aircraft rapidly lost around 3 kilometers an altitude while flying over the drollest sea and the transport ministry says it's investigating the matter and of course we'll be letting you know as we get more details on that. in other news in america big tech has flexed its muscles with social media networks purging the us president and some of his supporters from their platforms twitter for example has partly suspended president donald trump's account signing quote the risk of further incitement of violence trump used twitter to directly address his 88000000 followers since he assumed office he's treated over 24000 times as record is 200 tweets and retreats and a single day for the platform of violating its rules again was the last straw r.t. senior correspondent modest if has more. censorship is now under the purview of tech jobs and their billionaire owners who now get to decide bad in the president of the united states and get to decide who talks about what and how they talk about it we are living in all wells 19 eighty-four free speech no longer exists in america it died with big and what's left

10000 feet in altitude within a minute before it disappeared from the radar now indonesia's transport ministry have already announced that the search and rescue operation is currently under way once again there are more than 50 people on that flight and their fate is still unaccounted for now the plane was traveling from the indonesian capital of jakarta to pontianak in that west kalimantan province and lost contact shortly after takeoff on saturday now us air said in a statement that is still gathering more detailed information about a what happens but so far we do know that it's a boeing 737500 series aircraft once again we have no official confirmation about what happened to the plane at this point and we are following the news very closely. thank you 1st say across the latest on that for us . and other new year's big tag has flexed its muscles with social media networks purging the u.s. president and some of his supporters from their platforms twitter for example has permanently suspended present donald trump's account citing quote the risk of further incitement of violence from to use twi

that a local fisherman found what they claimed was the remains off an aircraft now indonesia's transport ministry had already and now instead a search and rescue operation and investigation are already underway now the plane was carrying almost 60 passengers on a domestic flight that left from jakarta and they were traveling to point c. and i can the west. province and once again the plane lost contact with the base just shortly after takeoff according to flate flight radar 24 information the plane itself the aircraft was a boeing 737500 series at the moment relatives all 5 passengers who were on that flights are gathering at arrival and departure airports to find out exactly what happened to their loved ones are to stay across the latest on that incident for us thank you. and other news twitter has reimposed its ban on president trump this time making it a permanent social networking service or at the risk of further incitement of violence until now donald trump has twitter as his primary means of communicating with the public he had 88000000 followers and since taking office he's tweeted over 2

governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interesting and see sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we passed new regulations governing the use of drones and unmanned aircraft the next step would be to institute regulations specifically take it to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european level. so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of 20 minutes and even those sky taxis won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when they exactly will fly in vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts define even that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them leave a dock but they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled and certified. they won't allo

probable cause of the missing or the crash site so as you know the national transportation safety board and also the ministry of transportation have confirmed that the plane has met into crash but this appeared to him from the radar several hours ago the weather across the job especially in a couple city and its vicinity have been overcast which like raining all day so he has not been a very friendly friend environment at all in the skies but we have not yet been able to determine as of the cost just yet but as mentioned before and the altitude loss during the last phase of the flight had been very drastic in less than 15 seconds from the altitude of 11000 and the speed that increase as shown from the flight radar applications have shown a great increase in speed so we have not yet been able to determine just yet and circuits still going right now but it looks like because of the limited circumstances namely proceed really everyone even in the morning tomorrow. as you mentioned there was that drastic drop in altitude but air traffic controllers in indonesia and also australia have said no distress signal was

sooner than we might think governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interested in seeing sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we passed new regulations governing the use of drones and unmanned aircraft the next step would be to institute regulations specifically. take that to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european not. enough so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of 20 minutes and even those sky taxis won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when they expect they will fly in vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts define even that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them leave a dock but they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled

governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interesting and see the sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we passed new regulations governing the use of drones and unmanned aircraft the next step would be to institute regulations specifically tailored to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european level. so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of 20 minutes and even those sky taxis won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when exactly will fly and vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts to funny but that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them leave a dock but they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled and certified. they won't al

local fisherman with what they claimed to be boards of the missing aircraft now indonesia's transport ministry has already announced that a search and rescue operation and investigation are already underway there are currently at least 7 coast guard vessels in the area performing the operation and now flight rater 24 out has indicated that the plane was indeed a boeing 737500 series down relatives of the passengers are now gathering both arrival and departure airports trying to find out any information they can about their relatives and loved ones who have seen the footage should have seen the video how people are trying to cling to their phones and. really in the distressed state trying to find out what exactly happened to their religious and friends now indonesia saw an air disaster in these it waters back in october all 5 points. 18 just a little over 2 years ago. it was also a domestic flights and suffered a crash into the java sea on board were $189.00 passengers all in uneasy an aviation expert gave us his insights on the plane's disappearance and sudden the scent altitude loss during th

