including on john pistole's watch. but the threat, he insists is very real. >> there's a continuing drum beat of interest by terrorist groups to try to bring down a western especially u.s. bound aircraft. >> reporter: the tsa also stresses it has a layered approach to security. from the moment you buy your ticket and your name is compared to the terror watch list to the curb to the airport where you have police k-9 to air marshals on board. they call it a curb to cockpit approach. >> all right. tom costello tonight, thank you. >>> now to the battle over collecting your phone records and other surveillance programs that the government can no longer use for the first time since right after 9/11. those powers went away at the stroke of midnight when senate infighting allowed the patriot act to expire. is national secure more important? and did the programs work in the first place? here's nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the boston marathon bombing or last month's attack in garland, texas, by two men allegedly inspired

tsa officers failed to detect 67 out of 70 attempts however, former tsa chief john pistole calls the secret agents super terrorists. they knew the tsa's weaknesses coming in. >> plus they could construct devices in the lab. they're not out in a desert in yemen or syria or someplace like that. >> the homeland security chief says he takes the findings very very seriously. tsa agents screened a record number of passengers and they seized a record number of prohibited items. i'm live in the digital operations center vai sikahema "nbc 10." >>> today federal safety regulators and amtrak officials face questions at a congressional hearing on capitol hill. lawmakers want to know why technology called automatic train control was only in place in some sections of tracks. accident investigators have said amtrak's train was going more than 100 miles an hour just before it derailed on that curve with a 50-mile-an-hour speed limit. eight passengers were killed about 200 were hurt. >>> pope francis the doll. there it is. one of many items just unveiled to help celebrate the pope's historic visit to

former tsa administrator john pistole. >> the balance that tsa seeks every day is how do you facilitate the free movement. of people and goods with the best security and then using results such as this in a way that helps improve all of that. >> reporter: the big question from the new report is: how dangerous were these 73 workers? and that section is redacted. charlie, the tsa said in a statement it expects to address the vetting issues by the end of the year. >> rose: thanks, kris. today a grand jury in south carolina indicted former north charleston police officer michael slager on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a black man. cell phone video captured slager shooting walter scott in the become after he bolted during a traffic stop back in april. if convicted he could get 30 years to life in prison. the search is on tonight for two very dangerous men killers who made a daring escape from a new york prison over the weekend. cbs news has learned that investigators are questioning a female employee of the clinton correctional facility in the upstate about whether she helped the

john pistol ran the tsa until january. i talked to him on monday. >> in ofany of these failures are a training concern. >> reporter: homeland security secretary says additional red team test results are classified but the tsa has been conducting training. >> this suggests the system is in need of serious analysis to determine what the problem is. >>> we're getting a better look at the scene where a passenger boat capsized up the coast of china. rescue crews have only pulled 18 passengers to safety. five out of the more than 100 passengers are dead. there's no word on whether the passengers swam to shore are accounted for. >>> the bill about the nsa surveillance program cleared a major hurdle in the senate. the senate was debating changes to a house bill so now the big question will the senate amend the house bill or pass it with no changes. then will be house sign off as well? experts say no matter what version passes the nsa will no longer be allowed or store calling records. >>> fema representatives are in texas meeting

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a talked to john pistol monday. >> any failures are a kerp, are the officers resolving alarms when they does detect them? >> reporter: jeh johnson says additional results are classified but the tsa directed to conduct training for all of its officers in airports nationwide as well as intensive training for supervisory personnel. >> i think what this suggests is that the system's in need of serious analysis to determine what the problem is. >> reporter: tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> right now, amtrak is facing tough questions on capitol hill. the house transportation committee wants to know why amtrak didn't move faster in installing speed safety measures. the ntsb says could have prevented last month's deadly train derailment. amtrak's president promised the safety system positive train control, ptc, will be in place along the tracks throughout the northeast corridor as soon as possible. >> i promise you that by the end of this year this system, which will dramatically enhance safety, will be complete and operational on the nec. >> the ntsb released its preliminary report tod

john pistol said that the federal government has to get this right. >> the homeland security department is expected a full report on the tsa test this is summer. >> well, today members of congress were demanding answers from the at a takata corporation. we heard from the company's executive vice president. lisa over to you. >> well, tony, the executive vice president kevin kennedy was the man everyone wanted to hear from. he said that takata still don't know the root cause of the problem. six people have been killed worldwide and 100 injured. they think it's a combination of factors that include long-time exposure to high heat and humidity and they told lawmakers that they continue to use the sail propellent that they've been using. that'sthat did not sit well with law makers. >> the replacement could be as dangerous as the current. why wouldn't you replace it? >> as i said without understanding the route calls and continuing to test outside of the bounds of what we recalled. we're trying to determine that. >> should we do something different than what we're doing right now. >> kennedy

