federal aviation administration say the inspections are to ensure that wires are properly routed, and that that there is no unusual moisture or heating in the transmitter. british investigators say the device that sends out a distress signal may have been responsible for the fire on the ethiopian airlines jet. the device is installed in the jet's rear fuselage. the investigators have recommended that airline companies can disable the transmitter until proper measures are put in place. u.s. officials say they'll discuss their inspection plan with aviation authorities in japan and other countries where airlines are operating 787s, but the officials stopped short of making the airlines disable the service. >>> the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the group of 20 economies are calling for a careful policy shift in u.s. monetary easing. they confirm that the global recovery remains weak. the financial leaders wrapped up a two-day meeting in moscow with a joint statement. the g-20 meeting was held at a time when the economies of the united states and japan are picking up, while

there have been some questions raised about competing jurisdictional issues between the federal aviation administration in our local rules and at the good advice of our city attorney, i circulated some language to make it abundantly clear that if there are faa waivers in this area that this legislation would not apply. i just want to read the language into the record. inserted at page 4, line 10, at subsection c. section 4901 shall not apply to any person who has a valid certificate of authorization or waiver from the federal aviation administration authorizing the use of any type of aircraft were other self-propelled or buoyant airborne object as prohibited by section 4901. i like to make amendment to include this language in this item. >> doing the motion to amend can be a second? >> second by supervisor you. supervisor % >> thank you. just on the moment, i actually i'm not sure how necessary it is. it's my understanding that planes are only allowed to toe if they have faa waiver. therefore the toll operator has a waiver in san francisco. also, i'm just wondering if there's actually concerned about a

the federal aviation administration said tuesday it implemented the change sunday to minimize critical phase of flight. aftermath of the asiana airlines crash, and on same foreign airlines to use a reckonings when landing at sfo. side if the weather is do that, but air traffic controllers are nowfaa spokesman ian gregor any significant delays as a result of the change. the bay area is just days away from a second possible bart strike and there is still a lot of work that needs to be done before the sunday night deadline. when bart management and negotiation table. this time around if no deal explains. >> watching wall street this morning, futures trading shows mixed trading in all three indexes this morning. the dow trading up, while the nasdaq and the s-and-p trading negatively this morning. stocks spent yesterday look for direction-- and today they might find it, once the federal reserve released its updated policy. the dow slipped a point. technology stocks did better than the rest of the market. the nasdaq composite rose 17 points. the s-and-poor's 500 rose less than a point. openi

we are getting a very good cooperation from the federal aviation administration, boeing and from other participants. we are working with or korean counterparts. with an accident investigation force. >> i am happy to take any questions. >> what do we think that happened? >> as you know, when our teams to arrive on scene and they collect information and we're certainly going to collect information and the cockpit. they are questioning information's as well as from the ntsb. we have not left washington yet. he will have a better sense of what is going on.. are there any other questions? >> and the question is that is this a relatively new aircraft? >> i mention that this aircraft, the boeing 777, we will provide expertise. it has been around for a while. and we're going to be looking at everything. we have not yet determined what the cause of the crash is yet to. once were collect that information, indeed we will be providing you for making and putting it out. the question is that is this pilot error? >> we still have a lot of work to do.

the federal aviation administration says that boeing on the passenger set that did not meet safety standards. the fda says it took boeing two years to address the problem. regulators -- >>> in just a few hours here, crews will be heading off to combat now. health officials say the virus was recently detected of mosquitos of area. . >>> we have not talked about a cooling trend of the past couple of days, we'll continue to talk about that right into the weekend. kind of neat to see the sun and the raise polking into the clouds. that cloud will increase coverage for the over night hours. right now our live storm tracker, no storms in the bay area but some thunderstorms primarily out to the east. and some lightning strike detected here with our lightning detecter network. basically hugging the coast from point rays to closer to the bay area out towards half-moon bay and extending to santa cruz. fair view breezy there winds of 20 miles per hour. and san francisco definitely want to bundle up of those temperatures in the 50s, already 56 degrees. it is deepening, and that - that's the main cause of

