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that's from boeing. the bottom line here is, this is coming ahead of the congressional testimony on capitol hill in which they're looking at boeing based on several problems with the 737 max as well as the door plug issue and now a boeing quality engineer claiming that the 787 may not be safe. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. more tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> coming up the university of southern california cancels its valedictorian's speech. the student's response. that's next on "nbc news daily". my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye docto
that's from boeing. the bottom line here is, this is coming ahead of the congressional testimony on capitol hill in which they're looking at boeing based on several problems with the 737 max as well as the door plug issue and now a boeing quality engineer claiming that the 787 may not be safe. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. more tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> coming up the university of southern california cancels its valedictorian's speech....
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boeing says the claims are without merit. the boeing engineer will testify in washington tomorrow. tonight he is only talking to senior correspondent tom costello. >> reporter: boeing 787 dreamliner has been flying since 2011, made of a lightweight composite material and stronger than a typical aluminum fuselage. but a current quality engineer has told the faa he believes the plane has a potentially fatal flaw. >> i think it's as serious as i have ever seen in my lifetime. >> reporter: 15-year boeing veteran sam salehpour will tell congress wednesday that the gaps between the big pieces of fuselage are too big. and even though they're fastened together, the stress could create fatigue failure in the fuselage after thousands of flights. what would happen if you had a fatigue failure in a 787 at altitude? >> the plane will fall apart at the joints where we're talking about. once you fall apart, you're going to descend all the way to the ground. >> reporter: you think the plane could literally break apart in air? >> absolutely. >> reporter: but boeing tells nbc news we are fully confi
boeing says the claims are without merit. the boeing engineer will testify in washington tomorrow. tonight he is only talking to senior correspondent tom costello. >> reporter: boeing 787 dreamliner has been flying since 2011, made of a lightweight composite material and stronger than a typical aluminum fuselage. but a current quality engineer has told the faa he believes the plane has a potentially fatal flaw. >> i think it's as serious as i have ever seen in my lifetime. >>...
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boeing insists they are stress-tested and safe. the plane it says should fly for decades. the new whistle-blower work at the same south carolina boeing plant where another whistle-blower worked, john barnett, who took his own life last month. before these new allegations, the faa chief told lester last month boeing's quality control remains under intense faa oversight and inspection. >> i will make sure that we're not approving any aircraft into the system that are not safely built. >> reporter: boeing says the 787 should fly 40 to 50 years if the plane is properly maintained. there are now 1100 in service worldwide. the company says it has spent years going over every element of the plane to make sure it is safe. lester? >> tom costello, thank you. >>> a scary scene today in burke county, north carolina, where a school bus rolled over injuring nine high school and middle school students, the driver and a bus monitor. the students and driver suffered mainly bumps and bruises and were released from hospitals. the driver of the bus now charging with failing to maintain lane
boeing insists they are stress-tested and safe. the plane it says should fly for decades. the new whistle-blower work at the same south carolina boeing plant where another whistle-blower worked, john barnett, who took his own life last month. before these new allegations, the faa chief told lester last month boeing's quality control remains under intense faa oversight and inspection. >> i will make sure that we're not approving any aircraft into the system that are not safely built....
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a former boeing engineer who has been very vocal about concerns at boeing and this present boeing engineer who's raising concerns as well about production. all three of them are saying boeing has put production and profits ahead of safety. listen specifically to what that current boeing engineer is saying about problems he saw with the 787 dreamliner. >> i have analyze boeing's own data to conclude that the company's taking manufacturiing shortcuts on the program that made significantly reduce the airplane's safety. i found gaps exceeding the specification that weren't properly addressed. 98.7% of the time. i raised concerns internally, i was sidelined. i was told to shut up. >> reporter: so boeing is denying the retaliation exists. it said retaliation is never tolerated. however the company's also raising concerns about these allegations insisting the plaintiff's very robust. >> so much lately about boeing, tom, you report on this every day, how much of a crisis is it inside of the company right now and how is the company responding? >> reporter: major fire alarm going off inside boeing r
a former boeing engineer who has been very vocal about concerns at boeing and this present boeing engineer who's raising concerns as well about production. all three of them are saying boeing has put production and profits ahead of safety. listen specifically to what that current boeing engineer is saying about problems he saw with the 787 dreamliner. >> i have analyze boeing's own data to conclude that the company's taking manufacturiing shortcuts on the program that made significantly...
