now the united states has shut down 3 airports because of what the federal aviation administration is saying is a national security efforts. it comes as what suspected to be a chinese surveillance balloon has been flying across the country. us president joe biden says the united states is quote, going to take care of the balloon, which has been spotted above the north carolina. it was responding to a question on whether it be shut down, which is what the republicans are calling full bent again says a 2nd chinese fire balloon has been seen flank flying over costa rica. china says the craft is a civilian weather balloon that was blown off course on. now let's get more of this from mike kenner and washington. first of all, what do we know about the temporary closure of these 3 airports which fall across the carolina coastline? well this is in terms of a directive issued from the essay which says that the ports in south carolina and north carolina all operations at charleston, myrtle beach. and the wilmington airports have been suspended ground operations. and the sky above has been clear

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is paused arrivals in departure at 3 airports because of what the federal aviation administration says is a national security effort comes as what suspected to be a chinese surveillance balloon has been flying through u. s. s. base us president joe biden says the us is quote, going to take care of the balloon, which has been spotted over north carolina. china says the crossed is a civilian weather balloon that was blown off course. mike, hannah has moved from washington. there are reports coming out that administration . officials say that the balloon could be shut down once it hits the atlantic once it crosses the coast and is over the ocean. the supposition now is that the balloon will be shut down at that particular point. previously, military leaders had advised against bringing down the balloon because of the threat to civilian life on the ground. that was the concern of military leaders. protests have been taking place against israel's coalition government for the 5th successive saturday. large crowds gathered intel of even west jerusalem, although the protest was smaller compare

command coordinated the operation with assistance from the alaska air national guard, federal aviation administration and the federal bureau of investigation. we have no further details about the object at this time including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin. the object was about the size of a small car. not similar in size or shape to the high-altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina on february 4. separately, command continues their recovery operation in support of the takedown of the high-altitude chinese surveillance balloon. teams have mapped the debris field and are in process of searching for and identifying debris on the ocean floor. agree that has been recovered so far is being loaded onto vessels, taken ashore, catalogued, then moved on words to labs for subsequent analysis. while i will not go into specifics due to classification reasons, i can say we have located a significant amount of debris so far that will prove helpful to our further understanding of this balloon and its surveillance capabilities. of note, due to less tha

federal aviation administration had to temporarily block flights within a 100 square miles of the atlantic ocean around the south carolina coast because this balloon had gotten in the way. and one thing we heard from the pentagon yesterday is at the moment that the pentagon had been monitoring the balloons movement from thursday and friday, they didn't deem it to be a, a military or physical risk. it appears that at the point that airports had to be closed down because of this, a path of the balloon that, that is when the white house and the pentagon likely decided to move forward with the shooting this balloon down and has the closing all of this airport cause any disruption to passengers? well we're seeing it so far that there were some disruptions. again, those were 3 airports that were closed down the f. a hasn't released much more information about those airports, but of course some disruption was caused. and again, that is one of the reasons it appears that the white house, that the u. s. officials here decided to take action. but at the moment, it appears obviously with this balloon

federal aviation administration is about to do a sweeping safety review after experiencing technological issues and other close calls over the past few months. the administrator says this is the safest time in aviation history. >> and this is after the grounding and two incidents where planes nearly collided on the run way. >>> both sides of the aisle are joining forces to crack town on big tech for not doing enough to protect children online. dick durbin accused companies including facebook and snapchat of doing everything that they can to keep kids' eyeballs glued to screens. >> and they are proposing a number of bills to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material and restrict the liability shield. >> the evidence of harm is heartbreakingly abuabundant. how many more children have to die before we make them a priority? this is an epidemic, it is a mental health crisis, particularly for young teenage girls. and we have no system in place to empower parents and empower consumers to seek justice, to fight back and protect themselves. >> the committee chairman says tech companies will

hours later, the federal aviation administration closed air space to support activities, norad detected the anomaly, and fighter jets were sent, nothing was found. in canada, they focused on recovering the octi. f-22 fighter jets have taken out three objects over the air space of u.s. and canada the past seven days. leaving new questions about who sent them and what might be next. >> given the global and domestic context in which the objects have been discovered, the biggest fear really is that no matter what the origin, it could lead to violent conflict between china and the u.s. >> reporter: the doctor is a political science professor, specializing in international security at san jose state. she said after president biden waited for ordering a spy balloon shot down, the u.s. may take more quick action. >> given the heat he took from not acting as promptly as some wanted and an election soon, from now on, we'll see more vigilance and maybe more reports of shoot-downs. but we actually don't know the origin of the objects. >> canada's defense minister said this one is cylindrical and se

