swiftly signed a memorandum directing an immediate assessment of the federal immediate -- federal aviation administration to make sure the federal government is maintaining the highest personnel policy aviation safety standards. [feedback] the memorandum directs the secretary of transportation and faa administrator to immediately review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made in the prior four years, to take all necessary corrective actions to achieve uncompromised aviation safety. the review includes a comprehensive assessment and reversal of any deterioration in hiring standards and aviation safety standards and protocols during the previous administration. aviation safety was addressed by the president before the tragic collision took place. in his second day in office, the president signed a memorandum to immediately stop the bidendei hiring programs and return to merit-based hiring. in 2018, during the first term of trump, the department of transportation announced it would put an end at that time to using the biological questionnaire that was introduced by the obama administration

in philadelphia, the federal aviation administration has now started their investigation as two americaneir dead. graham satchell, bbc news. the philadelphia crash comes as american investigators recover the flight recorders, or �*black boxes' from the passengerjet and army helicopter which collided in mid—air over ronald reagan washington national airport on wednesday. let's speak to dr michael mccormick, who's an associate professor and programme coordinator in air traffic management at embry riddle aeronautical. i wonderfirst of i wonder first of some comment from yourself regarding the crash in philadelphia?- from yourself regarding the crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked _ crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked as _ crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked as an - crash in philadelphia? yes. i actually worked as an air- actually worked as an air traffic control in philadelphia for ten years. and i am heartbroken to have watched the video of that leo going straight down into the ground, a young child, her mother, and the air crew on board.— the air crew on board

so that was what he set out to do. policies at the federal aviation administration.s taken shape over a long period of time. about people with disabilities was initiated under his own administration. complicated issue than that. that was to blame here. this was a military helicopter that wandered into airspace so it seems, off the top of our heads — or at least that the defense department was the guilty party rather than the faa. we know that, you know, there has been a shake—up is this a political rhetoric? towards diversity and equity programming, which was not really gotten obsessed with it. of how deep and how important these programmes are of what it is. hints at diversity and equity. and i don't know if they've done any kind of a targeted assessment here. of vague suspicions, so it seems pretty haphazard so far. jonathan chait there. new laws aimed at cracking down on the creation of child sexual in hertfordshire last week. a registered sex offender, a man in his 20s, was arrested harm prevention order. electronic devices in the property. it'll be illegal to po

the federal aviation administration is investigating. 0ur reporter barry caffrey has the latest.ry debris and for as awful as that aviation disaster was tonight, we saw neighbour helping neighbour. we saw pennsylvanians looking out for one another. according to a statement posted online from the company a major incident has been declared. administration was totally engaged, and he said he was so sad to see the plane go down in philadelphia. "more innocent souls lost," he said. the flight recorder from the helicopter. police in scotland say the body of a second woman has been found in the search for missing sisters. eliza and henrietta huszti — both 32 and from a set prompting a major search. yesterday a body was found in the river dee. comes into effect. the alcohol tax is increasing in line with inflation, while a new levy based on the strength of drinks is also being introduced. drinks sold in pubs. intelligence these days but it's been around longer and a new ai exhibition opens there next week. and what better place to explore it than the home of computing, bletchley park? ai

randy babbitt is a former administrator of the federal aviation administration and he is also a commercialne pilot. the faa took its first action yesterday to close off the area around washington reagan national to low altitude, most low altitude helicopter traffic. randy: i think that is a good move, and important it -- important move. let's get to the bottom of what happened with this one before we reinstate that type of routing. john: would you want to see that made permanent or do you think it is a pause? randy: i think until they determine, anything we say would be speculation. the safe thing to do is what they did, suspend traffic for now. no harm done. they are not grounding them, they can go other ways. they don't want them in that area until we have the right controls and safety parameters in place to allow traffic to do that. if the answer is no, they have to design another route. john: now that investigators have black boxes from both the helicopter and passenger jet, and are confident they can get good data from it, are you confident they will get to the bottom of this? randy:

