in light of that, about a decade ago, the transportation board adopted priorities to use for these funds in light of these projects can more readily respond to the unreliability. this is a list of the existing rtpi priorities? the top priority is currently the central subway project? however, that project no longer has any contracts that can receive the rtip funds? so in light of that commitment we are working with sfmta every cycle to identify eligible projects to program the funds to meet that commitment. currently in the 2020 rtip, there is about 7.6 million available for programming? there's 418,000 that's available for planning, programming and monitoring work for both the transportation authority and the metropolitan transportation commission? this is for funding and performing oversight on programs that receive state funding. the remaining 7.2 million is available for capital projects. so the recommendation before you today is to approve the planning, programming, and monitoring funds as well as commit the 7.2 million in available capital funds to the new fire and life overhaul. i

board. we'll hear from the chair of the national transportation safety board. the hearing is being held by the senate transportation committee live on cspan 3. >> you're watching live coverage on cspan 3 as the hearing comes together. officials from boeing will by testifying on the safety of the 737 max airport. a year ago a plane crashed in indonesia that killed 189 passengers and crew. and then a second crash happened earlier this year with ethiopian airlines using the same type of plan that killed 157 people. we'll be hearing this morning from the chair of the national transportation safety board.

the transportation board approved a plan to redesign market street, banning all private vehicles including rideshares like uber and lyft, on market street between octavia and the embark disappear row. this came as a way to reduce the number of people who have been hurt or killed on market street every year. >> it is definitely time for a car-free market. we see over 100 bike and pedestrian injuries a year on market street. >> other improvements include wider sidewalks, more trees and lighting, street improvements being put in place as early as january. officials say they don't believe traffic will be drastically affected by the closure of that part of market street. >>> coming up, the reason one lyft driver and a passenger found themselves surrounded by police. >>> and a packed stage at the democratic debate in ohio last night. we have the highlights and we'll tell you who stood out among the 12 presidential candidates. candidates. >>> welcome back. today four of the democratic presidential candidates will be back on the campaign trail. kamala harris and pete buttigieg will be at the same

models of new regulations in collaboration with the coast guard and the national transportation safety board. the company says since the boat fire people have still been requesting tours. authorities are reviewing the fatal fire aboard the conception in criminal and in safety investigations, 34 people were killed in that fire, many of them from the bay area and northern california coast guard records do show that the boat did pass yes, its most recent inspections. >>coming up on kron 4 and you have your real idea she had exactly one year before they'll be required if you want to get on a domestic airline flight we'll tell you what you need to get one. >>off-duty dallas police officer who shot a black man in his own apartment has been found guilty we take you inside the courtroom during the verdict. >>he might have felt it a swarm of earthquakes hit the east bay this morning coming up for you talk to an expert about if the next one will be the big one and nice and clear out there right now but it is going to get cold in spots again tonight w >>a swarm of earthquakes rattled the dublin, san ra

the national. >>transportation safety board they are investigating the cause of that crash. tory us drug lord el chapo was detained in mexico after a government security patrol was attacked it happened on the street. so the news of a video guzman's arrest set off violent gun battles between el chapo supporters and security forces. police had to release him because of all that violence. el chapo as you may know he ran a massive drug cartel in mexico for decades before he was sentenced to life in prison in the u s. following for you this mo accused said thousands of federal and state lawsuits over the nation's opioid epidemic may settle for over $50 billion so ameris source. roles in the opioid crisis sources say that the companies are proposing a son and johnson there and over talk to pay another llion. if a deal is reached teva pharmaceuticals would contribute billion in and tie addiction drugs and another 14 billion towards distribution. on a tree along the peninsula. look at that 50 feet in the air with no food, no water. we'll have the latest on the rescue efforts coming

