david matingly is at hartsfield jackson in atlanta. we hear the coalition of flight attendant unions is actually against this change. what are the airlines saying here? >> as you might expect, the pushback has been strong, particularly from the flight attendant's union. saying this will further endanger the lives of flight attendants and passengers. also hearing from the federal law enforcement officers association. they call this rolling back of some of the restrictions they have in place now dangerous, ill advises and foolish. what they're talking about is that the passengers will now be allowed in april to bring on certain types of sports equipment and certain types of knives and u.s. officials saying the tsa saying that is bringing that online, in line with what we see happening in other parts of the world, that this will be in line with international regulations. for instance, now, they're going to be allowing pocket knives to be brought on board. like this. and specifically, we're looking at blades that are going to be 2.5 inches

woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastructure." woman: the city had chronic sewage overflows into the chattahoochee and its tributaries. fecal coliform bacteria levels were in the millions of colonies per hundred milliliter, which was a significant public health threat. and this had been occurring for decades. but neither the federal epa nor the epd back in the '90s were willing to take action under the clean water act to make the city fix its plumbing. so in 1994, we started upper chattahoochee river keeper. we filed a clean water act lawsuit. in 1997, we won. and so for the past decade, the city has embarked on a program to clean up the river. now, with 1,800 miles of sewer system, three sewage plants and combined sewer overflows, it took a number of years to figure out what would be the solution. we are facing a crisis in infrastructure. bethea: a huge change came about when mayor shirley franklin became the mayo

. >> reporter: hartsfield-jacksoni cs threw that 7-year-old boy to the hospital earlier this evening. we have whopper video of the helicopter arriving as children as hospital. hospital antioch police a the little boy is going to be all right. police are concerned how the shooter wound this boy. investigator say someone fired multiple gunshots into this home around 4:30 this afternoon during a family bbq. the 7-year-old was visiting with his family from out of town. no one else was hurt. investigators say the shooter fired the rounds from an area near the g street over crossing which can be seen from the backyard area. police have not made any arrest, but since thursday, oakland, richmond and now antioch have shyoung children rushed to children's hospital with gunshot wound. for now, antioch police are investigating this particular incident, but the good news is that little boy is going to be all right. >>> a tearful scene in sonar's mission district after police say a 19-year-old college student was gunned down near his home. police have not released the victim's name. however, a frie

more than 95 million passengers pass through hartsfield jackson international airport last year.ng's capital international is the second biggest. and heathrow in london in third with more than 70 million. >>> an actor best known for his work in harry potter, richard griffiths, he has died. he played harry's uncle. >> in my opinion, why is that, dudley? >> because there is no post on sunday. >> right you are, harry. >> griffiths died yesterday after complications from heart surgery. he was 65. >>> clive davis helped shape the careers and like whitney houston, alicia keys and janis joplin but is still looking for the next big star. we'll hear from him just ahead. >>> plus, how this fgcu head coach and his model wife became the it couple in sports. >>> and the boys of dunk city continuing to chase cinderella march madness up next. the new guy is loaded with protein! i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat

at atlanta's hartsfield, on monday morning, instead of one wing or two lanes, we have 3 or four lanes open to handle the rush of commuters going through there. we're also looking at ways to expand the known population in ways that allows additional people to go through, with managed inclusion, a pilot program, those are at indianapolis, tampa, and honolulu. that has been successful. we used a variation on that the day after the super bowl in new orleans with instead of 13,000 people travelling, 39,000 people left new orleans -- obviously the passenger screening canines, which you are a strong supporter of, those are key enablers of this strategy. we're also working with private industry. we put out a request for white papers that are due april 1 where there will be a partnership between us and private companies, that they would do that in with our oureria -- vetting with criteria. we then vet them. increase the population that way. >> with that piece and the traveling public would pay for themselves? the something that traveling public would pay for themselves? >> yes. complicated for

david mattingly is at hartsfield international airport for us in atlanta on the phone with me. david, why? why allow these? why the change in policy? >> tsa explains it simply, they're trying to bring their restrictions more closely in line with international standards. because you can get on a plane in one part of the world, come to the united states, might have some things taken away from you that were allowed in other countries that closely align and travel routes with the u.s. so they wanted to do that. also, when i called the tsa today, spoke to their spokesman, and he really focused on one particular thing here, one thing that was driving all of this, why are you having certain knives, not others, why are you allowing lacrosse sticks and hockey sticks when we still have to give up our drinking water and things like that when we go through security? he says what they're allowing now, going into effect in april, what he's allowing now, he says these items will not pose a catastrophic threat to the operation of aircraft. it doesn't involve the safety of the people immediatel

