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the tsa says all u.s.d travelers could be subjected to stricter random searches. >>> modesty may be a thing of the past at london's heathrow airport. full-body scanners introduced in the wake of that failed christmas day airliner bombing right here in the u.s. prime minister gordon brown announced the policy earlier today. brown tells bbc all airport security will be increased all across britain. >>> at ben guerron airport in israel it's always a matter of security over privacy. and many say as a result it's one of the safest airports international. why american officials are taking notice. >> reporter: it's considered one of the safest airports in the world. israel's airport has much of the latest technology and sophisticated machinery. american security officials came to visit a few years ago to watch and learn. in israel, there is also a human element. almost every passenger is questioned, sometimes by more than one security officer, some are strip searched. no matter how distasteful it may be to civil

that had nothing do with the tsa. the weakness is in our intelligence system. the president was right. we had a break down of communication and cooperation. probably with the cia and this national intelligence service. it has nothing do with the tsa. >> quickly a great point. it happened outside of the country. steve. >> sure we're not talking about the breakdown in detroit. we're talking about future unionization and what it will do to the flexibility and technology needed to keep or airports safe. we need an overhaul on policy. focused on what gets on a plane instead of the -- keeping bad people off of planes, bad things planes and treat passengers the same. >> we want the lapses that -- don't want the lapses in amsterdam to happen in the states, thank you very much. the stock market giving eye popping returns in 2009 and someone here says it's time to thank president obama for all the green arrows, a flip side you will not forget on the other side of a break. ooo my joints ache so bad, i wake up in pain every day. i want to know why. i want to know why my ha

that is president obama's nominee to held the tsa.epublican senator jim demint has been very, very vocal about this. he hasn't been confirmed apparently in part because republicans are worried that he's going to unionize the tsa. have we reached the point here where politics is affecting the safety of this country? >> well, absolutely, i think it is. as i said any time we politicize a debate, we're doing the nation a disservice. the next administrator at tsa will be the fifth one that we had as a nation in the last eight years and it's very difficult to make systemic changes to an agency like that when you keep changing leaders out. and that's something that's going to have to be addressed here and going to have to be addressed soon. the president's going to have to make a decision on this candidate. >> what has the public lost in terms of this leadership or lack of leadership at the tsa? >> well, again, the acting position is a very -- is a challenging position because you know you're not permanent. so there's always some hesitancy t

but i would expect to see a reprimand of tsa personnel. >> tom blank former head of tsa policy, now withwalker, thank you very much, tom. >>> a new political ad is taking aim at the president and his handling of the christmas day terror attempt. it is paid for by the group keep america safe which counts liz cheney among its board member and reports to take an hour by hour look at the president's response to the bomb attempt in the style of the tv show "24." >> but what already is apparent is that there was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security. >> how long did it take you to realize the system failed? >> john decker is a washington correspondent for reuters. good morning, again. >> good morning again to you, alex. >> how damaging do you think an attack like this is? did the president's actions leave him vulnerable on this issue? >> well, it left him vulnerable among those americans for whom national security, homeland security is a very important issue. certainly with the folks like rudy giuliani who is critical of the pre

hair i reid plans to push for a confirmation vote on tsa nominee errol southers. when they get back to d.c. he could have a fight on his hand. "the washington post" reports that some senators new before we confirmed him in committee he mischaracterized an incidents in his past when he was a fbi agents and accessed confidential records about his ex-wife's boyfriend. he told a senate committee he asked the police officer to get the records, but didn't line up with fbi documents and a day after the vote, southers admitted he did the searches himself. souse san collins, a republican from maine tells the post she had suspicions at the vote, but approved his confirmation conditionally now she sa she says. >> shannon: jim demint blocked over concerns he might unionize tsa and says he shouldn't be confirmed it he can't tell by the truth. the white house is standing by the nominee. southers never tried to hide the incident and has expressed that these were errors in judgment that he deeply regretted and an error he made in account of event that happened over 20 years ago a

