elaine chao / u.s. secretary of transportationi am of course concerned about any allegations about coziness with any company transportation secretary elaine chao says she has ordered the faa's inspector general to audit the entire safety certification process for the max 8 jets. alexandra limon / washington correspondentboeing says it was working on a fix for the planes before the second cash. and the company offered an optional safety feature...for extra money..which might have saved the planes. neither doomed jet was equipped with the feature......california senator dianne feinstein says she plans to introduce legislation mandating safety features be automatically included.sen. dianne feinstein / ca-dkey safety equipment should be included in the basic sale price of a plane.in second senate hearing, acting faa administrator daniel elwell defended faa procedures -- including how the max 8 jet was certified.daniel elwell / faa acting admistratorour certification processes are extensive, well established

or, you know, maybe elaine chao will fix it. so, you know, it's easy for everybody to take pot shots at government, right, and the people who run government, the people who work in government, until something comes up and it turns out you really need them and you really need them to be great, you really need them to be up to it. usually in the middle of the crisis it's too late to go back and make sure you've got all the right people in place and you made good decisions about who ought to be running things. but that crisis is full fledged right now and there are, you know, there's a lot going on. there's a lot else besides that in the news. there's a ton of plates that are basically spinning in the air right now. the big brexit vote today was in the uk. the brexit plan still not approved by the british parliament. there's going to be two more crucial votes over the next two days that will determine the fate of what is going to happen between the european union and our closest overseas ally, the uk, the prospect of a cots trosk r

transportation secretary elaine chao said monday the u.s. regulators are very carefully reviewing the fatal crashes of two boeing seven thirty seven max eight jetliners the sunday's deadly crash of an ethiopian airlines flight is the second in only a few months for the model and it killed all on board the incident has also hit boeing stock badly its lead ten percent of monday trading wiping nearly sixteen billion dollars off its market value and sending the dow reeling this as an increasing number of countries ground the airline or. the ethiopian crashes the second involving a seven three seven max eight after lie in a plane went down in indonesia last october the latest crash could mean a huge setback for boeing the plane maker has delivered about three hundred fifty seven three seven months planes to scores of ellens with orders for more than five thousand or the seven three seven it's absolutely essential to boeing is the backbone of the company's cash generation and profits and it's also the backbone of many airlines operations around th

with antistall software may be getting false data from a sensor the secretary of transportation elaine chaoed she will review mandateing more safety requirements but stopped short of saying that it will be required. >> don't think we are there yet. but it is -- very questionable, if these were safety oriented additions why they are not part of the required template of -- measures in fact should go into an airplane. reporter: boeing concerns today that they are now making that safety requirement, or that safety upgraded standard on all their planes going forward, also, today, word that the software fix does work, in-flight simulators not updated into planes as of yet, senators saying in the first crash of the boeing 737 back in november, the lion air crash plane no evidence up and down 21 times before crashing into ground officials don't have an official cause for the crash, either of the crashes actually, the faa says though the boeing planes will not fly without this software fix. >> thank you with reporting, in watdz, thank you so much edwards faa for nearly seven decades now has been the

elaine chao / u.s.cretary of transportationi am of course concerned about any allegations about coziness with any company transportation secretary elaine chao says she has ordered the faa's inspector general to audit the entire safety certification process for the max 8 jets. alexandra limon / washington correspondentboeing says it was working on a fix for the planes before the second cash. and the company offered an optional safety feature...for extra money..which might have saved the planes. neither doomed jet was equipped with the feature......california senator dianne feinstein says she plans to introduce legislation mandating safety features be automatically included.sen. dianne feinstein / ca-dkey safety equipment should be included in the basic sale price of a plane.in second senate hearing, acting faa administrator daniel elwell defended faa procedures -- including how the max 8 jet was certified.daniel elwell / faa acting administratorour certification processes are extensive, well established,

elaine chao asked the agency's inspector general to investigate the max certification. criminal investigators have sought information from boeing on their training manuals, pilots and how the company marketed the new aircraft. it is not clear what possible criminal laws could be at issue in the probe. among the things that investigators are looking into is the process by which boeing itself certificate fid the pled safe. a boeing spokesperson says the company does not respond or comment on questions regarding legal matters. the planes have been grounded worldwide after the crash last week of a max aircraft operated by ethiopian airlines. >> evan perez, thanks. the faa says boeing has developed a software patch and flight crew training to address the issues and investigators are looking in to whether faulty data drove it into a steep dive. roit ertz reported yesterday that the pilots were reviewing a land book to figure out why the plane was lurching down but simply ran out of time. meantime the u.s. air force has ordered a review of training procedures for military pilo

