. >> a new study by the national transportation board says it is the biggest cause of death among sigh clis. >>> the new star energy plant has resumed partial energy operations following a storage fire. a committee of the bay area air quality met today and discussed the fire. it said high levels of smoke particles into the air. county health officials said it did not contain unusually high levels of toxins. the incident is an opportunity to review the group's role and response during emergencies. >> during this event, i get a lot of e-mails from the board on our -- why aren't you out there, you know? and, so, we were too busy trying to communicate to the public and coordinate our activities to really explain roles. >> reporter: the cause of the fire on october 15th is still not known. >>> the kinkaid fire in sonoma county is now 88% contained. that's 4% more than yesterday. it's burned nearly 78,000 acres and destroyed 374 structures. full containment is expected tomorrow. >>> and as the kinkaid fire dwindles, thankfully, stories continue coming out about small and not so small acts of

and killed an arizona woman in 2018 had software flaws, according to a report by the national transportation safety boardlso found that the company's autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes over the previous 18 months. the board will meet later this month for a formal determination of the cause of death. president macron of france is in beijing today, meeting his chinese counterpart xijinping. what's in it for both sides? let's cross to rico hizon in our asia business hub in singapore. what is on the mind of macron, do you think? trade, trade, trade! that is high on his agenda. he has brought within a large delegation of french business representing 30 companies who want to increase imports of their goods into the mainland. this, sally, is all in an effort to get beijing to agree on the terms of an eu—china trade agreement. france currently has a trade deficit with china, that is almost 33 billion us dollars, in fa ct almost 33 billion us dollars, in fact that is the largest deficit france has with any of its trading partners followed by germany. as for china, they buy french dairy products

lauren: the national transportation safety board says boeing should redesign the engine cover on theneration jets. a passenger was killed last year when a fan blade broke on a southwest airlines plane. engine debris hit the plane's fuselage, shattering the window, forces thforcing the plane to mn emergency landing. cheryl: states attorneys generals are giving purdue pharma a break while the company deals with bankruptcy. the district of columbia and the other states have agreed to comply with an injunction that halts the suits, at least temporarily. lauren: we're just under a month to go until great britain's election. boris johnson and jeremy corbin held a heated debate and brexit was of course a big point of contention. >> mr. corbin is trying to conceal the void at the heart of his brexit policy and refusing to answer the question of which side he -- [ indiscernible ] the public has a right. >> i made the position clear, we will have a referendum, we will have negotiations and we will abide by that result. lauren: it was heated. other topics debated included the economy, the nhs a

it was the week that the us national transportation safety board flagged software flaws in the self—drivingd a woman in arizona last year. it said the car failed to properly identify her as a pedestrian while she had been walking with a bicycle across a poorly lit road. american and japanese researchers have used beams of light to hack google home, amazon echo, and apple home product devices in a bid to expose security and privacy risks. a laser managed to take control of one of the devices from over 30 metres away. and uk drone pilots have until the end of november to register their details with the civil aviation authority orface penalty fines. us researchers say they've printed skin that is alive and even has working blood vessels. scientists combined cells that kickstart blood vessel development with animal collagen. all of this is happening inside 3d—printed tissue. this could potentially deliver better skin grafts to burns patients. and finally, harvard researchers have revealed their urchinbot, complete with wiggling tentacles. the amphibious robot uses pumps, valves and magnets to m

us national transportation safety board says the boeing should redesign the engine covers of that plane. to isolate and potential problems for millions of. meanwhile easyjet says it is officially carbon neutral the british budget carrier says it will be offsetting its own carbon footprint. essentially donating money to environmental projects like forest conservation and renewable energy for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted from its planes. is jet set the commitment came in response to customers concerns and would cost around twenty nine million euros next year. practice were less enthusiastic greenpeace dismissed the announcement as greenwashing sing the aviation industry which accounts for about 2% of all global emissions. needs take more serious action to combat climate change. a second on today's trading action now makes clothes for the major european indices easyjet shares were up about 5% in london can count dropping about a third of a percentage point here in paris. on wall street the dow jones is paring back from its record highs retailers a rain down trade especially home depo

