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the us federal aviation administration is flights into the airport.ay. $100—billion—dollars, according to the group's musk, the world's richest man, has been suing openai for months, trying to stop it from transitioning to a for—profit firm. he co—founded the company in 2015 with its current ceo, as the leading chat—bot in the ai boom. he then offered instead to buy x, referring to it in 2022. meanwhile an ai summit is under way in paris. world leaders and tech bosses descended on the iconic in paris today. deepseek went viral and rocked the ai industry. but they are also fiercely competing for pole position in opportunity will leave britain and people will leave britain. tech titans like google's boss sundar pichai are here. vice presidentjd vance. its use but slammed for stifling innovation. in agreement on is that al is going to become increasingly in healthcare and at work. the question is how to make sure we can trust them. zoe kleinman, bbc news. a video of the musician performing in a popular as part of a two—week tour. stay with us here on bbc

members of the us federal aviation administration are also here on site, participating in the investigation, as it is a mitsubishi aircraft. mitsubishi will be here on site as well, and delta airlines has sent their go team who are already here on site. so what does this all mean for operations at toronto pearson today and in the days ahead? our emergency operations center does remain open, though operations on the runways resumed at 5 p.m. eastern time yesterday. we have been in recovery mode since resuming flights at 5 p.m. yesterday, catching up on delayed flights, and that continues into today as well. we are currently without use of our longest east west and north south runways. this and ongoing expected additional weather conditions today will affect how fast we recover operations, particularly with departure of aircraft. we do expect that the investigators on site will be reviewing the aircraft on its current configuration on the runway for the next 48 hours, and we are looking to get to support that investigation and the removal of that aircraft off the runway, at which point we can

use properly. a representative from the federal aviation administration tells kron 4 the asiana 2, 1, 4, crash forced to look at how aircraft rescue teams respond to emergencies, how they are trained and what kind of equipment is used. san francisco airport officials say they've made major investments in emergency preparedness. sfo now has a boeing 7, 6, 7 aircraft that offers emergency training and an airport rescue fire fighting simulator among other new resources to help prevent another tragedy reporting in san francisco, stephanie lin kron. 4 news. >> developing this morning, canada and mexico responded with their own tariffs on the u.s.. this comes after president donald trump follow through with his promise to tax imports from the nation's top trading partners, trump approved 25% taxes on imports from canada and mexico. saturday. plus a 10% tariff on products from china, oil and energy products from canada will be subject to the lower 10% rate. trump says the tariffs are to stop the flow of fentanyl into the u.s.. he also wants canada and mexico to do more on their sides of the border. but the

us. stuart: taylor, thank you, we'll take it and we'll be watching, i promise. transportation secretary sean duffy blames administration -- biden administration to be clear for problems ranging from aviationmble joining us from los angeles. what secretary duffy saying about that high speed rail project in california? reporter: yeah, stu, he'll be here at los angeles union station in about an hour and expecting secretary duffy to criticize the vow moving high speed rail project and potentially blasted as a waste of taxpayer dollars, not just in california but the entire u.s. population and it's a project facing years of delays and expected to cost billions and president trump criticized as worst managed project he's ever seen and the rail authority here in the golden state is defending it saying the project is creating jobs and will, once it's finished, boost the economy despite years and years of setbacks. we also expect duffy to answer questions about plans to update technology in air traffic control towers and increase controller stafferring after those two -- staffing after the two high profile crashes in his first month on the job. duffy posted on x, here are the facts, in bind's firs

and joining us is also randy babbitt, who is a former administrator of the federal aviation administration. randy, let me start with you were obviously and katie gave us a wonderful warning earlier, which i could not echo more. we need to wait for the investigators to do their jobs, and they do an excellent job. but as we're watching this, we know a few things from the faa. we know just from nbc news confirmed six people were on board. we know that at least three homes and multiple vehicles were struck. we know there's a perimeter. we know that there's been explosions as you're watching this, what what is your takeaway from what you're seeing in the scenes? >> well, it's a high degree of speculation because, you know, we're kind of lean on factual data, but visibility certainly comes into play. it was a low visibility takeoff. the other possibilities engine failure or even worse, an explosive engine failure, which would damage the airplane and your ability to control it. the airplane did, in fact, and i agree with what was said before the airplane pitched up and then pitched down and appar