>> well, the federal aviation administration is responsible. accidents where a separate organization. but the faa does have in country experts and some countries and they may send people to travel to other countries. but they do have to work with their counterparts to make sure standards are upheld. >> bill: sure i'm wondering what the oversight is in the faa and your agency to make sure these guys know what they are doing. let me give you an example, i flew in the 1990s on air vietnam most harrowing experience, ducks walking up and down the plane. it was crazy. i would never get on another vietnam plane back then. i'm sure they have upgraded now it was a dangerous experience. the salvadorian airline during the salvadorian war was crazy some didn't even have radar. when i see a plane crash like this and the guy didn't have much experience on the 7777 even though there were four pilots, weighs in command, that makes me nervous. >> well, i think in all of these accidents we have to look at all of the facts before we reach conclusions. it's just b

the federal aviation administration says the plane landed safely and made no serious injuries, got no serious injuries have been reported so far, but the airport is now completely closed, and we're going to have more on this story in just a few minutes. again, no injuries reported after the nose gear of a southwest airlines flight collapses at laguardia airport. >> first up a federal judge has okayed an expedited hearing for wednesday morning in detroit's bankruptcy case. the city is requesting to put all state lawsuits challenging its bankruptcy filing on hold. cnbc's own scott cohn joins us with all the latest from detroit. good evening, scott. >> reporter: good evening, larry. that federal judge is steven rhodes, newly appointed to handle this bankruptcy case, and he is wasting no time asserting his authority. as you said, he has ordered an expedited hearing set for wednesday morning. that is a hearing that the unions and the pension funds very much wanted to block. that's because they believe that this whole bankruptcy is essentially an end run around the state constitution and a

in the aftermath of the craf asiana flight 214.flight attendants did not immediaty the federal aviation administration is changing e qualifications for co-pilot administration is changing e qualifications for co-pilot fly an airplane. co-pilots must have at least 15- hundd hours of flying experience. that's six times more than the previous numb. it used to be 250 hours. we heard today from more of heroes of flight 2-14. the flight attendants who rd their own lives -- to save r passengers. kpix 5's ryan takeo has the stories. ryan? as news conferences go, thie was brief -- and tough to w. safety zone and so i felt bad just looking at her doing all that so we, you know, feel that's just trying to help her. >> reporter: today relearned details about the many hats the flight attendants wore. part rescue team, part firefighters. >> they were also fighting the fire as the evacuation went on, there wasn't fire in the cabin while the passengers most of the passengers were in there. but as the evacuation went on, the fire did continue and the flight attendants and the flight crew were involved in trying to fig

. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration said friday's flight 214 called for a go around about half a mile away from a runway. by comparison, the plane that crashed two weeks ago called for a go around less than two seconds away from reaching the runway. veteran pilot james bailey says in the past he has had to call for a go around several times.t airport in novato. you have to be right on approach in that airport. and if the winds change or you are not, you know, the right speed, then you have to do a go around. >> reporter: they say the asiana airlines flight made a safe landing about 20 minutes after calling for the go around. the faa said the pilots didn't specify why they called for a go around. james bailey says there could be many reasons. >> your approach may be too slow, you may be too low. or there is just something not right ton the approach to the airport. you want to go around. the first asiana was too low and too slow so the go around should have been something the pilot initiated back then. >> reporter: at san francisco international airport, phillipe jegal, kron

federal aviation administration reacting to the crash. elizabeth prann has been monitoring reaction from the faa and joins us from washington. >> reporter: we will break in when we hear from national transportation safety board. they are not far from us and we also know they have an investigation team en route no san francisco to probe the crash and look at the scene. that being said like i mentioned we are hearing from the national transportation safety board laura brown. she writes the flight that crashed was a asiana flight 214 scheduled to arrive at 11:26 from seoul. the crash crashed upon landing on run 28 left and investigators are heading to the scene. faa won't confirm the number of passengers on board, we are hearing from local reports that there were 291 passengers on that flight. like i mentioned the plane crashed on run 28 left which you are looking at now. that runway is closed obviously. the runway parallel is closed. the runway purpose are also closed and airport is not accepting any incoming air traffic. keep in mind. avia

