here is what the faa is calling for.led visual inspection of the door blog, the part that violently shot of alaska 12 82 weeks ago. the faa also wants checks of the bullets and guides that hold the door plug on the plane, and any abnormal conditions to be corrected. remember, with airlines that operate these planes in the u.s. found loose door plug bolts. alaska airlines, 65 max nines, they say the inspections will take about 12 hours, meaning the first few max nines will be some flying as soon as tomorrow. united airlines, 79 max 9s. united says its planes will be flying by sunday. airlines cannot wait to end this chapter after being forced to cancel flights by the thousands, even still though the question a lot of people have here is are these planes truly safe. important to note, the ntsb has not finished its investigation, and this week i asked this question to faa administer mike whitaker. >> should the flying public feel safe being on a max 9, when it is ultimately unground it? >> if the aircraft is on grounded tha

>> the faa halting expansion which is hitting the stock i want to look ahead to the faa report of theyou have spoken to the faa administrator. what do you expect penalties? what changes could come out of the report like this >> certainly changes in terms of how they inspect aircraft before they leave renton, washington. that is a given. we already see faa inspectors on the shop floor checking the work at key points and making sure boeing is doing what it is supposed to be doing you will see that. in terms of fines, it is too early to know if we will see something like that, frank this is the faa realizing that what happened during the max after the crashes in 2018 and 2019 and the faa was really criticized and rightly so in many ways for being too slow to act with boeing. they are not doing that this time around. mike whitaker realizes their job is to be a regulator that's what they are doing they are making sure all of the rules and regulations are followed and that this doesn't happen again you can't have a piece of a plane fly off in mid flight. >> phil lebeau, latest on boeing phi

remember, the faa has grounded the max 9 in the u.s.s it figures out how airlines should inspect their planes for problems. the faa administrator told me that the door plug is a good design but only when it's properly executed. a big caveat there. the bolts that hold the door plug in place on the plane, they are key. there are four of them. if they're not installed, the door can shimmy out of its retaining grooves and shoot off with explosive force like we saw on january 5th. here is the sound bite from the faa administrator saying quality control is now the focus of its investigation. >> we know this particular design has been in other aircraft that are not the max, that have millions of hours of operation. there's a fair amount of comfort around the design and everything that we are seeing is confirming that. it takes us to production, manufacturing, maintenance, those issues and ensuring pieces are where they need to be and all the bolts are if place. >> the faa has inspectors on the ground at boeing's plant in washington. the goal,

even the faa. even as the faa clears the path for the grounded max nine to fly again. you're watching. getting answers. i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us today. the faa laid out the inspection process that clears the way for the grounded boeing 737 max nine to take to the skies again and quickly, alaska said its max nine will return to service tomorrow while united said it will be sunday. this comes three weeks after an alaska jet made by boeing lost pressure mid-air when a door plug blew out at 16,000ft above portland, oregon. thank fully, no one was seriously injured, but this mishap shined a light on boeing's manufacturing practices and put the industry and faa into crisis mode. joining us live now is henry harteveldt, president of the global travel industry research and advisory firm. the atmosphere research group. henry nice to have you on today. >> hello, kristen. >> so the faa has cleared the max nine to fly, but what is the process? tell us about the inspections that they need to go through. >> these are going to be detailed inspections. they last approxim

what exactly is the faa doing here?uestioning whether boeing has adequate safety practices in place, oversight to ensure that its products are, in fact, in compliance with faa regulations, and questioning the entire inspection process, the quality control process. the faa chief in a cnbc exclusive this morning went on the air and essentially said the faa is going to increase its oversight of boeing's production and manufacturing, and oh, by the way, also the company called spirit aero systems that provides the fuselage for boeing systems. here's what he said. >> this is a brand new aircraft. it has just come off the line, and it had significant problems, and we believe there are other manufacturing problems as well. this is all about finding where the risks are, identifying the risks and mitigating them. we're going to increase oversight by auditing the production process at boeing and spirit. >> spirit makes the fuselage. this is important, i know you'll appreciate it. following the max 8 crashes, where 346 people died

