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As we heard. they are going to try to get them down there as you they can pick up more and more things, get photographs as you mentioned before. very careful mapping of everything there and that is because, obviously there are huge concerns for the families with respect to the people who have passed and everything, but from an engineering standpoint they need to get as close as they can be getting as many pieces as they can to figure out what exactly went wrong. was it the seal here or was it th...

The federal agency given the power to investigate building collapses after 9/11, basically to what the ntsb is to plane crashes. do you have confidence that they will get to the bottom of what happened? >> i dont know how they do what we do or what they think about of all the things that we think about. what were used to doing when multiple people are interested, we all from an engineering standpoint work together, we share all the testing results and factual data. we dont share opinions. we jus...

The major players out there what are they getting out of what is this a partnership alliance. yeah we dont know yet the details according to the reports are set to be released when the detroit motor show gets going next week and of course everybodys interested what exactly this entails but we hear that it entails pooling resources in order to be more effective and more cost effective also getting into the future of the car business that is self driving cars and electric cars and thats a huge cha...

A huge challenge not only from the engineering standpoint but also organizing production perhaps reorganizing production and also of course stemming all the money that has to be stemmed for for financing all of this together i think the two see a chance to get ahead of the game for from other companies and especially from the v.w. side cost saving will be a big motive for entering into such a venture. and among those other companies in driving vehicles for example. were getting conflicting signa...

Secure the border? and second of all, is this a material change from his previous position? >> well, i think the change is designed to try to placate the democrats some extent, for whatever reason. they dont like the idea of a concrete wall and im not sure from an engineering standpoint which is better and which will be more attractive. i want to see something that will be effective. we have already some constructive walls on the border. i remember back during the late 90s we had an issue of, a ...

Use steel slats. first of all, do you view a steel slat barrier as something thats necessary or effective to secure the border? and second of all, is this a material change from his previous position? >> well, i think the change is designed to try to placate the democrats some extent, for whatever reason. they dont like the idea of a concrete wall and im not sure from an engineering standpoint which is better and which will be more attractive. i want to see something that will be effective. we h...

Olympics could be a safe place for athletes to compete. i want to ask you, do you think this generosity is going to pay off? do you think north korea is going to change its behavior? >> i think it has a chance to pay off because we see an inkling of progress towards talks. but lea, you are absolutely right. heres what i will be looking for as the olympics wind down. one, what kind of preconditions will moon set on a potential visit up north? and second, and really important, will kim jong-un sta...