it is a complex system of air traffic control that will use satellite-based technology similar to theou use in your car rather than the current ground-based radar tracking systems to more efficiently and safely control traffic in the air throughout the united states. nextgen is already being used on a trial basis here in the bay area. earlier this year, faa acting administrator michael huerta showed off the technology at oakland's air traffic control tower. >> there are things that we are doing that are improving the use of the airspace that will result in a lot of benefit right away. what we're going to be able to do is make some remarkable changes in the airspace that will benefit the entire nation. >> reporter: while the benefits of these technological changes may come in time, several different sources worry about security flaws now. nick foster says the same technology that allows anyone with a receiver or a smartphone to track planes in the air also can make this nextgen system vulnerable. >> i'm far from the only one out there who has these skills. in that sense, that's very co

and simulators for air traffic controllers train them to realize an emergency before they face one. >> we have learned from accidents, we've plugged all of those lessons back in. they've been embraced in many cases and we're not seeing repeats of those aim accidents. >> reporter: but experts say two accidents in which human failure was to blame. underscore that the biggest reason for safety. in 2009, killing 228. that same year, colgan air flight 437 crashed in buffalo killing 50. >> colgan air was a watershed event for aviation safety. in particular, bringing the regional carriers up to standards with major carriers. >> reporter: rates are dropping in russia, africa, latin america, the caribbean and asia. despite the improvement in safety, experts say there's a real are danger here. just when you start to think it can't happen again is very often when you're the most vulnerable. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> well, thanks, tom. >>> punching a walmart greeter? who does that. >>> and stealing meteorites and other bizarre habits. >>> and bowl fever takes over as many plan to spe

they are talking to the air traffic control plane in the sky.y are talking to people at the pentagon, for example, so we've got a lot more people talking in real-time. so i think drone warfare is say safer, more effective form of warfare. less collateral damage and press blue on blue kills which is when we kill our own people. >> jon: what about a death star? >> i signed that petition. >> jon: did you really? why didn't you sign that petition? [ laughter ] when you think about it if you say it's sort of an easier technology, is that the kind of thing where -- you know, i always -- listen, i watch a lot of movies. anything like the clone armies, drones -- all those types of things. you see 30 years from now there may be robotic warfare where there are, you know killing fields of robots that are just kind of at each other. >> sure darfa. >> jon: who is that? >> defense -- >> jon: oh, yeah, yeah. >> yeah so they've got work going on right now to do that. i also think that there's a lot of work going on inside the military and outside the military t

are hoping for a let up in the snowfall as monday progresses so that we can better deal with the air traffic and normalize the situation by tuesday. >> other hubs have been hit by the wintery conditions too, and europe's biggest airport outside london bad visibility forced controllers to extend the time between takeoffs. 1 in 10 flights were cancelled. >> the world has been watching the algearian prime minister over one of the world's worst hostage crises in years. islamic militants attacked a facility in the desert. the government responded with a military operation. basically there was a blood bath. there was ultraconfusion and the real story is only just emerging. a search for answers. japan's vice foreign minister visited just days after the algearian army stormed the site. algear yeah's oil minister accompanied him to the fight. at least seven japanese died in the drama and another 10 are unaccounted for. the prime minister has given algeria's first account of the siege. he reported that his army killed 29 of 32 hostage takers. they came to algeria from northern mali. the cell was compr

right now, some of the air traffic there in the middle part of your screen, we have moderate air quality, we will go down to the san francisco area, it's a gorgeous night tonight with a wide array of colors, and we will see great sunrises and sunsets with the pollution in the atmosphere. if you are here visiting on vacation, you hit the yak pot when it comes to the weather right now. you usually do not see this weather until april and may. high pressure is anchored in the west, and it's steering all the storm activity way up to alaska. eventually we will get a small section of this in that seven-day forecast, at least, for the next two days, we are going to be under the mild trend with a lot of sunshine and temperatures that will be about 10 degrees above average. not only upper 60s to 70 for thursday, but also as we head to friday, we will undergo rare winter warmth. santa cruz 70, palo alto 70, and here is the other side of the coin, we need the rain. san jose only .69 of an inch, and not even a quarter of what we should have this time of the year gorman this month. so, looks like we w