it comes one day after the faa said while the ntsb is investigating the crash, faa now investigatingd this plane with a defect to actually get out onto -- in the skies and now today the faa saying it is going to overhaul and expand its oversight of boeing, concerned that not only this plane came off the assembly line with a problem, others may too. take a listen to are right now what the faa chief said in a cnbc exclusive this morning. >> so this is a brand new air california. it has just come off the line, and it had significant problems, and we believe there are other manufacturing problems as well. so this is all about finding where the risks are. identifying the risks and mitigating them, so we're going to increase oversight by auditing the production process at boeing and at spirit. >> when he says spirit, spirit aerosystems kind the pg. boeing made that tube into a plane. the faa's statement on the investigation is also very telling. take a look at what they said in their statement. the faa says this incident should have never happened. it cannot hpe again. faa formally notifie

has the faa commented?e out there, that this is just a boeing issue, and right now it's just a boeing issue on the max 9? >> so we're only talking about boeing as an aircraft maker, that's the only manufacturer of aircraft that has had these kinds of significant issues and has suppliers, spirit aero systems, they're focusing on the max nine. that's where we had this problem, the problem with the door plug that blew out. but as you know, there was a significant problem with the max 8, they had a computer system program which put the plane into a stall if the pilots flipped a particular switch and weren't expecting a particular reaction. so they've had a series of issues there at boeing in terms of quality control, in terms of not being fully forthcoming with the faa about the issues with their planes. and in the case of that max 8 actually hiding some issues with their planes. >> tom costello, thank you very much. >> you bet. >>> and it is gross outside. and by outside, i mean outside pretty much everywhere.

department of transportation and faa inspector general. >> i think it's important that the faa investes. i think i think what the faa really meant to say is we're going to inspect and we're going to oversee me, and we're going to do safety enforcement. >> miss schiavo says the faa is simply reacting to the national transportation safety board's thursday announcement that it was widely expanding its look into boeing. >> the faa simply turned over their job to boeing. they let boeing self certify, self inspect and basically tell the faa when the plane was ready for certification to schiavo. >> it's the same old song back when i was inspector general. >> i mean, the faa was basically the, you know, the cheerleader for airlines, the cheerleader for boeing, and says former inspector general schiavo. >> the faa has been dismissive of the many whistleblowers who have come forward to it. >> i don't think the faa is capable of soul searching. you're not capable of self-generated change, and the only entity they will actually do something for is the hill from whence their money falleth i'd say

faa is investigating. have faa plane one roll, the independent ntsb or national transportation safety board playing another role. i'm not going to get ahead of any investigators who obviously are going to be very early in that process. what i will say is at any time these investigations of an incident or sometimes even something that just could have turned into an incident that gets caught, anytime that happens, what follows is an investigation, and if anything emerges from that, about anything in the stages from all the way from the design of an aircraft to its maintenance, to its choices that were made that day related to that flight, all of that can be considered, and all of that affects the work that goes on, going into the future to keep aviation safe. the track record of the u.s. aviation, the fact that flying is the safest way to travel in the united states is not something that the faa ever takes for granted, and it's why you have such a dedicated focus resources going into investigating every inci

after the faa announcement - on this unfolding situation.ent to - on this unfolding situation. till? the faa announcement to grounding about 171 planes, united airlines hasjoined about 171 planes, united airlines has joined alaskan airlines in grounding its aircraft that are similar in terms of configuration. in a statement it said that it has about 79 of those planes and that travel will be disrupted. about 60 flights will be disrupted today, so we are starting to see the wider implications of this announcement to ground those flights. find implications of this announcement to ground those flights.— ground those flights. and what more can ou tell ground those flights. and what more can you tell us _ ground those flights. and what more can you tell us about _ ground those flights. and what more can you tell us about how— ground those flights. and what more can you tell us about how events - can you tell us about how events unfolded in the sky? the can you tell us about how events unfolded in the sky?— can you tell us about how events unfolded

very difficult to determine that the faa ultimately is the rule maker. so everybody has a piece of the steak to make sure that things are resolved and they will be resolved. what we forget is how safe air travel has become in the united states. we haven't had major incidences for years. we are the safest mode of transport by far, and in terms of countries where the safest country in the world to fly, this is an isolated incident. we're very fortunate. no, there were no fatalities. there were some injuries, though. let's look at this for what it is, which is basically a learning moment. and the nice thing is it's not going to happen again. >> all right. well, speaking of learning moment right in alaska ceos apology today. he did announce new action. apparently the airline will have its own people now on the boeing production line. do you think that is actually helpful. not just for appearances but a real quality control boost by doing that, there are so many airlines . >> alaska airline, although it's a significant airline in the pacific northwest, is not

