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A camera rolling when a russian airliner crashed and exploded. 50 people killed in 2013 s deadliest crash. oh, my god. oh, it s an accident. reporter: asiana flight kill ed two of the 29 fatal plane crashes around the world last year. but as horrific as these were, 2013 was one of the safest years to fly on record. the safest in fatalities and the second safest in number of crashes. flying, there are a million that you re more likely to die from a fall in the bathtub or a bee sting. and those are actually true. reporter: steven wallace led the faa s accident investigations. flying is still the safest mode of transportation. there were 265 fatalities worldwide last year, a record low. wallace says better technology ....
The people on my team. reporter: echoing the words of the written statement, e-mails and text messages that showed some of his top staffers conspireing to shut down the george washington bridge in an act of political payback. i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or execution, and i am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here. he said that heads have already rolled, including bridget anne kelly. i ve terminated the employment of bridget kelly immediately. she was not given the opportunity to explain why she lied because it was so obvious that she had lied. reporter: bill stepien was ....
Also fired. if i cannot not trust someone s judgment, i cannot place him at the head of my operation. reporter: it remains unclear if christie s press conference, 108 minutes long, with remove the exclusive release of e-mails and text messages. just two months after he won his second term in a landslide victory. when they walked into the voti voting booth today, they didn t say, hey, i don t know who this man is or what he s willing to do when the chips are down. reporter: the scandal hits at the heart of a no nonsense government. the one-time u.s. attorney who specialized in cases of political corruption is now facing the possibility of an investigation into his administration by the u.s. attorney of new jersey. christie said he hoped to meet with the mayor of ft. lee and ....
A few weeks earlier, he had joked about the then i work the cones, unbeknownst to everybody i was actually the guy out there, ways in overalls. reporter: on thursday governor christie said he would never have joked like that if he had any inkling his people would do something so stupid. one person tweeted, this is more chris christie therapy session than a press conference. governor christie spoke about what he is and what he isn t. here s what he is i am embarrassed. i am heartbroken. i am responsible. i am stunned. i m sick over this. reporter: and here s what he isn t. i am not a focus group tested, blow-dried candidate. i am who i am, but i am not a bully. reporter: while one of christie s former appointees was on the hot seat taking the fifth about the scandal. on the advice of counsel, i reserve my right to remain silent. reporter: the right to silence was one thing chris ....
i urged him to pull back on the metadata. reporter: cnn has learned that the white house is giving serious consideration to several new reforms, including new rules addressing the insider threat in the wake of edward snowden. end mass surveillance. reporter: including improving the issue of security clearances to better audit who can access what records. setting standards for inscription to make clear the nsa will not break inscription for commercial spying. and issuing new trans paparency reports and how many individuals records were actually exposed. peter is on the intelligence review panel. a particular company for law ....