system that will allow for safer and faster air traffic. by not making this investment, we are measurably slowing down economic activity and growth. multiply this example by dozens and dozens and you get a sense of the scale of our infrastructure problem and deficit. or consider the decline in human capital. we used to lead the world in young college graduates. we now rank 14th and dropping. the federal government spends plenty of money, but the largest part of our budget now goes directly to entitlements. spending on present consumption like entitlements has large constituencies and spending for the next generation of growth, investment, has few supporters. recently, the "washington post" interviewed the scholar who famously predicted that japan would become the world's number one economy in the 1980s. vogel explained while japan's economic miracle was real and its economy stayed very sophisticated, he never foresaw how its political system would seize up and become unable to solve the challenges it faced in the 1990s. today japan remains

are hoping for a let up in the snowfall as monday progresses so that we can better deal with the air traffic and normalize the situation by tuesday. >> other hubs have been hit by the wintery conditions too, and europe's biggest airport outside london bad visibility forced controllers to extend the time between takeoffs. 1 in 10 flights were cancelled. >> the world has been watching the algearian prime minister over one of the world's worst hostage crises in years. islamic militants attacked a facility in the desert. the government responded with a military operation. basically there was a blood bath. there was ultraconfusion and the real story is only just emerging. a search for answers. japan's vice foreign minister visited just days after the algearian army stormed the site. algear yeah's oil minister accompanied him to the fight. at least seven japanese died in the drama and another 10 are unaccounted for. the prime minister has given algeria's first account of the siege. he reported that his army killed 29 of 32 hostage takers. they came to algeria from northern mali. the cell was compr

food inspectors, air traffic controllers, specialists wouldn't get paychecks. investors around the world will ask the united states of america is in fact a safe bet. every homeowner, every small business owner who wants to grow and hire. it would be a self-inflicted wound on the economy. it would slow down our growth. it might tip us into recession. and ironically, would probably increase our deficit. so to even entertain the idea of this happening, of the united states of america not paying its bills is irresponsible. it's absurd. >> if the country defaults on its debt, republicans will take the blame for the damage, as president obama pointed out, the country is required by law to pay for what congress spends. >> congress authorizes spending. they order me to spend. they tell me you need to fund our defense department at such and such a level. you need to send out social security checks. you need to make sure that your paying to care for our veterans. they lay all this out for me. because they have the spending power. and so i am required by law to go ahead a

fourth-quarter earnings dropped on slower air traffic, superstorm sandy, the united- continental merger transition, and the grounding of its 787 dreamliner jets. united's ceo says 2012 was "the toughest year of our merger integration," but the airline is "back on track." consumers are bracing for higher beef prices. the effects of last summer's drought may cause the price of beef to increase by 10 to 20 cents per pound. many farmers thinned out cattle herds as scorched corn crops triggered higher feed costs. in san antonio, texas, cargill is letting go of 2,000 workers as it closes a beef packaging plant. burger king is dropping an overseas beef supplier after traces of horsemeat were found in its products. abp food group supplies beef to b-k restaurants in the u.k. and ireland. b-k says there are no risks to human health, but some of bk's products may be temporarily unavailable. meanwhile, mcdonald's is emphasizing 'knowing your fillet o fish.' the golden arches is auditing its supply chain so that it will serve only "certified sustainable fish." sustainable is a term given to supplier