. >> reporter: former tsa chief john pistole says the government testers, a so-called red team, are experts at finding and exploiting airport weaknesses and they have inside information on tsa protocols. >> it makes it a challenge, but tsa needs to be up to that challenge to address that potential 1 in a billion terrorists. >> reporter: but tests designed to make airports safer not exactly boosting confidence in the tsa. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> a man being monitored 24 hours a day by terrorism investigators was shot and killed this morning. >> officers say he lunged at them with a knife when they tried to question him outside a drugstore in boston. nbc's pete williams has been working this story all day. a couple of things are interesting. what do we know about the suspect? and is it normal for them to be monitoring someone and then to just approach them outside a drugstore like this to question him? >> reporter: he's from boston, 26 years old, his father had been an imam in the boston area but no longer lives there, now lives in california. but they say they got onto him bec

not even recently retired tsa head john pistol can defend. >> this is completely unacceptable. >> homelandsecurity secretary jay johnson wants the screening procedures revised, more training for officers and screening equipment re-evaluated. >> they have invested over the years billions of dollars in stuff that doesn't work. remember the puffers, the whole body images machines? those don't work. >> tsa has a workforce of 46,000 screeners. billions have been spent on training and equipment. the agency has been dogged by controversy for years from backlash against revealing full body scan ares to pat downs many find intrusive. the focus now preventing terrorists from exploiting vulnerabilities undercover teams exposed. >> tsa has failed in terms of its ability to detect in this particular circumstance. the good news is that millions of prohibited items have been found over the years, i mean thousands of guns tens of thousands of knives and other stun gunsance and things like that. >> last month the d hx s inspector general testified on capitol hill told congress they were focused on how effe

i will examine how to use the tsa they can establish by john pistole to further improve performance andto instill in every sense of pride in the agency in this group important mission. i will continue to focus on customer service. travelers expect efficient and effective screening. they deserved be treated with respect. a third challenge is ensuring tsa continuous fields the tools that make different address the terrorist threats but we must question ourselves default must work you did ask him adapt faster than those who wish to harm us. we must envision what comes next indirect investments are probably. as such if confirmed, overcommit myself pushing the tsa remains a high-performance, highly capable counterterrorism organization guided by risk-based strategy. the tsa employs multilayer intelligence driven operations tsa recruits and retains a skilled and highly trained workforce by placing a premium on professional values and individual accountability. if to say this is advanced capability applications introduce acquisition strategy and the tsa continues to strengthen its integration

. >> reporter: former tsa chief john pistole says the government testers, a so-called red team, are experts at finding and exploiting airport weaknesses and they have inside information on tsa protocols. >> it makes it a challenge, but tsa needs to be up to that challenge to address that

former tsa administrator john pistol weighs in on the agency's troubles. >> the balance that tsa seeks every day and dhs seeks is how do you facilitate -- [indiscernible] -- with the best of security and then using results such as this in a way that helps improve all of that. >> reporter: we don't know at this point just how dangerous the 73 workers were because that part of the report was actually redacted. the tsa will address these employee investigating concerns by the end of the year. -- vetting concerns by the end of the year. i'm delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> he ends two weeks of silence later this morning. former house speaker dennis hastert is expected to make his first court appearance later today and enter a plea. hastert is accused of paying $3.5 million to cover up past sexual misconduct. the 73-year-old former house speaker hasn't spoken publicly about the allegations. the associated press reports hastert's payments were intended to hide claims he sexually molested someone decades ago when he was a high schoolteacher. >>> some grainy surveillance video of a boston man kille

john pistol who ran the tsa until january called the news "disturbing." >> any of the failures are a concern both from a technology standpoint and then from a training standpoint officers sounding alarms when the technology does detect them. >> joining me now, chief technology officer at a security firm so bruce, let's first start with how these tsa trainers are screened. i think people who travel often certainly seen from time to time where it appears to be someone shadowing as an individual being trained to screen our luggage. there through the security device, but it seems, obviously, from these numbers, something's going wrong here. >> you know we don't know what it is. we don't know if it's a failure in technology. what pistole said is important, is it technology, is it training, is it people is it the pre-check program? we haven't seen any details. hopefully, we will. but yes, clearly, something is wrong here. >> when you're looking at 70 attempts 67 of them where individuals smuggled in mock weapons and devices that could have been an explosive, that to me goes beyond hey, wha

