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That are being mooted across the arab world. i would like to point out, you began your program talking about the world cup. the guns went silent last night for the world cup final. then there was -- when the game went into extra time, there was another half hour's reprieve. but for the residents of southern gaza, it was bad news because earlier palestinian rocket had hit an electric pylon in israeli that provided electricity to that part of the israeli so they weren't able to watch the world cup so they were upset. the rockets continue today. it's happening to a background of increased diploma...

Engine more quickly. >> they just dropped the entire unit from the wing. changed the component and put it all back together. in theory it sounded great, on paper it looked good. >> it's when maintenance workers are reattaching the engine and pylon eight weeks before the crash the soon to be fatal mistake is made. if the airline had followed manufacturer requirements, workers would have simply reattached the engine to the pylon using a specialized machine, recommended by the manufacturer. but because they've removed the massive engine/pylon assembly together, now it has to be replaced as one un...

Hold the pylon on the wing, they created a stress situation that, over a period of time when the airplane was returned to service, caused one of the bolts to fail. >> this morning, investigators were out on runway 32 right at o'hare airport looking for a bolt about four inches long. >> the crack is hidden from view, so it goes undetected. with every takeoff and landing cycle, putting stress on the broken flange, the crack is growing, and no one knows it. eight weeks after the engine change when flight 191 takes off on that warm spring afternoon, suddenly, without warning, disaster. >> takeoff ...

Rests on the pylon and it's attached to the wing. >> it looks like an arm that the engine is hanging off of. that's a very complicated piece of structure. it has to be designed to take a heck of a load from the engines. >> investigators also scrutinize the plane's service history. that's where the puzzle pieces start to come together. it turns out not to be a design flaw. it's a troubling maintenance practice. >> the whole issue of the accident centered on the maintenance practice of changing an engine with this pylon attached as opposed to the more correct and approved procedure, which is to ...

A week. joe, take it away. >> imagine what mayor de blasio approval ratings are on the upper east side. chuck, do these numbers matter? >> sure they do. i think because, you know, the more -- the -- i think the weaker he looks -- i think part of the pylon here, right? what helped him -- what helped him for a long time was perhaps, you know, and we don't know exactly -- everybody is trying to figure out the culture how he ran his government. but there was a time, if he is really popular, you're no not going to challenge the governor and not go after him. the more this takes a toll on him the ea...