according to the indonesian transportation ministry, the domestic flight had been delayed at least 30 minutedue to heavy rain. it disappeared from radar four minutes after taking off. the plane was a 26-year-old bo 7ei-524, a much older ve trsion boeing 737-max, which was pulled from service foter 20 months two crashes. one of those crashes was in indonesia in october of 2 and killed all 189 people on board. michael apted, the british director of the "up" documentari es, and films including" coal miner's daughter" and the james bond film "the world is not enough,"as died. apted chronicled the lives of a group of british chi oren in a serifilms that began in 1964 when they were seven years old, and revisited them every seven years. the first film was called he most recent, 3 up," was released in 2019. apted moved to the u.s. after directing "coal miner's daughter" in 1980, and serveds president of the directors guild of america from 2003 to 2009.es a retative for the directors guild said apted's family informed the organization that he died thursday night in los angeles. no cause was g

showed a fisherman with the what they claimed to be were remains of an aircraft now indonesia's transport ministry had already launched an investigation into the incident and the search and rescue operation is also under way now for flight raider 24 the has confirmed that the plane was indeed 737. 500 boeing and the moment relatives of those people who and loved ones of those people who are on the plane a gathering at arrival and departure airports in order to finds out what exactly had happened to their lost loved ones. saying across the latest for us thank you. twitter has reimposed its ban on president trump this time making it permanent this will not working service started the risk of further incitement of violence until now donald trump had used twitter as his primary means of communicating with the public it 88000000 followers and since taking office he's tweeted over 24000 times as record is 200 tweets and retreats in a single day but for the platform violating its rules again was the last straw are just one goes to reports. censorship is now under the purview of tech jobs and their billio

governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interesting and sees sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we passed new regulations governing the use of drones in unmanned aircraft the next step will be to institute regulations specifically tailored to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european. patient enough so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of those 20 minutes and even those sky taxis that won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when exactly will fly in vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts define even that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them or leave a dock but they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled and certifie

like to express our condolences on what has happened and yesterday i already instructed the transport ministry and the search and rescue agency to help with the search operation as quickly as possible. >> reporter: on saturday the plane, a boeing 737-500 had taken off from jakarta en route to pontianak. just minutes after takeoff officials lost contact with the airplane. the navy found the wreckage after picking up signals from the fuselage. we heard from the ceo of the airline who said that this plane was old, it was a 26-year-old used plane, but it was in good condition. weather also appears to be a factor here. we have learned that the flight was delayed some 30 minutes because of heavy rain. it is indeed monsoon season right now in indonesia. all of these investigators are looking into whether weather played a role, the pilot, the pilot error was a factor, also if machine error was a factor as well, but the investigation has only just begun. also the agonizing wait for answers is also only just begun. back to you, michael. >> just terrible news. kristie lu stout there in hong kong for us.

sooner than we might think governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interested in seeing sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we passed new regulations governing the use of drones in unmanned aircraft the next step would be to institute regulations specifically. take it to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european level. so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of 20 minutes and even those sky taxis won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when they expect they will fly in vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts define even that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them leave a dock but they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled and cer

like to express our condolences on what has happened and yesterday i already instructed the transport ministryd rescue agency to help with the search operation as quickly as possible. >> on saturday the plane which was a boeing 737-500 that took off and moments later they lost contact with the plane. the navy was able to find the message after locating a signal from the fuselage of the doomed flight. the ceo of the airline says that the plane was used, it was about 26 years old, but it was in good condition. we also learned more details about the weather. the plane had been -- the flight was delayed some 30 minutes because it is monsoon srngs heavy rain is under way but the investigation has only just begun. >> kristie lu stout, we appreciate the update. >>> coronavirus cases as you know are surging, hospitals are overwhelmed right now and experts say the worst may still be weeks away. we're talking about public health specialist dr. matthew, asking him why doctors report the surge we're seeing is now yet the holiday surge. loves meme. loves me not. new neutrogena® skin balancing! 3 made-for-y

governments will also have to give them the green light germany's transport ministry seems open to the idea quite interesting and sees sky taxis become a reality here in germany in 2017 we pass new regulations governing the use of drones and unmanned aircraft the next step would be to institute regulations specifically tailored to sky taxis for the most part this will happen on the european level. so how exactly will this work perhaps sky taxis will fly set routes and use clearly defined landing spots on skyscrapers for example to handle both manned and unmanned aircraft air traffic control systems will also need to revamp so none of this will happen overnight. that still leaves a lot of open questions like the short flight time of 20 minutes and even those sky taxis won't need paved roads they will need the right infrastructure so when exactly will fly in vehicles take to the skies aerospace experts define even that believes it will take at least 15 years but who will be flying them leave a dock they'll be professional pilots very highly skilled and certified and they won't allow the

