there's ways to override the system american airlines. believe the plane saved we expect the order book to be largely intact u.s. carriers say they will continue operating the planes as normal for now but pressure is growing on earth or to take action over the boeing seven three seven max eight many airlines are citing customers frightened by sunday's ethiopian airlines mux a crash which killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board. and let's bring in our financial correspondent new york jose luis de haro for more on the business side of this now jose i can't imagine it looks any better for boeing today than yesterday in terms of share prices what are you seeing there. no it's not looking any better at old stevenson's have been closed down an additional six percent on tuesday or no on hearing wall street are trying to figure out how much of the current situation will cause the company similar episode in two thousand and thirteen when boeing grounded fifty seven eight seven airplanes called the company at least five hundred million d

well and this is really intriguing no they have not resumed they american airlines shut down a direct flights to caracas on friday instead the airlines basically using partner affiliates for trips to venezuela you know flying out of miami to say panama city panama and then on words this was an issue for one group the u.s. peace council whose leader buckman assad was on with r.t. earlier today suggested that american is using the cancellations to put pressure on madeira government here's what he said it's interesting listen. though we had no explanation from american airlines but many about delegates who were flying out of miami to caracas were told that the flights were cancelled because airport is without electricity but we were in touch with the venezuelan authorities and we knew that the airport was not. without electricity so other airlines were flying in and out of caracas but american airlines just just stopped our. passengers in miami a few about delegates were stuck in miami for and they had to change their tickets to another airline to be able to go to caracas. so whether ame

without electricity so other airlines were flying in and out of caracas but american airlines just just stopped our. passengers in miami a few about delegates were stuck in miami for and they had to change their tickets to another airline to be able to go to caracas. all right so whether american is using the cancellations as a political tactic remains to be seen but what did happen was that american airlines and again this is an intriguing point listen to this suspended flights to venezuela amid pressure from its pilots union based on the u.s. state department level for travel advisory warning about the country other countries with a level four advisory include syria libya somalia and afghanistan so there's some debate whether or not venezuela really should be on that list that's another story that said most major airlines have pulled trips to venezuela because of that state department advisory american was the last major u.s. operator to fly to venezuela so you know there are still flights but it's just more expensive logistically time consuming and a lot of questions about that it's

specifically for american airlines take a listen to this first. >> okay. >> our airlines and american airlines are unique because we have b additional indicate eors thats don't have >> so the american planes have two angle of attack displays one for each pilot and he says that makes them safer. why are you disputing what your own pilots are telling you >> there's so much information coming out and just as much that comes out positive is coming out negative i really think the big thing here is that we don't know exactly why that crash happened or how it happened an we need to have those answers. the public and our members deserve those answers now. and i really do feel like over abundance of caution, it would be so much more prudent to ground those planes. >> why do you think the faa has held off unlike the other countries? >> i can't speak for the faa, i know that the united states has a very good safety record. i respect them however, it is concerning that so many countries are starting, especially when canada came on this morning, but the first concern for me is the u.k., singapore

separately the american airlines pilots union told its members not to fly to venezuela. this comes after the state department issued a warning about the country and suspended operations at the u.s. embassy in caracas american is the last major u.s. airline to offer flights into venezuela. >>> and north korea is considering suspending talks with the united states and rethinking its ban on missile and nuclear tests unless washington makes concessions

southwest y american airlines son los mayores operadores de este modelo.n el mc ocho, cede un total de 1700 alias a travÉs de nuestra operaciÓn. aproximadamente 85 vuelos serÁn cancelados, debido a la permanencia en tierra de la flota max 8, dijo american airlines. compaÑÍas aumentan las reclamaciones por las cancelaciones. >> si las personas compraron el seguro los tÉrminos de seguro, lo mejor pueden hacer un reclamo por la interrupciÓn del viaje. vilma: el 737 mÁs es el aviÓn mejor vendido y no se sabe quÉ pasarÁ con los que ya estaban encargados. ilia: al menos 15 vehÍculos de la embajada de los estados unidos, en venezuela trasladaron al aeropuerto simÓn bolÍvar al resto de los diplomÁticos que quedaba en ese paÍs. fueron exportados por coches y motocicletas de la policÍa venezolana. en enero, el departamento de estado retirÓ a los empleados que no eran imprescindibles en la sede diplomÁtica. jorge: decenas de miles de venezolanos cruzan a diario al frontera con colombia para buscar " y medicinas. lo logra arriesgÁndose por zonas muy peligrosas. desde

