christmas, you know, and thank god we re here. thank god we re here. i m sure they had a few other things to say as well? oh yeah. this is the time of year that everyone hates to travel. you have to do it. you trade the delay. these are passengers who got on the flight in miami expecting a five-hour flight. midair there is a mechanical issue, it s forced to land in lubbock, texas. they don t continue on their way. they have to move to another plane, go to dallas to pick up fuel and then fly to los angeles. they left wednesday in the morning. they don t land until christmas eve at 2:15 in the morning. if you are keeping tabs on this, that is a 20-hour flight. these passengers had plenty to say when they got off the flight. well, looks like we have a fire, dude. the cabin is fuel of smoke. and then he reacted, called the
over the united states, whether they re delivering cargo or passengers to other countries. they don t land in the united states. they don t go through the same federal screens processes as those planes that land in the united states. is that a security hole in our system? it is. one of the things you hope to do through international organizations like the international aviation organization is to set best practices and minimum standards, but it is a hole. we don t control screening for the whole world. we try to enforce best practices. fran townsend, thank you so much for joining us today. thank you. the u.s. embassy and the london stock exchange are among the alleged targets of nine men arrested in a british terror raid last week. new details were revealed today. the suspects were ordered held without bail pending a hearing january 14th. getting home for the holidays was one thing. the return trip, a nightmare thanks to a blizzard that is socking the u.s. east coast.