the national transportation safety board is investigating what caused this fiery crash that killed seven. this was quite an old plane. a vintage boeing b-17 flying fortress, these were the bombers that helped ally forces win world war ii. the plane was trying to land when it crashed at the end of the runway at bradley international airport just north of hartford. we know one person on the ground was injured and there were 13 people on board all together. ten passengers and through cree members. one of the pilots had asked air traffic control to return to the airfield. listen to the conversations pilots had with air traffic control. >> we'd like to return to the field. >> say again. what is the reason for coming back? >> number four engine, we'd like to return. >> i want to make sure because we have jet traffic coming in. do you need to be on the ground right now? >> the b-17 soon crashed running into a deicing facility there on the ground off to the side of the runway. the plane belonged to a collings foundation, a private nonprofit foundation dedicated to public display of automobile an

they were kind enough to meet with us and the transportation planning board with hayes valley the other night which is very nice. they are something that people are thinking about and are the issues of parking and traffic and fulton street is a bicycle route that goes down fulton street and there are concerns about left turns and out of the parking lot and left turns off of fulton into the building itself and we would like and the number of parking spaces is 70 which they have zero and 30 that function very well and the idea of decreasing parking is not i don't think unreasonable. i think the idea, the local neighbourhood hiring is important and they don't have numbers or percentages and i know supervisor brown is talking and working on that and we would like to see something solid and something very memorialized within the agreement to make sure these things happen. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other public comment on this item? >> good afternoon. i'm a member of the hayes valley transportation and planning group and speaking for myself. i think it's a little premature to approve th

the national transportation safety board's go team arrived at bradley airport tuesday afternoon. they'll begin the bulk of their work. we know that three of the survivors were transferred to a burn unit. they have non-life-threatening injuries. kris van cleave, cbs news, hartford, connecticut. >>> the white former dallas police officer convicted of murdering her black neighbor has learned her fate. yesterday amber guyger was sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder of bothan jean. -- of bothan jean. it was what jean's brother did after the sentencing that brought the court to a standstill. here's laura podesta. >> reporter: an extraordinary moment in a dallas courtroom wednesday. >> can i give her a hug, please? >> reporter: 18-year-old brandt jean forgave amber guyger who'd just been sentenced to ten years in prison for killing his older brother, botham. i don't wish anything bad on you. >> reporter: the former dallas police officer testified that she killed jean after mistakenly entering his apartment thinking it was her own. >> that ten years in prison is ten years for h

tr reporter: the national transportation safety board's go sam has been to the crash site.e've also heard from families who are still waiting for word about their loved ones who were on that plane, describing it as an agonizing wait. norah, we know three of the injured have been transferred to a burn unit with nonlife- threatening injuries norah. >> o'donnell: so heartbreaking. kris, thank you. this was a day like no other in american politics. it started with the speaker of the house and intelligence committee chairman warning president trump not to intimidate witnesses in their impeachment inquiry. while the president tweeted "they're wasting their time on "b.s."-- his words, using the long form. but the threat of subpoenas seemed to raise his anger to a new level. weijia jiang in the oval office today asking those tough questions. and, weijia, let me ask you, have we ever seen the president angry like this? ik reporter: well, norah, we s?ve seen a frustrated president trump plenty of times but today fruecame visibly angrier as the day went on, both inside the oval office

can put on tariffs against us in the same category so investors intelligently are thinking to themselves hey, this is just bad news for tramp transportation across-the-boardnd it certainly seems that way when you look at what stocks are doing right now. >> i would say so. were looking at the dow still down about 441 points close to 32 minutes. we are going to take this last break and then we are going to go commercial free because we could either see and acceleration to the downside or a move to get up off this floor. you know what, this uncertainty around equities did not just start yesterday. a certain class of investors has been on the hunt for safety the last three months with a particular nod to managing risk. closing bell 31 minutes away, gold is extending games after seeing demand off the charts with record inflows. wait till you see the spike in options and futures and what those have done. next, chairman and ceo terry duffy is here. where he is seeing the biggest spike and what you can infer. the countdown is coming right back and then we are going commercial free. stay with me. when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the

