the tsa announced the expansion of its tsa prechecked screening program. that means certain frequent flyers, the ones who spend the most money will be able to pass through security without a patdown. precheck is the centerpiece of the tsa's risk security initiative. >>> high heat is providing plenty of fuel for wildfires burning in colorado. a fire near colorado springs is threatening parts of the air force academy. tens of thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes, including several homes on the academy's campus. a few hours away near boulder, a new fire has started. the flagstaff fire has quickly grown to more than 220 acres. officials have already evacuated 26 homes and put thousands more on preevacuation notice. >>> residents in florida are dealing with the exact opposite problem. debby has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression, but she's still dumping a lot of rain as she moves slowly across the state. more than 26 inches of rain has already fallen in parts of the state and the storm is expected to be around

tsa precheck, the trusted traveler program, with 1.5 million people prescreened passengers thus far, including members of congress going quickly through modified checkpoint screening, because we know more about you, about them, based on their voluntary sharing of information with the airlines or global entry. pilots who are, of course, the most trusted persons on the aircraft. and in the future, flight attendants. members of the armed forces who fight for our freedoms. members of the intelligence community, and now we are exploring how we can expand this group of trusted travelers to include many others, based on the risk-based intel-driven premise that the vast majority of travelers are not terrorists and simply want to get from point a. to point b safely. so how are we accomplishing this? in addition to seeking technology and expanding our canine program, we're focusing on our most valuable resource, our people. last fall i announced two important changes at our headquarters to promote slenls in the workplace to complement the office of professional responsibility which i showed up

and they would do clever things like putting drops of perfume on their ballots which were also prechecked and people would stand by the polling place and sniff your ballot. and if they didn't get chanel number 5 or whatever it is, they knew you didn't vote correctly. there are all kinds of ways in which they are able to manipulate and shape voting. they also provide all kinds of incentives. part of the deal in voting was that you were making a sort of exchange. you were doing your voting for the democratic party in exchange for a job or some other kind of favor, maybe easy access to a liquor license or a favor getting your son out of jail, or any of a number of other kinds of exchanges. so there was this bartering that goes on in which you change votes for favors and votes for service and votes for patronage during the really the whole of the 19th century. this system develops gradually from the middle of the 19th century and is really cemented into place in most cities by the beginning of the 20th century. the most famous of these political machines is tammany hall. you guys heard of tam

for example, while the precheck program has gotten off to a successful start, we're talking about somethingenefit most of the average travelers. so let's start talking about what we can do to fix the broken and outdated policies that do affect most people. on monday, congressman walsh and i visited chicago-o'hare airport. we met with travelers afterwards to discuss their thoughts on tsa. the overwhelming majority of those that attended the meeting expressed frustration that ten years after 911, the tsa is still collecting pocket knives, it's still collecting water bottles, it's still collecting pill cutters with razor blades. and, of course, the

mostly they are talking past each other as tsa has some positive programs like precheck but then the congressmen see everything weekend in their district how angry the public is. >> there's often criticism as you know very well that security measures are reactive in this country. but do you see in the near future there being a change where they become more pro-active? >> i think they are pro-active. the problem is not that they're not pro-active but problem is they don't get rid of old ones when they are no longer needed. one good thing to say about administrator pistole is they are connected with the intelligence community and are hyper about making sure that there's whatever measure needs to be taken with air marshals anywhere else are taken but the problem is they have this leftover security protocols that are clogging up the system and angering the public. >> why are they talking past each other? >> well, i think it really boils down to the administration being the white house and dhs has got to decide whether they want to have john pistol make changes or whether they want to sta

. >> some frequent flyers this may become faster with precheck.the story. >> 16 airports across the country, there's going to be this expedited screening process for frequent flyers called tsa pre-check. u.s. airways will add the service in reagan airport in d.c. united will begin at o'hare international in chicago. it let's travelers move quickly through the lines without having to take off the shoes and belt. you can keep your jacket on, don't even need to remove lap stops. here's how it works, passengers must be u.s. citizens and a trusted traveler program such as global entry, nexus and century. you also may be able if you're a frequent flyer with american, delta, alaska airlines and united and u.s. airways, they have to invite you to participate. there's a catch too. passengers must be willing to give more personal information about themselves to the government. they are pre-checking you, right? it doesn't exclude you from random screenings, that can still happen. once cleared, passengers can speed through security in their very own fast lane