the transport ministry in jakarta says that a sriwjaya airline plane that took off from the capitol headed to borneo lost contact that happened around 2:40 p.m. local time and debris has reportedly been found in the water. now the exact number of people on board is unknown at this point but local reports say that a sharp drop in altitude was detected just a few minutes after takeoff. it is not the boeing 737 max that just recently returned to service in the u.s. that model jet involved in a previous crash that took off from this airport three years ago. this incident comes just days after the company was charged by the department of justice for allegedly defrauding the united states. u.s. officials fined the company more than $2.5 billion for allegedly lying to regulators about those two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, and in a statement earlier this week, boeing acknowledged those fines from the u.s. government with the ceo saying this resolution is a serious reminder to all of us of how critical our obligation of transparency to regulators is and the consequences that our company can fac

the transportation ministry is still investigating and trying to coordinate with some search-and-rescuece again, an american-made plane, a boeing 737 -- i believe it's more than 26 years old, this particular plane -- has gone down in indonesia. we'll continue to follow this. >>> and the world did not take kindly to the deadly events on capitol hill this week, with international leaders like boris johnson and emmanuel macron coming down hard on president trump for all of his rhetoric. canadian prime minister justin trudeau also spoke out against trump and the violent mob. >> what we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians. >> nbc's matt bradley is in paris with more. matt, a lot of people across the pond, really around the world, not looking fondly on america this week. >> reporter: yeah, lindsey. you know, the situation, it's actually for leaders here in europe in every hall of power, really in the western world, this is very real for them. they really see this with dread, and that's because every european country

in a statement a spokesperson for the indonesian transport ministry said the missing plane is currentlynder investigation and in coordination with a national search and rescue agency and the national transportation safety committee. >>> and the tributes are pouring in this morning for the late tommy lasorda. the hall of fame manager who spent more than seven decades with the dodgers. flags at dodgers stadium were lowered to half staff friday and his number 2 was painted in the outfield. lasorda who said he bled dodger blue lived just long enough to celebrate the team's first world series championship in 32 years this past october, the team celebrating there. lasorda died at home in california thursday after suffering a heart attack. he was 93 years old. >>> meantime, in a matter of hours the nfl playoffs will kick off with a record six games set for wild card weekend. the playoffs are starting of course just days after that riot at the capitol. and with so many professional athletes saying that if people of color had stormed the building, the response by law enforcement would have been

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what we're still this is still a developing situation we're actually just hearing from the ministry of transportation now we do expect to hear from the airline in just a few moments here is what we know so far as confirmed by the ministry that there were 43 adults on board 7 children 3 infants and 12 crew members what we've heard so far is that the plane took off from here savannah has an airport in tunisia as the main airport it was heading to the ana in with a month done it lost contact just 4 minutes after takeoff we have just heard from the intonation navy this is still a developing situation but they say they believe they have located the debris the coordinates of the plane the indonesian military all sending reinforcements they're sending a helicopter and 5 additional military vessels to assess the situation local for search and rescue crews there say that they are struggling with limited visibility so they are waiting for that assistance from from the military. or i will leave it there thanks so much jessica washington north korean leader kim jong un has threatened to expand his nuclear arsena

well, the indonesian ministry of transportation has said that a sriwijaya airlines plane that took offrta airport headed to nearby borneo lost contact around 2:40 p.m. local time. it's believed there were more than 60 people on board. a sharp drop in altitude was detected just a few minutes after takeoff. search and rescue teams have been launched now off the coast of jakarta, and debris has now reportedly been found in the water. now, the aircraft is a 737 500. it is not the boeing 737 max that recently returned to service in the u.s. that model jet was involved in a previous fatal indonesian crash that took off from this same airport in jakarta just three years ago killing all 189 people on board. now, boeing this morning releasing a statement saying, we are aware of media reports from jakarta and are closely monitoring the situation. we're working to gather more information. guys. >> julia macfarlane for us there, thank you. >>> coming up, many teachers changed their lesson plans this week to address the tumultuous events that were happening at the capitol. we will have more on that

the ministry of transport estimates 1.7 billion trips will be made over the 40-day travel rush whichins tomorrow. that is up 15% from last year when lockdowns were in effect across the nation, but that is still down a massive 40% from 2019. for chinese airlines, that drop in demand is combining with falling airfares to cause a cloud over their outlook. according to jp morgan, flight activity has eased ahead of the holiday period at a time with a surge of movement. david: what does that mean, i guess, for equity markets? our next guest has a buy rating on chinese airlines. tuning us to discuss -- joining us to discuss is qualcomm's international travel analyst. we need to start seasonal. lunar new year is a big-time when one billion trips is typical. what are your expectations for this year? guest: unfortunately, with the resurgence of the pandemic especially in mainland china, i think this year's lunar new year will be disappointing for the airlines. we are expecting a rather large drop in demand from what we forecasted earlier, and all of this means that instead of chinese mainland