officials from the national transportation safety board are in connecticut tonight investigating this. >>vintage b 17 bomber that crashed killing 7 people happened after engine problems forced the pilot to try to make an emergency landing. jason carroll reports. >>a stunning scene after world war 2 era b 17 bomber crashes at a connecticut airport killing 7 of the 13 people on board. >>heard a distant rumbling and massive cloud of smoke from come from the direction of the airport it was way too low, he was way too low. >>when i ran over to the field and actually a guy had turned around in his car. he's like oh my god, i thought it was going to land on me the accident sending a billowing plume of smoke and flames hundreds of feet high 5 minutes into the flight. the aircraft indicated to the tower and that they were experiencing some type of problem with the aircraft. and that the aircraft was not gaining altitude. the pilot then radio to make an emergency landing at the airport. the vintage bomber jet circled back to the runway attempting to land. >>the plane veered to the right crossed

so will also work with the coast guard and the national transportation safety board to do this. and of course with authorities are still investigating that deadly boat fire aboard the conception and they are facing criminal and safety charges. well most of the victims in the fire of course for from right here in the bay area lot of them are from northern california. we're following for you this morning at least 16 people have now died vaping related illnesses nationwide. this comes as the state pushes to ban flavored cigarettes product reid binion explains. >>the cigarette sales are really driven by these flavors. in regard to young people. >>ohio governor mike dewine calling for a ban on flavored e cigarettes in vape products in the state following in the steps of new york and michigan by doing so. >>we can interrupt the cycle of early use. and if we do that we will reduce the health risks and we'll >>save watch at least 13 states are now reporting vaping-related deaths in the last 2 months with new jersey's health department reporting their first death saying in a statement quo

the national transportation and safety board is on its way to investigate. i'm steve and reporting. >>coming up new hope for man battling prostate cancer will tell you about a new drug that could slow the progression of the disease. >>and if you are streaming us on kron on on the news >>roadside jewelry theft scam in fremont has claimed at least 10 victims since the start of the year and it's taken some time for police to tie the cases together as kron forcefully god tells us police believe a family may be behind it all. >>the jewelry ruse starts with at least one man and one woman and sometimes young kids in the back of the car driving up to a person walking and asking for directions then telling the soon to be victim, not a family member has recently died and that its custom to give away their jewelry, they hand them a ring they put necklaces physically on them and in doing so they removed. >>jewelry of value from the victim. usually without the victim even realizing this has happened in all 10 reported cases from january through last week the victims have lost gold chains, the rin

>>the federal aviation administration and the national transportation safety board are now investigating what exactly caused that crash. >>authorities outside of atlanta are looking for a man who they say stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a costco they say he pulled the crime off by hiding in the store overnight audrey washington now has details. >>investigators told me they've never seen a case like this before they believe the thief actually parked at that movie theater behind me and then walked over there to that possible store. they said he had for about 5 hours before he swiped the jewels hope to get away with knew i guess so, but know my goodness. >>we've all heard of hide and seek but what about. that's what we to county investigators say this man did inside a costco official crossings boulevard. >>i think it's really shocking and scary. this is how the heist went down investigators say last thursday the man walked inside the store case did. >>out and then left surveillance video shows how that same and returned a few hours later and is something beyond brazen. >>i'

liz: james hall is the former chairman of the national transportation safety board, the government agencynsible for investigations into civil aircraft accidents. james, to that particular exchange, dennis muilenberg insisted he never read the texts until very recently, even though boeing knew of them as early as february, after the first crash a year ago. what do you make of muilenberg's claim that he had not read these texts at all until recently? >> i would imagine that boeing's stockholders are looking to their new ceo and their newly-created safety committee which they did not have in place before to make the determination whether this individual is the person who created the culture that has resulted in some of the worst chapters in aviation history, whether this person is the person to carry bowing into the future. i would have serious reservations. liz: you have serious reservations. he kept saying well, other people took care of that. it was those text messages from test pilots two years ago. i mean, the actual transcript is unbelievable. they're terrified. they said we can't cont

. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board's go team has been to the crash site.heard from families who are still waiting for word about their loved ones who were on that plane, describing it as an agonizing wait. we know three of the injured have been transferred to a burn unit with nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> in washington, the impeachment inquiry into president trump continued on capitol hill. the state depart sffm eight csi committees,inthem wit related to president trump, ukraine, and how some career diplomats have suffered retaliation at the hands of the administration. president trump went on the warpath against those leading the inquiry during a press briefing with the president of finland. weijia jiang was there. >> we have seen a frustrated president trump many times, but today he became visibly angrier. he refused to answer question, spewed falsehoods and scold reporters, creating an awkward situation for a visiting head o. he was by his side for all of it. >> president trump, are you concerned that you are putting the whistle-blower's life in dan

the scene, number of people on board, and their conditions right now. we are working the story. the faa is on route to the scene to investigate, and the national transportation safety board is n probe to determine what the cause of this accident was. we again don't know how many people are involved in this, either in the plane or in the house. colonial, new jersey. a cessna has crashed into a home. we are on the story. stay tuned for the latest. speaker nancy pelosi now says the house will vote, as we've been talking about, on a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry. in fact, we are expected to get that text in a couple hours. republicans are going after that move, saying it is too little, too late. how this changes the investigation going forward, we will dig deeper. >> this is a disservice to the american people, and speaker pelosi has been admitting doing it wrong. i wish she would come out of state. ♪ with va mortgage rates near record lows, i want to tell as many veterans as possible about newday's va streamline refi. it's the closest thing to automatic savings that we've ever offered. at newday, veterans can refinance their mortgage with no in

victoria wise stood right over here after mayor very towed the funding for transportation -- vetoed the funding for transportation. when i got on the board it changed the balance between, quote, unquote moderates and progressives. we massed the thing and it became law. and we are seeing no shortage of office development in san francisco. so the question is how much the market will bear. i believe and i'm willing to test what supervisor haney has before us which he has agreed to judicially phase in. and with that, i will hand it over to supervisor haney. >> thank you, cherry peskin. i appreciate all of that. -- chair peskin. i appreciate all of that. i appreciate your sponsorship on this. i want to thank everybody who came out and stuck around and who has given comments and helped us draft this. and i do think the amendments we put forward are reasonable and also help us accomplish our goals. i will say that i'm glad that we discussed the supervisor mar's report or the report that supervisor mar commissioned before we had this conversation. because i think what we saw in that report is what the likely outcome will be if we continue on the

joining me right now to discuss former managing director for the national transportation safety boardnalyst. good to see you. about four months after these messaging are time stamped. the federal aviation administration approved the 737 max for flight. how much of a difference do you think these messages would have made if boeing had disclosed them to the faa? >> well, i think certainly as the faa administrator said, concerning. we don't know the full context of these and it's not unheard of that test pilots can be somewhat cavalier in their communications. but these are very concerning. and if there was a problem with the mcat system showing up repeatedly in the sim test, boy, that is going to be a damming piece of evidence and president mulenburg is going to be before congress in ten days. you can bet he will take a tough grilling. >> so, how much trouble, you know, would boeing be in if it was revealed that the company was deliberately trying to hide these messages? >> well, i just saw that the american airlines and southwest have postponed reintegrating the 737 max into the schedu

robert sumwalt, chairman of the national transportation safety board. and the honorable christopher hart. mr. hart is the team chair of the joint authorities technical review, which we use the shorthand of jatr for. and mr. hart is a former chairman of the national transportation safety board. and they've been waiting patiently during these 2 1/2 hours. gentlemen, we appreciate you being here. you have submitted testimony. we ask each of you to summarize your testimony in five minutes. mr. sumwalt, we'll begin with you. you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good afternoon, chairman wicker, ranking member cantwell and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. this afternoon i will address the ntsb's recent recommendation report regarding the 737 max certification processes. this recommendation report issued last month contained seven recommendations -- >> do you have your mic on, mr. sumwalt? >> it's on. but i'll move closer. these recommendations are the result of the ntsb's involvement as an accredited

