join us is david shepardson is with writers, , spent 20 years with detroit news. start by taking us back ten years ago to 2008. give us a sense of how much the federal government helped gm and automobile industry during the bill out and what strings we attached when we did that. >> guest: in the fall of 2008 gm was running out of of cash and so they went to the obama or the bushes administration and said if we don't get some sort of emergency assistance we might have to close our doors but in a 2008. that led to another man's with all three companies initially trying to tap this energy loan program come basically the green energy program designed to help companies make more fuel efficient vehicles. that didn't work. the companies came to private jets, a huge controversy and then they were brought back for second round of hearings. congress in congress opted to do nothing. president bush stepped in on his own and gave the companies using tarp the $700 troubled asset relief program direct assistance to gm, chrysler and to the finance companies, gmac, ally financial

our guest is reuters david shepardson. be right back. >> this week on the communicators, christina chaplin, whose government accountable the office report says that the pentagon system's cyber security is vulnerable. >> right now they don't even test systems for the kinds of threats you might see from russia and china and north korea. they're not allowed to in terms of testing. they don't want to potentially disrupt the system. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. , where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. at around the country. -- and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> when the new congress takes office in january it will have the youngest most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it

joining us now is david shepardson. he covers the transportation and auto industry for reuters.it is not terror related but they think it was deliberately targeting an airport at christmas time. it is a form of civic disruption. true. the economic impact of tens of thousands of people forced to be delayed or not fly is a concern. the technological solution is 23 years away.” fly is a concern. the technological solution is 23 years away. i use are priced it hasn't happened before?” am. we have seen lots of close calls with many airlines reporting near misses with drones and there has been video footage of drone seemed close to us airports. but it has never seen an close to us airports. but it has never seen an incident where an intentional act to try and disrupt air travel. with this particular case it is the coordination that is being suggested. multiple drones, at least two. two separate pilots in coordination trying to cause this disruption. that seems to be something very new. certainly and remember that our solutions long term in the us. we are grappling with something calle