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We pulled some of your best comments and questions from our YouTube videos this week
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and we're putting them to the test. This is Straight From You, where we fact-check claims, separate fact from fiction
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and add context to what's murky. And here's what stood out this week
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After our report on National Guard troops arriving in Chicago, a viewer asked, doesn't each state have its own National Guard
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Why ship in troops from other states? Good question. All right, here's the answer, and it depends on who's giving the orders. I'll walk you through it
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Each governor commands their own guard under state authority, called Title 32, or state active duty
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But governors can also request help from other states through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact
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That's how guardsmen cross state borders during disasters or civil unrest. When the guard is federalized under Title 10, control shifts to the president and the Pentagon
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making them temporarily part of the active duty military. So yes, every state does have its own guard
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but in emergencies or under federal orders, they can and do operate across state lines, all part of the same system
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Okay, on to the next one. In our story on the FAA's modernization push, one viewer had a different idea
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Why not let the airlines run air traffic control and security instead of the government
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It's an idea that's actually been floated before, but has never really taken off, if you will
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The first Trump administration pushed to privatize air traffic control, pointing to Canada motto called NAV Canada a non system funded by user fees that upgrades tech faster and stays out of politics Supporters said the U should follow suit
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But critics warn that America's aerospace is far bigger and much busier
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and that privatization could hurt smaller airports and drive up costs. The idea eventually stalled
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Now even major airlines and the Air Traffic Controllers Union agree we should focus on modernizing the FAA
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not replacing it. For now, that means new tech and more controllers, not a new system
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All right, on to number three and our piece about the latest claim that Amelia Earhart's plane may
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have been found. A viewer was not buying it, calling it driftwood. Well, that skepticism seems
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fair enough based on history, right? So we dug deeper. Researchers from Purdue University and
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the Archaeological Legacy Institute are heading to the western Pacific Island to investigate what
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satellite images show as a Terriya object. See it there? A bright shape in a lagoon that might match
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Earhart's 1937 Lockheed Electra plane. The team will use drones, sonar, and magnetic devices before
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dredging the site, looking for serial numbers, unique metals, or anything traceable to Earhart's
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plane. Similar claims in the past have turned out to be rock formations. So until there is hard
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evidence, the verdict stays unproven. Hope that helps. That's science. Evidence over hype, as they
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say. All right, keep dropping those comments and asking questions on our SAN YouTube page. We love
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seeing them. We'll tackle the biggest ones next week on Friday
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