>> because the faa protects airlines. >> o'brien: the faa's response to valujet exposed an inherent conflictthe agency's original mandate. >> the federal aviation act of 1958 gave the faa two primary missions-- one, safety; two, promote aviation, in no particular order. >> o'brien: after the valujet crash, congress, under public pressure, removed promotion from the faa mandate. but a closer look at the legislation tells a different story. >> there's a footnote in that d?:#:m the footnote says, "although we're changing the terminology from 'promote' to 'encourage,' we do not intend to change the way we do business. this is a change for the public consumption, and we're not changing how we work at the faa." it was simply a sleight of hand. >> o'brien: nick sabatini worked inside the faa for 30 years, and was the head of aviation safety from 2001 through 2008. >> i never did see that there was a conflict. i could easily compartmentalize. if i'm encouraging you to do better, i'm not encouraging you to necessarily grow your business, in terms of promoting aviation. the promotion was promoting avi

we tracked nmac conflicts and official faa incidents here in the bay area dating back to 2000. more than 1,000 different events in all. >> there are more of these situations that take place than the public has an awareness of. >> gabe spent 28 years with the faa. >> the faa has made an effort to try to hide these numbers in the past. >> but take a look at this. we found this inspector generals report, a report that raises serious questions about the faa's overseeing of the training and performance of pilots, pilots who have to deal with close calls between airplanes. the report says the faa has "not implemented initiatives with the greatest potential to improve safety." >> the culture in the faa is one of let's keep things quiet, don't rock the boat. >> perhaps most troubling, the report says the faa does not have procedures in place to "prevent two pilots in remedial training programs from being paired together during scheduled commercial flights." pilots who must make split-second life and death decisions. >> the way the faa goes about it, they want to make sure the general p

caller: i would like to ask about the faa bill.seems like one of the biggest union-busting deals i have seen in quite awhile. did that bill not take out collective bargaining for the unions? host: bofa a bill? guest: i voted against it because it made the process of representation even more difficult. it would be akin to us have been stripped away our ability to go to the ballot box in choose who we want to represent us in congress. it is the same democratic principle. what the faa did is they get more difficult for unions to be able to organize, to call for an election. it said the state girds for participation higher, and overall it made it more -- set the standards for participation higher cut and overall it made it more difficult. all we are talking about is choice. we're not talking about being forced to do one thing or another. all of us as americans like, respect, and part of our tradition is we get to choose. a uniont's go to household. gland is from lancaster, california. good morning. caller: hello, raul. this union thing

i want to go to the transportation security administration and i know that through the faa bill that a -- i won't even say a compromise was made but what i think is a provision that really is questionable but it is law because we wanted it to move on the faa bill. and that is to undermine the discretion as it relates to privatization. the language is may and is now shall. can you speak to the issue of the testimony given that suggests that the privatization would cost taxpayers up to 9% more if the entire system was not prifized or the value of having federal tso officers professionally trained and under the supervision of the united states government? >> i believe that the tsa has studies indicating that the cost of the private facilities is 3 to 9% more than what we would ultimately pay on the federal side and i have given the security needs that we have and management workforce, it is much easier to have it all in one chain of command. that being said, we will work with the language and we will abide by the law. >> well, i would expect you to say that, madam secretary, but the law

i would hope we change nothing in spite of the faa legislation. i ask the administration to reject the premise of that legislation even as it has been signed. i yield back. >> i thank the gentle lady. we've been advised we're going to be called for votes between 3:45 and 4:00. now i recognize the gentleman from mississippi, the ranking member of the full committee, mr. thompson, for any opening statement he might have. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'm pleased that administrator pistol could join us to day to discuss tsa's screening partnership program. i'd like to also extend a welcome to our second panel of witnesses. it is my hope that some of the myths and rhetoric surrounding this program can be put to bed today. by this hearing title, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have implied that the current use of federal screeners impedes job growth. there's no proof in law or effect for that assertion. the number of screeners at an airport is determined by an analysis of the risk, threat, and involve at that airport. these factors

what the faa is saying today when "good morning maryland" continues. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> well an effort to prevent dangerous fatigue for pilots the faa issued new rules that include pilots flying shorter shifts and getting longer periods of rest. >>> flight times would be limited to 8 or 9 hours and pilots would have the opportunity for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep during the rest periodch cargo pilots are not included in the new rules. american airlines is look to reduce its work -- looking to reduce the work force by cutting is a,000 jobs. other cost cutting moves is changing labor contract and reconstructing the debt. airline management is facing job cuts. >>> much more ahead, abc2 news to go is coming next. >>> we will see who is going a show up in court today. that's the big question for a man accused of scamming thousands of dollars from people in paving scheme. >> reporter: proposed changes for students in a baltimore county school. i am sherrie johnson. and i will have the latest on the changes. >>> and one what a maryland senator plans to do to improve ther