it will eventually become the foundation of the by the ministry is going to be what to do with transporters or american liberals for raising this. welcome back my facebook is facing new privacy concerns after revelations that it gave the f.b.i. private messages of those who discussed storming washington's capitol building the intelligence agency revealed the information as part of its probably been to the riots earlier this month or one such complaint has been filed against new york resident christopher kelly facebook provided the f.b.i. with his log in history revealing they kelly had been around the capitol on the day of the assault a warrant for his arrest has now been issued recent analysis reveals through the vast majority of criminal cases filed by the u.s. justice department use social media information and online data does form part of more than a 3rd of all convictions but house democrats are also demanding radical changes from facebook twitter a new chief to stop them being used to plan criminal activity technology expert roger k. and internet lawyer and discussed who they think s

worried it would eventually become the foundation for policy the by the ministry she has done things. what to do with transporters our american liberals the bracing this. morning you may have heard the sad news our colleague in legendary us t.v. and radio host larry king died in hospital the weekend at the age of 87 course in his state interviewed many many famous people from around the world for an illustrious career but in 2015 the tables were turned artie's going underground program afshin rattansi sat there with larry as part of our channels 10 year anniversary celebrations over the years i've been blessed to have that of you know 8 presidents. and. so many was going to be jackie robinson and martin luther king but the most emotional interview. was with the new york city cop. this cop. we booked him and i had a bit know what the story was i just knew that he was on the new york city police force and that he was shot in an incident in central park and he was in a wheelchair and paralyzed for life and he had a little child who he couldn't feel so i was 3 years old and there was a series of. a bike that said cen

it would eventually become the foundation of policy by the ministry is going to be what to do with transporters or american liberties be bracing. for combat it's only has slapped a ban on tick tock users who haven't verified that age is off to a 10 year old girl died while trying to complete a death on the video sharing app the online game called the blackout challenge involves people choking themselves to temporarily paul south however the youngster was found dead in her bathroom. the medics did everything they could to bring the child back to life but unfortunately although the heart immediately started beating again the brain had been starved of oxygen for too long due to the strangulation after a few hours of irreversible coma we concluded she was brain dead. to talk insists that uses safety is a priority and bounds any dangerous behavior but an italian lawyer specializing in online cases these the social networks must do much more. we get i mean. clearly the story of this little girl is truly tragic it makes us reflect on the role of social networks in the lives of minors yes parents must

transportation secretary and most recently education secretary. well for more on the fallout of all this that's brilliant piece of others from all u.s. elections to several members of the ministries resigning what do we make of this right so we're not least a dozen members have resigned ranging from former white house chief of staff current and would in northern ireland mick mulvaney the 1st lady's chief of staff is also resigned in protest the transportation secretary and also most notably the education secretary device that we heard about there in that report in her resignation letter she really late the blame squarely at donald trump's feet saying there's no mistaking the impact trump's rhetoric had on the situation she then goes on to say that impressionable children are watching this and that we have a moral obligation to model the behavior that we hope that they would emulate you know for a lot of people these words do sound pretty hollow though i mean for the past 4 years we've seen trump and his administration frankly walk all over a lot of these norms deval still chose to stay in office when mike and children were locked in cages when you know trump refused is this insul

transports. also, one of the biggest bones of contention was working from home. the news agencies say that original leaders and angela merkel found an agreement on that, and the ministry work should send out a directive to companies to facilitate, to enable working from home whenever is possible. until now, it was only a recommendation, but there is a need to reduce contact not only in the workplace, but also on the way to work. where this is not possible, offices should be reorganized so there are as few people in the room as possible. when it is not possible, ffp2 masks should be provided by the employer. brent: we are looking more at this partial lockdown until valentine's day. it tells us that the current restrictions are not working as hoped, right? emma: it is not they are not working at all, they are working too slowly. if you look at the numbers, the number of infections, they do tend to decrease, but not fast enough. it is a better situation than what we saw in december or early january, but the number of infections, especially the number of deaths, are still too high. there is a race right now between trying to reach immunization through vaccination and also

2 mosques are mandatory in public transports now on whacking from home it's been saved out of the regional leaders and the chance of the found an agreement the ministry for work should send out a directive a decree issued decree to companies to facilitate and enable work from home whenever that is possible until now it was only a recommendation so as to try and reduce contacts not only in the workplace but also on the way to work and where this is not possible office is must be reorganized so that there will be less people in the same room and medical mosques should be provided by the employer when it is not possible to work from home or the current measure is not working. they do work but then do not work fast enough if you look at the 7 days incidents wage this to around a $130.00 cases 300000 inhabitants knowing that a critical tresh oh the old rate is up to 50 cases pound it has an inoperative that's better in december and early january where these number was a nearing 200 but the number of infections and especially the number of deaths is still way too high even though even though it is decreasing now it is a race between trying to reach immuniz