As a closes for good. People. Thanks for joining us. More than 3 days after the polls closed in the us there is still no official winner of the u. S. Election lets have a look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasnt shifted for quite a while now remember the candidate who gets 270 electoral votes winds so far democratic candidate joe biden has received 264 to republican president Donald Trumps 214 according to projections by the Associated Press a. P. Has biden winning arizona but many other forecasts say its too close to call pennsylvania would be a massive prize with its 20 electoral votes joe bidens lead there is currently around 29000 with 99 percent of the votes counted the mainland votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate georgia with its 16 electoral votes is also extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump here with a difference of just over 4000 votes a recount is expected overall Donald Trumps path to victory is looking increasingly narrow states in red or blue have been called by a. P. For trump or biden states in lighter blue or in pink or leaning toward biden or trump respectively any one of the remaining states would give joe biden the win President Trump needs a combination of states. A Biden Victory may look increasingly likely but theres little sign it will bring an end to the deep divisions made during the Campaign Backers of President Trump are expressing doubts about the large numbers of biden votes counted after election day the votes eliminated trumps lead in a few key states biden supporters meanwhile have been celebrating what they believe to be the end of the trump air. Corridor the scenes of jubilation biden supporters in new york and other u. S. Cities began dancing in the streets as Election Results on friday turned increasingly in favor of their candidate but also in several cities. The signs of frustration like here in arizona where Trump Supporters have gathered for days to protest after biden was declared the likely victor also scenes of faith albeit a deeply divided faith. Showing Many Democrats believe in the u. S. Election system while many republicans do not. Think our leadership of the way many that if you look at it and i fight in the freakin you know their unity all you really get out of place when using p. T. Romney runs as well and hes on. Even or when. Hes sure. To turn into a legal problem this is a fraud on the American Public this isnt the President Trump was making claims of illegality even before millions of ballots were counted thankfully there has yet to be any credible evidence of election fraud. Over the course of friday votes for biden flipped the grand prize state of pennsylvania and trump lost his lead bringing supporters of both candidates out on the streets. Its a scam it seems stay colucci in all their states democratic controlled states like michigan wisconsin pennsylvania theyre all called looting with each other to create these fraudulent mail in ballot voting think there is so much attention on this election on the counting of the votes on looking out for fraud that youre going to find that its right more accurate than any election weve had so whether they get a recount or not im not concerned because i think youre going to get the same result truck just lost you know suppose that you know if you get the votes it comes down to a few 1000 votes here and there but no one has one person as to when one person has to lose and he lost biden says hes confident he will win hes appealing for Greater Unity once the dust settles who want to know the work is hard for those who voted against me those who voted for me thats the job thats the job its called the duty of care for all americans we have Serious Problems to do covert to the economy to Racial Justice and Climate Change we dont have any more time to waste warfare street demonstrations for the most part have been peaceful even when people with strongly opposing views face off meanwhile the world is watching to see if that holds true once of final result is announced. For more on that im now joined in the studio by did you abuse chief International EditorRichard Walker richard the Trump Supporters seem desperate have we heard any reaction from the Trump Campaign itself be able to Trump Campaign is sticking to its message that they want to challenge in the courts what has been going on in many of these states where they they claim that there are irregularities but they havent really so far produced any evidence to that extent i think its particularly interesting is look what theyre communicating under the radar to trumps kind of most loyal supporters now since covering the last u. S. Election in 2016 ive been on the mailing list for Trump Supporters in the u. S. So i received these emails that are going out to his supporters all over the country and overnight in european time from last yesterday to today i counted in the space of 9 hours 14 emails coming through so essentially kind of spamming people at the moment with this kind of thing weve got a few examples here so here for example subject line we need to keep pushing a fair official Election Defense Fund you know trying to raise money for these these legal challenges that they want to push up we can bring up the next one here send trump trump trump i mean theres no doubt about who this is coming from the important enough lets keep going is the message this or no sense of kind of standing down if we bring up the next one. Now its time