amsterdam to paris, your name. once again a name on the ticket goes into a database. once it goes into a database, security can begin to see if you re on a no fly list or a no ride list. these are the kind of changes they re talked about. they ve got beefed up security on a train and a chance that you may be picked out of a crowd to have your bags looked at. the measures seem tame. that s the problem. many people with horrified by what could have happened. that s another thing people are talking about. a change of attitude maybe amongst the french to be more kind of american, see something, do something. you have several governments obviously that would have to be part of this negotiation and to implement these changes. what are the hurdles between the identification of the changes
are our tracks open to attacks? and should we insist on a no ride list? new york senator chuck schumer says there is a glaring loophole in america s choo-choo s, his word, and proposing a no ride list similar to the no fly list. on monday in a rare public appearance, the publicity shy democrat described his plan. we should be comparing amtrak man manifolds the same way we compare airline manifolds to the watch list and not let anyone who might be near that list buy a ticket. it is all about manifolds. schumer added at another event amtrak unlike our commuter rail, unlike our subways, does have a manifold of everybody who rides amtrak. they check your name as you walk down.
at the compound, according to the report, now they re at the terrorist advisory for our railways. they re going after our ra railways. they say the rail line you should avoid especially amtrak-istan. if you look at the number of people who ride amtrak, people are avoiding it. i think out of, what, 44 routes, 42 of them lose money in this country. they just got billions of dollars yesterday to upgrade the rail system and new york is a beneficiary of it. florida saying we don t need your money because we don t want to pay for the upkeep in the long term. senator schumer of new york has an idea. he s concerned about a terror attack on the rails. he said why don t we make it a no ride list. so now you re going to be cross checked, perhaps when it comes to jumping on a train. anybody, a member of al-qaida could board an amtrak train without a question asked. i m calling for the creation of an amtrak no ride list. that would take the secure
i believe that the secretary, ray la hood, has more to say about that here: once built t. will spur economic development along its corridors, and over the long run, it will restore america s economic competitiveness by compliment complementing our airports and highways with world class railways. reporter: i also asked the secretary about this call for a no ride list and whether trains were safe. he said the trains were safe, that he rode the train from washington to new york last night, will ton to will continue to ride it but says they re looking at t. congress is looking at it and working with amtrak to improve security. jon: rick leventhal at penn station, thank you. jenna: stunning insight into the secret life of usama bin laden. we have new details on his favorite american brands, and what the strange items discovered at his secret compound reveal about the terrorist leader. that s just ahead.
secret. and wanting amtrak to have a no ride list like the airlines no fly list. the lawmaker is calling for morale security after evidence was found in osama bin laden s compound about possible attacks on the railways. ripped from today s headlines, as they say, shows like saturday night live relish intaking on the big stories. well, here s their take on death and the watery burial of osama bin laden. place of burial i leave the decision to my executors provided wherever it is they do not bury me at sea. as my family well knows, i have a deathly fear of being eaten by fish so i am very serious about this. do not bury me at sea. what better way to set up our