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We are now on our way to beijing, as was the original flight plan. so, everything is set up in that particular way. one of the things we should talk about, carol, is the redundancy factor something the pilot here had mentioned. this aircraft, the 777 200 designed to go long distances and be out in the middle of no where. multiple backup systems and some suggested maybe they lost power and electricity to all of this. there are backups to that, right? >> there are a lot of backups. the electrical ...

Rockefeller project in hoboken. all zimmer was applying for money. and right after sandy hit in hobokens darkest hour christi came to town and pledged and promised residents they can count on him. >> i spoke to the mayor and told her that hoboken is in the front of my mind and whenever theres anicy sis tense needed here, we will be here to help. >> its in the wake of that visit that they submitted seven rounds of attempt asking for over $100 million in found. city was asking for storm surge coas...

All of these cards. theyre the one that had the contract with the u.s. government to make sure that that information was available to retailers. they had an outage. their backup generators blew up and they had a two-hour window and all consumers went in. it has nothing to do with walmart. >> you have to hand it to walmart employees. they notice that the cards were not showing limits. they call corporate. food stamp cards are not showing limits. what should we do? tell viewers what corporate said...

Theyre the one that had the contract with the u.s. government to make sure that that information was available to retailers. they had an outage. their backup generators blew up and they had a two-hour window and all consumers went in. it has nothing to do with walmart. >> you have to hand it to walmart employees. they notice that the cards were not showing limits. they call corporate. food stamp cards are not showing limits. what should we do? tell viewers what corporate said? >> corporate said ...

B 15, and that resulted in extensive flood watches. probably one of the worst pictures ive seen was in arizona where a tour bus that was carrying 31 people flipped over during heavy rains they had. miraculously, there were no injuries reported. these flash floods were also reported in other parts of arizona. and then remember those folks i told you about? well, it was a record one-day rainfall in philadelphia. they havent seen it since 1999. more than 8 inches sunday alone, and that caused flash...

Its much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesnt put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there wont be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators and propulsion. but dont expect new engineering systems unless cruise companies do it voluntarily. theres no regulatory body to force that sort of chan...

Are just so much more dangerous. >> its really hard because the cruise ship is very much of a contained environment. so if im in a car crash, my car can be totaled, i might be a bit upset, but i hitch a ride home and im back to my normal life. its much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesnt put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks ou...

>> reporter: notoriani is especially concerned about fire. she says the industry just doesnt put enough research into developing new engineering systems so that if a fire breaks out there wont be a domino effect, shutting down everything from plumbing to backup generators and propulsion. but dont expect new engineering systems unless cruise companies do it voluntarily. theres no regulatory body to force that sort of change. >> they always say safety is their emphasis. ive never quite believed th...

Damage ships, it comes to just about 30 incidents a year. not many. but kathy notoriani, who heads the department of fire protection engineering at worcester polytechnic institute, says fires, accidents, mishaps way out here on the high seas are just so much more dangerous. >> its really hard because the cruise ship is very much of a contained environment. so if im in a car crash, my car can be totaled, i might be a bit upset, but i hitch a ride home and im back to my normal life. its much more ...

>> so you, your wife and child, a little baby -- >> yes. >> -- you go into the cafeteria. >> we go into the cafeteria. there was also another nurse who was pregnant, by the way, pushed my wife down there as well. shes a hero to me, her name is er erin. >> they had your wife in a wheelchair. >> yes. >> 90 minutes earlier she was delivering a baby. >> it was about an hour -- im sorry, about three, four hours right before is when everything took place. well, as we get down there, you know, the ligh...