what do i know maybe what does anybody know >> well, elaine chao would be interesting to speak to aser market now, we're up again, up about one third of a percent on the s&p after a strong rally yesterday, jim. and in technology in particular. nasdaq comp quite strong apple following through from yesterday's gains with less than a percent, but still -- >> that upgrade did not really have anything, but it didn't matter the upgrade says there is not an inventory glut, in chips that go into phones. i want to point out that today, one year ago, larry kudlow, we got the news he's chief economic adviser, my friend, from when we were partners. i think he's doing a great job i think he correctly in an a-political way -- people may hate me for saying that, i don't care i think larry is doing a great job. i said it. okay it is different from what i said about musk because i like larry. >> on this one we believe you. last one, not so much. >> he's doing a great job. >> you and i talked agood deal about bristol-myers and celgene. something we're following relatively closely april 12th vote, an i

i'm certain that the president spoke with elaine chao about it, i would presume. i guess i'm not certain, but i would presume that he spoke with her about it. so the fact that this had to go all the way to that level is very surprising. it's unprecedented. >> fred, why the delay? you know what, there's a lot that goes into this and i suspect because part of the problem is, if you talk to the pilot's union at southwest, i've been to southwest and been to their training facility and you talk to people that operate these airplanes, they'll tell you, there's two parts to it, the airplane itself and then the training. and what they were waiting to see is whether or not this was a training issue or a problem with the airplane. look, the bottom line is, you cannot go wrong by grounding the aircraft. it's an inconvenience versus an opportunity for a disaster, which nobody wants to see. we've already had two, which is just, for a brand-new airplane is unprecedented. >> gentlemen, i've just been handed this statement from boeing now, reacting to the president's decision and

one other thing, brooke, that software warning light that elaine chao was discussing there, as part of this fix, one of those indicators will now be a standard feature instead of an optional one. so boeing unveiling all of this today and brooke, we know as it comes to that software fix, they actually plan to submit their final fix and all of the compliant documents to the faa a little bit later this week. obviously working furiously to make a lot of these fixes here, brooke. >> okay. watch that hearing for us with close eyes and we'll loop back on that, justin green is with me n now, cnn aviation analyst. you've written this great piece on cnn.com. as we wait for this whole hearing to begin, if you were there and you were one of these lawmakers and you could ask one key questions of these folks what would be it? >> airplanes are supposed to be designed to the extent possibly fail safe their systems are redundant. you have more than one speed sensor. in this case this airplane has more than one angled attack sensors. why did a single point failure of one component cause this nosedive? w

this morning senators question transportation secretary elaine chao on department safety standards. ray bogan is in washington, dc, with the latest. >> let me emphasize that safety is always number one at the department of transportation. >> reporter: transportation secretary elaine chao answering congress is questions for the first time since the crash of vpn ethiopian airlines flight 302. >> we all have a lot of questions about this accident. >> reporter: this comes amid questions about the relationship between the federal aviation administration and boeing. two of boeing's planes were involved in fatal crashes less than five months. one in ethiopia and the other in indonesia. both crashes killing everyone on board. a third boeing make mistakes emergency landing in orlando on tuesday after southwest airlines says the pilot site and related engine problems while faring the aircraft without passengers to storage in california. the transportation department announcing this week it is setting up a special committee to independently review how the faa approves new aircraft. >> i am of

because the transportation secretary, elaine chao said the faa will issue an airworthiness directive with regard to the 737 max at 5:00 p.m. typically an airworthiness directive is something that would suggest there is problem with an aircraft that needs to be corrected. not necessarily, but that is generally what these things mean. so, we could have more action in the after-hours on the boeing stock, which as you point out was down as much as 12% early, recovered quite a bit. as what has been happening, as you report, china, indonesia both grounding all 737 maxair craft. india has issued a directive. the transportation authority saying you have to have 1000 hours in the cockpit after 737 as pilot, previous incarnation of a 737 before they let you fly the new 737 max. cayman airlines, ethiopian airlines and indonesia groundedded fleets but not so in the u.s. the statement from boeing, the investigation is in its early stages but at this point based on information available we do not have any basis to issue new guidance to operators. they're not suggesting that the plane should be gro

