billy nolan faced lawmakers this morning on capitol hill after an alarming string of recent incidentsiners. just this year, we've seen six reported close calls on airport runways. >> and it's not just on the tarmac. this week, as you'll recall, a man was arrested for allegedly right to stab a flight attendant in the cabin. cnn's pete muntean is live in washington. so, pete, what stood out to you from today's, at time, difficult hearing? >> both of those things came up today. that unruly passenger incident just the other day, the chief of the faa, acting administer, billy nolan, says the faa still has a zero-tolerance policy against these unruly passenger incidents. the number of those have actually gone down in recent years. it was really more of a 2021 issue. the number went down by half in 2022. we have not seen many this year, although there have been two high-profile ones so far this year. the numbers that are going up are the close calls near runways of major u.s. airports involving commercial airliners. they are known, officially, as runway incursions. and like you mentioned, th

fortunately the faa right now is being run by acting administrator billy nolan who unlike mr. washington, has decades of aviation experience. mr. nolan has worked as a pilot, he's a seasoned aviation executive and he's been in senior leadership roles at the faa. at the nomination hearing and the hearing that followed the next week with acting administrator nolan. i suggested an obvious solution. president biden already named and acting administrator who was qualified and knows how to do the job. for thoseed that are concerned about racial diversity, both mre both african-american. the difference is mr. nolan has decades of experience in aviation safety and mr. washington has none. mr. president, you surf with me on the commerce committee and you are the newest member. welcome. we are glad to have you. i m don't believe mr. washingtos nomination is going to go forward successfully. i do not believe the votes are there. i would suggest to you and to every democrat on the committee and in this chamber if you agree withll me, pick up the phone and call the white house. a say look,

the big thing here, billy nolan says, the acting head of the faa, is that this is something that thetaking seriously, but also he insists that aviation right now is safe. there will be a safety summit held by the faa in just one week's time where he says the faa will connect the dots, if there are any to connect between these two incidents. i want you to listen to the acting administrator of the faa now. >> safety is always a journey, we are never going to declare victory and if there's something to learn we're going to look for ways and opportunities to learn it. >> reporter: senator ted cruz is one of the ranking members on that senate commerce committee that learned heard from nolan today and he said the issues are concerning. we will see if there is any commonality between them, that is the big question now. >> it very much is. obviously a close call is not an actual, you know, coa , collisit it is very concerning for people who are on those planes. pete muntean, thank you very much for all of that. >>> and right now the two americans who survived that deadly kidnapping in mexico

this hour lawmakers will grill active administrator billy nolan after multiple close calls on the runway some of the aviation incidents sparking safety concerns. also federal reserve chairman jerome powell appearing before lawmakers for the second day defending his decisions to raise interest rates in an effort to tamp down inflation. >>> we're also watching the top u.s. intelligence officials testify, among them fbi director chris wray, the director of national intelligence avril haynes as what they see the biggest global threats facing the u.s. today. cnn's melanie is live on capitol hill today. several events and several bits of testimony on the hill today. walk us through what you're watching. >> yeah. a very busy day here on capitol hill. we are tracking a number of high-profile hearings, and i want to walk you through a couple of them. the first one we are watching is in the house financial services committee. that is where we are going to hear testimony from jerome powell, the chairman of the federal reserve. yesterday, he received quite the bipartisan grilling in the senate and s

their little lot of people go there, and acting administrator billy nolan says fewer flights during thendemic may have led to a drop in technical skills. forced a lot of professionals into retirement hard to get them back and re certified. cnn aviation correspondent pete mountain has more jim jessica, we're talking about complacency caused by the pandemic. it's something we've heard about from pilots from labor groups from captain sully sullenberger during our prime time special on aviation safety earlier this month, and now we're hearing about it from the acting head of the faa, he says , essentially, that the air travel rebound is happening faster than aviation workers can handle. billy nolan, the acting head of the faa, made these remarks during an internal faa meeting in baltimore just yesterday but was interesting here is that this was also echoed by transportation. asian secretary pete buddha judge during my exclusive interview with him earlier this month. there would be one thing if we found a certain piece of technology in the cockpit or a certain control tower where there were

