actual $16.4 trillion debt it s half of one percent. its kind of hard to figure out if you re trying to stop all the red ink what they are going to do. this year s annual deficit is estimated to be $850 billion. if you like to look at it that way $85 billion in cuts would be only clearing out about 10% of this year s shortfall. jon: thank you for breaking down the numbers for us. what a country. carl cameron in washington. thank you. reporter: lots of red ink in it. jenna: new troubles for boeing as it now warns airlines about the next generation of 737 aircraft. we ve heard a lot about this aircraft, right? this all happened, all these stories after battery meltdowns on the dreamliner jet grounded the entire fleet worldwide and now we are at another chapter in all of this. dan springer is live in seattle with more. dan. reporter: jenna, first the good news, it s not even close to the trouble that the 787 is facing, but boeing has put out a safety bulletin to airlines about some en
airplanes owned by japan. it could affect routes that use the dreamliner. this is a popular jet for both carriers and also travelers as well. i take the route to tokyo. i was hoping they didn t ground the plane. i m not concerned about the safety issue. big deal for some passengers. but also clearly big deal for boeing itself. these scares called into question not just the jet liner s design, but also quality control in boeing s manufacturing processes. the faa investigation is underway, could be a setback for the company given boeing s had mixed fortunes in recent years. the probe can often uncover many other problems. not good news all around. the 787 is too important to u.s. jobs and export to be ignored and the company s stock took a
taking a very serious new look at boeing s dreamliner. we ll tell but it. jamie: the man about to be our next treasury secretary is taking ribbing about whether he is loopy or it s just his signature. the president making a joke, he s got to change that. it goes on our currency. what they re going to do to make sure he gets it right. or after stopping chantix.
hit as a result, down 2 1/2%. i think we can show awe graph there. you can see how rough the past few years. we ll give you an idea how it might affect the company longer term. here is the maker of europe s air bus, the rival. the dips that collate with the super jumbo. every time you see a dip, that relates to the problems. is that going to play out for boeing as the problems crop up during the investigation? let s take a brief step back, the problem at boeing is really that they have with the dreamliner is what we saw when they launched the triple 7. the triple 7 now is really a standard work horse of the sky. no problem there is with a good track record so far. jamie: hope they get it right. thank you. gregg? gregg: the cdc is now saying that the flu outbreak is hitting epidemic levels. the number of cases overwhelming doctors offices and hospitals. we re still weeks away from
there. 50 countries backing a proposal to the united nations to clear the way for referring members of the assad regime to the war crimes tribunal in the hague. gregg: a new concern as the flu outbreak spreads all over the country. there are reports of a shortage of the medication tamiflu. we ll have more on this in just a moment. jamie: also this is an interesting story. it s billed as a future of commercial air travel. federal regulators have already raised pretty serious concerns about boeing s 787 dreamliner. she s sweet burks there is problems. they re calling for a comprehensive review of the design, the manufacturing and the assembly process of the plane after a string of frightening incidents. dominic with the latest from our los angeles bureau. tell us what is the latest? hey there. multiple worries this week, batteries bursting into flames and two case of fuel leaks in