. >>> to boeing, the federal aviation administration is proposing a fine against boeing for failing to fix an issue with fasteners within an appropriate amount of time. the fasteners were on 777 boeing planes and discovered in 2008. we didn't address the issue new mexico late 2010. >>> pepsi isn't calling the naked juice all natural anymore. it contains ingredients that don't measure up to the all natural label. pepsi is paying $9 million to settle. >>> samsung reported a 50% rise in profit s from a year earlier and smart phone sales, as well, but some signs of slowing by margins squeezed by high markets costs and the pace of growth may slow further as competition intensifies. the results were similar to apple reported earlier this week. >>> now, as we start the second half of earning season, a familiar pattern is taking hold. record amounts of money sitting in corporates. it's more than apple and google. why companies are hoarding cash and what they might do with it. >> reporter: it's almost like corporations are hoarding cash. total cash in equivalent at an all-time high. as of this

the federal aviation administration says flights at laguardia have been halted. >>> the royal buzz in britain is spreading around the world. the duchess of cambridge has given birth to her first child with prince william. it's a boy. now everyone is waiting to find out his name. bumming ham palace officials released the announcement from the hospital in london. they displayed it in the forecourt of palace. the infant weighs 3.8 kilograms and was born at 4:24 p.m. palace spokespersons say mother and baby are in good health. the child is now third in line to the throne after his grandfather, prince charles, and his father. prince william is on vacation from the royal air force and he'll now start a short paternity leave. prime minister david cameron spoke shortly after news of the bird was announced. >> it's wonderful news from st. mary's padding ton and i'm sure that right across the country, and indeed right across the commonwealth, people will be celebrating and wishing the royal couple well. >> princess diana's eldest son william married kate in april 2011. people all over the world

as noted in the ordinance itself, we have been working with the federal aviation administration on whether a temporary flight restriction could be put in place that would sort of fully de-conflict the race course congestion as the race courses increase over the summer. thus far the federal agencies we've been working with have been cooperative, but they say that type of instrument is not available. in doing further research, we noted that the city of honolulu had banned all advertising aircraft from its air space and that was upheld by the 9th circuit. so, in consultation with the event authority, we -- america's cup event authority, we proposed this ordinance as a way to at least de-conflict some measure of potential congestion over the race air i can't tellv we tried to keep it narrowly tailored to the course area so that it's not overly restrictive and it specifically references the potential for the faa to issue a temporary flight restriction later. so, our goal would be to continue our dialogue with them. and if safety concerns due to spectators or for other sort of intelligence infor

federal aviation administration is saying this was a flight 214, all they are saying it crashed while landing on runway 28 left at 11:26 pacific time this morning. we've showing you a video clip on youtube and shows smoke billowing from the jet and this still photograph which appears to depict people having left the plane before the fire ensued. captain nash, that is excellent news, but the fire happened after some people -- we don't know how many -- got out of the plane? >> yeah, and that is one of the things -- think your viewers should take away from this. all those times where you sit in the emergency aisle seating you got your earplugs in and listening to music or whatever. take the time to look at the instructions in there so when the flight attendant comes around, are you ready to do this, you are really ready to do this. you never know what is going to happen. most dangerous part of the trip for these people who are in this crash believe it or not statisticly was the car ride to the airport. commercially aviation is so safe that -- it's so many decimal places it's so rare in o

