chris liu is a pilot for american airlines. he held >>> the pilot who exposed security flaws at sfo has now gone public. chris liu is a pilot for american airlines. he held a news conference yesterday at the sacramento airport. it was an attempt to silence his critics. they attacked him after he posted videos on youtube last month highlighting ground crews at sfo entering secure areas without screening. when the tsa objected, liu took them down but now says he had no idea that the videos would cause such an uproar. >> this was never about being famous for me. this was about aviation security. >> the tsa is now investigating liu. the pilot's attorney is calling on congress to investigate. >>> more flights are getting back on track but some passengers in the northeast are still stranded after sunday's blizzard. travel officials say it could be new year's before everyone gets home. during the storm, more than 7,000 flights were cancelled across the country. at new york's laguardia airport, hundreds of passengers are just waiting t

chris liu posted videos on youtube that shows the screening that passengers and flight crews have toergo. >> i found a disparity between what happens upstairs and what happens downstairs. upstairs, they're going through all the metal detectors and the x-ray machines. and downstair, they're swiping a card. all i'm looking out for is the flying public. i just want to start from point "a" and go to point "b." and if the flight is really boring, i've achieved my mission. >> chris liu will talk about that mission and how he's been punished for blowing the whistle. it will be an exclusive interview today, on "good morning america." >>> we're learning that the embassy in london was on the list of a number of terror targets for a plot in britain. the stock exchange, houses of parliament, and shopping centers were on the list for the pre-christmas attacks. >>> and he's revealed u.s. diplomatic secrets. now, julian assange is going to tell you more about himself. the wikileaks founder says he doesn't want to write his memoirs. but he needs to pay the money he owes on his legal bills. he's figh

his name is chris liu. and he is a pilot from american airlines. he held a news conference at the sacramento airport in an attempt to violence critics, who went on the attack after liu posted videos on youtube last month highlighting ground crews at sfo end, secure areas without screening. -- entering secure areaing without screening. when the tsa objected, liu took them down. he had no idea the uproar he had created. >> this was never about being famous for me. this was about aviation security. >> the tsa is now investigating liu. >>> headlines from around the bay area. a bumpy 13-mile stretch of freeway will soon get a makeover, caltrans plans to repave the portions of i-680 between walnut creek and danville. the project will also extend the carpool lane in the southbound direction by a mile into walnut creek. the "contra costa county times" reports the nearly $50 million improvements were scheduled for last summer but the state's budget stalemate delayed the work until 2011. >>> traffic in fremont was disrupted today to accommodate bart construc

well, today, the pilot, chris liu, revealed his face on "good morning america." >> i don't think it was jeopardizing the safety. all i wanted to do was identify just the disparity between upstairs and downstairs. >> he defended his actions on "gma" and later held a press conference, saying he just wanted to document a problem he says people have long known about. >>> we're going to turn now to the debate in washington and at kitchen tables across this nation, that difficult question every family faces at some point over end of life care. how much should your doctor do to prolong your life even in the end? last night, we brought you the story of lois riley. and so many of you joined the conversation. lois riley, just 63, a loving wife, mother to three, grandmother to four, has terminal ovarian cancer. she told our dr. tim she faced an agonizing decision. aggressive chemotherapy with no assurances it would prolong her life, or less intensive chemo. she made the second choice. >> reporter: fair to say you are more interested in the quality of your life? snap the quantity of your life. >> a

. >> my name is chris liu and i'm an airline pilot. >> reporter: this week chris liu is not just an airlineo posted this video on youtube pointing out what he believes is a serious flaw in airport security. >> well, i just found a disparity between what happens upstairs and what happens downstairs. upstairs they're going through all the metal detectors and the x-ray machines, and downstairs they're swiping a card. >> reporter: there's really nothing in this video that an observant passenger couldn't see on their own. >> like i said, i didn't think that this was going to get this much traction. this is just kind of a -- a little video that i did. and now that it's gone worldwide, i was pretty shocked. >> reporter: the traction largely came as a result of the tsa's response to the video. when a team of six federal agents and sheriff's deputies showed up on liu's driveway. out on that same driveway, we asked liu's wife sandra about the attention that has now been focused on her husband and her family. >> i think my husband was very courageous. and he did what he believed was right. his choice

for "good morning america," mike von fremd, abc news, los angeles. >>> joining us live, now, is chris liuin sacramento. with his attorney, don werno, in las vegas. thanks to both of you. mr. liu, let's start with the heart of the controversy. by putting this information out online, were you jeopardizing our safety? >> i don't think i was jeopardizing safety. all i wanted to do was identify just the disparity between upstairs and downstairs. >> you're saying you wanted to help? >> yes, sir. >> so, let me ask you. you want to help. you know this information. you get it on video. why didn't you go to the tsa with this? why did you put it out online for all to see? >> well, there have been numerous articles written about this security problem. and i just wanted to address it. i didn't really think that anybody was watching youtube. so, i didn't really think much of it. >> you didn't think anybody was watching youtube? people are watching it almost as much as they're watching us these days. isn't that way why the tsa sent officers over to you and suspended you and this has gotten pretty heated

