we audit them together with the faa. we share informatiin with the faa relative to our work with the regional carriers. we're mindful of the risks associated with new employees of any type. we're mindfullof that and understand that. as jeff has said a moment ago, they are necessary. they are important. yoo think about all of them. air china, ingapore air, the german airline, british airlines, austrian air, all the acrrss the entire star alliance, the global international association carriers, all of the safety authority that exists in all of those countries, we have to set a safety standard for the entire industry worldwide, regardless of the nationality of pilots. you have to be approved across a spectrum of safety considerations before you are approved. >> the affer action's report from the ntsb, through the colgan crash, shows that the regional air carrier did noo teach the pilot had to recover from a smooth stall. they taught onlyystalled recognition threw a stick shaker. goes into that and what with the pilots reaat

safety regulations but was not held accountable by the faa. >>> pope benedict xvi has defrocked ohio priest thomas krumm. krumm was removed from his ministry last year after reportedly admitting he abused a teenage boy more than 30 years ago. >>> and a 100-year-old crate of whiskey is giving new meaning to the term "scotch on the rocks." new zealand museum officials are slowly thawing a crate of scotch that was discovered in the antarctic hut of an english explorer who abandoned the stash about 100 years ago. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,322 after soaring 201 points. and the s&p added 24, and the nasdaq gained 58. and taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei jumped 210 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng went up 225. >>> thanks to strong earnings from some key companies, wall street posted its best day in over two weeks yesterday. all signs point to more of the same today. united parcel service viewed as a barometer of consumer and business demand rose more than 5% after raising

we have not studied this at the granular level to ask if the faa is prepared to deal with this. others do not have high confidence levels. there are definite areas where we have found big gaps in the chain of resilience. having said that, we are better off and we have done more than we had done as of 9/11. would you all agree with that? >> one way to answer your question is to drill. the military does drills. i often wonder what would happen, pardon me for my home town bias, if the mayor of denver has an alarm clock said 4 3:00 in the morning and picks up the phone and calls the chief of police and the head of the fire department and says there is a weapon of mass destruction in a downtown high-rise building in denver and it will go off in eight hours and then starts his stopwatch per you cannot do that for obvious reasons. you will panic everyone. it would be kind of instructional. [laughter] and it would be interesting to see how well they did in denver dilem. >> a little of local and even governors do not have the kind of constraints that military people or national security

. >>> the faa announced today that airspace over rhinebeck will be restricted from 3:00 saturday to 3:30 a.m. sunday. that's despite the fact that the clintons have yet to confirm the wedding is being held there. the clintons did not invite president obama. not that the president is too disappointed by the snub. he joked with the hosts of the view this morning on what a headache he would have caused at the wedding. >> i am not going and i have to say it would be tough enough having one president at a wedding. you don't want two presidents at a wedding. the secret service and everybody's getting checked as they go in, the gifts getting unwrapped. >> his appearance on the view was the first time in history a sitting president has appeared on a daytime talk showir mas a word in. >>> we'll be right back. a goo, and they've got extra money in their pocket. those are happy passengers. how much does it cost for those snacks again? nothing. at southwest airlines, when we have a sale, it's a sale. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has flights starting at $49 one-way. book now only at south

the faa says a preliminary check shows no problems inside the plane and no obvious damage to the plane'serior. passengers looked after one another. michael bass hit a woman that hit the ceiling. >> disturbing to see something like that happened. she had a contusion on her head. >> reporter: a special united airlines flight brought those in denver to los angeles. >> scary but everybody was good. the crew was great. >> reporter: most passengers had minor injuries and were treated and released from denver hospitals. miguel griego for cbs news, denver international airport. >>> this just coming in to cbs 5. the lake merritt bart station is shut down. chopper 5 is over head. police are looking for an armed suspect who is somewhere along the bart tracks. we are being told trains are stopping northbound at fruit veil, southbound at 12th street. we will keep an eye on this and get more information for you. more traffic info is on cbs5.com as well. >>> does it seem like this summer is cooler than normal? you noticed it, we noticed it. meteorologists have noticed it. wait until you hear how our we