we may have gotten a preview this morning when transportation secretary elaine chao testified in frontf a senate committee, appropriations committee but still got questions. she says she will review why boeing charges extra for optional safety features she thinks could possibly be there to protect passengers safety. she said in this case she is talking about a warning light that passengers or pilots would get if the anti-stall software was getting false reads. she is not going as far as as requiring it yet. listen. >> i don't think we're there yet but it is very questionable. if these were safety oriented additions why they were not part of the required template of measures that should go into an airplane? reporter: she defended the faa's decision not to frowned the planes right away, saying that the agency is fact-driven. the faa did not receive the evidence from the ground and satellite evidence they needed until three days later. when they to the the evidence they grounded the planes. still senators very concerned that the delayed response by the faa, also the fact that they make sa

transportation secretary elaine chao laid out her top priority to congressional lawmakers following two deadly crashes involving ♪ [ singing ] 737 max eight jet. >> safety is always number 1 of the department transportation. >> reporter: the crashes, earlier this month and back in october, resulted in 346 deaths. the fa made the decision to ground the max 8 fleet only after other nations had already done so. >> based on the information that everyone had at that time, there was no factual basis upon which to ground planes. >> reporter: acting administrator dan ill will testified before a different panel wednesday, about the agency's oversight of boeing. lawmakers question him him about the f.a.a.'s process to certify the safety of the 737 max. >> how do we ensure the f.a.a. can take over safety evaluations when issues are discovered during testing and evaluation phase? >> it is an active, constantly changing dynamic in a certification and that is what happened on the certification in the max. the transportation department specifically looking in how the anti- stall safety feature could h

. >> yeah, and elaine chao is saying we were in on it, too. couple of gentlemen, i'm on the world aviation forum, so what we talk about there is do we have enough oversight on a global level? we're just talking here about the united states. >> right. >> but this oversight goes to a much higher level than that. and that higher level doesn't exist. so the head of the iko, we had conversations with her about this. and where this is going next. she's actually meeting, or had planned, to meet with elaine chao next week in d.c. to discuss this very issue. i'm not sure if that's still going to happen or not now because elaine has made that decision to go ahead and ground these airplanes, but even if the international community after realizing that the whole world may have been wrong, but the faa was right, now we're back in track again, but i really think that there's different reasons for why we are at this point than what we might think. >> yeah, just, it doesn't feel right. so we got to stay on it. david soucie, you've been very helpful and i will

transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the certification process for the and a senate committee scheduled a hearingg for next week to grill officials from the n=t=s=b, the f=a=a and the department of transportation. (grant) europe's air safety organization it will no longer automatically approve every airliner okayed by the f=a=a. that means the new 737's could be banned from transatlanti uil authorities there are convinced of their airworthiness. (ken)coming up next at 6:30 california's mayors meet california's mayors meet with governor newsom to come up with ways to ease the state's homeless crisis. we'll tell you why some mayors say they're encouraged. (pam) coming up in sports .... the oakland a's opened the baseball season in japan. hear how the team did and more.. with kate rooney. (pam) california's big city mayors met with the governor today ... to talk about tackling the state's homelessness problem. (ken) capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains what the mayor's are hoping for when the state budget is finalized in may. "the budget just chan

it could change if the presidens puts pe on the secretary of transportation, elaine chao and says let's shut it down until we have more answers. >> the max 8 is the most popular plane for boeing. it's the growth driver for the future for re. do you think some of this is a business decision on their part not to call for a grounding? >> no, because thefa is pretty serious -- very serious when it comes to any idea of something being wrong, a defect. something just not working the way it is expected to work with these airplanes. remember, bill, they get reams and rms and reams of data on planes ight when these are taking off and landing. they know by now. 41,000 flights by outhwest airlines and the pilots and the airline are saying we're not seeing anything that is unusual here. that's one factor behind the faa saying, look, we thought something was wron ife truly thought something was wrong about a pick part or onen we would shut it down but they don't have that evidence yet. >> on that note, thank you, phil lebeau. >> you bet. >>> let's continue the conversation about this whole boeing me

washington state has issued a subpoena to at least one involved in the plane's transportation secretary elaine chaohas asked for a formal audit of the certification process for the max planes. and a senate committee scheduled a next week to from the n=t=s=b, the department of transportation. (grant) (grant) europe's air (grant) europe's air safety organization has already said it will no longer automatically approve every airliner okayed by the f=a=a. that means the new 737's could be banned from transatlantic routes until authorities there are convinced of their airworthiness. (anchor) taking a live look outside-- our sutro camera overlooking san francisco. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: we started with plenty of clouds and rain this morning making for a difficult commute. by the afternoon the clouds had parted and the sunshine returned but it was much cooler. highs today were in the 50s and 60s. on the radar you can see more showers and thunderstorms across the state. the rain will decrease overnight but another storm is not