another in 1975, proxmire gave a golden fleece award to the federal aviation administration for spending $57,800. that's 289,209. inflation adjusted to study the measurements of 432 airline stewardesses, including the distance from knee to knee while sitting and measuring the length of the buttocks. well, usaid, politically speaking, is all that and more. here are some examples from the white house website under the heading at usaid waste, fraud and abuse. promote lgbtq inclusion in serbia, $70,000 for a di musical in ireland, 2.5 million for electric vehicles in vietnam, $47,000 for a transgender opera in colombia, 32,000 for a transgender comic book in peru. but is it all so black and white? consider bert and ernie. senator joni ernst, a republican from iowa, thinks she found one example of that so-called waste in sesame street. she's slamming usaid for funding a $20 million sesame street program in iraq, saying taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill for a children's show half a world away. but is that a fair characterization, or is this actually a prudent use of foreign aid? alencia

i want to bring back in randy babbitt, former administrator of the federal aviation administration.r. babbitt, thank you for coming back. we appreciate you spending some more time with us. there are still bodies being recovered in the potomac from the crash that took place between that airplane and chopper, that fatal crash. and now there is a second plane down within just a couple of days. what will the faa be doing in the immediate aftermath? what is the job? walk us through what the faa would be doing regarding this plane that has gone down in philly. >> well. >> first, yes, i'm spending my afternoon and. >> evening with. >> msnbc, but. >> and i. >> know precious little to be very candid, this accident was, you know, just obviously very recent. but the faa, the first thing they would do is try to get all the records, you know, talk to the tower personnel. what was the weather conditions? they're certainly going to coordinate with the ntsb who will, you know, actually be charged with investigating the accident. but the faa has accident investigators as well, and they'll try to asc

. >> right now the federal aviation administration and national transportation safety board are investigating the crash. >>> it comes just a couple days after the deadly midair plane crash in d.c. the ntsb now says investigators have recovered the black box from the army black hawk helicopter. they're now reviewing the flight recorder as well as the two recovered from the american airlines jet that collided with the chopper as it was coming in for landing. meanwhile navy barges are on the way to assist with retrieving the plane's fuselage. in our studio we can give you a much better picture what happened the night of the collision. runway 1 was the original flight path, the yellow line, for the american airlines jet. it was switched by air traffic control to runway 33, the red line you see. the pilot confirmed and made the change. minutes later as the plane was making its approach it then collided with the black hawk helicopter, both plummeting into the potomac river, killing 67 people. since then this stretch has now been closed off to all helicopter traffic. cbs news sat down with gary o'ha

the federal aviation administration or f a, a has put boeing under a microscope, off increased and intensified scrutiny and oversight. as a result, the nation's largest export is bleeding money within $4000000000.00 in cash every 3 months, adding to the $33000000000.00. it already carries as debt from poor operating losses accumulated in the last 5 years plus, in addition to all of those issues, the production has been impacted on their west coast factories by recent strikes. that strike scene is in union strike less than $53.00 days before it was result and reportedly cost boeing additional billions of dollars in los revenue. we were able to get wage increases of over 38 percent or this is a victory and we achieve something that we haven't see for the last point. 2 years with a solid victory underneath belt the international association of a machinist and aerospace workers for insurance. i a m was quickly criticized by some for asking too much at the wrong time from boeing management. and we did have stagnated wages over 10 years, with a massive cost shift on healthcare. we were threatened, o

the federal aviation administration there was a large open field.ppened in a very densely populated area. i'm standing next to a gas station. there is a cafe, restaurant, a diner. 19 people were injured in this crash aside from the seven people who were killed and all those 19 injured one of them was a patron at a diner. because there were so many people calling about this same incident, this plane crash. he called 911 and he said that it wasn't answering because there were so many people calling about this same incident, this plane crash. he couldn't get through. finally he was able to speak to somebody and an ambulance came to take that person to the hospital. we are told that person is going to be ok. but we don't know exactly the extent of the injuries of the other patients and the fear is that the death toll could rise. in the last few minutes, the white house has confirmed a 25% tariff on all canadian imports to the united states. the rates for energy products will be 10%. we're expecting tariffs to be introduced for china and mexico too. we'l

