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Little bits together, it's 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 it's a dangerous thing that they've done. and it's unfair to the families. >> steven, your belief is that boeing is playing a critical role in this investigation. i've not seen anything from boeing out in front on this case thus far. what's the basis for you saying that along with the malaysians they're playing this pivotal role? >> well, i have been involved in most every accident investigation and rep...

Bound for the smithsonian. >> certainly the smithsonian has been very interested in what we've been doing and has asked us to protect it until they could have it rabl to them after we've 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 it's possible. it's because we put together an engine. this is an example of it. an engine that puts out as much power as your lawn mower engine and you can see the size of it. of course...

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 insurance? >> reporter: could be, yep. cbo's starting to look at the numbers and trying to figure o...

About 20 times bigger than other mosquitos and has a stinger that can pen straight clothing. it doesn't carry the west nile virus or encephalitis. but its sting feels like getting poked by a knife. finally good news for boeing's 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 you're counting the number of dead and key composing pigs that turned up in a river in shanghai is fast approaching 6,000 and still chinese officials insist that the tap water drawn from the river is safe. it is ...

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 crash that captain had failed five different flight tests. that's when congress got tough and under the...