american airlines down 2% and change. ual down 2% and change. southwest, ticker luv, down as well. l the major u.s. airlines still using the 737 max. they are not grounding these flights. but there is a lot of controversy around this. in fact a congressional panel, senate aviation panel will hold a hearing on this in short order to talk about this issue but it was splitsville for the major indexes, right? the dow was down but s&p and nas was higher as we would have celebrated all indexes up with good consumer inflation data and the news from the eu that social media taxes would be put on hold but it was not to be. the dow down today. back to you guys. connell: gerri willis. melissa: no deal for now. uk lawmakers just voting down prime minister theresa may's revised brexit plan. fox business's ashley webster in the newsroom with the details. ashley, the sky is falling. reporter: it is. 17 days and counting, melissa, until the uk is supposed to leave the european union. that may not happen but as you say another major overwhelmingly defeat for the british prime minister today and this

air canada and american airlines are next with 24. each the airlines are still flying the boeing 737 max 8s, saying they are safe. >> however, airlines overseas have grounded these plans for the time being. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the faa today said the plane is airworthy, but senator dianne feinstein is now asking them to take a second look. >> she says, quote, continuing to fly an airplane that has been involved in two fatal crashes within just six months presents an unnecessary potentially life-threatening risk to the traveling public. >> abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live at san francisco international airport. melanie, some travelers seem a little nervous. >> kristen and dan, some of those nervous passenger here is at san francisco international airport. many more of them online and all of them tonight frustrated. that normal rebooking policies are still in place, despite those two fatal crashes. after two boeing 737 max 8 fatal crashes in less than five months, passeng

means that spending more money unless it was a lot said many of the peak of their purchase at american airlines and united are still charging up to two hundred dollars to switch of domestic flights and seven hundred fifty dollars for international ones also american airlines and so it was flight attendants and ground crews that have us carriers and two to seven three seven mike said planes until more it's known about the crush stocks from both the airlines over two percent on tuesday interesting and they're facing a lot of pressure off this like it was a louise the heart of their forest in new york. over the u.k. the pound lost half a percent against the dollar and one point six percent against the euro after britain's parliament again crushed prime minister to recent days bragg's a deal on wednesday parliament will vote on leaving the e.u. without any agreement potentially unleashing chaos in britain and causing the e.u. some problems as well british business still has no idea of the country will even be in the e.u. in sixteen days time the equivalent of hundreds of billions of euros has alrea

out of thousands of airplanes, but if you are still concerned, both american airlines and southwest list the kind of plane you'll be on during the booking process. david? >> matt gutman on this again tonight. matt, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we turn next here to a major storm moving across the country. blizzard warnings, damaging winds and blooflood alerts for of the country right now. it then moves east. southwest tonight already canceling all flights out of denver tomorrow. you can see the salt spreaders on colorado's i-25, with a blizzard on the way. as i mentioned, this is all tracking east. so, let's get right back to meteorologist rob marciano, with us again tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. really looking at two storms that are going to be merging over the central u.s., leading to explosive development already tonight. a tornado watch has been posted for parts of texas and new mexico. flood watches and blizzard warnings have been expanded north and east of this. so, let's time this thing out. looking at this thing to develop tonight and strengthen tomorrow. denver, m

since then -- american airlines said it's canceling about 90 flights a day.announcement -- american only canceled flights through march 28th. (jr) check the sticker on avocados. the henry avocado corporation is recalling its california-grown avocados because of listeria concerns. the company says -- its california packing facility tested positive during a routine government inspection. no illnesses have been reported so far.appli (jr) after two weekends on top -- captain marvel no longer reigns the box office. (justine) david daniel has the new top flick and how much money it "scared up" this weekend. "how to train your dragon: the hidden world" spent its fifth straight weekend in the top five, finishing fifth on ticket sales of six-and-a-half million dollars. the romantic drama "five feet apart" moved down to fourth place, earning eight-point-eight million dollars in its sophomore weekend. "wonder park" also dropped a spot in its second weekend in theaters: nine- million dollars put the animated adventure in third place."tell me about this dream." (nat)after