. >>> the federal aviation administration wants united airlines to pay more than a million dollars inof conducting boeing -- 777 flights without making required preflight fire system warning checks. the faa says it believes more than 1,200 flights were flown that did not meet u.s. airworthiness requirements. united says that it changed its preflight check list in 2018 with the approval of the faa. the airline has 30 days to formally respond to the faa's letter. >>> more than 400 food products have been recalled because of possible listeria contamination. all of the items were sold between december 24th and jan 30th. the recalled items from fresh ideation food products include breakfast and deli sandwiches, salads, yogurts, and fruit cups. no illnesses have been reported so far. >>> another tech company announced layoffs. >>> and the next time you head to the movies, you may be charged more based on where you sit. shanelle kaul has those stories and more in today's "moneywatch" report. >> u.s. stocks fell for a second straight day as concerns are growing the central bank could impose a

put in place at the request of the department of defense, it was put in place by the federal aviation administration to essentially protect the area below this apparent shoot-down, was the size of two state of massachusetts, if that's a plural, twice the size of the state of massachusetts. the biggest area of restricted airspace in the continental u.s. so we see exactly why that was put into place here, now that we know this balloon was apparently shot down at the order of president joe biden. this is a very interesting area as well, because this is not too far away from some really key military bases where many fast fighter jets are placed. that includes norfolk where the navy has a station there, super hornets, and the f-22 out of joint base langley and this is a strategic move as well. although the goal was by the faa to essentially protect the airspace below this apparent shoot-down. this balloon was cruising at an altitude of 60,000 feet, which is very high. it's about twice the altitude of a commercial airliner. usually between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. and they wanted to protect that area off t

today we have bay area congressmen joining us days after sending a letter to the federal aviation administration demanding an explanation after the recent near disaster or several, if you will, involving commercial planes. also u.s. cities banning the rainbow flag with an orange county city becoming the latest to remove the classic symbol of lgbtq pride. we will talk our media partner "the san francisco standard" reporter -- we will talk with a reporter from ogre media partner, "the san francisco standard -- from our media partner. first, it is so seeing snow piling up in the bay area. we are not just talking about the highest peaks like mount diablo, hamilton, for tim, some snow has fallen in lower elevations or hills and we are about to get a whole lot more. let's get the latest on this wintry blast. sandhya: snow low as 500 feet. those are reports coming to the national weather service. notice we do have showers showing up. they are very scattered in nature, and it is a combination, not just rain showers, we are talking snow showers as well. from mount hamilton to the santa cruz mountains, le

this is a determination that was made in the past hour by the federal aviation administration, which governs our air traffic across the united states. now, we don't know exactly what's going on. there are some unconfirmed reports that there are 2 military of planes in the air. one american, the other canadian though that report has not been confirmed. so it's not clear whether this is a, a citing of another or problematic a object that the us and canada would want to remove from the skies. or whether this is heightened over sensitivity at this point. certainly what we saw in the last 48 hours was the downing of 2 separate objects. each said to be about the size of a small car. something which both the canadian and american officials very much want to recover and then analyze to determine who put these a craft in the air and for what purpose. it's been a important to know that neither the u. s. nor canada has blamed any particular country. for these are latest to downings, and of course we're keeping eyes on what's happening over lake michigan and we'll bring you an update when we hav

needy make pikhana glasses, vladislav mirzayan together lugansk people's republic the us federal aviation administrationuspended the operation of three airports and closed the airspace in the territory where the chinese umbrella flies. this is according to the abc television channel, several areas of the states of north and south carolina meanwhile joe biden commented on the situation for the first time with a balloon that has been quietly flying over the country for several days now. mr. president you will knock down the step we will take care of it. that's the whole comment, meanwhile, the british daily mail newspaper claims the american military, allegedly on biden's orders, will try to shoot down the chinese umbrella when it is out of the atlantic. the united states does not want to completely destroy the balloon, because the special services hope to study it later, like a balloon scared nuclear power with the largest defense budget. natalya goncharova the whole world is watching the events in the state of montana, like a popular series starring a giant scarf, all social networks circled these frame