. >>> the federal aviation administration officials back at sfo today. over the last three days, n, the faa has been doing special flight checks to certify airport navigation national equipment not related to the asiana crash this month. >> this is part of a construction project that predates what happened at asiana. so this is a system where a lot of navigation aids were being relocated as part of a construction project. this is simply one step in their process to recertify all of the equipment that's been relocated. >> officials tell us faa flight checks are normal when there are changes at the airport to their equipment, tower or runways. >>> in other bay area headlines tonight, cones now sit in front of a campbell hair salon. it's also been wrapped with caution tape after a 92-year- old woman ran her car through the front doors. police say that she hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes. about 4 people were inside the salon at the time. no one was injured. >>> oakland police are reviewing surveillance video of this incident. a woman who was shot to

federal aviation administration is saying this was a flight 214, all they are saying it crashed while landing on runway 28 left at 11:26 pacific time this morning. we've showing you a video clip on youtube and shows smoke billowing from the jet and this still photograph which appears to depict people having left the plane before the fire ensued. captain nash, that is excellent news, but the fire happened after some people -- we don't know how many -- got out of the plane? >> yeah, and that is one of

if it is then the federal aviation administration will reevaluate the decision to allow it back in the year before the cause was known. however if the burn marks are on the top of the plane the battery is on the bottom so it is possible it is something else and that is a hope tonight. >> does that mean there's another problem other than the battery? >> remember this is in london so the british authorities will have primary control of the investigation but what they will focus on is the burn marks on the fuselages and they will need to know if that temperature would be hot enough to burn metal or if the composites berndt prematurely or at a lower temperature. there is not a lot of data. melissa: why would that matter one way or the other? >> you want to know is if they could find the cause of the f that if it can withstand fire like any other play like the 747 or triple seven. melissa: at the same time somebody said there plane had to turn back because it is experiencing a technical issue? the problems are starting to mount for this plane would you feel safe? >> i would not get on the 7

the federal aviation administration is changing the rules for foreign pilots flying into san francisco airport. the faa says it noticed an increase on -- plans on landing on visual approach or hand flying the plane. asiana was also flying a visual approach when it crashed on runway 2a left. for now foreign carriers will use what it calls alternate instrument approaches to land. >>> crews are still working tonight to repair damages from an electrical fire inside a b.a.r.t. station. and they do not expect the morning commute to be impacted. the fire did cause plenty of delays earlier today. >> reporter: an electrical fire stopped operations. starting at 8:30 this morning, crews scramble to get power diverted and straight to the track. electricians cut power cables and slashed new lines. >> it's an all hands on deck project. >> reporter: for about 45 minutes after the electrical fire, people meeting the richmond line were simply stuck. then b.a.r.t. moved train from the hayward yard to the line. >> as long as the trains come and go that's all we want. >> reporter: and b.a.r.t. wants the t

the clerk: union calendar number 109, h.r. 1848, a bill to ensure that the federal aviation administration advances the afety of small airplanes and the continued development of the general aviation industry and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman wish to call up that bill as reported? as amended? >> i wish to call up the report. the speaker pro tempore: as amended. >> as amended. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, and the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. titus, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 1848. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. petri: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. petri: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 1848, the small airplane revitalization act of 2013. i'd like to commend my colle

from funding for the federal aviation administration tiger grants, public transcript programs, amtrak high speed rail, community development block grants and the home affordable housing program, house republicans are offering a bill that not only makes devastating cuts to our nation's transportation infrastructure, but vital programs in housing, health care, education, labor and other services that millions of americans rely on in order to spare defense spending from sequestration. in particular, this bill makes detrimental cuts to investments in our national air system. it cuts f.a.a. operations by $185 million below the president's budget request. t slashes $575 million, 21%, from the f.a.a.'s facilities and equipment account and casts doubt on the future hiring of air traffic controllers and inspectors. nexgen is a full multiyear effort to modernizes our nation's air traffic control system by traditioning to a satellite-based navigation system. it is implemented, nexgen will help reduce delays, expand air traffic systems capacity and mitigation aviation's impact on the environment

