the federal aviation administration is demanding better performance from airlines reviewing pilot training and plans proposals to address pilot fatigue later this year. >> bond between these brothers is very strong 7-year-old tristan is being hailed a hero for saving the life of his 10- year-old brother sage. they were trying to boogie board on the ice of a frozen canal when sage fell through. he grabbed on to his brother and didn't let go until help got there. >>ment agoing to die or survive >> i thought he was going to drown >> my little brother just grabbed on to me and held on >> i never let go. so i would never let go of him. >> oh,. >> luckily a neighbor saw the two boys called 911 and they are both doing fine this morning. >> coming up, he will turn himself in. >> manslaughter charges against the king of pop's doctor. >> more problems for toyota this time for their greenest car. >> most of the snow is done by maryland's most popular radar highlights a flurry or late snow shower west of frederick. a much bigger storm on the way for the weekend. here is kim brown with a check on traff

health and human services office of the assistant secretary for personnel add and served as a technology consultants for general services administration, the federal aviation administration, and the department of labor. mr. mann is a graduate of virginia state university, where he earned a bachelor's of science degree in business administration, without objection the witnesses' full statements will be inserted into the record and i now ask each witness to summarize your statement for five minutes, beginning with mr. mann. >> chairman carney, chairman thompson, members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to be here this morning to discuss recommendations for improving the department's conference spending practices and oversight. i would like to focus my remarks on five areas where improvements are needed. clear and consistent conference planning guidance reliable and verifiable date, sufficient supporting documentation, compliance with applicable travel regulation and departmental coordination of sponsored conferences. dhs conducts conferences for a variety of purposes including employee and stakeholder training, information-sharing, and mis

the federal aviation administration would have to approve this request. lots' unions as you might expect say they oppose the move. the former vice president dick cheney is out of the hospital as fox reports tonight after aides say he suffered a mild heart attack earlier this week. the fifth in his lifetime. former vice president cheney was rushed to george george washington hospital when complaining of chest pains, he reportedly underwent procedures to check heart's condition and said to be feeling good. >> we're told the former vice president will not be attending this friday's reunion breakfast for former bush white house staffers. olympics news now. cover your eyes and ears if you don't want to happen because i'm about to tell you in 3, 2 -- american skier lindsey vonn has reportedly broken her right pinky finger after a crash on giant run today. apparently she lost control, landed hard on her hip and flew into safety netting. we are told she has not yet decided whether she will compete in the slow lump event on friday. a hit squad taking out its target

the storms that did indeed, and pretty much exactly as predicted was pretty impressive forecasting. in a highlight to items for you hear from aviation weather, in 2011 noaa will work with the federal aviation administration faa to meet the rising demands of air transportation which is expected to double by 2025. the whether is a factor in over 70 percent of flight delays costing approximately $29 billion annually. noaa requests an increase of 15.1 million for a total of 26.7 million to modernize our aviation weather forecasts and warnings. the budget will fund much-needed improvements in processing systems models, and new products for pilots. improved while forecasts, water resources and precipitation monitoring and forecasting have become particular challenge with increases in population and drought and frequent changes and commercial shipping lanes. the majority of annually declared when federal disasters are due in large part to flooding. in 2011 who noaa requests an increase of 7.6 million for a total of 12.9 million to research, develop and deliver water forecasting services her river, estuary and coastal flood of forecast capabilities. turning to satellites, and this is in two parts. and for to tal

the department of the office for assistant secretary and has served as a technology consultant for general services and administration, the federal aviationnn is a graduate of virginia state university where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration. without objection, the witness' full statements will be asserted into the record. i now ask each witness to summarize the statement for $5 beginning with mr. mann. >> chairman carney, chairman thompson, members of the subcommittee. we thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning to discuss recommendation for improving the department spending practices and oversight. i would like to focus my remarks on five areas where improvement are needed. clear and consistent conference planning guidance, reliable and verifiable data, sufficient supporting documentation, compliance with applicable travel regulations, with and sponsored conferences. dhs conducts conferences for a variety of purposes including employee and stakeholder trains, information sharing, and mission support. we reviewed the department's conference spending practices and evaluated it's policy of overs

that is an illustration of the good value we've got and i previously mentioned we felt the federal aviation administration would be able to do 300 airport improvement projects. the bids came in so aggressively and low we did 360, and working within the statutory process the states had the teed themselves up and in some states word aggressive about for example putting projects out to bid even before the stimulus bill was signed subject to federal appropriation so that it was essentially a conditional a word so that those projects would start that much sooner. the reimbursement process served well in protecting our federal tax payer dollars. it hasn't been impediment to getting the work done and people hired which after all is the goal. >> i can say from personal experience the aviation side works so well airport authority justice outside my district of the territory -- donley colcord goes up to the shore, the lake is in my district but the talent isn't but they think they are and they invited me to groundbreaking carried by the time i got there it was ridden cutting. the budget was completed that is succes

subcommittee's meeting today to receive an update on the federal aviation administrations call to action pilot training. i will try and give a brief statement and then we will call on the ranking member for his statement or any remarks he may have and then we can go to our witnesses. let me say that we expect to be called to the floor of the house for a vote in about 15 or 20 minutes so i will try and be brief. the important things that we hear from the administrator and general scovell. i welcome everyone to the aviation subcommittee hearing today for an update on the faa call to action on airline safety and pilot training. of like to especially thank and we'll come family members of flight 3407, some of them are with us here today. two days ago the and tsdb determine the probable cause of the crash of regional airliner in buffalo new york occurring almost a year ago, the crash is considered one the most significant accidents in recent years because it revealed a gap in the level of safety between major airlines and regional carriers. i want to commend the board for doing annette standi

subcommittee's meeting today to receive an update on the federal aviation administrations call to actionirline safety and pilot training. i will try and give a brief statement and then we will call on the ranking member for his statement or any remarks he may have and then we can go to our witnesses. let me say that we expect to be called to the floor of the house for a vote in about 15 or 20 minutes so i will try and be brief. the important things that we hear from the administrator and general scovell. i welcome everyone to the aviation subcommittee hearing today for an update on the faa call to action on airline safety and pilot training. of like to especially thank and we'll come family members of flight 3407, some of them are with us here today. two days ago the and tsdb determine the probable cause of the crash of regional airliner in buffalo new york occurring almost a year ago, the crash is considered one the most significant accidents in recent years because it revealed a gap in the level of safety between major airlines and regional carriers. i want to commend the board for doi

. >> both pilots, the pilot and the co-pilot, failed a number of federal aviation administration test. they have commuted long distances to get to work. the first officer was text messaging from the cockpit at the time, and the pilots were talking about personal matters below 10,000 feet. that is a violation of airline regulations. the ntsb says it will hold a safety symposium on how the major airlines should examine their pilot qualifications and other safety issues with their smaller carriers. >>> today, a trail got under way for the people accused of manslaughter in connection with a crash of a jet thatikilled 113 people. it was an air france plane that crashed into a hotel minutes after taking off from paris in july of 2000. continental airlines, two of its employees and three french aviation officials are being tried. investigators say the crash was triggered by a metal strip on the runway that had fallen from a continental dc-10 minutes before the incident. continental rejects those claims. company lairs will argue that the plane, the sst, caught fire before it reached the metal