. >> reporter: a tsa official tells cnn there won't be any hard drives to store the images, and says will have access to pictures without the so-called fig leaf on them. from one passenger tested on the older machines -- >> i've been through it over in europe. and -- didn't mind. >> reporter: officials with rapascan tell us the machines are only used if more than a metal detector is required, and passengers then get a choice between the machines and pat downs. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> well, that attempted terror plot onboard that northwest jet has major ramifications not only of course for the 23-year-old suspect but for us every time we go to the airport. we'll talk about that and this ongoing custody battle that's been five years in the making. is it over for mr. goldman here in the united states versus a maternal family in brazil and also we all do it. right? sometimes tweeting. grab our cell phones when we're board, but can you tweet from the jury box? we're going to talk about that with our legal guys. here they are. avery friedman, civil rights attorney and law professo

the tsa reportedly suspended three agents while it conducts its investigation. the agents allegedly left the check point at gate e-8 on december 16 from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. unattended and opened. the gate was apparently discovered in a routine patrol at the end of the night by other personnel by the dfw department of public safety shutting down the operations for the evening. it spoke with the former head of the security for major airline who calls this is lapse and that there needs to be a re-evaluation of tsa training programs, corrections andgoing testing to make sure that the security agency are compliant at all times and that this never happens again. julie? >> julie: hope not. laura ingle, thank you very much. senators may face a growing controversy on capitol hill when they return from the winter recess. it resolves around summers who is tapped to head the transportation security administration. "washington post" says some lawmakers supported sothers despite knowing about a troubling personal incident in his path. could it derail the nomination? we ha

>> i think individual tsa members are trying to do it.ut they have to be careful because of the politically correct crowd. who is objecting is extremist muslims that are objecting. in the name much religious freedom we allow the saudies to full the american mosque where they preach extremist hate speech. people like those in the obama think they are doing miss lims a favor by tolerating everything. we are empowering the extremist and making it tougher for the average muslim-american citizen to do the right thing and worship as they choose. the answer is in the middle. profile intelligently and stop making apologies for terrorist. suddenly this guy has ties to al qaeda and still won't use the phrase islamic terrorist. last week we talked about an isolated extremist. we all need to be honest. >> talk about president obama and the obama administration . no president wants a terrorist attack or homeland security wants a terrorist attack on her watch. why aren't they going further? >> i think there are two reasons. the first one and primary on

we certainly won't give it up to the tsa. can the government keep us safe? i don't think so.k airline travel is safer today because pilots have gun, cockpit doors are like bank vault and passengers have become courageous. all of this was done by individuals in the private sector. and not by the government. i said it before, i'll say it again. if the feds had not stripped us of our natural rights to keep ourselves safe by keeping and bearing arms, 9/11 would never have happened. would have about letting the airlines decide who gets on their plane rather than tsa worker who leaves his post? if industry competes fur you business, you fly where you want to and fly in comfort and safety and do it at a competitive cost. if the government runs the show you stand in the cold night for six hours because of a kiss. the government can't deliver the mail, it can't operate security cameras at an airport. i can't pay back its debts and it can't tell the truth. that would be the same government that now wants to manage your healthcare. for more of a look how the government is intruding in t

tsa should be person not country selective.

looking inside the tsa, the administration for which you worked for some time, the tsa agent was not, now facing disciplinary charges. what happened there and how does that need to be corrected? >> well, they'd better get right on conducting an internal review, because that system there failed on several fronts. first of all, terminal dumps were a pretty typical event in the early days of tsa. literally, tens of millions of dollars have been spent to get surveillance cameras out there so that if there is a breach of security, you can identify the individual, not dump the terminal, and go find the person. but whenever an airport is in active operation, flights going in and out, that exit lane has to be staffed by tsa personnel. there can't be any excuse for a lapse or for an absence. and i think that there's some accountability in that airport management that's got to be looked into there. >> okay. all right, tom blank, thank you very much for laying it out for us. appreciate that. >> thank you. nice to be with you. >> thank you. >>> snowfall's expected in the midwest as well as in th

