welcome to cnn tonight. is it possible the u.s. shot down a hobby balloon or that the u.s. new something and said nothing. plus trains have become less safe. tonight we ll talk about the rollback of regulations that allow them to carry more hazardous material through all of our neighborhoods, just as they did through east palatine, ohio, causing that toxic spill. very hard to believe there is a particular path that can cause harm small community. and with smart home technology, are you the boss of your home, or is your home the boss of you? tonight i ll speak to one man whose smart home locked him inside without the code to get out. you might think you control your own heat and lights and ring cameras, but think again. we have natasha alford, l.v. granderson, josh barrow, and thanks so much for spending friday night with me. great to have you guys here. okay. let s start. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is missing a balloon tonight. it is missing
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
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.