. ♪ >>> investigators with the national transportation safety board have arrived and trying to figure ii plane crashed today. was minutes after takeoff. at least seven people died. the b-17 bomber went down at bradley international has four. 10 passionate and three crew members were on board. the occasional brought the aircraft as part of a vintage aircraft display. the pilot reported an engine problem after takeoff and was trying to return to the airport. debris from the plane went into a maintenance facility, injuring one person on the ground . >>> protesters on the streets in dallas following the sentencing of former police officer, amber guyger, to 10 years in prison. they were unhappy with the sentence. she could have received 99 years for the shooting death of botham jean . he was unarmed inside his own apartment when she shot him. she told the jury she entered his home thinking it was hers and then shot him, believing he was an intruder. in court, his brother said that he forgives her . >> i do not want you to go to jail. i want the best for you. because i know that is exactly

>> that is my understanding. >> the national transportation safety board reported in october in reference to these tragedies that, quote, multiple alerts and indications can increase pilot workload. do you agree with that statement? >> yes, that makes sense. >> the ntsb further observed, quote, industry experts generally recognize an aircraft system should be designed such that the consequences of any human error are limited. do you agree with that statement as well? >> i believe that is consistent with our design approach. >> the ntsb went on to note, quote, the industry challenge is to develop airplanes and procedures that are less likely to result in operator error and are more tolerant of operator errors when they do occur. do you agree with that statement? >> that is what area we learned from both of these as an area we need to revisit our long-standing principles and design guidelines around that. that is an important area for us to address. >> you would agree in terms of the design of the 737 max and the 730 max, angle of attack sensing systems were not designed such that the conse

the sales tax funds. we are happy to be a partner. thank you, mayor for your leadership and board members on the transportation authority. have a great day. [applause.] >> m.t.a. director tom mcguire. >> thank you all for being here. thank you for everything you have done by walking to school today. you have done your part for the planet and to make the neighborhood safer. we will try to keep your safe for your whole life. we want no one to get hurt walking or riding bikes around the streets. that is our goal. that is why you have the gold capes. i want to give a shout out to two heroes here every day. the crossing guards up the hill. you might have seen them on your way in. they are keeping all of you safe. some have been here for years and years. we know throughout the city it is up to all of us if we are parents orchids or crossing guards to keep the streets safe. we want you to grow up in a wonderful safe san francisco. i will turn the microphone over to an alumni and parent in el dorado. >> good morning el dorado. >> let's be loud so big kids can hear you. one, two, three. good morning. >> that is what is up. before

welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the of the board of supervisors for today, monday, october 28, 2019. i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined to my right by vice chair supervisor ahsha safai and to my left supervisor mat haney. miss clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please be sure to silence any phones or electronic devices. items acted on today will appear on the november 5 board of supervisors calendar against otherwise stated. >> chair peskin: miss clerk, could you read items 1 through 5 together. >> clerk: yes. [agenda items read] >> chair peskin: thank you, ms. major. this is our tri-annual update to the aforementioned codes which requires their appeal and enactment of new 2019 editions. here on behalf of the department of building inspection, we have bill stron and michelle yu if you would like to present on items 1 through 6, none of which seem to be very substantive in nature, but the floor is yours. miss yu? >> good afternoon, chair peskin and committee members. i am michelle yu, and with the help of d.b.i. staff, i am responsible for helpin

the transportation authority. this afternoon we meet at the board of supervisors. if you want to talk about the rad program and house rules, it's probably -- we should probably go back to my office and work on that together. >> okay. >> chair: i did ask my staff to work with you, as a number of rad projects. >> i wanted to keep all of the supervisors aware that we would like you to get involved and help us to halt the process, that has been going on, where we have been excluded as a tenant body. we are here for tenant advocacy. and we were not informed of any of the meetings that were being held two months at a time. every two months. and that's been happening since 2015. thank you. >> chair: thank you. and i have been trying to arrange and maybe you've had contact with the mayor's office of housing, this seems to have originate. you're welcome to come to my office after this meeting. >> we will. thank you. >> chair: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'd like to provide a corporate commuter bus update. records request indicates that there are now 100 authorized b

welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the of the board of supervisors for today, mondaytober 28, 2019. i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined to my right by vice chair supervisor ahsha safai and to my left supervisor mat haney. miss clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please be

a team from the national transportation board is investigating. >>> a wild ride for a small dog heret stuck in the bumper of a car. apparently the driver of the car unknowingly hit the dog and then drove more than an hour before realizing what happened. initially the driver thought they had hit a ball or road debris. cocoa was taken to a vet, had a broken elbow but is okay and is kind of amazing that she was able to survive that and now she's home with her owner. >> dogs have nine lives too. how about a little boost. >> i got one for you. an ohio man came up with a memorable way to ask his dad to be part of his special day. brought a cooler with cigars, drinks, a t-shirt, leading up to the big request that caught his dad totally by surprise. >> you want me to be the best man. >> oh. >> you want me to be the best man. that's what he said. that father/son hug is still going. started yesterday. >> thank you for that. just ahead, the legendary stars of "the irishman," al pacino, robert de niro, telling about their movie and first meeting 50 years ago. >> we were young actors together. we

i can tell you that i appeared before the county transportation authority committee. president of the board of supervisors and the members of that committee were interested in addressing that topic as well. to try to be brief, because i haven't been successful at that in answering, i think that our social media campaign, the public education is one way to do that. but i think enforcement helps too to do that as well. but it is -- there's a lot of complexity to it. >> i'd like to ask whether the department keeps statistics right now on the citations that are issued to ride-share drivers. do you keep that data? >> we do, commissioner. >> could we get a report on that so we can see what percentage of the total citations those ride-share drivers now constitute? >> yes, sir. >> great. thank you. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> next we have presentation of our early intervention system, second quarter 2019 report. >> good evening. >> good evening, president, vice president, commissioners, chief, and director. i'm sergeant lubernel and this is our report. the package we provided to you on page

reassesses the safety performance and the findings of the inspector general, the national transportation safety board and other inquiries, we will work to adjust funding to fully execute all official recommendations in a timely manner. i cannot emphasize enough the importance of enacting a full-year thud bill to address the f.a.a. safety an operational demands. if we end up with a year-long continuing resolution, we will have missed the opportunity to respond based on what we have learned in the aftermath of the devastating 737 max crashes. it's also important to pass this bill because it upholds our longstanding commitment to making housing affordable for five million low-income families an provides funding for innovative solutions to address homelessness among the more than half a million americans who are without stable housing. we rejected the president's ill-advised proposal to cut $12 billion in community and economic development programs like home, cdbg and publicousing. these bipartisan programs are critical components to bridging the gap between stable housing and homelessness for so many wo

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

the past 9 day. indonesia's transport safety or thor he says boeing is partly to blame for the lion air crash a year ago or 189 people on board were killed when the boeing 737 max plunged into the sea in zimbabwe schools offices and colleges are closed for a day of protests against international sanctions the ruling zanu p.f. party is holding the rally but i mean u.s. and e.u. sanctions for choking zimbabwe's economy several companies and politicians have been under international embargo as since 2002 a united nations delegation is headed to chile to investigate allegations of excessive force by security at least 18 people have been killed and more than 2000 detained during protests now in this 2nd week demonstrations started of a train ticket price increases that have grown into a larger movement against inequality and the cost of living. family friends and political colleagues are honoring the life of us congressman elijah cummings at a funeral service in his own town about 4000 mourners filled the late democratic politicians home church in baltimore former secretary of state hillary clinton as well as former presidents bar