let's bring in billy nolan, the acting administrator for the federal aviation administration.m washington. billy, thank you for joining us today. you were joining us before you have a meeting later today airlines, airports, unions, general aviation, you're all talking about ways to ease congestion in new york city. i have to be honest with you, i flew in yesterday. i told people i was going to be talking with you everybody said i'm not looking forward to the summer in new york, i think it's going to be a nightmare. what do you say to those people? >> let me just say our goal for the summer is to make sure it's safe and as efficient as we can make it while minimizing the disruption for the flying public, and that's why we called a summit this afternoon and that's what we're looking forward to discussing. >> one of the things that you guys announced just within the last couple of weeks has been bringing down the slot restrictions for the three largest airlines, bring down their schedules about 10%. in doing so you said, look, we just don't have enough air traffic controllers to

acting administrator billy nolan will testify before a senate panel about aircraft safety and oversight. the hearing follows a violent confrontation on a flight from los angeles to boston earlier this week. the suspect is now accused of trying to attack his jail guards. francisco torres was restrained by passengers after allegedly trying to open an emergency exit and attack a flight attendant with a broken spoon. the justice department it is suing to stop the merger between jetblue and spirit airlines, claiming it would hurt competition and raised prices. jetblue has claimed the deal would create a stronger competitor to challenge the bigger airlines. now to your money. it's about to get more expensive to borrow cash. that's because the fed is promising steeper interest rate hikes, and one senator is especially not happy about it. do you verbal fireworks on capitol hill as federal reserve chairman jerome powell faced off with senator elizabeth warren chair people, you are gambling with people's lives, said the central bank is now prepared to raise interest rates higher and more frequent

even billy nolan has said this uptick really defies logic.a, today, transportation secretary pete buttigieg stressed the u.s. has the safest, most complex aviation sim in the i don't recall, yet they're seeing more mistakes that usual, and happening on runways. here's what he told our colleague pete muntean a little while ago. >> it would be one thing if they found a certain technology or a certain control tower, but instead we're finding grown crews, pilots and controllers alike seem to be seeing an up tick. some have described it as a kind of rust. we're not going to way for something worse to happen to act now. so a couple key takeaways. the head of the union pointed to an alarming statistic, they're down for controllers. the faa administrator responded by saying they're working to fix it, hiring 1800 more next year. we also heard from the chair of the national transportation safety board, who spoke quite critically of inaction by other federal regulators saying her agency has made seven recommendations in recent years just on runways coll

billy nolan faced lawmakers for the second time in a month but the hearing was supposed to be on reforms37 max disasters but the repeat close calls at major airports got a lot more attention. they're known as runway incursions a new incident in sarasota game to light on monday on top of the incidents at boston, austin, honolulu. they think this is a system under too much pressure. but today nolan insisted that flying is safe right now. >> has the safest, most complex system in the world. and i want to assure the american public that we are safe. we're also resilient. safety is always a journey. we're never going to declare victory and if there's something to learn we'll look for ways and opportunities to learn it. >> knolen said that will be the focus of a summit next week by the faa. the idea is to bring together airlines and the faa, nolen said if there are dots to connect they'll connect them. nolen today said other than the type of incidents there's no common cause apparent right now. never before have there been so many of these diffincidents back-to-back. >> thank you. >>> another

senators groves billy nolan on capitol hill yesterday, who testified about the challenges facing the. airports and incidents involving violent passengers. days ago, a passenger on a united airlines flight try to open an emergency exit door midair, even try to stab a crewmember with the broken metal spoon. >> what the heck is going on on air travel? >> we have a policy around unruly passengers. it is simply not allowed. reggie: nolan also told the senate commerce committee that the faa is ramping up oversight of boeing and plans to add 300 employees to its safety office after two deadly 737 max crashes in recent years. jobina: the iteam learned oakland may be in a deeper hole with its stolen data, part of a recent ransomware threat that stole the information of thousands of city employees and placed much of it on the dark web. stephanie sierra's hearing more about the story you will only see on abc 7 news. stephanie: days after the ransomware game known as play leaked its verge batch of stolen data, exposing sensitive information of thousands of current and former city employees and b