erodible vehicle is a light sport aircraft but the faa did allow us to carry an extra 110 lbs. weight to make room for auto safety features like air bags and structural cage. it's 19 ft. long and 6 ft. tall it's meant to be called back for suburban life he conceded picture in front of your house. it's expected to cost a little under two under thousand dollars and delivery could start late next year. if to check out all the details on this to find our visitor whats on the web section on www.kron4.com. >> it doesn't look like if it in a crossbow. the golden gate right now it's bumper-to-bumper in all directions on the right- hand side and on the left waiting to get to the toll plaza a tree will be right back in two minutes of the kron 4 news at 5:00.

the faa says under initial inspection they could see no problem. it made an emergency landing in denver. more than 20 passengers and flight attendants were hospitalized but all released today. this was the third time passengers have injured in turbulence onyewu nighted flights in recent months. >>> a sacramento native and filipino american is governor schwarzenegger's choice to be california's next chief justice. right now on the third district court of appeals. if confirmed, the uc davis graduate walt would give california supreme court a female majority for the first time in its history replacing ron george, a moderate republican who announced his retirement last week. >>> it's done. the president, today, signed the new financial reform package giving more protection to consumers and creating more oversight for banks and lenders and other big companies. nbc bay area damian trujillo was at san jose city hall with the changes. they might have haeped avoid the troubles they had today. these were people part of the housing crisis, damian? >> that's r

the faa says the flight got bumpy somewhere over kansas. there was no obvious damage to the plane's exterior though inspectors plan to take a closer look. >>> transit officials say they expect a sick out by union bus drivers will continue tomorrow for a third day. today about 250 drivers didn't show up for work. they are protesting a new contract that the company's board approved after labor talks deadlocked. today the union asked a court to block that contract from taking effect. in the meantime, riders face long waits and crowded buses. >> everybody say the 430 bus we just have to cram up everybody in this bus. and you know they would for sure have passengers standing up. >> management's approved contract includes new overtime rules, copay for health care and a two tier pension plan. it's aimed at reducing costs by nearly $16 million. >>> well, supporters of open carry rallied at city hall in east pa lo am to tonight. they were there to protest the slow response by someone who joked about it on facebook. their efforts paid off. >> reporte

last fall, the faa began requiring technology in new planes to improve passenger safety, like stronger seats, better head protection, and air bags sewn into seat belts. >> if the aircraft runs into something, and decelerates at a great enough level to be a risk to the passengers, the air bag will deploy. >> reporter: providing peace of mind for passengers. as for those on flight 967, about two hours after landing in denver, united arranged for another plane to carry the remaining passengers to los angeles. there was no obvious damage to the plane. but it was taken to a hangar for a more thorough inspection. >>> tony hayward's days as bp's ceo appear to be numbered. "the times" of london say he will retire by october. he repeatedly denied in seriousness. then, he complained he wanted his life back. "the times" quotes a company insider that he is too damaged by his performance to continue. >>> three months into the spill crisis, the company has come up with a plan to stop the spill for good. emily schmidt joins us with details. >> reporter: good morning to you. bp is considering another

we broke one clue on our own blog last night when we learned the faa has already shut down air space venue over this coming weekend. president obama, for his part, said on "the view" today he had not been invited to the wedding. he joked that would make security even worse. the price tag for the whole thing rumored to be between $2 million and $3 million. only in america. >>> when we come back, why so many americans are heading over to europe in search of clues from a book. shoes? old legs. p.a.d., the doctor said. p-a-d... p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. it more than doubles your risk of a heart attack or stroke. i was going to tell you. if you have p.a.d., plavix can help protect you from a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots, the cause of most heart attacks and strokes. call the doctor about plavix -- please? i will. [ male announcer ] certain genetic factors and some medicines such as prilosec reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. your do

