as such, close coordination with department of homeland security and justice in federal aviation administrationis critical when it comes to these. could each of you take a moment or two to explain how your agencies work together not as a stovepipe but work together with your state and local counterparts to monitor threats posed by drones? would you take the first shot at that? >> i agree the department of homeland security agrees there is a variety of uses. emergency response, deliveries, recovery, investigative purposes into so much more. what we are focused on is the malicious use whether intentional or unintentional. your question about cooperation is critical because the department of homeland security just could not utilize its current authorities absent an incredibly close participation with federal partners to includo the faa as we seek the authorization for example to designate a covered facility that would allow to engage in these activities we are coordinating every piece of that authorization. when we get a request forvi activities to protect an event or mass gathering at the request

today's final witness is tonya coultas now -- at the federal aviation administration at the departmentof transportation. enroll, she provides executive oversight of national security policies, plans, and programs involving, manned and unmanned systems, in addition to several other security related topics. miss coultas, over 30 years of combine local, federal, state and -- supporting defense, intelligence, safety disaster response and crisis management efforts. previously, this coultas served as a senior executive for the dhs national -- and the program director, now -- and for fema. welcome to the committee. you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> oh can you hear? sure. okay. plan b. chairman peters, ranking member portman and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to speak with you today about the faa's role in ensuring safety security and efficiency of the nation's airspace as a pertains to a ninth of craft systems, or you a, fc or drones. at the faa, we are constantly working to welcome these beneficial new technologies into the national air system, while minimizi

administrations infrastructure initiative that plans to provide $62 million in grant money to the federal aviation administration pair the funds were made available through the new bipartisan infrastructure law area -- law. ♪ >> good morning everyone. it is an honor to be here with all of you today. i am a proud member of the greatest local ever, labor local two to three. [applause] and for the last five years, i have been executive board member of my union. i grew up in dorchester. a diverse, working-class neighborhood here in boston. [applause] i am a proud mother of four beautiful children. thanks to being a union member, i have been able to put a roof over my head, put food on the table and provide world-class health care. but i am not the only 1 -- [applause] i am not the only one who started a great career. ever secretary of labor, marty walsh, began his career with 223. [applause] thank you for all you do. today, i have the great honor of introducing someone who understands the american worker, president biden. he understands what we go through. he cares about us. he sees us. he fights for us. president b

. >> today, a senate subcommittee holds a hearing on re-authorizing funding for the federal aviation administration. this is the first of a series of hearings, including topics like advanced air mobility and unmanned aerial systems. live coverage starts at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span3. also on our free mobile video app, c-span now. or online at c-span.org. >> middle and high school students, it's your time to shine. you're invited to participate in this year's c-span student cam documentary competition. in light of the upcoming mid-term elections, picture yourself as a newly elected member of congress. we asked this year's competitors -- what is your top priority and why? make a five to six-minute video that shows you the importance of your issues from opposing and supporting perspectives. don't be afraid to take risks with your documentary. be bold. amongst the $100,000 in cash prizes is a $5,000 grand prize. it must be submitted before january 20, 2023. visit our website at studentcam.org. resources and a step-by-step guide. >> there are a lot of places to get political information. but only at c

the federal aviation administration has grounded the company's slide, spending an investigation. now leading musicians moran, the world have come together to create a global sound in indonesia. more than 50 artists from 18 countries make up the new g 20 orchestra, and at a time of rising geopolitical tension. the hope is that their music will be able to cut through the diplomatic noise. jessica washington has more from central java. me in muggle on central java. this is indonesia bottle the door temple, the largest buddhist temple in the world. now it adds a new entry to its long history as the site of the 1st concert from a global orchestra. mm. more than 50 musicians from 18 countries including russia, the u. s. india and indonesia, a performing together on the temple grounds representing their home countries on the world stage. the purpose of the concert is largely to promote cooperation between g 20 countries and you, orchestra is an initiative of this year's g. 20 president, indonesia. the g 20 is made up of the world's leading economies. the see as meetings have been oversh