the federal aviation administration is investigating. our reporter barry caffrey has the latest. described a chaotic scene with people who were injured and structures ablaze. what you're seeing here is a unified response to an awful aviation disaster. for as awful as that aviation disaster was, tonight, we also saw the best of philly. we saw neighbour helping neighbour. we saw pennsylvanians looking out for one another. i want to especially thank and salute philly fire and philly police who did an extraordinaryjob this evening. we know that there will be loss in this region, and we want to offer our thoughts and our serious prayers for those who are grieving at this moment. according to a statement posted online from the company believed to be operating the flight, six people, four crew members, a child patient and the patient�*s escort were on board at the time of the crash. a spokesperson from jet rescue air ambulance told reporters the child on board was receiving care officials suspect all 67 people aboard both retrieved the flight recorder from the helicopter. barry caffrey,

all the way back in 2022 president bind and nominated field washington to oversee the federal aviation administration. despite the fact she had little experience in the field, mr. washington with through is kind of the see. this was off the 14 viruses who are laying incoming glass. so is washington, can you quickly tell me what air space requires an 80 s be transponder? not sure i can answer that question right now. what are the 6 types of special use aerospace that protect his national security that appear on the a charts? sorry, senator, i cannot answer that question. okay, so what are the operational limitations of a pilot flying under basic med center? i'm not a pilot. we're tied us army. general pul valley breaks down the disastrous legacy of the democratic work era policies for us. as i have written already, close runners, i've done many tv and radio shows on how detrimental this critical race theory and the d e. i. social programs have been laid on our military and other people and different organizations within our government. we have to get back to putting people in these key positions based

back in 2022 this is when president bite and nominated phil washington to oversee the federal aviation administration. despite the fact they have little experience in the field. now mister washington then withdrew his candidacy, but that came off to a pretty embarrassing green lane on capitol hill. which washington, can you quickly tell me what aerospace requires an 80 s bi transponder? not sure i can answer that question right now. what are the 6 types of special use air space that protect us national security that appear on the a charts? sorry, senator, i cannot answer that question. okay, so what are the operational limitations of a pilot? flying under basic med center? i'm not a pilot overcharge. u. s. army general pul, valley folks done for us the disastrous legacy. he says, of the democratic work era policies. i have written articles on this, i've done many tv and radio shows on how detrimental this critical race theory and the d e. i. social programs have been laid on our military and other people in different organizations within our government. we have to get back to putting people in these

to oversee the federal aviation administration, despite him having little experience in the field, mr. washington late to withdrew his candidacy. which washington, can you quickly tell me what aerospace requires an 80 s bi transponder? not sure i can answer that question right now. what are the 6 types of special use aerospace that's protect us national security that appear on the a charts? sorry, senator, i cannot answer that question. okay, so what are the operational limitations of a pilot flying under basic med center. i'm not a pilot or times us army general pul valley broke down the disastrous legacy of the demographic work era policies for us. you know, i have written articles on this. i've done many tv and radio shows on how detrimental this critical race theory and the d e. o i a social programs. and then later on our military and other people in different organizations within our government, we have to get back to putting people in these key positions based on mirror based on qualifications and based on their ability of what we call competency, to be confident in the very cr

some 400 employees at the federal aviation administration were sent offers to resign with 8 months pay the union for air traffic controllers advised its members not to accept the offers. has the faa had not decided which specific positions would be included with the resignation plan, the federal office for personnel management, which made those resignation offers, said air traffic controllers are not eligible for the buyout, even though they were sent the offers. there is no evidence the effort to downside. faa staffing played a role in this week's collision. a small plane went off the runway at palo alto airport saturday afternoon. fire crews say the plan drifted into the bay lund's nature preserve marshlands. that's near the airport. no injuries reported here. officials are addressing a fuel leak and have closed the valence trails as a result. >> given sumner's today and i usually don't i don't know. i'm probably grab a jury. you can try to relax a little bit. >> the jet helicopter crash in dc has some people feeling anxious about getting on board a plane. harvard study shows that yo

the aircraft, a lear jet 55, it was en route to missouri, according to our federal aviation administrationbe very clear that the city of philadelphia, we mourn their loss and they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. we can also confirm that at least one other person perrished in this tragedy and this individual was in a car. we can confirm that there are also a number of other victims who were injured in this incident and they are being treated at air hospitals and thus far, our count is that there are 19 injured victims, but again, this is not etched in stone. the investigation is ongoing. investigators are pouring over the crash site right now, further updates will be provided as soon as they are available, but i want to be clear that we will find a cause for this tragedy. let me give you an update on utilities, gas, electric and cable. pico, we know that they have been households impacted and pico is working to restore power. the same goes for pgw, working to restore service disruption for which we've learned has been minimal and they are working on. our other partners, there are up