. >> at 6:00, the faa is looking for several good men and women

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. >> gabe bruno spent nearly three decades as an faa supervisor. he believes the calls understate the problem. >> you're waiting for the wrong thing to happen. >> reporter: the faa points out these incidents make up less than 1% of all air operations throughout the course of the year. "we have transitioned from a safety system that did analysis of past accidents to a system that identifies possible future accidents." the number of close calls nationwide is trending down in recent months. >> we could have been a statistic that quickly. >> reporter: pilots, such as ken edwards, will tell you all it takes is one. >> it was scary, if you blink you'll miss it. >> reporter: now in 2010, the national transportation safety board changed the rules governing what constitutes a near mid-air collision, but remember, these numbers started climbing back up before that change by the ntsb, so what is the faa doing about all of this? well, we dug further and discovered some answers that might surprise you. some are even more troubling for the safety of the flying p

this faa reauthorization bill has been going on for years and years.ically, it looks like the republicans wore down the democrats to get exactly what they wanted. they got that percentage, they know how hard it's going to be to organize now. especial when i after takeovers. it's unfortunate. veda shook, appreciate your time, thank you for joining us on "the ed show" keep up the fight. >>> rick santorum is making a play here in minnesota ahead tomorrow's caucus, could it be his last chance to shake up the race? newt gingrich is in town, too. he says he will be in the race to the bitter end. howard fineman joins me for analysis, stay with us. [ laughs ] [ mayhem ] please continue to hold. the next available claims representative will be with you in 97 minutes. [ laughs ] ♪ and if you've got cut rate insurance, there's nothing you can do about this. so get allstate. the only insurance company that guarantees your claim experience won't be mayhem... like me. [ dennis ] introducing the claim satisfaction guarantee. only from allstate. dollar for dollar, nob

faa has a role to designate. first question is i'm assuming the two are coordinating. >> absolutely. >> excellent. >> second, of course, being biased, there's no better airspace in the country than what sits in alaska. military will tell you open airspace especially for unmanned aircraft. so what is your timetable? maybe for the record get it to me, faa looking to say here is the two sites, four sites, six sites that will be analyzed. >> we hope to be able to name those sites this year. i don't -- i'll get it for the record. >> just a schedule. >> absolutely. >> that would be great. of course i'm biased. i think university of fairbanks, university of alaska fairbanks is doing incredible research around this uas. we have an enormous amount of airspace no one competes against and no neighbors to complain. so i'll leave that for that schedule. second thing i know we've had this, faa reauthorization did not have the $100 foe. we've had this discussion on general aviation. i think general aviation, and i want to diffe

the faa says they are going to have a hard time. >>darya: the two amendments for the ballot are proposing to either overhaul the current system or make small twigs and keep ran choice of voting. rank choice voting has been used to steer the cost of runoff elections. >>mark: hugh hefner is 21 year-old son has been arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence. officers say he was arrested on sunday night after they found minor injuries on his girlfriend. his girlfriend is also the 2011 playmate of the year and has sought an emergency restraining order. he was released from jail and posted bail. >>george: the time is 8:40 a.m.. continued improvement on 880 southbound, it is still our hot spot. the drive time is running over 30 minutes out of san leandro and san lorenzo, down into fremont. it care of accidents have been completely cleared, but the residual slowing is having a hard time breaking up. >>darya: let's take a look at the 7 day around the bay forecast. it is able chilly, but we have plenty of sun. the high is only 62