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here's tom costello with more. >> reporter: today, two hearings with boeing in the crosshairs. >> boeing is at a moment of reckoning. >> reporter: as a former faa engineer, a former boeing engineer, and a current engineer all told senators, boeing is putting production and profits ahead of safety. >> effectively they are putting out defective airplanes. >> reporter: engineer, sam salehpour, who told us boeing's 787 dreamliner has a potentially fatal flaw. >> would you put your family on a 787 right now? >> right now i would not. >> reporter: today telling senators he warned boeing the fuselage could break apart. >> i raised concerns internally. i was sidelined. i was told to shut up. >> reporter: but boeing is pushing back hard insisting it does not tolerate retaliation, and after more than 4.2 million flights, 13 years of service and extensive stress testing, it has zero evidence of airframe fatigue. today the ceo of united airlines with 70 dreamliners said he's not concerned. >> i am totally confident the 787 is a safe airplane. >> reporter: in the hearing room, relatives of the 346 pe
here's tom costello with more. >> reporter: today, two hearings with boeing in the crosshairs. >> boeing is at a moment of reckoning. >> reporter: as a former faa engineer, a former boeing engineer, and a current engineer all told senators, boeing is putting production and profits ahead of safety. >> effectively they are putting out defective airplanes. >> reporter: engineer, sam salehpour, who told us boeing's 787 dreamliner has a potentially fatal flaw. >>...
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another boeing plane. here is our news correspondent blayne alexander. >> growing turbulence for one of the nation's largest manufacturer boeing. a new investigation has been launched about one of the newest airplanes because of a whistle-blower's claims. it is about the 747 dreamliner. the claims have come after a series of dangerous mishaps involving other boeing claims in recent months. the whistle-blower sam alacore says that the parts of the fuselage are put together improperly, and after several flights, it could break apart. it could cause major fatigue and cause it to come apart. >> he is alleging that there is improper stress testing. >> reporter: he says that the stress testing is inaccurate and it does not represent the comprehensive work that has been done by boeing to representative the long term safety. this whistle-blower worked at a plant in south carolina, the same plant that employed another whistle-blower john barnett who was found dead last month with what appeared to be a self-inflicte
another boeing plane. here is our news correspondent blayne alexander. >> growing turbulence for one of the nation's largest manufacturer boeing. a new investigation has been launched about one of the newest airplanes because of a whistle-blower's claims. it is about the 747 dreamliner. the claims have come after a series of dangerous mishaps involving other boeing claims in recent months. the whistle-blower sam alacore says that the parts of the fuselage are put together improperly, and...
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boeing says it has slowed down production to improve quality control. several airplanes -- airlines, i should say, like southwest and alaska are saying it is impacting business. >>> new numbers that say crime in san francisco is significantly down according to new data from the governor's office. overall, property crime is down 32% and violent crime is down 14%. the chp launched an operation last may to address crime in the tenderloin. the report says they seized more than 42,000 pounds of fentanyl and recovered 50 crime linked guns as part of the operation. more than 6000 citations were issued and nearly 500 arrests were made. >>> california spending billions of dollars to address homelessness but a new state audit found that much of the money is not being tracked or evaluated. nobody is certain if it did good. it focused on san diego and san jose. emma goss shows us how the mayor of san jose is responding to the findings. >> reporter: california is a gated desert when it comes to its response to homelessness. that is according to a state audit request
boeing says it has slowed down production to improve quality control. several airplanes -- airlines, i should say, like southwest and alaska are saying it is impacting business. >>> new numbers that say crime in san francisco is significantly down according to new data from the governor's office. overall, property crime is down 32% and violent crime is down 14%. the chp launched an operation last may to address crime in the tenderloin. the report says they seized more than 42,000...