meanwhile pilots unions from airlines such as american airlines, southwest airlines as well as united airlines, they are all standing behind the aircraft. >> interesting perspective. thanks so much. >>> at least three victims of the ethiopia crash had ties to northern california. melvin and bennett riffle were from redding. the brothers were on vacation traveling through africa and musi oki worked for a bay area tech company. today some of the relatives of the 157 victims arrived at the crash site to mourn the loss of their loved ones. piles of clothing and debris leave them searching for answers. the victims came from 35 countries. the u.n. lost 21 staff members traveling to a conference. u.s. army captain antwon lewis was also on board. the newly married father was serving as a missionary in africa. >> i will say that plane went down with him doing what he wanted to do most. >> crews at the crash site are working to identify remains and then return them to families. that process is expected to take weeks. >>> a man accused of threatening google workers with violence, why police say

back at home, the flight attendants union representing american airlines calling on their company's ceo to strongly consider grounding the fleet "until a thorough investigation can be performed." boeing's ceo speaking with president trump this afternoon, making it clear he is "absolutely confident in the safety of the airplanes." just moments ago, david, the faa out with a new statement, saying that the agency sees no reason to ground the 737 maxes. now, there are only 72 maxes flying in the u.s. out of thousands of airplanes, but if you are still concerned, both american airlines and southwest list the kind of plane you'll be on during the booking process. david? >> matt gutman on this again tonight. matt, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we turn next here to a major storm moving across the country. blizzard warnings, damaging winds and flood alerts for much of the middle of the country right now and right into the evening. it then moves east. southwest tonight already canceling all flights out of denver tomorrow. you can see the salt spreaders on colorado's i-25, with a blizzard on the

the ceo of american airlines, his stock down 40 plus percent in the last year can he turn things around? the latest on trade. the china deal and new nafta from a congressman who met with robert lighthizer today. "power lunch" starts right now >> hey, everybody. how are you? welcome to "power lunch. down day for stocks. off the worst level of the day, we should point out. fears about a global economic slowdown that is the predicate today for why stocks are lower biotech defense, banks, all headed for their worst week of the year so far. but utilities in real estate, the defensive sectors, still riding winning streaks right now, as you see there. investors on edge, kelly >> yes, they are, ty fears of a global slowdown are growing. you can hang today's concerns on mario dragi and the ecb. the floor of the new york stock exchange with more bob? >> hello, kelly. will the central banks cop to the -- come to the rescue of the markets? we had a fed pivot to a dovish stance today, we have theecb pivot. ecb chief mario dragi leaving rates changed in europe as expected but dramatically downgrading

american airlines and southwest are the two airlines that fly the max 8 version of the 737 american, by the way, has 24 of these and today, the flight attendants union for american airlines put out a very public statement saying, they believe the flight attendants believe perhaps their airline should shut down the plane as well. writing many respected global carriers are grounding the planes we are calling on our ceo, doug parker, to strongly consider grounding these planes until a thorough investigation can be performed. as for boeing, full confidence in the 737 max airplanes noting they are deemed airworthy by the faa and in fact, the faa putting out a continuing airworthiness note last night. finally, look at air castle. an aircraft leasing company. macri out with a note today saying if you look for potential stock plays, those who might be benefitting. if there is a benefit for anyone as these airlines in countries ground the 737 max, aircastle has perhaps the best log of the 737 mid cycle planes that's the previous generation, the older 737s that were replaced by the max. take a

since then -- american airlines said it's canceling about 90 flights a day. nnouncement - - american only canceled flights through march 28th. (justine) check the sticker on avocados. the henry avocado corporation is recalling its california-grown avocados because of listeria concerns. the company says -- its california packing facility tested positive during a routine government inspection. no illnesses have been reported so far. the recall applies to six states including california. (justine) coming up -- after two weekends on top -- captain marvel no longer reigns the box office... which film is now on top... when we come back. (jrstone) plus -- financially troubled singer r-kelly is in some hot water with the dubai government... how the dubai royal family is reacting to claims that kelly booked concerts in the united arab emirates city (jr stone) and don't forget we have an hour long live news show tt starts at 11pm.(justine) yes, and i am going to jump off the desk here... and go get ready for that show.. you can watch too! kron on is the bay area's only