free syrian army that they have supported since basically the beginning of the revolution in syria that were transported board over to turkey in the last sort of 2448 hours. analysts saying that they were going to be used as land forces some analysts saying that they were to be used to the west of here around the town called monday with the idea that they could eventually join up with any turkish troops that went in for the to the east certainly we have seen a lot of trace a file of heavy machine gun exchanges in the last hour also quite close to here the artillery strikes continue as well there was about your brackets that was launched literally. just literally in the last 5 minutes or so from here we understand just to just to confirm what we're hearing in terms of locations of some of the targeted a areas we hear that there is around i mean a lot of cold bonnie tell cheese as we we have very close to so we can confirm that they have been hit russell i mean and i and elise now as you say that they are targeting s.d.f. positions only we understand that one of these positions according to turkish media was an

the bullet train, or the schenk shinkansen is still the world's most reliable form of transportation. we're boarding miles away. >> and we'll ride amtrak's high speed rail, the acela from new york to washington, d.c., which is about 225 miles. that gives us a nearly 100-mile head start. let's see who gets there first. >> michelle, you did hear that bit about this being the world's most reliable high speed train service, right? it's also super fast with a top speed of 177 miles per hour on this line. >> that is pretty fast, ramie. the acela only averages about 82 miles. part of the reason for that, it shares its tracks with both its local lines and freight trains too. >> well, that was pleasant. here we are in kyoto, michelle, right on time, in exact two hours and 18 minutes. >> congratulations, ramie. if we stay on schedule, which amtrak doesn't 20% of the time, we should get to d.c. in about, oh, 40 minutes. although amtrak is promising some upgrades, it should shave 15 minutes off of the commute by the year 2021. 15 whole minutes. >> and that's something to look forward to, michelle. in the meanti

the show. she was amazing. >> dan testified before boston transportation board while feeding his baby girl, isabel going to workd after the leave ended. how about this? no uniforms allowed, no problem. minneapolis police union is selling these cops for trump t-shirt to wear it thursday's presidential rally after their department band officers from using that at the event. the minneapolis police union joins us with more. we appreciate it, like your shirt. tell us what happened. what was the decision-making behind this? >> there is a hypocrisy when democrats are in town. when republicans are in town they are not allowed to be. who better for officers to show support for donald trump and one of the retired officers is in the shirt business. we developed this shirt i am wearing. they are going like crazy. everyone around here wants them from coast-to-coast so it turned out to be a great success. shannon: and more phone calls now. let's get a statement from the police chief, he says i don't want the mpd to be politicized or to feel they were shutting bias or favor towards a particular party or candidate. what do you

since that time numerous recommendations have been issued by the national transportation safety board and the joint authorities technical review which consists of technical efforts from leading international aviation regulators. first and foremost it is imperative that both boeing and the f.a.a. admit the mistakes made with the max aircraft, remedy those serious errors in order to gain the public's trust in the aircraft again. just today boeing's c.e.o. testified before congress and admitted that boeing, quote, made mistakes and got some things wrong. end quote. yet we have -- we have yet to hear what specific changes the f.a.a. will require from boeing prior to bringing the max back into service and what long-term changes they will make to their aviation and aircraft certification process. ranking member jack reed and i continue to send letters and inquiries to the f.a.a. for additional information regarding the agency's organization designation, authorization, -- authorization of the o.d.a. program as well as statements made by f.a.a. officials at our july hearing which appear to be

you'll see the senate call not just the boeing executives but also the national transportation safety boardhe chairman of the joint aviation review board. we only called the boeing executives here on capitol hill. i don't want a witch hunt. i want a productive investigation that gets us to conclusion and more safety here in america. >> congressman, it seems to me that boeing's crisis management here and their discussions with the american people about what actually happened has been abysmal. and i wonder if, am, you agree with that, and b, what your advice will be to the boeing executives about -- we just read that statement, which was a of move forward and taking the blame for this but it just seems like they've been way behind the curve in terms of explaining to the american people what happened. >> when you have a close regulatory relationship, as the faa and boeing have, you rely on one another. you get technical day data froe another. you have an approval process. sometimes i think folks are too slow in accepting responsibility. i think as consumers what we want are companies that do a