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Two different boxes, one being a cockpit voice recorder the other being a flight recorder. together they weigh anywhere from 30 to 40 pounds. and they have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive anything. temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for an hour. forces that are 3400 gs. thats 34 times the force of gravity. waterproof and can save data for two years. and its a lot of data. a-rods the crews voices. experts can determine if a stall took place, the rprs of the engine and the spee...

Airplanes have been required to have one on board. now, the name is a little misleading because theyre actually orange and when were talking about a black box, were talking about two different boxes, one being the cockpit voice recorder the other being the flight data recorder. together they weigh anywhere between 20 and 30 pounds and have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for an hour forces that are 3400 gs. thats 3400 times the force of grav...

Airplanes have been required to have one on board. now the name is a little misleading because they are actually orange and when were talking about a black box were talking about two different boxes. one being the cockpit voice recorder the other being the flight data recorder. together they weigh anywhere between 20 to 30 pounds. they have to be crash proof. black boxes can survive just about anything. temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for an hour. forces that are 3400 gs. thats 3400 ...

Rachel crane explains what we can expect from the voice and data recorders. >> the search for survivors always comes first. but just as important is the search for answers. the why and the how. often those answers are found in the black box. since the 60s, all commercial airplanes have been required to have one on board. now the name is a little misleading because theyre actually orange. and when were talking about a black box, were talking about two different boxes. one being the cockpit voice ...

Department? >> the backlog is the result of bureaucratic concern that someone will use the visa program to sneak into the u.s. and carry out a terrorist attack. >> if we direct increased resources to improve efficiency at all stages of the process without compromising national security. >> the state department has slowed reese -- visas for translators to 140 a year. >> shepard: thank you. if you ever want to get to the united states, to asia in just a couple of hours, it could be possible some d...

Capital to finance investment. we have to borrow it all from abroad. but when we let interest rates go up, the u.s. government cant pay its debts, many of our major banks are going to fail. you think that $2 billion loss at j.p. morgan is big, wait until you see how much j.p. morgan and morgan stanley and bank of america are going to lose if the fed lets interest rates go where they need to go. >> the name of the book is "the real crash" and he predicted everything thats happened before and i ho...

And it is the subject of this new book. >> so you dont think anything has changed that allowed this crash to happen in the fall of 2008? >> no, the problems are much worse. were much more deeply indebted now than we were then. all the problems have been exacerbated, what we have now is not a legitimate recovery. all weve done is borrowed the money and spent it. weve counting the spending as economic growth when its not. debt is growing faster than the g.d.p. and ultimately, well have to pay this...

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Barkers. i guess one of the things im trying to understand, maybe you can help me. if i were the people who had fined you, what is the rationale for saying that they have to give permission in order to hire people? >> they tell you how many reps youre allowed to have and how many youre allowed to add. theres a safe harbor rule that says you can add a little bit more than that. i went through the safe harbor rule. i was a small firm and i was getting a lot of new business because i had a book tha...

Impossible. i wouldnt have had the resources to overcome the barriers. >> now, i guess one of the things im trying to understand and maybe you can help me, but if i were the people who had fined you, what is the rational for saying that they got to get permission in order for you to hire. >> they tell you, tell you how many reps youre allowed to have and a safe harbor rule that says you can add a little bit more than that. i went through the safe harbor rule, i was a small firm and getting a lot...