the national transportation safety board are recommending boeing refit engines on their plane. >>> threed by date of december 10th. and says the customer found the piece of reds plastic. for more, check out cnn.com. >>> and more than a foot off snow expected in the mountains with rain from arizona to the northern plains. >> good morning. it is across the southwest that we have enough cold air in the higher elevations that have decent snow showers as well. and the transfer right now. a few thunderstorms, a lot off which is unusual the amount of rainfall among the heaviest we've seen going back to may. but we have blood watches and warnings. across eastern california, on the boarder of of western arizona. generally about an inch, some areas less than two inches. but when you consider where it's following, this is a high amount. and note this is trend eventually takes all off this across areas of the midwest and areas to the south as well. middle 40s.and, oregon and the - >>> and video surfaced on social media of hot meals being thrown away. students had lunch balances of at least $15 so ho

. >> the national transportation safety board reported in october in reference to these tragedies that, quote, multiple alerts and indications can increase pilot's workload, end quote. do you agree with that statement? >> congressman, yes. that statement makes sense, yes. >> and the ntsb further observed that, quote, industry, perts generally recognize that an aircraft system should be designed such that the consequences of any human error are limited, end quote. do you agree with that statement, as well? >> congressman, i believe that's consistent with our design approaches. yeah. >> and the ntsb went on to note is to develop airplanes and procedures that are less likely to result in operator error and are more tolerant of operator errors when they do occur, end quote. do you agree with that statement? >> that's one area that we learned in both of these accidents is that is an area that we need to review the longstanding principles and guidelines. i believe that's an important area for us to address. >> so you would agree that in terms of the design of the 737 max and the 730 max's mc

determined that over 20 years the coast guard often brushed off recommendations from the national transportation safety board. the coast guard has full authority on vessel safety protocol. >>> it is sprouting up again just a day after it was cleaned up. the encampment is near the expressway exit from interstate 280. cell phone video shows what it looked like err lower this week with a dozen tents. the city cleaned it up and just a day later some of the tents are already back up. some people who live in the area say that it is an eyesore and safety hazard. they see homeless people walking into traffic everyday. >> it is a really difficult area, but a very concerning area because there is a safety issue as people are coming off the freeway. >>> the southwest expressway ramp area is owned by cal tranz but the city cleans it up under a special agreement. the city and caltrans are looking for design changes to prevent future edge campment. >> they approved a massive new housing project about a ten minute walk from the bart station. the 800 unit complex will sit on a six air rest acre parcel on mission road. 158 e

let's bring in former chair of the national safety transportation board great to have you with us. >> thank you >> the faa seems to have a credibility problem. what should it do? >> well, it has a great credibility problem, not only in our country but worldwide by congress and the faa moving towards self-certification which is resulted in decisions being made internally in boeing that were not answered in congressional hearings this week i think the hearings only added to the concern among the members of congress as well as the flight unions and the pilots that wanted to fly the aircraft. >> are you saying then that boeing had too much control over the process of certifying these 737 max and was able basically to make decisions that to present information or not present information that might have changed the way the process went, is that what you're saying >> i'm saying 2013 i wrote an edtorial in the new york times expressing my concerns about the changes of the system that moved to what i felt was self-certification >> der is what what is that >> designated engineering representati

robert some malt, chairman of the national transportation safety board. and the honorable christopher hart. he is the team share of the joint authorities technical review. we use the shorthand. i will refer to the number of times. art is the former chairman of the national transportation and safety board. have been waiting patiently. these two and a half hours. gentlemen, we appreciate you being here. you have submitted testimony. we ask each of you to summarize your testimony in five minutes. you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good afternoon. opportunity tohe testify before you today. this afternoon, i will address the ntsb's rican -- recent recommendation report regarding the 737s max certification process. this report issued last month contained seven recommendations. >> is your microphone on? >> it is on. i will move closer. recommendations are the result of the ntsb's involvement and the credited representative to the indonesian government investigation into the lion air crash and the ethiopian government investigation involving ethiopia

the witnesses today include national transportation safety board chairman robert somwalt and the joint technical review, chris hart. ment overseas the ntsb which released a report and recommendations regarding the max certification. chairman hart led the jatr, that included with the tasked reviewing the flight control systems. the jtr has submitted broad recommendations to the faa. and chairman hart has extensive past government service in aviation safety, but he is a private citizen today who agreed to lead the jtr. we have many concerns that boeing should address today. we need to know if boeing and the faa rushed to certify the max. in particular, critics have focused on the mcas development and testing. the jtr criticized boeing's communication with the faa on mcas's development after the system was modified to act at lower air speeds and jtr criticized for outdated regulations, guidance and certification procedures and failing to incorporate realistic human behavior factors into its assumptions. the n.t.s.b. called into question boeing's and faa's assumptions about pilot reaction