to fight back now what do you see people spilling onto the streets when theyre receiving this kind of email from the campaign and a final one here to have a look at do you believe democrats are trying to steal the election yes or no like encouraging people to click through on that to kind of you know kind of whip people up into this mindset that there is that there are irregularities going on so from this kind of positioning its a long step of weve kind of think forward to a point where victory may be out of transfer. Reach for sure how does he climb down from this is definitely a few steps from this to a possible concession isnt it clearly a dynamic situation cant see it it cant wait to see how this is all resolved and its clear at this point that this election is going to be won or lost by a very small margin in a few states give us a sense of how close this election has actually been overall yeah i mean of course the reason were still sitting here discussing this is that these states close and some of them could be down to you know a percentage point or less but if you look at the overall picture of the National Popular vote there is definitely a bigger gaps or joe biden according to the latest numbers is more than 4000000 votes ahead and if that holds to be the end of the count then that would be a difference of roughly 3 Percentage Points which is well short of the landslide that they were looking for but thats not a particularly close margin of victory got it Richard Walker chief International Editor for do you have a really appreciate your time richard if you hope is Prime Minister ahmed says his air force has bombed military assets in the northern tikrit region tensions have been high since the region held elections without the approval of the Central Government observers fear the latest escalation could trigger a full scale civil war. These fight loyal to the t. P. I. Left party that governs the to grey region the National Government accuses them of attacking in a theater on the base prompting a military response. And a political one no make as an address of a have now voted to scrap to graze current government Prime Minister b. Ack man defended the s strikes that began pounding the region on thursday. During the process of Law Enforcement they could be asked strikes. The strikes were not target civilians. They will target the capacities of these dangerous forces. But nonetheless in order to avoid unexpected. Advice that you limit group movements in city and. You have. Evidence to greyhound to Regional Election in september tensions have escalated the government did not want the election to go ahead citing the coronavirus p. L. F. Used to be the dominant party. Back to abbey akhmed came to power in 2018 it split from the governing coalition its way is now confined to tea grey in the north which has come under attack by the ethiopian at force. Countries and is into a wall it did not want. This is a shameful war it does not have a point the people have to cry and it and Security Forces should not die in this pointless war. Is country. Fearing a civil war the un has called for a deescalation of tensions the bigger concern is of a wider regional conflict. Now you may have heard about berlins new airport it opened 9 years late and billions of euros over budget not only that but plenty of berliners were perfectly happy with the old airport table the terminals there were famous for super swift boarding and cold war architecture now its closing and its original architects have visited to say goodbye. Mine hard for an air con and folks in mark have come to say goodbye to their airport berlin take before it closes down for good they wanted to take a walk down memory lane. Here and this is where the wooden puzzle piece floorboards were inserted but they were very beautiful but an acoustic disaster because of the wire luggage carts suitcases with wheels came later back then those carts were allowed so we scrapped the original floorboards and replaced them they designed every single detail in this terminal from the building shape to the interior styling and even the indoor and outdoor signs take all airport wasnt just a run of the mill project for these famous german architects it was their 1st Big Commission after getting their College Degrees in 1966 their design won the competition for the new airport in the divided city of berlin. At that point in time teagle was just an airfield it was originally a takeoff and landing runway used for air lift planes bringing goods to the landlocked city of west berlin after the 2nd world war then it was repurposed in 1974 the new airport opened over 2000 people came to the event their entrance ticket was a pair of hexagon shaped glasses like these a little later the Opening Ceremony took place that was the west berlin mayor klaus should have asked for he was keeping these glasses as a key. Our 1st priority was to satisfy the customers needs for the passengers to have short walking distances be able to orient themselves quickly and have only a short commute to the city. Table became the prototype of the short distance airport optimizing the space between arrival and departure gates it was popular with berliners and tourists the airport was the point of arrival for prominent guests it was the stage where emotional moments took place like the return of the german soccer world champions in 2014 but the airport became out of touch with modern needs it was Old Fashioned and too small for a booming capital city