common sense is not so common anymore, it just makes sense that somebody leading the federal aviation administrationy have aviation experience so i appreciate the experience that you bring to the table. in the morning when this issue occurred, and exchange between air traffic control in the pilot at newark airport sums up some of the broader issues within the system that go beyond the specific outage. atc was talking to an airplane, a pilot that was testing out for departure until there was a nationwide ground stop. atc asked the pilot if he had heard anything about the issue before departure. the pilot responded, no. it's a little better but it doesn't prioritize important items and it delivers it in a printed code that is optimized for teletype machines instead of plain english. let me give you an example. i printed this out. the environmental impact study was done before. i printed out the note from the federal system for a flight from d.c. back to my home airport near winston-salem. it's a 90 page document for a simple flight, about an hour long. if i didn't review the list closely, i might have

in the last hour, the federal aviation administration stopped flights at three airports. earlier presidentjoe biden says the us was "going to take care of" the suspected surveillance balloon. that is the east coast of the state, a few hours ago, they cleared that airport, grounded the planes, nothing coming in and nothing coming out. and the reason we now know was because they had a planned operation that balloon. let's remind you what this balloon looked like what we have been tracking for a few days. the white balloon... that's been... and then came down across the us. there have been attempts to shoot it down, not done because of the risk of falling debris. also, this seems to not be a huge security risk to the us, given what the balloon was and the fact that chinese satellites could get information just as well is this balloon. decision was taken to wait till it got over to the sea, where the risk to people was much less. they shut the air space and we now know they have just shut it down, according to a reuters photographer at the scene. joining me now is our north a

now the federal aviation administration has issued a call to action to keep up with what it describes changing system. here's cbs's kris van cleave. >> reporter: on the congressional hot seat, acting faa administrator billy nolan this week tried to reassure senators the nation's aviation system is safe despite a series of incidents and close calls over the last two months, prompting him to launch a safety review and call for an industrywide safety summit. >> can i say to the american public that we are safe? the answer is that we are. >> reporter: u.s. air travel continues to experience an unprecedented period of safety. currently managing about 45,000 flighs a day. while it's been 14 years since a fatal airline crash and approximately 22 million flights, that stretch has come uncomfortably close to ending several times recently. >> safety is our north star. it's the reason we have such an amazing safety record. but let's not take it for granted. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board is now investigating at least four close calls. december 18th a united 777 experienced

a quick update, the federal aviation administration in the united states are saying they have closednal defence airspace. the notice warned that pilots that violated the restrictions could be intercepted and arrested, so we will try and find out more about that and how it relates to the shooting down of the balloon and so on, and the other objects that have been shot down over north america in the last few days. a teenage girl who was found with fatal stab wounds in a park in north west england on saturday has been named as 16—year—old brianna ghey. a murder investigation has been launched by cheshire police after the girl, from warrington, was found by members of the public as she lay wounded. police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen brianna in the hours before her death. the royal college of nursing says it's preparing to escalate its strike action in its dispute with the government over pay. the union has told nhs leaders that nurses working in emergency departments, intensive care and cancer wards will take part in its next strike. the rcn says it will still make sure

the federal aviation administration temporarily closed airspace over the carolina coastline, includingal nearby airports. passengers at myrtle beach international airport were among many of those who were grounded. we've got to the airport today. we checked out as the lee and we've got to look up and you can see the balloon and >> so the jets kind of circling it not. the pentagon and other u.s. officials say the blown seen this week flying over various parts of the u.s. including military sites in montana was carrying sensors and other surveillance equipment to spy. chinese officials claim the balloon was a civilian air ship. he was for weather research that went off course due to high winds. what we're seeing here is china kind of pushing the boundaries on on it can serve infringe on some international >> ryans the balloons presents prompted secretary of state antony blinken to cancel a weekend trip to china aimed at minimizing tensions between both nations. really one of the biggest acts provocation and response by the united states against china quite some time. so it's going to cer

. >> so the federal aviation administration conducted an investigation after united airlines voluntarily reported this incident. the agency hasot share thesult. united condu investigation and decided to provide additional training to the pilots involved. the national transportation safety board elected not to look into the incident because it doesn't fit into the category of incidents the agency is required to investigate, ryan? >> just frightening. >> gosh, i can't even imagine. you're there, and those 21 seconds probably felt like two hours. >> terrifying. >> unbelievable. >> thank you, anne. >>> let's take a live look outside where a lot of cold air is blowing our way, and we could see a little bit more rain. >> first alert meteorologist paul heggen is tracking what we can expect and where. >> going to get breezy, the cameras have been shaking around already, and we have a wind advisory in effect along the coast tomorrow morning. let's take a look at what things look like right now as we look from black mountain towards the santa clara valley. the wind is going to bring in a different

