mr. hart. welcome and you're recognized, sir. >> good morning, chairman mica, ranking member connolley. thank you very much for inviting the ntsb to testify today. the subcommittee's focus an federal marijuana policies affecting transportation is very timely. we have been working extensively for many years to address alcohol use by drivers which you heard about in the opening statements but that still kills almost 10,000 people every year on our hoiighways. now we're becoming xhoee ining concerned it highlights the use of marijuana use. among the more egregious drug involved accidents are a recreational boating accident in florida that killed five. a day caravan driver in memphis, tennessee, who was high and crashed causing five deaths. and a railroad next chase, maryland, that killed 16 that's already been referred to. but why don't have a good idea of the number of drug related transportation fatalities. we're not surprised about the growing evidence of drug use by drivers, pilots and others

mr. hart, there's legislation with respect to pilot license medical certification here in the congress that would actually no longer require medical certificates for pilots whose craft carries up to five passengers. are you aware of that legislation? >> yes, i am aware of that legislation. >> and what do you think about it? >> we're very concerned about pilots flying without adequate medical standards. but we base our -- what we -- our policy based on what we see in accidents. so far we haven't seen enough accidents to warrant an agency position on it but we are very concerned not only about not having to have a medical but then in addition to that, if you don't have a medical, you're less likely to pay attention to the faa's list of prohibited legal drugs as well as, obviously, the illegal drugs. but obviously the legal drugs. we're concerned that list will not be paid attention to by people who don't have a medical certificate. >> it just strikes me as very odd. here we're having a hearing o

mr. hart. morning chairman mica, ranking member calmly, and members of the subcommittee. focus onmmittee federal marijuana policies affecting transportation is very timely. we have been working extensively for many years to address alcohol abuse by drivers which you have heard about in the opening statements. it still kills almost 10,000 people every year on our highways. now we are becoming more concerned that our investigations also illustrate the problems of marijuana use. there was a recreational boating accident in florida killed five, a day care van driver in memphis tennessee who was high and crashed, causing five deaths, and a railroad accident in chase maryland that killed 16 that has already been referred to. but we don't have a good idea of the number of drug-related transportation totality's. as we ever, many states have authorized medical marijuana programs and two states have criminalized recreational use of the drug. in addition, recent news reports pressure to decriminalize mar

the future mrs. hart. >> they were celebrating her 30th birthday with friend and family. to everybody's surprise, there he is kevin hart getting down on one knee. popping the question. congratulations to them both. >> snapshot now of one of the movie stars humble beginnings just beavfore he got his big break. >> chris pratt couldn't wait for throw back thursday. bringing it today. posted this on facebook. he actually used to live in the scooby doo van when he was homeless waiting tables in maui. rough life in hawaii. the script in his hand got him to hollywood. >> he was working at none other than the bubba gump shrimp company when he met an actress, she offered him a part. the rest is history. you have two movie themes playing out here along with scooby doo. >> i want to go see the inside. a big pad? big mattress? >> shaggy. >> our celebrity birthday list -- happy birthday to all. coming up the latest parenting debait about leaving kids home alone >> how young is too young? who decides, you or the child?

mrs. hart said i won't tell you what i got to hold -- samples from a toxic waste dump. rt lost new jersey by over 15 points. they don't like to be called the solid waste types. it must have worked with the community in california. >> you never want to say something you would not say in public. obama would never talk about religious people like that in public. romney would never say that. i think mcconnell got away here because he said he'll block things obama is doing. that's not news. >> it was a total destruction. >> he said something similar to politico, laying out the idea for attaching anti-obama stuff to spending bills. he talked about it already in some ways. i wasn't shocked. >> let me go back. do you know what i think the news is? when talking to the koch brothers they are not interested in a mix of progressive here, but mostly conservative here. they want an end to government because they are in the oil and gas business. all they want is no more taxes and certainly no more environmental regulation. they want no more government. that's what the koch brothers wan

so mr. hart, again, where do you see us going as far as reaching some positive steps and one containing the issue and also adjusting our federal laws, our regulations, adopting standards for tests. the whole spectrum of addressing these changing laws. maybe you can comment generally. >> thank you for the question. at the accident investigators when we investigate accidents and see indication of impairment, and as we have in every mode, then we are very concerned about the need for strong and decisive action. typically that will mean as you've heard from the other panelists, strong legislation, strong enforcement and good education and in addition, technology to help us with the detection. so we see that -- >> some of that has to be based on data. some of what we have is really not that up to date. and i think mr. michael testified, they started collecting some data as recently as 2007. and than you said 2013 data we had collected which we're going to do a comparison of. but that has not been calc

hart. he's the acting chairman of the national transportation safety board. mr. jeff michael is the associate administrator for research and program development at the national highway traffic safety administration. ms. patrice kelly as acting director for the office of drug and alcohol policy and compliance at the department of transportation. and mr. ron legal is the director for the division of workplace programs at the center for substance abuse prevention at the substance abuse and mental health administration. i welcome all of our panelists. this is an investigative and oversight subcommittee of congress. we do swear in all of our witnesses. if you'll stand, please. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're to give before this subcommittee of congress is the whole truth and nothing but the truth? all of the witnesses, the record will reflect, answered in the affirmative. welcome them again. and i gave misinformation on a statistic, and i didn't realize it until after i said it. and i want to clarify that for the record. i s

hart. >>reporter: they are out of option and say more video too too graphic to release showing that breen higgins was murdere murdered. question is by whom? >> he is beginning to assault mrinstant on the side before they go off frame. >>reporter: all baffling to neighbors who say faith her no enemy. >> he was peaceful. he was part of the shrugs not part of the problem in this neighborhood. >>reporter: problem with crime some say is creeping in to historically safe part of the city. >> strangers. too many tough people in this area. more than before. i have been there for 10 year but getting worse. >>reporter: leave investigators almost no which to know if higgins was unlucky or target the for being gay. >> we don't have any information what precipitated the l attack. unknown if hate crime or not. >>reporter: finding the man in the video could provide ans but just as difficult as finding meaning in the tragedy. >> we need to live every difficult leak ourless and feed the artist in us and that's what feather would want. >>reporter: in san francisco jonathan bloom abc 7 news. >> billionaire may be forced to negotiate with the over restoring access to this area. bill passed l