john? new this morning, 12 airports across the country are getting a major bump in federal funding. the faa is awarding $100 million to a dozen airports that have projects aimed at curbing runway incursions. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is with us. what s this money going to do, pete? reporter: runway incursions, john, known as near misses on or near the runway and this is a huge issue according to the faa and the national transportation safety board which is holding a round table on this very subject right this moment. the national transportation safety board says with regulators and labor unions and industry that they must get to the core theme of this issue because this has been a huge problem since the start of this year. six runway incursions involving commercial airliners at major airports under investigation in 2022, jfk, burbank, austin, boston, honolulu and sarasota.
here s what is on our radar this hour. 12 air poortports across the co is getting more federal funding. $12 million aimed at curbing the runway incursions known as near-misses. the government has signed two red flag bills into law. under this, relatives, medical professionals and roommates and former dating partners are allowed to take firearms away. if someone is at risk or could harm themselves or others, the court can prevent them from getting a pistol license or concealed pistol license. and this, a man in florida lost his arm after he was attacked by a 10-foot alligator sunday. the 23-year-old was bitten near a pond behind port charlotte,
finding is that pilots, ground crews and controllers alike seem to be experiencing this uptick. some have described it as a kind of rust. but that that needs to turn into a very concrete diagnosis and specific action steps. we re not going to wait for something worse to happen to act now. the other element here that no one points at is that retirements accelerated during the pandemic among pilots and air traffic controllers, and that may be contributing to these problems as well. although the six dramatic runway incursions at airports are still under investigation by the national transportation safety board of final cause, and each of those incidents could take more than a year, jim jessica you know a lot of loss of institutional knowledge with all those retirements mountain for us. thanks so much. coming up. u s secretary of state antony blinken is now facing a subpoena turnover sensitive communications related to the
get simply could not get the votes in the senate. what are we learning about that? and how quickly do they need to introduce the replacement? you know, it s pretty surprising that phil washington withdrew his nomination for the faa administrator because it was only last week that the white house said it was still standing by him as the nomination to lead this agency. you know, this is so critical because the faa is really having a moment right now we ve seen these strings of runway incursions at airports nationwide involving commercial airliners. there s so many issues we just laid out in the piece, the air traffic controller shortage so we will see who the white house nominates next. billy nolan is the acting administrator of the agent. nsi will he be nominated for a five year term to lead it? after steve dixon resigned as the head of the administration? last year. big questions, though a lot of big questions about phil washington s background, he didn t have the experience, according