15 eastern, the senate commerce subcommittee is holding a hearing on reauthorizing the federal aviation administration, reauthorizing the funding there. that is on c-span 3. also, all of these programs are on c-span dot org and the c-span now video app. one more program today at 10 am eastern. holding an update on how the agency is preparing for hurricane ian. deanne criswell -- having that up to yesterday, she also spoke yesterday on fema preparations. here are some of what she had to say. >> by the time it reaches the shores of florida, the storm is going to slow down to five miles per hour. this is significant. [inaudible] e i can tell you that our biggest concern as we wait for the storm to make landfall is storm surge. i will note that storm surge is a leading cause of hurricane related fatalities. just in 2018, when hurricane michael impacted the florida panhandle, there were five reported fatalities. if people are told to evacuate by officials, please listen to them. the decision you choose to make might be the decision that -- between life and death. >> more from her today at 10 am eastern. yo

as such, close coordination with partners of homeland security, department of justice, federal aviation administration, . but each of you take a moment or two to explain how you respective agencies work together, not as a stovepipe, -- with your state and local counterparts to monitor and counter threats posed by drones. miss vinograd -- >> would you take the first shot? >> certainly, let me say, i agree, the department of homeland security agrees that drones have a variety of beneficial uses. emergency response, deliveries, recovery, investigative purposes and so much more, what we are focused on is the most use of drones. whether intentional or unintentional. your question about cooperation is critical. the department of homeland security just could not utilize its current authorities, incredibly close fog -- to include, for example, the faa. as we seek the secretaries authorization to designate facility or assets, which would allow us to engage in activities, we are coordinating every piece of that authorization with the faa, for example. when we get a request for sea uas activities, to protect me

are leaving this year for live coverage of the senate hearing looking at reauthorizing federal aviation administration programs. look at what here on c-span 3. [noise]

coordination with the departments of close to home on security, department of justice, federal aviation administration is critical when it comes to mitigating these threats. could each of you take a moment or two to explain how you respective agencies work together, not as a stovepiped, but as a work together. and with your state and local counterparts and monitoring color threats posed by drones? miss vinograd o, is it vinograd? >> it is. sir sorry it's a tough one. >> could you take a first shot at. that >> the department of security homeland security agrees that drones have variety of beneficial uses, emergency responses, deliveries, a vest to get a purposes and so much more. what we're focused on is the militias use of drones, whether intentional or unintentional. your question of cooperation is critical. the department of homeland security could not utilize its current cuas authorities -- to include for example the faa. as we seek the secretaries authorization for example to designate a covered facility or asset which then will allow us to engage in cuas activities, we are recording every piece o

he is being charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats the federal aviation administrationdinating with local law enforcement on the investigation faa records show the i had a student pilot certificate issued in 2013 christine, sloan abc news, new york. wow. nasa's artemis 1 mission has been called off for a second time this week. it could take up to several weeks before it's ready to launch. it comes after a liquid hydrogen lake failed to be resolved before takeoff. nasa may have to roll the 322 foot tall rocket back into the vehicle assembly building for repairs the first setback on monday had many technical issues including a cooling rocket system and fuel leaks. nasa administrator bill nelson says safety is the top priority of this mission. we tried to stress that this is a test. and a test has certain risk. that's why these guys are such consummate professionals. they do it. by the book when it's ready. the artemis program was created to take humans on the lunar surface by 2025 once artemis 1 gets off the ground. it'll be a five-week demo with dummies in a trip around

. >>> the federal aviation administration today swatting down a controversial request to slash trainingd the agency to only require 750 flight hours to hire new pilots instead of 1,500 hours, which is the current requirement. pete muntean joins us live. the faa's decision will be disappointing for airlines and trade associations but the families of the crash victims, they fought hard to get this rule in place. >> the faa is essentially siding with crash victims saying you can't back off on training and safety standards just because the faa says that airlines need to hire more pilots. airlines, we know, have been struggling with a global pilot shortage, and that's what's contributed to tens of thousands of delays and cancellations over the summer. who we are talking about here is republic airways. it is a regional airline that operates about a thousand flights a day for american, delta, and united. it tried to get the faa to allow it to hire pilots with instead of 1,500 flight hours, 750 flight hours. 1,500 hours has been the standard since the colgan air crash of 2009. and pilots that g

it's a requirement by the federal aviation administration do to safety concerns. but as kron four's gayle ong reports tonight, a lot of those residents have moved across the street. >> as the city of san jose clears out the homeless encampment near men at a san jose international airport. another one across the street is now growing. kimberly williams is one of the residents who moved to columbus park. it's been pretty. >> pretty they made us move and they didn't give us like it was kind of a lot of time that a lot of us don't have resources. >> williams and her dog baby have been living in an rv for almost a year. she is concerned about her safety at columbus park. >> a lot of activity that goes on here all the time. a lot of pretty scary. >> as for what's next, i don't know at all. i have no idea. working person trying find a solution as williams figures out a solution. the city of san jose is focusing on clearing out the encampment on the faa land area near the airport earlier this month. a spokesperson with the city of san jose told kron 4 the city provided 14