. >> reporter: the video somewhat shaky narrated by chris liu was never supposed to get all this attention. >> i uploaded it to youtube just to get a discussion from the youtube committee -- community. >> reporter: it's gone viral to global uploaded on november 28. by the 30th, he was called by american airlines at home, who asked him to take it down. >> four or five days later, six law enforcement people showed aunt my house. >> reporter: liu's anonymity was compromised. he resigned from a federal program helping pilots avoid having their planes hijacked. and at a news conference today, he and his attorney say it's now about fixing holes in airport security. >> i sincerely hope we have started a national debate on how to improve aviation safety and security. >> reporter: liu specifically points at doors that he says lead to high security areas, accessed by ground crews with a simple card swipe. his video shows one such door and indeed we found several at sacramento international. in a statement, the tsa says, "tsa has confidence in airport employee access control measure this is place at

his name is chris liu. a pilot for american airlines. he held a news conference yesterday at the sacramento airport in attempt to silence critics. they went on the attack after liu posted videos on youtube last month highlighting ground crews at sfo entering secure areas without screening. when tsa objected, he took them down. now he says he had no idea the uproar he would create. >> this was never about being famous for me. this was about aviation security. >> the tsa is now investigating liu. >>> the time, 5:12. skiers and snow borders aren't the only ones loving all the recent snow. the surprising boost for our state's water supply. >>> plus, executions may be halted here in california, but death row is more crowded than ever. how it's adding new fuel to the debate over capital punishment. >>> and we're dealing with a wind advisory on the bay bridge that. and troubles on highway 1 coming up in a few minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can yo

his name is chris liu a pilot for american airlines. he held a news conference yesterday at the sacramento airport. it was an attempt to silence his critics. they attacked him after he posted videos on youtube last month highlighting ground crews at sfo entering secure areas without screening. when tsa objected, liu took them down. now he says he had no idea of the uproar he would create. >> this was never about being famous for me. this was about aviation security. >> the tsa is now investigating liu. >>> this morning, the search maying over for a missing fresno skier -- may be over for a missing fresno skier. deputies recovered a body yesterday in the same area where eli shelby went missing. the 29-year-old went skiing with a friend monday but never returned to his car. search teams had combed the area surrounding china peak since then. the storm system and mountainous terrain have kept authorities from identifying the victim. >>> state inspectors in maine are working this morning to find what caused a ski lift accident at a popular r

commercial pilot chris liu touched off a national debate after shooting and posting videos that show what he calls lapses in the screenings of ground crews. federal agents suspended him from a program allowing him to carry a gun in the cockpit and went to his home to confiscate his weapon. >> there's only a cart slide and one door. this is the joke about airport security. >> all i wanted to outline was the disparity between the screening upstairs and the lack of screening downstairs. >> sfo says liu's videos contain baseless and misleading information. the tsa considers this matter closed. liu says he's still flying for a commercial airline but won't say which one and says the airline has no comment. >>> 5:16 right now. bay area lawmakers not giving up a billion dollar bill to restore san francisco wetlands. the bill died in congress last year but representative jackie speer said she will reintroduce it next year. it would have provided habitat for endangered animals. >>> there's something of a food fight going on at local schools. one in three kids in the u.s. is overweight or obese

yielding and thank you for giving us this opportunity to talk about liu xiaobo on the floor of the house today. i especially want to thank chris smith, the gentleman from new jersey, frank wolf, dana rohrabacher, three members whom i heard speak on this matter. as well as others. david wu, who is with us on this side, for their commitment to democracy -- democratic freedoms in china. madam speaker, mr. smith, mr. rohrabacher and mr. wolf and i have been working on this issue for deck based. even -- decades. even before tiananmen square, we met with our former colleague, now gone from us, tom lantos, to meet with the dalai lama in 1987, i think it was. a couple years later we saw what happened in tiananmen square and at that time as advocates for human rights throughout the world we were advocating for human rights in china as well. for a long time we had that debate. was joined then by our colleague, david wu, and others in this important statement. it said, if we are advocating for human rights throughout the world which this congress has done over and over again, we lose all moral authority to talk about human rights to the