airlines, american airlines, is that what we are talking about. guy: i don't know. raft, it is a big user of , in787, not just the 737 fact, it only has a few 737 maxs at this point. it is one of the well-known and highly regarded african carriers. everybody who flies the 737 max, at this point it would know how to deal with this. the information around the crash that took place with lion air and how that feeds through is something that every. tom: pilot will be talking about. tom: stay tuned for guy johnson and it later today with his expertise on these issues of the boeing aircraft. thank you so much for being with us today. we have much more coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ is i ♪ >> patient means we don't feel any hurry to change our interest rate policy. >> chairman powell in no hurry to raise rates. waiting for the world to catch up with the u.s. growth. it happens again. and boeing 737 max 8 crashes right after takeoff in if european, putting regulators worldwide on high alert. pbc governor -- pboc governor says there is work yet to be done to rid welcome to bl

airlines with american, delta and southwest all falling. southwest operates the most of those boeing 737 max eight jets of any airline. we have got american airlines -- american airlines operates cointreau of those. united operates nine. we see airlines weaker today on that pressure we see from boeing. ,n europe, the travel company 737 max eight. i want to talk about apple. this is a company in the green. this is two days of gains for apple. it has been three days now but the biggest gains over the last couple of days, yesterday an upgrade from bank of america. said to be, they announcing the new video service longbowad news out of research. the iphone is under pressure but it seems investors shrugging off that stock as we bounded from 27%. it is still down more than 20%. we were talking with guy johnson -- i wanted toon mention the pound. it plummeted earlier. we get that number of key brexiteers. they cannot support this revised brexit deal due to another vote later this afternoon in the u.s. and evening. the pound trimming those losses in

and the american airline agent blocks me in the aisle and doesn't let me go. >> reporter: the airline contends mina was violent with the flight attendants who were helping out. soon, mina and her relatives were escorted off of the plane and said they called the police. >> they are accusing you of human trafficking because you don't resemble your family. >> reporter: police intervened and quickly determined they were all related and reunited the family. later, mina asked american for an apology. >> human trafficking is an important concern. we train our staff and they followed procedures. >> reporter: american booked them on another flight and comped their hotel room. but months later, she is still shaken by what happened, and has filed a complaint with the department of transportation. >> that's very bizarre. i think they did racially profile me. >> reporter: she's not looking for money in this case, just an apolo apology. >> thank you, scott. >>> safely back home, a north bay couple sharing their nightmare at sea. susan and allen were on a cause and the ship's engines failed. the nev

southwest, american, two of the last airlines flying the max. american with 24 of them. so the faa as you mentioned up until this hour and president trump's order so there was no systemic performance issues with the 737 max 8 says they're working in cooperation with the government and those governments regulatory bodies. the black boxes from the ethiopia air flights will be sent to europe for analysis. we don't flow where yet. according to the ethiopian aviation officials, the pilots on the flight cited flight control problems before crashing six minutes after take offer. canada also citing new imagery saying the ethiopian crash had similarities with the lion air crash that after six months ago. boeing says they will make changes to the software in the cockpit. there's been previous complaints about the max and according to the dallas star, five pilots that complaints made to federal authorities. shep? >> shepard: the ethiopians were going to look at the black box and figure out what happened. they decided to send it to germany, not the united states. send it to germany.

. >>> and american airlines max 8 touched down in san fransisco yesterday. there were no passengers on board, just the crew bringing the plane over from miami, florida. the plane has prompted worldwide safety concerns after two deadly crashes in six months. evidence is emerging of a possible connection between the two aviation disasters. the new york times is reporting investigators found a stabilizer in a ethiopia jet line being pointed up. the same issue is being investigated in a crash that happened last year. everyone on both flights died in those crashes. >>> some victims of violent crime are speaking out against governor gavin newsom who recently put all executions on hold. he says capital punishment disproportionately affects people of color. >> it is a racist system. you cannot deny that. there is no equal justice. it is a system that is perpetuating inequality. it is a system that i cannot in good conscience support. >> on the contrary, voters are elected to speak of the death penalty process. was this on principle or was this a way of making indivi

abundance of caution, that is great, but what i want to provide with you, i have information that american airlines has a differently designed system and that is probably why they continued to fly. why it wasn't released i don't know. but at this particular airline, they have, we can go to, i will try to help the general public with this, angle of attack indicators, two angle of attack ind cay tors, one for each pilot in the cockpit, but essentially more than just that, their two systems are sprat systems. so if one fails, the other takes over, but this corresponds with the system that is in question. the maneuvering characteristic augmentation system that is supposedly the culprit. but the they have a system that if they disagree, the pilots will be notified before they take off. so with the situation, they would know hey, we have a problem that could potentially go back to a pitch issue upon takeoff, they'll go back to the gate. >> just do be clear. let's try to keep this as simple as we can, in the event that you're in a plane and this mcas system started to pitch the nose of the plane down, is

