that of what will happen? my predictions tend to be wrong but i don t think it passes. maybe that s a good sign if on predicting it doesn t maybe it will. eric: okay, we will see. arthel: eric and jamie, a drone revolution taken hold in the skies across america. it is going way beyond surveillance from crack dusting to pizza delivery. dominoes did that in new zealand. drones are starting to shake up the american economy. jonathan has more on the risks and opportunities. just in the last 18 months we have registered twice as many unmanned aircraft and we registered all aircraft in the previous 100 years. from crop dusting to commercial delivery, jones are about to become a part of
the parents disagree that he has profound and irreversible brain damage. they argue his life-support should be turned off because the treatment they say would only prolong the boy suffering without the hope of any real improvement. the doctors treated a number of kids with this syndrome. the first patient to be given this experimental drug wasn t in 2012. he is now six years old and has shown some signs of improvement. though is still on a ventilator. charlie suffers from a different form of the disease. ultimately, it will be a judge will make the call us whether charlie will be allowed to be transferred to the united states for this experimental treatment. that decision is expected on the 25th of july. arthel: thank you. trounce taking over the sky, doing everything from crop dusting to surveillance. up next, how unmanned aircraft are changing our lives and sparking new concerns. plus, and the republican leadership is walking a tight
registered all aircraft on the previous 100 years. from crop dusting to package delivery, commercial drones are about to become a part of every day life. to safely integrate vast numbers of new unmanned aircraft into the nation s airspace, the faa is relying on assure, a group of research institutions led by mississippi state university. among the questions researchers are working to answer, what happens when drones crash into people or suddenly fall out of the sky? we have to better understand what happens if in fact there is some sort of a collision or an impact. we need to better understand that, but at the end of the day, this really is about avoiding that collision in the first place. although many commercial drones provide live video feeds of their flights, the faa generally requires operators to fly their drones within eyesight, but the commercial drone industry is actively preparing for the day this requirement is lifted. whether it s package delivery, whether it s arct
registered all aircraft on the previous 100 years. from crop dusting to package delivery, commercial drones are about to become a part of every day life. to safely integrate vast numbers of new unmanned aircraft into the nation s airspace, the faa is relying on assure, a group of research institutions led by mississippi state university. among the questions researchers are working to answer, what happens when drones crash into people or suddenly fall out of the sky? we have to better understand what happens if in fact there is some sort of a collision or an impact. we need to better understand that, but at the end of the day, this really is about avoiding that collision in the first place. although many commercial drones provide live video feeds of their flights, the faa generally requires operators to fly their drones within eyesight, but the commercial drone industry is actively preparing for the day this requirement is lifted. whether it s package delivery, whether it s arct
record-setting $121 million in cash donations this year. bret? bret: matt finn in chicago. thank you. a federal court says that the practice of north carolina elected officials opening meetings with a christian prayer is unconstitutional. the fourth u.s. circuit court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling concerning roman county commissioners. the case could be heading for the u.s. supreme court. when you go outside and look up at the sky, what you may see is not a bird or a plane or even superman, it is a drone. and the more of them are, the greater likelihood of an accident. tonight, correspondent jonathan serrie tells us about a major effort to keep that from happening. just in the last 18 months, we ve registered twice as many unmanned aircraft than we registered all aircraft in the previous 100 years. from crop dusting to package delivering, commercial drones are about to become a part of