Dc, except for the trial or to meet with his lawyers. And all of their flight and landing on the capitol lawn yesterday, he faces only two charges related to the incident. Unlawfully flying an unregistered aircraft and violating National Defense air space. The maximum jail time is just four years. At u. S. District court, wusa9. Now hughes will be required to be back here in dc next month. His next court date is set for may the 8th. And to the capitol lawn to take them through some of the most highly restricted air space in the nation. And without being noticed . Bruce leshan has that part of the story for us. Reporter two big issues that authorities are looking at. More on the possibility of the Communications Failure after both the police and the secret service were allegedly warned that hughes was coming. The other, the ability of that gyrocopter to literally fly under the radar. The low and slow and below the level of radar, the Mailman Doug Hughes was able to fly his gyrocopter ri
Incident by splay sinning the fas role in security and how we coordinate with other agencies. First and foremost the mission is aircraft and air space safety. We operate the nations air Traffic Control system in order to separate aircraft. Our primary focus is on getting aircraft safely to their destinations and managing the flow of thousands of aircraft and their passengers around the country every day. In addition to the f. A. A. s Safety Mission we also work very closely with the depts of defense and Homeland Security on a daily basis to support their Aviation Security missions particularly here in the capitol region. As part of that support, we provide them a raw air traffic radar feed so they have Situational Awareness of what is happening in our National Air Space system. To enable our controllers to safely control air traffic, the first thing we have to do is distinguish the aircraft that are communicating with controllers from all other objects in the air that are not aircraft.
Shutdown soon . They are heartbreaking and real. The stoirs of those already affected by the Government Shutdown. Will any of this make Congress Move quicker . New information today on the motorcycle road rage incident in new york city. How might six cops be correct connected to that intercept . What happened to karen. Shes still going to hit the southeast coast. But will she pack any punch. A live report just ahead. Hello, everyone. Its high noon in the east, 9 00 in the west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Im mara sigh vo campo. St. Paul day five of the shutdown and two big developments this hour. First a new interview from president obama with his take on the shut down stalemate and that creep towards that october 17th debt ceiling deadline. Just as it true with the Government Shutdown, there are enough votes in the house of representatives to make sure that the government reopens today. And im pretty willing to bet that there are enough votes in the house right now to make sur
For nashville. Started with the devastating tornadoes that tore through some of our neighborhoods. Continued through the pandemic and events of the past summer, and now this. The cowardly bombing on Christmas Morning right here in the heart of our downtown. But one thing about nashvillians in the time ive lived here is theyre tough and they stick together as a team, thats what were doing now and i want you to know thats the team bind me a and the folks doing everything to find out to get the answers that you deserve and make sure were all safe. So one of the toughest groups of the folks weve got here in middle tennessee is our Law Enforcement and First Responders and nowhere in my experience in Law Enforcement has that ever been plainer to me than what happened early yesterday morning. 6 15, 6 20, or 6 30 or so on Christmas Morning, Metro Nashville Police Officers just number a blocks north of here didnt run away from danger. Literally ran to danger. Vehicle that was announcing it was
But there are three levels of testing. One of them is independent for every piece of this contracting, yes. Mrs. Castor. Good morning. When open enrollment began a few weeks ago, the people back home in florida who are helping their neighbors sort through the new options for coverage, the navigators, were taken aback by how grateful people are to have a new pathway to the Doctors Office and the care they need. Affordable options. Theyre no longer being discriminated against because they had cancer and diabetes or asthma. And theyre very grateful. They said to me directly, its like they found water in the desert. Right now they are surprisingly, they said its taking time because people want to sort through all of these options before they finally sign up at the end of the 26week enrollment period. So we must fix the marketplace. We must to meet their expectations. And we have very High Expectations for you and for the administration. But i think its important to point out the Affordable