after german reunification it was necessary to build a new airport and close down tagger. Yes this is an option now its time to say goodbye. Not without a touch of melancholy and because this building documents a time our job was all about serving peoples needs a time when customer was king would deem them. On their final walk through take the architects had to get used to the empty walkways due to the coronavirus pandemic there has been little air traffic during the airports last months but the 2 men get consolation from one decision that terminal a will remain standing as a monument to the designers and the people of berlin. Youre watching deja vu news coming up doc film looks at boeing and the deadly assumptions that led to the crashes of 2737 max jets Michael Okumu in berlin for me and the team here thanks for watching. Can you hear me now i guess we dont need you and i last years end sounds now well bring you im going to matter as you never could have been surprised to cells it was possible who is magical really what moves back and want. To talk to people who follows her along the way maurice and critics like china as the metals last stop. A true american champion along the leading aircraft manufacturer worldwide and i call it an engineering problems. Boeing people are very proud of their work its known all over the world people here are proud of it were proud of it. But march 10th 2019 proved a major turning point for boeing. In ethiopia a passenger plane with 157 people on board has crashed there are not a survivor of. The victims were from 35. 00 countries including 5 germans. Children mourned for their parents men and women for their partners and parents for their children. Less than 5 months earlier a plane of the same type that already crashed in indonesia resulting in 199 deaths. A suspicion quickly arose that there might be a connection. Where the crash was more than tragic accidents was there an issue that went beyond the 737. 00. Fortunately that seems to have developed into a system in recent years and has penetrated deep inside boeings whole internal structure. In our investigation we met with boeing insiders who felt abandoned by regulators some even reports of violence and threats. And then on the fiction. Several times well they broke me. 2 crashes within 5 months with 2 brand new boeing 737 max 346 people die and theyre just a number. There were 157 people on board the Ethiopian Airlines plane their relatives want their photos put on display in order for the victims not to be forgotten. I one of them yasser i saw left behind an entire family and his 3 daughters now have no father. The entire near august family was killed including 3 children. Another victim barry philip was just 28 years old. One slim on it was a sunday like any other film from what we were looking forward to the spring and everything beyond the house turning green again and then the phone rang with his telephone click that and then what you believe it was her partner on the phone and i thought whats he calling about hes never called before. The 1st few minutes he couldnt get a word out and then he said marie had been on the plane and turks. Thought. Im from not finding stories it was a business trip she worked for it god and in east africa theyre responsible for bringing countries together to collaborate on resilience to drought so he and she had a meeting there with him and for the most of my how she always knew exactly what she wanted she wanted to make the world a better place. Marie philip was following along with 156 other passengers in a boeing 737 maps from addis ababa to nairobi for a un meeting. Summary was sitting here. Right behind an italian the toilet next to a kenyan thinking. It took excavators to dig the debris of the plane out of the ground. The impact was so intense that it almost completely disappeared into the earth. And i dont see just by looking at the pictures you can imagine how everything was absolutely destroyed the impact must have been extreme if you think. About 5 months prior and almost brand new a boeing 737. 00 max had crashed into the sea near indonesia just after takeoff. It quickly became clear the cause was not a simple technical defect but rather a flight Computer System like. 189 people lost their lives and for many their remains were never found. Their relatives were left to mourn mere memorial services. To revisit a law firm in new york which represents the families of many victims and lawsuits against boeing including the philip family. They dont want to see boeing get off the hook they want to know what caused the crashes was a mere bad luck whether technical problems or a deadly system of concealment and cover up remember lie an error occurred 5 months plus or more use before easy o. P. Lion air made it clear that the end cas Computer System was a problem. And great if the lion here the 737 max should have been grounded until they figured it out. So between liars and ethiopia allowing this plane to continue flying sort of made ethiopia predictable predictable. Shortly after the 1st crash the us air traffic regulator the f. A. A. Prepared to risk analysis. If the 737 macs were to be used worldwide as planned and this were to go on for about 45 years about 15 such crashes were to be expected. A disaster would occur every 3 years. About 3 months after this analysis marie philip lost her life in the 2nd crash. When he knew thats unacceptable you cant simply shrug off another impending plane crash i cant fathom treating