. ♪ a learjet was en route to missouri that's according to data we received from our federal aviation administrationi want to state for the record our city continues to mourn their loss they are in our thoughts and prayers. we have previously noted and they continue to be here on site with us, providing as much support as possible during this time. noted all six of the individuals who perished on the plane were mexican citizens. the mexican consulate, they continue to be here with us. counsel general carlos thank you again so very much. and again the way information is being distributed, some people have noted how they ever affirm the names of the individuals whose lives or loss on social media. thanks to our partnership and working with that counsel general and the mexican consulate and out of respect for them we will not be sharing that information until the mexican councounsel it has deemed it appropriate. we can also confirm there was at least one other person who perished. that was the individual i reference to his in the car. there were additional victims who were injured and they are being tr

that about will be part of tomorrow's briefing to senators by the federal aviation administration andation safety board. >> collided on the ground in seattle this morning. officials in seattle, tacoma international airport say the japan airlines plane struck the tail of a parked delta airlines jet while taxiing. no reported injuries there. meantime tonight, researchers say first evidence that the spine estimating implant already being tested for paralysis might also treat neurodegenerative diseases such as spinal muscle atrophy. muscle function at least temporarily report thee people were able to stand and walk more easily when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. >> we are here this afternoon to change the course of history. after decades of division and conflict we marked the dawn of a new middle east. i hoped that we could do something where they wouldn't want to go back. who would want to go back. they have experienced nothing but death and destruction. >> bret: president trump's comments about taking control of the gaza strip have prompted wide reaction. let's talk about

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a federal aviation administration weather camera near nome appeared to show near whiteout conditions.y with fox news channel for more on this developing story. for now, i'm chanley chanley painter and i'll send it back to regular programing. already in progress. >> with muzzle velocity. >> the momentum continued today. attorney general pam bondi dropping the investigation into project veritas. remember, they got their hands on ashley biden's diary back in 2020. and bondi is suing illinois and chicago for interfering with ice deportations. secretary rubio is now in charge of the persnickety librarians at the national archives. you remember the ones who kicked off the trump raid, and the president met with congress to lay out his tax plan. listen. >> no tax on tips, which is obviously a very public campaign promise that the president made no tax on seniors, social security, no tax on overtime pay, renewing president trump's 2017 middle class tax cuts. again, these are the president's priorities. adjusting the salt cap. eliminate all the special tax breaks for billionaire sports team own

today, black boxes are not in every plane or helicopter, though the federal aviation administration doestsb black boxes are typically installed in a plane's tail, usually considered the most crash survivable part of the aircraft. >> black boxes have been key to ntsb investigations for several decades. >> reporter: dr. allen diel investigated the potomac river plane crash in 1982. >> using that black box we were able to establish the co-pilot, first officer, was trying to convince the captain that something was wrong. so these recorders are absolutely critical to solving the mystery. >> reporter: ntsb recommendations often come following aviation tragedies. the absence of black boxes sustain the mystery. >> no sign of wreckage. >> after the disappearance of the malaysia jet, they expanded the amount of time that has to be recorded on the flight data recorder from two hours to 25 hours. >> reporter: still, some say the devices could use important updates. >> has there been any discussion about updating the information black boxes collect? >> after the malaysia disappearance as to why they

according to the federal aviation administration, there are rigorous standards for hiring pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers, and there is no evidence that those standards were lowered to meet diversity goals. so, folks, let's call out the president's response for what it really is racist. and trump is putting action behind his malevolent words. he signed an aviation related memorandum on thursday, quote, aimed at undoing all of that damage caused by the, quote, biden administration's die and woke policies. there's no other way around it. it's racist. why trump is doing this is plainly apparent. he's incapable of taking any responsibility for anything that happens on his watch. he can't be held accountable because it's always someone else's fault. and judging by his actions over the first 12 days of trump 2.0, president trump seems more interested in taking a wrecking ball to government and its core functions millions of americans depend on. joining me now, congressman gerry connolly of virginia, ranking member of the house oversight committee. he's also a member of the foreign a