it will make recommendations to secretary elaine chao and the faa administrator.y'll both be grilled by the senate tomorrow. meantime, that special committee will review the aircraft certification process. airlines are warning that passengers could see more cancellations while safety fixes are updated. >>> apple streaming plus is going to be released. chris martinez explains. >> apple tv plus. >> reporter: apple's ceo tim cook revealed his company's move into a streaming service with help from of the top names in hollywood. steven spielberg and oprah will producing content for apple tv plus. >> hello, am i late? >> reporter: actors steve carell, jennifer aniston and reese witherspoon will be in a new creation called "the morning show." >> we can't wait to show you what we've been cooking up. >> reporter: apple tv plus will be available this far and joined a crowded field of streaming service all vying for viewers. disney which recently merged with 21st century fox and owns the marvel and "star wars" franchises is expected to start its own service soon. >> how many

transportation secretary elaine chao: >> if an issue that affects safety is identified, the department the f.a.a. will not hesitate to take immediate and appropriate action. >> glor: chris i have to follow up on that, countries, flight attendants, lawmakers, all saying these planes should be grounded. why is the u.s. at this point so reluctant to do so? >> reporter: well, the f.a.a. said late today they still have no evidence of a systemic issue with the 737 max, so they don't have a basis to order the grounding of the aircraft. of course, they're still waiting for an update on what happened in this ethiopia crash. so that could change. and the agency is feeling the mounting pressure from lawmakers and other politicians who are pushing the agency to ground the planes. jeff. >> glor: the question, also, what's the basis to keep them in the air. all right, kris van cleave, thanks very much. eight of the dead were american, including two brothers and a u.s. service member on vacation. debora patta visited the crash site today near the ethiopian capital. it's a scene of devastation. >> rep

. >> reporter: transportation secretary elaine chao, whose department overseas the f.a.a., was also in spotlight today. >> that plane lost the confidence of the american traveling public. >> reporter: west virginia democrat joe manchin, a pilot himself, demanded to know why the 737 planes weren't grounded sooner. >> there was no factual basis upon which to ground the planes. >> reporter: in washington state, boeing hosted 200 pilots and airline officials from around the world to demonstrate software changes it's planning for the grounded 737 max fleet. >> the 737 is a safe airplane. >> reporter: boeing said it will require additional training on the max before pilots will be allowed to return to the cockpit. changes at the f.a.a. are expected to include how they evaluate training as well as how they look at self-audits done by companies like boeing. the agency says for it to certify aircraft on its own would require an additional 10,000 employees at a cost of about $1.8 billion. jeff? >> glor: kris van cleave, thank you. there are more questions tonight about the decision to drop all c

secretary elaine chao, who was a very brave woman, working with the fda. we are still trying to find the black box and open it up. we had some trouble with the ethiopians. they wanted to go to a third party and this and that. it will get squared away. we will learn many more facts. it has nothing to do with commercial considerations as far as we are concerned and everything to do with safety considerations, so to be honest with you i would not read into that. >> do you think it will take a long time for them to sort out whether these planes are safe? i'm sure a lot of americans and people around the world are wondering. fixed in ak this we couple of days or will it take a while? mr. kudlow: i'm not directly involved in that. you can be sure that our dot and faa will not reopen those until we are 100% satisfied of safety. from what i gather, boeing has come forward to make some adjustments and flight plans and software and sensors and pilot training. i'm not blaming here, just giving you a narrative. they will not be on the runways until we are absolutely s

transportation secretary elaine chao and the acting f.a.a.dministrator will face questions from concerned senators. >> i want to know why the f.a.a. was doing safety on the cheap, which is neither safe nor cheap. and the f.a.a. has to do better in its safety responsibilities. >> reporter: acting f.a.a. administrator dan elwell will tell senators, "we know our oversight approach needs to evolve to ensure that the f.a.a. remains the global leader in achieving aviation safety." part of that evolution will be i rview of safety oversight. the agency hopes to have that done by july but admits with all ef the other investigations into the 737 max, it could take longer. jeff. >> glor: all right, kris, thanks very much. the justice department said today the attorney general will release more of robert mueller's special counsel report within weeks, not months. but already it appears both parties are pivoting to another issue. here's paula reid. >> reporter: president trump continued his victory lap on capitol hill today. >> the mueller report was great