. >> so she gets up and she goes and i go to follow her and then the american airline agent blocks me in the aisle and doesn't let me go. >> reporter: the airline contends mina was violent with the flight attendants who were trying to help out. soon mina and her relatives were escorted off the plane and told american airlines had called the police. she asked officers why. >> they're accusing of you human trafficking because you don't resemble your family. >> reporter: her attorney said police intervened and quickly determined they were all related and reunited the family. later mina asked american for an apology. >> and the response was basically human trafficking is an important concern and we train our staff and they follow their procedures. >> reporter: american eventually rebooked mina and her family on another flight and comped their hotel room. but months later mina said she's still shaken by what happened and has filed a complaint with the department of transportation. >> i just thought that was very bizarre. i think that they definitely did racially profile me. >> reporter: no

. >>> american airlines has suspended flights going to venezuela shutting down the only u.s. carrier that flies to the south american country. this comes after the pilots union told its members to refuse routes going to venezuela because of dangerous conditions. american airlines says the suspension is temporary and it won't operate where it doesn't feel safe. earlier this week the state department warned u.s. citizens against traveling e politically embroiled country. >>> coming up trouble in bedrock, why the owner of the bay area's famous flintstone house is now facing a lawsuit. >> apple's wireless air pods, can they really cause cancer? experts weigh in on the potential health risks. waaahoo... well... that was fun, right? it's time to get more. lower fares. better service. sweeter rewards. alaska airlines. >>> i'm ken bastida at the live news desk. let's take you live to east boston, the orient heights neighborhood. there is a full evacuation going on because of nine- alarm fire at the new england casket company. this is on bennington street and they have evacuated that e

i think they definitely did racially profile me. >> american airlines says flight attendants were worried about the girl's welfare because she was sick and appeared to be in distress. the airline insists mina was violent with the flight attendant. eventually only mina and her family were escorted off the plane. they later determined that all were related and american booked them on another flight and comped their hotel room. there's been a complaint filed with the department of transportation. >>> a north bay couple is sharing the story of being rescued from this cruise ship in norway. the ship's engines failed in the middle of a strong storm. things were being thrown all over the deck. nbc bay area's christie smith joins us to explain all this. >> reporter: the couple says they have taken many cruises and they were enjoying. when it was all over, they were being rescued by a helicopter. >> we were fortunate to see the northern lights the first evening. >> reporter: susan and alan were off on a 12-day adventure, a cruise in norway. this is cell phone video from the viking cruise ship befo

about 8 of them showed up"a spokesperson for american airlines says after employees decided to ban the mother.....(fs)"several other members of their group became irate and posed a safety risk to crew members and other passengers. these passengers were subsequently denied travel on this flight."some in the bridal party were pregnant or breastfeeding - others were in their fifties...all.... stranded without a way to fly to cabo on a trip that cost $30,000.(nat)"some of us slept on the ground"granlund says most of the group spent the night in the airport...and eventually... they made it to mexico..(amber granlund - bridesmaid)"we had a good day of no airline drama"but grandlund says they estimate the fiasco cost them an ááextra 16-thousand dollars.. and a huge amount of frustration....granlund - bridesmaid)"a mess, a complete mess that could have been avoided absolutely" (grant) granlund says american airlines offered to give them a ial refund on the flights they had to re- book... but they're still waiting for the refund.(vicki) she says theyre mostly upset at how they were treated... (

since then -- american airlines said it's canceling about 90 flights a day. prior to today's announcement - - american only canceled flights through march 28th. (pam) passengers on a british airways flight from london's city airport .. to dusseldorf in germany.... were met with a surprise this morning.... that's when their plane touched down -- in the scottish capital of edinburgh. the error was due to a flight- plan which was filed incorrectly.that error lead the pilot and cabin crew to believe the flight was bound for edinburgh. after landing there and refueling, the plane took off a second time for dusseldorf.. the flight was operated by a german leasing company - w-d-l aviation on behalf of a british airways subsidiary airline... the incorrect flight- plan was filed at w-d-l aviation's offices in germany. (pam) passengers left stranded on a cruise ship shared some shocking video on social media ... more than a thousand people were on board when engine troubles left them helpless... in very rough waters off the western coast of norway.(ken) now, the ship i