when the crash happened to there was no acting director of the faa, the director of the federal aviation administration, like the fbi director, like the irs director. this is one of those jobs that's not supposed to turn over with each new president. faa directors are appointed for five year terms, which means explicitly, they're supposed to span multiple presidential terms. but that did not happen with this faa director. this one left the job on inauguration day. and until this morning, donald trump hadn't gotten around to appointing anybody to replace him. well, why did the faa director leave on inauguration day less than two weeks ago, even though he had a whole bunch of years left in his term as faa administrator? why did he leave early? why did he leave as trump was being sworn in? do you remember this? this feels like this was years ago, but it was only two weeks ago today. i don't know if they figured out a way to blame this on die, right? if somehow, somewhere, someone interfered with the inherent white male excellence of spacex in order to make this debacle happen. i don't know what was this a

the federal aviation administration has indefinitely shut down the low altitude helicopter corridor that was in use at the time of the mid-air collision near reagan national airport. crews have recovered 41 bodies from the waters of the potomac river, but at least 14 people are still missing. officials are bringing in barges to help with removing the aircraft, hoping to find the remaining bodies. >> we think we. >> know where. >> they are. we won't know until we're done. i mean, we're going to continue this search operation, but we've searched a large portion of this river and we are right there. i believe that when we remove the aircraft that that will help us resolve this number. if it doesn't, we will continue to search. >> and the ntsb expects to issue a preliminary report in about 30 days. hamas has now released all three hostages scheduled to be freed today, and israel has started releasing more than 180 palestinian prisoners. cnn for the latest on this breaking story. plus more breaking news coverage of a plane crash in philadelphia. as investigators begin to look for clues about

. >> less than 48 hours after the crash, the federal aviation administration has now shut down the routes for the foreseeable future. a source familiar with the investigation tells me more permanent changes are being discussed. investigators have recovered the so-called black boxes from the passenger plane and are reading them at a laboratory only a mile from the crash site. recovery crews on the potomac river braved rain friday as they turned their focus to the wreckage of the helicopter. >> it's been a tough. >> response for a lot of our people. we've had over 300 responders operating. >> at one. >> time, and i think we've got about 500. >> people that. >> have worked through the site. >> all right, pete, thank you very much. tomorrow, anderson cooper takes a deeper look into the safety of our skies. the whole story with anderson cooper airs tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. >> the trump administration is preparing to remove thousands of fbi agents and personnel. the two groups, they could fire as soon as next week. >> this part changed my life. >> superman is now nom

the day donald trump was inaugurated, the head of the faa, the head of the federal aviation administration, resigned. the faa had grounded the starship rocket program run by trump's top campaign donor, elon musk, after a catastrophic failure of starship rained down debris and caused emergency diversions for dozens of passenger flights over huge swaths of the globe. elon musk had demanded that the faa chief must resign. and on trump's inauguration day, in fact, the faa chief resigned. since that day, we have had the potomac river mid-air plane and helicopter crash over washington, d.c, which killed 67 people. we've had the northeast philadelphia plane crash, which killed seven people and injured dozens more on the ground. we've had a plane catch fire on the runway in houston, forcing all the passengers to evacuate onto the tarmac via slides and stairs. we had another plane crash into an airplane tug and critically injure an airport worker at chicago o'hare. on wednesday this week, we had this happen at seatac in washington state. the wing of a japan air. look at that. the wing of a japan ai

control tower not fully staffed at the time of the crash in washington, as reported by the federal aviation administration in a preliminary safety report. specifically, was the controller on duty doing a job that is normally done by two people? number two, why did the trump administration fire members of the aviation security advisory committee? number three, in light of this tragedy in washington, does the president understand that fully staffing federal agencies can, in fact, be a matter of life and death for ordinary americans, as he plans to reverse his unilateral decision to decimate the civilian federal workforce? number four, did elon musk play a role in the removal of the former faa director who had bipartisan support? number five, why was a replacement to lead the faa not named until after the crash? number six, did the federal government authorize a black hawk helicopter to fly in a commercial flight path at the same altitude as a commercial aircraft? number seven. if so, will the federal government continue authorizing military helicopters to fly in commercial flight paths at the same altitude

