re-election earlier today to talk with reporters about the crash. our hope is that the days of flying aircraft into buildings or other structures is over. but you always have some exposure in a free society. so, the balance is finding how to protect the people and also protect their freedoms and liberty. we re told the texas government is getting updates from emergency preparedness officials tonight. shepard: coincidentally today the international airport safety administration released airport or airline crashes. fewer planes went down around the world in 2009. more people died in those wrecks. this report indicates plane crashes caused 685 deaths last year. up from 502 in 2008. the number of deadly accidents dropped to 18 in 2009 from 23 the year before. a safety expert says better warning systems have played or