every would acquire faa to work on it pilot work schedules. a lawsuit against redwood city the lawsuit says it defrauded the government that if the suit claims oracle misrepresented sales practices in several ways forcing the government and taxpayers to overpay. they have not responded. heading news around the bay this morning suspect in san jose dragging debt that happen in january scheduled to enter a plea and 930 this morning 19 year-old jennifer is charged with one count of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. she faces one felony count of hit and run and misdemeanor of driving without a license. sentencing is then scheduled for terry child's he is technology network engineer convicted of felony computer tampering. the city was locked down for 12 days he is facing a prison sentence of two-five years with credit for time served in jail. police in palo alto arba residents of house burglaries that have happened they say the burglaries' are unique because the young boy is entering the house while an adult waits outside the boy

the faa says the aircraft was built from a kit. ray bran a business faring planes from the u.s.o europe. >>> state health officials say a sixth child has died from whopping cough this year making the need for vaccinations more urgent than ever. the contra costa county will offer free vaccination at the concord farmers market on thursday. the county had 62 cases so far this year. >> the risks of getting whooping cough are far greater than the consequences, any bad consequences of the vaccine. >>> parents, siblings and child care workers should all get vaccines against whopping cough. whopping cough cases are five times higher than last year. >>> in china, authorities open the flood cage today on three dams sending water down the river. more than 700 people mostly in southern china have been killed since the rains began, mostly by flooding and mud slides. >>> in iraq, four people were killed and others injured. the blast came hours aftera suicide bomber killed three people and injured at least 25 others in another provincial city to the north. >>> and in mexico, customs officials

the faa says the aircraft was built from a kit. ray bran a business faring planes from the u.s.europe. >>> state health officials say a sixth child has died from whopping cough this year making the need for vaccinations more urgent than ever. the contra costa county will offer free vaccination at the concord farmers market on thursday. the county had 62 cases so far this year. >> the risks of getting whooping cough are far greater than the consequences, any bad consequences of the vaccine. >>> parents, siblings and child care workers should all get vaccines against whopping cough. whopping cough cases are five times higher than last year. >>> in china, authorities open the flood cage today on three dams sending water down the river. more than 700 people mostly in southern china have been killed since the rains began, mostly by flooding and mud slides. >>> in iraq, four people were killed and others injured. the blast came hours aftera suicide bomber killed three people and injured at least 25 others in another provincial city to the north. >>> and in mexico, customs officials sa

pilots, investigate their previous employment more thoroughly and train them better and require the faaulations governing work schedules. >>> in a few hours crews will start demolition on the old terminal c at the airport. it is going to be replaced with a new parking lot. construction on the parking lot is going to start in october. it should all be opened by next spring. >> 6:48. here is a heads up for you driving in san francisco. tonight hundreds will gather for the critical mass bike ride. this will start at 6:00 p.m. in justin herman plaza. the huge number of bicycles may cause some traffic delays so you drivers along that bike route so there is a heads up. >> yes, always good to know that is coming. let's head out to sal watching enterstate 80. >> good morning. interstate 80 does look good from richmond into el cerrito and ultimately to berkeley. traffic on the nimitz freeway looks nice in both directions in oakland. that is light traffic there. no problems on the bridge. 101 and 280 looking good. southbound 101 at 380 a minor crash not causing a big delay. 6:49. here is steve. >

the faa ordered a no fly zone over the area where the wedding is taking place, and the secret serviceas been ordered to shoot if bill gets within 15 feet of a brimd sdesmaid, so -- [ laughter ] remember president bush? president bush's memoir is set to come out. just in time for the upcoming midterm elections, and that has some republicans worried, because it may remind voters of president bush. one conservative columnist called the timing of the book release selfish and stupid, which, coincidentally happens to be the title of the book, available for preorder right now on amazon. this monday night, the season fin nall lowe of "the bachelorette" is on abc. abc put out a press release that promises the result will be, quote, shocking. which, i mean, how shocking could it be? she either picks roberto or chris or she picks neither one. what am i missing here? the only thing that will shock me is if in three months ali is still with the person she chose to be with on the show. if it is to be believed, the pro mow is promised to be very different than any of the finales before it. >> monday

the faa will actually try to attempt to temporarily ban flights below 2,000 feet this weekend in the area of astor courts estate in new york reportedly where clinton will exchange marriage vows on saturday. the secret service requested that flight ban. the high-profile wedding isn't just stopping air traffic. roads around the estate will actually close starting tomorrow. >>> thanks for joining us this morning. the "today" show coming up next. we'll have an update for you in half an hour.