this will be the first electric commercial airplane if the federal aviation administration certifiesgers pretty cool. is alright we've had some nice sweater weather this would you indeed a fall is here sandy patel tracking the forecast and the hurricane. yeah, dan and liz that hurricane is a dangerous category 3 storm. it is closing in on florida at the eye is becoming a little more diffused as you can see category 3 as i mentioned packing winds of 120 miles an hour. it is moving to the north northeast at 10 live doppler 7 is tracking some heavy bands of rain and the national weather service has issued a tornado watch tornadoes already being reported in that area hurricane warnings on the west side tropical storm warnings on the east side. they are expecting catastrophic flooding winds as it is expected intensify into a category 4 storm as we head into tomorrow going towards fort myers eventually weakening to a cat one over tampa and then weakening further as it goes over parts of the carolinas. you will notice rainfall totals for parts of florida looking at 12 to 18 inches isolated

united airlines is threatening to drop service at a major new york city airport urging the federal aviation administrationights. chief executive scott kirby email, the faa administrator telling him to increase capacity at jfk. that's the busiest airport in the new york area. the email that was sent to employees contained kirby's plan to end service at jfk in october. if the airline does not get additional allocations. the faa responded saying that they have to consider air space and runway capacity to see how these changes can affect flights. lawmakers are gearing up for a fight over same marriage. the senate is planning to vote on this issue very soon. reporter hannah brandt is in washington, d.c., to explain why. >> ever since the supreme court took away abortion rights, democrats have been worried that same marriage is at risk too. now they want to pass a law to make sure it isn't. >> they've made it pungent lee clear. they're not satisfied with repealing roe. so when some republicans votes unnecessary won't happen, they said the same thing about wrote legislation to protect same marriage already passe

as we begin the process of reauthorizing the federal aviation administration next year, congress should incorporate provisions to advance these important developments in technology. are you hearing today is an opportunity to consider the challenges ahead, and the approaches congress can take to respond to these challenges. advanced air mobility is an exciting technology that has the ability to completely reshape the future of aviation. analysts estimate that in the united states it could reach 115 billion dollars in the next ten years. increasing the public access to, aviation strengthening national security will contributing far less greenhouse gas emissions than current aviation technology. given these benefits, there is widespread global interest in europe, asia and elsewhere to lead on am technology. and the united states needs to develop a plan to be the global leader of this technology. there are similarities between a and the bipartisan work congress did in the recently enacted ships and science act. working with many of my colleagues from the state, including chair cantwell, ran

coultas, deputy associate administrator for security and hazardous materials safety at the federal aviation administration at the department of transportation. in her role, she provides executive oversight of national security policies, plans, and programs involving manned and unmanned systems. in addition to several other security related topics. ms. coultas has over 30 years of combined federal executive, local, state, military, and international experience supporting defense intelligence safety, disaster response, and crisis management efforts. previously, ms. coultas served as a senior executive for the dhs national protection and programs directorate (now cisa), office of infrastructure protection and for fema. welcome to the committee. you may proceed with your opening remarks. ms. coultas: sure, okay, plan b. chairman peters, ranking member portman, and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to speak with you today about the faa's role ensuring safety, security and efficiency of the nation's airspace as it pertains to unmanned aircraft systems, or uas, or drones. at the faa, we are con

therefore in order to avoid massive fines from the federal aviation administration which they can imposere is pending storm. that is proactive cancellations. that is a direct result of those rules. neil: they are the ones left scrambling, depending on your expertise, mark, going online, see what you can book, that shouldn't be on them? >> no, it shouldn't be. what i always encourage people to do, if you have a trip planned, it is tied to something like a cruise departure you need to get out early. if you are tee delayed, there is domino effect. if you're not booked three or four days. your ship in down in the caribbean. good luck catching up with that. neil: advising people on delays, waits, what is advice how early you have to get to the airport? >> i would get to the airport two hours beforehand because it is hit-and-miss. i would download my tsa app. see what wait times at different terminals in the airport. that is pretty decent giving you heads up. i would look at alternative airports as well. always look getting first flight out. you can go see that inbound flight that was coming i

