now we have a developing story out of reagan national airport. a rough landing for passengers when a trash cart became free and crashed through the cabin during the landing. we have a picture from josh who was on the american airlines flight when it landed. you can see medics on the scene. a flight attennt says t cart rolled the entire length of the plane. medics tookne flight attendant and two passengers to the hospital. none of the injuries appear to be serious. >> right now police are searching for twoe after a chase started in tyson and ended with a crash in d.c. the driver lost control this afternoon at thei-295 exit in southeast. police say the driver of this now mangled bmw flipped the vehicle and crashed it on the exit ramp. officers arrested one person. police say the chase involved a robberyt the sun glass hut in the tyson'sea corner police used a helicopter in hopes of finding the otherop tw inside the car as well. >> fire investigators are trying to figure out w someone's garage went up in flames. if you look at the scene here, the ga

're live at reagan national airport. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin thank u. >>> 6:47 right now. today, a d.c. government employee accus of accepting sex and money in exchange for food stamps and welfare benefits will be in a courtroom. ott mcfarla and trent segraves reported this on twitter. dimitrius mcmillan is a social service representative for the department of human services. according to court dts, mcmillan issued $1.45 million in food stamps and welfare benefits and food in exchange for sexual favors. at least two dozen people benefite from these crimes. the crimes and acts alleged in the charging documents are despicle and demonstrate a lack of values. the district government takeiv suspected aband fraudulent activity seriously. >>> today, the president could seef a rare rebuke from congress. >> the congress is about to take up a motion to block the to build a tuati wall along the mexico border. >> the senate expected to vote on a resolution that the house passed. thisill block the national emergency decla

and all o those boeing jets are still parked tonigh adam tuss live at reagan national airport with that 737 max 8 that was turned around yesterday. >> reporter: this is the airplane right her that was turned around at reagan national airport yesterday. but to understand the 737 max family, you have to understand a little bit about its history. this is an airplane that only started flying about two years ago, that's what makes these two crashes so interesting. all the technology upgrades but ye two deadly incidents. theax 737family, including the 8s and 9s, are boges computerized, and tech heavy answer to the airline industry. >> hopefullyhell quickly come up with theanswer. but until they do, the pnes are grounded. >> reporter: in 2017 boeing lling out thiideo to show case the new plane. >> max opens the skie flies farther, carries more people anr will l the global airline industries fuel bill by $5 billion. s> reporter: the interior also updated of t aircraft. but now the max family getting a bit of a repution with travelers. are you concerned? are you worried? >> i would be a little i

mola lenghi, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. >>> a boeing max 8 planes remain grounded in the u.s. and other countries while the investigations continue. >>> another candidate has jumped into the crowded field of 2020 democratic presidential nominees, officially kicking off her campaign yesterday, the 6th female candidate to enter the race so far. and there are now 14 democrats in the running. and 15th came close to declaring his candidacy over the weekend. >> most progressive record of anybody rubbing for the -- if anybody who would run. >> president trump took aim at biden this morning in a tweet joe biden tongue tied over the weekend when he was properly deliver a simple line, get used to it, a low up beto o'rourke, announcing $6.1 million within the first 24 hours of entering the race. democrats will hold their first debate on june st., last a second night as well depending how many candidates reach the viable standards set out by the party. >>> london breed is calling for accountability over an incident. bear was caught on individual dragging his wife out a chair, bea

. >>> con construction at reagan national airport will force ride share drivers to wait. uber and lyft cards are using a lot. residents complain it's tyi up traffic in the area. county leaders briefed the public getting ride share hicles back on airport property. the count has added a direct route to the aport for the vehicles. >>> a warning for those of you who take an aspirin a day. it may not be the best ay for most people to prevent a heart attack or stroke. w guidelines say cuadults over 70 should not take daily aspin. the drug did t prevent heart attacks in older adults. others who shouldn't take a daily aspin, people who don't have heart disease and anyone who have risk for bleeding. >> people taking aspirin should just stop and determine their risk. >> people have already had a heart attack or strokehould continue taking an aspirin a day. >>> nuts may be a good way to add extra knew trenutrients to quiet and drop a few pounds. eating a handful a day can lower the risk of a stroke. >> sidietitians say keep it to e handful. >> that's the best way to eat cthem. >> yo

c >>>ser at home, reagan national airport, several passengers were hurt after a crash car became loose and went through the cabin on landing. josh leaderman was on the amican airlines night when it landed last night. a flight attendant says a cart rolled the entire lplgth of the e the back to the front. a flight attendant and two passengers were ten to the hospital. their injuries do not appear to be serious. >>> 4:04. one robbery suspect wasrrested f after a police chase and crash. the group iade ito the district, but the i-295 exit, the driver los control of the car.s police say thi mangled bmw flipped and crashed on the xilt ramp. the driver was arrested and the police were searching for two other suspects. >>> the family of retired agent bob levinson has worked hardo find him. his family appears on capitol hill last week, pleading for his safe return.ns le vanished while on an unauthorized cia the fbi released a statement saying, bob is and alway be a member of the fbi family. and we share in the heartache that bob's wife and family have experienced every day for the last 12 years.

