that is what we are here. >> we will now hear from samya's mothernadia. >> i am samya's mom. i learned thank you for learning so much from my only daughter. we would all want to be like samya, who was lighthearted. she brushed past negative inconsequential comments and focused on what is good and what could get done. samya was a binding force in our family. among her friends and her academic departments, she was extraordinary with logistics. getting people togetheher to hae goodod times, each, and dance together, and feel connected. this led to marvelous cooperative projects, both socially and in anthropology and global health. samya could marshal and analyze data to the benefit of real people in need. she linked technical and humanan skills. there is a huge hole in our family and among her friends. we struggle to build up our connections as she did so effortlessly and with grace and fun. we are one of 337 families with such huge holes because this aircraft did not function. samya and her fellow passengers should not have died. those in charge of creating and selling this pla

i'm joined now via skype by samya stumo's brother. thank you for joining us today.ake clear that we've been thinking about you and you have our thoughts, you have our condolences. >> thanks very much. >> let me start by saying -- because i've been reading about your sister, just a very special person, she had just joined a team working to increase affordable healthcare across africa and asia with a global health organization. just tell us a little bit about her. >> well, my sister she had just started with this organization, as you say, she was really excited for this trip in particular, she called me the night before and she was going, as i understand it, to set up some offices, she didn't get into the technical stuff with me, but she had been pursuing this ever since she was a little girl in one form or another. she always was the one who knew what she wanted to do when she was a little girl and it sort of -- at least she wanted to be a doctor and then as she grew older she went to perÚ and she saw that a lot of the failings in medicine and healthcare were institu

. >> reporter: a full hours before the apology, the family of samya stumo filed a wrongful death lawsuit against boeing in claims against the federal aviation administration. >> we are devastated because this aircraft did not function. samya and they are fellow passengers should not have died. >> the lives of my sister and 156 others driven strait into the ground because of boeing's greed. >> boeing put larger engines in the max 8 which significantly changed how it operates, especially when climbing. in an effort to reduce pilot training costs it put in an automatic system to keep the plane from climbing too steeply. >> this would all be done automatically without the knowledge of the pilots. but an apparent defect in the system caused the plane to dive deceiver, causing loss of control, something also reported by other pilots months earlier. but miss stumo's great uncle, consumer advocate ralph nader, says the boeing 737 max 8 planes should not be allowed to fly. >> if we don't get this right and end the cozy relationship between the faa, the agency which has documented for years and th

and that's what makes me cry. >> reporter: samya's family announced a lawsuit today against boeing. >> this is not an accident. this is something that could have been prevented and should have been prevented. >> reporter: boeing believes it has a software update that fixes the issues with mcas, but during the testing of that update, they found an issue with how it integrates with other systems. that's going to take a couple of more weeks to fix before the f.a.a. can begin its approval process. jeff. >> glor: still sounds like boeing has a lot of explaining and work to do here, kris. thank you very much. we learned today that some of robert mueller's investigators were split on whether president trump committed a crime. attorney general william barr in a summary of mueller's report concluded mr. trump did not obstruct justice. democrats say they are not satisfied with that. paula reid has more. >> there's an easy answer to this-- release the mueller report as soon as possible. >> reporter: democrats on capitol hill today seized on news reports that some special counsel investigators ar

and that's what makes me cry. >> reporter: samya's family announced a lawsuit today against boeing. >this is not an accident. this is something that could have been prevented and should have been prevented. >> reporter: boeing believes it has a software update that fixes the issues with mcas. but during the testing of that update they found an issue with how it integrates with other systems. that's going to take a couple of more weeks to fix before the faa can begin its approval process. >>> the search is on in uganda for an american woman who was kidnapped while on safari. roxana saberi has the story. >> reporter: authorities in uganda tell cbs news they're expanding their search beyond the country's most popular wildlife park. in hopes of rescuing the two hostages. police say american kimberly sue endicott and her local driver jean-paul mirenge remezo were on a safari with two elderly tourists in queen elizabeth national park on tuesday evening when four gunmen ambushed their car. >> the unknown gunmen put the tourists on gunpoint and grabbed two of the tourists before disappearing

. >> reporter: 24 year old samya was among the people killed when the 737 max eight crashed. today her parents and brother and lawyers spoke in chicago where they filed a lawsuit against boeing, ethiopian airlines and rosemont aerospace which is the company that made the software that allegedly failed. they are being represented by a bay area law firm. attorney joe kochet says they are suing the faa, too. >> who's at stake? everybody who abouts to sfo and gets on a plane in the morning. everybody who goes to k, l.a.x. uncle is ralph nader who joined the news conference by phone urging a boycott of the 737 pmax planes. boeing admitted theres with a problem with some of the software but expect to have it fixed and jets ready to fly again within the next few weeks. anousha rasta, nbc bay area news. >> thank you so much, anoushah. >>> deadly consequences to wildlife. the foam used to put out this fire in berkley yesterday is killing fish, because the foam seeped into a nearby creek. jodi hernandez has more from the berkley fire department which said it had good use it. >> we have

here's the mother of american victim, samya stumo.ng boeing. >> obviously this could have been prevented. that's what makes me cry because all of these people, it's not just samya. you know, one family lost their whole family. grandparents, parents, children, another guy lost his wife and one-year-old child. this is just repeated 157 times. we have met so many of these families, and this could have all been prevented. >> boeing's ceo acknowledged the company has a major issue to fix. >> it's apparent that in both flights, the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system, known as mcas activated in response to erroneous angle of attack information. it's our responsibility to eliminate this risk. we own it, and we know how to do it. >> the back-to-back disaster is raising questions of whether years of looser oversight at the faa was a factor here. cnn's tom foreman has more. >> the report says trouble starts after takeoff with air speed and altitude readings from the left side of the 737 max 8 that don't match the readings from the r

samya stumo was a niece of ralph nadir. her family is about to hold a news conference. lawyers for the family in chicago and san francisco say a separate claim will also be filed on their behalf against the federal aviation administration. >>> also happening today, the contempt case against elon musk heads to court. the scc wants a judge to find musk in contempt of court for violating the terms of a fraud settlement. he agreed to pay a $20 million fine and step down as tesla chairman after tweeting that he planned to take tesla private. he agreed to get approval before tweeting about the company. but in february, he tweeted that tesla would make around 500,000 cars in 2019. >>> we expect to get an update from san francisco police tomorrow on releasing records in police shooting cases that have never been made public before. it follows a new transparency law passed last year. it is expected to shed light into how the cases were handled. san jose police have released some documents, oakland police have released documents related to one case. we have a list of the departme

. >> reporter: clasping hands and fighting back tears, the family of 24-year-old samya stumo recounted the moments they realized they lost their only daughter in the boeing 737 max 8 plane crash. >> i stood on the field. this should not happen to anyone again. that is why we are here. >> sumo was in africa for her job, working for a global non- profit health organization when she boarded the flight, the boeing 777 that nose dived several times before plummeting to the ground killing everyone on board, including stumo. the boeing 737 max 8 planes were then taken out of service, out of concerns the same problem could have caused the other boeing crash in october. >> stumo's family announced they are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against boeing and a legal claim against the federal aviation administration. she was the grand niece of consumer advocate and former participant ralph nader who also spoke at the news conference by phone. >> those planes should never fly again. the 737 max 8 must be recalled >> the family's attorneys say they decided to file that legal claim against the faa be

file a wrongful death lawsuit against several companies including boeing and the airline. 24-year-old samya stumo was the niece of former green party participant ralph nader. her family will hold a news conference at 9:00 this morning our time. they will file a lawsuit later today in chicago. lawyers for the family in both chicago and here in san francisco say a separate claim will also be filed on their behalf against the federal aviation administration. >>> today the federal government's case against tesla ceo elon musk heads to court. the se correctioner wants to find elon musk in con temperment of court for violating the terms of his fraud settlement. he agreed to pay a $20 million fine and step down at tesla chairman after tweeting about a plan to take tesla private. since then musk has been required to get approval before tweeting about the company but on february 19 he tweeted about tesla's production. >>> our time is 6:07. defense lawyers in the ghost ship warehouse case want the judge and jury to go see the burned remains of the oakland warehouse, one of several motions presented t

samya and her fellow passengers shouldn't have died >> according to the preliminary crash report, the anti-stall system on the plane pushed its nose down four times during the six minute flight after manly pulling the plane's nose up three times the pilots were unable to regain control. the anti-stall system is suspected to have contributed to the crash of the lion air flight in indonesia back in october. >>> our time is 5:08. changing gears the san francisco giant's home opener is today but fans may have to wait a little longer for the game to start. the united states are hosting the tampa bay rays today at -- the giants are hosting the tampa bay rays today at 1:35 but the gates will hope regardless of when the first pitch is thrown at 11:05. >>> well, a event was held as the coliseum connections housing project opening, it will rent for about $1,300 for qualified applicants. the other half of the units will be market rate >> this is the epitome of what we are want to see in developed housing. this is mixed use housing. this is what we can do in the future, combine private and public

last week, the family of 24-year-old samya stumo sued boeing and filed a claim against the federal aviation administration. boeing's ceo admitted wrongdoing and apologized for the crash for the first time last week. and human rights activist blase bonpane has died. for more than half a century, the former maryknoll priest and longtime director of the office of the americas worked to promote human rights in latin america. he was a catholic priest in guatemala during the 1960's where heas expelled for ss efforts b behalof t theoor and disenfncnchise for 50 yrsrs, heosteted e showow "world focus" on pacific radio's kpfk ilolos anles.s. alslso thorededf many books, clududin"civilization is possible" and hiauautobiraphphy "imagine no religi."." noam chomsky wrote of the book -- "i am often asked by young people, deeply disturbed by the state of the world, 'what can i do to make this sad world a better place?' an eloquent answer now is 'read blase bonpane's autobiography. if you can aspire to a fraction of what he has achieved, you will look ck on a fefe wel lid' >> i think we have to deal with t

the demonstration was organized by the family of 24-year-old samya stumo, who died march 10th when ethiopian airlines flight 302 crashed due to a faulty flight control system. stumo is the grand niece of consumer advocate ralph nader. as boeing's shareholders met, families of the crash victims held an emotional news conference to discuss their lawsuit against boeing. paul, who lost his wife and three young children in the ethiopian airlines crash, said he stays up at night thinking about the horror his family endured as pilots struggled to keep the plane flying for six minutes. >> those six minutes will forever be embedded in my mind. i was not there to help them. i could not save them. it was up to boeing to save them. we paid for a safe flight. but instead, my family and others suffered a loss that can never be mended. amy: in tennessee, republican governor bill lee attended a captive-audience meeting of workers at a volkswagen factory in chattanooga monday, urging them to vote against joining a union in an election scheduled for may. local media was not told about the governor's visit to