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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...

Rick? >> it is a big question, jenna. boeings dreamliners were made with lithium-ion batteries, batteries used because theyre lighter in weight and more powerful from others on the market. the problem the batteries get much hotter than other types. that is what led to the entire fleet of dreamliners, all 50 of them being grounded. investigators in japan, sort of their equivalent ever the ntsb there, found evidence of called thermal runaway in an incident in japan last month. basically the batter...

Type of situation. you show empathy, understanding for the person. you buy yourself some time, as much as possible until youre rescued. that is really the only thing you can do. not trying to do anything that is going to escalate the situation, challenging the hostage-taker may result in violence. jenna: things are very different when youre five years old. were so glad this little boy, so much better to talk about the segment with the two of you when we know it had the outcome it did even as biz...

Battery exchanges are normal. meantime the national transportation safety board says the whole battery history is now part of its investigation of the 787. the fleet of 50 was grounded two weeks ago today after two lithium ion batteries overheated. so far the investigation hasnt turned up a solid reason for the problem. the ntsb is digging deeper with the heft military. electrical parts are now being tested at the naval surface lab in notre dame. it hasnt hurt boeings bottom line yet. fourth qua...

Airplane maker for in light of the new problems with the 787 dreamliners. all of that and brick break as thbreaking news as the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. uma: dramatic testimony on capitol hill. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords speaking out against gun violence as the head of the nra called for better enforcement of gun laws already on the books. welcome to a brand-new hour of "happening now." im uma pemmaraju in for jenna lee. jon: welcome, im jon skofplt scott. ga...

Lithium ion batteries. dan springer is keeping and eye on all of this. >> reporter: the battery issues with the 787 did not just sneak up on boeing. we are getting more doe tails. ten of the batteries were replaced on the dreamliner since last may half of them due to low voltage. the overall number of replaced batteries is much higher according to a source at the seattle times. they say 100 batteries had to be replaced but not awful them had suffered a failure. boeing would not confirm the numbe...

Uma: we are back. heres whats new next hour. boeing is forced to ground its entire fleet of dreamliners and now a new report is saying the company may have known there were serious problems with the batteries before the 787s were grounded but did not report them. and the immigration debate is heating up. passionate arguments from both sides of the aisle. how it could affect the future of the democratic and republican parties. and a new study could change the way doctors treat cancer patients...

Go figure. bill: yeah, well, pretty good chance in your 401(k) you own some apple in some of those funds thank you, stuart. see you in 10 minutes on 9:20 on fbn. martha: new details in the boeing dreamliners battery problems. there have been at least two incidents involving overheated batteries in these planes including a fire at boston logans jetport. theyre looking from the battery to the manufacturer of the monitoring civil. the boeing 787 is the first to use lithium ion batteries found in la...

The divisions anyway in terms of their exposure in the military. >> would have been nice to have a congressional conversation about it before we went all-in. >> it already is 15% of the military. >> combat is different than just the military. martha: thank you very much. mary katharine ham, juan williams. always a pleasure. bill: right about 20 minutes now before the hour. and boeing, the dreamliner, fleet has been kept on the ground indefinitely, saying it is far from completing its investigati...

Problems. experts say it is not what this will be a quick fix. >> the 787 will be on ground for in indefinite periods. whether thats a couple of months or longer time, we do not know. >> united airlines has been able to use other airlines and take the six dreamliner so they have added service. the united ceo said they have full confidence that they will eventually return to the boeing 787. martha: thank you so much. bill: 15,000 crocodiles making a break for it. they are escaping from a commerci...