the pilot was not hurt, the faa and the national transportation safety board will be investigating. >> thank you. and three people were killed in an avalanche in washington state. the stevens pass sky area had 21 inches of snow at the time. investigators say several groups were skiing in an out of bounds area on the back side of the mountain. most were able to free themselves from the snow. >> skiing -- at your own risk. i have been told they were all very experienced skiers, they knew what they were doing, the choices this were make. >> one woman who lived was using a rescue system similar to an air bag. officials say it kept her on top of the avalanche and basically saved her life. >>> today whitney houston was buried. the procession traveled nearly 12 miles the funeral home to the cemetery in westfield. fans celebrated at the cemetery gates, and they gathered flowers and signs, the burial was hidden with privay tents. >>> a rocking try but in san francisco to warren hellman. he under wrote the bluegrass festival since it started in 2001. he died in december from leukemia. today tho

of notification and how quickly the manufacturer can make them, help mentioned that it has to go to faa for final approval. that process can take several weeks or months. so it could be delayed for quite awhile. we'll have more coming up tonight at 6:00. roosevelt leftwich, website whoib whoib -- abc2 news. >>> two men get into it on route three. this leads to a stabbing at the next intersection on gambrills. >> reporter: this is just crazy. switching drivers, led to violence. 23-year-old rolls sudbrook is charged with first degree assault as a passenger riding in a pt cruiser. anne arundel police tell us his car mixed this with with a 44-year-old driver of a ford explorer. witnesses tipped the police off about the driver switching seats. this leads to words between the driver of the ex-lowerrer and sudbrook. the driver of the ex-lowerrer gets out -- explorer gets out and confronts sudbrook, stabs hip. the ex-lowerrer chases the cruiser. then they get into it again with the driver of the explorer holding down sudbrook until police get there. in the end everybody went to the hospital eit

since 2007, there have been 23 stop-gap faa funding measures. the $63.4 billion bill funds the faa for four years and speeds up the switch from radar to gps technology for the nation's air traffic control system. the bill heads to president obama for his signature. >>> a water main pipe belonging to east bay mud does, causing a dispute near lafayette and runs through unincorporated contra costa county. a homeowner tells the times that a pipe is leaking and shifting his entire home. east bay mudd said that is not the case. the district said instead, recent rain or a natural spring may be causing the shifting. >>> san francisco's board of supervisors is scheduled to vote whether to provide the plastic bag ban to all restaurants and stores. currently, only large grocery stores and pharmacies are prohibited from handing out plastic bags. this would require stores to charge customers 10 cents for paper bags. san francisco mayor's ed leed he supports the ban for the bags. >>> tonight, the richmond city council will tackle a part of daily life that irr

as to go to the faa for certification. that could cause some delays. >> reporter: the chairman of the house group says the state police wanted the modifications to help make the new choppers safer and work better for their needs. although this could delay the delivery for several weeks or months, he says with such a large investment, it has to be done the right way. >> it's like buying an automobile f you put together a team saying here's what we need the automobile to do, whatever they come up with, you'll have to rely on their judgment. this case we rely on the professionals to do that. my belief is they've gone out and made a good choice. >> reporter: depending on how fast the faa lay proves the new dine, the choppers -- design, the choppers won't get into the hair until early summer. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> yes, rosie and i do occasionally tie shop. few gusts around 20, so the breezeÑi today, clouds early on but they cleared off. plate in the day we had late day sunshine for your commute home. dry weather co

picked it was an early testing done, both by the department of defense and faa. it was clear from the testing that there is interference issue. the forum for this is a relatively obscure group, the position navigation and timing executive committee which the deputy secretary of defense and i co-chair. deputy secretary carter represented in the military and myself representing all the civil users. through that committee, which was all the executive branch agencies, which includes others, including the federal communications commission as an observer, it was clear that additional testing of a different proposal was in order. we worked with a lightsquared. they were part of developing the testing protocols. they were part of the testing itself, and the results i think are very clear-cut. i would point out that those are, the testing results from both the npef work and separate aviation works are currently with ntia and will be transmitted to sec shortly, but those results were independently verified by both idaho national engineering laboratories and in the lincoln