. >> former tsa chief john pistol says government-testers so-called red team are experts at finding and exploiting airport weaknesses and they have inside information on tsa protocols. >> it had makes it a challenge, but they need to be up to that cham evening to address that 1 in a billion terrorists. >> reporter: but tests designed to make airports safer not exactly boosting confidence in the tsa. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> thanks, brian. >>> as of today there's a way for students to get ready for the new s.a.t. and it doesn't cost a dime. the college board is the organization that administers the s.a.t. and it's teaming up with acon academy to provide free prep courses online. the college board says it gave con academy unprecedented access. they developed interactive practice tests that will be accessible to anyone with internet access. >>> maryland congressman elijah cummings says he was in a committee hearing here in washington when he found out his house in baltimore was on fire. we're going to show you cell phone video of firefighters outside of the brick row house jus

but back in 2013, then tsa administrator john pistole had a similar response after a bomb made it throughity checkpoints at newark, new jersey international airport. here is what he said at the time. >> whole purpose of red team, i would describe those as super terrorists. they can create and devise and conceal items only the best terrorists in the world would, not eastern best terrorists would not be able to do. >> white house press secretary josh earnest today said the president has high expectations that the tsa will do the right thing. >> and, that's why, the prompt action that was taken by secretary johnson just last night, is consistent with that philosophy. >> last night johnson reassigned the acting tsa administrator, melvin carraway to a new job. he announced a six-point plan to retrain screeners to check equipment. he also appointed level of senior managers to oversee changes taking place. as proof that politics is never far behind from all of this, johnson urged the senate to quickly confirm the new tsa administrate tore nominee. the senate pushing back on that saying former ts

. >> reporter: former tsa chief john pistol says they're experts at finding and exploiting airport weaknessese inside information on tsa protocols. >> it tsa needs to be up to that challenge to address that potential one in a billion terrorist. >> reporter: a test designed to make airports safer, not exactly boosting confidence in the tsa. >> that was reporting tonight. still ahead, elizabeth warren supports declare victory even though she's not running for president. >>> and later, the head of fifa resigns as the international soccer scandal unfolds to a new chapter. stay tuned. you're watching "the ed show" on >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. modest losses for stocks. the dow ends off by 28 points. the s&p sheds two. the nasdaq slips by six points. auto sales were strong in may thanks to attractive loans. and memorial day holiday promotions. gm sales rose 3% sending shares higher. fiat chrysler posted a 4% gone and ford reported a 1% decline. factory orders fell in april for the eighth time in nine months. economists expected a flat reading. that's it from cnbc, first in

when they get the full report they will do just that. >> okay john pistol thank you for joining us with to change at the tsa. let's hope they do all of those. >> thank you. >> what's your take on this? tweet us or post your comments on our facebook page. i'd love to read those. >> i don't see you flushed with confidence about changes at the tsa. >> i mean when they get weapons through 95% of the time that's a red flag that something systemic needs to change. >> the reaction is another red flag. pistol is not in control anymore, but there does seedm to be an acceptance of failure on the government side that takes away your confidence that they have the urgency or the desire to do better. >> absolutely, let's hope this is a wakeup call. that's the most we can hope for. >> 95%, that's bad any way you look at it. what's supposed to be good is the economy. markets are at record highs. so why do you give the economy low marks and whom do you blame for it? must-see findings for you in a new cnn poll, ahead. this allergy season, will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather. well, put on a b

. >> former tsa chief john pistol i've heard that and i went seriously? his name is john pistol. d they didn't find any apparently. 95% of the pistols got through. somehow that? it's just too weird. >> but here's the question would you do away with some of the security? >> no. >> you've never worry about because i have nothing to fear. >> nothing to hide. >> i'm telling you if you try to do something and there's all of these people around -- one time we took green beans and we were taking green beans to canada because my son only eats certain things and we got busted with these green beans and they took us in a room and whose idea was the green beans. >> i gave you the chocolate swiss army knives. >> they pulled me out of the line too. >> i'm just saying that when you know you're going to get checked you might not do it. >> yes and i do. i continue to be stepped up to make sure that they can catch more. >> is it the training or do you think what they need to do is dare i say do some of the things they do in israel. >> there's ways to do this. >> they do that but they don't talk ab

. >> john pistol says america has to get this right. >> the terrorists do watch this. they go to school on how they can learn from possible vulnerabilities. >> homeland security is coming out with a full report in the summer. >> the now former t.s.a. head has not been fired. he is being reassigned to a different job in the department of homeland security. the acting t.s.a. director was set to be replaced soon anyway. president obama last month nominated a coast guard vice admiral to take over the job. that appointment is waiting for a senate confirmation. >> not what people want to hear as we head into summer travel. >> not at all. >> a congressional internist awaiting arraignment for trying to bring an unlicensed handgun into a federal office building. joshua wheeler was carrying on unloaded smith and wesson. it was discovered during a routine search required to enter buildings in the capitol. wheeler is an intern for can't date lynn jenkins. >> the senate could vote to reinstate and reform the n.s.a.'s surveillance powers. patriot act expired monday morning and senat