times were in a criminal investigations and two were national security cases meanwhile a federal aviation administration announced on friday that it has certified two types of drones for civilian use to talk all things the way the related i was joined earlier by michael brooks he's the producer of the majority report and i started off by asking him if we really learned anything new from this letter that the justice department and the f.b.i. said back to rand paul. no i don't think we really did and i think that the response from the f.b.i. from the justice department highlights a lot of problems that we're seeing across a lot of different areas when it comes to civil liberties and the evolution of technology which is that we're we have a tremendous technological advances and we don't have policy and legal frameworks to really address or contain them and then agencies go out jump on these technologies use them push their limits and then sort of answer questions after the fact on clear and ad hoc way without kind of clear legal structures around them that may be that these drones have been used positively

such as the korean government, the asian airline, the airport authority, the federal aviation administration. bowi boeing and maybe a few others and then they will break into teams, such as a operational team, a human factors team, systems structures and so forth. and those teams will have to be run by ntsb group chairman and they will have people from the faa and all the other parties i said on them. and those teams will work independently, each day, and at the end of each day, they will have a progress meeting with the group chairman and they will share what the team did or didn't do and what they plan on doing. and this is how the investigation is run and the facts will start to come out. and two days, five days, two weeks, five weeks, they will be finished with it. >> and frank, we have been hearing all day about that glide slope that the pilots did not have that was broken. can you tell us how important that will be in the investigation? is that something that they will be focusing on first? >> well, i would not think so. because i heard when i was listening before, someone said the wea

federal aviation administration regulates air space.supervisor kim says she is reaching out to the agency to see if it will cooperate with the city. in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> just last week city panel recommended that air tition over the america cup race course be banned. the team in the america cup nearly back in the rest after deadly crash side lean the team. sky 7 hd shows the new boat on the water today after private christening launch in alameda. team begins practicing with the boat on the water this week. they spent today fine-tuneing the rigging on board systems and the steering. they have been out of america cup racing since may 9 when craw member simpson was killed during a prosecute run. the team hopes to rejoin the races august 6. >> if you ballots tonight to ban hunters from using lead ammunition. environmentalist say it's necessary to protect the critically endangered species. gun rates advocate say they are worried it could lead to ban on hunting. we have more. >> use of lead in ammunition already proh

such as the korean government, the asian airline, the airport authority, the federal aviation administration. bowi boeing and maybe a few others and then they will break into teams, such as a operational team, a human factors team, systems structures and so forth. and those teams will have to be run by ntsb group chairman and they will have people from the faa and all the other parties i said on them. and those teams will work independently, each day, and at the end of each day, they will have a progress meeting with the group chairman and they will share what the team did or didn't do and what they plan on doing. and this is how the investigation is run and the facts will start to come out. and two days, five days, two weeks, five weeks, they will be finished with it. >> and frank, we have been hearing all day about that glide slope that the pilots did not have that was broken. can you tell us how important that will be in the investigation? is that something that they will be focusing on first? >> well, i would not think so. because i heard when i was listening before, someone said the wea

such as the korean government, the asian airline, the airport authority, the federal aviation administration. bowi boeing and maybe a few others and then they will break into teams, such as a operational team, a human factors team, systems structures and so forth. and those teams will have to be run by ntsb group chairman and they will have people from the faa and all the other parties i said on them. and those teams will work independently, each day, and at the end of each day, they will have a progress meeting with the group chairman and they will share what the team did or didn't do and what they plan on doing. and this is how the investigation is run and the facts will start to come out. and two days, five days, two weeks, five weeks, they will be finished with it. >> and frank, we have been hearing all day about that glide slope that the pilots did not have that was broken. can you tell us how important that will be in the investigation? is that something that they will be focusing on first? >> well, i would not think so. because i heard when i was listening before, someone said the wea