aviation officials and other countries usually follow faa lead on safety.e talking about airline terminus turbulence in lead 30 passengers injured in had to be diverted to denver because it ran into turbulence over kansas passenger said it fell like a huge up and down motion like they were dropping down an elevator shaft. faa says the incident will be a front burner item for federal investigators. the big board shows the dow was off but not much to and half points down. apple says its fiscal rose 70% to more than $3 billion thanks to sales of the new iphone and the ipad. it sold 3.3 million ipad in april through june and iphone sales rose 61% with a boost at the end of the corridor for a launch of iphone for overall revenue increased 61% to 15.7 billion better than analysts had expected. sunnyvale ya who earned 213 million in three months ending in june that 51 percent over the same can muster but it is less than analysts hoped. it is a sign tacked sector is recovering from this action a little more quickly a live look as we go to commercial to show you san

the faa would also have to update its rules about how many hours a pilot can fly before he or she is required to take a break. the new rules are part of a broader aviation package in the works for several years. >>> governor schwarzenegger today signed legislation honoring late president and california governor ronald reagan. former first lady nancy was on hand at the ceremonial in seamy valley. the governor officially signed the two bills last week. the law designates february 6th as ronald reagan day in california. >> this will be a day in which our schools can teach our students of his love and the country that he loved so much. >> february 6th of next year would have been his 100th birthday. they will create a commission to plan centennial events. >>> a jury in chicago is getting ready for its first full day of fundamental deliberations in rod blagojevich. the jury received the case today and began their deliberations. rod blagojevich is accused of trying to sell barack obama's illinois senate seat which mr. obama vacated after being elected president. >>> two employees of an int

the faa would also have to update its rules about how many hours a pilot can fly before he or she is required to take a break. the new rules are part of a broader aviation package in the works for several years. >>> governor schwarzenegger today signed legislation honoring late president and california governor ronald reagan. former first lady nancy was on hand at the ceremonial in seamy valley. the governor officially signed the two bills last week. the law designates february 6th as ronald reagan day in california. >> this will be a day in which our schools can teach our students of his love and the country that he loved so much. >> february 6th of next year would have been his 100th birthday. they will create a commission to plan centennial events. >>> a jury in chicago is getting ready for its first full day of fundamental deliberations in rod blagojevich. the jury received the case today and began their deliberations. rod blagojevich is accused of trying to sell barack obama's illinois senate seat which mr. obama vacated after being elected president. >>> two employees of an int

the faa is ordering airlines to inspect more than 100 boeing planes for cracks that could cause engineso fall off. [ laughter ] yeah, that's what you want to hear right before your flight. "ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. uh, it's gonna be a few minutes here, as we check to make sure the engine won't fall off." [ laughter ] "yeah, we're worried that one of the engines might fall off, so we'll be a couple of minutes." [ laughter ] this is pretty crazy. a man in colorado designed a car where passengers sit on two toilet seats. [ laughter ] it's great. when a cop pulls you over and knocks on your window, you can just yell, "someone's in here!" [ laughter ] "someone's in here." [ applause ] "someone's in here." check this out. the dr. seuss book "green eggs and ham" is available as an iphone app. [ light laughter ] yep, they hope this will take your mind off the fact that you can not, will not make a call. you can not, will not in the mall. [ laughter ] you can not, will not buy an app. you can not, should not buy this piece of -- and it ends there. [ audience ohs ] it