national airport. >> that's where our shomari stone is tonight with what all ts means for travellers. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. some flights here at reagan national didn't take off. others that were in the air were grounded once they landed. an american airlines 737 max 8 at reagan national airport from los angeles. t going back in the air for now. >> i got the update that, he they grounded it. this happened. definitely surprising to hear that. >> reporter: john was on the flight. the faa grounded his plane along with all boeing 737 max 8 and max 9 aircraft. as w ts for luggage in baggage claim, he tells me he woncerned on the plane, knowing there have been two fatal 737 crashes, including the ethiopian airliner 737 that recently killed 157 people. >> so every time the plane drops a littlebit, hits turbulence, is it because of this? is it tha reporter: this 737 turned around, heading back to reagan national. >> the pilot gave us a call and saidouthat,know, we weren't going to orlando and we're headed back to the gate. n >> reportes 4 cameras also captured this southwest 737 max r planeurning back. it was headed to florida. some kids on b

passengers we spoke to here at reagan national airport say they have mixed feelings about flying the max. >> i am concerned, but i feel like you're scared every day even when you're living. so you kind of just have to do it and hope for the best. >> i don't think there's any reason to be paranoid. isn't it more dangerous to go out there and drive your car? >> reporter: lawmakers say passengers who don't want to fly on a max should be able to switch flights free of charge. well, a couple of interesting notes here, allen. the flight attendants union representing domestic flight attendants here in the united states is urging for the grounding of all max jets. meanwhile pilots unions from airlines such as american airlines, southwest airlines as well as united airlines, they are all standing behind the aircraft. >> interesting perspective. thanks so much. >>> at least three victims of the ethiopia crash had ties to northern california. melvin and bennett riffle were from redding. the brothers were on vacation traveling through africa and musi oki worked for a bay area tech company. today

. >>> closer to home at reagan national airport, several paej s passengers were hurt after a trash cart came loose and went through the cabin. a flight attendant says the cart rolled the entire length of the ane. one flight attendant and two passengers were injured but the will beokay. >>> happening today, there will be a hearing for the man accused of killing five employees at the capital gazette newspaper last year. the judgeru will on a defense motion for information from the prosecut in. the defen trying to determine how prosecutors will present their case against jared ramos. the defense may have ramos plead notes criminallynsible because of his mental state at the time of the shooting. >>> this morning, there's a search for killer after a gruesome discovery intafford county, virginia. a sheriff's deputy found a body early saturday morning. it was found near river road. the sheriff's office released this photo of a tattoo on his left foreman. >>> developing this morning, we're waiting to learn moreou this terrible crash. it happened yesterday afternoon on the eastbound side of the

any of the flights set to leave reagan national airport, were grounded for turnedaround. one was carrying kids headed to disney world. there was plenty of tears onboard. others they spoke with, said the ecision to ground the planes is for thebest. >> every time it drops down, hits turbulence. >> family members of the victims of the eiopian crash, paid tribute wh thismemorial. the victims including 149 passengers and 8 crew >>> across the region, a student walkout to protest gun vlence in schools can bring thousands of students to the white house today. g a studeup rallied thousands of people last year and hope to do the same today. the principal at woodrow wilson high schoo sent a net home to li famies, saying students will need permission from their parentscio partipate in the walkout. 17 people were killed 13 ago in florida. >>> state republicans are expected to break with their partly and give the president a rebuke. the senate is set to vote to block the president's emergency declaration. the declaration allows the president to reject federal funds to pay for a border

mola lenghi, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. >>> we learning more about the passengers that died in the ethiopian crash. eight of the victims were american including two brothers. mel and bennett riffle from reading, california, were on one last adventure before mel's wife was due to have their baby in may. >> the most loving, most joyful, most positive person i've ever had the pleasure of knowing. >> antwan lewis, a u.s. serviceman from chicago, also died. lewis was heading for kenya on vacation. >>> federal agents have launched a multistate search for firearms stolen from an atf facility in west virginia. the weapons were supposed to be destroyed. jeff pegues was first to report this and has the story from martinsburg. >> reporter: investigators tell cbs news they fear thousands of guns and gun parts were stolen from this facility in martinsburg, west virginia. the case began when police searched christopher lee yates' car and found a pistol. they ran a check and determined the gun had been stolen from this atf facility. according to court papers, yates unlawfully stole pa

. >>> con construction at reagan national airport will force ride she drivers to wait. >>> today,ce mike p will travel to nebraska to survey the damage from the deadly flooding in the midwest. >> floodinge s blamed for th deaths. melting snow, mixed with heavy rain caused some of this trouble. roads have been washed out. hundreds of people and their pets have had to be rescued. >> you can see the furniture is upside down. the saddest things are the family heirloo and stuff like that. >> the impact of the flooding will be in the millions of dollars. >>> trouble of a different sort in texas. look at this fire at a chemical plant just outside of houston. it's been burning since sunday. y,,000 people who live nea have been ordered to stay their homes and schools have to close. despite how bad it looks, it is settling down. >>> today, we may learn more about what prompted the fbi to raid the home and offices of fixer michael cohen. the warrant will be made official today. officials he went to his office and hotel room to find information about payments made to two women during the election. b

david kerley live at reagan national airport. i know, david, some are wondering why perhaps the faa might not ground the planes, at least until data from the black boxes can be analyzed, but so far, no move from boeing or the faa. >> reporter: and that's because they have no indication that the first crash is related to the second. there is no evidence that they can actually use to ground the aircraft and the boeing ceo says his aircraft are safe. >> david kerley with us tonight. david, thank you. >>> meantime, to breaking news from washington. what house speaker nancy pelosi just said a short time ago about president trump and impeachment, saying the president isn't worth it. and the other major news, the president's budget proposal making news tonight, because of what's in it and what's not. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl now. >> reporter: nancy pelosi has no problem being the president's chief nemesis. >> you should not have a trump shutdown. you'll have -- >> a what? you said trump? oh. >> reporter

. >>> con construction at reagan national airport will force ri share drivers to wait. uber and lyft cards are using a lot. residents complain it's tying up traffic in the area. county leaders briefhe public getting ride share vehicles back on airport property. the county has added a direct route to the airport for these vehicles. >>> a warning r those of you who take an aspirin a day. it may not be the best way for o moste to prevent a heart attack or stroke. new guidelines say adults over 70 should not take daily aspin. the drug did not prevent heart attacks in older adults. others who shouldn't take a daily asprin, people who don't have heart diseao and anyone ve risk for bleeding. >> people taking aspirin should just stop and determine their risk. >> people have already had a heart attack or stroke should continue taking an aspirin a day. >>> nuts may be a good way to add extra nutrients to your diet andp helou drop a few mind pounds. eating a handful day can lower the risk of a stroke. dietitians say keep it to one handful. and don't cover them with chocolate or ea

at reagan national airport, adam tuss news4. >>> in france inspectors are set to start investigating the recordings from the ethiopian crash. it's the second crash involving the 737 max 8 in five months. satellite data showed sunday's flight had erraticca ver speed before crashing. >>> here in many montgomery county, students walked out of class in protestf gun violence in schools. they came into the city and rallied on the steps of the u.s. capitol calling for change. >>> this is the second time, in kect, that students have w out demanding gun safety changes at school. it staed last year on the heels of the deadly shooting ind parkland fl >> we're going to go down third until we hit pennsylvania avenue. >> reporter: this was the scene outside the white house this tsrning. studen walked out of class and boarded buses and trains to get here, then observed 17 minutes of silence for the 17 lives lost at marjorie stoneman douglas last year. the students are with the student activist group, students for change. they want lawmakers to have stricter gun laws, includi stricter background che

transportation reporter adam tuss is live at reagan national airport with that 737 max 8 that was turned around last night. adam? >> reporter: that's right. it actually just took off out of here. breaking news here because some of those planes, those 737 max 8s and 9s that were grounded yesterday are now being repositioned and sent back to hubs for further investigation. that's what happened here with the southwest plane that'sre be ince yesterday. we were here as that plane was turned around on the tarmac and the runway yesterday. a lot of passengers who thought they weref getting out town, that did not happen for them. about theentioning max family, the 737 max family. these are supposed to be high-tech new planes from boeing. they only started flying about o years ago, but already with some traveler they are getting a bit of a reputation. take a listen. >> i would be a li ile, ifas on that max 8 -- i've been flying a long, long time, but two crashes like tha that seem to be related make you wonder. >> reporter: the investigation is just beginning into what could possibly have caused t

. >>> closer to home at reagan national airport, several passen trash cart came loose and went through the cabin.ht a flttendant says the cart rolled the entire length of the plan one flight attendant and two passengers were taken to the hospital. their injuries do not appear to be >>> one robbery suspect was arrested after a police chase and crash. that began at the corner mall in rginia after the three men robbed a sunglass hut. they made it into the district,t buhe 295 exit, the driver lost control. the driver was arrested and police are searching for two other suspects. >>> president trump try to get funding for a border wall another way. he is set to release his 2020 budget. in it, he will ask for $8.6 billion for funding for a border wall.e propose budget includes stiff cuts to environmental, anti-poverty and other programs. maciej there many say there's an easier way to get a border wall. >> you can put what i call the smartwall, along the border in all 2,000 milein less than a year and gain control of the border. >> democratic leaders say the president's latest strategy won't w

the latest wind gusts at reagan national airport, now up to 31 miles per hour. >> we're getting reports across the region of the wind starting 'o pick up. so going to be dealing with strong windsh overn tonight, throughout the day tomorrow. especially tomorrow night i think that's when we see the strongest winds. and it's still blustery on your saturday. your friday planner, start off at 42 degrees. our wind chill temperatures in the 30s tomorrow morning. as we head towards the lunchtime and afternoon hours with win gusts, we could see downed trees, power outages, and it's going to be cold tomorrow when you factor in the wind chill, only in the 40s with a high of 54 degrees. in addition to the winds i think we'll have some scattered showers around e afternoon hours, otherwise peaks of sunshine. friday is all about the winds. at least the commute is dry both ways but if you drive an suv you might notice the winds you might see wind restrictions on the bay bridge. make sure the kids have the warm jacket at the bus op tomorrow morning. recess potentially ndoors with that threat for scatter

. >>> lots of headaches for people trying to get to reagan national airport this a car slid off the george washington parkway crashing into some trees there. right next to the exit for the airport. all northbound traffic was turned around on marine drive. the crash happened about 6:00 this morning. two people had to go to the hospital. all lanes reopened just in the past 30 minutes, so that is t good news there. >>> one of america's most wanted men has been found living on the streets in our area. >> this is incredible. lamont stevenson was arrested in prince george's coy.ty yesterda he was charged with murdering two women, one while he wasn o the run. officers found stevenson sleeping in a truck in new carrollton. he told them his real name and said he was wted in connection with several crimes. police say he murdered his fiancee in new jsey in 2014, then he ran off to avoid prosecution. d.c. pollse say he murdered his new girlfriend inside her d.c. apartment on wednesday. her family says they' relieved stevenson is off the streets. >> i just want to know why. i don't know if i ever know

justin finch is live at reagan national airport with the julatest. in, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. right now, we're seeing one max 8 related plane cancellation. perhaps a sign of how quickly the airlines are working to work around this grounding here. and we can tell you, we had a crew here on yesterday, that caught the ripple effts in real-time. you're seeing aet southwest that had to turn around yesterday, an immediate about-face, after the faaan unced all boeing 737 max 8 and max 9 jets were being grounded as a result of new information being covered about that crash over the weekend in ethiopia, as well a a max jet crash in asia some months before. we c a tell you here the airport, that southwes s passengers aff did immediate rebookings and other airlines, too, to reshuffle their plans for the immediate future. this was a bit of a mess for passengers as thel spring tra season heats up. and for some yesterday, it was just too much to take. >>re you set? frustrated? >> not as much as the kids going to disneyland. thehere were kids cryi

adam tuss is live at reagan national airport, he has more on the safety concerne.with this pl adam? >> reporter: that's right, leon. souch attention nown the 737 wx 8, a plane that just a few days ago probably unknown by most air traveler. lookt how manyf these planes are in the sky over the united states right now. this is a m from flight aware that shows you the dozens of 737 max 8s that are out there flying. boeing, the maker of the airplane are trying to calm the about it, but this is happening as ohe choru calls to ground the plane continues. today calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to keep the 737 max 8 out of u.s. skies for now until they can all be f checke safety. >> it makes sense to ground aircraft that's been involved in o very tragic accidents. >> the 737 max 8 should be grounded. >> reporter: look as chopper 4 got 737 max 8s taking off and landing from bwi airport today. it takes off and flies from all of our airports mt notably southwest and american use them. travel ers say they trust it's safe. >> i feel complete confidence with american. >> reporter: t

so let's go to abc's david kerley at reagan national airport with more.avid, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula. the more than 737 maxs are in service this morning and one took off from right behind me earlier this morning. despite all that worldwide action, the faa says they can fly for now. countries and airlines around the world this morning are grounding or banning the 737 max 8. but here in the u.s., the faa is doubling down against such a move. we've learned there have been reports of concerns. two u.s. max pilots telling authorities in november that the nose of their plane suddenly dipped after engaging the autopilot. another pilot also anonymously complaining about a lack of training for the new aircraft. the faa says there are no verified incidents in the u.s. similar to the first crash and it has no basis to order grounding of the newest version of the 737. it has been involved now in two crashes in less than five months. the president jumping into the debate now tweeting that modern jetliners are too complex to fly. that led to a ph

one side or the other of that 50 degree mark. 52 at reagan national airport. gorgeous day. blue skies. nothing to worbout on this last day of winter. any activities that you need to get done, if you're goi to the burk with the day later, spend some time outsidbundle up, because it's chilly with those temperatures only around 50. we have n rain or wind. no weather worries and that commute home could have some sunshine delays buts about it. hopefully everybody has their fsunglasses. as any rain delays, not until thursday. thursday we'll be dealing with spotty showers throughout the day. some of those could linger into friday but for the most part a lot of this is going to happen on thursday. but nothing happening out there right now. we widen out this view a little bit.th our next w maker coming across the middle part of the united states where they don't need any more rain. u've probably seen it on the your social media what they're dealing with in nebraska. this is going to spawn a little coastal low. to disturbance is going spawn a coastal low and that will bring us rain f

right here on the north end of the runway at reagan national airport, the ground isn't even white.f our studios in rthwest washington,he grass is white. winter weather advisory remains in place for frederick county, maryland, up toge town and down the i-81 corridor. at's where temperatures remain at or below the freezing mark.it precion-wise, the bulk of what we're going to get has come down and is out of here. there could be lingering drops or snowflakes for the remainder of the morning. low impact of precipitation between now and lat the day. later on, more rain coming in after 5:00 or 6:00 this evening. that could be mixing with wet snow in northern maryland and the morn part of the shenandoah valley. frid evening into saturday morning, be careful if you're driving from frederick to hagerstown to martin to winchester. we're above freezing for most of the metro area. not far tabove. bove is all that matters. highs today will struggle mightily to get from the 30s to around 40. and more rain likely to come in ev this evening. some of that can be snow early tomorrow. tomorrow afteso

there have been a few at reagan national airport, but not today. >> ed: we appreciate. >> today i getllet with sephora collection. i created a line for sephora. >> lori lohroblouglin's daughte losing business. some are questioning why she's still enrolled at usc. what do you think about this and what do you think about this egg controversy. >> she's very fast. thank you. she's very capable dog. this is her brother. this is wesley. >> ed: three dogs about to make history this weekend as part of a very special relay team. you could say they are born to run. >> ed: we're expecting the president, watching the house, where president trump is set to make history with his first veto. that's to happen in the next hour on fox news. we'll bring it to you live as it happens. and we'll talk to a journalist in new zealand who's been up through all these hours covering the deadliest shooting in that country's modern history. details and the rest of the day's news on shepherd smith reporting, top of the hour. >> the hall mark channel firing lori louglin and sponsors cutting ties with one of her daug

you can see that right behind dave, too, the picre from reagan national airport.og a little low. not only are you not going to be able to see the icy patches, mainly black ice. anything shiny, take it as ice.o ver, you won't see the potholes. that has been a big issue, even through the overnight and early this morning. wtop was telling me a lot of people have been dealing with that. just wrecking their cars overnight. be careful with that. the sun coming up in about 20 minutes or so. temperatures out there right now, we'reelow the freezing mark for portions of the shenandoah valley, especially by hagerstown. be careful out there as you make bur way out the door. it might a little tricky as you make your way out the door tomorrow have snow on the way. winter storm watch in effect. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> lauryn, we'll check in then. heartbreaking a story. a toddler is killed, allegedly at the hands of an 11-year-old. babychild was watching the boy alone last week. as you can imagine, the boy's family is heartsick. they are devastated. t

joining me now from reagan nation airport is maria. what's the latest? >> i've been talking to people at the airport gauging their reactions. the passengers most affected are those from southwest airlines. southwest has the largest number of the boeing 737 max 8, max 9 aircrafts in its fleet. today they canceled 39 flights nationwide because of this decision. nbc news has yet to get a specific number from american airlines. united airlines hasn't canceled any flights. why would there be canceled flights? these airlines have a couple spare aircrafts, but they don't have as many as 40 aircrafts to make the switch. thousands of passengers are being impacted. let's hear from two folks who were impacted and their reactions. >> i think it's about time. i think they should have done it earlier. >> why? >> something was wrong. all the other countries knew something was wrong. let's be safe. ground them and figure out what's going on. i feel safe. i feel safe. i didn't feel safe if i was on that particular plane. >> i feel like now we know the problem we have to

reagan national airport coming in at 39.t now, and it's going to be lighter throughout the day today compared to yesterday, so if you liked yesterday, it's going to be about the same, just mine yutz wind. 5 it degrees will behe daytime high today so any activities that you're enjoying, brunch, parades, even nighttime festivities looking good. overnight a fewndight rain snow showers and no accumulation or no issues tomorrow morning. >> next on unday today," in the wake of this stung collegei admi bribery scandal, harry smith visits an organization working to getdi dvantaged students into school without the benefit of million dollar payoffs. benefit benefit million today, molly got dressed for a big night out with her closest friends. john got dressed for his first first date in what feels like a really long time. john! hi! >>hi. sasha got dressed to crush her job interview. it looks good! and millions of other americans got dressed for millions of other personal moments. that's why at stitch fix we don't just see your size or

tom costello is live at reagan national airport near d.c.to the bloomberg report first. the day before is the lion air crash, an off-duty pilot saved that will specific plane from a different crash. how on earth did the plane go up in the air the next day? >> reporter: well, that's a good question. what we know was that this off duty pilot dead heading, in other words catching a ride in that plane and sitting in the cockpit, when things started going bad in the cockpit and they couldn't understand why the plane was headed for a nose down position towards the ocean, that off duty cockpit said we need to turn off mcas, the software program we've been talking about for weeks suspected of being at the heart of the indonesian crash and ethiopian crash. he helped them turn off mcas and the plane was fly ball again. the next day that same plane experienced we believe the same problem and the crew didn't know the how to bring that plane out of a nose dive. so the question now is, is that same problem also responsible for the ethiopian crash last wee

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> thanks to david in washington. >>> thousand to somethinghas not seen very much since president trump took office. a large group of republican senators voting against the president's wishes. >> a dozen gop lawmakers voted with democrats to block the president's emergency declaration about the southern border. a white house official is signaling the president won't forget those votes when they come asking for favors. >>> beto o'rourke, the newest candidate in the race for president spends his first full day on the trail in iowa. hours after entering the grog democratic field, the texas congressman made his first trip to the state. he told abc's paula farris why he's running after saying he was staying out of the race in november. >> our kids and our future depends on every single one of us doing everything we can. for me, that's running for president. >> the iowa visit included stops at a couple coffee shops before ending the night at a house party near davenport. he picked up endorsements from four fellow house democrats. >>> coming up, trac

nbc news' tom costello covers aviation and is live at reagan national airport. tom, call me a worry wart, you know, i was on a plane yesterday. i'd like to think, well, better to be safe than sorry. if there is all these concerns, why doesn't the faa agree? >> reporter: okay. so listen, the faa and the ntsb have taken great pride and have a success record over the last 60 years, they act on data, on science, on engineering data, if you will. and so they are insisting the data isn't there right now to justify grounding the 737 max. which by the way, american airlines and its pilots union and southwest and its pilots union both say they have had zero issues with the 737 max. zero. they are flying the plane. so is united in terms of the max 9 and a bunch of canadian airlines are flying the plane. we have had this global tidal wave of airlines and countries and regulators decide they don't have enough information to be confident about the 737 max 8 because of these two crashes, ethiopia and indonesia. therefore, they admit, they don't have the data, under an abundan

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> our thanks to david kerley.been on top of this story all week long. and we can do math based on conservative estimates about the flights being canceled. as david indicated, american and southwest fly 737 max 8s, and united flies larger versions called the max 9. >> there are at least 250 max flights every day between the three airlines. a typical max 8 jet has about 172 seats. that means around 43,000 passengers here in the u.s. were effected by the grounding every day. the carriers are downplaying the impact saying spare planes and rebooking of passengers should minimize the problem. >> an unsettling situation, and i'm sure a lot of people are relieved the max planes have been grounded, but obviously now the lingering impact. >> right. and as we wait to find out what happened in ethiopia, a lot of folks are saying, thank goodness the federal government stepped in here and brought relief. >>> now to the latest on the multimillion college admission scandal. >> two celebrities appeared in court. actress lori lough

i'm here at the ronald reagan washington national airport where both american and southwest airlines are continuing to climb the boeing seven. thirty seven max jets just sent by the crash in ethiopia over the weekend that killed everyone on board that was the second crash in just five months involving a maxi pad causing many airlines over the world to ground look flights however airlines here in the us are already using that to do so currently southwest is operating thirty four planes and it has already ordered two hundred fifty of them as part of their new fleet and american airlines has ordered one hundred from boeing and currently operating twenty four here and the united states former n.t.s.b. chairman jim hall says boeing and the f.a.a. should ground the aircraft paul told usa today he believes the responsible thing would be quote for the boeing company to pause and take a very close look at these two accidents to find a determination of what the cause was so if there's anything systemic or related to the computer operations of the aircraft that it can be addressed that's the pr

washington reagan national airport with more on this story. morni good morning to you. >> good morning. sena rator rs push the acting faa administrator about the cozy relationship between the agency .nd boeing. that is a system that is man dated by congress. the faa says if it had to approve new airplanes all on its own, it would require an additional staff of 10,000 new em employees at an additional cost of of $1.8 billion a year. > you don't think they should have been mandatory? >> reporter: senators demanded that w answers about how the boeing 737 max was approved to fly. in the hot seat, acting faa administrator promised the grounded max will return to the skies when it is deemed safe following two deadly crashes. ashes.. and international operators of the 737 max are relying on the faa to get it right. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz said the hearing is just the beginning. cruz s be my hope is we will get the aires back in the air when we can be confident that they are safe and they're not endangering flying ty of the flying public.

kris van cleave is at washington's reagan national airport with the increasing concern over that planechris, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. pressure is really mounting on the faa this morning, two democratic senators dianne feinstein and richard blumenthal calling for the agency to ground all of the maxes in the u.s. during this investigation. still, tens of thousands of people a day fly on the maxra customers are starting to worry. as investigators scramble to find out what happened on board flight 302, the second boeing 737 max 8 to crash in less than five months, many airlines are grounding their max fleets. aeromexico and argentina are among the latest of two dozen carriers to temporarily stop flying the max. in the u.s., southwest and american airlines which operate two of the largest are still flying them. united air slnz continuing to operate the longer 737 max 9. in an update to airlines, the faa says it does not have enough data from sunday's crash to take action yet. but will if the investigation indicates the need to do so. on monday, unions pushed back agai

kris van cleave is at reagan national airport outside washington with more on this story. it's very disturbing to hear 56 minutes of training on an ipad. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. certainly pilot training will be a big focus of the larger investigations. cbs news has learned that employees at the faa and boeing have been told by federal authorities to retain records having to do with the approval process of the 737 max. we understand that includes at least one subpoena. now, this as on the other side of the world, the ethiopian transportation minister told reporters early data from the black boxes of flight 302 showed similarities to the crash of another 737 max 8 in october. satellite data also showed the flight patterns between the ethiopian airlines and lion air flights were similar. we've learned similar evidence found at the crash scene in africa leading to the faa grounding of the max included a jackscrew, which helps lower or raise the nose of the plane. it was set in a dive position. in a statement, boeing's ceo says the company is finalizing its dev

kris van cleave is outside reagan national airport where he spoke to the acting faa administrator.ree days the faa resisted calls and mounting pressure to ground the 737 maxine though a growing list of countries did just that. that all changed yesterday based on some new evidence that has surfaced this morning. we asked the faa acting administrator about the evidence linking potentially the two crashes and whether it was safe to keep the plane in the sky after the indonesia crash last october. >> the airplane pitched up and down at a point in the flight profile. that was the key, was establishing the point at which the pitchup and pitch down happened was very similar. >> there are people wondering if tens of thousands of americans a day were on an unsafe airplane, if we knew there was a soft fix fix needed it wasn't done. should have action have been taken in october or november of last year? >> if it was an unsafe airplane it wouldn't be certified. we're confident in the safety of the airplane. what we don't know is there's a linkage between those two accidents, and now that we ha

our senior transportation correspondent david kerley has much more from reagan national airport. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the description of the radio traffic between the cockpit and the tower is, indeed, dramatic. but at this hour, they're trying to extract the actual cockpit voice data recorder which should give us more information. chilling new details of the final moments of that doomed ethiopian plane. right after takeoff, the captain reporting problems. overnight "the new york times" reporting that controllers saw the boeing 737 max 8 tilting up and down moving unusually fast and then minutes later panic. a person familiar with the air traffic communication says as the jet accelerated beyond its safety limits, the captain then asked to return to the airport in a panicky voice. the plane disappearing from radar three minutes later, killing all 157 on board. investigators on the scene are now looking at what is called a jackscrew. a threaded rod in the tail section of the plane which controls whether the nose tilts up or down. this after new data l

kris van cleave is at washington's reagan national airport with the safety debate. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the faa says it has no basis to justify grounding the 737 max at this point. but the agency's got no information from the ethiopia flight's black bocks. two senior administration officials tell us that the white house sees no benefit in interfering or second-guessing with the faa's decision-making fearing that could do more harm than good. >> i'm advising members of my own family and friends, they ought to change planes. >> reporter: on capitol hill tuesday, the list of lawmakers on both sides calling for the faa to ground the boeing 737 max grew to more than 10. among them senator mitt romney. >> it makes sense to ground aircraft involved in two tragic accidents and only six months. >> reporter: transportation secretary elaine chao says her department which oversees the faa is working closely with the national transportation safety board and ethiopian investigators to determine the cause of sunday's crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302

moment we'll talk to the acting head of the faa but first nbc's tom costello joins us from reagan national airport with the very latest on what the u.s. has done. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning. if you're flying today be prepared for cancellations and it's not just because of the mamax 8 and max 9 we have a messy snowstorm messing things up. hundreds of flights cancelled already between those two events. the u.s. was the last in the world to ground the max 8 and max 9 and did so after developing new information from that crash in ethiopia. the order caught thousands of americans by surprise mid-flight. the faa grounding the very plane they were boarding or already on. some flights ordered to turn around and return to the gate before evening taking off. >> the pilot gave us a call and said we weren't going to orlando and we're headed back to the gate. >> reporter: for the kids on board disney would have to wait. >> they are very upset. everyone was crying. >> reporter: president trump made the announcement himself. >> any plane currently in the air will go to its destination and there

our chief transportation correspondent david kerley is at reagan national airport with the latest.ood morning, david. >> reporter: george, in the coming hours we may get some answers whether or not these two crashes are related. in the meantime, an inconvenience for passengers as airlines are forced to cancel flights. this morning, the 370 brand-new 737 max jetliners around the world who are grounded will stay parked. >> we got a call from the company. you need to contact them. >> we've been directed to return to the gate. >> reporter: the faa joining the rest of the world in grounding the jet, some of which on the runway forced to return to the gate. >> the pilot came on and he said, the president just said all flights are grounded and we're returning to the gate. >> reporter: this max 8 just one of the 72 idled in the u.s. leaving passengers stranded. some frustrated. >> i thought that they should have done a better job of notifying people at least. >> i'd rather be home but, you know, it is what it is. >> better safe than sorry. >> reporter: roughly 43,000 passengers a day were

this now-famous chance overlap between mueller and the president's son at the ronald reagan washington national airport. that's don junior in the hat. now, why does the president have his last face-to-face meeting with bob mueller on his mind today? and will bob mueller end his probe without any further indictments? and why is the president emphasizing someone else, bill barr, will decide whether to release mueller's findings? well, to put a twist on a classic piece of wisdom from christopher wallace, if you don't know, now you don't know. because i'm going to be honest with you. only mueller knows tonight what comes next and only trump knows why he's going down memory lane and hedging his bets on his newly installed attorney general. let me bring in a power panel, melissa murray, elie mystal, a man who is infatuated with the southern district of new york, and sam seder, the host of t tth the majority of new york radio show. why do you think first and foremost drrp is reminiscing about the last time he was eyeball-to-eyeball with rob mueller? >> this is straight out of the playbook. delegitimize everyo

joining us, for the latest from reagan national airport in washington, nbc news correspondent tom costello good morning to you. we have about 150 airplanes in the air, mostly in the united states and canada. 150 max 8s. most of the rest of the world grounded the plane. here in north america, the airlines and importantly their pilots unions are really standing behind this plane saying it is premature to ground it until we know what caused the other two crashes. three days since flight 302 crashed, investigators still haven't reviewed the plane's black boxes. the ceo of ethiopian airlines says it will be sent to another country for analysis, either the u.s. or in europe. he sees similarities with last october's lion air crash in indonesia that he calls troubling. meanwhile, growing calls for the u.s. to join the rest of the world in grounding the 737 max 8. in congress -- >> it makes sense to ground aircraft that's been involved in two tragic accidents in six months. >> reporter: even american airlines flight attendants. >> they are concerned about their safety and the safety of customers wh

joining from us reagan national airport in washington.have multiple investigations as you mentioned. but here in the united states the fbi has now joined the grand jury investigation and inspector general investigation, all looking into the relationship between the fa. a and boeing and how they approved the 737 max 8. now in addition to that congress is expected to hold hearings. this morning the relationship between the faa and boeing is under intense skrutpy the fbi a federal grand jury and congress on the d.o.t. inspector general now all investigating. because it's understaffed and underfunded congress allowed the fa. a to delegate some of its inspection north to boeing itself. the southwest airlines pilot union flying more 737 max's than anier other airline has concerned. >> our pilots are aware of the investigation. we feel that with all the visibility with the governmental investigations as well as the investigations on capitol hill that will lead to wherever it needs to lead. and we fully support those investigations. >> investigat

snow for the season and chuck put together this z-brask today showing how much snow eh airport receive as reagan national. we saw right around 16 inches, about an inch above normal. at dulles we saw almosthe 27 i of snow. that's about six inches above normal. bwi seeing about 18 inches of snow and that's about one inch below normal. so to answer your question, any more snow this seas? i think we can say no more snow this season. looking at our 10-day forecast we haves no cha for snow there and once we get to the end of the 10-day it's just really hard tono get in our area. it's not unheard of, but i'm not seeing that in the overall pattern. here's a look at the imagery system. this is that massive storm system. it's f stretchingm canada down to the gulf. we'll see a few meager showers. maybe a rumble of thunder from it tomorrow. only 50% chance that you're dealing with rain. i'm seeing tse rain chances with the latest computer models coming down. that being said it' be breezy out there tomorrow and mild. a high tomorrow, 71 despite plenty of cloud cover. not a bad dayou ide. you could be dealing with a s