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
this community safe? reporter: the mayor leading the meeting at times speaking through a bullhorn to answer questions from distressed residents still worried about returning to their homes despite evacuation orders being lifted last week. the railroad did us wrong. so far they ve worked with us and they re fixing it. but if that stops i will guarantee you i will be the first one in line to fight them. reporter: as many residents are demanding more testing of air, water and soil. we re not going to stop the testing until you re satisfied. that s when the testing stops. reporter: not present at this community meeting, norfolk southern, the company that owns the train that derailed sent a statement saying, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. okay. well, if you re afraid that somebody from palestine is going to hurt your employees, what exactly did you do to us? it s not just the absence of norfolk southern tha
texas border. the gunmen appearing heavily armed and wearing body armor, pulling them from a mini van and putting them in the back of a pickup. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight. the violent scene in atlanta. more than 100 people clashing with police. explosives and molotov cocktails hurled at officers. nearly two dozen suspects tonight charged with domestic terrorism. only two of them are actually from georgia. elwyn lopez is there. bracing for several feet of more snow. the new storm in the west. and this is already the scene tonight, driving through walls of snow some 20 feet high. tonight, families that have already run out of food and critical medicine. matt gutman in california. in fact, there are two systems we re watching tonight. in the northeast, a fast-moving storm. several inches of snow and rain coming in some places. and then that new system set to slam the west again. ginger zee timing it all out. yet another train derailment in ohio. it
i m lindsey reiser. we have a lot to get to this busy tuesday, starting with a terrifying kidnapping in mexico. the fbi now offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of four u.s. citizens taken at gunpoint. this video you re watching now shows part of that kidnapping according to a law enforcement official. a gunman appears to drag people into a white pickup truck, one of whom was in mexico for cosmetic surgery. the u.s. ambassador to mexico saying an innocent mexican citizen was killed in all of this. what we re learning about the kidnapping victims and what is being done to bring them to safety. plus, more terror in the skies, caught on camera, federal charges have now been filed against the man you see here, accused of trying to stab a flight attendant on a cross country united flight with a makeshift blade. and trying to open the emergency exit door midflight. i will kill every man on this plane! how passengers jumped in to save the day. and a desperate race t
frontrunners for the 2024 republican nomination, even though only one of them is officially in the race. ahead, a veteran gop strategist explains why desantis is stealing some of trump s thunder. meanwhile, election deniers are celebrating after three states pulled out of a program to protect voter rolls with two more states considering joining them. we ll explain this latest development. plus, we ll go through the changes norfolk southern is making following the derailment of two of its trains in ohio. and we ll ask transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the federal response to the disaster and how to prevent another one from happening when he joins us later this morning. and good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, march 7th. we are live in abu dhabi, the crossroads of the world. it truly is, with our 30/50 summit, forbes and know your value has come together to create an incredible, cross-cultural, multi-generational summit that, really, t