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boeing says, it's fully confident in the plane and calls the claims in part, inaccurate. congress is planning hearings next week. >>> stocks are taking after the latest inflation data came in hotter than expected, the latest consumer price index shows inflation climbing at 3.5% compared to one year ago. a slightly higher rate than last month including a .4% increase compared to last month alone. the cpi without gas and food came and higher. investors, now fear, more felt tightening from the federal reserve when it comes to the interest rates. the dow, this morning, is trading more than 1% lower. >>> with 1 million people commuting in the bay area every day, polls and roads play a vital role. this morning, i spoke to john goodwin, is from the metropolitan transportation commission about some big changes, and problems on the road. he began by talking about the end of the clean air program and the program allows electric car drivers with stickers and the hov lane and it's coming to an end next year although it might upset ev drivers, he says the program fulfilled its intent.
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boeing is slowing down protection. >>> and ubereats is delivering a new future. >>> boeing's announced that today's airplane deliveries fell to the lowest number since mid-2021, the manufacturer is dealing with a safety crisis. it handed over 83 planes in the first quarter, 47 fewer than the same period last year, the tally comes after a door plug blew out of a boeing plane on an alaska airlines flight in january and of course that prompted several investigations. >>> small business optimism has dropped to a more than 11-year low in march, according to national federation of independent business, while inflation is the biggest concern, owners are concerned about a sticky labor market. >>> and ubereats is launching a short-form video feed like tiktok to help restaurants boost visibility and showcase their menus. ubereats emphasized the videos aren't ads and the feature is being tested in new york and toronto. a delicious way to get someone to choose a restaurant. >> thank you. >>> coming up, you can't visit the west coast without a stop at in-n-out. >>> the clash over proposed name chan
boeing is slowing down protection. >>> and ubereats is delivering a new future. >>> boeing's announced that today's airplane deliveries fell to the lowest number since mid-2021, the manufacturer is dealing with a safety crisis. it handed over 83 planes in the first quarter, 47 fewer than the same period last year, the tally comes after a door plug blew out of a boeing plane on an alaska airlines flight in january and of course that prompted several investigations. >>>...
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but while the southwest 737 is manufactured by boeing, this plane has been in service for years. whose responsibility is it to check the safety of the cowlings? >> it's 100% on the airline, the maintenance crews, the flight crews when they do a preflight check. >> reporter: tonight a perfect storm of a scare in unsettling times. sam brock, nbc news. >>> and coming up, rising tide for women's basketball. what's next for the stars of the season? that's why my go to is nurtec odt. it's the only migraine medication that can treat and prevent my attacks all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion and stomach pain. now i'm in control. with nurtec odt i can treat a migraine attack and prevent one. talk to your doctor about nurtec today. i love your dress. oh thanks! i splurged a little because liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. that's great. i know, right? i've been telling everyone. baby: liberty. did you hear that? ty just said her first word. can you s
but while the southwest 737 is manufactured by boeing, this plane has been in service for years. whose responsibility is it to check the safety of the cowlings? >> it's 100% on the airline, the maintenance crews, the flight crews when they do a preflight check. >> reporter: tonight a perfect storm of a scare in unsettling times. sam brock, nbc news. >>> and coming up, rising tide for women's basketball. what's next for the stars of the season? that's why my go to is nurtec...
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whistleblower apologist warning about structural integrity of one of the best-selling airplanes from boeing and how the company is responding. lester holt joins us from new york right now. >>> tonight, the major court decision in arizona reinstating a 160-year-old civil war era law banning nearly all abortions in the state. arizona's supreme court ruling an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except to save the mother's life can be enforced. doctors who perform one facing up to five years in prison. the key battleground ruling coming after gop front-runner donald trump said abortion should be up to the states. how soon could it take effect? >>> also tonight, james and jennifer crumbley, the parents of a michigan school shooter sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison. the emotional moments in court. the couple coming face-to-face with families of the victims. >>> the terror takedown in idaho. the fbi saying it arrested an ea
whistleblower apologist warning about structural integrity of one of the best-selling airplanes from boeing and how the company is responding. lester holt joins us from new york right now. >>> tonight, the major court decision in arizona reinstating a 160-year-old civil war era law banning nearly all abortions in the state. arizona's supreme court ruling an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except to save the mother's life can be enforced. doctors who perform one facing up to five...