secretary elaine chao, working with the faa, still trying to find the black box and open it up.e've had some trouble with the ethiopians. they wanted to go to a third party, and this and that. we will learn many, many more facts. it has nothing to do with commercial considerations as far as we are concerned. it has everything to do with safety considerations. to be honest with you, i would not read into that. >> do you think it would take a long time for them to sort out whether these planes are safe? people are wondering is it safe to get on one? will it be fixed in a couple of days or will it take a while? >> i cannot answer that. i'm not directly involved in that. you can be sure that our d.o.t. and faa will not reopen the boeing routes until we are 100% satisfied of the safety. from what i gather, boeing has come forward to make some adjustments in flight plans and software and centers of pilot training and all kinds of things. i'm not blaming here. i'm just giving you a narrative. they will not be back on the runways until we are 100% satisfied that they are safe. >> newsma

from elaine chao?in a budget hearing but getting questions about the faa and its relationship with airlines. she is being asked about the max 787, 737. said it is very questionable why some boeing max safety features were not required. in other words we know that the new software gives pilots better control if they're having problems, in other words take back control from that software. she is asking why that was not required in the first place? stuart: well, interesting boeing's stock is down a little bit more. boeing at 367. ashley: there you go. stuart: down 54, probably on that news. okay. back to the judge who remains with me as always. >> delighted. stuart: the ninth circuit court of appeal, our favorite, okay, have ruled that kate steinle's parents, they ruled against them. she was the young lady killed by an illegal immigrant in san francisco back in 2015. now i think the ninth circuit ruled on a technicalitity, is that correct? >> sorry to tell you what they ruled on, a statute that i profound

alexandra limon / washington correspondentsecretary of transportation elaine chao has asked the officeral to review how the 737 max 8 jets were safety certified. she wants to know if the faa outsourced too much safety itself... douglas kidd / national associaiton of airline passengersthe faa has fallen down on the job//this really highlights a bigger problem and that is the faa has been paying attention more to the manufacturer, more to the airlines, than they are to the this week boeing's ceo issued a video statementboeing ceo we're taking action to fully reasure airlines and their passengers of the safety of the 737 max, pilots have concern that boeing's plans to train them is still not adequate...relying mostly on i- pads rather than full size cockpit flight simulators. in washington alexandra limon. (ken) still ahead... a spring training adventure... away from the baseball field. we'll check out what you can find along arizona's famed apache trail. (sports) coming up in sports..... the warriors blew out the pacers.... with six warriors scoring in double digits last night... we'll r

elaine chao has asked for a wide from a criminal investigation the inspector general is conducting. former vice president joe biden has begun telling some supporters he plans to run for the democratic president will nomination. bloomberg has learned biden is expected to announce his intentions in the coming weeks. he is 76 and has led early polls of primary voters. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you very much indeed. coming up, ubs calling its first quarter one of the worst in recent history. details of what they had to say a little earlier, next. you can see the effect on the share price, dragging the smi with it. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: life from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: from new york come on vonnie quinn. this is "bloomberg markets." let's get a check on global markets. here's abigail doolittle. abigail: a bit of a bearish tone to trading action in the u.s. and around the world. the s&p 500 down about 3/10 of 1%.

earlier today the transportation secretary elaine chao testified on capitol hill.g so, she admitted the investigation raised troubling questions about the faa's dealings with company that regulate, companies including boeing. the faa let them certified their own plane for flight. secretary chao said it's questionable that some safety features that are add-ons that are extra instead of being standard. the 737 max 8 and 9 jets are grounded everywhere and now we're hearing how much that is costing airlines. southwest airlines. it reports it will account for a $150 million loss this quarter alone. then there's boeing. trying to get the planes flying again. it reports that its unveiling the final software fix today. from there, we go to dan springer live in washington south of seattle in renton. dan? >> yeah, shep, we learned that boeing has been working on this software fix since october, after the lion air crash. as you mentioned, the faa got the details of this software fix back in january at least 1 1/2 months before that second fatal crash without admitting that th

transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the certification process for themax planes. and a senate committee scheduled a hearingg for next week to grill officials from the n=t=s=b, the department of transportation. (grant) europe's air safety organization has already said it will no longer automatically approve every airliner okayed by the f=a=a. that means the new 737's could be banned from transatlantic routes until authorities there are convinced of their airworthiness. coming up at eight.. a group of senators is both excited and fearful of artificial intelligence. we look at how lawmakers are learning more about the new technology ... of teaching computers to think for themselves. a rally held for what students belive is an unnessacry arrest. police officers say they were just trying to keep the campus safe. the reason students feel the arrest should not have happened in the first place. (pam) plus... we are learning new information about a bay area family... tied to the college admissions scandal. what these parents allegedly did .. to get their kids in

