To the invention of supersonic aircrafts the push for whats possible, revolutionized travel. What was once novel yes even dangerous has become commonplace bordering on monday. And is year over year the safest way to travel the world, in 2018 along the, u. S. And Foreign Airlines kara come by one billion passengers, roughly one ace of the entire global population. Right now i can fly from d. C. Texas in last than 100 dollars. We have democratized transportation in the way the right brothers, could never imagined. This evolution has not without challenges, from deadly often preventable crashes to, simply setting up a system that managed to traffic, we have had ingenious safer machines, crashing, inland new system to meet our really neat. In short, we have to adapt as the landscape changes. Which brings us to the topic of today, improving and modernize air Traffic Control for the American People i. Want to make clear from the start that i am sure the air Traffic Control, efforts from prev
We begin with the conflict in yemen and the sound city of aden has been the flash point in the city since the houthis first laid siege to it in march. But there are fears the victory may be shortlived. Reporter the houthis have lost much of the Southern City of aden and the internationally recognized Yemeni Government wants to claim control. Aden will be the key to our victory and our cause from aden well reclaim all of yemen. This is the first of many victories to come. Reporter hadi has congratulated the resistence fighters for pushing them out of aden. As they continue to fight in other areas around the city. Translator we. [ inaudible ] in forces in the come is hours so the eid in aden will be the happiest. Reporter these fighters are against the houthis but that doesnt mean they are prohadi. Many of secessionists, they fought the government in the past. Aden was the final refuge of the hadi government after it was driven from the capital sanaa by Houthi Rebels last september. By m
Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha
Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha
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