and the federal aviation administration in setting aviation policy. but until domestic and f.a.a. certified are subject to the same standards, there's no hope we can achieve one level of safety. in fact, existing safety rules make clear that there is not truly one level of safety. under current f.a.a. regulations, domestic repair station workers are subject to mandatory drug and alcohol testing. workers at foreign repair stations are not. domestic repair station workers are subject to comprehensive background investigations. foreign repair station workers are not. unfortunately more and more maintenance work for u.s. air carriers is being sent overseas. the number of these facilities has grown by nearly 40% in the past six years. and the global pandemic has only exacerbated this trend. as more than 8,200 aircraft maintenance jobs left the united states in just the past few years. the department of transportation inspector general has also been ringing the alarm bell. in five audited reports containing 41 recommendations since 2002, to improve the f.a.a.'s dangerously weak oversigh

afternoon, the senate commerce subcommittee is holding a hearing on reauthorizing the federal aviation administrationunding there, on c-span3. also, all these programs on c-span.org and the free c-span video app. and one more program at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the federal emergency management agency in ministry to holding an update on how the agency is preparing for hurricane ian. they also spoke yesterday on fema preparations. here is some of what she had to say. >> the storm is going to slow down to proximally five miles per hour. what this means is floridians will experience the impacts from the storm for a long time. our biggest concern as we wait for the storm to make landfall is storm surge. storm surge is a leading cause of hurricane-related fatalities. in 2018, when hurricane michael impacted the floor to panhandle, there were five recorded fatalities as a result of storm surge. if people are told to evacuate by local officials, please listen to them. the decision you make could be the difference between life and death. host: that was at the white house yesterday. more from her today at 10:00 a.m

. >> we understand the federal aviation administration shutting down, all airport airline takeoffs nationwideme from. [inaudible] tower two has an explosion in the complete collapse surrounding the area. >> a major collapse everybody in the area. [inaudible] >> a huge explosion. everyone's running in the other direction. we are on church street were not sure what happened. a huge explosion. everyone's running for the lives literally. police, media. i see a woman pushing a baby carriage. >> it's unclear what happened if the tower collapsed but i think we better get out of this mess. here comes the smoke. >> can anybody hear me. [inaudible] >> i can't breathe much longer, somebody save me. >> were getting personnel. >> will multiple units on the way. >> dozens and dozens of firemen and medical emergencies and possible heart attack. >> which way to go? >> stay put. >> everybody is covered. that's the people down right n now. >> david is still with us. what can you tell us. >> the scene is horrific one of the two towers collapsed there was debris in the entire perimeter and trying to run for our

federal aviation programs at 2:15 p.m. eastern. everything is available to watch on the c-span now video app. >> fema administrator says hurricane ian has been upgraded to a category-3.

federal aviation programs at 2:15 p.m. eastern. everything is available to watch on the c-span now video app. >> fema administrator says hurricane ian has been upgraded to a category-3. >> good afternoon everybody. >> good afternoon. >> as you all know, we are closely tracking hurricane ian and the president has mobilized the full force of the united states government to support the people of florida as they prepare for this storm. the fema administrator and i came out of the oval office were the president held separate calls with the mayor of tampa, and the mayor of st. petersburg, and the mayor of clearwater. they discussed planning and preparation for hurricane ian. the administrator give more of our conversation in just a moment. the president underscored his commitment to the people of florida and made it clear that impacted communities will have the full support of the federal government to augment state and emergency responses and emphasize the importance of encouraging families to heed evacuation orders. there will be a full readout of the calls later today. the administrator will share that readout in a moment. the fema adm

aviation all in x, which exists today in the russian federation is on guard as times here is the liberated territory. thank you very much communications, kherson, kherson region, deputy head of the military-civilian administrationthat another attempt to land on the coast of the kherson region today is courageous the armed forces of the russian federation recaptured, please. i paid attention to the words of an american political scientist, who said, you know , i have a feeling that there is no sense of urgency in washington. after all, he said that in washington there is no feeling, no fear, in fact, and the questions are such a psycho- semantics. they are extremely important in today's politics, when the western elites, first of all, lose. this feeling of fear here begins what we heard from yesterday's european unions. these are loud statements, talk begins that we will now separate the russian economy from others, destroying everything. by klochcha, you mean wonderfully absolutely excellent specialist ursula fondera barrel nursula is cooler than barrel she says we get microchips and washing machines. we insert them into our calibers and launch the caliber in ukraine. why is it forced to take away microchips an