the tsa is saying tonight that all international passengers traveling into the u.s. may well see enhanced random screenings, which will include pat-downs, explosive testing of luggage, and those enhanced body imaging scans before they board a flight. the tsa also says all passengers from or traveling through seven high-risk countries will receive full-body pat-downs and physical inspections of their luggage. those seven countries are yemen, pakistan, nigeria, syria, sudan, iran, and cuba. the state department considers the last four to be state sponsors of terrorism. the new rules take effect at midnight, which should affect most u.s.-bound flights coming from europe and africa tomorrow. this requires the cooperation, of course, of other nations and their airport security personnel. but the tsa has a strong working relationship with most countries that have direct flights to the u.s. as for in-flight protocols, it will continue to be up to the pilot whether passengers are required to remain seated one hour before landing, whether they will have access to their carry-

what they're missing is the face of tsa, somebody to come out and talk to the public about what tsa is doing and i think when they have somebody who is part of the obama administration they'll feel more comfortable letting tsa out. >> one other thing, the newark incident we saw pictures of that guard who sort of diverted had i attention for a moment and somebody slipped in. you've seen the video no doubt. what do you think ought to be done to that particular guard? >> well, i think they're taking action on it, but it highlights the fact that everybody everywhere has to be on their game at all times. and that means not just through a high threat environment like we're in now, but also, next year, the year after, it's a-- it's a daunting task and i think what you raised right at the beginning about the international nature of it is also true, that it not only has to be at newark, at every gate, at every exit lane, it has to be at the international destinations and that's where the focus needs to be. >> all right, thank you, mr. kip hawley, former tsa administrator, thank you for joining

the tsa put new policies into effect at midnight. passengers flying in from 14 nations mostly in the middle east and africa will be patted down and have their luggage hand searched. former cia search michael hay den say it's time for ordinary americans to make some tough choices. >> what's the balance the american people want between their privacy and their security? >>> all international travellers will see an increase in random screenings. >>> people were finally boarding planes, they are finally boarding planes at newark liberty international airport after a security breach that shut down travel there for several hours. a man walked through a checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal last night and disappeared into the crowd. officers had to immediately stop screening and look through surveillance tape to identify the man. . flights were grounded. hundreds of passengers had to be rescreened. the entire terminal was searched. nothing dangerous was found nor the fan found or identified. >>> the u.s. and british embassies re

the tsa agent is on administrative leave and could face disciplinary charges. jiang is set to appear in newark municipal court next week. alex? >> so, michelle, what do the airlines and tsa and lawmakers, what are they doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> they're looking at all the issues, how the video is maintained and kept. we could see congressional hearings out of this. we're also hearing that travelers also need to keep watch as well. >> yeah. okay. always be vigilant. thank you very much, michelle. >>> and two more security incidents involving air travel to tell you about this morning. british police have arrested three people on board a passenger jet at london's heathrow airport for allegedly making verbal threats to staff. a police spokesman says all three were removed from the emirates plane yesterday before takeoff. british authorities searched the jet and said they didn't find anything dangerous. >>> an unruly passenger on board an airtran flight forced that pilot to make an unscheduled stop in colorado. the flight was on its way from at

is there to be an tsa officer? guest: first of all, it is much different from where we were before 9/11. we have structured federal employees who are compensated well for the jobs that they do. that is an attraction for the kind of person that you want to put in there. we are looking for solid high- school or college graduate-level of the education. the kind of folks that can be trained well to the responsibilities of their job. the training program they received, it is not as if you walk in and you begin. ukraine carefully for the job that is expected of you. host: the article notes that tsa officers must past drug and alcohol screenings. they must complete a medical evaluation, be able to lift 75 pounds, have customer service skills, and be able to walk up to 2 miles per shift. it goes on to say that key skills, according to the tsa web site, is the ability to learn the factors in this screening process. operating machines, working with people of diverse backgrounds. those are criteria, but critics say the skill