human lives so recklessly. Thats unacceptable analysis death is 100 percent for the guy who was killed. You know plays with the expectation or acceptance of the statistic that such and such can survive 3 years and then theres going to be a career so thats thats thats bad if one builds an airplane accepting the principle that you can accept one every 3 years thats an outrageous principle. In boeing p. R. Videos the macs fly smoothly even during extreme maneuvers. But after the 2nd crash the chinese and europeans grounded the plane the american f. A. A. Followed suit the following day. Boeing was unwavering in its determination to find a quick technical solution with new software. At a press conference boeing c. E. O. Downplayed the role of the software. And he seemed to be hoping for support from regulators i think its really important that we all focus on letting the investigation process run its course our job is to focus on safety not on speculation he left many questions unanswered and was forced to resign 8 months later youre saying that if you create a thorough search people died can you answer a few questions here about that oh we have no contact with boeing we never contacted us. We never heard anything from them no condolences nothing hits. Did their daughter in 156 other people die even though boeing and the f. A. A. Knew that 737 software could cause fatal accidents. The maneuvering characteristics augmentation system or m casper short is designed to improve aircraft handling. But what is that specific role besides statistically causing a crash every 3 years. Why did boeing even install this legal system. It was developed mainly to compete with a new version of the a 320 from air bus the neo was an immediate hit with better engines posting greater fuel economy. Boeing ran the risk of falling behind and needed less fuel hungry engines requiring a larger size. However because the 737800 was lower and the landing gear could not be built higher boeing had a problem. Instead of building a new aircraft boeing decided to use an economy version the engine was mounted further forward and above all higher. The top edge even protrudes be on the way. This meant the aircraft tended to pull upward when subjected to high thrust which could lead to dangerous flight positions thats why the m. Cast software was installed. In such cases it automatically adjusts the elevator pressing the nose down or. In the crashers it was pushed down too far and too forcefully. Thats the plane should never have been built and his fall never had been designed that way and should never have been aggressive to. Jesus who took. These plane could not file on its own it could not stay on on its own so an additional system had to install theirs and caste system to sleep was meant to compensate for the build same system Era Technology can file and thats what happened here in a way that even the pilots did not know what was happening and that is not an acceptable at flying design concerts or. Boeing doesnt want to give an interview on all these points instead they simply set us a written statement that says the max was a 6 Year Development program undertaken according to the same company processes and identical f. A. A. Requirements and processes that have governed certification of previous new airplanes and derivatives further down the company adds boeing operates in full accordance with all f. A. A. Oversight requirements and processes. Nevertheless instead of building a costly new model in over a 50 year old model was simply souped up to compete with air bus. And their model of choice was very popular among pilots as explained to us by a man sitting in a simulator who was flown thousands of hours in. Predecessor of the 737. 00 max. Zoom of the 737 is a very reliable and cost efficient airplane as upon it i find it very pleasant to fly it is very intuitive to fly its fine behavior is neutral and its. The Computer System which spelled the doom of the crash 730. 00 sevens influences on airplanes trimming. For example if passengers are cabin crew move further forward or backward inside this shift in weight distribution can push the nose of the aircraft up or down the trim it compensates for this. The pilot just pushes a little switch and the trim wheels next to their seat start turning a relic from the old days when pilots still had to turn them by hand. This shows how old the basic construction is. But in a 737 the trim will really times that is not the case in all the add craft in the 737 you can still see them. The max on board computer could adjust the trimming. But the changes could be tremendous and occur without the pilots knowledge we now know that boeing was fully aware of this information and deliberately kept it a secret. Here in Orlando Florida we visit someone who has spent half his life in boeing jets. Ive always been a big boeing fan because. You know theres a sentimental aspect it was the 1st jet airplane ever flew. When you dont inform the people that are flying airplanes that the other people in trust to live. 2 if they dont know theyre if they dont know the machine that theyre flying to every aspect of what theyre flying in you hide something from them that is apparently critical i think its grim. If i was still flying my colleagues may very well in the main may not vocalize it but they may be saying what else if he told me about my triple 7787. We learned growing concerns in the industry that other boeing models might also have defects ones which are