This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here today. One year ago today, lyon air 610 crashed into the sea in jakarta indonesia. All 189 people on board were killed. A few months later, an Ethiopian Air flight departed, and flight 302 experienced problems shortly after takeoff and crashed. All 157 persons on board died. Both of these accidents were entirely preventible. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 346 human beings who were lost. Many family members are here today and we appreciate their attendance. I appreciate many of them meeting with members of the committee over time. As chairman of this committee, i promise their loved ones were working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. These families deserve answers, accountability and action. And the public deserves no less. The type of aircraft involved in both accidents is a 737 max 8. Manufactured by boeing. International aviation safety regulators began grounding
The ceo of boeing on capitol hill for a second day of testimony on the safety of the airplanes. He appeared before the house transportation committee. The committee on transportation infrastructure will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that security be authorized to declare basis of the hearing without objection, so ordered. I also ask unanimous consent for the Ranking Member of the full committee to be recognized for ten minutes each i will be making to unanimous requests for documents from the attorneys said. I see nothing that is export sensitive in these documents will be making a unanimous consent request pistol into the export control act and make a unanimous consent request to enter the documents on the list into the hearing record. This list includes the export control documents theyve reviewed all these documents on both lists and with i would ask unanimous consent that they be disclosed pursuant to the code. I want to reserve my right to object. The reason for doing tha
The committee on transportation infrastructure will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that security be authorized to declare basis of the hearing without objection, so ordered. I also ask unanimous consent for the Ranking Member of the full committee to be recognized for ten minutes each i will be making to unanimous requests for documents from the attorneys said. I see nothing that is export sensitive in these documents will be making a unanimous consent request pistol into the export control act and make a unanimous consent request to enter the documents on the list into the hearing record. This list includes the export control documents theyve reviewed all these documents on both lists and with i would ask unanimous consent that they be disclosed pursuant to the code. I want to reserve my right to object. The reason for doing that is we have had at least two that i can remember noting the industries and that includes maritime, transit, you name it and they would love to have th
Floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, from the rising of the sun until its setting, you remain the same. We find solace in your changeless faithfulness; your mercies sustain us each hour. Lord, do not keep silent as our lawmakers grapple with the great issues of our time. Reveal your purposes to them, guiding them on the paths of courage and obedience. Lord, remind them that you appointed them to their work, and they are accountable to you. May they not forget that you are the supreme judge of the universe in whose presence humanity must one day stand. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presid
Now on bbc news, click. This week, microsoft boss Satya Nadella uncovering state led internet manipulation. And abominable animation. Look at him. Hes a yeti. Some call it fake news. Some call it disinformation, online manipulation. Or even information warfare. The tech giants call it coordinated inauthentic activity. False news articles on facebook bots amplifying questionable opinions on twitter. What we now know is that nation states have and are weaponized. These techniques to their own ends. Russia to interfere with elections china to spread disinformation. But there is one place which hasnt been associated with deliberate disinformation recently. And thats wikipedia. Its the largest collection of Human Knowledge ever created, arguably the First Digital wonder of the world the font of all internet knowledge. It has nearly six million pages with a staggering 18 billion page views every month and it was created in the best spirit of the internet. Transparent, nonprofit making and op