hd simulators for pilots and air traffic controllers train them to handle emergencies before they facel one. debbie herzman is chairman of ntsb. >> we've learned from accidents, plowed those lessons back, in they've been embraced and we're not seeing repeats of those same accidents. >> reporter: experts say two accidents in which human failure was at least partly to blame underscore that remains the biggest threat to safety. air france 447 crashed into the atlantic in 2009, killing 228. that same year, regional airline colgan air flight 447 crashed in buffalo, killing 50. >> colgan air was a watershed event for aviation safety, in particular, bringing the regional carriers up to standards with the major carriers. >> reporter: the safety culture is spreading. accident rates are dropping in russia, africa, latin america, the caribbean, and asia. despite the dramatic improvement experts say there's danger here. just when you start to think, it can't happen again, is often when you're the most vulnerable. tom cocostello, nbc news, washington. >>> stocks provided many 401(k)s, pensions, and

we have one of the world's most antiquated air traffic systems. we need to update the computers. it's $25 billion. we're not spending that money because as you say spending is is a dirty word. but one day you're going to have terrible problems or you're going to have -- the system will break down. then it's not going to cost $25 billion. it will cost $50 billion. >> another thing we don't talk about enough. we're talking about spending as if there's this generally irresponsible spending. the bigger issue is entitlements, the growth in what those are going to cost us over time. that's the real threat, the one hardest to deal with because it's stuff people want. >> we don't distinguish between spending that is on consumption, that is i'm giving you a check, whether it's social security or unemployment insurance, whatever it is, interest deduction on your mortgage. that's stuff that is just -- it gets spent. it's not investment for future growth. when you build a bridge, when you upgrade your air traffic system, you're increasing economic productivity. that will produce returns for

. >>> the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in central london asked air traffic controllers to landt a nearby heliport due to bad weather. the helicopter hit the top of a building and then plunged below. the pilot and one other died. 13 others were hurt. >>> one iconic jersey shore boardwalk is now being restored after superstorm sandy blew it to bits. generations spent summers in seaside heights. it's also the backdrop for mtv's "jersey shore" show. last night see side heights was awarded a $3.6 million contract to rebuild the boardwalk. it should be ready in time for memorial day. >>> "cbs moneywatch" time now on a thursday morning. banks report big earnings, and a major airline tries to raise fairs again. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. >>> asian markets were cautious ahead of a key report by china. hong kong's hang sang shed a fraction. two major banks reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates. goldman sachs said profits nearly tripled, and jpmorgan chase reported earnings up 55%. bank of

so clear you can see air traffic right there. near the san jose logo top of your screen. and, twinkling bright. san francisco, and the tower lit up bright for the game coming up. the camera shaking a bit. the wind is stirring the atmosphere slightly. believe it or not, the wind. makes the wind chill. makes it feel colder. it is keepingslit -- slightly warmer. downright chilly. jet stream, sinking to the south. not only to the bay area. to southern california. with that pulling to the south. all the upper level energy. dragging in polar air. not going to go anywhere the next 48 hours. it is going to do this to our temperatures. let's get a look at tomorrow, shall we. pet l some other spots. 32, los gatos. 34 in santa cruz. and there. average. 26 degrees. also potentially some icy roads. as for friday. here is the good part. throughout the afternoon. a lot of sunshine. though it is cold. going to be bundled up. the sun out there to make it feel at least, a little bit warmer outside. the three day forecast. stay dry for friday. freeze warn ing. and frost to start. look at th

>> reporter: a new air traffic control system being tested here in the bay area with some serious security concerns. why experts say it may be too easy for hackers to put these dangerous ghost planes on the radar. those stories tonight as we

and hd simulators for pilots and air traffic controllers train them to handle emergencies before theye a real one. debbie hersman is chairman of the ntsb. >> we have learned from accidents, we have plowed all of those lessons back in. they have been embraced in many cases, and we're not seeing repeats of those same accidents. >> reporter: but experts say two actions in which human failure was at least partly to blame. underscore that, remains the biggest threat to safety. air france 447 crashed into the atlantic in 2009, killing 228. that same year, regional airline, flight 3407, crashed in buffalo, killing 50. >> colgan air was a watershed event in aviation safety, in particular bringing the regional carriers up to standards with the major carriers. >> reporter: the safety culture is spreading, accident rates are dropping, in russia, africa, latin america. the caribbean and asia. despite the improvement in safety, experts say there is a real danger here. just when you start to think it can't happen again is very often when you're most vulnerable. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >

traffic. recording live, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now is 5:05 an air search is led for a missing and in skott's valley. he has not been heard from since he left his home friday morning. he is known to hike in creek park. today they will be searching the area in quarry road. that is where deputies say somebody may have spotted him saturday. now he took off with a backpack, his passport and a driver's license but no cell phone. >>> a judge in santa clara county has delayed sentencing in the sierra lemar case. he is scheduled to be convicted of 17 counts of sex crimes over a ten year spine. those crimes involve a girl who was four or five years old when the abuse started. this case is not related to his son. antolin garcia-torres. he is now accused of killing sierra lemar. >>> and he is accused of causing the death of a man in the castro district. he is due back in court. chris stems from an incident where he ran a red light, made no attempt to stop before hitting a man who was walking across the crosswalk. he pled not guilty to the charges. >>> there is one in sac

air traffic controllers took the top spot. >>> fashion designers aerospace engineers, registered nursesame in next bringing in about $70,000 a year. how about a dental hygienist or radiation therapyist, pulling down about $60,000 with an associate's degree. >>> twinkies are another step closer to getting back on grocery shelves. the bankrupt bakery hostess says, has chosen a lead bid. two investment firms are offering $410 million to make and sell twinkies and other hostess treats. if this deal goes through, twinkies may be available again come fall. we've had withdrawal. >>> it's been a wild week for weather, as you know, and temperatures in the 70s, suddenly it's freezing, and now we're talking about some snow gets. let's t the latest from doug. >> it's been a wild week. i was at hutchenson elementary talking to the kids there. take a look here. the second graders were asking about this wild weather. yesterday they were on the playground with temperatures in the 70s. today they did not get to go to recess, well, because i came to talk to them, and tomorrow i don't think they'll want t

food inspectors, air traffic controllers, specialists who track down loose nuclear material wouldn't get paychecks. investors will ask if united states is america is a in fact a safe bet. >> reporter: they launched a new term by focusing on the issue likely to dominate the second term. >> shep: what are we hearing from republicans on this? >> republicans are looking at a fiscal perfect storm in march, avoid the fiscal cliff and renew funding for most government programs. john hoern boehner said the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling are real but so, too, the consequences of allowing our spending programs to go unresolved. congressman mike lee the latter problem could eclipse the first. >> we're going to face another credit rating downgrade without changing the washington spends mo money and the more importantly the way they borrow money. >> republicans feel now when they have the leverage to force the spending cuts in the fiscal cliff talks that they couldn't force last year. >> shep: the president also revealed, the vice president biden has turned in recommendation

they do with what they're just upon to let me take away money from senior citizens let's take away air traffic controllers you can't lie to him for oh well i'm going to go on and on here the laundry list can go on and on forever that i'm making is that that's a false argument meaning that it's squarely in the court of the president to make decisions about if there's an act of congress which is the argument that well i'm going to do it lacking an act of congress it's up to the president and obviously he's going to have to call for some priorities if if congress does this bill you know tough talking a lot of money that he has really really fast and a lot of those payments are contractual i mean you're going to end up with with your aid. sees organizations people contractors suing the government and collect an interest on these late i mean it's going to cost us a hell of a lot of my and it could divert our credit rating or do it all because of a problem sort of like what are you almost certainly with the credit down rating we saw from the last debt ceiling debate was not because we argued over th

you can't furlough for a month air traffic controllers or meat inspectors. you do in the grocery stores if you furloughed meat inspectors? >> reporter: conley is also fog used on sequestration, but for the immediate future, he says some good will come from his vote. >> most of our constituents are not going to see thousands taken out of their paycheck in additional taxation. >> reporter: these two, while friends, are in the same party and they still couldn't great on this fiscal cliff issue. what does that mean for the new congress to be sworn in tomorrow? >> the new congress isn't going to be much different from the last congress. >> reporter: both really not expecting much to change in the 113th congress. in the meantime the issue has only been delayed another two months, forcing another deadline and likely more last-minute drama. i'm david culver, news4. >>> the average family income in fairfax counsel is about $120,000 a year, cord to the associated press. that family can expect to pay more than $1700 in additional taxes this year. >>> family, friends an

