jewish voters vote democrat. it is an absurdity. that is not to say that are is not criticism within the democratic caucus of some israeli policies. we welcome that. we want to debate on the issues. for the president to debate that i think is an absurdity and he ought to stop it immediately. thank you for coming in. i still believe that nancy pelosi gave me news because nancy pelosi said she was giving me news. thank you so much. coming up we have first clues about what could have caused the flight to crash. what does it mean as more countries and airlines are grounding the boeing 737 max 8. new york s attorney general zeroing in on the trump organization. what are the state investigators looking for now and what does it mean for president trump?
as u.s. airlines and boeing are trying to calm concern about the boeing 737 max 8, a second flight attendant union is asking for the plane to be grounded after the crash. moments ago the european union suspended all flights of the boeing max planes. several countries have grounded the jets after all 157 people were killed on that ethiopian airlines flight. that is not the story, though, for us here in the united states. three major airlines continue to fly the max 8 jet, and then the max 9, as well. cnn s martin savage just spoke with a number of passengers as they landed there at hartsfield jackson in atlanta. so who do they have to say, martin? reporter: brooke, we talked to passengers, they had been on a max 8 that had flown from las vegas to atlanta. everyone that we spoke to said they were well aware of the two tragic and fatal plane crashes.
deadly crash in five months. the faa is resisting calls from some lawmakers and unions to temporarily stop the planes from flying. let s go to tom foreman is working the story for us. reporter: the u.s. seems to be standing virtually alone in defending the airplanes while the rest of the world is saying, get the flight data recorder open, get the voice recorder open, get some answers before these planes take off again. facing serious safety questions and brutal political headwinds, the boeing 737 max 8 is being grounded around the globe. in the united kingdom, the european union, asia, australia and more. in some cases, even other variants of the max line are being parked as many say they won t use the plane until they have additional information about the fatal crash in africa on sunday and the one last fall in indonesia.
to see if i could change. i know that i probably will have huge anxiety. reporter: there were a number of passengers that said had they known in advance that they were going to be flying on a max 8, they would have changed their plans and say they ll be much more careful to try to note the identifier of the aircraft. it should be pointed out that in the u.s., at least currently, there are at least 70 max 8s flying on domestic airlines which means every day thousands of passengers in the u.s. are flying on a max 8, whether they know it or not. brooke? yep. all you have to do, you have to go on line, look ahead what kind of make and model of the plane is. if you are nervous about flying these particular planes. martin savage in atlanta. thank you. today we learned that the pilots of the doomed ethiopian airlines flight told air traffic control that they were, quote/unquote, having flight control problems moments before the plane crashed.
incidents without fear of repercussions. some of those complaints focused specifically on the plane s manual calling it, quote, inadequate and almost criminally insufficient. the boeing 737 max 8 has now been grounded in more than a dozen countries in the wake of sunday s crash in ethiopia. but here in the u.s., the faa is standing firm and nearly alone in allowing the plane to remain in the sky, here now republican congressman sam graves of missouri the ranking member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee. sir, good evening to you. thank you for being here. where do you stand on this issue? should these planes keep flying in our skies based on what we know today? congressman, can you hear me? i m not getting anything. sandra: as it happens on live tv sometimes we don t have a connection there. but this is a story that continues to develop tonight. we have another guest on this.