talking about security, brent in the faa establish nod-fly zone over the wedding site, a beautiful mansion on the hudson river 90 miles north of new york stay. no-fly zone from saturday night until early sunday morning. the wedding is supposed to take police saturday evening. and then, you know, estimates are the security for the wedding and that includes transportation for all the vip guests could range in the 200, $250,000 range, a lot of money being spent on that. >> the guest list is supposedly a very closely-guarded secret, speculating about whether president obama, i guess we know he is not there any word who is on that list? >> president obama said he wasn't invited to the wedding, okay with that the thing about chelsea and mark, not about having the president there them and their closest friends, there are going to be undoubtedly many of hollywood and d.c.'s elite there. we have heard rumors oprah winfrey might attend, barbra streisand, steven spielberg berg, others, nothing official though, no one confirm hog is going to be there for sure. >> you talked about how much security is

the faa will temporary ban flights below 2,000 feet this weekend in the area around the astor court estate in new york. that's reportedly where clinton will say i do saturday. the high-profile wedding isn't just stopping air traffic. roads around the estate will close starting tomorrow. >>> 5:48 right now. >> we'll check traffic and weather coming up in a few minutes. first, a story that makes us all bay area proud. we all know about pixar, one of silicon valley's most innovative and fun companies. starting this weekend, you can get a behind the scenes look at how they make their movies abdomen we have an exclusive sneak peek this morning. christy smith is live at the oakland museum taking us inside the velvet rope. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we got a chance to go inside pixar shortly after the movie "up" came out. they have sketch and drawings on the wall inside there. it's amazing to see these characters as concepts before they're fully developed. characters like buzz lightyear, the characters from "the incredibles." but it's a rare day that the pu gets a chance to s

the faa says the pilot was in contact with air traffic controllers before the accident. and there was no indication of any trouble. >>> michigan governor jennifer granholm is blasting efforts to clean up a pipeline oil spill along the kalamazoo river. the pipeline company has promised to double its workforce. more than 1 million gallons has spilled, coating fish and wildlife. oil has been seen 35 miles down the river, heading toward lake michigan. >>> work could begin on a permanent fix for the gulf oil leak as soon as this sunday. as for oil on the surface of the water, crews say they are having a hard time finding any. jeffrey kofman reports from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: on this milestone day, we visited one of the locations of one of the most important events we witnessed and reported on. it was may 18th, 2010, that we saw oil first come ashore in the eastern marshes of mississippi. we went out there again to see where things stand 100 days after this disaster began. and what we found was surprising. we saw no oil in the water. there were no oil skimmers becaus

but a member of the faa safety team says it looks like something called delamination. it's the peeling back of a material that covers the wing to make it more aerodynamic. >> if i had seen that damage on my aircraft i might have found that cause to immediately stop the flight and make an immediate landing with the interest of the safety of my passengers. >> the passenger says he did notify a flight attendant but they continued on. meantime american airlines says that plane did go back to miami for repairs with no passengers onboard and it is scheduled to be back in service today. >> this sounds like it's out of a movie but the u.s. territory gaum turned away a ship over the weekend because there were thousands of spiders onboard. the department of agriculture says they saw hundreds of large spiders and thousands of small spiders when crews were unloading cargo of housing insulation and beams. they were concerned the spiders not found in guam could hurt the island's environment. the ship was instead sent to south korea. it is not clear where the stow aways came from. >>

new this morning, the faa is ordering airlines to speed up inspections for cracks in boeing 767 planesntly, some cracks were discovered in the structure that holds the engine to the wing. federal officials say these could be very dangerous because it could cause the plane to lose an engine. oakland could soon become the first city in the nation for medical marijuan claudine wong is live with more. are any other cities considering other plans? >> reporter: certainly oakland is not alone. berkeley is considering going to the voters in november to talk about six kind of similar growing operations. certainly, this would change the landscape on how we're looking at marijuana being grown and distributed for medical marijuana use. that's why people are talking about this as history in the making. this 5-2 vote, certainly getting a lot of people passionate on both sides. [ no audio ] >> reporter: there are literally hundreds -- [ no audio ] >> that was ktvu's claudine wong. we have some technical difficulties. we'll work it out and get back to her shortly. >>> the man accused of exchanging gun

