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Hundreds of feet at an unusually fast speed. panic could be heard in the captains voice as he said, break, break, request back to home, request vector for landing. that was three minutes into the flight. all contact was lost two minutes later. now, im giving you time cues because i want you to look at the graph. it shows how the ethiopia airlines flight followed the same erratic pattern to my eye as the lion air jet. okay. and we have bracketed the relevant time section, okay, because, yes, in t...

Now, im giving you time cues because i want you to look at the graph. it shows how the ethiopia airlines flight followed the same erratic pattern to my eye as the lion air jet. okay. and we have bracketed the relevant time section, okay, because, yes, in the beginning it is different. you see an angle of ascent on the top graph that is different than the one on the bottom, but do you see in that same interval in theres a precipitous drop, okay. then you see a flagging pattern and we all know wha...

Great. if it goes south, these pilots have to be on their toes quickly. >> here is my question. when did the faa know about the similarity between these two? >> ill be honest, i look at those graphs, we knew that information pretty much the day of. those flat tracks a little more rudimentary came out quite awhile. >> if miles obrien is working at the faa and you see that graph, wouldnt you know something is happening? >> got to ground them. >> why didnt they? >> it is probably for the same reaso...

Than five months ago, both jets after takeoff, moving up and down erratically. in the first crash, lion air, an automated safety system to prevent a stall, did play a role. this is a graph of the up-and-down movement of the lion air jet. experts zeroing in on a 20-second dip. when compared to the ethiopian graph, another 20-second dip. that similarity, triggering the faa to ground the fleet. >> the graphs were similar between lion air and ethiopia. why? we dont know exactly. that needs to be sor...

Jo joining us now, miles obrien, the science correspondent for pbs news hour. walk us through these. this is the ethiopian airlines flight and the lion air crash five months ago. what do you see here thats similar? >> first of all, top line, this is a graph which depicts terror. this was a wild ride on both aircraft, total roller coaster. just so you know, were talking about here this is the vertical rate of speed. so how fast its going up or down, not across the ground. look at this first peak ...

Understand the cause of the accidents. it will impact three major u.s. airlines which normally fly hundreds of flights using max 8 and 9 jets daily. the bottom line is boeing has to figure out whether or not onboard software is for some reason causing these planes to dive toward the ground. to do that they have to look at the flight data recorder and the voice recorder. theyre both in france now finally being analyzed. but until they get those answers, officials here say those planes will remain...

Or shall america stop fighting for our principles and do what is politically convenient? thank you, nancy pelosi, for taking impeachment off the table for further investigation to be completed. i love leaders were calculated, not noisemakers. been on twitter says she has bigger problems dealing with the new freshman. interesting the backlash over this one because she simply said lets wait to talk about impeachment proceedings until further evidence comes out. that should be something everybody s...

Hallie jackson asked the white house about that. >> why hasnt the president ruled out a pardon for paul manafort? >> the president has made his position on that clear. hell make a decision when he is ready. >> lets bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times." and chris reporter for the los angeles times who covers the special counsel investigation. and because tonight is another one of those night wheres they just handed me something from th...

And because tonight is another one of those nights where theyve just handed me something from the "new york times" that has come out in the last half hour, id like to begin here in our new york studios with beret as this is another legal matter. the headline is "new york attorney general opens investigation of trump projects." the first graph roughly this. the new york again state attorney generals office late on monday issued subpoenas to deutsch bank and investors bank for records relating to ...

That. when you look at government. taxes and spending, we are talking about are the deficits. all taxes are bad. some are worse than others. you want to collect your taxes in the least damaging fashion and spend the money in the best fashion. when the damage is done by the last dollar of taxes is a little less than the amount spent you should stop already. >> havent we learned this lesson already? reagan cut taxes. lets show the graph. deficits went up. and then reagan noticed that and had to ra...