john pistol is a good leader, and he has a lot of respect my me and on a bipartisan fit. we will have a hearing and we are doing our vetting right now. again, give, if the admiral were here and you had an opportunity to say this would be a top priority for you, what would it be, mrs. grover? >> i would go back and echo the remarks that chairman johnson made at the beginning and point out tsa's primary mission is to insure aviation security. another important competing mission is to insure the free flow of commerce and passengers, and those goals are intention and so at this time when questions have been raised about whether or not the fundamentals are working properly, it's important to have a strong leader in place to be able to guide the organization to figure out how to balance those two elements. >> thank you. >> one piece of advice for the admiral if he is confirmed? >> more emphasis on protecting the flight deck or cockpit. >> i think the leadership of the agency is one that really focused on wait times and we need to focus less on wait times and be more concerned a

i interview john pistol the former head of the tsa in september because we were alerting people to theback then and this is what he said about the attack efforts starting from oversea overseas. >> every plot since 9/11 came from overseas so there is no terrorist trying to get on the plane in the united states and that is because they see the united states as being one of the most secure aviation systems in the world. >> he is saying all of this security is a deterant scaring people away. and he is saying the attacks as efforts came from the underwear bomber and richard reed who were flying outside of the country. but those people were taken down by alert citizens on the plane in both cases. no protection other than that. >> we want people to be alert because that can be a help. we absolutely have to work with foreign allies in airports around the world to try to detect this from happening overseas. you have to do more here in order to ensure passengers we are taking every step to keep them safe. when we are debating the necessary tool that helped with threats some in the senate want to

a poor performance not even recently retired tsa head john pistole can defend. >> this is very disconcerting a high rate of failures like that. >> reporter: homeland security secretary jeh johnson now wants screening procedures revised, more training for tsa officers and screening equipment reevaluated. >> they have invested over the years billions of dollars in stuff that doesn't work. remember the puffers? those whole body imaging machines? those things don't work. >> reporter: tsa has a workforce of 46,000 screeners, billions have been spent on training and equipment. the agency has been dogged by controversy for years, from backlash against revealing full body scanners to pat-downs many find intrusive. >> you're arresting a kid? >> yeah. >> reporter: the focus now preventing terrorists from exploiting vulnerabilities undercover teams exposed. >> tsa has failed in terms of its ability to detect in this particular circumstance. the good news is that millions of prohibited items have been found over the years. i mean thousands of guns tens of thousands of knives and other stun guns and thin

that said, you know former tsa administrator john pistol says you've got to keep in mind red teams are what he calls superterrorists. what he means they work for tsa, homeland security they already have a pretty good sent of where the vulnerabilities are at the tsa checkpoints and their job is to go in and probe and to push the envelope to try to make sure that we find out that there are vulnerabilities and i think it's important, jose to make the point we've had tsa agents both wounded and killed in the line of duty dealing with real violent offenders, with real violent criminals. so this agency has had success but as it relates to this instance, they've got a lot of answering to do. >> tom costello thank you for getting us started. developing news out of china hundreds are still trapped inside a chinese cruise ship. take a look at these pictures. one survivor says quote, it capsized within a minute. the ship flipped over on the yangtze river overnight. five confirmed dead 14 rescued. bill neely joins me with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. it's not clear, this is china's w

to the development of the workforce thread i will examine how to use the academy established by john pistolfurther improve the performance and to instill in ever greater sense of pride in the agency and its critically important mission they deserve to be treated with respect. the third challenge. we must affect them appropriately. i i will commit myself to ensure that they remain a high performing high-performing and highly capable counterterrorism organization either by the risk-based strategy. it's in the intelligence to run operations and they recruit and maintain the skilled and highly trained workforce while placing a premium on professional values and individual accountability. if they pursue the advanced capabilities with adaptation central of adaptation central to its acquisition strategy and the tsa continues to strengthen its integration in the intelligence community with the private sector and its stakeholders. if confirmed by will follow the strategy and engage in the workforce and adapt and invest appropriately. in the complex missions and have an extensive extensive backrub in

semiautomatic pistol in the back seat, which is believed to have been the murder item, and then another item. a pillow, which suggests how roof spent the night sleeping in the car on the run. john and christine? >> thanks, martin. >>> law enforcement officials say they are closing in on two convicted killers who escaped from prison in upstate new york. sources telling the men scrambled out of a cabin in upstate new york in a hurry they left their boots behind and meaning they may be moving through dense brush barefoot. at least one may be barefoot. a stunning new report from joyce mitchell. the prison worker who helped them break out. joyce mitchell tells investigators she put hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat and convinced a prison guard to deliver it to inmate richard matt, which the guard did without passing it through a metal detector first. the lawyer for that prison guard insists his client was duped by mitchell. >> she has conned many individuals inside of the prison. she would curry favors amongst the prisoners and bring them baked goods. she was just very good at what she did. and my client fell for it. i mean if he is guilty of anything, anderson, is that he is