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We have talked a lot about the dreamliner here, of course. harris faulkner is joining us live with more. >> reporter: airbus saying its being proactive to make sure their planes dont experience the same problems with the list onion batteries -- list onion batteries. the company will instead use the traditional nickel cadmium batteries. putting out a new passenger jet, and the company officials are saying they want customers to know their plans will not be disrupted by any problems associated wit...

You check out in advance the safety record of these various cruise lines. >> how has the safety record of carnival been in your estimation? >> as i said there were three lines in my time as chairman. in this particular situation, we see 4,000 souls. thats as you know the faa has grounded the 787 over two incidents and we have a situation here in which 10 or 11 787s of peoples health and safety has been endangered over the past few days. this is not because the cruise industry is not aware with t...

Actual $16.4 trillion debt its half of one percent. its kind of hard to figure out if youre trying to stop all the red ink what they are going to do. this years annual deficit is estimated to be $850 billion. if you like to look at it that way $85 billion in cuts would be only clearing out about 10% of this years shortfall. jon: thank you for breaking down the numbers for us. what a country. carl cameron in washington. thank you. >> reporter: lots of red ink in it. jenna: new troubles for boeing...

But that is going to change quickly. especially as we get to late this afternoon and on into the overnight hours. theres also a tremendous concern on the coastline where sandy has weakened so many dunes and beaches there. they are expecting structural damage in some areas here along the cape and the eastern shores of massachusetts. big, big storm coming up, a big one. back to you. >> all right, jim cantore in boston. wall street may be bracing for a blizzard but trading will be on. keep an eye...

Indiscriminate cuts and its about maintaining capabilities so that american remains the strongest military in the world, not about cutting for the sake of cutting,its reforming to keep it strong and we can address our debt crisis that ultimately isnt solved by cutting the defense department, but reforming other places in our government that are bloated. >> youve got it. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> meanwhile, there are all eyes on the massive winter storm as it it barrels to the no...

Plain field and everett, washington boeing is awaiting the arrival of the first 787 allowed to fly since the grounding. it is just a crew. it was ferry flight. the plane was in fort worth, texas when the fleet was grounded. it was there for a paint job. it is expected to land back here at 10:30 local time. while not officially a test flight boeing will take the opportunity to monitor the whole electrical system. it offered the faa some fixes that will allow the whole fleet back in the air again....

Massachusetts up on through vermont, new hampshire. it arrives late friday, lasting in some cases all the way through saturday. rob and diana, back to you. >> thanks a lot, jim. now to that bombshell on capitol hill where we can expect to get a rare glimpse inside the secret world of the cia. later today. its all part of a confirmation hearing for john brennan. as the next head of the spy agency. hes expected to be questioned about the controversial policy that allows drone strikes against ter...

Fly from texas to washington state today, but that doesnt mean its closer to carrying passengers any time soon. 787s are grounded while investigators try to determine what caused a fire in one of them and smoke inside of another. the planes lithium ion battery is under scrutiny. a lead investigator says the batteries arent necessarily unsafe. but boeing needs to build reliable safeguards in the event of a problem. todays flight is not a test, its simply to relocate that aircraft. also from the...

Sort of order life-and-death decisions. >> right. but we also understand when it comes to making war, war is best conducted by a president. thats why the president is vested with extraordinary war powers. by the way, this is done with the authority of congress. this is not president obama sitting alone doing this. he is pursuing the law. >> because the congress cant see the legal document on which this is based. jon: the arguments left and right still go on. it is really a fascinating discussion...