will have more on questions of the airworthiness of boeing 737 max with bob crandall, former american airlineshis is bloomberg. ♪ alix: ethiopian airlines says the black box for the 737 max will be sent to europe. joining as his bob crandall, former american airlines president and ceo. a real pressure -- real pleasure to talk to you. if you are running boeing, what would you do right now? bob: i would be absolutely sure everything i said publicly was absolutely true. i suspect that is what they are doing. alix: there has been some pressure on the faa for example, and also for going to say we are going to ground them now and find out the problem. we spoke to jim hall, former head of ntsb. here's what he had to say. onwe grounded the aircraft the 797 over the battery issue and there was not a crash or any fatalities. i think this is irresponsible actions at the top of going and -- of boeing and faa. alix: what do you think? bob: i think that is irresponsible on his part. one of the things you find out if you've been around aviation is that it takes a long time to figure out what has gone wrong.

thought it is the right thing to do and speaking of boeing, speaking of airlines, i spoke with american airlinesnd a number of airlines and speaking to the airlines, i think that we all agree this was the right decision to make. it did not have to be made but we thought it is the right decision to be made. >> they acted very quickly. very much working with other countries and with the airlines, okay? >> mr. president, will you pardon paul manafort? >> i have not given a thought as of this moment. it is not something that right now on my mind. i do feel badly for manafort. >> did they go after him for state taxes? >> the new york state federal charges, right after the sentencing took place here in washington, d.c., the manhattan district attorney filed state charges against him which would be a way to get around an effect of a pardon. >> i don't know anything about it. yes, sir, go ahead. >> are you in supportive of that? >> i have to take a look. we are in good shape in terms of the money and national emergency, ultimately we are in very good shape. >> so the president in talking about manafort

since then -- american airlines said it's canceling about 90 flights a day. to today's announcement - - american only canceled flights through march 28th. (ken) passengers on a british airways flight from london's city airport .... to dusseldorf in germany ... were met with a surprise this morning ... because instead, their plane touched down -- in the scottish capital, edinburgh. the mistake was due to an incorrectly filed flight- plan.that error lead the pilot and cabin crew to believe the flight was bound for edinburgh. after landing in edinburgh and refueling, the plane took off a second time for dusseldorf .. the flight was operated by a german leasing company on behalf of the british airways subsidiary airline .. the incorrect flight-plan was filed by that german leasing company. (pam0 still ahead.. a new t-v streaming service ... a credit card and more. we will show you what apple unveiled at its cupertino headquarters today. (sports) just ahead in sports, no brackets busted for the stanford cardinal. how tara vanderveer is moving on to yet another swee

american airlines saying we have full confidence in the aircraft and our crew that are the best in theg that from several airlines this afternoon after chinese airlines say they would no longer fly the plane. trace? >> yeah, the max is brand new. we know the roots in the u.s. that use this 737 max. >> yeah. this from the points guy online, if you're interested in more details. southwest, vegas to houston is one route that uses it. washington dulles to denver and american airlines using it on miami to la guardia flights. more details on the website if you want to check it out. back to you. >> trace: yeah, i was on one of them last week. great to see you. >> thank you. >> trace: let's bring in john gurley, a former ntsb board member and former airline mechanic. the whole idea here, we're not trying to link the lion airline crash with the ethiopian air cran. but these planes don't just fall out of the sky. you know better that investigators don't like coincidences. what do you make of this? >> of course they don't like coincidenc coincidences. they're driven by facts. until we get the fac

southwest and american airlines fly the max 8. all three say ty do not have safety concerns, but pressure for the faa to act is growing from congress -- >> the 737 max 8 should be grounded immediately. >> reporter: and the union representing american airlines flight attendants. >> they're very concerned about eir safety but alsohe safety of our customers who we care for every day. >> reporter: concerns and questions about the max 8 persist while investigators continue their search for answers. dan sheneman, nbc news. >>> some stunning images tonight coming from backyard in ohio. the ntsb is trying to figure out what brought down a plane just feet from a home near cincinnati. >> the twin piper caught fire on impact this kafternoon,ling the pilot. police say no one was ti home at the . crews had to rescue two dogs from inside that house. >>> new at 11:00, a former member of the pope's inner circle has been sentenced to six years in prison for sexual abuse. australian cardinal george pell molested two choirboys in the '90s. the pope

