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Or whether it's someone who got control of the cockpit from outside. that creates a whole new level of threat and if it could happen to that airliner, could it happen to another airliner, and if this airliner is still out there -- it sounds preposterous but some people suggest perhaps it labbed, being outfitted with ammunition, with explosives. it does create just a whole new level of threat and until they're able to put to rest the rest the mystery of flight 370. it's a concern. >> we'll -- chris will talk about the crisis in ukraine with new jersey democrat bob menendez, and the tennessee se...

When. our feeling is nothing has happened because they haven't wanted it to happen. we are not, he's talking about the tsa, any big deterrent. it is all for show. how does that make you feel about trafg throug through the airports joined by peter gold, administrator of the airports. what do you think about this? >> it has been a rough week for tsa. you have the red team getting the bomb through. you have whistle-blower accounts of incompetent and nonperformance, then you've got the proposed new rule to allow knives back in the cockpit. i think the administrator of tsa is going to spend a lot o...

Take every legally permissible check to recheck their personnel on a regular basis to protect our customers, employees and facilities. you can be sure that these investigations are just beginning. >> shep: we're seeing other signs of lax security. >> the inspector general of homeland security has issued a reported. they looked at six airports. newark was one of them and newark in particular, only 42% of security breaches were reported on on and then further action taken. that compares with over 50% of the other five airports, clearly there great concern here and politicians on capitol hill are...

Luckily, no passengers onboard. delta air lineses saying mechanics were testing the engines when they suddenly had a problem with the brakes. peter gold is former managing director of the national transportation safety board, a man who has looked a many accidents more serious than this one. peter, how do you test the engines without brakes? >> well, there are processes and procedures. mechanics move aircraft around airports like atlanta every day, and there's a couple of things you've got to do. one is you've got to make sure that the hydraulics system is charged, that the pumps are on. that g...

>> well, as we wait to inspect something like this, there may be a known issue. i don't know. but seems like something they would check the air frame regularly. >> i don't know how often they check or what they do check for. >> jamie: peter gold, former managing director of the nstb, they are hard at work today, peter. thanks for being with us. because, everyone has a lot of questions about how this could happen. and, it has happened before. because, for many of us, the first thing we thought of, the aloha airlines jet which had a similar situation, mid-air, 18 feet of the top of this aircraft...