and i m rosemary church. just ahead, moments of terror for passengers on a united airlines flight after a man allegedly attacked a flight attendant and attempted to open an emergency exit. more on this and a string of unsettling article incidents ahead. in ohio, investigators have gun looking into a second norfolk southern train crash, we will discuss what went wrong and what needs to happen to make rail systems safer. plus, kidnapped in mexico, cnn learned the identities of the four americans taken at gunpoint as the fbi asked the public for help finding them. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining iu.s. aviation safety is in the spotlight after a series of near disasters, one man was arrested monday for attempting to open an emergency door on a plane. after he tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck way broken metal spoon. that man francis for res was tack kel by passengers zip tied according to a woman on the flight a
by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel
town hall where they were supposed to get the chance to confront the people responsible company let a train full of chemicals fly off the rails and lit it on fire ceo of norfolk southern alec shaw shown right there just decided to back out of the meeting. allen shaw and rail company won t even show their faces. primetime has a producer out there, so we will be giving you updates throughout the hour. can you imagine how angry these people are? the company responsible for potentially cancer clustering the town is hiding from them. after they were riding the rails with bad parts. surveillance cameras caught the train sparking unjust 20 minutes before derailing. but now alan shaw and his rail company seem pretty comfortable turning their backs on ohio. is it because they line the pocket of every politician in ohio? probably. maybe norfolk southern didn t have the spine to face their victims. i wake up every day. i have been sick with my upper congestion. this morning i wok
human smuggling into the country, one day after lawmakers held first site hearing at the actual border. fox news exclusively capturing this video of the group touring rio grand valley last night. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. hoping to force administration to pay attention to what is upon haing. it is important we convene in texas to share light on brutal and unsustainable conditions this president s administration has caused at the border. my hope is for an honest conversation in america at the border tonight with each of you. the u.s.-mexico border is close to 2000 miles long, how many pounds of fentanyl are coming through the ports of entry? we need to secure the border. ashley: todd, who else better to lead this site tour than brandon judd. you can turn on fox news channel nearly any time of day and see brandon on there. he is fired up because what we re seeing at the border is a comp
that trump s legal team also filed a motion to fight the subpoena on the grounds of executive privilege, basically that the president and his senior aides can have internal communications that don t have to be shared. this is a separate matter pence s legal time is trying to block it on. pence s team did not comment, nor did the justice department. what i m told pence is doing with this is basically trying to block the testimony they believe is related and pertains to his legislative actions on that day, how he was acting as president of the senate. that could potentially cover a pretty broad swath of his testimony. they re not saying he won t testify overall but that is the argument they re making. we ll see if the former vice president is successful in that. he has written a book where he talked about things that happened leading up to and on january 6th that could potentially complicate this fight when it comes to the former president and to pence himself with this motion.