. >> it was the latest grilling for faa acting administrator billy nolan who insisted to lawmakers andexamine which mitigations are working and while others appear to not be as effective as they once were. >> the faa absolutely has a grasp on this situation and it's something that we look at every day. >> also in the meeting, representatives from airline unions. american airlines captain says no meeting is necessary to know airlines are stressed to the max still struggling to bounce back from the pandemic. >> the data is behind me. it's happening. these incidents and things that we've been talking about well over a year ago are starting to show up on the flight deck and in operations. >> so far the faa sees no apparent common cause for the incident, a top concern for the national transportation safety board. >> just because we are the safest in the world doesn't mean that we'll continue. it only takes one. one serious tragedy to change all of that. >> our thanks again to pete muntean for that reporting and an important programming note, tomorrow night, rather, on cnn prime time, kate b

if you look at someone like our acting director, billy nolan, the administrator of the faa, that's somebodyommercial pilot, tremendous experience, really knows his stuff. elizabeth: yeah, it's unfair for mom me washington, for the president to have done that to him, you know? i mean, democrat senator jon tester, democrats had misgivings about this. we watched how nominee could not answer any of your seven very important questions about what it needs to be done to run if faa and our nation's airlines and airports. watch this. >> how concerned are you? >> i'm very concerned. this year we're on track to have more than 20 and even 1 is 1 that i would not like to see happen. >> what air space requires an adsb transresponder? >> not sure i can answer that question right now. >> what are the six i'm types of special use air space that appear on faa charts? >> sorry, senator, i cannot answer that question. >> what are the operational limitations of a pilot flying under a basic med? >> senator, i'm not a pilot, so again, senator, i'm not a pilot. >> three types -- mr. washington, the three types? >>

of high-profile near ions at rare rt ahof tha lester holt s down with acting faa administrator billy nolanord, we begin to see ts pop up on our radar, things that we don't expect to see. until we've had these events over the past few weeks that gives us a moment to say stop. anything we should be doing different and remind olv always, always that we can never become complacent. >> representatives across the airline industry to see if there are steps they could take to mitigate risk. you can catch more of that interview tonight "ghtly " wi l. ot qionsut travnow. >>> cg up, how historic settlement in a bullying case could keep other kids from being victimized. >>> welcome back. a connectut family is reivinwhat'selieved to be a settlement in a tragicchool bullying case. >> with our station here in new york city, the sister of the bullied teen and has more. >>> i don't have my brother anymore. i think a participate of you just learns to live with it. >> reporter: if a picture is worth 1,000 words these images of the family speak volumes, but heartbreakingly there would be no more photo taken a

billy nolan had a lot of experience. appointed by biden.ven dixon was appointed by trump h a lot of experience. also an air force pilot and daniel he willwell appointed by trump and u.s. air force, reserve, operation dessert storm. >> brian: maybe is he a frequent flyer. >> ainsley: then you could do it. >> brian: you are right. >> steve: if this guy is confirmed, then is that really going to generate confidence in the system if a guy who does not have pilot experience is running the faa. >> brian: something to think about as we grace offully toss over to ashley. >> ashley: good morning, guys. see you start with this. the search is on for an american citizen who authorities think was kidnapped from her home last month in mexico. the fbi is offering a $20,000 reward for information on marie del lopez one sent a recording of her mother begging her to pay the ransom. meanwhile cbp data reveals 69 people on the fbi terror watch list were arrested for trying to enter into the u.s. so far this fiscal year. a total of 182 have been caught since 20

now, when billy nolan testified in front of that senate panel this morning, he did so as we said as actingwaiting for confirmation. a unique series of battles that have left some critical pieces of the administration's agenda in limbo as well. and some nominees are saying that those bruising battles just aren't worth it. the nominee to head the fcc is the latest to say, thanks, but no thanks. let's bring in "politico" white house reporter and msnbc political contributor, eugene daniels. as if on cue, the pm play book just came into my cell phone, ask the headline is two biden nominees hit senate speed bumps. what can you tell us about those? >> yeah, this is for president biden's nominee for the irs commissioner, senator joe manchin, a democrat saying he's going to vote against him. he has some issues and concerns over him having autonomy to do his job, but it looks like that that position may be safe. senator biden said he will be confirmed, he'll likely be confirmed. but erin garcetti who was nominated for the u.s. ambassador to india, he has been dealing with issues for nearly 600 days.