. >> the acting and ministry to of the federal aviation administration testified before the senate commercemittee regarding january's airline software outage which delayed thousands of lights nationwide. he also talked about modernization efforts the faa and

warning from the list of actions before crews were ready for takeoff according to the federal aviation administratione failed to carry out those checks between june 2018 to carry out those checks betweenjune 2018 april 2021. flying without it means planes violated its airworthiness standards. united said in a statement the safety of our flights was never in question, the fire system checked dropped in 2018 to account for the fact the triple seven computer performs the cheques automatically. don't even call about major airlines being called on to pay such penalties, they have preferred to address such issues on a voluntary basis. united is reviewing the proposed fine and has 30 days to respond. the central bank _ has 30 days to respond. the central bank in _ has 30 days to respond. the central bank in australia increased interest rates again copy this time by 25 basis points to 3.35% a record ninth month in a row of rate hikes. the move was widely expected, the reserve bank of australia saying it is expect more rate rises would be required in coming months, this is all about trying to tame iron patien

hours later in the u.s., the federal aviation administration closed some air space in montana to support defense department activities. norad detected a radar anomaly, and sent fighter jets to investigate, though nothing was found. back in canada, officials focused on recovering the object that was shot down. f-22 fighter jets have taken out three objects in the air space above the u.s. and canada over just the past seven days, leaving new questions about who sent them and what might be next. >> given the context, the global and domestic context which these objects have been discovered, the biggest fear is that no matter what the origin was of these objects, it could lead to violent conflict between china and the u.s. >> reporter: she a political science professor, specializing in international security at san jose state. she says after joe biden waited several days before ordering a suspected spy balloon from china to be shot down, the u.s. may take more swift action moving forward. >> given the heat that he took for not acting promptly, as promptly as some people wanted with the first

in the last hour, the federal aviation administration stopped flights at three airports.

. >>> acting chief of the federal aviation administration faced harsh questions on capitol hill wednesday. he admitted that while the faa is working to improve their system security, they current guarantee another outage. gabe cohen has more from washington. >> reporter: a series of system meltdowns and near disasters. >> we must not become complacent. >> reporter: landing the acting administrator in the senate committee just hours after announcing a sweeping safety review for the agency. >> we have a backup redundant isn't, why couldn't we just go to that system? >> thank you for the question. >> reporter: one question the notam system that failed triggering the first national ground stop since 9/11, the cause, a contractor accidentally deleting files during system maintenance. >> they no longer have access to either faa facilities or the notam system. >> reporter: they say they are moving to a more modernized system by 2025 and for now they have put in safe guards to prevent a repeat. >> we're about halfway through it. >> is there redoundancy being built in or can a single screwup cause

. >> john: acting head of the federal aviation administration facing questions from a senate committee month's computer out age the forced the first nationwide stoppage since september 11, 2001, and comes following several near collisions of jets at airports across the country. connell mcshane has the details for us in new york city. >> the faa blamed a contractor for that outage saying there were files that were unintentionally deleted from an alert system. we expect that system to come under scrutiny this morning called notice to arrow emissions. pilots have to read the alerts before they take off. today's hearings you look at the hearing room live now is underway in washington with opening statements before the commerce committee. billy nolan will be testifying throughout the day. he is the acting head of the faa. he said already late last month the faa has taken some steps since the outage to make the system more resilient as he has put it. we'll hear more on that today. officials have said the system is antiquated. nolan is only in place because the pick to head up the date phil w

we reached out to the federal aviation administration. they reported no unusual activity in the area. >>> a historic black history month celebration in bay view hunter's point. and kpix5's john ramos was there. >> reporter: we often think of black history as something from the distant past. and here, they were celebrating the future history with something brand new. the black history month celebration in bay view is not very old. but they hope it will rival the other celebrations in the city. >> i imagine in years to come, you will begin to see hundreds of thousands of people at the black history month parade right here in district 10. >> reporter: but the parade wasn't the only new thing here. the southeast community center was just completed a few months ago and is already becoming a focal point for the entire neighborhood. it's towering design features african american created artworks and spaces for community gatherings as well as a place for local entrepreneurs to reach a wider audience. >> drawing people here to the community to und