transportation secretary elaine chao requested an audit in the process they used to certify the aircraft. nine days ago it was a 737 max eight that crashed for ethiopia airlines killing all 157 people on board. less than six months earlier, 189 people died aboard a ln air crash in indonesia. investigators believe are similarities in the two crashes involving the same model of aircraft. possibly related to a flight control system on the n planes. the u.s. wasas the l country to ground the aircraft amid international outcry last week. >>> also today the white house announced its pick to lead the federal aviation administration. steve dixon is a fmer delta airlines officer, he'll be dominated to serveor five years. the faa had been run by an acting administration since january. >>> a 16-year-old high school student will be charged as an adult for having a loaded gun at school. he was caught this morning. thesheriff's department tells us a teacher noticed the student peared to be high. school officials searched his backpack and found marijuana anh loaded handgun. his name hasn't been release

(ken) transportation secretary elaine chao has asked the inspector general do a formal audit of the certificationboeing's 737-max eight aircraft the request, which is part of an ongoing review, comes after two deadly crashes involving 737-max eight jets in the span of six months. the most recent was the crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302 earlier this month. before that, there was the october crash of lion air flight 610 in indonesia's java sea. investigators suspect an automated flight control system that was not part of older 7-3-7's may have played a role in those crashes. (ken) now to storm tracker four. spring ves t is back tomorrow --- but rain is back in the bay area. (pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now ---tracking several storms .... and more snow for the sierra lawrence karnow: the clouds returned to our skies today with cooler temperatures. highs were in the 60s and low 70s. you can see some rain showing up on the doppler as the storm creeps closer. on the satellite you can see the storm off the coast. rain will pick up especially after midnight and be hea

transportation secretary elaine chao has asked the inspector general do a formal audit of the certificationrocess for boeing's 737-max eight aircraft the request, which is part of an ongoing review, comes after two deadly crashes involving 737-max eight jets in the span of six months. the most recent was the crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302 earlier this month. before that, there was the october crash of lion air flight 610 in indonesia's java sea. investigators suspect an automated flight control system that was not part of older 7-3-7's may have played a role in those crashes. (vicki) for some time, p-g-and-e has been blamed for november's destructive camp fire, which tore through butte county and killed 86 people. now attorneys for wildfire victims say they have uncovered internal documents they say shows the utility knew about the risk and chose to ignore it. kron 4's dan kerman reports. attorneys for victims of the butte county camp fire have discovered this internal pg&e email from 2014 indicating the company knew the towers on the transmission line believed to have started the c

elaine chao has requested an audit to compile a complete and detailed factual history of the details that resulted in the certification of the boeing 737 max 8. captain sully sullenberger had an op-ed of boeing having inadequate staffing, outsourcing and too cozy relationship between the industry and regulators. he added boeing in developing the 737 max 8 felt pressure to get the new aircraft to market as quickly as possible. we have been reporting that in the lion air crash last october, it was an off-duty pilot sitting in the cockpit's jump seat that saved the plane the day before it crashed. the plane was pitching wildly. he maintained his composure and flicked two switches that deacted the mcas, the automated pitch control that has been the subject of so much controversy. why lion air allowed that plane to fly the next day with a different crew unaware of its malfunctions is really, really problematic, dana. >> dana: are there other problems with lion air that you heard about? >> yeah, a source has told me there's some evidence that lion air was purchasing secondhand parts from a

. >> reporter: transportation secretary elaine chao, answering congress's questions for the first time since this month's crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302. >> we all have a lot of important questions about this accident. >> reporter: the public questions come after a relationship between the faa and boeing. two boeing planes were involved in fatal crashes within two months. one in ethiopia, the other in indonesia, both killing everyone on board. a third making a safe landing in orlando after southwest airlines says the pilot cited engine problems while flying the aircraft to california. the transportation department announcing it is setting up a special committee to independently review how the faa approves new aircraft. >> i am concerned about allegations of coziness. >> senator reid and i have sent a letter to the inspector general asking that the results of this critical audit be shared with us. >> reporter: boeing plans to fix the software for the plane but boeing says it has since updated the plane's software, cockpit alerts and pilot training. ray bogan, ktvu fox 2 news. >>

transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the certification process for the planes. and a senate committee scheduled a hearingg for next week to grill officials from the n=t=s=b, the f=a=a and the department of transportation. (grant) europe's air safety organization has already said it will no longer automatically approve every airliner okayed by the f=a=a. that means the new 737's could be banned from transatlantic routes until authorities there are convinced of their airworthiness. (ken) it took only 30 seconds for texas firefighters to put out a flare-up where a massive chemical fire had been burning for days. crews finally extinguised the flames this morning after the fire burned at the deer park facility near houston for more than three days. it's still unclear what started the fire. but it started in a single tank and spread to several others. a black plume of smoke could be seen covering the area since sunday. intercontinental terminals company which operates the tanks has repeatedly apologized. both state and facility officials said there was nothing

now transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the faa's approval of boeing's max 8 planes. >> they need to question and evaluate all the manufacturer's claims, and perhaps that wasn't done as vigorously as it should have been. >> reporter: alleging in a report that underfunding and a lack of resources may have led the faa to cut corners on the approval process, delegating safety checks to boeing engineers. and just today european union and canadian officials say they'll be doing their own studies on boeing's new software once it's released and only then can max 8 and 9 planes fly in their airspace. >>> well, you've heard the warnings about those romance scams. now one bay area woman caughtup in one shares her story. >> i fall in love with him quickly, like really quickly, trusting everything he said. >> just ahead, the i-team gets a first-hand look at how these con artists work. >>> i'm spencer christian. it's getting a little cloudy out there. traffic is flowing nicely, too. rain is on george has heart failure. and a busy day ahead. george has entresto, a hea

at an earlier hearing transportation secretary elaine chao said the faa oversight on plane manufacturing needs to be overhauled. listen. >> i am of course concerned about any allegations of coziness with any company, manufacturer, whatever. the faa is a professional organization. reporter: the concern among senator was that the boeing coziness with faa investigators was able to speed this plane through. now the faa administrator saying that is not the case. these are minor optional changes made to an existing airline. sort of like your car changing different scenarios within the inside of the car but again, senators very concerned about the changes, how that could have led possibly to the two crashes. again we don't officially know the causes of those crashes that happened last november and earlier this month. back to you. connell: good summary for us, edward lawrence on capitol hill. melissa: we have safety analyst, as we monitor the hearings on capitol hill. first of all what did you think came from the hearing so far? did you learn anything new or did anyone score any points here in y

the announcement came on the same day that transportation secretary elaine chao requested anhe audit into process that the faa t useo certify boeing 737 max 8 jets. >> ten days ago, one of those pilots which was being -- one of those jets which was being operated by ethiopia airlines crashed andilled 157 people on board. less than six months earlier, 189 peoe diedaboard a lion air max 8 jet. investigators believe there are similarities in the two crashes, possibly related to a flight control system o the new planes. for decades, the faa has relied on aircraft manufacturers to help certify the plane's flight. now, one of the best known pilots is speaking out, captain sully sullenbergerth criticized faa for outsourcing its inspections saying in part, it is createderent conflicts of interest. you'll remember sully successfully landed a planeull of passengers on the hudson river after losing both engines back in 2009. >>> also this morning, the bus driver who was behind the wheel during a deadly crash on i-95 in virginia is now behind bars. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter in

the transportation secretary elaine chao says an faa team is on side with ntsb investigators in ethiopiaaying the faa will continue to give notifications to the international community for that boeing 737 800 max and its operatorslater today she says if the faa identifies an issue that affects safety the department will take immediate and appropriate action so that is the latest on that tragic air crash over in ethiopia. >> as boeing is dramatically paired the losses in today's session and interesting to see where it closes. thank you for watching "power lunch. >> "closing bell" will start right now. ♪ >>> good afternoon welcome to the "closing bell." i'm wilfred frost. >> i'm morgan brennan in for sara eisen january retail sales higher than estimates. we'll get a read on the consumer when we speak with ceo first on cnbc. >>> plus, we are taking you inside south by southwest for a look at some of tech's coolest new gadgets. bit of fun coming up with that story. >>> let's check in on the markets. just under an hour left of trade. the dow is the laggard of the major indices because of boei

she's got some news out of d.c ylan >> reporter: transportation secretary elaine chao was on the hotep fielded some tough questions about the ethiopian airlines crash as well as the safety of boeing's aircraft and she defended the faa's certification process. >> the faa does not build planes they certify but this method of having the manufacturer also be involved in looking at these standards is really necessary, because once again, the faa cannot do it on their own. i am, of course, concerned about any allegations of coziness with any company, manufacturer, whatever >> cihao says that is why she hs requested the inspector general to conduct an audit of the process and set up a committee to look at this issue as well. the acting director will be be f this and get back to you if there's any news >> all right thank you. i know you will. >>> 50 women filing a lawsuit against tech giant sales force about its sale of technology to back page. that's a company that facilita e facilitated sex trafficking. >>> as we head to break, let's get a check on the markets s&p down a percent nasdaq a p