>> there is a lack of leadership at tsa. one of the things that was joked about, tsa stood for thousands of standing around. it's not the fault of the women on the ground. it's a lack of leadership. they rely too much on technology that is the difference between u.s. security and israeli security. we have been saying you need more federal trained personnel in place much like you have at immigration when you come back in the united states where you have eye contact with the passenger and asking him questions and looking for telltale signs of somebody that doesn't need to be on the airplane. a metal deshlgt is not going to detect it and if you are talking to the person you would never know to give them a secondary search. >> julie: i remember i heard a story out of tel aviv airport, and america was struck. i don't understand we're still talking about this and why there aren't stricter guidelines. air marshals would be a help and they are not on every flight. >> i think part of the problem we focus as a country on the air marsh

is this the right time to be holding up the nomination of the head of the tsa?ell, unfortunately, the president waited eight months to even nominate a head of the tsa and then they wanted him passed without a good vetting process. they wanted -- they didn't want any debate or a roll call vote on the floor. and as it turns out, there are some things about mr. suthers that need to be considered. i asked him to be definitive if it was sbend intent to have collective bargaining. all the members of the employees of tsa are free to join a union now and the union can advocate for them, but collective bargaining would bring the security concerns of tsa under the authority of union bosses. >> isn't that what the department of homeland security does, it's not up to him, it's up to his boss? >> it is up to him and his boss and ultimately the president. but it appeared that he has brought into help bring everything under collective bargaining at a time when we need to focus on security. the cia, the fbi, the coast guard, the military, the congress, none of the employees the

the umbrella department of homeland security, the tsa, which is a part of dhs.tor of national intelligence and this national counterterrorism center. all of these agencies were supposed to prevent this failure to connect the dots and that's what we have here. the fact that the suspect, abdulmutallab's own father, not just anybody but a respected nigerian banker, former government official, went to our certainly i not once personally but twice, talked to not one government agent but two at least. state department and central intelligence agency, expressed concerns about his son's increasing radicalism, said that he might be in yemen, concerned about him. we know that yemen is a hotbed of terrorism. and yet the only thing that happened here was he was placed on the most general of terror watch lists, so general 500,000-plus names, as to be useless. at a minimum it seems to me, since we know al qaeda continues to be focused on aviation, the suspect ought to have been placed on the selectee list, about 14,000 people, in which case at a minimum he'd have been subject

to take off again after screeners determined the person on the plane was not the same person on the tsa list. >>> the head of delta air lines is speaking out for the first time about that attempted attack on a northwest flight headed for detroit on christmas day. ceo richard anderson says he's disappointed that suspect managed to bring smros inches on the plane. however, he says delta followed all government security airlines. he added, delta will keep working to implement new government security measures. the suspect is accused of trying to blow up that flight from amsterdam to droi. >>> the faa says it's looking closer at american airlines because their carrier had three landings go wrong last month. the first incident happened on december 13th when a plane landing in charlotte went off the left side of the runway. over a week later, another american flight overran a runway in kingston, jamaica, injuring 91 passengers. you can see the aftermath in this video. then two days later an american airlines plane hit a wingtip while landing in austin, texas. an american spokesperson told cnn

the tsa says there will be random screenings of passengers coming to the u.s. plus an increase in what is known as threat-based screening of passengers who act suspiciously. it's part of the extra security measures for passengers trying to fly to the u.s. from other countries. today passengers flying into the u.s. from nigeria, yemen and other countries of interest will have enhanced screening techniques including body scans and patdowns. other passengers from abroad can expect extra scrutiny on a random basis. experts say the christmas day security episode in michigan should have never happened. >> the biggest hole is that people get on board airplanes who should not get on an airplane without going through secondary screening which is what happened here. >> reporter: tsa is buying more full-body scanners for use in the u.s. adding air marshals to international flights. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> stranded passengers at newark airport should be finally going to their destinations after flights were grounded. when a man bypassed security. aut

is there to be an tsa officer? guest: first of all, it is much different from where we were before 9/11. we have structured federal employees who are compensated well for the jobs that they do. that is an attraction for the kind of person that you want to put in there. we are looking for solid high- school or college graduate-level of the education. the kind of folks that can be trained well to the responsibilities of their job. the training program they received, it is not as if you walk in and you begin. ukraine carefully for the job that is expected of you. host: the article notes that tsa officers must past drug and alcohol screenings. they must complete a medical evaluation, be able to lift 75 pounds, have customer service skills, and be able to walk up to 2 miles per shift. it goes on to say that key skills, according to the tsa web site, is the ability to learn the factors in this screening process. operating machines, working with people of diverse backgrounds. those are criteria, but critics say the skill