billy nolan faced a senate panel to answer questions, everything from the two overseas 737 max crashes in 2019, to unruly passengers just this week. nbc news' tom costello covers aviation for us. you watch the hearing. what were the big takeaways? >> reporter: the bottom line is the faa is reiterating that the american airspace is safe. we have gone now 14 years without a fatal national airline crash, thank goodness. but we need to double down on safety given the fact that we've had six runway incursions or close calls this year alone. that's a lot. take a listen to what the faa chief said when asked about this national aviation safety summit set for next week with airlines, with pilots, with controllers, here's what he said -- >> we are bringing in our stakeholders a week from today, and we will sit and talk about what are you seeing. then we'll give them an opportunity to go back to their operation and come back with concrete examples. >> in the marine corps woe call this a safety stand down. is that what you're doing? >> yes, sir -- it's effectively a safety stand down without a saf

most recently a passenger tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck faa chief billy nolan, with lestercome after you. >> reporter: airlines routinely ban disruptive passengers, new bipartisan legislation would create a national no fly list managed by the tsa a passenger banned on one airline would be banned on all. >> you commit violence in the skies, you will no longer fly. >> make sure those people can never come anywhere near any airport in this country ever aga again. >> reporter: while the white house flight attendants support a national do not fly list, some but not all airlines are on board. will congress pass the legislation? tom costello, nbc news. >>> let's turn to someone who knows all about unruly passengers in the air. sarah nelson, president of the association of flight attendants you have been pushing for a no fly list like this for quite a while now. tell us why. how big of an impact do you think a list like this could have >> as you saw from the numbers just now, we have a problem with violent acts that have not gone down certainly don't have as much compliance, most i

near misses involving commercial flights at an industry meeting yesterday, faa acting director billy nolan said this quote the long layoff coupled with the increased technical nature of our systems might have caused some professionals to lose some of that muscle memory. pete mountain is live in washington with those details. pete what else is no one's saying about these near misses? well the concern here amaar is complacency caused by the pandemic. it's been something talked about my pilots by labor unions by captain sully sullenberger during her prime time special on air safety earlier this month, and now the acting head of the faa, essentially saying that the pandemic has created a type of rust among aviation workers, really trying to struggle to catch up. to this huge rebound in pandemic air travel. it was also something echoed by transportation secretary pete buddha judge during an exclusive interview i did with him earlier this month, and he said that the need is to find a cause here. but this might just simply be a contributing factor. listen there would be one thing if we found a ce

billy nolan is the acting administrator of the agent.l he be nominated for a five year term to lead it? after steve dixon resigned as the head of the administration? last year. big questions, though a lot of big questions about phil washington's background, he didn't have the experience, according to the right. he wasn't an aviation safety experts. so will the nominee. be a pilot? or at least have an aviation safety background? that is the big question now is amazing. how long some of these appointments take these days. people wonton thanks so much. coming up next. when it comes to sports, everyone loves a cinderella story now with every single number one seed out bunch of number twos and others as well story this tournament, a lot of cinderella stories coming up. and i've got a conference age is just a number and mine's unlisted boost high protein with 20 g g of protein for muscle health versus 16 g and ensure high protein boost high protein now available in cinnabon. bakery inspired flavor lea more boostcom slash tv started brig star c

series of near collisions on runways this year may be linked to the fallout from the pandemic , billy nolan said. quote air travel is coming back in a big way since the pandemic, but the long layoff couple with the increased technical nature of our systems might have caused some professionals to lose some of that muscle. memory mountain joins us now live from washington with more and this is very interesting that he's saying this good morning to you. what else did we hear from nolan? what we're talking about complacency caused by the pandemic, don. it's something we've heard about from pilots from labor unions from kevin kelly sullenberger during our primetime special and our safety earlier this month, and now we're hearing about it from the acting head of the faa, essentially saying that the pandemic rebound is happening faster than workers can handle. and that is why we're seeing these dramatic near misses on or near runways at major airports involving commercial airliners, which interesting here is that this is something that was echoed by transportation secretary pete buddha judge durin