federal aviation administration faced horse questions on capitol hill about its own safety issues.washington. >> a series of system meltdowns, and near disaster is, we cannot and must not become complacent. >> landing the faa acting administration billy nolin in front of a senate committee, just hours after announcing a sweeping safety review for the agency. >> we have a backup burdensome system, why can't we just go to that system? i think -- >> the system that failed last month triggering the first national ground stop since 9/11, the cause, a contractor accidentally deleting files during system maintenance. >> they no longer have access to any of the facilities or the system. >> the faa says it is moving to a more modernized system by 2025 and for now it is putting safeguards to prevent a repeat. >> we are about halfway through it in terms of our modernization of the system. >> is there redundancy being built into it? or can a single screw up ground air traffic nationwide? >> we do have redundancy there. could i sit here today and tell you there will never be another issue, no s

the federal aviation administration issued a temporary flight restriction in the area around dead horse as the military took action. now the white house says president biden was first briefed on the situation on thursday evening and then ultimately gave the order to take it down. >> the president was involved this this decision. he ordered it. at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down. and they did that. they did it using fighter aircraft. we're calling this an object because that's the best description that we have right now. we do not know who owns it. whether it's state owned or corporate owned or private lu owned, we just don't know. we don't know. >> walk us through the rational behind the president's decision. >> reporter: there were major differences between this object shot down yesterday and the chinese spy balloon shot down last week. that's what led really to these two things being treated very, very differently. now the biggest difference when you talk to officials say is where this object was flying. it was flying about 40,000 feet up in the air. no

. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration has now ended its temporary flight restriction, thected airspace it put in place because apparently of this shoot-down of this chinese spy balloon as it wafted over if coast of the carolinas. this huge piece of restricted airspace, twice the size of the state of massachusetts, five times the size of the restricted airspace that's been in place over 9/11 since washington, dc, what's very telling about this that took place around 1:00 p.m. on saturday is it was up to 60,000 feet, which the pentagon said was the altitude this balloon was floating at. it's very critical because the faa wanted to clear out the airspace below so it would not be a hazard to airliners that fly at half that height. they put this in place at three airports along the coast. those airports were paralyzed for about an hour as the shoot-down took place. it wasn't long after that all of these restrictions were lifted, although, this will likely go down in history as one of the largest pieces of restricted airspace ever. we have never seen something like this put into

we weren't concerned about military operations, the applications are illegal under the federal aviation administrationve to take them out. at this point, this is a hazard not only in terms of our national defense, but in terms of of our civilian aviation. >> we've got more from cnn's beijing bureau chief steven xiang now, we've also got statements from the chinese about possible incursions into their airspace. >> reporter: that's right, max, but the latest from china here is they seem to be trying to turn the tables on the u.s. and accuses the u.s. being the biggest spying empire, pointing to long-held grievances against what they describe as hundreds of closed in reconnaissance missions regarding china. but they also revealed one detail a short while ago with a foreign ministry official saying since january 2022, the u.s. has flown more than ten high altitude balloons over chinese air spous without authorization. and according to that, the chinese handle the situation in a responsible manner. this situation was fairly common in the past involving both sides it was the u.s. sides deciding to blow this

. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration has now ended its temporary flight restriction, the air space that it put in place that says at the request of the department of defense, because apparently of this shoot-down of this chinese spy balloon as it wafted over the coast of the carolinas. this huge piece of restricted air space twice the size of the state of massachusetts, five times the size of the restricted air space that's been in place post-9/11 over washington, d.c. what was very telling about this when this went into place about 1:30 p.m. on the east coast on saturday was that this was up to 60,000 feet, which the pentagon says was the altitude this balloon was floating at. that's very critical, because the faa simply wanted to clear out the air space below and make it so there would not be a hazard to airliners which fly at roughly half the height of this balloon. the faa put into place a ground stop as well because of that restricted air space at three airports along the carolina coast. wilmington in north carolina, charleston in south carolina, and myrtle beach in