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us all safe, like the head of the food and drug administration. you know, the ones who make sure our food and drugs are safe. the federal aviation administration. how do you feel about flying these days, fellas? and the acting commissioner at the social security administration. but the white house expects us to just trust them. and whoever is overseeing doge. joining me now is doug jones, former democratic senator and former us attorney from alabama, and jason johnson, professor of journalism and politics at morgan state university and host of the podcast award with jason johnson. i'll come to you in a moment, but i want to come to you first, jason, because the reality is, you know, and you and i have chatted about this, there is a it's easy to demonize the government because most people don't know what government agencies do. and they have a vague sense that when we pay our taxes, the government is wasting the money. so if you say, well, all this money went to foreign aid, people say, okay, good, cut that, because they really don't know what it is, but they seem to be at this sort of dodge, whatever it is, taking advantage of that by saying, we

according to american, that the helicopter corridor that was in use here is at least temporarily closed by the federal aviation administration. american also said in that memo that it will work with the new administration and leaders in congress to make sure that aviation is safer. we've also learned from the ntsb they've recovered the logbooks of the pilots of both aircraft. they're going to essentially look at the records of their flights and their training and create a more detailed look at what the pilots were doing in the days leading up to this crash. a lot of key clues here, brianna, but the bottom line is way too soon to pin this on any one particular cause. >> and so often it's a complex set of causes. pete muntean thank you for the latest from reagan national airport. we do appreciate it for us. >> now to some of the other headlines we're watching this hour. people and businesses across the u.s. taking part in the so-called day without immigrants. some of these videos are from southern california, showing thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets yesterday, many protesting president trump's aggressive crac

this is a string of high-profile aviation crashes over the last couping weeks, as the trump administration focuses on the faa. >> jarred hill, thank you for joining us. >>> turning to the weather and the bitter cold on the nation's midsection, as the south braces for more severe weather, following deadly storms. the death toll rose to 14. 12 of them in the hard-hit state of kentucky. tennessee and west virginia are also left cleaning up from floodwaters. and now, there's freezing temperatures and even snow in the forecast for the region. nicole valdez is in kentucky. >> the water had risen to almost hood level. >> reporter: mason michael is the fire chief in horse cave, a small town in central kentucky. this morning, he raced to rescue a couple, stranded on top of their truck, stalled out in floodwaters. >> we had ems unit here. we had thick blankets on heaters while we were deploying the boat. we gave them the blankets. we got them wrapped up and brought them back. >> reporter: a brutal winter storm system that thrashed much of the south this weekend, left swaths of eastern kentucky under water. >> we just got hit by one of the most significant nat

aviation expert captain laura einsetler gives us her analysis on what may have gone wrong. and our in-depth focus tonight is on the trump administration's immigration sweeps in sanctuary cities like new orleans, as we saw not all who were arrested are violent criminals and that's making migrants like this mother from honduras very nervous. those stories and more right after our news headlines. ♪ ♪ hamas is speeding up the release of israeli hostages and will free six people saturday instead of the agreed-upon three. the bodies of four deceased israeli hostages, including a mother and her two young sons, will be released on thursday. in return, israel is freeing palestinian prisoners and allowing construction equipment and mobile homes into gaza. senior u.s. and russian officials met in saudi arabia for more than four hours today for talks aimed at ending the war in ukraine and planning a trump-putin summit. not in attendance? ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. a fire that started monday night at a manufacturing warehouse in the philadelphia suburb of abington burned into the day today until firefighters finally got the flames unde

