> john? >> it's time for cnn business now. president trump calls this the greatest economy in many years, maybe in history with stocks at record highs and the economy growing. our chief business correspondent christine romans joins us with more >> hi, guys. happy monday. it was james carville who famously said it's the economy, stupid. with that in mind, the four numbers important for president trump headed into 2020, number one the jobless rate is near the lowest in

that time, according to the faa, is going to be weeks now. and that's just until this software is actually ready for inspection, wolf. >> once boeing makes -- it was being described as this fix it, it will still need to be reviewed by the faa and that will be a while longer. >> the faa saying this would be a vigorous review, and they're not going to approve this installation until the faa is satisfied with the submission. so we are talking weeks before the software is ready, untold time before the faa reviews it and the house committee chairman saying he want an independent review of this fix outside of the faa. so there is no telling right now when this actual software is going to be installed in the plane, and then have the requisite retraining of the pilots before these planes are back up in the air. >> we're also waiting on the preliminary report from ethiopian officials. what are you hearing? what's the latest from investigators there? >> yeah, the transportation officials in ethiopia telling cnn there was an unforeseen delay. they've pu

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 after a pilot re

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 implicated in a previous accident off indonesia came to

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 minutes ago showing santa clara police controlling

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 already seeing some benefits there of some of the work being done with the faa. >> so that was the ceo in 2017 and talking about the planes, both of which indonesia and the ethiopia crashed and he used the word stream lines and critics could say cut corners. how do you see it mary? >> well, it is very telling now because the world now is exposed to how the faa oversight works and the problem with getting your wish and getting the oversight streamline from the faa meaning you get precious little oversight if any and there is a 2015 office of inspector general report that said the faa hadn't even begun to have a framework in place to oversee the boeing designated inspections so the flip side of that is you don't want the faa meddling, well when something goes wrong you are 100% responsible. they can't say,

. >>> 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 muelle

>> 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 comments sure to raise eyebrows in the white house where officials are bracing for impact from the redacted mueller report, now less than 48 hours away from release. here is kristen welker. >> reporter: it was a rare rebuke, breaking precedent. former first lady michelle obama taking aim at t

is there a problem inside the faa? >> i think it probably depends on the time line of who decided what what you do know is they're going to be continuing investigatio investigations we should also tell you we have an update on the bidding war brewing in the permian basin anadarko is planning to endorse a bid with occidental. if anadarko decides to scrap the chevron deal, it will be forced to pay a $1 billion deal they have not commented but the only look it's creating is occidental is up. >> chevron announced the deal. anadarko accepted the deal at a time when occidental claimed they had a bit on the table. what happened between then and today? >> shareholders. >> but is it just the shareholders there's something to me and i get by him >> it's huge did you go >> i did >> my son did. >> no spoilers >> how do you do a three hour plot -- >> you go to the bathroom beforehand. >> no, i understand. >> we do a three-hour show here. >> no, i know. i'm worried about aup super hero movie. >> this is the 22nd film in 11 years. ve

the complaint accuses the faa of negligence. strict reliability, though you're too worn and civil conspiracy. saying boeing's decision to put profits over safety must be held accountable for their leactions. from sfo, jackie ward, kpix 5 news. >>> we have a traffic alert on westbound 80. two left lanes blocked for a six car crash. you have the oncoming skyway at this point. pablo avenue as an alternate. you can see our a live shot just before that crash is, it is just a sea of red. again, san pablo avenue might ease that congestion a bit. instead, we are seeing backup. here's a live look at the upper deck of the bay bridge. we had a couple of trouble spots this morning, one at treasure island. and the one on 101 is really backing up traffic.e tracking a showers, some drizzle, some sprinkles on high definition doppler and that will hang at s bring widespread rain and breezy conditions for your friday. one quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain. dry on sunday. rain chances on monday. 20 of sunshine on tuesday and wednesday o

as you said, weeks away from getting the software delivered to the faa and the faa is promising a very thorough review before anything happens with this plan. >> that's what we want. a very, very thorough review before these planes start flying again. we're also waiting, drew, as you know, from the preliminary report from ethiopian officials. what's the latest from the investigators there? >> we were actually expecting that preliminary report on that crash to come out over the weekend. then it was going to be today. now we are told, our sources in ethiopia saying it's not going to be happening until tomorrow, pushed until tomorrow. we don't exactly know the reasons why. we are just waiting for that preliminary report, which could indicate which problems that boeing and the world may be focusing on in this one plane crash. >> yeah, lots at stake, obviously. drew griffin, thank you very much. >>> coming up, a surprising new twist in the murder of kim jong-un's older brother. it looks like one of the women accused of smearing his face with a deadly nerve agent will soon go free. my experi