the frustrating security breach at a busy airport hours before strict new tsa rules go into effect. >>> and, airborne icon. the goodyear blimp and its presence at big sports events. >> the scene of college football is the best thing about the blimp. >> a major milestone. it's monday, january 4th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> the hol air in those blimps give us some nice pictures. >> we'll try to keep the hot air down to a minimum in the studio. >> good morning, everyone, i'm linsey davis in for vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> the u.s. and british embassies in yemen locked up tight this morning after threat of attack. >> both countries promise to help security forces in yemen as fears grow over the terror threat. sonia gallego is joining us from london with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, linsey and jeremy. the recent setup in security is intensifying as both the u.s. and british embassies in yemen remain closed for yet another day. they stay closed on sunday following warnings of an al qaeda attack. all local staff was sent home and the head of u.s. ce

a couple of years ago the tsa instituted a policy where they have tsa-approved laptops so you don't haveour bag, you can open it up, unfold it, see what's there and you don't have to take it out, put it into the bin, and put it through security. it doesn't make a huge difference but when you travel a lot little thing makes a big difference. >> every little thing counts sometimes when you are late for that flight. >> exactly. >> if there are delays, people want to know if p it's wi-fi friendly, the airport, and where can i go for those charging stations if your blackberry or iphone is almost out of battery? how do you find out about that ahead of time before you get there and are out of luck? >> there's an app for the iphone called airport wi-fi. it tells you which airports have wi-fi and almost as important whether or not the wi-fi is free or paid. that actually is something you want to know if you're stuck. if you're logging on for 15 or 20 minutes you might not want to spend that $10 or $15 for access. >> it is amazing how technology can give you all this information at your fingertips

the surveillance video shows the suspect lingering at the security checkpoint, first with a tsa agent present, then after the tsa agent leaves his post, the suspect ducks underneath the rope barricade and greets a woman and walks with her toward the gate. he now faces up to a $500 fine and is scheduled to appear in a newark court next week, alex. >> okay, michelle. we have new jersey senator frank lautenberg pushing for surveillance video to be publicly released. is he satisfied with the charge filed? >> he spoke out last night after the arrest. he said that he is not necessarily satisfied, although he's happy with the arrest, that it happened, and they were so quick about it. and he does not buy that love defense and says the suspect should face a harsher punishment for deliberately breaching security and creating costly hours of delays for travelers while authorities tried to find the suspect. >> because the message can't go out to terrorists or people who would do damage to our citizens that you can take a chance and sneak in. this has to be seen as the equivalent of a terrible cri

one tsa official describes it as a significant step forward. one other thing included in the new mandates, they continue to leave the one hour rule where you may or may not have to have things put away and stay in your seats. they are leaving that up to the captain of the flight. all of these go into effect at midnight. >> in the meantime, u.s. and british officials have closed their embassies in yemen. there are indications allegedly that al qaeda is planning an attack and that the u.s. is the target. it is not clear when the embassies will reopen. a man is dead after his car went off rock creek parkway and into the water. a passer-by called 911 this morning after spotting the overturned car. authorities say it took 10 minutes to find the car in the partially frozen water. they were able to free 23ear- old joshua kuhlman of arlington. he was barely alive when he was taken to the hospital, where he died a few hours later. >> a lot of bad things can happen. >> an autopsy will be conducted to find out what led to his death. authorities need your

that is when screeners noticed that someone's name on the flight matched a name on the tsa's restrictedassenger list, forcing the plane to return to st. louis. some flyers wonder how the mistake was allowed to happen. >> if there was that kind of concern after it was off the ground, then somebody's dropping the ball here. if we have these computer systems that check these people before they get on the flights, they need to make sure that they stay to that standard. >> the flight was eventually allowed to take off again after screeners determined the person on the plane was not the same person on the tsa list. >>> fans who were there at last night's sugar bowl in new orleans got to witness a great performance by the florida gators and an even sweeter good-bye from their quarterback. joe carter's here with more on this record-setting amazing night. hi, joe. >> good morning, susan. florida quarterback tim tebow, arguably one of the greatest college football players ever, saved his greatest college football game for his last. tebow made history, breaking his own record for passing in a game