and les, a retired american airlines pilot and author of "paper wings." if you were still flying for american airlines, one of the airlines still using this 737 max 8. would you feel comfortable flying it today? >> no, i would not, i have to be honest, i would not feel comfortable with it. would i feel comfortable with my colleagues flying the airplane? a lot of them were my ko pilots, yes, because i know the training they've gone through and know they've educated themselves with reference to the particular situation if we refer back to lion air in october, if they were faced with a similar situation, i have confidence they'd be able to get the airplane under control. >> let's put up a list of airlines that are still flying today. american airlines, southwest, norwegian. it goes on. why are they making this choice? >> they're making this choice because there's no evidence, in their view, to the contrary. one has to now say with the decision of singapore and australia to ban the use of these planes within their airspace, the faa's announcement yesterday lo

or american airlines?harris: that i press on with what we are learning, the handful or more of pilots who have come out in their complaints, that they have been surfacing that they had similar complains about this particular debt in recent years. would you take a chance and not ground them at this point? would you stand alone as the united states and not a ground them? >> i don't only would soon allow them, but has a pilot i would love the five hitter tomorrow. spew out a lot of pilots didn't agree with you. >> these pilots were talking about american pilots who wrote it for said no stem, two announcements. who are they questioning ivan and vladimir, the part of this motion? there are places that you go when you have problems with your aircraft. one of them is the maintenance log. when these pilots landed, what they experienced in flight, those focal stomach for copilots, that's all. what they wrote up and there was the maintenance problem corrected. if they took an airplane out that they knew to be unsafe

now a day or two after that crash union leaders for american airlines mechanics and flight attendants called for the grounding of the some thirty seven max since then what's been going on with american and their union and those and those discussions on safety well american that we should point out has twenty four of the affected planes so a little less than southwest but still a significant number for the week they're down slightly to about thirty two dollars a share but down nine percent over the last month analysts do expect of by the way a ninety six percent rise in profits in the upcoming year from one point four billion last year to about two point eight by two thousand and twenty so you know there's not really a problem with the unions that because the unions eventually thanks to the administration issuing that order did get what they wanted to so those planes of course are grounded it's interesting in this situation similar to the government shutdown when we saw some we started to see some impact on flight safety the actor really at the end of the the shutdown to an end arguabl

listen, american airline and southwest airline and united and the canadian airlines who fly it, they all say this is a safe plane. there is now this momentum that is rolling across the globe like we haven't seen in a long time to ground the 737 max until we know why. two 737 max 8s crashed within the past five months. the concern is there may be something in common between these two accidents. we don't know what the block boxes say. if there's any common link you can imagine the faa has said they'll act very quickly to put the fleet down. i would stress that everybody on this side of the ocean, at least in north america, believes that the plane is safe. boy, it's cascading around the world very quickly. >> no kidding. talk about the momentum building not just around the world but from the flight attendants union and politicians on capitol hill. mitt romney is saying out of an abundance of caution the faa should ground this plane as well. do you see a tipping point, or is it your sense that the faa is pretty dug in? >> reporter: i talked to a couple of people within the airlines thems

a considerable financial blow to boeing there are big carriers in the united states such as american airlines southwest airlines that were still flying the seven three seven and now those planes will be on the ground could cause quite a bit of disruption for air travelers as well but boeing. faces some financial losses here according to wall street analysts they could lose up to one to five billion dollars with a worldwide grounding of the seventy seven max however boeing reap profits of ten billion dollars last year. revenues of over one hundred billion so if the company is in a position to absorb these losses awesome and speaking of financial losses just in the last few minutes the president made that announcement boeing shares have tumbled two percent in the u.s. stock market rob reynolds live for us there in washington more on that breaking news story as and when we get information now california's governor is expected to impose a moratorium on the death penalty that gavin newsome says the death penalty is a fadia which has discriminated against ethnic minorities the poor and the mentally

american airlines and southwest says they have the feature, but united says they do not have them. united tonight is now explaining why. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: word tonight that the 737 max in indonesia, as well as the ethiopian airliner, both of which moved dramatically up and down before crashing, lacked two available add-on safety systems which airlines have to pay for. the 737 max has a sensor on each side of the cockpit, which indicates whether the jet is level or pointed up or down. but boeing's anti-stall system, mcas, which forces the nose down and was activated in the lion air crash, relies on just one of those sensors to engage. airlines can buy an option which shows what both sensors are saying in the cockpit. and another option is a light to highlight if those sensors disagree.ckt. you shouldn't have to pay extra to get them both to talk to the pilots. >> reporter: boeing's software update, which it is rushing to complete with the fleet grounded, will now provide that sensor disagree light as standard, and will, in the future, rely on both sensors befor