command, coordinated the operation with assistance from the alaska international guard, federal aviation administration and the federal bureau of investigation. we have no further details about the object at this time including any description of its capabilities, purpose, or urgent. the object was the size of a small car, so not similar in size or shape to the high altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the c cow coast of south carolina on february 4. separately u.s. northern command continues to recovery operations in support of the recent takedown of the chinese high altitude surveillance balloon, recovery teams have mapped the debris fields and are in the process of searching for and identifying debris on the ocean floor. the debris that has been recovered so far as being loaded on the vessels, taken ashore, catalogued, and moved onwards for subsequent analysis, but i won't go into specifics due to classification reasons, i can say we have located a significant amount of debris so far that will prove helpful to the further understanding of this balloon and it surveillance capabilitie

the federal aviation administration temporarily closed airspace over the carolina coastline, includingeral nearby airports. passengers at myrtle beach international airport were among many of those who were grounded. we've got to the airport today. we checked out as the lee and we've got to look up and you can see the balloon and >> so the jets kind of circling it not. the pentagon and other u.s. officials say the blown seen this week flying over various parts of the u.s. including military sites in montana was carrying sensors and other surveillance equipment to spy. chinese officials claim the balloon was a civilian air ship. he was for weather research that went off course due to high winds. what we're seeing here china pushing the boundaries on on it can serve infringe on some >> ryans the balloons presents prompted secretary of state antony blinken to cancel a weekend trip to china aimed at minimizing tensions between both nations. really one of the biggest acts provocation and response by the united states against china quite some time. so it's going to certainly escalate tension

. >> the acting administrator of the federal aviation administration testified before the senate commerceee regarding january airline software outage that delayed thousands of lights

today's shooting down of that chinese balloon forced the federal aviation administration to temporarily closed the airspace that delayed or rerouted flights. for many travelers, one woman on a flight from dallas to wilmington's north carolina spoke about the situation from her plan. right? we are happy to have landed in wellington, north carolina. we're a little bit delayed. we certainly understand that. i couldn't fly and restricted airspace. one of the stranger reasons i've ever had a flight to living, but we're just glad to be here and on our way today is temporary shut down of airspace impacted flights in and out of wilmington's myrtle beach and charleston. there is another chinese spy balloon. people are watching tonight take a look at these images posted to social media. they show a very similar looking balloon over colombia. the pentagon is acknowledged reports of a second suspected spy bill and flying over latin america. however it did not specify an exact location of where it was spotted. 10 open. firefighters responded to a two alarm fire at a restaurant along the embarcadero

the federal aviation administration paused all arrivals and departures at three u.s.irports in the carolinas. under an abundance of caution. it turns out president biden ordered the shoot down on wednesday. why did it take until today to carry out those orders? here is how president biden explained it a short time ago. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on what they are soon as possible. it to not do damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was when it was over the water. and then our -- successfully took it down. >> secretary understands rolled austin today parading president biden decision to shoot down the line. calling china's move, a, quote, unacceptable violation of our national sovereignty, secretary of state anthony blinken has canceled an official visit to beijing. designed to defuse rising tensions between china and the united states. that cancellation happening almost immediately after the balloon was discovered on wednesday. starting us off tonight from our washingto

the federal aviation administration. remember the shutdown in january?stem is ancient, and it's not due to be updated until 2030 because it's operating on the same nominal budget that it did in 2009. stuart: okay. would you agree with this: any republican candidate as we approach the 2024 election must come up with a plan on social security, debt ceiling, medicare? they're going to have to do that but not at this point many. >> well, they're going to be the asked about it. stuart: yes. they have to have a plan. >> they're going to have to have answers. i'd like to know what his answers are. you know, it's easy to whack around disney when you're in florida. wait until he comes to florida and you have competent politicians to hit back on behalf of disney. it's easy to tell the florida state schools we're going to get rid of diversity and inclusion offices. st the harder to tell state department departments of education through a political appointee on education. stuart: peter, it doesn't sound like you're a major league desan us the supporter -- >> that's

now the federal aviation administration has issued a call to action to keep up with what it describesstem. here's cbs's kris van cleave. >> reporter: on the congressional hot seat, acting faa administrator billy nolen this week tried to reassure senators the nation's aviation system is safe despite a series of incidents and close calls over the last two months, prompting him to launch a safety review and call for an industrywide safety summit. >> can i say to the american public that we are safe? the answer is that we are. >> reporter: u.s. air travel continues to experience an unprecedented period of safety, currently managing about 45,000 flights a day. while it's been 14 years since a fatal airline crash and approximately 22 million flights, that stretch has come uncomfortably close to ending several times recently. >> safety is our north star. it's the reason we have such an amazing safety record. but let's not take it for granted. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board is now investigating at least four close calls. december 18th a united 777 experienced a nose div

