not very comforting but florida congressman john mica says it is not all bad.e says that we are safer ten years later but there have been 25,000 instances of failures where items have been snuck on board planes that screeners should have caught. there are those breaches and controversial pat-downs he has said that liquids, banning the liquids, just doesn't matter. he also says too reactionary. remember the richard reed shoe bomber then we had to take off our shoes. the diaper bomber, cargo breaches. tsa has missed the mark time and time again. we talked with captain mark weiss, retired american airlines pilot. also, he works for a security firm, talking about airline security. listen in. >> they still need to do a lot of work in cargo security. they need to do work in behavioral training. they need to use canines more effectively both in cargo screening and in passenger screening. >>> captain weiss also talked about behavioral screening. i've talked with him before. he says he's a big proponent of that. we should be doing that, using the tsa not as a police for

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and that is florida congressman john mica. he gives the tsa a d minus in performance. he says it is just too large. too reactive and too bureaucratic. the congressman is calling for reform and plans to issue a new report today, showing instances of dangerous materials and weapons that security screeners failed to detect. >> there are documented instances of thousands of breaches of things getting through. i think some 25,000. >> reporter: 25,000 instances of breaches in the security system. well, not all of the news is bad. we've come a long way in the last ten years. we're going to talk about some of the things that some experts say could improve the tsa and screening and overall security here at our nation's airport. mike, andrea? >> surae, what would congressman mika like to see whap to improve the agency? >> we've been talking to him through the months. he says the tsa is just too big. it has become a human resource factory and those are his words. instead of 4,000 to 5 thousand dollar, it is now up to 63,000 employees. he wants changes and he's going to talk to co

republican florida congressman john mica is calling for reform. he released a report documenting 25,000 instances of failures for items that have been on board planes that screeners should have caught. travelers have mixed feelings about that and overall safety with tsa in place ten years later. >> it definitely takes awhile when you come to the airport but that's just -- you know, what you're willing to do today if you want to fly and be safe. >> it is a little annoying in consideration of all of the aggravation. >> there are still breaches. >> yes, even though you go through all of this. i'm surprised at the number quite frankly. it seems like a lot. >> i guess i never really felt unsafe in the past. >> we'll have a full report on the congressman's press conference coming up on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. >>> fairfax county police may have a lead in a murder case that is nearly 18 months old. they have released video of a man jumping into a woman's car at a shopping center parking lot in merrifield. the same parking lot where 18- year-old v

. >> representative john mica, the house transportation committee chairman released a report entitleds the agency is plagued with problems, including its size, claiming tsa has grown into a massive bureaucracy. inadequate technology, including 500 technology machines that can be easily defeated. ask more than 20,000 since the agency was established. to fix the problems the record recommends the following. reducing the staff. revising the screening program with private firms and raising the authority of the tsa administrator. >> we hope from the ten year anniversary and from our review that we can make tsa even more affective and eliminate some of the problems we have experienced over the past decade. >> report comes as it announces its findings. 2/3 of respondents were somewhat or very satisfied with the overall performance almost 90% still thought it takes too long to get through security. >> unfortunately, the process still remains inefficient and frustrating for millions of american travelers. >> a smoke man says they are pleased that the vast ma jr.ty of those surveyed believe the

. >> representative john mica, the congressman who helped create the tsa is now one of its biggest critics. >> what we want tsa to evolve into what it should be. gathering intelligence. a security agency, not running a huge bureaucracy. >> in ten years, tsa staff has grown from 16,000 to over 65,000. the report also says that hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted on screening equipment that doesn't work while thousands of pieces of equipment that do work are sitting in warehouses. so far, the tsa has not responded directly to those points, but a spokeswoman called the report an unfortunate disservice to the dedicated men and women of tsa. at reagan national, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> the pennsylvania court system has assigned a new judge in the penn state sex scandal case. robert scott will now preside over jerry sandusky's preliminary hearing. san sandusky is facing charges that he sexual limo lessed eight boys. the court system says scott has no known ties to penn state or that charity. >> the leaders in dc took a long hard look at a federal bill that would have given them