>> air traffic is safer than ever been in the history of commercial aviation. >> neil: i'm always worried when people say that. >> if the battery exploded in boston while passengers on the plane, there would have been panic. they would have deployed emergency slides. people would have gone down the slides. >> neil: to say nothing of a fuel leak in midair. is this out of norm for new planes introduced? >> it's worse than a-380. they had engine problems. airbus didn't make the engines but they didn't have so many problems. >> neil: we didn't have nearly orders as we do now, 900 planes have been ordered? >> exactly. i know for the a-380 the holes that carried the wires throughout the plane were the wrong size. a source they were measured in inches and not centimeters and they had to replace these holes because they were made of plastic. so outsourcing does cost these companies money. part of the problem we don't have enough engineers in the united states to do some of the work that needs to to be done. we should open the floodgates and get more engineers into the united states. >> neil: in t

saying i won't be able to do the air traffic control. reasonable budget in senate. you have democrats continuously on what is democratic problem, refusal to do anything serious about spending and debt. >> bret: brit hume if he were here would say the loose term default. >> describing a slow con vo le sense of the republican party. that is realistic and steve is overstating how much good they can do. hole is deep. >> slow and steady. continual application of pain. [ laughter ] >> bret: next up, the friday lightning round. ÷÷ >> bret: every week viewers vote for your choice online. this, our friday lightning round. and this week, this week winner and losers won with 40% of the vote. we want to give you the latest hostage situation in algeria. take a listen to today's sound on this. >> terrorists should be on notice. they will find no sanction ware, no refuge, not in algeria. not in north africa. not anywhere. >> this is an act of terror. the perpetrators are the terrorists. they are the ones who assaulted this facility. >> bret: secretar

we may not be able to pay our military air traffic controllers specialist who track down lose nuclear materials wouldn't get their paychecks. >> that's not default but credit agencies would likely downgrade america's rating that would raise the cost of borrowing money. ben bernanke says it's very, very important congress avoid this. >> republicans know it is not the first thing that would come from not paying all of our bills. from their view ever increasing debt is not an answer. house speaker john boehner says the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling are real but so, too, are the consequences of allowing our spending problem to go unresolved. utah republican congressman mike lee says not facing the spending problem could be the worse outcome. >> we are going to face another credit rating downgrade i fear if we raise it reflectively without changing the way washington spends money and more importantly the way washington borrows money. >> republicans feels they have the leverage to raise r have spending cuts. >> we are living longer but we are work longer. we looked at

a kind of air traffic control for ships entering and leaving the bay. perched atop yerba buena island has a sensor, everyone satellites but what is its authority? >> advise us to the conditions inside the bay and as well as they'll arrange traffic. >> reporter: as we learned the coasted guard has much more authority than just advising. the coast guard's own website says it may also direct ships to do specific things when there's an obvious and immediately dangerous condition of which the participant is not or does not seem to be aware. so the vessel tracking service will heavily figure into the investigation of this collision. >> they do take months, i will tell you that. to go over the data. >> reporter: no question if they had eyes on that ship. coming up i'll show you one of the most sophisticated ship simulators to show you how visibility yesterday was very much affected. tom vacar,. >>> we also spent the day dig into the bar pilot's past as well as into bar pilot logs. we'll show you what we discovered coming up. >>> a teenager pled not guilty to d

food inspeckors, air traffic controllers.alist wos track down loose nuclear teles wouldn't get their paychecks. invesors around the world will ask if the united states of america is, in fact, a safe bet. the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. >> bret: the president of the united states today. his last news conference of the first term. quick reaction from mitch mcconnell who released this statement -- the president and his allies need to get serious about spending. debt limb debate is the perfect time for it. i know the most important issue confronting the issue of the country is deficit and debt. so we are hoping for a new seriousness on the part of the president with regard to the single biggest issue confronting the country. we look forward to doing so about the huge, huge problem. yonah goldberg. kirsten powers. charles krauthammer. okay, charles, start with the debt ceiling talk. what you heard from the president. >> the tone was remarkable. he talk about the republicans being

