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The U.S. economy remains far from the Federal Reserve's goals for employment and inflation and monetary policy will continue to provide support until further progress has been made in boosting inflation and improving the labor market for all workers, Fed Governor Lael Brainard...

Uncertainty about the impact climate change may have on the financial system should not prevent financial firms and their supervisors from moving now to prepare for the shocks to come, a key Federal Reserve policymaker said on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve's emerging focus on climate change won't lessen its focus on achieving maximum employment, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Thursday in response to questions about whether a transition away from carbon-based fuel will kill jobs.

They have been putting millions of passengers into tsa precheck who are not precheck. you do not have an entire population in precheck that are not vetted. >> reporter: cnn put this to tsa administrator. he said the agency is not prioritizing wait times over security. >> i wont discuss any of our particular procedures, but we do provide the level of security that we think is appropriate based on the risk of the passenger. >> reporter: brainard said the issues hes raised is problematic for an age...

>> reporter: quote, changing all metal detector settings to the tsa precheck setting. to normalize the passenger experience. brainard says the practice continues today. >> you could have a 30-minute wait time and they treat it like its a national emergency. it is such an unhealthy obsession of placing speed over security. >> reporter: brainard says that obsession also led the tsa to disable technology on x-ray machines that screen carryon bags in precheck lanes. this internal memo states as of l...

Been made to the body scanners that travelers go through. cnn reached out to both agencies investigating brainards complaints but no comment from either. brainard has secured a whistle-blower attorney in response to the complaints raised in our story. the head of tsa told me that whistle-blowers and im quoting, provide a very valuable service and its our responsibility to fully investigate those concerns to see if they represent a valid security risk or not. but the tsa say they have not complet...

Least try. because its going to happen. its not a question of if. its a question of when. we are long overdue for another attack. >> reporter: tsa did take action on one of brainards complaints. he says they continued to use on ineffective test to determine if new hires were color blind. a disqualifying medical condition even after concerns about the tests effectiveness were raised. >> if you had something in a bag and somebody were color blind, they wouldnt see the bomb if it were the only thin...

Issue, and it really was a no-brainard. its a $52,000 an issue here for miami-dade. so we will now go back to our 2014 policy that we will honor the detention request, regardless of the fact that the government says that they will pay for. >> meghan: president trump reacting to the decision on twitter, writing "miami-dade mayor drops sanctuary policy, right decision, strong." meantime, the president reportedly ordering the debarment of homeland scaredy to release a list of illegal immigrants rel...

Was piloting. the survivor, dan hall, joins us right now live from hartford, connecticut. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> saturday was a beautiful day. youre a private pilot. you decided to go flying. what happened? >> just a normal day flying. went to the airport in plainville, robertson field, prepared my plane, did my check flight. started the plane. it was running great, running fine. i was heading over to hartford, brainard to pick up a friend of mine and take him flying. >> okay. ...

Accidental leeland in a river. >> yes. it was an accident. i had to land in the river. but yet i lost my engine down in the area. >> there is the image from that. this past saturday when your plane is having mechanical problems and maybe a carburetor problem like the accident that were looking at right there, what are you thinking? >> im thinking my training kicks in right away. i was talking to brainard already. put the plane in the best glide speed, find a place to land. if you can have time t...