senate tonight, the faa's new guidance to get the max 9s in the sk as soon as this weekend. alaska aiming to get it moving by friday while united hopeful they will begin scheduled service on sunday the new standards set out by the faa come as david calhoun, boeing's top executive, was on capitol hill getting a grilling from members of congress. >> mr. calhoun, what's your message to passengers concerned about flying on your planes >> we fly safe planes. we don't put airplanes in the air that we don't have 100% confidence in. >> reporter: calhoun's comment comes just one day after the ceo of alaska airlines told our tom costello that he was angry with boeing and its leadership team. this after a door plug on a boeing built airplane operated by alaska airlines exploded out of the aircraft in midflight. a problem ben minicucci, alaska's ceo, placed directly on boeing in our exclusive interview. >> there's no doubt that alaska received an airplane off the production line with a faulty door. >> reporter: lawmakers are demanding answers. alaska senator dan sullivan, who represents

>>>> the faa has been scrutinizing boeing in the last several years. has been greater oversight. now what we've seen in the latest fiasco is a firmer response than what we heard on capitol hill earlier today in the u.s. boeing saying they will be as transparent as they can be. they are being as transparent to lawmakers who are clearly getting a lot more concern about what's going on. but then the lawmakers are saying we fully trust what boeing is telling us. they are being honest and open in their dealings. clearly you've got to divide here that whilst there is real heat on boeing, from one sector from the customers and airlines, their sphere that washington -- there is fear washington will try to support one of its biggest exporters. paul: our asia transport reporter danny lee. let's take a look at what we are tracking on the markets at the moment. we have nikkei futures looking a little bit softer ahead of the open. of course, it's been a very good couple months for the nikkei. s&p in positive territory as well. after hours ibm shares performing pret

and that included charges by the faa and others that they were not truthful with the faa, that they misled the faa on the certification of the max. and that's a pretty damning allegation. remember that it's an allegation. they were not charged, convicted, or tried. so it remains an allegation. >> we're lucky to have your expertise at times like this. mary, thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you. >>> all right, you're watching cnn. we'll bebe right bacack. >>> our top story an accident an alaska airlines flight that has left much of world's 737 max 9s grounded. a national transportation safety board news conference wrapped up. officials asked for finding part of the plane and discussed what they know so far about the accident. they said a door plug, as it's called, you can see the outline of it there, came off the alaska airlines flight shortly after take off at an altitude of 16,000 feet or nearly 5 kilometers. it left a hole in the side of the plane. you can see the outline of what it would be if it were the door. this plane did not have the door, but it could ha

because of the faa's work, every u.s.icensed launch or reentry operation from space force has met without accepting the highest levels of safety, despite the obviously unforgiving nature of the space environment. we introduced a bipartisan space port act of a infrastructure needs at just space force such as call about aerospace port. how does the fa sport infrastructure needs of emerging space force around the country to continue with licensing along with prioritizing safety? >> thank you for the question, senator hickenlooper. in 2018 as result result of the reauthorization act for the faa, we did stand up an office of space force which supports the infrastructure needs of our 14 license space force in the u.s. pirg we work very closely with those space force to address policy concerns, funding concern, other issues that are of interest to the space port. we work very closely with that in that regard. we also have authorization for a space port and for such a matching grant program if you will. we have that authority for

that's when buttigieg should have come in, the faa should have come in.ead of the faa and buttigieg should be monitoring those planes >> harold: there were transportation secretaries before him too that failed as well. >> judge jeanine: rent's blame them all i'm happy the whole administration >> harold: let me write that down blame them all >> judge jeanine: up next joe rogen and the creator of yellowstone are roasting liberals for declaring war on masculinity. ♪ man, wish i had 750 donuts like this sign says. it says $750 "dollars," not "donuts." what if each donut cost a dollar? i hate that you're kind of right. switch to progressive and you could save hundreds. ♪ ♪ >> harold: joe rogan and taylor share within th >>> they're blaming liberal ideology for demonizing work ethic and masculinity. >> all these things are bad, work ethic, all these things are racist. >> yeah, toxic masculinity. >> oh, yeah, i've been accused of that. >> congratulations, you're on the right side. >> these are all terms that have been created. it's fascinating, language is being