still flying every day. For the missing not enough unfortunately and we have to assume theyre all similar problems with office and craft feisty us as concerns the softer side and overall functionality is this office and it is obvious that in the last few years owing has been very reckless for cost reasons lets see forward on the board just as he asked and he has not managed to intervene yet in its role as regulator and survives. In advertisements for its 737 boeing placed great emphasis on the fact that the maps differs in practically no way from its predecessor in terms of flight behavior in operation. In an email to an airline a prospective customer it says theres only one difference the off position of the gear handle but Everything Else was said to be the same. Emails also show why this was important to boeing. To make the transition to the new model there will not be any type of Simulator Training required boeing will not allow that to happen. And whenever airlines or regulators demanded Simulator Training boeing employees were proud to have dissuaded them with a jet i mind trick. If the pilots had known about m. Cas and had been able to train on a bell function in the simulator they would have had a chance to avoid the crashes. Why did boeing not want that what would have been so bad about such training. When all just knowing about a few of the pilots already takes you through all of the buying in such an Airlines Just means that even if the airline were to patches just 2737 mike says it would have to train to use that class and an airline has more than just 10 pilots usually its hundreds if not more than if we have. A more profitable venture the longs to see. More capacity more cost efficiency more. Profits for promotional videos for prospective buyers clearly show boeing offers lower costs efficiency and higher profits with amenities like the stations boeing sky interior and high speed that of people coming back to fly with you time and time again with that saving millions on Pilot Training is a great selling point its awake because its when it became clear after the 1st crash that the secret software had put pilots into an impossible situation still no Simulator Training was developed for this purpose. However the pilots were informed of the new system. And. Pilot dog and sure enough received information about the m. Cast from boeing including instructions on what to do with it fails. Personally imagine safe procedure in a situation is to hold as controllers tight and turn off autopilot automatic frost control and automatic trimming would be automatic i do so using these 2 stabilizer trim contact switches at which point the m. K. Asters completely deactivated. Me using the wheels and i go on flying normally i have to train by hand using these train wheels but i can keep flying. According to boeing it would have been that easy to prevent the crashes. Pilot doesnt believe it. Obviously it wasnt Just Software that came up and now you presented that they presented with the fix was to pilots in the airplane and here were pilots that were aware of that crash and couldnt prevent the airplane from crashing with ethiopia. Since the 2nd crash boeing has built more than 400 aircraft that are not allowed to be delivered in early 2020 production came to a complete stop. Regulators obviously see more problems than Just Software that can be reprogrammed and simply turned off in the event of an error. One year after the crash in ethiopia new technical problems increasingly came to light such as improperly routed cable harnesses and unapproved sensors. Does this mean passengers died because boeing designed an aircraft poorly and kept important details concealed from pilots. Should the regulators have prevented this. The american f. A. A. Is responsible for the u. S. Manufacturer boeing why did it approve the max. And. The f. A. A. Is headquartered in washington. The federal Aviation Administration is responsible for all aspects of aviation in the usa including the approval of aircraft. 6 months after the 2nd crash in october 21000. 00 the f. A. A. Noticed that boeing had failed to disclose crucial documents for months. The f. A. A. Administrator wrote a strongly worded reprimand to boeing. I expect or explanation immediately regarding the content of this document and bones delaying disclosing the document to its safety regulator. Until then many experts have seen the f. A. A. And boeing is a close knit community. Unfortunately it has become a system in recent years fred has eaten into the whole internal structure of boeing and also in relation to the f. A. A. The f. A. A. Became increasingly jackson its oversight with entire working groups consisting of industry representatives headed by an f. A. A. Manager this means that the decisions were in fact made by the industry for misspeaking of course by the f. A. A. But its. Only institutional construction of how the f. A. A. Was developed in recent years it has to be said yes this institution has failed. But what role do european authorities play the e. S. A. Is responsible for the certification of the air bus in europe. But it collaborates closely with the f. A. A. To the europeans know nothing about the m k s could that yes they have prevented the tragic accident. Cologne germany as fall into the european counterpart of the f. A. A. The e. S. A. Only aircraft that have been approved here are permitted to take off and land in europe. This also applies to boeing airplanes from the usa however in order not to go through the whole certification process twice but 2 institutions have agreed to divide up tasks we sit down with boeing we fit and agree with them on the topics on which wants to do our own specific tests areas which are of Significant Interest from the safety center. We already. Know that. The fusion. Explicitly explained to us that they too had carried out their own tests on the 737. 