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sub? . and sometime this hour, we're also expecting president biden andwe indian prime minist modi to hold a press conference, more than 7,000 guests gathering at the white house earlier today for the official welcome. can the pomp and circumstance overcome concerns about india's human rights record and democratic backsliding? plus, democrats rallying around one of their own. >> adam, adam, adam! >> that's what happened after house republicans censured congressman adam schiff and now have set their sights on impeaching the president. a lot going onon today. we start with that stu...

The small plane that plunged off the coast of Half Moon Bay earlier this week was an "amateur-built" craft, experimental by designation. But why did it crash?

Without those rigorous safety checks, especially with customers who were not just going to explore. they were these paying customers going down, talking about the risk they took with this specific vessel. >> yeah. it's interesting because he built, he designed and built a experimental submersible just for himself and went three times deeper than the 13,000 feet that the titanic is at. and he didn't go through the maritime safety protocols for that because, in his words, it was an experimental craft. and, you know, people who make that argument believe that the traditional maritime protocols re...

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And they knew that the certification process would not approve the technologies that they adopted. i think it's fine to be an innovator. you know, the sub that you sat in, that we built and that i operated to the deepest place on the planet, was an experimental craft. i own it. it was not certified. it was an experimental craft, just like, you know, the mercury and gemini and apollo rockets were experimental craft. they weren't certified, but they weren't taking passengers either. you know, i think the second that you create a business model around asking people for $250,000 to take them to so...