assault that killed nine people including a journalist, his wife and children. officials say they were shocked they were able to penetrate an area that is considered to be the safest for foreign born people. the president meeting today coming a week after the facebook ceo protested nsa surveillance on the internet. fox news learned that the ceo of facebook will be one of those guest. a new poll is shedding light on how americans view the afford four years after the president signed it into law. and aircrews closing the doors and books on another grueling day in the search were the missing malaysian jetliner.
in the late 80s, apostate 90s involved the automations. it was the pilot clear on what mode the autopilot was in and how to use it and how it works. i would point out on the good side of automation a lot of things the airplane and cockpit that track human errors before they become catastrophic. things like warning systems and collision avoidance systems, the automation basically starts talking to the pilot. jon: is it a problem of primarily with foreign carriers or do you see it among us-based aircrews as well? i think you re kind of touching a what might be a very important cultural issue that will be looked at, in some cultures there is in addition to perhaps a focus on overuse of automation, there is a question
diane. sometimes you gotta take one for the societal team. in this case, you know, he didn t miss his war ren he did miss his war re-enactment and that is a tragedy. it is unfortunate. if there was a way for him to prove that this is not me being an idiot or trying to insight any sort of emotion here. i am just i have tourett s and i can t help it and the pilot could have been more understanding. i can see both sides of it. we already talked about how mill lant militant these aircrews can be. i also can see the pilot knowing this and exercising his authority. tom? yes. when i want to get out of doing my civil war re-enactment that i have already committed to, i just bring a fake grenade in my lug luggage. there were no grenades in the civil war. i am saying, you just bring the fake, plastic grenade and it kicks you off the flight
president obama today paid tribute to america s war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veteran s memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veteran s memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first let s go to cnn s dana bash. and a slight political undertone to the ceremonies there in san diego. they were putting wreaths out at these ceremonies, but at the same time both men gave some speeches that might have had some politics mixed in there as well. from mitt romney, the lines that you re so familiar with, following him around, the ones really directly following the president. but you didn t have to read too much between the lines to hear his campaign pitch. reporter: a solemn moment in san diego, marking memorial day. reporter:
make the determination of whether this is going to be a safe landing or he must divert to an alternative airport. minsk was offered to him, moscow was offered to him, but of course the delegation was destined to go to the smolensk airport so they could get to this ceremony. this weighed heavily on the shoulders of the pilot and i believe played a significant role in his decision to make this landing. yeah. and in terms of this plane, 26 years old. it doesn t have the cleanest of safety records, shall we say. six crashes in the last five years. how much cause of concern is that for you that these planes are still up and flying? well, the tupelo 154 has had a spotty safety record. we know that. some 66 accidents in its history. but we re talking about the president s aircraft. we re talking about one that has a great deal of oversight. it had just had refurbishment only in december. we re talking about aircraft that, in fact, has flown by the best of their best aircrews. so we have t