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so extra security will be in place the day of super bowl including air traffic restrictions around the superdome and patdowns of all the fans entering the stadium. >>> over the next hour and a half we have live super bowl coverage from our blitz and glitz team in new orleans. we'll hear from the elder harbaughs who held a news conference today to talk about their sons squaring off in the big game. andrea roane takes us inside a historic new orleans jeweler and our own jc hayward goes one- on-five with the women of the talk. >>> but first we go to kristen berset who is live from the superdome with the latest on reports linking retiring baltimore raven ray lewis to performance enhancing drugs. everybody wants to know about this. >> reporter: yeah, derek. it's been the big story all day. the report you're referring to that was published in si.com claims that ravens linebacker ray lewis used a banned substance when he returned from that torn tricep hoping to return quicker to the game. officials sat with ray lewis last night and urged him to talk about that this morning, so that was the fi

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also up into san francisco it's a beautiful night where that air traffic is even visible at the top ofhd screen. here's the thing that will change the weather pattern for us. it's high pressure out here in the same position for about the past seven to eight days. the jet stream has been in the same spot pushing that cold air all of the way down to southern california and what we need is high pressure to get in gear and to move a little bit more to the east. it looks like that's going to happen over the next 12 to 18 hours and push cold air out of here. good-bye. see you later. a mild stretch of weather. it won't definitely warm us up by 20 degrees but we'll go about a good five to ten degrees warmer across the bay area into this upcoming weekend. places like petaluma will go from 50 today to 64 by saturday. walnut creek from 55 to 62 and palo alto expecting 66 by the first day on your weekend. tonight it will be chilly. we'll have a few areas of patchy frost but the freeze warnings and frost advisories have been canceled. it won't be as widespread cold as for the past five nights. we'l

food inspectors, air traffic controllers, specialists who track down nuclear materials wouldn't get theirecks. >> reporter: the president's statement is speculative and not true because, frankly, no one knows what programs will be short changed if the u.s. can't meet its payment obligations. it's never happened before. but here is what we do know courtesy of the bipartisan policy center. if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling the government can spend only what it received in daily revenues each day. those revenues won't cover about 40% of government debt obligations for the month. the treasury would have to pick and choose between more than 100 million monthly payments to figure out which ones to cover. the only payment virtually guaranteed is the interest on our debt, which brings us to our next fact check. >> if congressional republicans refuse to pay americans' bills on time, social security checks and veterans benefits will be delayed. >> reporter: something social security payments may seem like a hostage in all of this but they don't have to be. the truth is social security has

food inspectors, air traffic controllers, specialist who is track down loose nuclear materials wouldn'tet their paychecks. investors around the world will ask if america is in fact a safe bet. markets could go haywire, interest rates could spike for anybody who borrowing money, every homeowner who borrows money, every student with a student loan and every business owner who wants to grow and hire. it would be a self-inflicted wound on the economy. it would slow down our growth, might tip us into recession, and ironically, would probably increase our deficit. so to even entertain the idea of this happening, of the united states of america not paying its bills is irresponsible. it's absurd. as the speaker said two years ago, it would be, and i'm quoting speaker boehner now, a financial disaster not only for us, but for the worldwide economy. so we have got to pay our bills. and republicans and congress have two choices here, they can act responsibly and pay america's bills, or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. but they will not collect a ransom in