. >> meanwhile, to keep the paparazzi from taking pictures from above, the faa is actually enforcing a no-fly zone over rhinebeck, new york, on saturday from 3:00 p.m. until sunday 3:30 a.m. and also as for president obama, we are told this morning, late confirmation, that he is not coming because he, quote, was not invited to the wedding. hillary and bill properly want to keep this thing for chelsea and her soon-to-be husband. so such an exclusive affair, meredith, even the president and first lady are not coming. >> me either, natalie. thank you very much. >> yeah. i'm going to go check in. >> good luck. bonnie fuller is the editor in chief of hollywood life dotcom and colin cowie is a wedding planner who is no stranger to multimillion dollar affairs. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so much speculation over this wedding from everything from the wedding gown to the port-a-potties. as of this morning what do we know for sure? >> well we know for sure that chelsea is going to be a beautiful bride. i would say it's almost certain that she is wearing vera wang. her bridesmaid, flow

officials say they found nothing wrong during the first look at the plane's interior but the faa and the ntsb will be looking more closely this morning. and for the passengers who were not injured on that diverted plane, united airlines has set up another trip to complete that trip to los angeles. it is a special flight for those stranded travelers. >> michelle, thank you very much. i am one of those people creature of habit, on the plane i always stay buckled. >> it only takes one incident of severe turbulence. more than enough. betty nguyen standing by at the news december week a look at the other headlines. >>> good morning. plans to permanently plug the oil spill in the gulf are moving forward. but that may stop because forecasters warn a storm could be headed their way. cbs news correspondent kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana, with the latest this morning and joins us. good morning, kelly. >> reporter: good morning. right now that storm is near puerto rico and it is expected to become a tropical storm in the next day or so and could be in the gulf by the weekend. in the

but was not held accountable by the faa.lationship between the agency and airlines. northwest merged with delta last year. >>> another big step in ford's remarkable turnaround. the company actually just reported its fifth-straight quarterly profit. sales were up 28% in the first half of the year, nearly double the industry's pace. >>> and finally, talk about a hair-brained idea. just watch what happened during a greyhound dog race in australia. the dogs were chasing a fake rabbit as they usually do when a real rabbit ran on to the track, confusing them. one of the dogs chased it right off the track because of all of the confusion. everyone there, who bet on the race, actually got their money back. that is the news at 8:03. >>> now, back to you and sam champion. >> good morning, bob. it's a real rabbit. which way do we run? let's get to the boards. one or two things going on. show you some live shots before we do that. we got into rain and the waves went to three to five feet. this is a tropical storm. the hurricane center ha

the faa says its first look at the plane finds no obvious signs of damage. the faa and the ntsb are investigating but it's a good reminder, meredith, why we're all told wear our seat belts even when we're sitting down. back to you. >> absolutely, tom. very scary experience for those folks. tom costello, thank you very much. it is 7:04. >>> now to the turbulence facing the obama administration over the resignation of an agriculture department official. was she forced to quit her job for comments that were taken completely out of context? we're going to talk to shirley sherrod in a moment, but first, nbc's savannah guthrie is at the white house with the latest. savannah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. these developments are moving really quickly. at first there were condemnations against shirley sherrod for alleged racist remarks. now some of the very first people to rebuke her are now apologizing and over the night the white house directed the agency that fired her to reconsider. this is the video at the center of the controversy. with

. >> reporter: the faa is looking into what the plane's altitude was when the turbulence started andover the plane to make sure it's safe. larry jacobs, abc news. >>> opponents of arizona's strict new immigration law are planning acts of civil disobedience next thursday, the day the law takes effect. organizers will not say exactly what their actions will be but they are saying they plan to a panel of government medical advihas ered setbackma thenoo ongemeed with advanced brea good lisa stark hasre.oryof quality of life for those with advanced breast cancer. now experts say avastin should no longer be used for women with the disease. >> it is not saving lives, and in fact, women taking this drug tend to die a little bit sooner than women taking other drugs. >> reporter: avastin aimed to starve tumors by choking off their blood supply. in 2008, when approved, it seemed to be working. while it didn't lengthen lives it appeared to give women an extra five months before their disease worsened. but the new studies reveal it wasn't so. for pat howard, who's been relying on avastin for thre