federal aviation administration vision foreign airline to use a gps system instead of visual approachesn landing at the airport. faa says it noticed a recent increase in aborted landings by foreign carrier. asian flight 214 cleared for visual approach before it crashed july 6. 3 people died. still former pilot says this new rule is not a good idea. >> i didn't lick what the faa is doing. in essence they are stabbing a double standard. saying some pilots are not as good as oevrs others. well, that's not a good thing for those with buy tickets on the airlines. >> faa currentlyw3 looking into an incident last tuesday when plane operated by taiwan airline eva air had to perform go around after approaching the airport at lower than normal altitude. >> well in the midst of the turmoil followed the crash at sfo peninsula prosecutor say united airline employee and his wife stole some luggage from passengers who is flight rescheduled. shawn and thomas charged with grand theft and burglary. pros can youtors say surveillance video shows him taking the bags. they say thomas then returned thousands

board is not beholden to the interest of the airlines, pilots, controllers or even the federal aviation administration political issues or financial, commercial. they want to find out the basic facts. >> reporter: dave miller was ceo when an air california jet crashed in an orange county airport. he has deep respect for the ntsb. >> here's professionals, their job and livelihood and more importantly their focus for their career is on finding solutions to problem. >> reporter: air crashes are rarely the result of 1 thing going wrong. almost always it's an unfortunate chain of events for which there can be no rush to judgment. >> a lot of times it's a series of events that if any one of these chains were broken, it probably wouldn't have occurred. >> they can't afford a mistake. they will be slow, methodical and interview everybody. >> reporter: because the work is meticulous that burned out hulk will be sitting out there in mom us in plain site. >> they have to pick -- ominous in plain sight. >> they have to pick up every piece of debris out there. >> you don't push the ntsb to say how fast will you ge

. >> in the united states, the federal aviation administration requires to train in management. >> firefightersrst to arrive at sfo on sunday actually ran up the emergency chute into the burning plane. many shared their stories yesterday. they said once inside the plane, they put out flames while freeing trapped passengers. >> by the time we removed the final victims, the conditions were that the fire was banking down on us. we had heavy black smoke. so i feel very lucky and blessed that we were able to get those people out in that time. >> passengers are also giving credit to the flight crew for getting people off the plane and saving lives. >>> this morning more than two dozen people rescued on saturday are still in the hospital. at last check 17 are at sf general. 6 of them in critical condition. stanford has 8 patients. and 3 patients remain at cpmc hospitals in stable condition. many of the survivors are in urgent need of blood. blood centers opened three locations after the crash. now the center is asking for more donors especially people with o negative and ab types. >> a lot of the vict

the federal aviation administration has very strict rules of what you can reuse once it has been in the fire. it possibly be too expensive. theyill just trade insurance money, it will insurance will pay it and they ll go after boeing and boeing wi go after honeywell but they have to use the plain to see that can have this large scale of a repair. melissa: you said on friday that he would not be comfortable getting on this plane, he would not put your family on the 787. how do you feel today? >> nobody is comfortable today until they find out what happens. if they settle it with a directive and they have a good protocol, they are confident on these repairs, not only will i be on them soon, but the whole world will be because every new model plane after the first two years eventually ends up safe. melissa: it seems like more than bugs at this point. battery after transmitter after fire after fire. as a passenger when i see fire after fire, tt is very scary, something i remember in my mind for a long period of time. >> you have to look at the broader picture. the two lithium battery issues

joining us is scott brenner former senior official with the federal aviation administration. he's currently vice president of gephardt affairs. >> these problems have always been going on with airport screening. now that the government is so intimately involved and we've had that agency for ten years we're probably getting more oversight so we're discovering it. >> so you're saying it's always been bad, we're just now finding out about it. >> i think it has. i think we still have some severe management problems. you have those front line screeners there and they are told to do it only one way, then you have the manager of the checkpoint who should have a little more discretion on when that grandma comes in the wheelchair, rather than having that tough front line screener say no, you have to walk through the thing, having that manager come walk her around, screen her appropriately. i just don't think there's a lot of management oversight going on right now and i think that's what's causing a lot of these problems. >> the statistics indicate that they missed some stuff and furt