so much air traffic over her house, one of the local affiliates saying she was joking, one day a plane crash through her house. i don't think she ever thought it would actually happen, but it did. she miraculously survived. >> credit to god she gives. uplifting story in some ways. >>> lance armstrong keeping quiet this evening. the "new york times" reporting that armstrong was considering an admission that he did use banned substances in former races. that is something armstrong has adamantly denied in the past. cnn's mark mckay spoke with peter flax, editor and chief of bicycling magazine. >> let's talk about the question that i've been asked so many times and i will ask you, why come clean and why now? >> well, i think, i think his situation now appears to be different than it was a few months ago. i think he has had his tour de france titles stripped, forced to step down from web strong and he may well feel like the path forward to be -- to remain relevant with live strong and be in the public eye and not be a pariah is to make an admission and start moving forward from there. >> i'

they're cutting air-traffic control by 9%. air-traffic control! >> oh, my god. what morons!-- how do you see this playing out this time? >> oh, the same. the same thing's going to happen. it has happened nine times already when i was on my unpaid two-year vacation courtesy of the voters. it always comes down to the same thing. boehner finds some excuse to put something up for a vote and then it passes with democratic votes. that's what seems to happen over and over and over again. you know, they called it the hastert rule. the hastert rule was you never put anything up for vote unless the majority of your caucus believes in it. boehner has had to violate the rule over and over again otherwise the government would simply collapse. the same thing will happen again. >> stephanie: it's hard to say. you've got -- obviously people putting forth the same arguments. schumer said i think risking government shutdown is playing playing with fire. anybody who says we'll raise the debt ceiling will not have a negotiating partner. if they don't want to raise the debt ceiling it will be on

bondholders at expense of not paying social security checks or salaries of military or salaries of the air traffiche fact is we have 40% difference between the income coming in and the expenditures that were voted. that would be regarded by the financial markets as a default. david: it would require, more cut backs in spending. there is no question it would cause enormous, as you point out quite rightly, 40 cents of every dollar that we spend is borrowed. that is part of the problem. >> that's right. david: inside the beltway. there is so much borrowing going on. wouldn't it make sense to link somehow, the debt ceiling, disagreement on the debt ceiling restraint. permanent restraint on spending? >> no, it does not. because in effect you're saying either you retrain spending amount we want or we'll destroy the economy. like old 1930s gangster movie saying nice economy got over there. pity if it should happen to blow up. david: you got to forgive me. my congressman is from new york. he says it with that new york way of saying things. and that is why we love him in our district. thank you very much h

and the cut cans across the board to nondefense spending like nih and air traffic control and all oft, that doesn't make sense. now all of the sudden within the republican caucus, the tea party wing has gotten them to reverse their position. now the cuts they said were reckless, no problem, we're going to make that happen, even though the congressional budget office has said that will hurt our economy. so on top of keeping this debt ceiling cloud over the economy, they're talking about these across-the-board meat ax cuts that will also hurt the economy, when we should be focused on jobs and economic growth. >> congressman chris van hollen, good to have you with us tonight on "the ed show." >> good to be with you. thank you. >> there is a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show." stay with us. ted nugent goes off the deep end. >> the barack obama gang attempting to reimplement the tyranny of king george. >> we'll show you what he and his buddies will be up against. >>> we all pay a transaction tax every day, but not the fat cats on wall street. david cay johnston tell

the air traffic controller said absolutely, let's switch to that runway. >> the plane in front of me,ed long to the left. i always land midway on the right. then david brown behind me, he was to land short on the left-hand side. which went well. >> and then we touched. and the next thing i know, i was upside down. >> the plane could explode at any moment. >> the fuel tank in this airplane is located in the top wing. we flipped over on to the top wing. my first thought was a ruptured fuel tank and that we had to get away from the airplane. >> the wrong move now could prove fatal. >> if you just undo your straps, you will fall out, you could break your neck. it's a hazard. a lot of people survive crashes, then hurt themselves in just getting out of the airplane. >> you okay? >> yep. >> mike, being the consummate pro pilot, dropped out of his harness and helped me drop out of the cockpit. >> with his camera still rolling, ashley scrambles free. >> the next thing we heard were sirens. >> you guys okay? >> we're fine, thank you. >> as emergency vehicles race toward the plane, ashley and mi