we have not studied it to determine whether faa is ready to deal with it, but those that have do not have high confidence levels. i cannot tell you i think -- there are definite areas where we have found big gaps in the chain of resilience. we have done a lot more than we had done as of 9/11. >> one way to answer your question is to drill. i have often wondered what wou happen -- pardon me for my bias, if the mayor of dallas -- denver had an alarm clock set and he calls the chief of police and said there is a weapon of mass destruction in a downtown high- rise building in denver and it will go off in eight hours. then started a stop watch. you cannot do that for obvious reasons, you will panic everybody, but it would be instructional. it would be interesting to see how well they have done in denver. this is a good way to find out who ought to be inharge. a lot of local governors don't have the experience that national security people have been going through these exercises. if you are going to have governors in charge then you ought to go through this so that they learned how to make

we have not studied it to determine whether faa is ready to deal with it, but those that have do not have high confidence levels. i cannot tell you i think -- there are definite areas where we have found big gaps in the chain of resilience. we have done a lot more than we had done as of 9/11. >> one way to answer your question is to drill. i have often wondered what would happen -- pardon me for my bias, if the mayor of dallas -- denver had an alarm clock set and he calls the chief of police and said there is a weapon of mass destruction in a downtown high- rise building in denver and it will go off in eight hours. then started a stop watch. you cannot do that for obvious reasons, you will panic everybody, but it would be instructional. it would be interesting to see how well they have done in denver. this is a good way to find out who ought to be in charge. a lot of local governors don't have the experience that national security people have been going through these exercises. if you are going to have governors in charge then you ought to go through this so that they learned how to

there is a ery serious problem here in my view about safety, and when they tell me it is the faa's responsibility and claimed and backee away from it that it is not theirrresponsibility tt the quality of the people the contract with, that is the airlines and people that have been hired by the regionaa carriers, i know something is seriously wrong. -pi have been too long at this game, not in this particular chair but in chairs in california to listen to this kind of thing and finddit acceptable. they better responddto me. thank yyu, mr. chairman. >> the chair thanks the gentleman. the justice department to send representatives over to testify today. it is their standard practice when they're reviewing the case that they declined to testify. they have sent a letter to us just explaining the procedure they will follow in reviewing the proposed merger, and i will tell the gentleman that we will take yyur comments from the record and write a letter to the justice department telling that that we specificclly want them to concentrate on the senate to set are claimed by the ceos from to go to the chair w

. >> 36 million lost is what they're projecting in the future but it could be less faa's g.s getting more profitable? been a 36 million of the cbo most recent estimate a estimates a higher loss of 45 billion but the projection is that after all is said and done and the federal reserve is paid off after treasuries ownership and all of that is left over we will be having 45 billion in the whole and to put that in context and still some next day's show standing and looking to see a potential near complete loss. >> originally t.a.r.p was looked upon a program to keep the country from going into financial meltdown. later it was a program thought to be and assistance to resuscitate back to life the housing market. that has not woedoo well. will you give us your comments? >> i think your perception is widely held and it has been a great disappointment but during the 17 months a sense of knows there has been fewer than 400,000 modifications of those only 365,000 are resuing from the t.a.r.p portion the rest is done by fannie and freddie. the numbers have been very disappointing. one

i would imagine at this point in time when you've got faa enforcing a no-fly zone over the area, thatit was a very well-kept secret. they booked everything in town four or five months ago and it was only three or four weeks ago where it all kind of came together and, you know, i think -- >> the ruse is out. >> yeah. confidentiality agreements, i don't think half of them knew it was for the clinton wedding until they read about it in the paper. >> collin, you've been involved in planning celebrity weddings. how difficult is it when you've got former presidents, the secretary of state, a presidential daughter, hosting a wedding? >> it's very difficult to keep it quiet. nobody knows who they're working for. but news travels very fast and very quickly. >> how do celebrities generally kind of keep the ruse going for so long? >> usually you don't give out the address. >> we heard there was sort of this mysterious invite. >> but the parking lots and get into buses. the important thing for them is the fact that no air space. there will be no helicopters, so it really will be private. >> no pa