mr. hampton and mr. babbitt if you'll give the faa on a scale of an a to an f their performance and hiring placement and training over the last five years. mr. hampton? >> that's a dangerous thing to ask an ig to give a grade. on this one, given the -- what we've done over the years on the critical facilities long standing, we would have to give them an incomplete. we think it's a long standing issue that needs continued management. it's a stinging grade. i'm sorry about that. >> sounds like you're a politician. i would expect you to come down hard one way or the other. mr. renaldi? >> i'm going to go with the incomplete also if that's appropriate. you said a through f. i go with the incomplete. you know, the self-inflicted bureaucratic processes that they put in place, i still can't consciously figure out why they would decide to do such a thing. but at the end of the day, they are trying to make changes. since the roundtable discussion, we're seeing changes. keep in mind, not that i would grade this gr

mr. hampton and mr. babbitt if, you'll give the faa on a scale of an a to an f their performance and hiring placement and training over the last five years. mr. hampton? >> that's a dangerous thing to ask an ig to give a grade. on this one, given the -- what we've done over the years on the critical facilities long standing, we would have to give them an incomplete. we think it's a long standing issue that needs continued management. incomplete. it's staininging grade. >> sounds like you're a politician. i would expect you to come down hard one way or the other. mr. renaldi? >> i'm going to go with the incomplete also if that's appropriate. you said a through f. i go with the incomplete. you know, the self inflicted bureaucratic processes that they put in place, i still can't consciously figure out why they would decide to do such a thing. but at the end of the day, they are trying to make changes. since the roundtable discussion, we're seeing changes. keep in mind, not that i would grade this great body

mr. hampton and mr. babbitt if, you'll give the faa on a scale of an a to an f their performance and hiring placement and training over the last five years. mr. hampton? >> that's a dangerous thing to ask an ig to give a grade. on this one, given the -- what we've done over the years on the critical facilities long standing, we would have to give them an incomplete. we think it's a long standing issue that needs continued management. incomplete. it's staininging grade. >> sounds like you're a politician. i would expect you to come down hard one way or the other. mr. renaldi? >> i'm going to go with the incomplete also if that's appropriate. you said a through f. i go with the incomplete. you know, the self inflicted bureaucratic processes that they put in place, i still can't consciously figure out why they would decide to do such a thing. but at the end of the day, they are trying to make changes. since the roundtable discussion, we're seeing changes. keep in mind, not that i would grade this great body

mr. hampton, mr. rinaldi and others who responsibly yes yes or no, if they believe we would face these long standing problems if atc services were provided by an independent nongovernmental entity. mr. hampton? >> yes. >> mr. rinaldi? >> no. >> no. >> thank you, you'll back. >> mr. carson,. >> thank you mr. chairman, i'd i'd like to hear from everyone. what are your views regarding additional physical barricade outside the cockpit? i've heard opponents point out that this could be effective and not expensive but was also heard objections, as you know. i'm planning to offer an amendment to add a secondary barrier to all u.s. passenger carrier manufacturers going forward. what you think of this idea for concept? >> sir, my colleagues in aviation safety would probably be more up to speed and involved in that kind of a matter. i would have to do differ to them since they are the experts and have them get back to you and your team. >> thank you for the question. we are working on assignment related to cock

mr. hampton. -- follow up, mr. hampton. i wonder, your comment focusing on the understaffing, i wonder if your staff specifically researched whether in canada or in great britain they have looked at the understaffing problem or if they have explored understaffing in relation to people not wanting to go to these tough, expensive areas like we've heard is a problem in the u.s. have y'all specifically studied that? >> no. when we looked at -- >> okay, thank you. now i have another question. [laughter] this question is directed to ms. bristol and mr. rinaldi. and it's related to staffing, but it's more about the equipment and the ongoing efforts by the faa to modernize the control towers. last week there was an article in the ap. it ran across the country, including in my district in las vegas. and the article was entitled union: new airport towers must be remodeled before opening. in the article, mr. rinaldi, you specifically identified the new control tower in las vegas saying it requires an overhaul before it can be operatio

mr. matt hampton who we are pleased to welcome back again. assistant inspector general for aviation audit in the united states department of transportation. mr. paul rinaldi, national air traffic controllers association and mr. randy babbitt, labor affairs for southwest airlines. we thank you all for being here. ms. bristol, you are now recognized for your statement. >> microphone, please. >> chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our air traffic controller workforce. our controllers are proud professionals who are entrusted with our mission to run the safest, most efficient airspace system in the world. the national airspace system is an extremely complex operation. we need to continually meet the ongoing and emerging needs of the aviation community. therefore we must remain committed to hiring, training and supporting the best controller workforce in the world. today i would like to discuss four key areas that the faa's controller staffing process. hiring

mr. hampton and mr. rinaldi, i'd like you all to consider it. i'm perplexed the way veterans are dealt with in this employment process. you have this shortage here. if my information is correct, there's approximately 10,000 military air controllers working and operating and helping to manage our skies. your last application period for veterans to apply was described as long term, and it was like for three months. march of december -- or excuse me, december 15 to march of '16. number one question is why wouldn't you open that up for them all year long since you have a shortage and you have all these experienced, seasoned people out there? that would be question number one. and then help me understand. as i understand, is it correct that after age 31 you cannot apply? veteran or otherwise. >> sir, the maximum entry age is they have to have not turned 31 by their original appointment. yes. >> yeah. >> so you know, i remind you what ralph waldo emerson once said about a foolish consistency. you know, why would you not consider a formula whereby 31 -

mike emanuel live in hampton, virginia, north of norfolk. mrs.ent after trump on national security today. >> reporter: that's right, hillary clinton went after donald trump saying after all the twitter rants and conspiracy theories, it's time for substance and how best to respond to attacks, clinton also made reference to a very specific threat. >> as president, i will make identifying and stopping lone wolves a top priority. we will assemble a team from across the government, private sector, our communities, to get on top of this challenge. i will make sure our law enforcement and intelligence professionals have all the resources they need. >> reporter: clinton also said there is a need to make sure that terrorists do not have access to weapons, specifically assault weapons. >> so do we know what sanders was hoping for during that meeting last night? >> reporter: it sounds like pretty significant changes in policy and also democratic party process. the two candidates met face-to-face for nearly two hours in washington, d.c. last night. a clinton

hampton moore in the the house. >> wow, wow. >> and this is all about thank you letters, tell us about what you all did. >> we all wrote letters to mrw we were going to help fight childhood cancer. and we raised a lot of money at our fundraiser that we had in our school yard. >> what was your letter. >> my letter was about how my family has been affect buy a lot. my mom, aunt had it and stuff, i just wanted to find a cure for it. >> don't we all. >> you have the letters in your hand. this must have moved to you no end. i saw a couple. this is a nation. >> it is amazing. i visited this school. somebody who is a reporter here went to this school, pat gallen, and these kid are great, amazing, and i had a great time there. >> if you have a check down there. >> yes. >> tell me about that. what do you have. >> we have raised $2,600. >> wow, wow. >> jay hampton nicely done, over $2,000. how are you doing in school, d. >> i'm good, very good. >> i heard that. talk to me, man. that is very good. thank you very much. on behalf of the entire foundation student, everyone, teachers, than very much. give us love when we come back. my man, don, ov