in this country, the faa is allowing the planes to fly and both southwest airlines and american airlines, the biggest operators of the max 8, say they have full confidence in the 737 max 8. the airlines are even responding on twitter to nervous flyers, quoting, southwest has max 8 ain the craft told its customers that if they do not want to fly the max 9, they will make alternate travel plans. the the american airlines flight attendant union issued a bulletin today telling members they will not be forced to work on the 737 max 8. we should note, the copilot of the ethiopian airflight that clashed crashed yesterday was relatively inexperienced, the captain had more than 8,000 flight hours. that's a lot. >> sandra: thank you for faa good evening and thank you for being here. you are currently a commercial pilot and the corporate pilot, taught flights, have a lot of experience here and what we are learning tonight is more about this automated flight system that was put in this new model aircraft that was involved in both of these crashes. the and cas. what do we need to know about that? >>

airline passengers in an american flight attendants union share their concern u.s. senators are joining growing calls for the plane to be grounded well i think out of an abundance of caution and frankly common sense it makes sense to ground aircraft has been involved and two very tragic accidents in six months the seven thirty seven max. eight should be grounded immediately. there is no reason for american fliers to be less. than. china. ethiopia argentina mexico and now apparently the united kingdom but boeing insists the plane remains safe saying it has full confidence in the safety of the seven thirty seven max the biggest users of the aircraft american airlines and southwest continue to fly the plane as do several foreign carriers and at the moment based on our safety assessment there is no requirement to take any action the aircraft is safe to fly speculation into the cause of the two separate crashes has centered on flight control software the u.s. federal aviation administration plans to require a software enhanced meant that boeing says will be deployed on t

the american airlines had 24 operating 85 flights.hts per day. we boeing 737 ceo saying this is a abundance of caution, collective concern. let's bring in our panel. clear politics cofounder, the analyst morgan ortagus and the executive director of the institute of politics. there was some criticism going on that the u.s. was late to the game here after canada said they will ground the plans as well. some people pointed to the defense secretary, former ceo of boeing 737. this move today clearly is cautionary. >> i think it was the right mov move. it contains the problem for the time being and to have a another accident as unlikely as that might have been would've been catastrophic for the airline industry. this is potentially a big deal for boeing 737. they mentioned there are 5111 jets max 8 and max nine trend have been ordered, only 300 there. there is much 500 billion for revenue. >> this is a classic case and how this affects global companies and what happens halfway across the world and how it affects your company headquarters. t

airlines are agreeing with this. the safety of the americane, and all peoples is our paramount concern. our hearts go out to all of those who lost loved ones, to their friends, their families in the ethiopian and lyon airlines crashes that involved the 737 max aircraft. it's a terrible, terrible thing. boeing is an incredible company. they are working very, very hard right now and hopefully they'll very quickly come up with the answer. but until they do -- >> dana: all right. president trump making big news there. let's get reaction here. joining me now chris stirewalt, susan page, and matthew continenti. president making news that he will make an emergency order declared that the planes are going to be grounded. if they're in the air right now, when they land, that will be it, until they get more information. said boeing will be making a statement soon as well. the president has to manage a lot of things here, right? he's got his consumer, the passenger, the flight attendants, their anxiety, the public, but all waiting for the facts before we

737 maxes.there are n the united states out of thousands of aircraft, and both southwest and american airlines, abc news, ethiopia. >> our thanks to matt there. as he mentioned, american and southwest are still flying their boeing 737 max 8 craft. >> other airlines doing the same are air canada, west jet, spice jet. united airlines flies a slightly larger version of the plane, a max 9. >>> a blizzard will make a mess of the country's midsection starting today. some schools are closed in colorado. >> that system already dumped snow in the southern california mountains. as much as a foot already fell. >> snow also fell in northern arizona and a tornado in new mexico damaged ten homes and left several people injured. >> let's get the complete forecast from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> good morning, janai, kenneth. this major storm is a dual threat. on the rain side we're watching out for flooding and severe storms and blizzard conditions on the cold side. look at the rains between 12 to 18 inches from denver to rapid city, and we could see 26 inches in some areas and that c