as a door flew off a brand new alaska airlines boeing 737 max injanuary. the incident plunged boeing into a crisis, raising questions about its attitude to safety. now the boss, dave calhoun, says he s stepping down. he was appointed at a desperate time for the company. bad design and corporate failures had been blamed for two tragic accidents involving the 737 max in ethiopian and in indonesia in which 346 people died. mr calhoun promised change but critics say that hasn t happened. he had opportunities to make changes as a member of the board. certainly in a ceo position, it s been one failure after the other, so i can t say there s been really any successes under mr calhoun. humanitarian worker sam pegram died when the ethiopian plane crashed. not only does poor safety kill people but it s pretty damning for the share price and the careers of ceos as well, so, let s get somebody who can put focus where it matters and make planes safer for everybody. in a letter to work
plus this vote the yeas are 214 and the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. a major and humiliating setback for house republicans as they failed to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. how the drama unfolded on the house floor and the surprise move by democrats in the vote s final minute. and also ahead we ll show you the pretty embarrassing election results out of nevada. who republican voters picked over nikki haley in the state s primary race even though donald trump s name wasn t even on the ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and it is an extraordinarily busy news day, and we ll begin here. a federal appeals court has rejected donald trump s claim he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. the three-judge panel in the d.c. circuit court of appeals ruled unanimously yesterday that there was no basis for tru
conflict enters a dangerous new phase of urban warfare, and after prime minister netanyahu said israel will control gaza s security indefinitely after the war. the reaction today from the white house. richard engel inside israel. also tonight, the investigation under way into the death of a 69-year-old jewish man after an altercation at opposing war protests in california. a suspect identified but no arrests made. why police are asking the public for help. it s election night in america. the key races to watch. abortion on the ballot in ohio. governor seats up for grabs, and what it could mean for the 2024 presidential election. the unprecedented testimony. the special counsel investigating hunter biden, speaking to house lawmakers behind closed doors. what he told him about the probe into president biden s son. the deadly crash as super fog covered the highway near new orleans. and five years after the deadliest wildfire in california history, the remarkable rebirt
interesting. he was basically saying that the idea of globalisation was irresistible and irreversible and that any efforts to enact protectionist policies would lead to nowhere. the title of his speech was unpacking the new order. i think what he was basically talking about was the united states led western efforts to try and impose technology sales to china for the two basically make china less capable of things like chip making and green technology. i got to say, i think a lot of people in that room, business delegates would probably agree with him. the old order, if you want to call her back, the idea that countries making stuff the quickest are the cheapest and most efficient countries, making and selling it to people who need, i think that works for a lot of businesses. the problem is that western governments weren t happy with that because if you have a dominant, that does pose a threat if you re western country that s why you see things like chip making technology rest
stores and selling more phones. it overtook apple as the second most popular smartphone maker in china during the first quarter of the year the company s iphone sales rose 52% compared to a year ago. it s according to data from a research company affiliated with the chinese government. that entity, the titan democrat doesn t track apple specifically. instead it measures the increase in foreign branded shipments. but in the foreign branded game, apple is the main player. and apple is the main player. and apple could see more gains from may it s been discounting select models which could lead to more sales. openai has formed a new safety committee responsible for evaluating its artificial intelligence models. the oversight teams first task will be to assess openai s current safety practices over the next 90 days, before giving their recommendations to the board. once the board has reviewed the findings, openai will share them publicly. all this comes as the company begins