>> THE WINDS OF GLOBAL CHANGE CONTINUE TO BLOW. THANK YOU. >>> SAFETY IS FRONT AND CENTER ON CAPITOL HILL WITH BOEING BEING THE CENTER OF MULTIPLE HEARINGS THIS AFTERNOON. BOEING HAS FACED INCREASED SCRUTINY SINCE JANUARY WHEN A DOOR PLUG LOU OUT FROM ONE OF ITS 787 MAX 9 PLANES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE SENATE COMMITTEE IS HOLDING A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY AND CULTURE OF THE COMPANY. MEANTIME, A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE IS HEARING FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT WHISTLEBLOWER TESTIFYING ABOUT THE 787 DREAM LINER, SAYING IT'S NOT SAFE TO FLY. TO BE CLEAR, THE DREAM LINER IS A DIFFERENT PLANE THAN THE ONE INVOLVED IN THE ALASKA AIRLINES INCIDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR. >> BOEING HIT PROBLEMS PUSHING PIECES TOGETHER WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MAKE THEM APPEAR THAT THE GAPS DON'T EXIST, EVEN THOUGH THEY EXIST. THE GAP DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO AWAY, AND THIS MAY RESULT IN PREMATURE FATIGUE FAILURE. EFFECTIVELY, THEY ARE PUTTING OUT DEFECTIVE AIRPLANES. >> NIKOLE KILLION IS ON CAPITOL HILL TRACKING ALL OF THIS. SOME OF OUR VIEWERS MAY BE GETTING ONTO THOSE AIRCRAFT AS WAS THE, SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE LAWMAKERS HOPING TO LEARN TODAY, AND WHAT CAN THEY DO WITH THIS INFO? >> I THINK THEY WANT TO GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT YOU ADDRESSED, WHICH IS A SAFETY CULTURE. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THIS WHISTLEBLOWER ON CAPITOL HILL WHO HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE DREAM LINER AIRCRAFT, SUGGESTING THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS SAFE TO FLY. THAT BEING SAID, BOEING HAS SAID THAT IT STANDS BY AND FEELS CONFIDENT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE AIRLINER. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS COMES AFTER WE SAW THAT REALLY SCARY INCIDENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR INVOLVING A SEPARATE BOEING STYLE AIRCRAFT, THE 737 MAX WHERE THAT DOOR BLEW OUT IN FLIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT KIND OF GETTING AT THE HEART OF WHAT IS GOING WRONG, POTENTIALLY, WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, AND OBVIOUSLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ENSURING SAFETY FOR PASSENGERS, BUT ALSO IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE AIRCRAFT. >> WE HEARD THE WHISTLEBLOWER EFFECTIVELY SAY THE AIRCRAFT IS DEFECTIVE. BOEING ISN'T TESTIFYING TODAY. HOW IS THE COMPANY RESPONDING TO THAT VERY POWERFUL CLAIM ? >> AGAIN, THEY CONTINUE TO STAND BY THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR ERROR DRAFT. AND AGAIN, EXPRESS CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE SAFE. THEY ARE CONTINUING TO CONDUCT A SAFETY REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HAVE GONE THROUGH DOZENS OF PLANES. BUT OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS WITHIN A PARTICULAR FLEET. THEY DID SHOWCASE TO REPORTERS EARLIER THIS WEEK AT A FACILITY SOME OF THE PLANES, AGAIN, TO POINT OUT IN THEIR VIEW WHAT THEY BELIEVE ARE THE SAFETY FEATURES OF THESE AIRCRAFT. CERTAINLY, THIS WHISTLEBLOWER RAISING A LOT OF SERIOUS CONCERNS, EVEN SUGGESTING THAT HE WOULDN'T PUT HIS