. >> reporter: officials at chicago's o'hare and atlanta's hartsfield airport reported no significant delays. air traffic controllers in chicago did say delays are coming and will coincide with federal furloughs. >> we can only put so many airplanes up safely with less people. when you start taking more people away you've got to take those airplanes away. less size less airplanes. >> reporter: one senate democrat is already feeling the heat and wants lawmakers to cut their salaries, now $174,000 a year by the same percentage of federal workers who will lose overtime pay and may have to endure forced time off. >> you're going to dock federal workers then you're going to be docked your own pay. >> in new jersey republican governor chris christie channelled voter frustration with washington as only he can. >> i don't have the first damn idea of what they're doing down there so i don't understand it. i don't understand why think haven't fixed it already. seems to me it should be pretty easy to fix. real leadership would get this fixed. get everybody in the room and you fix it and you don'

and some of these airports, even though they're not, you know, it's not like atlanta hartsfield, haveyou need that traffic cop. >> and also, paul, the faa says that will be safe, and nobody needs worry, but somebody's got to handle the traffic at these smaller airports, where these air traffic control towers will go dark. >> that's exactly right. safety is always our top priority. but this is going to have a devastating impact on capacity. the controllers at the other facilities that now have to work these airplanes, and and it's going to be reduced tremendously, are also subject to furloughs, starting on april 21st. so we're going to have less control towers in the control facilities that are remaining open, and it is going to have a devastating effect on our national air space system, which is an economic engine for this country. and it's reverse -- trickle-down economics in reverse, so to speak. >> and miles, you fly out of these small airports all the time. how much air traffic are we talking about? >> well, it's enough that it's sometimes really good to have a controller there. y

it's a ten-year tradition at hartsfield-jackson international airport. cheer military members leaving for afghanistan, iraq, and kuwait, but yesterday was the last time. starting this week, there will be no more chartered flights for troops the to the region leaving from atlanta, because we are sending fewer troops abroad. >>> public opinion on same-sex marriage has been changing fast, according to polls, while some of it could be generational, nbc's kristen dahlgren takes a look at the role of popular culture and politics in the evolution on same-sex marriage. >> reporter: when ellen degeneres came out in 1997 -- >> gay woman in aisle 5. >> reporter: it was front-page news. "will & grace" soon brought gay men into american living rooms every week. >> do you still want to marry me? >> over and over and over. >> reporter: fast forward a few years to what's considered a modern family, and one of the most popular shows on tv. >> oh, our gay night's on saturday. they're epic. >> reporter: over the years, television has changed the conversation about american

they do all the time, whether it be here at hartsfield jackson with the atlanta fire department, on a daily basis, they'll get someone with a hydraulic problem, could be like this, and they respond out with their vehicles. and their ems units. if they believe, in fact, they cannot get that down and they have to do an emergency landing, don't like to say crash landing, but emergency landing, then they'll take additional procedures, have additional apparat apparatus, additional ems resources and be right alongside the airport, the runway as the plane lands. >> tory, let me bring you back in here. you have new information. go ahead. >> right. sort of the question i had here was actually for miles as well. can you tell us about how landing at that airport at lambert field versus the other one, is it more difficult because there is more air traffic in the area, possibly more planes on the ground there, tell us a little bit more about the decision to land there. >> well, yeah, when you're in a situation like this, and you've got a landing gear problem, you've declared an emergency, you can

according to t inin business travel association with beijing he's airport soon to unseat atlanta's hartsfield-jackson the world. executive director mike mccormick says american ceos are doubling down on their efforts to grab more of china's $200 billion business travel market because growth at another 15% this year is hard to find anywhere else in the world. >> i think companies in the u.s. are really looking for ways to try to better understand the market and again participate in that growth. it may start with alliances. may start with partnerships, then over time grow into deeper combinations of companies and opportunities. >> in the next part of the show we will take you into china and talk to goldman sachs chief asia pacific equity strategist who is overweight china longer term though he says over the next quarter or so there may be some difficulties there. >>> we want to check shares of oracle which are off session lows right now down by 9.5%. at the session lows this was the worst drop at stock had seen in 15 months. the worst intraday drop since december of 2011. in the past ten years oracle h