now to a discussion on aviation safety which features transportation secretary pete buttigieg, billy nolan and national transportation safety board chair for collins be highlighting near collisions on airport runways . >>. >>. [applause] i'm very glad to see full house on this important day. on this very important subject and i appreciate everybody gathering here. i want to start by thanking our acting administrator for bringing us together. our national transportation safety board, thank you so much for joining us for everything you do across everywhere. i want to recognize our former teacher joining us today, thank you for your all hands on deck effort. all right. and i want to thank everybody who is here across the public sector, industry, labor, all of our stakeholders because we are dedicated to our role that is bringing us together and strengthening safety. america has the most complex safety system in the world because of the work you all do andbecause of the standards we hold ourselves to . when we see an issue we move swiftly on ways to find it, that's why we've asked everybody to

pilot in that case that had to take evasive action just barely avoiding disaster and that said billy kno nolanible head of faa by senator ted cruz and president biden's pick phil washington and pilots here at newark and other airport airports are dealing with soaring f fares and up by % and pilot pay is expected to increase as deals are worked out with the various unions and a lot for flies to deal with. on the safety issue, looks like, stuart, we'll have to wait for the so called safety summit you heard about that's set to take place next week. stuart. stuart: connell mcshane, thank you very much indeed. got it. a seattle drone company deployed high-tech drones in turkey after the earthquakes. blake reznik, by the way he's 23 years old, he's the founder and ceo of brink. that's a drone company. blake, welcome back to the show. can your drone see into places that rescuers can't actually go? >> yes. that's is very much the case. our drone is capable of getting into places that otherwise might be impossible for for rescuers to reach in partially collapsed building scenarios. stuart: are you gett

transportation secretary pete buttigieg and acts faa administrator billy k nolan will deliver remarks. >> it is hard to figure out how to connect the dots except to say that this appears to be a system that is blinking red. flashing red lights indicating that there is a system that is on the edge of something much worse. you know, there is an expression in aviation, the rules are written in blood. kind of a morbid expression, but the idea is that accidents lead to rules which make things safer. let's hope in this case we're talking about a series of near misses that ultimately lead to making things safer. bottom line is that on the runway is a difficult place to be, it is a very challenging place to be, it has always been very dangerous. the faa has focused on it for years. but it appears that people have gotten a bit lackadaisical. what we don't have the capability of doing in this country is adding concrete, making new runways, making more space for planes to land at these very busy airports. that is kind of a nonstarter in most locations. and that is where the choke point is right

i look at prior faa administrators, current acting faa administrator billy nolan was commercial airlineilot pretty worked at multiple airlines he has certificates in aviation safety from three different institutions the u.s. army, safety center the u.s. naval postgraduate school. it is under president biden. and mr. steve dixon are both biden and trump was an air force fighter pilot 40 years of aviation experience. acting administrator was an air force combat pilot, commercial airline pilot, senior faa official aviation industry executive. administrator randy babbitt was commercial airline pilot for 25 years served as the president of a labor union for pilots. those are all people who know something about aviationn safet. as i look at your record to see record you got experience with buses pretty got experience with trains, buses and trains in very different from planes. my understanding assisted ministration previously considered you for the board of amtrak. that could well have been a position you qualified for. you might have well received bipartisan support to serve in pothat role.