on friday, cnn learned the federal aviation administration indefinitely shut down the low altitude helicopter corridor used by the black hawk on wednesday night. lawmakers are looking to see if permanent changes are needed around one of the busiest runways in the country. >> what the video shows is that they were flying at the same altitude at a moment when that shouldn't have happened. that somewhere in the process of what is now established as these two routes, which i think will raise a lot of questions for lawmakers to discuss, how is how are those two routes and even the level of separation that is expected? how could how how are we even doing that? >> investigators now have their hands on the airliners. two black boxes, the devices crucial to understanding what may have happened in the final moments of that flight. meanwhile, recovery efforts continued on the cold and rainy potomac river friday, d.c. officials determined to recover every victim under the water. whatever it takes. >> yes, we expect. >> to recover. >> all of the bodies. that's why our teams are still working. >> we're going to have to

on friday, cnn learned the federal aviation administration indefinitely shut down the low altitude helicopter corridor usedthe black hawk. on wednesday night, lawmakers are looking to see if permanent changes are needed around one of the busiest runways in the country. >> what the video shows is that they were flying. >> at the same. altitude at a moment when that shouldn't have happened. that somewhere. in the process of what is now. established as. >> these two routes, which i think will raise a lot of. >> questions for. >> lawmakers to discuss, how is how are those two routes and even the level of separation that is expected? how could how how are we even doing that? >> investigators now have their hands on the airliners, two black boxes, the devices crucial to understanding what may have happened in the final moments of that flight. meanwhile, recovery efforts continued on the cold and rainy potomac river friday. d.c. officials determined to recover every victim under the water. whatever it takes. >> yes, we. expect to recover. >> all of the bodies. >> that's why. >> our teams are still working. we're

jose and erin, we're also hearing that some employees at the federal aviation administration have been let go. what more can you tell uso speak with a union leader this morning about that. and i'm told that close to 300 members of the professional aviation safety specialists union received some termination notices over the weekend. we're talking about maintenance mechanics, aeronautical information specialists, environmental protection specialists, as well, aviation safety assistants, among others in that union. and the union president says that this is going to increase the workloads and further tax a workforce that is already stretched pretty thin. i want to show you part of the statement that he released over the weekend that says, these are not nameless, faceless bureaucrats. they are our family, friends and neighbors. they contribute to our communities. many military veterans are among them. it is shameful to toss aside dedicated public servants who have chosen to work on behalf of their fellow americans. and of course, jose, we know that there were several other agencies that were touched by these termination not

the federal aviation administration has indefinitely shut down the low altitude helicopter corridor that was in use at the time of the mid-air collision near reagan national airport. crews have recovered 41 bodies from the waters of the potomac river, but at least 14 people are still missing. officials are bringing in barges to help with removing the aircraft, hoping to find the remaining bodies. >> we think we. >> know where. >> they are. we won't know until we're done. i mean, we're going to continue this search operation, but we've searched a large portion of this river and we are right there. i believe that when we remove the aircraft that that will help us resolve this number. if it doesn't, we will continue to search. >> and the ntsb expects to issue a preliminary report in about 30 days. hamas has now released all three hostages scheduled to be freed today, and israel has started releasing more than 180 palestinian prisoners. cnn for the latest on this breaking story. plus more breaking news coverage of a plane crash in philadelphia. as investigators begin to look for clues about a possible

at that time to using the biological questionnaire that was introduced by the obama administration that punished skilled applicants. the president has long met on the issue of aviation safety and will continue to do so, will continue to deliver on the promises he made to the american people at record speed. the senate has confirmed eight of the exceptional cabin nominees, including sean duffy, as you know. the epa secretary, and of interior secretary, who are scheduled to be sworn in later today. we expect the senate to continue quickly confirming the remainder of the well-qualified nominees in the days ahead. earlier this week in the east room the president signed the lincoln riley act into law, surrounded by his loving parents and sister. this commonsense bipartisan law mandates the federal detention of illegal aliens accused of theft, salting law enforcement officers, and anything that causes death serious bodily injury, like the animal that murdered lincoln riley in cold blood. this was the first piece of legislation the president signed proudly and it will guarantee that lincoln didn't die in vain. as his mother allison tearfully said during the event, "the pre