00 max. But if so why did the e. S. A. Not discover the new one fateful and cas. In this process. Was. Dizzy. And therefore in this discussion. Since it was not safety critical we decided not to have a look at it. In other words the europeans apparently also fell for boeing jet i might drink they were hypnotized to believe this is not a safety relevant system you dont need to check it. Things changed in the wake of the accidents with the macs and subsequent grounding. That now neither wishes to rely on boeings assurances nor the f. A. s judgement. It completes the. Independent assessment of the threat controls of the aircraft of the next and independent that means we alone weve got 50 so its its there are clearly lessons you know its. Only its on how we want to do weve the new search fission of. Its boeing aircraft but im pretty sure that to be defeated we have listeners go into the situation of the airbus aircraft as well. The european regulator promises more independent and no longer wishes to blindly trust the f. A. A. Will that be possible. The story of a man still currently employed at boeing shows there are limits. He of us declined to give us an interview and didnt participate in this report in any way. But boeing employees are allowed to report safety concerns to the f. A. A. And he did. The boeing employee is now represented by a lawyer. The questions he has to answer as a whistleblower are too complex. We already know his lawyer professor. Im on that side. He is my client has the one pointing out incidents and procedures that he no longer considered acceptable. So he reported them to his immediate superior to boeings head of safety. Board of directors. And it wasnt rejected outright because that would have been too blatant he says that he had knowledge of the issue and yet in. This boeing employee isnt working on the 737 but the 787 dreamliner a larger long range jet. In a promotional video boeing presents the 2 of them together in the air and for a good reason the dreamliner is the groups other hot seller besides the 737. However unlike the max it boasts a completely new design which as far as is known eliminates the need for software to compensate for dangerous flight turk touristic. But the boeing employee has reported other problems to the f. A. A. He was instrumental in planning the dreamliner production. He noticed that parts repeatedly showed up in the plant from suppliers that did not correspond to the design drawings and that really should be rejected. They would recurrent just disappear. Some in fact are installed he reports. And yet parts that dont meet specifications are considered a safety risk. But the engineer doesnt think the f. A. A. Is really taking action. Has been cautious in its response taking the case seriously but they arent tackling it to proc to flee at least thats how it looks to us theyre trying to sort things out internally with boeing and i have not seen the old traditional money yet. Thats why in spring 21000. 00 the boeing employee decided also to report a safety concerns to the european e. A. S. A. Which has been relying more heavily on its own testing since the max crashes. Cannot draw its own conclusions from the specific information on production defects regarding Boeings Dreamliner 787. On any type of airplane on any type of operation if someone comes to us and says varies city problem we look at it but if you test to deal with the quality of the manufacturing and feels like that this is not within the scope of responsibility you are appealing isnt she so its very difficult we can. Say to view ok look we received this information but there it starts we cannot investigate those cells if i do not have the rights. To send inspectors to a moving Production Facility in the u. S. Its also the foreign its. Did a lack of sufficiently thorough checks by regulators caused people to lose their lives. And do we face a future danger due to european regulators inability to investigate american whistleblowers reports independently. The issue goes beyond this one boeing employee who doesnt want to be named. Many other insiders warned of dangerous boeing jets and have been doing so since long before the macs crash and. Boeing operates a large plant near charleston south carolina. Here some of the people we meet have worked for boeing for decades and the defects they reported of in planes to live or to customers are sometimes deeply disconcerting. 25 percent of the oxygen systems will not operate properly. So when they have been a big compression event right your oxygen masks fall and you only coordinate releases oxygen so you know with 40000 feet the average person has like 15 or 20 seconds of. Cognitive consciousness and what we found is 25 percent of them do not work properly when one deployed. To get hundreds and hundreds of lost nonconforming so whenever those parts are being done except for use they need to be segregated so theyre not used on the airplane so we discovered that over 1800. 00 nonconforming parts were missing and presumably installed on airplanes while helping the. Boeing doesnt dispute this but explains