that the helicopter corridor that was in use here is at least temporarily closed by the federal aviation administration. american also said in that memo that it will work with the new administration and leaders in congress to make sure that aviation is safer. we've also learned from the ntsb they've recovered the logbooks of the pilots of both aircraft. they're going to essentially look at the records of their flights and their training and create a more detailed look at what the pilots were doing in the days leading up to this crash. a lot of key clues here, brianna, but the bottom line is way too soon to pin this on any one particular cause. >> and so often it's a complex set of causes. pete muntean thank you for the latest from reagan national airport. we do appreciate it for us. >> now to some of the other headlines we're watching this hour. people and businesses across the u.s. taking part in the so-called day without immigrants. some of these videos are from southern california, showing thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets yesterday, many protesting president trump's aggressive crac

the federal aviation administration is working to restore a critical warning system that experienced an outage last night. >> it helps notify pilots of any conditions that could affect flight safety. secretary of transportation sean duffy says that contingency systems are in place. seven people are now confirmed dead after a medevac jet crashed into a philadelphia neighborhood on friday. that jet was carrying six people, including a child patient and her mother, when it crashed, killing everyone on board and at least one additional person on the ground. >> at least 19 other people were injured following that crash, and authorities say it is possible the number of casualties could increase. investigators are still trying to locate the plane's cockpit voice recorder as they search the wide debris field to piece together what may have led to the crash. >> i do want to mention we are still looking for the cockpit voice recorder. we have located the two engines. but for the cockpit voice recorder, we are still looking for it. it could be intact. but likely it is very. it is damaged. it ma

federal. >> aviation administration. we got some new pieces of information also. >> on this investigation. >> first, that the army blackhawk helicopter was not broadcasting what is called automatic dependent surveillance broadcast ads-b. it's a special piece of equipment that gives more granular position data than what's on radar. still too soon to say if it would have been a factor here, but i want you to listen now to senator ted cruz. he is the chair of that committee. >> listen. >> in this instance. >> this was a training mission, so there was no compelling national security reason for ads-b to be turned off so a lot of new questions here. >> investigators briefed senators for about two hours today. a closed door briefing. so we were only really able to rely on what they told us after the briefing. we did not hear from ntsb chair jennifer homendy, although she briefed the committee, along with key officials from the faa. the faa did make a little bit of news today ahead of this, saying that they were going to reduce

this has been a few weeks in which the federal workforce, which includes the federal aviation administrationhe air traffic controllers, have felt deeply attacked, and they've been offered to resign. they've been told that they are part of a deep state. and i think we are all seeing now in action the value of what many of our civil servants bring to the rest of its keeping, not only our air safe, our airplanes safe, it's also keeping us safe. right? and keeping us safe. so there's a basic function of government here that we're seeing at play, and i hope we continue. as scott just said, to honor that workforce for doing what they do. >> i mean, scott, great point in terms of morale and what we what we ask of people necessarily in our federal government and our bureaucracy, which of course, there is criticism to go around when you're talking about a bureaucracy. more, more broadly. but there's also what's happening in the in the periphery as we are covering these tragedies. president trump is currently trying to remove all traces of die from the government. and i wonder if if the focus on the t

on friday, cnn learned the federal aviation administration indefinitely shut down the low altitude helicopter corridor used by the black hawk on wednesday night. lawmakers are looking to see if permanent changes are needed around one of the busiest runways in the country. >> what the video shows is that they were flying at the same altitude at a moment when that shouldn't have happened. that somewhere in the process of what is now established as these two routes, which i think will raise a lot of questions for lawmakers to discuss, how is how are those two routes and even the level of separation that is expected? how could how how are we even doing that? >> investigators now have their hands on the airliners. two black boxes, the devices crucial to understanding what may have happened in the final moments of that flight. meanwhile, recovery efforts continued on the cold and rainy potomac river friday, d.c. officials determined to recover every victim under the water. whatever it takes. >> yes, we expect. >> to recover. >> all of the bodies. that's why our teams are still working. >> we're goi