the tsa says security video revealed he left through another exit about 20 minutes later. don. >> thank you very much. >>> tsa studies video of the breach to figure out the man's eye didn'tity and what he was trying to do. >>> we are -- identity and what he was trying to do. >>> police are investigating ball mere city first homicide of 2010. an unidentified man was found shot to death in the 2300 block of ocala avenue near drewit hill park. witness reported seeing two men run from the scene. but so far police have not named any suspects nor a motive. >>> a johns hopkins university graduate dies after the car plunges into a frozen creek near washington, d.c. a jogger called police after spotting a tire sticking out of rock creek. police say 22-year-old joshua coleman was trapped inside the car. he graduated from johns hopkins last year and investigators are now trying to piece together what happened. >> anything that we find on the scene as far as skid marks or broken tees and that type of thing is going to be part of the investigation. right now we have not determined wher

then, of course, there are those concerns over the tsa posts and how to control that. so senator lautenberg is saying this is an important lesson but also and expensive one, not just in resources but in the time, as this resulted in mass chaos. as we saw, alex, the coverage of this, you saw the pictures, mass of people for hours. >> people will not forget this incident for a long time to come. thank you very much, lynn. good to see you as always. >>> two more security incidents involving air travel. british police have arrested three people on a passenger jet for making verbal threats to staff. all three were removed from the plane yesterday before takeoff and british authorities searched the jet and said they didn't find anything dangerous. >>> an unrulely passenger on board an airtran flight forced them to make an unscheduled flight to colorado. it diverted to colorado springs because a passenger locked himself in the plane's bathroom. officials say the passenger was intoxicated. he was taken into custody after that plane landed. >>> a new political ad is taking aim

wayne i mean -- >> it is the responsibility of the tsa and of the homeland security.t is not the responsibility of the airlines. the airlines are there to make a buck -- by the way, nobody is telling you, you have to fly. for safety purposes you can say i'm not going there. israelis do it right. it should not be a concentration on instruments and devices it should be a cons straoubgs -- concentration on the people and they interview you and that's the way to do it. >> this is clobbering capitalism as opposed to fixing the problem. 2/3 of all international flights come into five places. eu, canada, mexico, japan and australia we need to work with these countries and figure this out! the answer is not cut that part of the world off and stay in your own livingroom. it is figure it out. chopping capitalism at the knees is not the answer. >> i'm going to bring in jonas here. [ talking over each other ] >> i would think the answer would be technology. get the screening systems in place. >> we have the body scanner that some senators in congress in america think it is too vi

tsa is buying more full-body scanners for use in the u.s. adding air marshals to international flights. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:06. technology runs the world and this morning we're having some gadget gossip. >> coming up, a sneak peek at new items generating a lot of buzz. >> apparently watching sports is a sport itself. the search for the ultimate couch potato is on. more on this unique competition when we come back. >>> first, out the chilly door with justin berk. >> temperature up to 23. a boost of one degree in the last hour. probably a sign that the clouds started to roll back in. we'll have a lot of clouds today so plan for a dark and chilly one. winds out of the west/northwest at miles per hour. wind chills in the teens. we'll talk more about the arctic cold coming up. >>> let's check the roads. >> good morning. on the buses, 15 with a diversion at parkside and bel air. and 15 and 23 at eutaw and mulberry, watermain break. 23 bypassing shepherd pratt. and number 20 with a diversion at ponka and eastern. for th

for southers to become the tsa head, the full senate has to confirm the nomination. >> thanks. you can bet national security will be a hot topic on fox news sunday and john brennan, who is the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, will be among the guests. check your local listings for the time tomorrow morning on your local fox station. >>> villagers in pakistan are mourning the victims of a massive bomb not guilty a sporting event, they had gathered to pray and carry the remains of their victims to their grave sites. nearly 100 people were killed when a bomber drove his vehicle into a crowd at a volleyball game and blew himself up. the village apparently became the target when it tried to resist the taliban. pakistan's prime minister vowed to defeat the militants. >> the botched attempt to blow up an airplane on christmas day could mean tighter security at the boston harbor. the city's mayor may block a yemeni tanker from a scheduled delivery of natural gas so close to areas homes. laura ingle is following this story for us and is live in the

the tsa has issued new guidelines this wake of the christmas day plane attack that include patdown bodycountries the u.s. considers to be sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest. fresh threats of al-qaeda terror attacks have prompted the u.s. have a britain to close their embassies in yemen. >> there are indications al- qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against a target inside of yemen. >> reporter: the alleged plane bomber, umar farouk abdulmutallab, said he was trained by al-qaeda in yemen and given explosives to blow up a