the faa is g tng to takir time. let's assume the faa approves ad that up some time in may. then all of these airlines have got to train theirpi ts. i can tell you american alone has 4,000 737 lpilots. f them have got to go through a training procedure. and then the plane still isn't necessarily certified to fly. the faa has to give the final f approv the plane, not just the upgrade. hen the world's aviation authority has to approve this plane. i think we're talking about late y, maybe even june. so increasingly now we're talking about the possibility that this is going to impact tse summer traveon. >> all right. tom costello in d.c. thanks. >>> also this mo ling, thed says it has a suspect in the murder ofap star nipsey hussle. rumors of g sts caused pandemonium senedng terri crowds running for their lives. gadi schwartz has the lat t thrning. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. officials say 1jupeople were d in the chaos. some critically overnight. the lapd also releasing a photo of the man who they believe may have ended hussle's life. hundreds gathered outside the s

the faa is under tremendous pressure right now. we've also got multiple investigations into the max, so the faa is not going to rubber stamp this. they're going to take their time. let's assume the faa approves that upgrade sometime in may. then all of these airlines have got to train their pilots. i can tell you, american alone has 4,000 737 pilots. they're all cross trained on the max. all of them have got to go through a training procedure. and then the plane still isn't necessarily approved to fly. the faa has to give approval to plaep, not just the upgrade, then the world's aviation authorities have to approve the upgrade to this plane. we're talking late may, maybe even june. so increasingly, we're talking about the possibility that this could impact the summer travel season. >> all right, tom costello for us in d.c. tom, thanks. >>> also this morning, the lapd says it has a suspect in the murder of rap star nipsey hussle, but overnight, a scary turn of events for hundreds of mourners who gathered to pay tribute to him when r

. >> 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 s

you mentioned how the faa is working with other regulators. is this more of a global discussion on what needs to happen? andrew: this is a global industry and a global framework of regulators working under global standards and rules, so the system works well. you talk about a cozy relationship. the relationship between the manufacturers, operators, and regulators is symbiotic. it is a subtle relationship in terms of how we share information, make flying safe and safer. the track record speaks for itself. it is right to question procedures and ask ourselves and shouldn't jump to conclusions that the system is broken. far from it, it is robust. the fact different regulators rich different decisions on different days points to the fact that we need good cooperation and sharing of information and i am pleased to see the faa reaching out to a number of other regulators as a part of that process. rishaad: about 1% of the aviation fleet, you said. carrier,e a chinese with this move by the chinese government to reduce levees on these different airline

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 down and just hit the ground like a cannon, and it flattened it out. >> reporter: the crash

insufficient training and improper certification of faa safety inspectors. the concern, that poorly trained inspectors may have led to an improper evaluation of the anti call system suspected in those two fatal max crashes. last week the transportation secretary and the faa chief were grilled about why it took so long to ground the max. >> the faa did not feel that they had any information which would warrant the grounding. >> reporter: meanwhile the max fleet is likely to remain grounded for weeks or even months. boeing was originally expected to release a software fix this week but it now says it will take several more weeks a soft prayer flaw is suspected of forcing the ethiopian and indonesian jet liners into a fatal plunge which pilots could not recover. the faa promises rigorous scrutiny but that alone won't be enough to get the max back in the air. boeing will have to regain the trust of the faa, the world's airlines and regulators. >> we're waiting for so many of the pieces of this puzzle. we were expecting a report from the investnvestigators. that'

congress is looking closely at the relationship between boeing and the faa because the faa is accused of relying heavily on boeing's own safety assessments for certifying aircraft. >>> more outrage in chicago put where police filled the streets, prosecutor, kim fox, after dropping the charges against jussie smollett. >> reporter: the follow from the jussie smollett case continues in chicago. last week, cook county attorney kim fox dropped all charges against him who had been accused of staging a crime against himself. today, the police are holding a big rally, calling for a federal investigation into what did what they say is a pattern of anti-police rulings. >> there is a history of not prosecuting cases or not prosecuting them fully. having low bonds on people. we are turning people back out onto the streets. >> reporter: fox is getting support from powerful activists, reverend jesse jackson joining with clergy, local officials and other community leaders, defending the state attorney and condemning the bullies protest as "white supremacy. those quote >> all white men having guns an

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 ride today. taylor: is a ve

