cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. it's thursday, march 28th, 2019. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, march 28th, 2019, this is the "cbs morning news." plane crash probe. the faa faces tough questions about its aircraft certification process following two max 8 disasters. chicago police release documents in jussie smollett's case while the actor's attorney calls for officials to stop their smear campaign. and lottery luck. quarters of a billion dollars. where the winning powerball ticket was sold. ♪

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. boeing says it is moving forward with software updates on its 737 max jets. this follows a contentious day of hearings from capitol hill about whether the faa relied too heavily on boeing to help certify the 737 max jets. two of the planes were involved in deadly crashes in just the last six months. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. yes, there is pressure not only on boeing following these crashes but also on transportation officials because those officials readily admit they relied on boeing engineers to perform the safety checks to certify boeing planes. >> safety is at the core of weo >> reporter: boeing says it has complete confidence in its 737

max airplanes. >> we're working with customers and regulators around the world to >> reporter: two deadly crashes in the past six months grounded the planes worldwide. an anti-stall system is suspected of playing a role in both crashes. yesterday, 200 pilots and airline personnel met at boeing headquarters near seattle to learn about software changes and a new training program for pilots. >> to get their input and to earn their trust. >> are they too cozy -- >> reporter: in washington, d.c., lawmakers expressed a deep concern over the relationship between the airline industry and government regulators. >> overconfidence breeds complacency. >> the faa decided to do safety on the cheap which is neither cheap nor safe. >> reporter: acting faa administrator dan elwell defended the practice of relying on manufacturers like boeing to help certify their own planes.> experts in the field, that they

have the appropriate understanding of faa regs and manuals. they have professional integrity is checked, everything. epter:ut transportion officials ackndgcredibility nee restored. >> confidence in faa as a gold standard for aviation safety has been shaken. >> reporter: the faa promised not to rush the 737 max back into service. elwell was light on details when pressed by senators about what changes it would make in the certification process. he did say it would cost the faa $1.8 billion and require 10,000 additional employees. >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you, laura. chicago police released records outlining what they considered an ironclad case against jussie smollett. police said they were blindsided

by prosecutors to drop the case. the newly released reporsmolle least three days before he spoke of the incident. police are questioning whether smollett got off easy. >> there's a sense here that you have one rule book applying to an individual because he's an actor, somebody with a certain amount of status is being treated different. >> reporter: smollett's attorney called the newly released police records one sided and accused police of continuing a smear campaign against the actor. the end of robert mueller's russia investigation is generating fresh speculation this morning that president trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe. the president's closest advisers and gop allies are warning that pardons could ignite a political firestorm. mr. trump's lawyers say that the nthe mller rs not beentitaabt p. lice in seatauths ing it a

random attack. police say it started yesterday afternoon when the suspect tried to carjack a woman and shot her. the gunman then walked down the street and shot at a city bus. the bus driver was hit but managed to turn the bus around and get away. the gunman then carjacked another person, shooting and killing the driver. police chased him for half a mile, but then the gunman collided with another car and killed that driver. >> didn't matter who you were. he was going to shoot you if he saw you. >> reporter: after a standoff, the 33-year-old gunman was arrested. efforts to persuade members of parliament to back theresa may's brexit deal continue this morning. yesterday may said that she would step down if her deal was approved. lawmakers will vote on may's plan as early as tomorrow after failing to pass any of their eight brexit alternatives. a california man has been

awarded $80 million in a lawsuit claiming monsanto's weedkiller roundup causesce 70-year-old edwin hardeman said he used roundup to treat poison oak and weeds on his property for years. yesterday a jury bayer plans to appeal. the wisconsin man accused of kidnapping jayme closs choked back tears in court as he entered a guilty plea. jake patterson faces life in prison. he's charged with kidnapping closs and killing her parents. >> how do you plead to that charge? >> guilty. >> patterson says that he agreed to the plea in order to spare his victim and her family a trial.

the teen managed to escape in january. patterson will be sentenced in may. a man convicted of a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in charlottesville has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes. james alex fields was convicted on 29 of 30 counts in a deal to avoid the death penalty. fields was sentenced to life in prison after driving his car into counterprotesters in 2017, killing one person. fields previously claimed that he acted out of fear for his safety. a lucky powerball winner is waking up three quarters of a billion dollars richer this morning. the winning ticket was sold in new berlin, wisconsin, just outside of milwaukee. the numbers were 16-20-37-44-62, and the powerball is 12. the jackpot is the third largest in u.s. history at more than $768 million. coming up on the "morning news" now, the education secretary is facing outcry for

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the fegovernmey critized on and ocial media yesterday. special olympic cuts in the past, said it's a private, nonprofit group that raises $100 million a year on its own. she said her agency can't afford to continue backing it. devos is expected to present her budget to a senate subcommittee today. "the hill" reports a federal judge blocked medicaid work requirements backed by the trump administration in arkansas and kentucky. the ruling comes after more than 18,000 people lost coverage since the program took effect last summer. the judge said the work requirements undermine medicaid's mission of providing health care for the needy. the administration says the requirements improve people's health by encouraging them to work. charleston, south carolina's, "post and courier" says the community is seeking

answers after a fifth grader died after a fight in her school. 10-year-old raniya wright died at a hospital yesterday from injuries she suffered during monday's fight at forrest hills elementary school in walterboro. she was found unconscious but breathing when authorities arrived. it's not known how wright was hurt or what the fight was about. the sheriff's office report says that the student who attacked >" said a defendant punched a public defender in the head during a courtroom hearing in ft. lauderdale. attorney julie chase was standing at a podium when a man waiting for his own bond hearing walked up behind chase and punched her. she fell to the ground. deputies handcuffed the man, 27-year-old william green. he was awaiting his hearing after being arrested for allegedly attacking a worker at a mental health facility. the public defender's office says that he should not have been in the courtroom.

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♪ talk about your golf course hazard. some golfers came awfully close to a huge alligator as they were playing sunday at a golf course in georgia. the gator strolled across the green and decided to, you know, rest for a bit before making its way back to the water. one of the golfers said alligators are a common occurrence on the course, but this one stood out because of its size. on the cbs "money watch" now, facebook's latest ban, and a car that can kill germs. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. members of the federal reserve will be speaking overseas today. investors will be looking for clues on the central bank's

overall economic outlook this year. notable earnings today include accenture and restoration hardware. losses in tech and health care companies pushed stocks lower wednesday. the dow closed down 32 points. the s&p 500 lost 13, and the nasdaq dropped 48. facebook says starting next week it will block content on white nationalism and separatism.hing f tewirected to a charity which combats far-right extremism. the social media giant pledged to improve its ability to identify and block material from terrorist groups. facebook has come under pressure after a gunman livestreamed zealand. u.s. security officials have ordered a chinese to sell the gay dating app grindr. the gaming company has owned the app grindr since 2016. officials are citing the risks that the personal data it collects could be exploited to black male people with security

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bridge there. it's early. thanks for joining us. it is thursday, march 28th. . forgthe daitus. t. ving the rain. maybe not, depends on who you are but we are going to get a lot more, mary. >> so we are tracking scattered showers through the day. that unsettled weather will continue and as we head through the rest of the week into the weekend, drier sunnier weather ahead. so your weather headlines, if you are heading out the door and you want to know what to expect, we are tracking some showers this morning mainly from the north bay to start off your thursday. scattered showers and some sun breaks this afternoon. but more sun tomorrf doppler and the action is. and tracking heavy rain, some strong cells popping up near st. helena, napa, across the north bay. we are going to time it all out taking you hour by hour and what you can expect, location

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