he says i have confidence in any aircraft approved by the faa. the faa is doing a great job. says the faa that clears plans so they can fly's doing a great job, and they have to do some investigation. do you think pete knows what's going on? >> jesse: it's one of those heck of a job brownie stories. you have to say we are doing a great job. just put that out there. i'm not buying gg who is nine months old her own seat. i'm not. i will hold her tight, she'll be fine. nobody is going to suck my child out of the plane. i put her on my lap or emma's lap. juniors buckled in, he watches his tv. if gg squirms, you give her child tylenol and every thing is fine. >> judge jeanine: oh, you do not. >> jesse: doubts the plan >> judge jeanine: pete buttigieg, this guy ran for president four years ago and he's a guy who prioritized the dei hiring. does he take any responsibility for the mess going on? >> dana: he doesn't and the only thing they do in the faa is great, everything's great, and on the commercial break i'll tell you the story and put that into context. i can't imagine if your

the east bay government official that has real authority to change the faa's culture, whether the faa likes it or not, i suppose at this point, they probably would. back to you and tom. >> when you look at this relationship between the faa and boeing over the years, do you see any other sort of similar apparent conflicts of interest that you've covered? >> well, of course, if you think back to the pg and e, california public utilities commission relationship up until the explosion and up until all the wildfires, they were very hoity toity, close together, too much conflict of interest and all of that stuff. and a lot of that has changed now. and the other one was before all of the flaring and all of the fires that were far more numerous than they are now, contra costa county had way too cozy relationship with the refineries, but a lot of that has changed. that's not to say there aren't still problems, but it is to say that those cultures can change. and so that sort of raises the question of where we go from here, what what sort of changes can be made at the faa to have the agency pro

department of transportation and faa inspector general. >> i think it's important that the faa invest. i think i think what the faa really meant to say is we're going to inspect and we're going to oversee me, and we're going to do safety enforcement. >> miss schiavo says the faa is simply reacting to the national transportation safety board's thursday announcement that it was widely expanding its look into boeing. >> the faa simply turned over their job to boeing. they let boeing self certify, self inspect and basically tell the faa when the plane was ready for certification to schiavo. >> it's the same old song back when i was inspector general. >> i mean, the faa was basically the, you know, the cheerleader for airlines, the cheerleader for boeing, and says former inspector general schiavo. >> the faa has been dismissive of the many whistleblowers who have come forward to it. >> i don't think the faa is capable of soul searching. you're not capable of self-generated change, and the only entity they will actually do something for is the hill from whence their money falleth i'd say th

it is not what the faa should even consider.: i want to bring nadia milleron into the conversation, aviation safety advocate. on friday we spoke to your uncle , ralph nader, and i asked him about your daughter about samya and her death in 2019, along with 156 others over ethiopia. she was a public health advocate. this was ethiopian flight 302 which was a max 8. what was your response when you heard about what happened on friday? it is astounding, this area the size of a door, the size of a refrigerator, just blew out and only by chance this almost full flight did not have people sitting right there. the seats were ripped from what took place. the whole wall going out. now a portland teacher has found that in their backyard. talk about your response. >> first, i was so grateful and all of the families were so grateful no one died. this is a huge wake-up call for the american people. we have been trying --ed pierson and joe jacobson -- have been trying to highlight all of these pilot reports that have been happening over the last