faa, the federal aviation administration regulates civil aviation to make sure the planes don't fall out of the sky like has already happened twice in 24 hours in the first nine days of trump 2.0. fda, the food and drug administration makes sure that the foods you eat, the lipstick you put on, and the pills you take don't kill you. eggs are expensive right now because there's a bird flu killing birds, cows, and humans. i suspect you want the fda to make sure that you're now more expensive. waffle house eggs don't kill you, right? noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration warns us about tornadoes and hurricanes. i think floridians would, you know, kind of like to know when to take shelter when 100 mile an hour winds are coming. but, you know, maybe i'm wrong. then there's the consumer financial protection bureau, which was set up to make sure that banks and credit card companies don't take you to the cleaners with crazy fees or get us into another mortgage crisis like they did in 2008. and then there's usaid, which for about 1% of our federal budget helps america count

elon forced out the head of the federal aviation administration and the highest ranking career official at the treasury department, derek liebrock, who reportedly resigned after refusing to hand musk's lackeys the keys to the government's entire payment system and the $6 trillion in payments that the system processes every year. and it's not just elon. some of these so-called doge officials, including people barely out of college who and i cannot stress this enough, report to these private individuals, not to the american people. we know very little about them, but some appear to have connections to fellow white south african oligarch peter thiel, j.d. vance's sole former employer, over the past two weeks, which kind of feels like it's been two years, we have learned just how fragile our democracy is, and how relatively easy it is for someone who's determined and really well funded to steal and corrupt it. if you are going to write a playbook for how to steal a democracy in less than 20 days, it would sure look a lot like this. let's bring in vaughn hillyard, white house correspondent f

on friday, cnn learned the federal aviation administration indefinitely shut down the low altitude helicopterridor used by the black hawk. on wednesday night, lawmakers are looking to see if permanent changes are needed around one of the busiest runways in the country. >> what the video shows is that they were flying. >> at the same. altitude at a moment when that shouldn't have happened. that somewhere. in the process of what is now. established as. >> these two routes, which i think will raise a lot of. >> questions for. >> lawmakers to discuss, how is how are those two routes and even the level of separation that is expected? how could how how are we even doing that? >> investigators now have their hands on the airliners, two black boxes, the devices crucial to understanding what may have happened in the final moments of that flight. meanwhile, recovery efforts continued on the cold and rainy potomac river friday. d.c. officials determined to recover every victim under the water. whatever it takes. >> yes, we. expect to recover. >> all of the bodies. >> that's why. >> our teams are still w

and joining us is also randy babbitt, who is a former administrator of the federal aviation administration. randy, let me start with you were obviously and katie gave us a wonderful warning earlier, which i could not echo more. we need to wait for the investigators to do their jobs, and they do an excellent job. but as we're watching this, we know a few things from the faa. we know just from nbc news confirmed six people were on board. we know that at least three homes and multiple vehicles were struck. we know there's a perimeter. we know that there's been explosions as you're watching this, what what is your takeaway from what you're seeing in the scenes? >> well, it's a high degree of speculation because, you know, we're kind of lean on factual data, but visibility certainly comes into play. it was a low visibility takeoff. the other possibilities engine failure or even worse, an explosive engine failure, which would damage the airplane and your ability to control it. the airplane did, in fact, and i agree with what was said before the airplane pitched up and then pitched down and appar

have been dealing with persistent problems with low staffing and now new data from the federal aviation administrationmost all airport towers in the u.s. are understaffed and not meeting standards. the agency says about 90% of u.s. air traffic control centers are understaffed, with less than 10% meeting certain standards. and we looked at the data and found that oakland's tower is only 54% staffed. san francisco and san jose's towers are both 73% staffed. other major cities like philadelphia, orlando, austin, and albuquerque have less than 60% of their staff positions filled. and after days of confusion, air traffic controllers say they will stay on the job at the san carlos airport. a county spokesperson tells ktvu the controllers reached a deal to continue working just a few days after declaring they were ready to walk off the job this weekend. the controllers cited low pay under a new contract. and that announcement came just hours before that deadly midair crash in dc. details of this new deal have not been made public. >> president trump's tariffs on imported goods on three of america's biggest t