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now -- by the way, i very much support what tsa has done with respect to privacy in these technologies, and we need to make sure that we go as far as we can to see to it that that is balanced as well. ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of transportation that says it is fine for tsa to be doing this, but it will not have any impact on the kind of thing that we saw with the christmas pa bomber? give me your reaction on how technology can be used and how we can get other countries to use it. >> do not know anything that has frustrated me personally more than the inability over a period of years to develop adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing, in my mind, is the inability to detect nuclear materials. and knowing and spend a lot of money at that. this is a problem that goes back well before 9/11. but we still have not come up with it. so i think there has to be a crash effort, if you will, in the search and development in the scientific community to develop

the tsa calls it a major step forward. starting came, all travelers who want to get into the u.s. will have to play by tough new security rules. but people flying from nations considered to be sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will see the biggest changes. mandatory full body pat-downs, carry-out searches and body scans are part of the latest ways of enhanced procedures. at least 14 countries are on the list, nearly all are muslim. philadelphia residents alex and nica went through ramped up measures on their flight from belgium sunday but weren't impressed. >> they looked through my bag and they missed one bag, so sort of felt very artificial. >> reporter: the new guide lines come more than a week after a man allegedly tried to blow up a u.s.-bound plane on christmas day. airports around the world have been on alert ever since. another security breach just last night forced one. country's busiest airports to come to a complete stand still. >> we were simply told to vacate the area and to move upstairs. >> reporter: flights were grounded for areas at new york's j

the tsa screener that was supposed to be monitoring the checkpoint slip aped away. and as thousands of passengers were tied up for hours, officials said jiang himself left the airport just 20 minutes after the incident. >>> the christmas airline bombing attempt suspect has pleaded not guilty to all charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab appeared in court in detroit yesterday. he faces six federal charges, including an attempt to blow up a plane and an attempt to use weapons of mass destruction and that charge could get him life in prison if he's convicted. his defense didn't challenge the government's request to keep him in pretrial custody and his next court date has not yet been set. >>> republicans are pushing for a closer review of how would-be bomber abdulmutallab made it onto the plane. the ranking republican on the house homeland security committee says there were enough red flags to raise an alarm. >> both parties recognize the need for answers so bureaucratic reviews will take place and congressional hearings will be held. and while that's all well and good, th

authorities say that is jung loitering in a roped off area, a tsa officers tells him to move away but the guard leaves his post, seizing the opportunity the man ducks under the rope. that move delayed 16,000 passengers at newark and had a ripple effect worldwide. new jersey senator frank says the potential punishment, a $500 fine but no jail time is too weak and jung should be deported. >> if he is here on a student visa i would say we can tell him to pack his bags and go home promptly we should do it. >> the government spent ate hundred million dollars on passenger screening equipment for the nation's 450 airports, and the tsa now employs 49,000 security officers for 2000 checkpoints. critics say the screeners need more training. >> you can deploy all of the sophisticated and expensive technology in the world in our defenses can be defeated by something as simple as a screener being in attentive to the job and a passenger being in repid, that the exactly what happened here. >> the guard who left his post here at the airport, reuben hernandez is us is expensed without pay his represen

the tsa agents seized a computer. he now says the tsa later apologized. the subpoena was ultimately withdrawn. this struck me as bullying a couple of small players. i question whether they would issue a subpoena to a "new york times" reporter for instance. given the magnitude of this disaster and what went on and all the failures we all know crystal clear in letting this would be terrorist get on the plane, i would think the tsa has more important things to worry about than a couple of blog kers. terry smith and jane hall, thanks for stopping by this morning. >>> when we come back, their television show pushed the limits until they were kicked off the air. a look at why cbc pulled the plug on the smothers brothers. hey, who's this? oh, that's kyle. he aced his fifth grade geography class. you see, now that we're using fedex to ship globally, i have to learn all the countries again, so i brought in kyle as a consultant. did you know that we have customers in czechoslovakia? actually, it's called the czech republic. yes, kyle, you're a lifesaver. without ky

