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Lithium ion battery packs and at that time, president obamas treasury secretary ordered boeing to ground the 787s and lasted less than a month, boeing crafted a new part of little fire resistant compartment to put around those batteries and that passed muster and ultimately, the planes were become up and flying. the transportation secretary in the obama administration was former republican congressman ray la hood and spoke with the associated press today in the context of this new crisis. he poi...

The united states. everything is fine. boeing says they are fine and as of right now, thats what the faa is saying, too, alone in the world. now that position by the president and by the faa is being rejected on a bipartisan basis on capitol hill rejected by senators who range from elizabeth warren to ted cruz to diane feinstein to mitt romney. there are multiple bipartisan statements from senators all over the country defying the president on this and defying the faa calling on these planes to ...

Planes were grounded on orders from the u.s. government when there was what seemed to be a recurring problem with overheating battery packs, overheating lithium-ion battery packs. and at that time when that problem arose in 2013, president obamas transportation secretary ordered boeing to ground all of its 787s. the grounding ultimately lasted less than a month. boeing crafted a new part, a fire resistant department to put around those batteries and that passed muster and ultimately were back up...

Now, that position by the president and by the faa is being rejected on a bipartisan basis on capitol hill. rejected by senators who range from elizabeth warren to ted cruz to dianne feinstein to mitt romney. there have been multiple bipartisan statements today from senators from all over the country defying the president on this, defying the faa on this, calling on these planes to be grounded in the united states, like they are all around the world. senator cruz oversees a key subcommittee that...

M.i.t. he went on to say, i see it all the time and always seeking to go one unnecessary step, then he said, essentially, i want great flying professionals that are allows to easily take control of a plane. as you expect, a lot of people concerned about that. planes are more automated and computerizeed and more people die in balloon accidents, thank god than plane accidents. we havent had a serious plane accident in many, many years. the boeing ceo got on the phone with the president saying plea...

Were talking about not even knowing how to be an athlete -- >> i know -- >> and creating, right, a persona as if you are which makes it even worse. >> the scam was able to work because there was an understanding that athletes are given preferential treatment. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> we could keep going. we will. >> its going to make a great lifetime movie. >> maybe this will in the end -- theres self--- silver lining and maybe the horrible p.r. for schools will make them think twice about ...

And airlines now taking this action is quite amazing. moments ago i talked to the former secretary of transportation under president obama, ray lahood. he reminds us that he grounded the 787 when they were having battery fire problems. you may recall he grounded the plane over objections of boeing and the faa. he said hes glad he did and he would grounding the 737 max now because he said we cant afford to have another one fall out of the sky. boeing says all of their engineers believe this plane...

Relevant to this investigation? >> right. so the fear that if this is the case of the ethiopia crash as well, youre looking at airline that has suffered two losses in the first two years of service. this is terrible. the 777 went almost 20 years. the 787 hasnt had a single fatality. here youve got this plane that is a legacy, real work horse plane. first flew in 1967. boeing has tried to just sort of keep updating it and keep putting a fresh coat of paint on it, as it were. here they tried to in...

Secretary a short time ago, who grounded the 787 fleet when they had those batteries catching fire, you may recall. he says he would ground the 737 max fleet because of the lack of confidence right now worldwide. >> sorry to interrupt you, tom costello, thank you. we want to take you now to boston. and we appreciate toms reporting here. about that college entrance cheating scandal. were about to get more information from the feds in boston. >> in the largest scam every prescott prosecuted. we ...

Impact the boeing shares. >> eight percent down from one stock in a morning is a big drop. alison kosik, thanks very much. cnn business editor at large richard quest joins me now. he knows a thing or two about flying. tell us, richard, in your long history covering the airlines how unusual is it to have two planes like this so close to each other to have an accident? we dont know the cause, but at such a similar time in the flight how concerning that should be. >> reporter: the difference betw...