. >> reporter: well ann, it was still preliminary information that we're getting from the faa, but yes, a small plane, a beach craft bonanza that hit thathelicopter midair over the air space. the chopper did go down into a field about eight miles south of the airport. the pilot only had minor injuries, but refused treatment on the scene. in the meantime, the beach craft landed just short of the byron airport about 20 miles south of where that chopper finally landed. sheriff deputies tell us that, you can see them walking towards that aircraft. south along the airport in the darken area where we don't have access to. it's unclear how many people were on board the small airplanes. no injuries there. tonight, the faa and the national transportation safety board says it will be investigated. >> all right, thank you much. >>> well, neighbors in one county community are questioning the increase in the number of the massage parlors in their city. now, they believe that something shady is going on in them. that could be gone with with them doing about it. >> well, it's hard to know what's goin

i know we have had this discussion, the senate bill and the faa reauthorization did not have the fee. i know we discussed this in generalive yags, i want to differentiate between, you know, learjets, big jets, and small, aviation. but generally, most generally the folks that i take e talked y understand, they got to participate, but creating a new permit system, or a $100 fee doesn't seem logical to them when they have tax, which they have all volunteered in the past to adjust. that basically there's a better mechanism to deal with revenues than another system. and i will 100% agree with him because i tried this when i was mayor, and i got my head kicked in, and i realized to do in. i worked with the aviation folks and we came up agains structures they already had in place. do you have any comment on them? not the fee, but the method, f with the tax on that gas? any comment to that? or maybe you want to giver it to the record. >> i'm just going to have him comment on the process. >> in terms of the $100 fee, that was never proposed to be applied to sort of propeller general aviation,

under new legislation the faa is being ordered to draw up regulation for the testing and licensing ofommercial dreams by 2015. resistance is already growing. >> if our skies become full of surveillance drones, it's possible from the moment you walk out of your home in the morning until you return at night or in another building that your every movement will be tracked by this unseen eye in the sky. >> reporter: the house intelligence chairman told fox cost is an issue. >> outrageously expensive and we just don't have enough. we have lots of requirements overseas that we're having a hard time meeting and it wouldn't make sense to me to have them here of. >> reporter: while the faa says it's committed to safely integrating drones into the nation's airspace, critics say there is nothing in new legislation that addresses privacy issues. >>> gas prices are spiking and you may want to switch up your breakfast routine. shawn yancy explains in your fox 5 top five. >> up first tonight why eating cake for breakfast may be good for you. no. 5, not only will your kids love it, it may be good for

the 2013 president's budget request $15.2 billion to support faa programs. more than $1 billion of these funds will be used to advance the modernization of our air traffic system through next gen. the next generation of air traffic control technology which we've all talked about for a long time. so the use of satellite surveillance and new methods of routing. pilots, planes and routing procedures next gen will change how america flies reducing travel time and delays. it the vital role research in decision making by moving research technology administration rita into the new office of assistant secretary for research and technology under the secretary's office. this change will provide a prominent centralized focus on research and technology, important to the president, department's operating administrations and research programs. third and finally keeping our transportation system safe will always be our top priority. consistent with this commitment, president obama has proposed a record level investment in safety. in fact, the president's proposal will prov

if not, the faa steps in and revokes it. after a thorough rehab process, the pilot can reapply for reinstatement. >> and the passengers can thank that bus driver. thanks, jim. >>> now, politics. "your voice, your vote." and the republican primary equivalent of the thrilla in manila. rick santorum has arrived in michigan. and he's closing in on the front-runner there. now, the spotlight turns on to santorum's position, especially his positions on women. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: today, rick santorum took his high-flying campaign to michigan, portraying himself as a conservative, regular guy. >> my grandfather was a coal miner. he was the treasurer of his union. >> reporter: but today, santorum released his tax returns, showing that he raked in $3.6 million in the first four years after he left congress, even buying a luxury german gar. santorum says he made his money the old-fashioned way. >> after congress, i worked about six or seven jobs. i worked very hard because there were college tuitions i had to pay. bought

"recibí un mensaje de texto por teléfono que decía que nunca iba a poder seguir haciendo nios y faa ibampaÑa de babeu recibiÍa menaza que josÉ deportado si reva pu blicamente su involucramie nto amoroso con babeu. "en ningún momento yo o nadie que me represente amenazo con deportarlo." babeu renunciÓ a su puesto como copresidente de la campaÑa del precandidato presidencial republicano mitt romney en arizona, pero dijo postiÓn legdor Ía a su poizona en la cÁmara de representantes de estados unidos. jose dijo que estaba en el pai Ís legalmente y que queria seguir con su vida, pero que a casi una semana de las elecciones primarias en arizona el papel de su historia en la polÍtica presidencial lo ha puesto en el ojo pÚblico. para cnn, valeria fernÁndez, phoenix, arizona un venado provoco un fatal accidente que le cobro la vida a un joven de arlington... el venado que intentaba cruzar la carretera fue impactado por un toyota prius, y fue lanzado, impactando el vidrio frontal de unaruiz villatoro sufrio lesiones fatales durante el impacto, ocurrido noche sobre la ruta nueve, cerca a la ruta s