tleent r atlanta, no delays at hartsfield-jackson. is so far, so good. >> and there you are, pollen did again. your buddy, eric fisher, i see him on nightly news every night with his sleeves rolled up and no jacket. just a lot tip, you don't want to look better than brian williams if you want to be on his show. so maybe lose the -- you know, the little thing and the scarf because you don't want to one up him. >> very true. excellent point. i will definitely keep that one filed. >> you do look -- but you couldn't look better than brian or you won't be on the show. eric dresses down a little. >> he dresses like us. >> it's tough to look better than brian, no matter what. >> it is stilt a little too cold for a convertible here in the northeast, but if you're taking a business trip where it's warm, how about renting a drop top? road warriors are now ditch the boring mid size sedan and impress clients with an impressive set of wheels. ender prices added porsches, bentleys and other vehicles. a company rents audi exclusively. then you have

in atlanta, it's going to be perfect at hartsfield-jackson. could see some backups in chicago and the twin citys all due to the snowflakes. back to you guys. >> is it going to get a lot warmer on the east coast soon? is that what you're giving us hints of? >> pretty much. we should see that early next week. fine ix finally getting into the 90s over the next couple of days. it will be warmer around a good portion of the nation, including the northeast. >> reynolds, thank you. great to see you again. >> thanks, guys. >>> check this out. what about the idea of a ka seenny in the sky? you can get in a few hands of blackjack while flying home from a business meeting. a couple of french companies, air jet design essence are trying to get the airlines to buy into their casino jet lounge. we're not talking blue haired ladies at penny slots here. this is all high end. the company is telling cnbc that the cost of tricking out a commercial jet starts at about $2 million to $3 million. they will do private planes, but there is one slight glitch in all thi

no real slowdowns for passengers traveling through atlanta's hartsfield airport either.cuts will start showing up. just not yet. >> you know, monday mornings our busiest day and it went well this morning. we're not anticipating any problems. my biggest concern, to be very honest with you, is the furlough issue. they've talked about the furloughs possibly happening between -- and they wouldn't take place till into april because you have to give 30 days notice. >> reporter: what will cuts look like? it will vary agency to agency. customs and border protection says furlough notices will start going out at the end the week. they will take effect some 30 days later. overtime has been eliminated. that means those traveling internationally may have a longer wait. and it may take longer for shipping containers to be processed at u.s. ports. the irs says work eers will fac one furlough day per pay period but not till after the firing season. that could last from summer to the rest of the year. low-income families receiving nutrition assistance through the women's infant's and chi

so for example, at atlanta hartsfield a on monday morning instead of one lane or two lanes, we may have three or even four lanes open to handle that monday morning rush of commuters going through there. we are also looking at ways to expand the known population in ways that allow additional people to go through. we are aware of what we're doing, pilot program in our indianapolis, have and now honolulu. we use a variation on that the day after the super bowl in new orleans. so instead of 12, 13, 14,000 people travel on average, 39,000 people left new orleans that morning. the k-9s that you are such a strong supporter of, those are key enablers for this strategy to move forward. we are which with private industry. we put out a request for white papers saturday april 1 with would be a partnership between us and private companies that they would be begging for our criteria, of individuals who may sign up for a program such as precheck. they do the vetting and then we decrease the population that way. >> would that be something traveling public would pay for to get this? >> yes. the other as

after circling hartsfield-jackson for hours a delta flight from boston to atlanta was forced to diverttory takes a turn. courtesy of an unusual pick-me-up with a police escort. >> nobody, i don't think anybody expected 30 something pizzas to show up. i suspect they could drive a pizza delivery man on the tarmac. >> reporter: accepepperoni, sau, cheese. >> the pilot came across the speaker system said we had pizza hut delivers to the plane. >> reporter: no word on who placed the order but passengers have a theory. >> i believe the pilot called in the pizza order. >> reporter: in a day of dreary travel it was a little bit of sunshine, and whomever the secret sustenance savior, it's a flight none will forget. this time at least for all the right reasons. >> it was still hot, that was the best part. >> reporter: for "today," katie kerr, nbc news, new york. ♪ >>> all right, you know what that means, it's time for doing it right today and this morning's task your dirty laundry. >> martha stewart is here to get your whites their whitest and bright their brightest. >> don't air your dirty laun