well, mary schiavo is a former inspector general with the u.s. department of transportation and an expert of airline safety issues and also the awe shor of the bestseller "flying blind, flying safe." mary schiavo joins us from detroit on this story. thank you for joining us. let's start certainly with the top of the mind subject, abdulmutallab. how was he able to get so far? >> he was able to get so far because we have lots of people involved in security and a lot of watch lists. unfortunately, because we have four different watch lists and they're progressively more alampling, he did not make it onto the most alarming one, the do not fly list. before that, there's a secondary screen list, about 14,000 names on that, and beyond that there's a 400,000 name list and a 500,000 name list. he simply did not make it onto the no fly list, although he should have been, and that's an executive department function, a law enforcement function, and they did not coordinate. >> mary, people at home, critics will say, wait, his father went to a u.s. embassy to

i am here today with teri schiavo's mother, mary, her brother, bobby, her sister, suzanne, and her on to become aunt. before i have her brother and family address you on behalf of the foundation, one last thing. it's very hard for public people, especially in hollywood and the industry as entertainment to come forward and embrace the cause of life. those of you who like country music, listen to what body has to say. those of you who put on a hat and cowboy boots, listen to what is coming up. [cheering] >> i would first like to thank nellie for giving my family the opportunity to be here with you today. on behalf of my family, please know that we remain dedicated to helping other families so that no one will have to suffer the barbaric and cruel death like my sister. terry's death was not a so-called in the fleiss matter. terri was a person with a brain injury and was deliberately targeted to be killed because of her disability. to all of our pro-life friends, we need your help to join us in fighting against this pro negative euthanasia agenda. you're ongoing support is vital to us so