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
industry allowed a lot of inspection by equipment, inspection by computer, you know, no humans involve in doing the inspection and the purpose of that was obviously more inspections more thorough spicks, cheaper inspections, because in years past, the federal rail administration inspectors were criticized for not doing robust inspections, for example, only looking sporadically at trains, looking at one side versus the other, so the mechanized inspection systems were thought to be better. why there s not more oversight or concern when we have you know, 1,000 derailments a years, well, some people say it s lobbying by the industry, but i also think it s just the lack of attention to rail transit in this country, human beings were on more of the trains, for example, can you imagine if airlines had that kind of a crash rate? there would be an incredible human cry, as there should be.
reality we deal with in this country and all communities but in the black community. we can separate. i don t want to get into the spicks an data. he uses top line, 30 foot view, the birthrate is actually about 50% with blended families, et cetera for the black community, but that also reflects a split between the urban environment and the suburban environment, which began when more college graduates came out of the 80s. overall, we have lost our way when it comes to the family structure and the family structure that then is followed by the educational structure. we have a generation of parents biologically, they may be patien parents, but educationally, they weren t always the best qualified parent. we see that playing out in the you younger people. we talk about the influence of hollywood, their idolization of basketball players, rappers, football players, when in fact
capital and headed south to thed mountains there. via website, dvds and teleconferences al-awlaki s lineback teurs and sermons are reaching a wide english speaking audience. one of the other ways he gets his world out is through this man, some might say al-awlaki mouthpiece. he says he has known al-awlaki for years and is in neglect contact. i at it down, spicks hard to the line despite mounting evidence to the contrary that al-awlaki sem maniy provides inspiration for terrorists, not direction. this is not true. it is not true. especially regarding the two recent terror incidents al-awlaki has been most and last november s fort hood