‘IMPERATIVE’ that pilots are vetted: Former deputy CENTCOM commander after FlyDubai stabbing

CRASH INTO AN AIRPORT IN TEL. AVIV. >> Martha: WE BRING IN ROBERT. HARWARD, U.S. SEASONAL COMMAND. HE GREW UP IN IRAN AND IS MEMBER. OF IRAN POLICY PROJECT AT JEWISH. INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY. OF AMERICA. ADMIRAL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH. US. EARLIER TODAY, THE VICE. PRESIDENT JD VANCE WAS ASKED. ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF PROCEDURE. THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS IN. PLACE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS.

NOBODY WHO SHOULDN'T BE FLYING. OUR PLANES, FLYING OUR PLANES. WATCH. >> WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING AT. PROCEDURE WITHIN THE US TO MAKE. SURE PEOPLE WHO ARE FLIGHT RISK. SAYS ARE NOT GETTING BEHIND THE. WHEEL OF AN AIRPLANE. IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING. AT. >> Martha: YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE. RECENT HOURS ISSUE ADMIRAL? >> FLASH BACK TO 9/11 WHEN WE. LEARNED IN THE AFTER ACTION THAT.

WE WEREN'T SHARING INTELLIGENCE. AMONGST OUR VARIOUS AGENCIES, BE. IT FBI, CIA AND OTHERS. HERE YOU HAVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT. IT IS INTERNATIONAL. HOW MUCH INFORMATION DOES OMAN. SHARE WITH UAE, WITH QATAR, AND. THE GCC? THAT IS PROBLEMATIC BASED ON. LEGAL STRUCTURE EACH OF THE. COUNTRIES HAVE SCOMB THAT GOES. INTO HOW DO YOU VET RECORDS?

THAT WILL COME UP IN THE. INVESTIGATION AND IDENTIFY MEANS. HOW THEY COOPERATE WITH EACH. OTHER AND INTERNATIONALLY. UNDERSTANDING THAT UAE AND DUBAI. IN PARTICULAR ONE OF THOSE. INTERNATIONAL HUBS THAT SERVE. THE WORLD. IT IS IMPERATIVE THESE COUNTRIES. SHARE INFORMATION, REMAIN. TRANSPARENT AND WE VET PILOTS. WHO ARE MOVING MILLIONS OF. PEOPLE PER YEAR INTERNATIONALLY. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE INVESTIGATION.

OUTLINES. >> Martha: THERE ARE REPORTS THE. AIRLINE WAS STRAPPED FOR PILOTS, BUTS BETTER TO STAY ON THE. GROUND THAN PUT THIS GUY IN THE. COCKPIT. REUTERS IS SAYING A THIRD SOURCE. SAID THE CO-PILOT, OMANI. NATIONAL HAD PLANNED TO CRASH. LAST WEDNESDAY'S FLIGHT INTO BEN. GURION AIRPORT AND CO-PILOT TOLD. INTERROGATORS HE APPLIED FOR A. JOB AT FLYDUBAI AFTER SEARCHING.

FOR AIRLINES THAT SPECIFICALLY. FLY TO TEL AVIV. >> THAT ONLY MAKES IT MORE. TRAGIC, IF THIS HAD COME UP. BEFORE, INDIVIDUALS WERE AWARE. AND DID NOT REPORT IT, SPECIFICALLY PILOTS HAVE A. PROFESSIONAL CODE, WE HAVE. BIGGER GAPS IN THE SYSTEM. WE UNDERSTAND THE IDEOLOGY AND. WHAT IT HAS DONE THROUGHOUT THE. REGION. SHARING INFORMATION, BEING UP.

FRONT AND HIGHLIGHTING IF NOT. DOCUMENTS INDIVIDUALS ARE. IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. AGAIN, THAT WILL COME OUT IN THE. INVESTIGATION, I'M SURE. IMMEDIATE STEP SAYS UPON BE. IMPLEMENTED TO BE SURE THAT IS. ADDRESSED GOING FORWARD. >> Martha: GOOD TO H.