Become the big market for them also, so that s also part of the european calculations. D0 the european calculations. Do ou the european calculations. Do you seeing that the Balance Of Power shifting, then, and they have to adjust accordingly . I think the europeans are acutely aware of the change in the Balance Of Power. And remember, for europe today, one nightmare that they really worry about is the reelection of donald trump coming in for the reelection of donald trump coming infora the reelection of donald trump coming in for a second time as president of the united states, and they know that donald trump has absolutely no emotional connection to europe. He does not quite see the value of his european allies, and europe may have to get a much more difficult geopolitical environment. In that difficult geopolitical environment, when europe is looking for ways and means to possibly restrain russia at that point in time, maybe they can talk with china. And as you know china played an I
there in new york. and whenever you re coming in on a landing, and keep in mind, a 737 is going to come in somewhere in the neighborhood of 155 miles per hour or so, assuming this is a 737 300. and laguardia already is known as a challenging airport. whenever you come in for a landing because it s right there, as you know, sitting right on the water. and so when you are dealing with coming in at 155 miles per hour on a rain-slick runway, these things can happen. you know, we get reports of planes off the end of the runway across the country. i d say probably almost once every week or two. somewhere in the country. and it happens so often, you know, we just don t even it doesn t even make news very often because for the most part, they slide into the mud and nobody is injured and you have a lot of people asking questions about how this happened. and what will happen now, of course, is you ll have both the faa and probably the ntsb, but surely the faa will take a look at exactly what h
on the phone at this moment just to give a sense, obviously, the details of what exactly happened here, we are still trying to track down. how often does something like this generally happen, tom? well, listen, having a plane coming in, i m watching the video come in as well, you know, they ve clearly got a very rainy, difficult weather night there in new york. and whenever you re coming in on a landing, and keep in mind, a 737 is going to come in somewhere in the neighborhood of 155 miles per hour or so, assuming this is a 737 300. and laguardia already is known as a challenging airport. whenever you come in for a landing because it s right there, as you know, sitting right on the water. and so when you are dealing with coming in at 155 miles per hour on a rain-slick runway, these things can happen. you know, we get reports of planes off the end of the runway across the country. i d say probably almost once every week or two. somewhere in the country. and it happens so often, you
aluminum skin cracks that were such a concern. they say they should be back in service tomorrow. the airlines mechanics are replacing an 18-inch section of the roof on each jet. a fifth plane with cracks in its skin will be held back for additional maintenance. southwest grounded 79 of the older boeing 737 300s for inspections after the hole popped up in the roof of a plane in mid-air over arizona last week that forced an emergency landing. donald trump is a birther. he is not letting up with it. he will be in new york with arizona republican, carl seals. he is responding a birther bill that would require all presidential candidates to prove they were born in the united states. trump said he sent investigators to hawaii to search for the president s birth certificate and they are coming up empty handed. academy award winning actress and star trek, what do they have in common? 80 million americans are in the same boat. patty duke joins us live in our studios next.
anywhere close to that threshold at this point in time. reporter: the aircraft in question had undergone just 39,000 take-offs and landings when the fuselage tore away. southwest airlines is determined to make sure such an event does not happen again. as of tuesday morning, the airline said all 79 boeing 737 300 aircraft had been inspected. minor cracks were found in five of these aircraft. all five will remain grounded until they are repaired. and the faa has directed all older 737s to be inspected. those with at least 35,000 flight cycles, that s take-off and landings, must be inspected within the next five days. mike, peggy? workers at japan s damaged nuclear plant have finally been able to stop radioactive water pouring into the pacific. but this morning s new york times says u.s. engineers are warning of grave new threats which could last indefinitely. among the possible problems are explosions within the containment structures. and now to a story shocking the baseball wor