in the meantime, in the u.s., the secretary of transportation, elaine chao, wrote the attorney generalo audit the max eights. that come after a grand jury subpoenaed emails regarding the plane certification. boeing yesterday test-flew the max 8 with this new software intended to correct the flaws. that's the latest come back to you. >> harris: thank you very much. fox news alert, as the 2020 race kicks off a new cnn poll pfizer republicans are more enthusiastic than democrats about voting in the next presidential election. 70% of republican voters say they are extremely or very enthusiastic compared to 75% of democrats. this, as the republican national committee reportedly raised a record $14.6 million in february. let's bring in xochitl hinojosa, communications director for the democratic national committee. good to see you today. if enthusiasm is down, what do you do to change that among democratic voters? >> harris, as you know, i think generally when it comes to polling this far out it is really hard to tell what's going to happen in a general election. what you saw in 2018 is that

on tuesdaytransportatation secrcretary elaine chao orderedn audit of the certification process for boeing's 737 max 8 aircraft. in texas, a massive fire at a petrochemical storage terminal in deer park, near houston, has reportedly been extinguished in the early hours of wednesday morning after raging since sunday, rereleasing a thick plue of smoke that blanketed large swaths of the surrounding area. nearby schools were closed earlier this week and residents were advised to limit outside exposure. bryan parras of the sierra club said -- "we are living through an ongoing petrochemical disaster, and the government response is that the poison we can smell and taste for ourselves isn't harming our health and our children. officials need to be honest with the public. itc needs to be held accountable and the regional public officials need to take a serious look at the chemical disaster risk that exists along the houston ship channel and prioritize the health and well being of surrounding communities." the chairman and ceo of warner brothers, kevin tsujihara, resigned earlier this week after he wa

transportation secretary elaine chao is testifying before a committee today and facing tough questionsx crashes. chao says she's concerned about allegations of coziness between the faa and boeing. she was also asked why it took so long to ground the aircraft. here's that exchange. >> why did it take so long to ground that plane when we are the leader in the faa and we set the gold standard and it looks like we're following the rest of the world. >> there was no factual basis upon which to ground the planes. so conversely, if you don't have the factual basis upon which to ground a plane how do you unground a plane? >> all right. barbara bush. it's not a secret the bush family has some issues with the president. key takeaways from what we've seen so far from susan page's biography? >> i can't wait to read it, but from the latest revelation, there are two pieces and there's barbara bush the mother, the person who has a human reaction to protect her children, to defend their honor and integrity to feel angry at someone who tries to chip away at that legacy and then there is the bush family

and along with the faa and the transportation secretary elaine chao, they made this decision to ground flights. the pressure had been building on the faa, on boeing, and on the white house for there to have been something done about this. and especially after canada grounded those flights today. it was untenable, according to an official for the united states to be the only major country allowing these planes to remain in the air. so president trump getting ahead of the faa, saying that he was going to ground the flights, but also notably saying that he had confidence in boeing to resolve the problems. because he continues to be very closely tied to this company, especially because he believes they are closely tied to american jobs, erin. >> thank you very much, abby. of course, boeing, the largest exporter from the united states as well. and martin, what the faa is saying tonight is hugely significant. and concerning. the data shows similarities between both fatal flights that seems to be some sort of a pretty obvious link. >> right. and in fact, they say that they had some telemetry

as the senior adviser to the secretary of transportation, elaine chao, prior to that. mr. elwell began his career in aviation in the united states air force, where he received his bachelor of science degree in international affairs from the u.s. air force academy. he achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel and retired from military service as a command pilot. after retiring from the military, mr. elwell was a commercial pilot for 16 years with american airlines, flying dc-10, md-80 and boeing 757-767 aircraft. he then served at the faa as assistant administrator for policy planning and environment from 2006 to 2008. from 2008 to 2013, mr. elwell served as vice president of the aerospace industries association and from 2013 to 2015, as senior vice president for safety, security and operations at airlines for america. our second witness is the honorable robert sumwalt. following his nomination by president trump and confirmation from the senate, he was sworn in as chairman of the national transportation safety board. on august 10th, 2017. prior to joining the ntsb, chairman