Boeing CEO Testifies, New Mexico Wildfires, Hospital Hacks

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🗓️ 19 June 2024

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun apologized to families of 737 Max victims during a Senate hearing and admitted that the company retaliated against whistleblowers in the company. Tribal, state and federal officials in New Mexico are scrambling to save homes and lives as two rapidly growing fires threaten the village of Ruidoso. And Ascension hospitals, one of the country's largest health systems, is still recovering from a massive ransomware attack that caused dangerous mix ups and serious complications with patient care.

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0:00.0	The head of Boeing was grilled on the hill about safety practices and two fatal
0:07.2	crashes of 737 Max Plains. I apologize for the grief that we have caused.
0:11.8	The families who lost loved ones say an apology isn't enough.
0:15.1	I mean Martinez, that's Le LaFoddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.0	New Mexico's governor declares a state of emergency as two wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands.
0:27.5	The message to New Mexicans is that every resource available while we combat these fires is available.
0:37.0	Does the state have what it needs?
0:39.0	And one of the country's largest health systems is still recovering from a massive cyber attack that caused
0:44.8	dangerous mix-ups and serious complications with patient care. Stay with us
0:49.2	we'll give you the news you need to start your day. The head of Troubled Plainmaker Boeing was questioned pretty aggressively on Capitol Hill yesterday.
1:05.0	Yeah, CEO Dave Calhoun testified in public for the first time since a door plug panel blew out of a 737
1:11.6	Maxjet in midair. That incident renewed deep concerns
1:15.7	about Boeing's focus on quality control and safety.
1:18.2	And Pierre's Joel Rose has been following all of this and joins us now. Good morning,
1:21.7	Joel. Hi, Leila. So this hearing has been a long time coming. What was it like?
1:26.7	It started with a dramatic moment. Before his prepared remarks, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun
1:31.9	turned around to face the gallery in the hearing room, and he offered
1:35.5	an apology to the families of people who were killed in the crashes of two Boeing 737
1:40.0	max jets in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people in total. Some of those family
1:46.1	members were in the room yesterday when Calhoun testified holding up photographs of
1:49.8	loved ones who died in the crashes and many still want to see Boeing's leaders held
1:54.7	accountable. Nadia Milleron lost her daughter, Samia Stumo in the crash. She spoke to reporters
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