jeff guzzetti worked as a safety investigator for the federal aviation administration, as well as the ntsb, spent a lot of time with usthanks for being with us. you're a commercial pilot. you're trained as a commercial pilot. does anything about that video give you a better understanding than you had yesterday? about what? what we may be looking for. does it allow you to rule certain things out and keep certain things in? >> good evening. yeah. so it does look like it's a hard landing as opposed to a wing being dragged, hitting a snow bank or something. it doesn't appear to be a hard landing. i would expect airplanes to float. and i know you're a pilot. typically you want to come over the threshold and float a bit and then flare and touch down. this was a very firm landing. now it was crosswind conditions. perhaps that's why it was a firm landing. but the investigation is going to have to determine whether or not that right. main landing gear, which collapsed and went up through the wing and caused the wing to come off, was experienced forces that exceeded its design. i think that's where this investigation is going t

us city of philadelphia. local media is reporting that the child on board the learjet had been receiving care for a life—threatening condition and was returning home to mexico. the federal aviation administrationtered with fiery debris and pieces of the aircraft. witnesses described a chaotic scene with people who were injured and structures ablaze. what you're seeing here is a unified response to an awful aviation disaster. for as awful as that aviation disaster was, tonight, we also saw the best of philly. we saw neighbour helping neighbour. we saw pennsylvanians looking out for one another. i want to especially thank and salute philly fire and philly police who did an extraordinaryjob this evening. we know that there will be loss in this region, and we want to offer our thoughts and our serious prayers for those who are grieving at this moment. according to a statement posted online from the company believed to be operating the flight, six people, four crew members, a child patient and the patient�*s escort were on board at the time of the crash. a spokesperson from jet rescue air ambulance told reporters the child on board was receiving care officials suspect all 67 people aboard both retr

us understand what we might be about to see there. >> all right. the trump administration is now targeting the critical federal aviation administration, or faa, as it's known, in its efforts to shrink the government firing hundreds of probationary workers. according to the employee union, the sweeping layoffs come barely three weeks after the deadly midair collision in washington, dc, which led to intensified scrutiny of infrastructure issues in the faa and highlighted a shortage of air traffic controllers. cnn's pete muntean is with me now. pete, give me some sense of of the firings. do we know who and sort of more about what their roles were going to be and how this might affect aviation? >> well, sara, this is. >> really. >> uncharted territory for an air travel system that's stressed to the max right now. remember, the faa's air traffic control equipment is aging, and the system that delivers. mandatory pilot safety alerts failed just days after that crash that killed. 67 people over the potomac river. hasn't even been three weeks since that crash. and elon musk doge has had its eye on the faa ever since. now the concern is when these federal wor

there have been multiple aviation incidents in just the past three weeks as you probably -- as you probably are well aware of. joining us now is former faa deputy administratorhey, dan, thanks so much. >> good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: good morning. why does this keep happening? >> >> i don't think there syndication there is a systemic safety problem with aviation sometimes these things do nap a well and it just is happen stance very safe system. >> ainsley: the airplane landed and flash of fire and then it starts to roll. what made it flip? just looking at the conditions. we are not going to know in the investigators dive into it and they look at the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder but it appears to me with the conditions it was snowy and icy runway. i don't know what the landing condition was right there at the beginning of the runway. generally that's always a little bit slippier than the place where they put on reverse thrusts and get on their brakes. but, with gusty conditions it is possible but very rare to get a severe gust right at touch down and for the pilot to correct from that gust, if the gust was blowing them perhaps offer t

it's just the latest aviation accident in recent months that put a spotlight on the safety of air travel. it comes as the trump administration fired faa employees. joining usow about what happened yesterday? >> reporter: so sadly we know that two people died from this midair collision. these were private planes that collided outside a small airport outside tucson. it's an airport that does not have an air traffic control tower. it's not uncommon -- it's common for there not to be one at small airports. thousands of planes fly in and out of the these airports. it's up to the pilots to keep safe distances. we don't know the cause. the ntsb is on scene. sometime around 8:30 in the morning in arizona these planes collided. the cessna plane, that was able to land safely. two people survived. sadly the other plane, a lansairplane erupted into flames and the two people on that plane died. >> liz, as viewers know and you know, it's the latest aviation accident in recent months. feels like they've been compounding and coming as the trump administration fired hundreds of faa employees. is that expected to impact air travel safety at all? >> reporter: i mean, you kno

