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Little bits together, its clear that the assumptions are leading up to a conclusion instead of looking at all of the facts with an open mind and keeping all the possibilities open. and i think its a dangerous thing that theyve done. and its unfair to the families. >> steven, your belief is that boeing is playing a critical role in this investigation. ive not seen anything from boeing out in front on this case thus far. whats the basis for you saying that along with the malaysians theyre playing ...

Bound for the smithsonian. >> certainly the smithsonian has been very interested in what weve been doing and has asked us to protect it until they could have it rabl to them after weve completed our flight tests. jon: i read you have 850 horse power getting this off the ground. where do you get that kind of power? >> that is really the key element of this whole thing. you put your finger right on exactly how its possible. its because we put together an engine. this is an example of it. an engine...

Issue may, in fact, become secondary to obamacare as a jobs issue. >> reporter: obamacare was almost universal coverage and lower costs as you said, jon, but the congressional budget office is now saying as many as 44 million people could still be without insurance after the law takes effect. many republicans and even several democrats are trying to roll back some of the taxes or make other changes, even repeal it before next january when it takes full effect. jon? jon: 44 million people without...

About 20 times bigger than other mosquitos and has a stinger that can pen straight clothing. it doesnt carry the west nile virus or encephalitis. but its sting feels like getting poked by a knife. finally good news for boeings troubled 787 dreamliner. they have green lighted them to conduct new flight tests. it still may be a couple months before commercial flights resume. so if youre counting the number of dead and key composing pigs that turned up in a river in shanghai is fast approaching...

Coast news hub with this story. trace, the math really does spell trouble for the airlines and i guess all of us. >> yeah. and the math really is very simple. shep. have you got 100,000 commercial pilots in this country and half of them are over the age of 50. which means in 14 years you are going to need 50,000 new pilots and there simply are not that many young pilots coming in to fill the void. back in 2009, that colgan air crash outside buffalo that killed 50 people we learned after that cra...

Time. in august that flight time goes up to 1,500 hours, six times as many hours. it is all about safety. the 2009 air crash that killed 50 near buffalo, the pilot failed five flight tests. entry level pilots only make about $20,000 a year and 1,500 hours could narrow the field. the regional carriers say it should not be about hours it should be about training. >> i think that what the f.a.a. has considered and hopefully will consider and do is look back at what the experts have told them, go ba...

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Daylight. we can detect the size of the seismic activity. we can put planes in the air to try to understand the radiation levels that emit from the weapons tests. then, of course, we can see the flight tests of the icbms. we know enough to know just how dangerous they are. >> on friday, interesting timing here, russian president vladimir putin warned the u.s. and north korea were on the brink of a large-scale conflict. hyperbole to urge negotiations? would there be a possibility of advance warni...