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 are also try

the faa has done a great job in our country. we haven't had any major loss of life accidents in this country for almost a decade. but now, everybody is questioning the thing what they are called designated examiners and for years faa allows people including employees of boeing to look and sign things off. that system works great up until something goes wrong. and now that something has gone wrong and there is a problem, people i think are justifiably saying let's look at this and make sure this is being done right and things are being followed. again, for a decade, it was never an issue. now it is. and so it has got to be lookedality and taken care of. >> fred tecce. >> thank you. >> days after the university of north carolina put its hall of fame women's basketball coach and her entire staff on leave, we have details in the investigation and the racially offensive remarks players said she said. >>> and the president is wheeled down in southern california ahead of a visit to the border. stay with me. what if other kinds of plant

congress is looking closely at the relationship between boeing and the faa because faa is accused of relying on boeing's own safety assessments of new aircrafts. >>> the u.s. marine corps is investigating the death of two helicopter pilots who were killed in a training mission in southwestern arizona. it went down on the training ground outside of yuma. there is no word yet on why the helicopter crashed. the names of the two pilots have not been released. >>> taylor swift's 2018 appearance at levi stadium is adding to the tension between the 49ers and the city of santa clara. the 49ers agreed to add another date for a concert. but tickets for the second show were slow and did not meet swift's contract requirement that all of the venues are filled to acceptable levels. the 49ers had to give away 20,000 tickets to fill the stands at an estimated cost of $2 million. >>> still to come right here on mornings on 2, the grammy nominated musician killed outside of a clothing store. coming up, the investigation into the death of nipsey hussle and how people are remembering the artist. >>> and

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 airlines. the airlines have apologized and explained that they it is a systemwide outage. the faa says the issue is resolved. elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we will track further throughout the morning. >>> a man in fremont is recovering. he worked at the smoking pig restaurant. he went down the street to denny's after his shift for a late night dinner at about 2:30 sunday morning. he says he saw a door dash courier being verbally aggressive to the denny's employees and decided to step in. that is when he say the man punched him in the face. he was hospitalized with a fractured nose and palate and two of his teeth were kno

it was due to be shown to the faa last week but the date has --n pushed back and the fa's the faa says boeing needs more time to carry out work. india has taken another giant leap in its space program, sending up 29 satellites in a rocket launch that is the first of its kind for the space agency. the largest satellite is a 400 kilo unit that will carry on a range of electronic experiments while in orbit. satellitesclude 24 from the u.s. and others including spain and switzerland. global news 24 hours a day on air and that tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. bloomberg. >> china is making a gesture of goodwill to the u.s. ahead of this week's round of trade negotiations. tariffs onspending u.s. autos and also including the opioid fentanyl on a list of banned substances, two moves that should contribute to a more positive atmosphere. let's bring in our editor for greater china, john neal. is it fair to characterize this as less about abstention concessions from china and more about smoothing the path of this next round of negot

that might open up a whole new line of investigation from the faa. so we'll have to see how that plays out. but clearly, this is not the end of the story for boeing. >> thanks very much. >>> still to come, the nra's full board meeting today to decide their next president, after a bitter power struggle at the very top of the organization. has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today. >>> oliver north appears to be out as president of the nra. the decision ends a bitter fight for dominance with the organization's ceo, wayne lapierre. as the new york attorney general has st

multiple investigations into how the faa certified the max. >> the faa welcomes external review of our systems, processes, and recommendations. >> reporter: meanwhile, the max fleet is lightly to remain grounded for weeks or even months. boeing was originally expected to release a software fix for its mcas system this week. it now says it'll take several more weeks. a software flaw is suspected of forcing both the ethiopian and indonesian jet liners into a fatal plunge. once boeing releases a software upgrade, the faa promises rigorous scrutiny. it won't be enough to get the max back in the air. boeing will have to regain the trust of the faa, the world's airlines, and regulators. >> given the intense focus and interest on these two accidents, the software fix may not be enough for the faa to show the world that it is ready to put the airplanes back up in the air. >> reporter: back to the reporting from the "wall street journal," suggesting the crew of the ethiopian airliner did, in fact, turn off mcas, that'd suggest they followed the protocols laid out by boeing and the faa. the ques

. >>> 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 release of the flight

the faa and boeing are confident. they know the answers are technically but they need help from foreign regulators for all

