Hillary clinton. Nton and prepare yourself that unbearable heat weve beeneve telling you about, it is here. Upper 90s, possibly even triple digits coming your way. W good morning to you. D thank you for joining us. S. Im holly morris. Mor and im maureen umeh. Today is friday or we like too say friyay. Riya mike thomas talking about our triple digit heat and erint erin como standing by with yourit traffic update isnt at thet ah top of the hour the moment hasas come republican president ial p candidate ton trump too donald o the stage to accept his nomination for the gop president ial bid. Trump addressed the crowd thd of thousands at the event withth a lengthy speech laying out his plans to make america ameria great again. What he plans to do to noto only win the election but to close the border. De we cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore. Rre. So, if you want corporate spin, the carefullyarl crafted lies and the media, med the democrats are holding their Convention Next w
Tampa pd is very very good at what they do to have a safe event. All of us are interested in how they do it. And all of them want to avoid scenes like these where protests went wrong in cities like new york, chicago and seattle and who can forget the Boston Marathon bombing in 2012. Here in tampa its not just gasparilla the city has successfully hosted two super bowls and the Republican National convention in 2012. All with only security challenges yet everything was kept under control. I was impressed because i was ready for the story that cost four times, they used brains and focused resources where their known problems would be so they had no unexpected activities. Eric ward says planning is the key. We know this event comes every year, its not a shock to us, putting resources in place is what helps us to get the we are going to have a front row seat on it, i am not going to partake in some of the adult beverages im sure it is going to be extremely fun. And the Fulton County police
Which as my colleagues have said, right now its difficult for industry to have access to air space for the purposes of research and development. We believe the test sites offer them the perfect opportunity to meet those Research Needs here in the u. S. And thats why were working with the test sites to expand the ability for them to attract that kind of research. Again, if faa Research Needs can be met at the test sites, we will certainly look to Fund Projects at those test sites as well. So when you say youre working with the test sites to expand that opportunity can you tell me a little bit more about that . Again, were trying to keep them well informed about what they are able to do under the agreements that they have with the faa we now have individuals actually from the test center who will be traveling to each of the test sites to work with them more closely on what it is that we might be looking for to be able to get Research Data through the test sites. And then the designees we
As required, we set out to have one test site operational within six months of election. We surpassed that goal within four months and three more sites operational within six months of their selections. Now all six uas sites are fully operational and have established their research agendas. The data and information from the test sites will help answer key questions about how Unmanned Aircraft Systems Interface in the air space as well as with air Traffic Control. The Faa Technical Center in Atlantic City is playing a key role in Data Collection and analysis and will continue to make significant contributions to uas integration to identify the data that will be most useful to the faa. We are moving forward through rule making. As md byantehe act, the rule making to permit civil operation of small uas in the air space. We all agree that project is taking too long. But im pleased to say we believe we have a balanced proposal thats currently under executive review. In the meantime and cons
The use of genetically modified organisms on farms and in food products. In august a federal Aviation Administration missed a deadline for writing rules for drones to prevent interference with regular air traffic. This week an faa official testified at a house hearing that the missed deadline means e comprehensive rules wont be made until 2017 at the earliest. This hearing of the subcommittee on aviation is two hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. Would like to ask unanimous consent that members not on the committee in addition to members not on the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing. Theres a great deal of interest and offer testimony and asked questions. Without objection, so ordered. Would like to thank all of you for being here. The United States has been the Global Leader in aviation. Were all very proud of that. The American Leadership in manufacturing, air transportation, Flight Safety and technological innovation is tremen