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so there's a lot of inspecting going on both on the hill, in the faa and at boeing. >> more than what we've seen, does this moment call for structural regulatory change? >> oh, i think it does. boeing, you know, has managed to come through several disasters by reassuring the hill, by reassuring the faa and at some point, you know, the reassurance and the patience with boeing wears out. and the fact that boeing had to make the rounds on the hill last week and reassure senators and the faa has dispatched more inspectors, that says to me a revamping of their inspection, oversight and quality control and really how closely the government is going to put them under scrutiny is coming down the pike. boeing's actually going -- they don't think they're lucky, but this additional scrutiny, if it prevents another disaster, boeing's extremely lucky if that's what's going to happen here, that they're going to make them safer, and i think it will. >> mary sciavo, always great to have you. thank you. >>> still ahead, an important recall for a cough syrup you might have in your cabinet. that plus yo

it is not what the faa should even consider.: i want to bring nadia milleron into the conversation, aviation safety advocate. on friday we spoke to your uncle , ralph nader, and i asked him about your daughter about samya and her death in 2019, along with 156 others over ethiopia. she was a public health advocate. this was ethiopian flight 302 which was a max 8. what was your response when you heard about what happened on friday? it is astounding, this area the size of a door, the size of a refrigerator, just blew out and only by chance this almost full flight did not have people sitting right there. the seats were ripped from what took place. the whole wall going out. now a portland teacher has found that in their backyard. talk about your response. >> first, i was so grateful and all of the families were so grateful no one died. this is a huge wake-up call for e ameran people. we have been trying --ed pierson and joe jacobson -- have been trying to highlight all of these pilot reports that have been happening over the last two

what is the faa doing?ra, they are doing an immediate audit of boeing's manufacturing and production process and boeing announced today that they are going to do additional safety checks for their 737 max aircraft. but hindsight is 2020, and today there are questions, if the faa was mia and why they did not see this coming after just last spring the faa assured congress the 737 max was totally safe. now people are taking a closer look at the faa hiring practices, particularly their dei, diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices. faa has gone out of its way to include people with different abilities and also people with intellectual and psychiatric challenges, too, giving some people pause. the faa writes of their diversity, equity, inclusion hiring this, targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the federal government as a matter of policy has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. they include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, ep

the faa is investigating, the national transportation safety board, walk us through what both agenciesand what more oversight from the faa practically means. >> this is a dramatic development from the faa today because we know the ntsb is investigating how this accident happened and what contributed to the accident. that's the ntsb's job, the faa, yesterday, announcing its launching an investigation into what the heck is happening at boeing that would allow this kind of a defect to come through its entire production line and then make its way onto a commercial jet liner, and then today, the faa coming out and saying, we're not comfortable with the faa's quality control, we're not comfortable with their commitment to safety, we are dramatically increasing the auditing, if you will, the safety auditing there, of the boeing production line, let me just read to you something that the faa released in a statement, as they're talking about all of their concerns, they say this incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again, says the faa, faa formally did notify boeing it is co

what does it look like the faa steps in and does that sort of thing? >> it makes me wonder why we do not have the faa they are more often and in greater numbers. it is a matter of money and this is an important russian for congress. essentially the builders of these airliners use their own people to do inspections. clearly, there is a potential conflict of interest there. in the interest of aviation safety, the manufacturers would tell you it is safe because no one wants to put an unsafe aircraft in the air. there are subtle ways things can be overlooked like bolt that need to be tightened. should the faa step up its ongoing inspection campaign and not just send the troops in after you have had an incident which could've caused -- could have caused a much greater lemony. >> boeing not only facing scrutiny from federal inspectors and lawmakers but it's airline partners as well. a lot of money is being lost because these airplanes were grounded. what do you anticipate the long- term impact will be for boeing? >> i think it's hard to overstate it when you

unusual is it for the faa to take this step?l, so, once this incident occurred, the airline and the manufacturer is obligated to let the faa know, and the ntsb, no and they uninitiated a initial immediate investigation. based on the findings, the faa has determined this is an unacceptable risk, and they have put out an emergency airworthiness directive, directing the airlines of the united states to do a one-time inspection of the store issue that blew out in that alaska airlines event yesterday. to take a look at it, they probably know exactly what they're supposed to be looking for. once they look at it, if there is nothing there, they could put the plane back into service. >> jeff, before i get to other issues with this plane, can i ask you if you know what that door was for? it looks like it's not an emergency exit. it's not the path through which, say, galley service and that sort of thing would come onto the plane. what is that door? >> so, this door is actually an emergency exit door, but it's only required for certain co