the acting head of the federal aviation administration, billy nolan, today faced bipartisan criticism and probing by lawmakers who hauled him before the senate commerce committee where nolan admitted there remain vulnerabilities in the system that led to that ground stop, a computer system known as notam. the issue with the system last month led to the first nationwide stoppage of flights since the september 11th attacks in 20 to 01, and of course it left tens of thousands of americans stranded across the country. just two days later, a delta flight had to abort its takeoff from newark's jfk airport after an american airlines flight crossed right in front of it. [ bleep ] delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> then earlier this month, a fedex plan trying to land in austin had to change course to avoid potentially hitting a southwest flight on the same runway. and just moments ago, we learned of a third near collision under investigation. cnn's gabe cohen starts off our coverage as the faa chief announces an extensive safety review of the agency. >> reporter: a series of system meltdowns

we are tracking acting administrator -- there is not someone leading the federal aviation administrationilly nolan announced a sweeping safety review after a string of scary incidents. and a commercial flight and a fedex cargo claim came as close as 100 feet in austin, texas, a few days ago. a pilot gets credit for averting disaster there. that delta flight was forced to abort takeoff when an american airlines jet crossed a runway in new york. they are investigating that. last month the faa was forced to cause that ground stop halting all departures across the nation because of the computer outage. that was the first since 9/11. the faa's review will identify other similar incidents. president biden's permanent pick to lead the agency has been stalled in congress. >> when you look at that animation, that is frighteningly close. >> i don't want to be on that plane. >>> concerns about toxic contamination growing in ohio after a fiery train wreck earlier this month. some are complaining about headaches and feeling sick. more than 3,500 fish have died. ohio governor mike dewine, we will ask

. >> so little later preparation for the operation, the federal aviation administration temporarily closed airspace over the carolina coastline, including several nearby airports. passengers at myrtle beach international airport were among many of those who were grounded. we've got to the airport today. we checked out as the lee and we've got to look up and you can see the balloon and >> so the jets kind of circling it or whatnot. the pentagon and other u.s. officials say the blown seen this week flying over various parts of the u.s. including military sites in montana was carrying sensors and other surveillance equipment to spy. chinese officials claim the balloon was a civilian air ship. he was for weather research that went off course due to high winds. what we're seeing ears, china pushing the boundaries on on it can serve infringe on some >> rides. the balloons presents prompted secretary of state antony blinken to cancel a weekend trip to china aimed at minimizing tensions between both nations. really one of the biggest acts provocation and response by the united states against china

the federal aviation administration says the money is going to be used to expand terminal capacity, help in and out of the airports, we need that, improve baggage handling, increase energy efficiency and accessibility for americans with disabilities. these upgrades cannot come fast enough. in just the last week, united airlines, air canada can, frontier airlines and regional carrier avelo announced dozens of new flights that they're adding. but while those airlines are increasing routes, others are eliminating entirely flights to smaller cities. connell mcshane's in a fox business newsroom in what i can only imagine is, i guess, the impact ahead of what may really be just a crying up -- drying up of air travel this these cities. >> reporter: it's a big economic story. just for example, recently american airlines pulled out off dubuque, iowa, del rio, texas, and columbus, georgia. and is we spoke to local officials from all three of those areas. if you just take a look at del rio, so close to the border with mexico, it's nearly 3 hours by car to the nearest airport in san antonio. then th

. >>> the head of the federal aviation administration is facing a lot of tough questions from senatorsmplemented to avoid a repeat of the outage that caused flights to be halted across the u.s. last month. gabe cohen is following this. what else did the faa administrator have to say? >> the focus of the hearing so far has really been on that no tam system which led to the first national ground stop since 9/11 and it was caused by human error, someone accidentally deleting files during system maintenance. the faa's acting administrator has really been pushed on that, on why there isn't more redundancy and why the agency, the faa, hasn't actually modernized their system to this point, despite years of funding. now they expect -- the faa expects to transition to a new system, a much more moderate system, by 2025 and they have put some safeguards in place to try to prevent another one of these meltdowns, another national ground stop potentially. as you mentioned, there's also these safety issues that are on the table that are being discussed. two near collisions at jfk and austin and this