reliable gps is essential for the faa's proposed next gen system. we can sum up the last year in four words, "grant first, test later." grant first, test later seems to stand the process of decision making on its head. it placed a severe burden on everyone's time, attention, and resources, a burden that should have been placed on those seeking something from the fcc. everybody concerned about gps reliability devoted six mornts last spring and millions of dollars of constantly changing proposals. the tests revealed extensive interference. anyone aware of the tremendous difference in signal strength between gps and a high powered network could have predicted this result. yet, despite all of this, another round of extensive government testing occurred last fall. they concluded in a recent letter that various plans for a high powered trees yal broadband network would cause harmful interference to many gps receivers. it noted that such proposals are not compatible with several gps dependent aircraft safety systems, and that no solutions exist to prevent

that white ball, the faa says it was like the meteor. people from as far south as we go texas and as far north as oklahoma city reported seeing it. it was caught on the-camera of a police cruiser. let's take a look at the 7 day around the bay. to date looks to be one of the warmest days of the week. almost 70 degrees for the beginning of february. not bad. high 60s and sunny for the weekend. punxsutawney phil saw his shadow, so it looks like six more weeks of winter. here is a live look from the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge as a warm-up is on the way. we will be tracking temperatures as well as what is happening on the roads. >>darya: good morning and habit thursday. we're starting with a live look around the bay. it is dry and clear at the approaches to the bay bridge. on the senate tail bridge, the same story there. traffic looks nice and polite. from high above the mt. tam cam, we are shaking a little bit. it looks like it might be a little windy. >> there is a breeze. this is the view from the golden gate showing as relative

there was some early testing done, both by the department of defense and the faa. it was clear from that testing that there was an interference issue. the forum for this is a relatively obscure group that position navigation and timing executive committee, which is deputy secretary of defense and i co-chair, deputy secretary carter representing the military users, and myself remitting the civil -- representing the civil users. through that committee representing all the branch agencies that include others including the federal communications commission as an observers receiver -- observer, that it was clear that additional testing of a different proposal was in order. we worked with lightsquared. they were part of developing the testing protocols. they were part of the testing itself, and the results, i think, are very clear cut. i would point out that those -- the testing results from both the npef work and separate federal aviation administration work are currently within ntia and will be transmitted to fcc shortly, but those results were independently verified b

. >> reporter: by order of congress, the faa requires the safety of all people and property on the ground for space tourists congress has set a different standards. >> and so they've asked us to use something called informed consent where the launch operators are going to need to thoroughly brief their perspective customers on all the hazard, all the risk, on all the things that can go wrong. the fact they can be injured or killed during these flights. part of our job is to inform as part of the faa process is to inform our customers of the risk. >> reporter: nonetheless nearly 500 passengers have already signed up. >> that's good right there. >> with that and contract security science packages into space business is so good virgin, the spaceship company is boding a fleet as are our companies. >> we built this $80 million, 600,000 facilities. >> reporter: brain child of microsoft mind will launch humans and cargo far into space. other companies from excort are space adventures. skilled composites, from rocket ship tours and many others all racing to join the new space race. passenger conf

>>> two more fronts opening one in arizona, one in washington slipped in a bill to reauthorize the faa "countdown," the longest 8:00 p.m. news hour running on cable unless you consider fox news. be there aloha. arizona's republicans continue to push their march through another century, in this case, 19th. the third story, the backlash intensifies, after the state's governor introduced legislation last week that would make collective bargaining illegal for government workers teachers and firefighters and would eliminate automatic paycheck deductions for union dues and meanwhile in washington on the federal aviation authorization bill now includes a provision that unions say will restrict their organizing power. 19 unions joining forces and urging reconsideration of the bill. they write in is a statement. rewarding the house republican leadership desire to rewrite decades of longstanding labor law in a flash by inserting an unrelated and controversial labor provision in a much needed aviation safety and security bill without notice, hearing or debate sets an extremely dangerous precedent

