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Today is Wednesday, May 15th, and this is your daily news rundown. Now before we get into the stories I do just

want to tell you that outside there could not be more noise happening. I got

landscapers across the street, we got planes flying in the air. So I'm going to hope that my microphone is good enough to where you don't pick up on that. But I just wanted to give you a heads up as to what I'm dealing with just in case you can hear it. I got to get this episode out before five so you know there's only so much I can do.

Anyway let's get right into the stories. We're going to start with a story from yesterday

afternoon which is that the Department of Justice notified a federal court in Texas that Boeing breached

a deferred prosecution agreement potentially paving the way for criminal charges against the company.

You may remember the Lion Air 737 Max crash in October 2018

and then the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash in March 2019.

Those two crashes happened within a six month span.

It led to charges against Boeing

at a subsequent deferred prosecution agreement.

For clarity's sake, a deferred prosecution agreement, which is sometimes called a DPA for short, allows a defendant to avoid

prosecution so long as that defendant cooperates with the terms of the agreement.

A charging document is still filed with the court,

but at the same time, the prosecutors will request

that the prosecution be postponed giving

the defendant time to demonstrate its good

conduct. If the defendant complies with the terms of the agreement, the

charges will be dismissed. But if the defendant breaches the agreement, the defendant opens themselves up to prosecution.

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