welcome back to weekends with alex witt. in an attempt to rein in iran s nuclear ambitions, vice president biden says the u.s. is prepared to hold talks in iran but only if the leadership in tehran is serious. speaking today at a national security conference in germany, biden said there is still time for diplomacy to succeed but iran need to show good faith. twitter is warning that a quarter of a million users may have been hacked. the company confirms that hackers accessed some 250,000 user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted versions of passwords yesterday. users holding the affected accounts have been notified. in today s strategy talk, through the gauntlet, defense secretary nominee chuck hagel faced a brutal confirmation hearing on thursday, stumbling at times as the senators grilled him. but senior white house adviser dan fiver now says they have the votes and there is no question hagel will be confirmed. joining me now is media strategist and former spokeswoman for trans
northwest home of boeing. a review like this isn t so rare, is it? actually it is, shep. an aviation analyst we spoke with here in seattle says it is very unusual and hasn t happened since 1979. as for passenger safety we will have to see what the final report says. meantime the planes will continue to fly. the fire monday in boston triggered the action. a lithium battery which powers the plane when the engines are off overheated. there was a lot of smoke and eventually fire and this follows three electrical problems in december that either grounded planes or diverted flights. the comprehensive review will focus in on the dreamliner entire electrical system. this review will cover the critical systems of the aircraft including design, manufacturing and assembly. transportation secretary lahood also said many times that he would get on one of these planes and fly it
were hurt. it was coach frank hall who chased the accused gunman off campus. to the victims families i want to say i m sorry. my thoughts and prayers are still with you. to the families of danny, demetrius, and russell, i want want you to know i was with them. i prayed with them. i wiped their tears. i know god was with them. i don t know why this happened, i only wish i could have done more. i m not a hero, just a football coach and a study hall teacher. coach hall is a hero. the suspect, t.j. lane, is facing three counts of aggravated murder among other serious charges. cnn s ted rolands was at the high school the first time the students returned since the attack. reporter: it was a difficult morning as students along with their parents return today school for the first time since monday s shooting. it was pretty emotional, seeing everyone hug and cry and everyone unite and remembering this hard time. reporter: and remembering the three students killed. 16-year-ol
the airport. lastly, airlines will be required to give customers 24 hours to change a reservation without paying rebooking fees this case of a mistake. airlines object to the new rules claiming it is violates free speech. spirit and southwest and allegiance asked the court to void the full fare advertising rule, and, southwest fears it will cost it $30 million because of lost customers and revision to the frequent flying program. no delay is expected at this type in the implementation of the new rules that are set out to be applied later this month. but they are the latest in a string of consumer-oriented regulations imposed on airlines by president obama and the transportation secretary lahood in the past several years. neil: thank you. and now unions forcing pink slips if i could back up. if you you know i love
a word we have heard but action we have not seen. reporter: transportation secretary lahood who was the republican when he was a member of congress, did call for bipartisanship and he pointed to another example of partisan extremism that is already costing money, saying that the current gas over a budget for the federal aviation administration has idealed 75,000 government and construction workers and costing $200 million a week in lost airline ticket taxes. and he called for a compromise on the debt and deficit plan. there are similarities between the democrat and republican proposals. the republican plan has deeper spending cuts initially and it does not count savings from ending the wars in iraq and afghanistan but the democrat plan . i m sorry the democrat s plan extends the ceiling to 2012 and the republican plan does not do that. shepard: thank you, wendell amid the construction at the white house. so what happens to the checks