CNN The Situation Room December 10, 2014 22:54:00
>> road builders in germany today are enjoying economic benefits from uas because safety regulators there have found ways to permit such flights. i can't help but wonder that if the germans, the french and canadians do some of these things today, why can't we also be doing them? >> we all agree that project is taking too long. >> reporter: with the drone industry booming, preventing crashes is becoming even more critical. >> i've got a quad copter on my christmas least. we've got a failure to regulate. >> reporter: to get an idea what a drone could do to a plane, look at what birds have done, ...