aviation administration. he joins me on the phone. mr. babbitt, thank you for coming back. we appreciate you spending some more time with us.g recovered in the potomac from the crash that took place between that airplane and chopper, that fatal crash. and now there is a second plane down within just a couple of days. what will the faa be doing in the immediate aftermath? what is the job? walk us through what the faa would be doing regarding this plane that has gone down in philly. >> well. >> first, yes, i'm spending my afternoon and. >> evening with. >> msnbc, but. >> and i. >> know precious little to be very candid, this accident was, you know, just obviously very recent. but the faa, the first thing they would do is try to get all the records, you know, talk to the tower personnel. what was the weather conditions? they're certainly going to coordinate with the ntsb who will, you know, actually be charged with investigating the accident. but the faa has accident investigators as well, and they'll try to ascertain as much data as they could. they'll certainly record the tracks. my understanding is this aircraft shot an app

aviation safety. and this comes as president trump's administration sent out termination notices to hundreds of workers within the faa over the weekend. today, in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us at sfo this morning. and ginger, the firings don't involve people who actually work in the towers. that is what we understand so far. marcus and chris, hundreds of termination notices were sent out. they include mechanics, information specialists and aviation safety assistants, among others. now, in a post on x late on monday, transportation secretary sean duffy confirmed that fewer than 400 employees within the faa were fired and, quote, zero air traffic controllers and critical safety personnel were let go. now, a spokesman for the faa says it continues to hire air traffic controllers who face a nationwide shortage of more than 3000. staffing within air traffic control has been a key focus in the investigation. following the mid-air collision at washington, dc's reagan national airport. all 67 people on board both aircraft were killed. now, weeks after that crash, the trump administration says it's making cuts within the faa. these are not air traffic controllers, air safety inspect

administrator. he's currently the chief regulatory affairs officer for archer aviation incorporated. he also flew army helicopters and was a pilot for american airlines. billy, thanks for being with us. and maybe you can give us a sense of what we should be expecting here, because the ntsb will be holding a news conference here in the next few hours. they have this data recovered from the black hawk helicopter. they will be releasing. what information might we learn? what might we not learn? >> yeah. >> well, thank you for having me on today. >> i don't think. >> we will learn. >> today at this briefing that you will have a definitive answer. you know, once, once they've got the data off of the the black box for the, the black hawk, it will take them time to look at that, to transcribe that, to make sure that they've got that exactly right. and this is just a part of what's a very methodical process. and i know there's this really, really need and want for desire for answers. but it is critically important. we're on day five. you know, post this horrific accident. so but i can i can assure you that in the audience that the ntsb will move in the most, you know, expeditious manner. al

democrats say they plan to use the hearing to highlight what they believe are illegal actions committed by elon musk and doge. well, the federal aviation administration flight restrictions at ronald reagan national airport right outside of washington. that's where there was a recent deadly plane crash into the potomac river. now, the faa wants helicopters to be permanently restricted from flying in the same airspace as commercial jets in that area. a temporary ban is already in place. 67 people were killed in that plane crash last month. well, here at home, the city of belmont is the latest to support a measure that would allow the embattled san mateo county sheriff, cristina corpus, to be removed from office by the county board of supervisors. last year, a report came out accusing sheriff corpus of abuse of power, creating a toxic work environment, and also retaliation. the belmont city council voted unanimously last night to give their support to the next move. now, on march 4th, voters will decide in a special election whether to give san mateo county supervisors the power to remove the county's elected sheriff. sheriff corpus has denied any wrong

