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Community is really lacking in security. after 9/11 there was a wholesale redo of that. and now there is a 1-800 number were pilots can call and say, hey, i've seen something suspicious. and in a way, those always get filtered through the federal authorities to make sure there is no possible gap at many other small airports across the country. there are a few thousand of them in the u.s. so to vilify small airports is maybe a bit unfair, only because so many of these gaps have been closed, especially in a post-9/11 era. and you don't want to punch down on cory wayne patterson. he may have had ...

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Cory wayne patterson, we know, had access to those planes because he worked there as an employee of tupelo aviation. this may change the trajectory of what security measures are in place, because this was someone who was given access because he worked there. is there something that could have potentially stopped him from doing this? >> probably not. i mean, look, insider threat is always a concern, whether it's cybersecurity or aviation security. there is all sorts of background reviews and assessments of who has access to what. it does sound like it was early on a saturday morning. if he had ...

Anyone else. and i believe that we had what you would think would be the best case scenario. >> it was the best case scenario, because nobody was injured. cnn's peteman team and nadia romero joins us now live, thank you both for joining me. pete, first to you, what more have we learned? there were quite a few details in that press conference. >> reporter: the tupelo mayor said something so interesting, that cory wayne patterson, the person piloting the plane, apparently changed his mind. he wanted to hurt people on the ground after he stole this beechcraft commuter plane. it seats six or eight...

In a civilized society, we don't take small airplanes and threaten walmarts or cities. this is not just what mary was saying in terms of his access and accessibility, but yes, he survived, and now he suffers the consequences for putting an entire jurisdiction at risk like this. so get him the help he needs, there are issues around him, but if you don't put the hammer down on this, every person who wants to make a point is going to start taking planes. he will be investigated, there will be a federal investigation. and he is going to suffer some serious time for this. >> yeah, i do want to ment...