Subject: Daily Skimm: Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:43:03 -0400 (EDT)

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GROUNDED

The Story

Boeing 737 Max planes have been grounded until there are answers as to why two =eadly plane crashes happened in a span of a few months.

Where's this coming from?

Earlier this week, an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff =E2�� killing all 157 people on board. The investigation is ongoing. Bu= the pilot reported "flight c=ntrol problems" and asked to return to the airport but then lost conta=t. The plane – a Boeing 737 Max 8 – was the same model as =he Indonesian Lion Air flight=/a> that went down minutes after takeoff a few months ago and killed all 1=9 people on board.

So the plane is basically banned?

Yep. Yesterday, President Trump said all Boeing 737 M=x 8 and 9 planes would be grounded due to safety concerns. The US was the =ast major country to hold out=/a> on grounding the Max 8, with the FAA saying as early as Tuesday that t=ere were no "systemic performance issues" with the planes. Yesterday, both=Canada and the FAA said new satellite data shows th=re's reason to put the planes on standby until there are more answers.

When you say standby…

As in, you won't be flying on a Boeing 737 Max anytim= soon. Airlines will likely be shifting planes or schedules to make up for=it.

Will this affect a lot of people?

It'll mostly affect people in North America and China= That's where many of these planes are used. China was actually the first =ountry to make the call to ground the Boeing plane model. The country has =ooked to the FAA to make many of its calls regarding aviation in the past.=Now, it's asserting itself<=a> in the conversation over airline safety. Much to the US's dismay.

Why did the US take so long to act? What's the deal ther=?

Ah. The elephant in the room. Here's the thing...this=whole ordeal is bringing up the deep connection between Boeing, Capitol Hi=l, and the White House. =resident Trump is close with the company's CEO, and his acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan wo=ked at Boeing for more than 30 years before joining the Pentagon. There ar= ongoing ethics questions=over whether Shanahan promoted Boeing since he started working for the gov= Oh, and Boeing has spent mil=ions over the years lobbying DC lawmakers.

So what's being done to fix this?

Investigators are looking into whether the same problem caused the two crashes.=Boeing said it has "full confidence" in the planes but supports the decisi=n to temporarily ground them. Worth noting that following the Indonesia cr=sh, Boeing started working on tweaking its system. And before this groundi=g, it had been promising to upgrade some flight-control software in the co=ing weeks.

I can only imagine the meetings going on at Boeing right=now...

Yeah...the 737 Max planes are its current bread and b=tter. And this crisis could cost the company billions. Case in point: Norwegian Air has already made=clear it expects Boeing to write it a check at the end of all this.

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Boeing is a leader in the aircraft industry –=both with commercial planes (like the 737 Max) and military planes. This safety crisis is a huge lia=ility for the brand. And it's making people take a closer look at this bil=ion-dollar industry to make sure that safety in the skies is the number on= priority.

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REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when someone's being indecisive during a bre=kup…

The UK is saying 'hold my tea.' Yesterday, lawmakers =a href="https://link.theskimm.com/click/16276017.2997253/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=bXRoLmlzLzJPMWR3bEE/5bae7b412ddf9c633bb801b8Bc8ff2c74" target="_blank" s=yle="color:#00b2a9;text-decoration:none;">voted not to leave the EU =ithout a plan in place for how to do it. Might be a good idea, because a n=-deal Brexit could lead to ch=os on everything from travel to trade. The problem: the UK automatical=y leaves the EU on March 29 (15 days from now) unless lawmakers vote to de=ay it...and unless the EU signs off on it. Today, the UK votes on whether =o do just that. Because almost three years of trying to figure things out =orked out so well.

Who people are talking about…

Francesc= Cali, the suspected boss of the Gambino crime family. Last night, the=53-year-old was shot and killed outside his home on Staten Island. You may=know the Gambino family because of former leader John Gotti, who was a maj=r mafia figure in the late 80s and early 90s before going to prison for mu=der and other charges. Cali is the first alleged mob boss to be killed in =ew York in decades. An investigation is ongoing.

What people are talking about…

School tragedies. Yesterday, a building with a school=in it collapsed in Lagos, Nig=ria. Building collapses are not uncommon in Nigeria since developers s=metimes use low-quality materials and ignore building codes – and = lack of robust regulation lets them get away with it. In this case, the g=v is reportedly being blamed for neglecting issues with the building. At l=ast eight people were killed and an unknown number are still missing. Resc=e efforts are ongoing. Meanwhile, tragedy also struck in southern Brazil. Two masked men targeted a =chool, killing at least eight people, including five students. The attacke=s were former students but the motive hasn't been determined yet. Brazil h=s the world's highest murder rate but mass shootings are rare there and it=s unclear how the attackers got a gun. This attack comes after the country=s new president Jair Bolsonaro recently signed a decree making it easier f=r the public to arm themselves.

What to say when you're too busy to do laundry so you ha=e to make it work 'til the weekend...

Have you met DC? Here's what happened yesterday alone= Paul Manafort got a few extr= years tacked onto his prison sentence while New York charged him with=16 more counts a presiden=ial pardon can't get him=out of. The GOP-controlled Senate voted to end US military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen...=or the second time. It now goes to the House. Also getting a second chance=in Congress: the Equality Act=/a>. If passed, it would add LGBTQ criteria into the 1964 Civil Rights Act=..and be the first nationwide law protecting them from discrimination. Spe=king of, the Pentagon issued its policy preventing many transgender people=from serving in the military<=a> – it goes into effect next month. And Beto O'Rourke is on the cover of Vanity Fair, and l=oks to be getting ready to make an official 2020 presidential bid today. Now go do your laundry.

What to say when you can't check Insta or Facebook...

Maybe I'll read a book, speak to another human being,=or just listen to music. On the music front: yesterday, Spotify said it filed an antitrust complaint=against Apple with the EU, accusing The Fruit of giving itself an "unfair =dvantage" with the App Store. The two companies are competing for users in=the music streaming space. Although Spotify is in the lead, Apple Music is coming in hot. Now, Spoti=y is claiming that Apple is doing competitors dirty by doing things like c=arging companies up to 30% to sell subscriptions in the App Store and puni=hing the ones that try to skimp. It's unclear if the EU will follow up wit= an investigation. But it comes as agencies and politicians in the US and =K are also taking a microsco=e to antitrust laws and the tech industry. Speaking of tech, 5G. Verizon is set to become the f=rst network to publicly unleash 5G tech for US smartphones. Next month, it=s rolling out the tech for users in Chicago and Minneapolis...but they'll =ave to have the gear for it and pay an extra $10 a month.

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