aviation sector to end its dei practices. democrats calling the claims disgusting, but the trump administration is doubling down. >> when you're flying on an airplane with your loved ones, which every one of usthis room has. do you pray that your plane lands safely and get you to your destination or do you pray that the pilot has a certain skin color? think we all know the answer to that question is president trump said yesterday it's common sense. >> again, many officials say there's no credible basis for claiming race or gender played a factor in the crash over the potomac. meanwhile, the trump administration canadian and mexican imports with a 25% tariff starting today over illegal immigration and drug smuggling concerns. the president's trade threat comes as members of his administration meet with their mexican and canadian counterparts as the nation's 2 largest trade partners. look to reassure the president, they're cracking down on border security. it is possible the tariffs could be short-lived if canada and mexico can reach a deal to aggressively address the immigration and fentanyl smuggling issue. in developing news. the push back against president donald trump's executive orders c

aviation administration. at the department of house and urban development the union warning they expect 50% cut to the work force by may. sources tell us0 workers at the irs have been identified for possible termination, with tax season just around the corner. victoria tells us she was laid off from the forest service in montana. >> elon musk doesn't even know my job exists. we do a lot. i'm a public servant. i do this job because i love it. so, yeah, i'm devastated. my whole community lost their jobs. i don't know what i'm gonna do now. >> reporter: other government workers like elizabeth, who works for the consumer financial protection bureau, says she doesn't even have enough information to file for unemployment. >> we were just basically tossed out on the streets. so that has been angry and heartbreaking. and our pay stops the day we got the termination letter. so we're all without a paycheck as of tuesday. >> reporter: so the administration has not provided any clarity on just how many federal workers have been let go, but did give every single federal agency a deadline of today to let go of any probationary workers. george? >> ge

administration's goals. and the faa's layoffs this weekend drawing protests from the workers' union. >> these are the folks that make everything happen, so the rest of us that are engaged in aviationsafety can make sure that all of that is happening. >> reporter: the agency says it continues to hire and onboard air traffic controllers and has retained employees who perform critical safety functions. kate sandlin moved from alabama to maryland in january to take a job as an education outreach specialist at the national institutes of health. on saturday she was one of the employees to be fired. >> i have no idea how i will recover from this. >> reporter: in a court filing overnight, despite all the recent focus on elon musk and his own promotion of himself as donald trump's cost-cutter, the billionaire ceo is not in charge of doge. in fact, they say he has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself and is merely a senior adviser to the president. the president remains in florida today where he's expected to sign a new batch of executive orders this afternoon. >> garrett, thanks so much. >>> another major story breaking overnight, the push to end the war in uk

exemption done in the trump administration gave them an exemption to this, and this week we find out in a letter that they never ever used avsb in a way to help us in our aviation safety. air traffic controlsers know that these firings are antisafety. a constituent of mine in washington state, a former air traffic controller, wrote me on sunday about how important these workers are. according to him, he said, quote, these technicians and engineers maintain every piece of equipment that keeps our flying public safe, keeps radars and instrument landing to air traffic controllers on automation and the technicians undergo years of specialized training to maintain critical missions and systems and cannot be replaced quickly. in the 35 years since i began my controller career, we have never, ever had a surplus of technicians and engineers. to the contrary, it's a challenge to keep them in these jobs. once our aviation system infrastructure is compromised, it takes decades to take it back and money will not be saved and lives may be lost. end quote. i thank mr. greenwood for his service. i hope the administration is listening. i hope that you figure out now is not the

the us federal aviation administration said when it came down yesterday evening. and was returning homenes plane in washington. all 67 people on board both aircraft were killed in the incident. our reporter barry caffrey has the latest. which lies in pieces in the potomac river. victims will be difficult until the aircraft is lifted out of the water. our dive teams are working in targeted areas. days to study the cockpit voice and flight data recordings at a press conference yesterday, it refused to say control at the time of the incident. they will be ongoing for probably the next few days. we've had full cooperation in getting the witnesses that we need to gain those interviews. we will then take that information and match was chief warrant officer andrew eaves. the family of the mississippi native described him memorial at this skating club. returning from a camp. they were of a huge talent. and as human beings they were just two sunshines more than 300 people are now searching the wreckage, with more assistance, including coast guard ships a further three israeli hostages held in ga