brillante que se describe como un bólido, es un meteoro que viajaba gran velocidad, ni la nasa ni la faas hablando sobre otros casos. >> sulema: cerca de 90 empleados de washington fueron puestos en suspensión ante su inminente despido por fraude, están investigados por cobrar beneficios de desempleo mientras seguían trabajando para la ciudad. otros empleados cambiaran cheque de desempleo que no les correspondían, en total la ciudad pago $800,000 en beneficios de desempleo desde 2009 a estos involucrados. los involucrados trabajaban en escuelas públicas y en el consejo de washington entre otras agencias. - la policía de washington respondió al reporte de una persona baleada fuera de un centro educacional ubicado en la 4600 al sureste de la ciudad. las autoridades encontraron a la víctima consciente y respirando. están en búsqueda de dos sospechosos de raza negra. - el senado de virginia votó a favor de retirar la ley que restringía la compra de armas de fuego, la ley estuvo en vigor por 19 años y fue proclamada por el gobernador demócrata para combatir el tráfico de armas. apenas el juev

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state senator jimm brochin believvs speed cameeas have faa more to do with revenue than safety.statey allows them to be used in school zonesathat are within a half-mile of a school.but baltimore city officials believe that includes virtually any schoola&.even colleges.not long ago, it started putting up speed cameras near micaa.. two of them have since been b urneda. (10:46:55))(brochin) "i think the intent by someone who sat on the committee was we're talking about elementary or m,iddle students walking pcross the street with their parents but its technical schools now, its at universitysa" the city discounts any notion that its (12:42:03) (murphy) "it somehow confounds me thaa people say its okay to speed an d endanger people andd somehow reasons to fix that are all about revenue. they don't say that when an officer writee a ticceta." it's a tough sell for some residents along northern parkway wwo hhve watched this camera snap speeders for tto years. (19:53:48) (nikki connelly) "i don't think its really alleviating the problems on this road in particular. people aren't slowing down

but i think, jim, i'm just more curious about the faa telling me don't worry, ashleigh.sourced mechanics' work, we check them when we get back on u.s. soil. you will not be flying on a flight or on an aircraft that has not been double-double checked by someone in the usa. that isn't the case, is it? >> no, it's not the case, and i've got to tell you that there's evidence that that has not been the case, but i will say this to you. i cannot believe, now i don't know everything, but i cannot believe that it's not possible for an airline, any airline to sit down with their maintenance people and say, hey, guys, we're going to have to outsource this unless we can work something out. let's sit down and work a plan out. i believe it can be done, and i just don't think there has been the heart to do that. it is so much easier to just outsource and say we're saving 50% on our maintenance. let's do the american work by sitting down with americans and making the decision that we're going protect these airplanes and we'll protect our passengers. it would be great for their public r

all planes that the faa allows to fly over water without rafts. same plane are used every day by united. many are about 20 feet long, they fit dozens of people on board and they come with supplies. you can see life preservers, pacts of drinkable water and often they drop right from the airplane door just steps away from your seat. so why aren't airlines using them. a spokesman says the rafts aren't needed, that they are heavy and increase the fuel burned and increase your ticket. >> they don't have to pay for the fuel that it takes to carry the education -- the extra weight on the aircraft. and they don't have to pay for the maintenance of the equipment. >> but the famous captain sully sullenburger is asking the government to do away with those waivers. >> you think without the life rafts people would have died. >> probably, yeah i definitely think people would have died. >>> today's rise in oil prices to above $105 per barrel hit the airline industry like a hammer today. u.s. air was especially hit hard with stocks plummeting to more than 8%. ris

. >>> congress is putting $63 billion on the table to fort faa to offer you more consumer low -- protection the agenda, investigating whether it's safe to use cell phones on planes and if airlines should have to pay more for lost or damaged luggage. >>> the department of homeland security is also moving to make things better for you at the airport. the agency is making its global entry program permanent. that's a program where passengers can get preapproved has low risk travelers, enabling them to get through customs quickly. it cuts the wait time by 70%. >>> it has been a year since the tsa administrator moved to private screeners. they just passed the reauthorization bill that forces the tsa's chief to approve the request to privatize the screeners. 16 airports have already moved to private security screeners. >>> and good news for mcdonald's for st. patrick's day. the restaurant's famous minty green milk shake, the shamrock shake, will be available all over the country. all 14,000 mcdonald's will carry the frozen treat through march 25th but each restaurant will decide when they cran sta