add now the tsa has ordered 150 more to be deployed this year. while the exact locations are a well-guarded secret, officials say boston logan and newark liberty are likely candidates. >> it's a necessary evil, i guess, for me. >> for the security of hundreds of people i think that it should be acceptable to be able to view a body like that just to make sure that we're all safe. >> reporter: the rules change from flight to flight. some airlines have disabled the in-flight entertainment. others haven't. some won't allow you to use the bathroom within an hour of landing. others will. >> expect the unexpected. a lot of these security regulations are in the hands of pilots and in-flight crews. >> reporter: getting up to speed on the new normal. >> people are well aware that, you know, this is coming. >> reporter: just in time for the holiday trip home. jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >>> the northeast and midwest are feeling the bitter bite of winter tonight with the record-breaking temperatures, some as low as 36 below. parts of new england could g

but in a statement to cnn, the tsa says current screening procedures for bulky clothing and headwearve been in place since 2007, that wearing a headscarf doesn't automatically trigger a search and, quote, "in instance where's passengers choose not to remove bulky clothing, including head wear, our officers are trained to offer a private screening area and may conduct a pat down search to clear the individual." h hassan said her pat down search happened in front of her 5-year-old daughter and several male tsa agents. she stresses she favors strict security but not when the screening is selective. >> do they even know what they're looking for? you're targeting the innocent people and yet the bad guys are getting away. so it just makes me wonder. >> reporter: the council on american islamic relation says if the tsa is going to flag womens who wear headscarfs, how about nuns who wear habits? they say they continue to provide security protocols that are thorough, effective and foster respect. alina cho, cnn, new york. >>> straight ahead -- randi kaye with the next hour of the "cnn newsroo

a statement released just moments ago reads, "tsa is mandating that every individual fly nothing the u.s. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening." senator charles schumer has his own plan for tightening airport safety. he says u.s.-based airlines should threaten to stop flying to airports with lax security. new york democrat wrote to the heads of the major airlines today, asking them to report any security issues to foreign airports. and he says if those problems are not fixed, we should stop landing there. schumer also asking the state department to double-check all travel visas for people added to a terrorist database. it is the most dramatic evidence yet that yemen is emerging a as new and increasingly serious terror concern for the united states and the west. the u.s. government today closes the embassy in yemen's capital, citing security threats and the continued possibility of terrorist violence. britain has shut down its embassy as well. p

lawmakers knew of tsa pick's error, the latest is that the democratic senators lobbied around tsa pick, and as new details emerged that key lawmakers knew that he had mischaracterized a personal incident in his testimony, washington supported rogers of his assessing confidence criminal records 20 years ago of his then estranged wife's boyfriend. as congress returns from winter recess says that it's critical that tsa instaulll -- install this leadership. on friday jim demint who earlier delayed souther's nomination, if he can't tell the truth, he should not be qualed and should not be confirmed. and they add that senator collins that raise suspicions about southerners' statements to the senate homeland security and says that on friday she is satisfied with his nomination. and on that security, as we wait for your phone calls to come in. "the new york times" has this picture from newark international airport, that experts are ready but not to overreact. and the headline says what to expect as airport security rules are tightened. the best way to prepare for the rules, pretty much as you

is tom blank, former head of tsa policy. good to see you, good morning.ad a series of debates ever since christmas day about how effective or ineffective patdowns are and these screening machines are 73 let's start with the patdowns, do you think they have a place in aviation security? >> they certainly have a place in aviation security. we don't want to eliminate any tools when we're dealing with people like the christmas day terrorist. >> certainly in the short-term, since so few places have access to the more sophisticated screening machines? >> i think what we've got to do is figure out a way to expedite the deployment of the x-ray, and technologies. this is what's going to help us find explosive material, organic material at the checkpoint. that's what the patdown is designed to do. but we shouldn't be relying on that when we have technology that can do a much, much better job for us. >> you know, i've heard a lot of conflicting information about that. we just had someone on in the last hour about exactly how effective they are. if al qaeda and other