. >> i started to hear about a pilot at boeing whose name was mark forkner.e chief technical pilot for the 737. he had played definitive role in making sure that there was minimal pilot training on the max. >> boeing released to our committee instant messages and emails from mark forkner and some of his colleagues. in one of these emails that mark forkner sent out, he says, "i want to stress the importance of holding firm that there will not be any type of simulator training required to transition to max." and he said, "boeing will not allow that to happen." >> he was this key liaison between the company and the f.a.a. >> he was the person who personally emailed the f.a.a. asking for mcas to be removed from the pilot manual. that was an important piece of this because we understood that the f.a.a. really didn't know that mcas became more powerful. >> he was speaking, absolutely, behalf of the company-- this was not some low level employee. and he was asking for something that was really quite substantial: that a new piece of software that made the plane behav

"the wall street journal" reports former boeing test pilot mark forkner is expected to face criminal charges in connection with the safety probe. the max jet involved in two crashes in 2018 and 2019 which left 346 people dead. forkner was boeing's lead contact for pilot training including training on the software blamed or the crashes. >>> we turn now to the pandemic and today is a crucial day. an fda panel is meeting to vote on booster shots and will debate who if anyone should get them and the meeting comes a day after some important new data was released and abc's alex presha is here with more. >> reporter: hey, andrew. this decision by the fda on those booster shots has huge implications, nine states are hitting record hospitalizations. today the critical decision on covid booster shots is in the hands of the fda. their health expert set to review pfizer's data to decide whether americans with that vakz will need a third dose. new data out of israel making a compelling case showing it provided ten times more protection against covid-19 and severe disease. the effectiveness in peo

mark forkner was the technical pilot when the plane was being developed. >>> now to the fight againsta committee of outside advisers to the fda will meet to discuss a booster dose of the covid-19 vaccine. a vote is expected late this afternoon. as meg tirrell has been reporting, there has been a fierce debate even within the agency if boosters are needed at all. >>> in asia, the shares of the evergrande group tumbling again with the giant on the brink of collapse the company with $300 billion in debt evergrande is so big that the failure to ripple the economy in china and outside that market. and evergrande should not bet on a government bailout saying it is not too big to fail dom. >> big deal in the chinese real estate markets kristina, thank you. let's get back to the u.s. markets. futures with a more muted open dow jones industrial average implied higher 30 points we have tiffany mcghee with me tiffany, is there a catalyst that you are looking for to propel the stocks higher or are we due for a longer period of consolidation? >> what a good question early in the morning, dom how a

former boeing pilot facing criminal charges over safety is issues blamed for two 737 max charges mark forkner was the chief technical pilot for boeing when the plane was being developed. that story continuing now in the unique and interesting way with criminal charges expected. >>> meantime, deal chatter invesco merging with state street asset management. the state street asset management unit manages $3 trillion think about the consolidation and you are still far away from where blackrock is very far away. >> i think my guy is coming up is with state street not that he's in management at that company i think he is on the advisory side of things state street global advisers he's really good i was talking about the guy at carvana. did you see that sold 16% of his holdings for $3.2 billion i did the math $3.6 billion 16%. 100% is that like 6 times 16. is that $20 billion? >> pretty much >> man in vending machines i'm not complaining about mr. garcia ii. what a country that is awesome. his son has been on before >> it took off, especially because of the pandemic. >> yes >> used cars you could ho

the "wall street journal" reports mark forkner could be handed those charges over the next several weeks misleading aviation regulators about safety issues that investigators say led to two deadly crashes involving the max yet. it mur ghaw shackles suicide hit man plovment is he charged with conspiracy to commits insurance fraud to the tune of $10 million in a botched scheme to have himself killed. is he out on a $20,000 bond. ordered back to rehab for a lock understanding opioid addiction. the embattled lawyer's wife and son were murdered in june. no suspects have been named in their killings. special counsel john durham is charging michael sussmann for allegedly lying to the fbi in the investigation into the origins of the trump-russia probe. this indictment says sussmann, a cybersecurity attorney, with ties to the dnc and clinton campaign, lied about the capacity in which he was providing information to the fbi about the trump campaign. sussmann's attorneys though have come out swinging saying quote michael sussmann was indicted today because of politics not facts. sussmann is expecte