because of the faa's work, every u.s.ensed launch or reentry operation from space force has met without accepting the highest levels of safety, despite the obviously unforgiving nature of the space environment. we introduced a bipartisan space rt act of a infrastructure needs at just space force such as call about aerospace port. how does the fa sport infrastructure needs of espace y to continue with licensing along with prioritizing safety? >> thank you for the question, senator hickenlooper. in 2018 as result result of the reauthorization act for the faa, we did stand up an office of space force which supports the infrastructure needs of our 14 license space force in the u.s. pirg we work very closely with those space force to address policy concerns, funding concern, other issues that are of interest to the space port. we work very closelyith that in that regard. we als have authorization for a space port and for such a matching grant program if you will. we have that authority for some years now. we haven't had it app

the decision by the faa to increase oversight of the company, the news at noon starts now. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon, i'm garcia. mikaelian. i'm andre senior. >> we head live outside right now. another storm about to make its way into the bay area. the rain expected to move in tonight through tomorrow. ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo is here with more on that system. cold weather two this morning. rosemary. >> yes, a very chilly start to andre garcia. happy friday to you. and hello to all of you. we are looking at an increase in clouds for today. perhaps a few sprinkles tonight, but really it's going to be tomorrow when the bay area sees the rain. on to the sierra. an advisory begins tonight for the snow. here's a look from ktvu across the oakland estuary. after temperatures starting in the upper 20s to low 30s for some of our inland cities this morning, we do see temperatures in the upper 50s to low uh, six seconds for the afternoon. here's a view of storm tracker two, where we do have mostly cloudy skies. you can see just a little bit of moisture em

that has also not been approved by the faa. but that is in the backlog. >> but not so much for the max 9. for more on this fallout, let's get to our panel. and the chairman of the boyd group. what is your reaction to this situation? >> a piece of an airplane fell off and it's not as simple -- i wonder if it is simpler than it is going to be. we had an airplane that had a structural failure. bill said the faa will be very circumspect about it. the good news is it will not affect the air transportation industry in america. it will hurt alaska and effect united. going forward it may go beyond the next couple of days. >> i asked phil the question about allowing these airplanes back in the air before it would seem we know exactly what happened. and his answer was they would not let them back in if they were concerned that they did not meet the standard. and my understanding that correctly? >> absolutely. i think something as serious as this we have a you/failure in flight, i think it will be a lot simpler than looking at a. alaska l

party to that would be pilots, flight attendants associations and boeing and the faa.o that door plug and because they were close to the airport when that door blew and not at high altitude, with people walking around. tha nkfully thankfully it wasn't a more tragic incident. she said that only for minor injuries happened as a result of it. the us has the safest flightsafety system in the world and they have to maintain that standard. she also appealed to locals to let them know they find a door that they need for an investigation, which blew out. some details from the press conference. we will keep you up—to—date when we learn more on that story about what exactly happened. turning to some of the news now. at least 11 people, including five children, have been killed in a russian missile strike in eastern ukraine according to local officials. at least six houses were destroyed in the city of pokrovsk, which sits around 80km from the front line of fighting. a raid on the city in august left nine people dead and more than 80 injured. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james wate

so it -- if approved by the faa this will without question grow the local economy. it is important the faa safely in a great leading-edge technology in the aviation systems so what are they doing to spur innovation, safety, in these regional airports that play such a big role such as northern colorado airport in pursuing a remote tower project? >> my organization works closely with nexgen organizations. initial technology evaluated to date had some shortfalls. we want to make sure the system works and is reliable and provides the equivalent level of safety we see in the staff tower. we see promise and we continue to do that work, our office is bringing additional technology into our center in new jersey, to build that part level of contrast -- to build that level of trust. >> anything i say, safety first is pretty much the mantra i expect and what we have been hearing. the recent runway near misses of close to catastrophic proportions seem to be increasing at an alarming rate. september denver international airport opened a new taxiway that hopefully will eliminate

