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Public service he has fought for racial justice. but i expect him to be looking forward and talking about how were going to tackle the challenges ahead of us. this morning it has to do with the boeing 737 max 8 aircraft around the world, countries, entire continents have grounded this plane but not the faa, not in the united states. given these two zments less than five months, given the breaking news overnight that pilots had expressed concerns in the united states about the safety of this pl...

Heir own craft 777 the 757 is older than that. if you are worried about your advanced aircraft have you reason to be concerned about old aircraft. boeing going there is nothing to see here folks going on. every network has been penetrated, period. pete: you are talking about the wi-fi or direct tv. rachel: movies. pete: movies we all love. >> you bet. pete: could be connected to the flight systems of the aircraft? >> they are supposed to be separate networks. pete, you know this better than a lo...

Is specialized in drone drones and in pilot flying systems they already have a partnership going on with over so boeing now getting into this area was pilotless flight systems and we can expect that a lot more money will now flow into that area yet scored in new york thank you. cape town in south africa has for months been in the grip of what some call the worst drought in over a century authorities are trying to make people more aware about water saving no carwashes pools remain empty showers n...

The aircraft known as the ee ebay or electronics bay may have been breached. whats in the electronics bay? >> this is basically the brain and heart of an aircraft. in case of a 777, which is a very highly electronic aircraft all the electronics that control the entire airplane are in that electronic bay. so this is the most important part of this aircraft. other than the engines. so every pilot that flies a 777 knows how to get down there. >> reporter: its designed for maintenance access. but he...

Boeing. he says the debris launched a new round of speculation among his fellow pilots. among the theories a section of the aircraft known as the ee bay may have been breached. whats in the electronics bay? >> this was the brain and heart of an aircraft. in case of a 7 777 all the electronics that control the entire airplane are in that electronic bay. this is the most important part of this aircraft. other than the engines. every pilot that flies a 777, knows how to get down there. >> reporter:...

Middle east? tweet us and well try to read some of your answers later on in the show. a well known hacker claims hes been able to take control of get this commercial airplanes while in flight. according to multiple reports, new court documents show that chris roberts, this gentleman, told fbi agents that he hacked into flight systems of 15 to 20 different aircraft. he told investigators that while on board one flight he accessed the planes controls by hacking through its entertainment system. ...

Well get the voice recorder and well determine that. and what happens is the crew is busy and they dont make a call at the moment. >> and from the time this occurred to the moment of impact a few minutes within that time period it seems the plane stayed on the normal route versus veering right or left to an airport. does this stick out to you as unusual? does that leave a question mark in your head? >> not necessarily. i think that it says that the airplane quite possibly was still on the auto p...

Overdependent on the flight systems? >> thats a really good question. we know from the french jet that crashed off the coast of brazil there was certainly very good indications in the analysis post that crash that there is this interdependency on the technology that these airbuses and new aircraft are developing and what happened there was that the aircraft got some icing on the tubes that feed the dynamic skprsh the air speed indicator gave erroneous readings in the cockpit who kept on followin...

Far less dying by a shark are almost infinitesimal. >> george burgess, thank you so much for being with us today. im not sure you put us at ease very much but sharks do have it tough and deserve to swim somewhere as long as its not near my beach. appreciate you being with us. >> glad to be with you. >> an in other national news, three dead, are 187 injured in an all could have been avoided. investigators are blaming the pilots for the asiana jumbo jet crash that skidded across a san francisco ru...

Certain time for a certain purpose. if we think back to 9/11 and you know when that first plane hit we were all agassed. when the second plane hit what did we all collectively think around the world? what did we think? we didnt think that was an accident. and this same event has some elements to that. you cant rule out an accident. you have to press like michael said. he is right on every point he made. you have to press that. to me this tilts a little bit to a human hands for a criminal purpose...