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Returning to their home base so the development of automatic or autonomous flight lies somewhere down the road. >> you know we talk a lot about the number of drones just from this past holiday, the christmas holiday around the gift giving season until now, and some of the problems and issues but these changes if they are implemented you were just discussing will this only apply to companies or perhaps any mom and pop that opens up and decides we want to deliver books via drone, would that be an option for them? >> hobbyists get to fly as much as they want under the existing rules. if you buy a...

Increasingly popular in everyday life. and today, the head of the federal aviation administration is expected to unveil two initiatives. the united states could see 1 million unmanned flights a day in the next 20 years. the government is encourage innovation while safeguarding the skies. tracie potts is live in washington. tracie good morning. >> reporter: two separate initiatives. that's coming out of what is a drone conference in atlanta, from the faa administrator. you might recall back in february, they put out proposed rules for dealing with drones under 55 pounds. well, those rules have ...

It is used by a lot of hobbyists. it's cheaper than helicopters and burns four to five gallons of gas an hour and runs on the same fuel to fill up your car with. i want to show you this version of a gyrocopter. this is different than what the pilot flew on capitol grounds today. this is manufactures. look how small this is. it has two seats. it has a lot of the cockpit regulations that the faa requires. these pilots here tell me it seems a lot more high-tech than what the pilot was flying today if that's any indication of his potentially unregulated a plane wour. one of the main differences be...

The guy did sell a cop a gun. that's not where you should have reserve deputy sheriffs. >> no, and also -- yeah the confluence of america's broken finance system like pay to play policing really sounds like a distaupic vision. >> now maybe he would have done that without giving all that money but it's a strange coincidence. it is that isn't it? in policing. >> that actually that arrangement isn't that uncommon. part of what comes around with these sort of reserve deputies a lot of times they are contributors or supporters of the sheriff in question. is there any defense for this program at lar...

And donates cars to the tulsa county sheriff's department, and then somehow he has access to the most dangerous part of police work. this was an undercover gun buy. the guy did sell a cop a gun. that's not where you should have reserve deputy sheriffs. >> no, and also -- yeah, the confluence of america's broken finance system, like pay to play policing really sounds like a dystopic vision. >> now maybe he would have done that without giving all that money, but it's a strange coincidence. it is that, isn't it, in policing? >> that actually -- that arrangement isn't that uncommon. part of what c...