"the wall street journal" report citing a high level briefing from an faa source. we are understanding that the pilots recognized the problem with that automated trim, according to the report, they went to a man yum trim, the back-up, the second option. they struggled with this, too. that's when the plane plunged to the ground. once we have an idea of what is contained in the preliminary report, we will be able to understand what the pilots did to stop it. they followed emergency procedures according to "the wall street journal" and still weren't able to keep the plane from plunging into the ground. the captain is obviously been under immense scrutiny, including the first pilot. if this report turns out to be true that they did everything possible to keep the plane up, then it will be a vindication for him and his first officer and a vindication for ethiopian airlines that have been under scrutiny as well. the question will be after the lion air crash no october, why more wasn't done to prevent the system from repeatedly failing. tough operations for boeing will be

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. >>> whistleblower reports are raising questions about the faa inspectors who reviewed the 737 max planes for certification and whether they were properly trained. according to information from documents reviewed, the faa may have been notified about training deficiencies as early as august, 2015. that's two months before the first of the two deadly boeing crashes. >> an investigation is under way in how the boeing 737 max was certified to fly as prosecutors issued subpoenas as part of a grand jury criminal investigation. one being asked to turn over all communications including drafts related to the boeing 737 max. >>> a security breach at mar-a-lago resort. a woman carrying chinese passports and malicious software entered the facility illegally late last month. the president was staying there at the time, but was not on site. she gained access through a miscommunication with members of the resorts security detail. >> she was detained after telling a receptionist she was there for an event that didn't exist. they found four cell phones, laptop, thumb drive in her possession. the thumb dr

and what is the faa saying about all of this? we have more on that next. named 'park' in the u.s. ninety-six hundred roads it's america's most popular street name. but no matter what park you live on, one of 10,000 local allstate agents knows yours. now that you know the truth, are you in good hands? >>> boeing's worldwide fleet of 737 max jets is facing several more weeks of mapped try grounding. the plane-maker continues to work on a software fix after similar crashes in indonesia and ethiopia killed nearly 350 people. cnn's tom foreman is in washington. tom, what more are you hearing this morning? >> reporter: well, this was something that we thought might be taking days before these updates were in place, and the plane's presumably are approved by the faa and back up in the air. then at the 11th hour boeing apparently discovered something in their internal procedures that said we need to fix something more, and the faa issued a statement that says time is needed for additional work by boeing as a result of an ongoing review o

faa and u.s. airlines. >> u.s. airlines and the pilot unions want to know how the work on this software fix for the 737 max is progressing. ultimately the airlines want to make sure that the airplane is going to be safe to fly and it can get passengers on these planes and the pilots want the same thing. they're not going to fly the plane if they're not satisfied that the plane is safe. liz: i need to ask you, because the big question is the safety and the issue of what happened. for our viewers who aren't really understanding of exactly what downed these two planes, i'm not sure investigators have fully announced what it is, there is this mcas software system, correct? and it has been misreading data and telling the plane that its engines are stalling and it has pointed the nose down, and that is what was certainly at the forefront of what brought those two planes down. >> neither investigation in the lion air crash in october in indonesia, nor the crash in ethiopia on march 10th, neither has been completed yet, bu

. >>> welcome back to "squawk"ally the first drone program wu approved by the faa in the u.s ups will do it across the hospital campus. joining us now is the ceo of matternet. it has been a long, slow slog in terms of commercial drone deliveries here in the u.s. going mainstream break down this program, this partnership with u.p.s. for us and why healthcare seems to be, at least at this point in time, potentially the way forward. >> it starts with a need there's a very big need to make healthcare transportation more efficient, so when you look at hospital system like stanford, for instance, where i am today, there's typically 5 to 10 facilities that need to be connect were super fast, super reliable transportation and that's what our system can do, give very predictable transportation, streamline transportation time down from 2 hours to a few minutes this is happening under a new faa program. it started in november 2017 and we're midway through it and given this opportunity to prove our technology and figure out how it's going to scale. so we're starting at wake med with u.p.s. and we

this is as audio boasting of how quickly the faa approved of the 737 max 8 jet. we're starting with the department of justice responding to criticism of attorney general william para's portrayal of the mueller report. the usually tight-lipped mueller investigators are now questioning the attorney general's summary of their work, and they say that their conclusions in their nearly 400-page report are much worse for the president than barr has indicated. the president is calling this fake news on twitter even though he's not seen the actual mueller report. jessica snider is at the justice department where officials there are now responding, jess. what are they saying? >> reporter: the department of justice trying to tamp down on these reports that cnn has confirmed that investigators from mueller's team have been frustrated and griping about the fact that they don't believe that barr's initial four-page letter to congress adequately summarized and encapsulate what had robert mueller's full report, about 400 pages, actually said, so the justice department is pushing

the faa and boeing are confident. they know the answers are