let's talk about the finding by their national transport safety board here.ossing a road in low light away from a pedestrian crossing and walking her bike across the road. what the safety board revealed is the uber recognise there was a bike in the road but too late and therefore that crash couldn't be avoided. they have also said that in the 18 months leading up to that fatal crash, there were 37 separate crashes involving ubers testing their autonomous driving software on those roads. that some people say this technology overall will make us safer but this bloomberg report seems to suggest that there are concerns among some tesla drivers? there certainly are concerns. on the one hand, those respondents, there we re one hand, those respondents, there were 5000 drivers surveyed of tesla model three cars, 13% of those reported the autopilot software, which can be used on highways and in car parks, put them in a dangerous situation. one driver talked about having to slam down the accelerator to avoid a rear end crash and override the autopilot system. but also

do that, but other investigations are moving forward as well, and last month, the national transportation safety board issued a recommendation report which largely focused on the assumptions that were made during the design and certification process related to human factors. designed and certification cannot be the soul focus of our efforts and i've said this before. that's only one layer of that choose model that i talked about. in the last few months, other weaknesses that appeared to have played a role in these accidents have surfaced. reports called into question evidence submitted to the lion air investigation which related to the installation, calibration and testing of the faulty angle of attack sensor and there's also been whistle-blower statements and other reports raising significant concerns with lion air and ethiopian airlines operation and maintenance programs. the former chief engineer for ethiopian airlines filed a whistle-blower complaint alleging significant problems with the maintenance, training and record-keeping. he also alleges that the air carrier went into the maintenance recor

last month the national transportation safety board, they issued a recommendation report which largely focused on the assumptions that were made during the design and certification process related to human factors. design and certification cannot be the sole focus of our efforts. and i've said this before, that's only one layer of that cheese model i talked about. other weaknesses that have appeared to have played a role in these accidents have surfaced. reports called into question evidence that has been submitted which related to the testing of the faulty angle of attack sensor. there's been whistle-blower statements and other reports raising significant concerns with lion air maintenance programs. a whistle-blower complaint was filed alleged significant problems with that airline's training. the air carrier went into the records of the 737 max a day after the accident and unfortunately operational pressures and lack of robust safety culture can negatively impact aviation safety. that's another layer of that model that i talked about. the ntsb has confirmed operational factors are go

cheryl: the national transportation safety board says the company should redesign the engine cover oner was killed last year when a fan blade broke on a southwest airlines 737. and a handful of these planes have been grounded to repair cracks in a part that attaches the wing to the plane's fuselage. there's tbhoang the premarch -- boeing in the premarket, down a quarter of a percent. macy's is reporting a data breach on the verge of the crate call holiday shopping season. hackers possibly got their hands on the personal information of a small number of customers when they checked out online. that data could include names, addresses, credit card numbers. macy's notified customers the information may have been compromised. macy's up 1% in the premarket. we are expecting earnings from that company. and a classic card game is going pc, toy maker mattel is putting out a version of uno that is non-nonpartisan. they're not going to use red or blue cards in the game. instead the cards will be orange and purple. that's when you mix red and blue together. mattel said on the website said no red

nations arms embargo imposed on libya the document from the egyptian foreign ministry has revealed that cairo sent weapons to the libyan war mortally for huffed us forces a number of times on board a hercules transport aircraft it adds that training camps will have to us forces are being held in egypt under russian supervision russia denies those claims a separate draft report from the un says the u.a.e. violated the arms embargo by providing after with an advanced defense system and a warship and says jordan and turkey were periodically shipping arms to his forces that report also found the sudanese government sent 1000 of its rapid support forces to eastern libya in july to support his attack on tripoli imad harbel is director of research and analysis of the arab center washington he says this latest revelation is deeply concerning but what we're learning is basic been brokered if occasion the documentation necessary for establishing. the u.a.e. are indeed interfering in a very very bad situation and the case why of the same crime problem be speaking there was no doubt there are support for the international agreement and the united nations we're all regarding. it now we're only a reader are you k