i also want to thank billy nolan, our current acting administrator.ntegral from humble beginnings and public housing on the southside of chicago, i am honored and humbled by this nomination. if confirmed, i pledge that i will work diligently to support the extraordinary team at the faa. i grew up for as an only son of the family of six children hear my mother was a single parent. she worked 12 hours a day to put food on the table for all of us. she took me to listen and learn from the great faith and civic leaders who lived in and visited the city of chicago in the '60s and '70s. this is where i realized my purpose and desire to serve people and berp a public servan. i begin my public service and leadership journey nearly 45 years ago when i enlisted in the u.s. army to serve my country. i ultimately served for nearly 25 years, earning earning the highest military enlisted rank, that of command sergeant major, e-9. during my military career i served, lead, and motivated men and women from every corner of thisf great land. i honorably retired from the

fortunately the faa right now is being run by acting administrator billy nolan, who unlike mr. washington, has decades of aviation experience. mr. nolan has worked as a pilot. he's a seasoned aviation safety executive, and he's been in senior leadership roles at the faa. at the nomination hearing, and at the hearing that followed the next week with acting administrator nolan, i suggested an obvious solution. president biden has already named an acting administrator who is qualified and knows how to do the job. for those that are concerned about racial diversity, both mr. washington and mr. nolan are both african american. the difference is mr. nolan has decades of experience in aviation safety and mr. washington has none. mr. president, you serve with me on the commerce committee. you're the newest member to join the committee. welcome to the committee. we're glad to have you. i don't believe mr. washington's nomination is going to go forward successfully. i do not believe the votes are there. i would suggest, mr. president, to you and to every democrat on the committee and in

billy hamilton. he lays down the but for the sacrifice that pitcher nolan p% long throws it in the dirt and it gets awaynning run comes into score. white sox. walk it off 5 to 4. so much fun going on down in arizona right now. that's it for sports, pam. ken, back to you. all right, kate, thank you. back to a look at what's going on with our weather. look at this. a utility pole shaking in the wind. >> this west campbell avenue in campbell. the street is closed in both directions there. this is near the hill foods, a grocery store. police are warning residents about the down utility pole and asking the public to report any downed power lines in their area. as soon as is possible. the wind knocking down trees all over the bay area. belmont police shared this picture of a fallen tree near the intersection of ralston avenue and davis drive. >> in daly city, firefighters responded to this fallen tree that blocked the northbound lanes of unit pero serra boulevard and d street. fire says it's responding to downed trees all along the coast in san mateo county. let's check back in with lauren see what we can exp

. >> bottom of the 9th tied at 2, 2, on for billy hamilton lays down the but for the sacrifice bunt pitcher nolan long throws it in the dirt and gets away. the winning run comes into score white sox. walk it off. >> 5 to 6. so ready for real base >> the genie continuing to respond to a number of power outages around the bay area. here's your map showing the locations where the power is still out. there is a little bit of improvement as we zoom and we had some red areas which is more than 5,000 customers without power in the east bay. but those are gone. but there's still some significant outages. there you between highway 101, and interstate 2.80, in the los altos hills area. those areas in red signify significant outages in those particular areas. and some people have been without power for quite a while now. we'll keep you posted throughout the evening on the progress of pg e has on restoring power in those neighborhoods. so that wraps up kron. 4 news tonight at 8. >> thinking grand standing by with what's coming up at 9, which is likely the weather, the wind energy that yeah, it can. yeah. it'

billy hamilton. he lays down the but for the sacrifice. the pitcher nolan long throws it in the and gets away.un comes into score. white sox. they walk it off 5 to 4, only a couple short weeks left to start the regular season. we can hardly wait. that's it for sports. vicki grant, back to you. >> thank you, kate. as we check live, look here at coit tower in san francisco are the trees and flags are no longer. >> blowing like crazy. you know, it's pretty calm out there. a bit chilly, though, lawrence, what we have to look forward to tomorrow. but i think that a little sunshine coming our way. wouldn't that be nice to see maybe taking a baseball game here soon? maybe some warmer weather, but a long way to go before this winter winds down. we've got some more stormy weather in the forecast for you. but right now, yeah, a much-needed break. i think coming our way tonight, storm system still leave behind some clouds out there. a chance you can see a scattered shower. but overall, the winds really begin to back off around most of the bay area for as speaking winds, there you go. instead of those win

now to a discussion on aviation safety which features transportation secretary pete buttigieg, billy nolan and national transportation safety board chair for collins be highlighting near collisions on airport runways . >>