. >>> that mid-air emergency aboard a boeing plane now the faa recommending airlines to inspect another boeing model our nbc news exclusive. >>> the site where a notorious segregated psychiatric hospital stood, and the push to turn it into a place of healing >>> and the celebration on the court after stanford's coach surpassed the legendary coach k to make college basketball history >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. the race for the republican presidential nomination is a two-way contest tonight. nikki haley, the last primary challenger to donald trump left standing, after ron desantis suspended his campaign and threw his support to the former president. the shake-up in the race being framed as good news by the haley campaign, appearing to invigorate the former south carolina governor in the final hours before new hampshire voters go to the polls for tomorrow's primary election haley determined to challenge front-runner donald trump, declaring, america doesn't do coronations, we believe in choices, she said, but two new po

here's what the faa is calling for. a detailed visual inspection of the door plug, that's the part that violently shot off alaska 1282 two weeks ago, f a wants checks of bolts and guides that hold the door plug on the plane and any abnormal conditions to be corrected. both airlines that operate the planes in the u.s. found loose door plug bolts. alaska airlines has 65 max nines. inspections will take 12 mohour. the first few will be flying as soon as friday. united airlines has 75 max 9s, its planes will start flying on sunday. after being forced to cancel thousands of flights, even still, the question a lot of people have is are these planes truly safe? important to note, the ntsb has not finished its investigation and this week i asked that question to faa administrator mike whitaker. should the flying public feel safe being on a max 9 when it is ultimately ungrounded? >> if the aircraft is ungrounded that means we believe it's air worthy. if it's air worthy, the aircraft is safe. i can say we're not going to let the

but the faa is auditing the 737s max 9 production line and suppliers. the ntsb is also conducting its own investigation. the door plug arrived on friday night at an ntsb lab in washington, d.c. joining us now to continue this conversation, cnn's safety analyst and former faa safety inspector david sussi. good to see you this morning. let's start with the boeing ceo dave calhoun admit to go a, quote, unquote, mistake this past week during an all employee meeting in washington. listen. >> we're going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. we are going to approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of the way. we're going to work with the ntsb, who is investigating the accident itself to find out what the root cause is. i have a long experience with this group. >> what mistake do you think he's referring to? >> the mistake that i can see so far that i know about is these bolts that were not either securely fastened or they were designed wrong, they weren't put in properly. that's what they're waiting to find out and that's

in a statement, the faa saying, that incident must never happen again. today's action coming in addition to the faa's investigation of boeing and its suppliers and after the ceo of boeing faced new questions today, this time from top members of congress, as he tries to navigate criticism the company has faced. it's where we begin tonight with ryan nobles at the capitol. ryan, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the faa announcing tonight that it is halting all future production expansion of the max 9 plane and it also outlined the intense inspection and maintenance process that it will require to get the planes back in the air. now, this comes as the ceo of boeing was here on capitol hill taking tough questions from members of the u.s. senate. tonight, david calhoun, boeing's top executive, on capitol hill. >> did you ask for the meeting, sir? >> reporter: getting a grilling from congress. calhoun making a promise to his customers. >> what's your message to passengers concerned about flying on your planes? >> we fly safe planes. we don't put

with alaska and united's max 9s still grounded pending inspections, the faa chief says that they will not be rushed into service >> we're going to go with it when it's safe. >> reporter: meanwhile the door plug involved in that explosion is now at the ntsb lab in washington and will undergo analysis this weekend. lester. >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> in a first for the biden justice department, federal prosecutors in buffalo, new york, say they will seek the death penalty against the man who killed ten black shoppers and staff at a tops supermarket in 2022. payton gendron faces federal hate crime charges and is already serving life without parole after pleading guilty to state murder charges. >>> israel said tonight a deal has been reached to allow medicine to be delivered in the next few days to the hostages held by hamas in gaza. as the war rages on, there is also growing unrest in the israeli occupied west bank richard engel reports, and a warning, some of the images in this report are disturbing. >> reporter: already at war with hamas in gaza and under threat from iranian-back

, the faa has yet to approve them. so there are some delays here in terms of what the airlines are learning as they try to figure out their next moves. >> there was something done over the weekend that felt like it was going to be a good week to get a lot of fix and repairs in, but that was rescinded. again, there's more clarity. so as quickly as that can be expedited in my experience, lots of conversations between the company and the faa folks that govern that, so that process would be really helpful to, you know, i know united has about a 240, 270 flights a day that are affected by this aircraft. so they're scrambling, finding customers to different places. but of course, the sooner we can do that, we can get everybody back and flying. >> jeff, amazing that these are not the only issues. there were these pressurization lights going off flying over land instead of water. how does that relate back to some of these other issues with loose bolts, potentially with hardware manufacturing, and just with this aircraft class