. >> reporter: by order of congress, the faa requires the safety of all people and property on the ground for space tourists congress has set a different standards. >> and so they've asked us to use something called informed consent where the launch operators are going to need to thoroughly brief their perspective customers on all the hazard, all the risk, on all the things that can go wrong. the fact they can be injured or killed during these flights. part of our job is to inform as part of the faa process is to inform our customers of the risk. >> reporter: nonetheless nearly 500 passengers have already signed up. >> that's good right there. >> with that and contract security science packages into space business is so good virgin, the spaceship company is boding a fleet as are our companies. >> we built this $80 million, 600,000 facilities. >> reporter: brain child of microsoft mind will launch humans and cargo far into space. other companies from excort are space adventures. skilled composites, from rocket ship tours and many others all racing to join the new space race. passenger conf

he said his plane was missing on saturday but he didn't know what happened until the faa called him on sunday following the crash. a man suspected of killing a santa rosa woman after he killed somebody in stockton. he is the man suspected of killing marie brooks in her home saturday morning. it happened on interstate 5 and pulled him over. she got out of the car and told officers to shoot him. ellis ran into traffic and police have not identified the victim. >>> and 30-year-old brandon mcdaniel was a wrapper who performed under the name sutter boy. he was shot to death on saturday on 105th avenue near 9th street in east oakland. no arrests have been made. >>> a warping and they are telling their students to be on high alert. the three things students are being urged to do to protect themselves, coming up. >>> and they are asking them to keep their alcohol service intact and they are battling late night drunken violence. they want to lift it back and say it has created multiple violations and it comes as they are trying stop the recent violence. >> we will be letting everyone know in th

the faa got a lot of calls about this. the faa says it was probably a meteor. >> yeah. >>> all right. ten minutes before 8:00. the reason california's payroll for state workers has gone up by millions of dollars. >>> also, what facebook's ip po. filing revealed about facebook's eafernings. -- ipo filing revealed about facebook's offerings. . >>> there is a new survey that shows emotional reliance on the internet is a growing problem for children and teenagers. a new study shows 12% of teenagers are addicted to being online. that means they would rather be on the internet than spend time with family and friends doing home work or even going to sleep. researchers say parents can curb that problem by just restricting the amount of time that the kids spend online. >>> 7:53. facebook has friended wall street and filed the paperwork for its initial public offering the stock. by doing that the menlo park- based social network had to open its books to the public. it revealed earnings of $668 million on revenue of 3.7 billion. both figures are nearly double the numbers

the faa and ntsb are now investigating the cause of the accident. >>> to presidential politics and the continued rise of the culture wars. tonight the obama campaign is criticizing rick santorum over comments santorum made this weekend about the president. ron mott has a look. >> it's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. >> reporter: after saying the president's energy philosophy was based on a phony theology. >> i wasn't suggesting the president wasn't a christian. >> reporter: he had a challenge, separating religion from the theology none the less on sunday. >> what were you talking about, sir? >> i was talking about the radical environmentalists. that's what i was talking about energy. >> your use of the word theology. do you wonder that might lead people to suggest that you were questioning the president's faith? >> well, no. because i have repeatedly said i don't question the president's faith. i believe the president is a christian. he says he is christian but i am talking about his world view. >> each of the republican candidates have expressed disagreement on the presid

pilot in his 40s, maybe 50s has not been identified and the national transportation safety board and faa are now investigating the crash. >> belmont police hope surveillance images will help them catch a pair of purse thieves showing this man man took a purse from the cart of a 79 yorltd-year-old woman. in belmont, they believe he was working together with this person, this woman and some want to remind never to leave purses unattended. >> president obama's 91-year-old step grandmother is resting at home following a car accident over the weekend. reports say she was a passenger in a vehicle that rolled over in western kenya. and the elder obama was treated for shock. >> coming up next a berkeley grad long ploft passport. it turns up. thanks to a man sharing one of the key journey autos just weeks from oscar fund. you can down load our app and get lividdo from red carpet and back stage. just go to abc 7 news.com and lick for -- look for a link. we'll be right back here. -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot?