when the faa is testing the safety of new aircraft, is the faa also testing for a variety of seat sizes particularly if it impacts the ability to evacuate an aircraft and is the faa or the department of transportation taking any action to examine any potential risks from limited seat sizes on commercial aircraft? >> we have done research on both seat size and seat pitch. we do it based around what's called cueing -- queueing theory. we set the standards to assure the most even flow of passengers out of the aircraft in the event of an emergency. any of the aircraft that are approved do meet those standards. >> and so has there been any renewed look at this given that it appears there's some smaller seat sizes that we're starting to see lately? >> i'm not aware that the seat sizes are smaller. whatever is installed does meet the standards that are required to provide the appropriate level of safety for emergency evacuation and all of those -- >> and including -- i guess they have changed in the last decade from 34 to 28 inches. >> but each new design must be tested to assure that emergenc

when the faa is testing the safety of new aircraft does the faa also test for a variety of seat sizes? particularly as it impacts the ability to evacuate an aircraft, and is the faa or department of transportation taking any action to examine any potential risk from limited seat sizes on commercial aircraft? >> we have done research on both seat size and seat pitch. we do it based on what is called cuing theory. the ability for people to get out quickly, and we do set those standards to assure the most even flow of passengers out of the aircraft in the event of an emergency. so any of the aircrafts that are approved do meet those standards. >> and so has there been any renewed look at this given it appears there are some smaller seat sizes that we're starting to see lately? >> i'm not aware that the seat sizes are smaller. whatever is installed does meet the standards that are required to provide the appropriate level of safety for emergency evacuation. >> including -- i guess they have changed in the last decade. so from 34 to 28 inches. >> but each new design must be tested to assur

authority -- protection, but the faa does not currently have the authority to follow suit. i would like to know what your views are and what additional regulatory authority from congress be helpful for faa to achieve these goals. secretary anthony foxx: first of all, senator feinstein, i would like to thank you for your leadership on this issue read have had several -- leadership on this issue. your leadership is appreciated. the faa have many challenges when it comes to managing this emerging issue. the gaps you have identified are in fact gaps and we welcome your engagement in this issue and the efforts you are undertaking to look at legislative solutions. senator feinstein: thank you very much. my other big priority, positive train control. the 2008 metrolink crash really brought home the problem of single tracks and commuter trains going one way and freight trains going the other. it is hard for anyone to see bodies chopped into parts when these accidents happen. i think positive train control is one of the most important things our government can do to prevent this from

certainly, the certificate that the faa are issuing are declining. there are fewer students entering. there are fewer coming out. and we're seeing that at the regional airlines. and now, since the rule, again, this very narrow portion of it that requires 1500 hours in flight has meant that after they graduate from their structured training program, that they've got to go out and build time. and they do so at their own time, their own significant expense. so this introduces some uncertainty there. we think it's worsened the growing pilot shortage. what we propose is to take the students earlier in their time. after they graduate from the structured training programs and build some time and put them into the right seat of the commercial airliners. i want to be clear this is an education. we're not teaching them to fly. they come to us knowing how to fly, and training is ongoing. training is ongoing at regional airlines and mainlines. it's constant when you upgrade on equipment and it's done right and professionally. and regional airlines have world-clas

the faa continues to study ways to improve this safety through its research program. i know that they're studying everything from product on the plane as well like lithium ion batteries, airline,s air manufactures, administration have expressed concern over incendiary properties of lithium batteries and despite leading in the global community in research into hazardous fire proposed by bulk shipments of batteries u.s. regulation has lagged behind so fortunately the international civil aviation has provided by some base a guidelines in this area another field where an international community is directing significant attention is flight tracking and data recorders. the disappearance of malaysia flight 370 underscored the gaps in the flight tracking system as well as challenges posed in trying to locate a flight data recorder. without understanding what happened, we are disadvantaged to try to prevent another situation. the ntsb has also studied this area so i look forward to hearing chairman hart's testimony on that this security of our system is integral to the backbone

but the faa does not currently have the authority to require manufacturers to follow suit. would like to know what your views are and would additional regulatory authority from congress be helpful for faa to achieve these goals. >> well, first of all, senator feinstein, i want to thank you for your leadership on this issue. we have had several colloquies over the years on this topic. and your focus on it is appreciated. >> thank you very much. >> the faa does have many challenges when it comes to mnging this emerging issue. and the gaps that you have identified are, in fact, gaps. and we welcome your engagement on this issue and the efforts that you're undertaking to look at legislative solutions to this. >> thank you very much. my other big priority, positive train control. the 2008 metro link crash really brought home the problem of single tracks and commuter trains going one way and freight trains going the other. it's hard for i think anyone to see bodies chopped into parts when these accidents happen. and i think positive train control is one of the most important thin

but the faa has not confirmed the situation is resolved.y will only say the matter is being evaluated. aviation experts say this clearly is a wake-up call for united airlines. remember, united an continental merged in 2010 and this merger for the past five years has been very, very bumpy. gretchen? >> no pun intended. or maybe it was. trace gallagher, thblgs so much. >>> obama administration on the verge of making a deal with the same country that held 52 americans hostage for 444 days. what should those american hostages get if relations between the u.s. and iran finally thaw? >>> plus, what are people googling about candidates? auto complete revealing some unexpected answers. >>> some of hillary clinton's opponents making the rounds in iowa as she gets ready to announce on sunday. guess who's right there with them sharing a beer and drinking coffee? ed henry on the campaign trail, fresh with a brand-new interview. right back with that. with psoriatic arthritis, i had intense joint pain that got worse and worse. then my rheumatologist pres

how can the airlines or the faa keep hackers out of the skies?e are joined by the director of civil aviation at the gal and he co-authored a book on vulnerability. we also have the deputy undersecretary for cyber security for the department of homeland security. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. obviously, this is something that scares everyone when you hear a report like this. how serious is this threat? guest: it is important to understand we are talking about the potential for this kind of threat. the faa is taking precautions, but we are talking about the future as more and more aircraft he come more internet dependent. emily: how does it work if the plane is on cabin wi-fi, the passenger wi-fi is connected to the cockpit system and that is where you see the vulnerability? dr. dillingham: as we described in the report, the example we gave is in the cabin, passengers have arrived and available to them. they can upload a program onto their computer and if that program has software in it, and it has malicious software in it, and this is impor

the faa just released a statement saying the pilot was not in contact with faa air traffic controllers, and the faa did not authorize him to enter restricted air space. capitol police say charges are going to be filed but we don't know yet what they will be at the live desk. back to you. >>> and we have more breaking news right now. this out of maryland. chopper 4 live above the scene of a pedestrian bridge collapse in berwyn heights. a piece of construction equipment hit this bridge along berwyn road knocking part of it on the train tracks used by metro and by marc. the green line is closed between college park and green belt. no injuries reported. metro tells us this pedestrian bridge is not one of theirs. >>> a developing story out of fall river, massachusetts. lawyers for aaron hernandez are looking to appeal today's guilty verdict in the murder of odin lloyd. the boyfriend of his sister. hernandez will spend life in prison without parole. he showed to visible reaction to the verdict. his mother and fiance gasped and cried when the verdict was read. this afternoon the jurors who co

it went up on the faa domestic network. who knows when that is. >> about 1:34 in the afternoon. >> that was afterward. there's something wrong on the faa notice. you had the guy under arrest. we never knew. i'm not afraid. i've been here through 9/11. again, i don't think it's too much to ask that we get this thing right. there's a lot out there. we got new threats. we had another one just recently. >> yes. >> how long before we get defense? i've got a great weldser. we can get him up here. we can get the number to adt. you can still jump over the fence. >> the attachment will be attached this summer. >> okay. >> this letter has to be in the record at this point. this is my letter. >> i have searched my messages to see if an alert was sent out. was one sent? the staff told me you can't respond to you that you only send these alerts out. there's no way for us to contact you. we need way to contact you. thank you. >> we're going to recognize the gentlewoman from the district of columbia for five minutes. the problem you're all

the faa is taking precautions. are talking about the future as more and more aircraft become more internet-dependent. emily: how exactly does it work? if the plane is on cabin wi-fi the passenger wi-fi is connected to the cockpit system and that is where you see the vulnerability? dr. dillingham: as we described in the report, the example that we gave was that in the cabin passengers have broadband available to them. they can upload a program onto the computer. if that program has malicious software and it and -- this is important -- and the ip connection on the airport is able to connect with the cabin then you have to possibility. right now, there are firewalls that prevent that kind of incident occurring. keeping in mind that fire walls our software too. to date the faa has special rules for preventing this. we are putting to the fact that 10 years from now when maybe 60% or 70% of the fleet will be new aircraft that we see today in terms of the dreamliner or the a350 there needs to be regulations and standards

. >> reporter: they say the faa needs to finally start regulating the space. the seats are getting smaller and smaller. >> what we basically learn is that there's no minimum standard in terms of seats or space for consumers. >> reporter: charley is part of the group pushing the faa to make changes. he says while it insures that pets have enough room hume nds don't. >> it started out as tongue and cheek, but please treat me like a dog, give me more space. >> reporter: members of the cdc says if they can't move around in tight spaces, it increases blood clauts in the leg. >> i take a row seat. so i can stretch out. >> i need all the room i can get. >> it would be good to have rules on whaurtt that minimum can be. >> reporter: the question is will the airline or government regulators do anything to change it. members of that panel say the earliest those changes could happen through the faa could be in two years. >>> thank you. let's turn our attention to decision 2016. less hipe more action. and unlike her previous presidential run, there were no big rallies, ins

was the faa aware this was going to happen? >> reporter: wolf i can tell you i just got off the phone with the faa and asked that very question. and they will not comment as to whether they knew that this man was planning this flight and planning to do what he did and actually it happened just right over my shoulder. if you see that green space, that is where that gyrocopter landed. but faa mum on whether they knew this was going to happen before it actually did occur, only saying that they're investigating, wolf. >> no u.s. military or local police state aircraft were scrambled at any point to deal with this, is that right? >> reporter: right. norad saying that -- you're absolutely right on that. there were no military jets scrambled. i spoke with norad about this. and they said that they didn't get notification about this event until the gyrocopter actually landed on the capitol grounds. so there simply was not enough time for them to scramble any jets. so it raises the question as to were they even aware that this gyrocopter

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five years ago, the faa questioned the health of a co-pilot who is believed to deliberately crashinghat plane kill 100 people and himself. the faa posted that information online in reaction to a freedom of information act request. they found in 2010 andreas lubitz submitted a medical form. the faa did not grant a license until he provided letters from his doctors saying he recovered. >>> and it was a lighted drone. >> it appears to be maybe 107 feet above us. >> in dallas investigators are looking for a person who flew a drone a little too close to a plane coming in for a landing. approaching the runway in controlled airspace when pilots say it narrowly missed the airbus. experts say drones can do significant damage to planes. we already know what birds do to them. it's illegal to fly them within 500 feet of an airplane. >>> businesses are concerned over staff for the cape may fire department. the city has had four full-time paid firefighters per shift for the past few years. but the fire chief says this issue has become a crisis now because of a dwindling number of volunteer firefig

the faa administrator michael huerta along with several other officials who deal with securing the airspace will be testifying. representative jason chaffetz serving as the chair while eel swra cummings serves as the ranking member.elijah cummings serves as the ranking member. >>> >> the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. as we get going i need to first express my thoughts and prayers to my colleague elijah cummings and what the people of baltimore are going through, our hearts and prayers and thoughts are with you and your neighbors and your friends and your community the police officers and we're proud of you and the way you're conducting this and getting through it and you are a true leader. i would hope the people of baltimore, maryland, would listen to your message and -- but know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. >> mr. chairman, i wanted to take this moment to not only thank you but thank the members of our economy and who have expressed their concern about baltimore. yo

the faa is scrutinizing pilot campaigns the memos and airlines to employees. citing major safety lapses all of which are preventible. there are 12 apparent violations in 13 months indicating a systematic hazard. >> whether or not they have a system that will catch it in time is what is important and that is the way it worked this time. >> they assure the safety of their passengers and provided a full outline of their corrective actions to the faa. >>> president obama is in panama for the summit of the americas, last night he met with ceo's and other leaders ahead of the summit opening today. this is the first time all the heads of the countries in the western hemisphere will attend the summit. there is word that president obama could encounter cuban president, raul castro. the head of the world's biggest social media company interrupted one of the meeting. mark zuckerberg walked into a meeting with the president of panama and they quickly escorted him away, he seeked to expand internet access across the world. >>> a warning for parents about your childrens lun

moderator: do you have a way for the faa to do something? mr. rcia: the first thing i may or should do is meet with individuals who have lived around the airport. i have done that. the area has been complaining about this. i went to one of their hearings. you can at least do that. why not go there and see for yourself? why not engage them? that is what a mayor should do. you may not be will to solve their concerns but i support keeping the old runways and the utilization of the new ones, and engaging in measures that would mitigate the noises they are hearing. i will advocate for them. i will make the faa meet with them. that is being responsive and a good listener. moderator: speaking of the residences, we have some protesters. mayor emanuel: i feel at home now. moderator: you did not design the runways. why heaven you it lists -- at least met with people? mayor emanuel: i have met with them and with the alderman -- moderator: they claim you have not. who did you met with? mayor emanuel: i listen to what they want to do. that is what we did with

what is this problem and why is the faa so concerned? >> well we're not completely certain exactly what the problem is that's been reported, but that part has not made it to the press. but what we do know is that as you said it keeps happening over and over again, and even the feds who are used to doing things the same way will look at a situation and say look this is getting out of hand, and i think that's exactly what they've told united is that we don't buy any of your short-term fixes. we want to see you fixed it once and for all and, of course, there are other issues as well. gerri: let's talk about the faa letter in detail. here's what the faa said to continental. they had voluntary reports of 12 apparent violations in 13 months stemming from the same or similar set of circumstances indicate a systemic hazard, requiring united to conduct a complete review of your processes. so, let's remind people, we've reported these details before. united itself has reported that they've had four safety events and near-misses, including a pilot e

the faa released a statement saying there was a pressurization problem. actually we are getting three parts of various stories. the first was a door came open and several passengers lost consciousness. they are saying only one passenger lost consciousness. faa saying there was a pressurization problem. the pilot did call for an emergency landing. the exact reason why is still unclear. this is a huge discrepancy. this plane was in route from chicago to hartford connecticut. it's original jet carries about 75 to 80 passengers. this was likely at 32,000 feet. if there was a tore that came open you've got a major pressurization lost there. that means the pilot has to act very quickly. clearly the oxygen masks will deploy. you have people losing consciousness and the pilot trying to react. a very frightening scenario for all passengers onboard if the door did come open or blow open in some fashion. we are waiting for more information from sky west from the faa and from people actually on the ground now. these passengers will be put on another plane. we do not k

we need to develop working relationships with regulatory agencies like the faa similar to the way we do that in commercial airplanes. to the extent that we can see nongovernment demand on things beyond the space station then it will be more sustainable. in aerospace terms that's just around the corner. if you're not planning today as to what you're going to be doing next, what you're really doing is planning to go out of business. so we need to have i think a very thoughtful discussion and decisions very soon as to what not only iss extension but also post iss, what does that look like because without that there won't really be that investment environment nor the international partner environment so that uncertainty i think is the greatest thing we could address. you mentioned suggested reforms and reauthorizations of the commercial space act. could you elaborate? >> certainly. i think regulatory uncertainty is a major barrier that the launch industry could face. extending the learning period the learning period currently was eight years. if we want to foster this economy, this space

in fact the faa told me today that no one contacted the air traffic control or no one else at the faa authorized this sort of flight. so we know that permission was not granted, so this definitely happened and it shouldn't have. no one is allowed to fly in this hypersensitive area. >> renee, thank you very much. "outfront" now, the "tampa bay times" reporter ben montgomery who interviewed the pilot before his flight, live tweeted the event. to emphasize my point, this was not a secret. also with me the former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. ben, let me start with you to try to understand this a little bit more. the bottom line is you knew about this your paper knew about this you've been chronicling this. you alerted them the government. were you surprised that mr. hughes got so close and no one tried to stop him until he was on the ground? >> let me just correct you on one thing, erin. we alerted the secret service and the capitol police when he was in the air. >> when i was in the air, not before? okay. >> right. his flight time was expected to be depending on his tail wind, an

had to make this emergency landing in buffalo, new york after leaving from chicago after what the faa is calling pressurization problem. this plane plummeted 28,000 feet in a mere three minutes' time. we now know at least one passenger lost consciousness. joining me now with the very latest i have cnn's jean casarez and also mary schiavo, former inspector general for the u.s. transportation department. mary let me begin with you. pressurization problem. you described before the notion of falling that much a controlled fall three minutes like a roller coaster. what could explain this? >> well most typically when this happens and people will remember the plane stewart tragedy, it's a valve. there are valves on the plane that can keep the pressurization. there can be a slow leak. there can be other leaks. typically, it could be leaks around doors and cargo and things like that. typically it's a valve. what happens is these valves fail. when they fail it can be a rapid decompression, or it can be a slow leak. in this case it had to be a rapid decompression for the pilots to respond as the

the faa is saying it was not at all in contact with air traffic controllers and the faa did not authorizecopter to enter restricted airspace over the us capitol in washington, dc. the faa says that violators of restricted airspace rules could face civil and criminal penalties. in just the last couple of hours, a single manned gyrocopter that looked like it was hand-made landed on the west lawn of, of course, the us capitol. you're not allowed to do that. and apparently there's a website out there called the democracy club, put together by the man who was allegedly operating this thing. and he said that he was trying to protest campaign finances. on his website h he said, quote, as i have informed the authorities, i have no violent inclinations or intent. informed the authorities. nobody knew this was happening. it's rather stunning that he was able to land in ridiculous airspace over washington, dc, on the west lawn of the us capitol. as we watch this, this is the new video, just in, shot by a cell phone, somebody holding. show me it landing. let's just listen. liz: people could not belie

in 2010, we had the federal aviation expansion act, and enacted the faa modernization and reform act, and today, i look forward to hearing from the witnesses about safety improvements implemented since laws were enacted and what still remains to be done. the faa made significant progress in implementing reforms mandated by the airline safety ak act, and yet some initiatives are undone and in particular, focusing on the progress in implementing the pilot record data base. this is an important tool to make sure airlines have all the information needed to assist pilots in the cockpit and i urge the faa to move quickly in implementing the reform. more recently people noticed the issue with the supply of pilots noting disagreement here noting the real cause of real or perceived shortage. i hope to hear about the issue to properly assess and understand the situation. reviewing the issue i'm confident no one on the committee, including me wants to compromise passenger safety. we want to make sure that we have, of course, well-qualified pilots to serve in our air system. i also look forward t

the faa found repeated problems with scheduling. both the agency and the airline says it's a routine matter and united says it's making the changes requested by the faa. >>> have you heard reena, hillary clinton is thinking of running for president. >> are you sure? >> it crossed her mind people tell me. >> are you positive about this one? >> it could go either way. either way we could see something this weekend. there's some speculation, you may have heard that hillary clinton is going to run for president. this weekend we could see an official announcement. that's the buzz right now. it could likely come through social media. that's what a lot of them are doing these days. she signed a lease for campaign headquarters in brooklyn, new york. all right. her campaign has a staff in place including top players in the clinton and obama white houses. >> no comment from joe biden, huh about a possible run. >> we will hear from him soon. maybe retweet her. >>> soon info on the soon to arrive british royal baby number two. no specific due da

what needs to happen now is that the faa has to focus on aircraft certification standards that would prevent a terrorist group from using a laptop either onboard or on the ground and take control of the airplane. he ends his statement by saying this is extremely alarming. erin. >> it certainly is that. thank you very much. "outfront" now, aviation analyst mary sceauvovo, also transportation director. extremely alarming, i would say, is a downbeat way of describing this. how serious a threat it is that someone could use wifito commandeer a jet. some of the most sophisticated in the world, the new dreamliner 787. >> the newer the plane, the better the plane, this report makes it most alarming to those models. what is important about the gao report is that this is the second in a series of reports. they did the first one in january. and in january, they found that the faa had failed to take this into consideration in building their new air traffic control system, which is wonderful if it's ever finished but it relies on satellite and computer interfacing to fly around the world seamlessl

. >>> in florida the faa is investigating the deadly crash of a small plane there. this is video of the fiery aftermath in fort lauderdale. the faa said the pilot declared an emergency after taking off in orlando and trying to land. the twin engine plane went down in a nature preserve near the airport. all four people died. rescue crews had to fight through the heavy brush to reach the site. ntsb is investigating. >>> police in milwaukee say three people are dead in an incident that began as a fatal accident. a 2-year-old child ran into the street and struck by a vehicle. the 41-year-old man who was driving remained at the scene. police say someone shot the driver and a 15-year-old boy. the driver was pro pronounced at the scene. police say the teenager died during surgery. no one has been arrested. >>> a judge is about to hand out sentencing in the atlanta public school cheatingal. they falsified tests to receive bonuses. >>> aaron hernandez is charged with the 201 shooting death of oden lloyd. the defense said hernandez was at the crime scene, but he did not pull

the faa, white house, one police department forced to pay a ransom to cyber criminals. end whatever the heck it costs to protect our economy from these guys. >> what they've got is evil. what we've got is genius. that's the great virtue of america. we've got genius minds. the minds that created amazon google brilliant minds. we need the government to buy these minds. i don't mean have them work for the government but deploy these minds with rich government contracts to deploy this genius up against their evil. that's the only hope we have. otherwise we are going to get back to the day where everybody is picking up the phone or meeting with people in a room and having conversations. it touches everybody. it touches the government and corner shop that has all their software blow up on them. >> gary b.? >> i agree with suzy. this is like the argument we had in the first spot. we are already spending a zillion dollars. let me show you the chart for u.s. cyber. can you figure this out? knock can. if we were to fight the hackers with acronyms, we would be in great shape we hav

that's when the faa says pilots noticed the drone lit with red and green lights below the plane. they watched as it climbed straight up passing a couple hundred feet above their plane. immediately notifying air traffic control. >> airbus reported a drone passing over the top of them right around your present position. >> reporter: dallas police launched a search for the quad copter, tweeting a picture from the air and a plea. use drones responsibly. >> if they end up colliding with an airliner, it's going to be similar to a bird strike or potentially worse. it can do significant damage to the airplane or an engine. >> reporter: it's illegal for drones to fly above 400 feet or within five miles of an airport. but that's happening more often and at major hubs like l.a., chicago and atlanta. >> it raises questions about for another pilot seeing such an aircraft, what's it going to do. >> reporter: it's why the faa is working to teach drone operators the rules to keep the skies safe. halle jackson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> an historic moment in washington today. the first time a ja

. >> the faa will have to answer and border and customs patrol will have to answer how he got so close to the white house without being detected, and then how they will handle the ramifications as far as the criminal proceedings or the faa for proceedings. leon: they say they have the ability to pick up an aircraft identity even if they do not have broadcast of what is on board. we are tracking new developments about hughes and what he was trying to a cop was. tom roussey has been digging into that and is live at the capital with what he learned. tom, what's the story? tom: just to give a sense of how close this gyrocopter got to the capital, it basically landed right near this cone and there is the capital, just a football field away. tonight we are learning a lot more about the man who flew here. >> i'm going to land in front of the capitol building. tom: that is doug hughes telling "the tampa bay times" he plan to do exactly what happened. >> i don't believe anybody is personally taking responsibility for what is going on for publicly executing some money for a inactive dissent. tom

the faa right now is working on getting more information. can tell you that they don't really at this point know a lot more than what we know. so they're actively gathering information. but we do know when it comes to this sort of air space, it's not just the faa and air traffic control monitoring there are several people who have their eyes on this particular area. so it will be interesting to see at what point did they realize that this gyrocopter was heading to the capitol building and what sort of actions were taken when they noticed that. >> yeah and again, the who i was just talking to brian stelter. i don't want to get ahead of it because we haven't confirmed here at cnn. for now, renÉ thank you so much. keep in close contact with us. as soon as you get more. and rachel jackman, now on a bus, nursing student, heading back to west virginia. thank you so much for hopping on the phone with me. >> let's get you back to our other breaking story of the day, this ex-nfl star found guilty of murder including the victim's family today, their r

at risk for being hacked their work for congress a 56 page report one of the american public and the faaere concerned about the wife fire in the sky and warrant this could be done to the ground as well they do not have to be in the plane at the time the fear is the sum up and take control of the plane of 60 systems of the plane and possibly even crash his 10 years of experience fighting against viruses bugs and worms the dark side of the internet. go ahead and slide there is no real immediate danger it is good the report came out one in this could be a major issue in the future as aviation technology becomes more automated and depend on the internet the government and the faa are working on solutions. >>james: police are investigating a string of catalytic converter pressed in the east bay what type of car the been targeted more ice cream being recalled in the mysterious scare in some of the impacted products were sold right here in the bay area will tell you to look out for. body pain? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, i-can-totally-do-thi all-in-one-trip kind of woman. when pain trie

firefighters here are pursuing permission from the faa to use a drone in normal operations. reporting live in men low park. >> two men from the bay area were attempting to scale mt. everest during the deadly avalanche. one is john rider, he survived the wall of ice and snow. then turned his attention to the injured, his wife said she can't wait for him to be back in the u.s. safely. >> it's horrific. people were hit in the head with rocks, and they were bleeding. there were so many injured people. a lot of them in critical care. >> the other man is from sonoma. his name is scott holder. he was not at the base camp. in a twist of fate he descended the mountain because he had a head cold. we have extensive coverage on our website nbc bay area.com. we posted information about how you can help the victims, all of them right on our home page. >>> next at 11:00, it's a new idea helping people find work, but is it exploiting them? we'll show you how the local start-up with workers on demand. >> and then they're learning how to stwip on a smart phone before they can even walk or talk

which he flew that thing, by the way, all the way from get gettysburg, pennsylvania. our faaew minutes ago said, the secret service knew all about this well in advanced. he has reports that the secret service failed to move on the threat by this man to do something like this. so you can blame the faa all you want, but somebody knew apparently at the secret service department. as the details become available, we will get them to you. dow has just turned negative. we're down eight points. so much fort gains we saw earlier today. the russell struggling all day. gold is down $2. oil better by 21 cents. s&p lower by two. after the bell is starting in a moment. breaking news. you can't miss this. american express, a widely held stock in many portfolios, reporting its latest results. we'll see how it stacks up. the news ahead. stay tuned. ♪ the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we

the faa did not grant him a license until he provided letters from his doctors saying he had recovered. >>> businesses are concerned over staffing for the cape may fire company. the city has had four full-time paid firefighters for the past few years but the fire chief says the issue has been a crisis because of adwindling number of volunteer firefighters. just three are qualified. hiring more full-timers isn't an option because there's no money in the budget. >> if the money can be allocated somehow to at least start the process. >> business owners tell us they worry about having the same staffing levels when the population explodes during the summer season. city officials say they're reviewing the issue and looking at how other departments in cape may county are staffing. >>> there's a push for more jobs for teens in philadelphia. with summer around the corner there likely won't be enough opportunities to go around. nbc10's matt delucia is live in center city this morning. matt what's the plan and what's the hope to get these kids working this summer? >> reporter: well chris, every s

the faa said in a statement the pilot was not in contact faa air traffic controllers and the faa did not authorize him to enter restricted air space. but he made it to the capitol and once he was on the ground, police surrounded the gyro copter. took hughes into custody and deployed a bomb squad robot to make sure there were no explosives on board. friend of hughes does say the secret service knew he had something planned and that agent has actually interviewed him about a year ago. the tampa bay times only told the secret service of that specific plan today after hughes had taken off. >>> big security challenges are ahead for the city of philadelphia as we ready tour a papal visit and the democratic national convention. tonight police staged a drill on independence mall to test their redness. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco takes us inside what happened. >> reporter: police move into the independence visitors center on independence mall for a gunman on the loose but this is just a drill. active shooter drill. philadelphia police are working with parks and fire departments sim

final mile and a half approach to the runway at love field. 600 feet above the ground that's when the faa says pilots noticed the drone, lit with red and green lights below the plane. they watched a it climbed straight up passing a couple hundred feet above their plane, immediately notifying air traffic control. >> airbus reported a drone passing over the top of them right around your present position. >> reporter: dallas police launched a search for the quad copter tweeting a picture from the air and a plea. use drones responsibly. >> if they end up colliding with an airliner it's going to be similar to a bird strike or potentially worse. and it could do significant damage to the airplane or an engine. >> reporter: it's illegal for drones to fly above 400 feet or within five miles of an airport. but that's happening more often and at major hubs like l.a. chicago and atlanta. >> it raises questions about for another pilot seeing such an aircraft what's it going to do. >> reporter: it's why the faa is working to teach drone operators the rules, to keep the skies safe. hallie jackson, nbc n

the questions that the faa wants asked about his menta >>> some new details this morning about the co-pilot accused of taking down germanwings 9525. the federal aviation administration awarded a pilot license to andreas lubitz despite concerns about his mental health. he submitted a medical form saying he had no mental disorders and then he admitted his treatment for depression. the faa requested a letter from his doctor and it was granted after the doctors said he was no m depression. >>> the work at a tennis arena is topped in rio de janeiro because of health and safety concerns. rio is racing against the clock with only 500 days to go before the start of the summer games. they hope the issues will be resolved by the end of the week. >>> 4:42. your time now, weather and traffic on the ones. tom? >> morning starting off dry this morning. actually a little bit of a break in the cloud cover. you can see the moon. it's nearly full but we are getting some showers around norfolk and into eastern north carolina. and out into western maryland west virginia and the panhandle there. that's tracking

that's when the faa says pilots noticed the drone below the plane. they watched as it climbed straight up passing a couple hundred feet above their plane, immediately notifying air traffic control. >> they report add drone passing over the top of them. >> dallas police launch add search sweeting the picture from the air and a plea use drones responsibly. >> it's going to be similar to a bird strike or potentially worse and it could do significant damage to the airplane or an engine. >> it's illegal for drones to fly above 400 feet or within 5 miles of an airport. but it's happening more often and at major hubs. >> it raises questions about for another pilot seeing such an aircraft of what's it going to do. >> it's why the faa's working to teach drone operators the rules to keep the skies safe. >>> a historic moment in washington today, the first time a japanese leader adressed a joint leader of congress. prime minister shinzo abe offered condolences for the americans killed in world war ii but he did not explicitly apologize for japan's role in that

but chaifetz was even tougher on norad and the faa. >> they chose not to brief us. both agencies are responsible for monitoring the airspace over washington d.c. >> they chose not to brief us today, and that's the heart of the question that we'll be asking next wednesday. >> during a closed door briefing wednesday officials from the secret service and capitol police revealed multiple agencies tracked the aircraft but made a judgment call not to shoot it down out of concern for people on the ground. the committee's top democrat elijah cummings expressed frustration that members of congress were never made aware of the potential threat. >> this is a wakeup call for all of us and for all of the agencies. >> hughes had flown from gettysburg to d.c. intending to deliver letters to congress about campaign finance reform. >> i deliver the mail without anybody getting hurt, without any problem earth damage. i succeeded. >> the 61-year-old remains under house arrest in florida. the oversight committee chairman is citing a lack of communication and human error during the breac

. >>> and now the dallas police department is making it and faa with drone pilots. >>> 6:24 this weekia city council passed a bill that would make it easier for food trucks to operate. the bill updates and clarifies the definition of mobile vendors so they're no longer classified as panhandlers. >>> a judge in philadelphia says nra can move ahead in a lawsuit against the city's gun regulations. in january, the state began allowing nra and other organizations to challenge local gun laws. philadelphia and other cities and towns side-stepped the state by approving a series of gun regulations. >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm jessica boyington with your "first alert" traffic. we're looking at sunglare on 95 mon cottman avenue where all of that volume is headed southbound. on the vine street expressway, just a 24-minute trip there. as we head on out to new jersey the drive times there starting to see a little volume but not affecting the overall trip heading northbound from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. there san accident closing a portion of the road in northeast philadelphia. next i'