the faa's plan to let boeing's 737 max 9s fly again following that mid-flight blowout. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the primaries have just begun, but donald trump and president biden are already shifting to a november mindset, while nikki haley is fighting for space in the race. today the former president returns to manhattan, to a courtroom there, and mr. biden heads to the swing state of wisconsin after picking up a big endorsement. cbs' jarred hill is joining us with the latest on the campaign trail. good morning. >> good morning. former president trump is also picking up more endorsements, as well, after that now second primary win. nikki haley, who has repeatedly said this is an election not a coronation, isn't stepping aside. nikki haley defying pressure to drop out of the vp to presidential race is calling out former president donald trump. >> get on a debate stage and let's go. [ cheers ] bring it, donald. show me what you got. >> reporter: the former south carolina governor announced at a rally in her home state that she's raised over

the faa will not allow a plane to fly unless it's 100% sure. the faa also saying it will not allow business as usual to return at boeing. boeing needs to dramatically improve its quality control. >> they've been feeling the pressure. tom, thank you so much. >>> new numbers show more encouraging signs for our economy with few signs of recession on the horizon. the economy grew in 2023 by 3.1%. the gdp, which measures the value of goods and services, grew at an even faster annual rate than predicted of 3.3%. nbc news business and data correspondent brian chung joins us to break down the numbers. brian, what does this report tell us about the state of the economy last year? >> yeah, look, you cut it or slice it any way, it's good, because we were expecting recession going into 2023 with forecasts saying the economy might only grow by 0.7%. instead for the full year, it grew by 2.5%. that 3.3% is quarterly at the end of last year, the rate at which this economy grew. what's driving all this is the u.s. cuomo, accounting for about two-thirds of the

with alaska and united's max 9s still grounded pending inspections, the faa chief says that they willnot be rushed into service. >> we're going to go with it when it's safe. >> reporter: meanwhile the door plug involved in that explosion is now at the ntsb lab in washington and will undergo analysis this weekend. lester. >> all right, tom, thank you. >>> in a first for the biden justice department, federal prosecutors in buffalo, new york, say they will seek the death penalty against the man who killed ten black shoppers and staff at a tops supermarket. that was in 2022. payton gendron face s federal hate crime charges and is already serving life without parole after pleading guilty to state murder charges. >>> israel said tonight a deal has been reached to allow medicine to be delivered in the next few days to the hostages held by hamas in gaza. as the war rages on, there's also growing unrest in the israeli occupied west bank. richard engel reports, and a warning, some of the images in this report are disturbing. >> reporter: already at war with hamas in gaza and under threat from i

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and faa says their main priority is to make sure that occurs. he believes it is safe to fly but honestly faa is going to do every thing they can to make sure american people, american families are safe. >> did the white house sound out that the secretary was in the hospital, -- found out that the secretary was in the hospital, did someone find out why? >> as we know, the pentagon will do a review on their process and that is something we welcome. a 30 day review and that is way want to see. give us a sense of how the process went. so, you know, that is something that is important. you saw, as i stated at the top, the chief of staff put a memo that went to agencies and making sure that we take a good look at the process. >> from a human aspect of this, when jake sullivan and the president hear that secretary austin's in the hospital, did they ask why? how did the president not know? he had cancer how did five days go? >> i hear you, but that is something we are going to get a sense of the process. that is why the but your review. that is why the

these are problems the faa is pointing out. we need to continue to do it with a great safety record. again, thank god no one was injured on this flight that landed. >> seriously. i'm sure they are all damaged. >> yeah. thank goodness nothing else happened. we are grateful for that. >>> in the meantime, congressional leaders reached a $1.59 trillion deal on top line spending to avert a government shutdown. it would allocate $886 billion to military spending and $704 billion for non-defense spending. funding for of the rest of the government expires on february 2nd. we will talk more about the negotiations with punch bowl's jake sherman at the bottom of the hour. >>> when we return, the inflation data is due this week. we will tell you what to expect from cpi and kickoff to earnings season straight ahead. >>> later, we will talk about the new journal piece that says board members at elon musk's companies are what they say are persistently worried about his drug use. "squawk box" will be right back. when you think of investment ri