Im marci gonzalez. Reena is on assignment. Hello to you all. Im t. J. Holmes. We start with an absolute bloodbath in waco, texas. A wild shootout between rival motorcycle gangs happened in broad daylight in a busy parking lot. Nine bikers killed after facing off with knife, bats chains and guns just outside a Shopping Plaza packed with families. Abcs bazi kanani has the latest. Reporter investigators say this waco restaurant was packed with up to 200 bikers. Members of five rival gangs trying to work out a turf dispute when something ignited a fight. One of 9 officers here said it was absolute complete chaos when they pulled up on scene. I just got a call from a passerby they were going by twin peak, thought they heard a gunshot, looked over and saw a lot of running. Reporter knifes chains and guns and police on scene also opening fire on armed bikers. It was really really scary. I called back towards the freezers with a lot of waitresses and people here. Reporter the deadly brawl spra
Not only is she a best selling author but shes releasing her new book today called move, putting americas infrastructure back in the lead. Thank you so much for joining us. The book really explains with compelling details many of the health costs and even social justice impacts of our outdated infrastructure system, and i want to get to some of those today. First of all, can you please give us a brief synopsis of where we are today and how were fairing versus other countries . So theres only one indicator in the transportation and infrastructure area in which the u. S. Is number one and that is number of available airline seats. Thats because weve made it cheap and we like to fly. Impact, americans like to fly. Europeans will take the train. Thats one reason we dont have a good enough rail system in america, Passenger Rail system. Otherwise, we are way down on the international indicators. My friend Rodney Slater whos here today former secretary of transportation, went to japan recentl
Were abandoned. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. We know that isil doesnt discriminate. Youre either with the terrorists, or theyll destroy you or sub ji you. Thank you. The two most powerful forces in the area are the Shiite Alliance in iran on the one hand, and the extremist sunnis on the other. Weve seen our friends, saudi arabia and others move toward what theyll expect as quote moderate islam, or acceptable islam, and embrace the brotherhood, turkey qatar and part of al qaeda. Had we done more to strengthen the more reasonable sunnis earlier in the process, perhaps saudi arabia would not be taking that action. The good news is there are reports in the last half hour that the number two commander in isis has been killed. I hope thats true. Well see. Mr. Chairman, you commented that isis has all this iraqi currency. Iraq should, of course issue new currency, making its own currency invalid. Many countries have done this. This is a process that is hated by corrupt politicians and d
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.
Aviation safety subcommittee. Thank you all for joining us today to hear testimony regarding Innovative Aviation Technology and new instruments to the National Airspace system. New entrance include innovations advanced air mobility, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, unquote Aerial Survey systems commonly known as drones. These technologies have a wide range of applications. From inspecting Critical Infrastructure to delivering medicine in remote areas. To improving a mobility in urban areas. Along with advancements and electric propulsion, these innovative approaches offer opportunities to transport passengers and cargo or provide other Aviation Services while reducing Carbon Emissions. As we begin the process of reauthorizing the federal Aviation Administration next year, congress should incorporate provisions to advance these important developments in technology. Are you hearing today is an opportunity to consider the challenges ahead, and the approaches congress can ta