. >> congressman john mica named the tsa and has watched it carefully for things that they miss. >> there documented instances of thousands of breaches of things getting through. i think some 25,000. >> reporter: wednesday, he plans to call for tsa reform, largely because repeated investigations -- >> to analyze the effectiveness of the system and it is failing. >> i think the tsa needs to grow up. >> mark weiss is with the spectrum group specializing in of aviation matters. >> the message that they send is absolutely wrong. the way people view them is with dread in many cases. >> weaknesses? >> they still need to do a lot of work in cargo security and behavioral training and using airline personnel and airport personnel as partners. you need to use canines more effectively both in cargo screening and in passenger screening. >> some recommend the return to private industry doing the work under government supervision. >> i think you're much more apt to get a better quality of individual, much more customer friendly individual and still the same little of safety and security that you curren

that the only way that the house transportation infrastructure committee, headed by congressman john mica, can find its way to a six-year surface reauthorization is that it can find $100 billion in a non-gas tax revenue that it can pledged towards the act. this is next to an impossible task. so much so that the senate environment and public works committee, headed by senator barbara boxer, has evolved a proposal for just a two-year act, instead of six. which would just extend the terms of this to provide some needed funding for continuity and give us a breather until the economy picks up again and revenues are identified. it is a continuing saga made more poignant by the upcoming deadline when the current temporary authorization runs out. we can expect another temporary authorization, perhaps one that will carry us through the year and just beyond the presidential elections of 2012 perhaps. on the local front, there has been progress in the sustainable community strategy. i would like to thank commissioner campos and can -- commissioner winner for attending the meeting last week. to conti

florida republican john mica wanted to sell the northeast corridor to the highest bidder. now, he's back-pedaling. the house will hold a hearing next month. mike? >> thanks, andrea. all this week, we're focusing on veterans issues leading up to veterans day on friday. so, this band you start to hear in the background now... , there it is. that's daughtry. they're headlining a concert saturday night in fairfax, virginia. part of the annual american freedom festival. channel 9 is a sponsor. the concert benefits active duty and military veterans. tickets are still available through ticketmaster. military ticketmaster. >>> now, before the concert, there is a big job fair for veterans and active duty military. it is being sponsored in part by our partners at career builder. phil is president of cpf professional services. also on the board of the american freedom foundation. here to talk about the job fair and a list of companies that's impressive here. >> we did a great job for the first time to sponsor this kind of employment services for our veterans. and we haven't taken tha

this is representative john mica from florida, the chairman of the transportation and infrastructuremittee. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. >>> 7:39 now on this friday morning. speculation for weeks and now it's official, another hollywood couple done. calling it quits. we'll tell you who -- >> this makes me sad. >>> then it is long believed to be a tragic accident. but, homicide detectives in los angeles unexpectedly reopening the investigation into the death of natalie wood. stay with us. fox5 morning news will be right back. 7:39. [ male a the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh. >>> 7:42. authorities reopening the case of the death of actress natalie wood. she drowned back in 1981. 30 years ago. happened after a night of partying with her husband, robert wagner, and costar christopher wall kin on the couple's yacht. the coroner ruled it was an accident. there's

just an hour from now we'll get this new report released by republican congressman john mica of floridahich is an overview of the tsa in the last decade but this latest report from the u.s. travel association was striking about it, almost everything comes back to the amount of carry-on luggage people are carrying. that was the top concern about 70%. that of course leads to long lines at security checkpoints. that was the number two complaint. and then what you would expect, sort of playing out in the third and fourth spot. third was taking off your belts or shoes or your jackets and the fourth was unfriendly tsa screeners. what really struck me about the survey, it all came back to that carry-on luggage which of course people are doing because they want to avoid those fees with the check-in luggage, jon. jon: i would do it, when ever i fly. i try to anyway. what is the view overall of the tsa. >> reporter: well, surprisingly according to the u.s. travel association survey the view is fairly good. 66% of the those surveyed said they're satisfied with you how the tsa is performing. just a