she was outstrips searched by agents at jfk but she may sue the agency anyway 85 year-old lenore the zimmermanrillator so she cannot go through regular scanners she asked for a pat down or for the tsa agents to use a want but instead she said that she was taken away in her wheelchair to a private room and strip searched zimmermann said that she was hurt and started to bleed during that process the tsa call dramatic but it took so long that zimmerman mr. flight to florida >>do i look like a terrorist and hundred and 3 lbs. with a defibrillator ... the tsa said it reached out to her yesterday to apologize that she feels she had an unpleasant screening but it denies its agents strip searched her >>in the medical watch sext-ing among teenagers is slowing down back in 200820% of teenagers reported sending her posting sexual pictures of themselves but that number is much lower in a new survey researchers questioned more than 1500 internet users between the ages of 10 and 17 slightly less than 10 percent said that they created appeared and were received sexually suggestive images over the last year a

the tsa. >> mortified, outraged. angry, do i look like a terrorist. >> reporter: lenore zimmerman says humiliation came at the hands ofsa. there she was on a wheelchair. when she travels she avoids the full body scanners, opting for pat downs instead but this time she claims it went too far. >> after they patted me down. they took me into a private room and strip searched me. she says will you pull your pants down please. and then she pulled my understand wear down. -- underwear down. i said why is this happening. she did not respond. >> reporter: she say she is was allowed to keep her top on. the tsa released this statement. the tsa does not allow strip searches, and in this case one was not conducted. >> i had to wait 2-1/2 hours for the next flight. >> reporter: zimmerman made it to her winter home in florida. she called her son who tells us the family plans to sue the tsa. >> i think the two agents that escorted her or initiated the strip search should be terminated. and their supervisor should be terminated. and the rest should get a severe retraining course. >>> zimmerman's story inspired another elderly woman t

the tsa is telling a different story. >> they took me into a private room and strip searched me. >> reporter: lenore zimmerman headed to the jfk airport to catch a jetblue flight to ft. lauderdale, florida. breezing through security in a wheelchair with a walker in her lap, she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. zimmerman told the agent she was worried about the scanner interfering with her defibrillator. that request requiring agents to take a closer look. >> i weigh 103 pounds. i'm going to be 85 in february 1st so i'm your typical terrorist, right? >> reporter: led to a private screening room by a female agent, what comes next is something that zimmerman calls, quote, mortifying. >> she says well, you pull your pants down, please and then she pulled my underwear down and stretch searched me. >> reporter: zimmerman hurt her shin during the ordeal. >> in my wildest dream being couldn't picture such a thing. >> reporter: the truck security administering releasing a statement saying in part, quote, while we regret that the passenger feels she had appear unpolice the screening experience, tsa

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. >>> an elderly new york woman said she is planning to sue the tsa after what she said was a humiliating strip search. lenore zimmerman, who is 85 and physically infirm, was at jfk headed to ft. lauderdale. she asked to be patted down after she set off an alarm. refused to go through the full body scanner because she has a defibrillator. she said that led to a fiasco in a private search room. the tsa said they have reviewed closed circuit footage and nothing improper happened. zimmerman told reporters if they stop 85-year-old ladies because they think you might be a terrorist, this country is in big trouble. >>> now to concerns over one of america's secret drones, so-called black operations that crashed in iran and whether it is giving the iranians highly sensitive information about top secret intelligence missions. the u.s. denies iranian claims they shot down the drone, but that's just the start. nbc's jim miklaszewski on duty for us tonight at the pentagon with more exclusive details tonight. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. nbc news learned when that unarmed, unmanned american drone crashed in

the first time my -- i had to do that. >> reporter: ruth sherman and lenore zimmerman don't know each other, and they weren't traveling together last weekend. but the women have strikingly similar stories. >> she said, will you pull your pants down, please? then she pulled my underwear down. >> please remove your pants, low -- lower your pants. that's what i did. >> reporter: both women said they were forced to take off their clothes in a private screening last weekend, one day apart as part of an extended patdown by tsa agents. >> this 85-year-old woman, they thought needed to be strip- searched. >> reporter: congressman peter king, who chairs the department on homeland security points out not all terrorists look like terrorists. and the incident highlights a frustrating problem. >> there have been cases overseas, where elderly women and young children have been used to hide bombs. so i understand why the tsa is concerned but you can't treat everyone the same. >> the tsa is getting better and better alt finding the balance between privacy and security, but as this case shows, they still have a ways to g. >> reporter: they iss

the first time i had to do that. >> reporter: ruth sherman and lenore zimmerman don't know each other and weren't traveling together last weekend. but the women have strikingly similar stories. >> she said, well, pull your pants down, please. and she pulled my underwear down. >> please remove your pants, lower your pants and that's what i did. >> reporter: both women said they were forced to take off their clothes. one day apart as part of an extended search. >> this 84-year-old woman, they thought needed to be strip searched. >> reporter: tsa points out, not all terrorists look like terrorists. >> there have been cases overseas, where elderly people and young children have been used to conceal bombs and exploses. -- explosives. so i understand why the tsa is concerned but you can't treat everyone the same. >> reporter: the tsa is getting better and better at finding the balance between privacy and security. but they still have a long way to go. >> reporter: they issued a statement, saying, quote, the tsa does not include strip searches as part of our security protocols and one was not conducted in this case. but t

the first time i had to do that. >> reporter: ruth sherman and lenore zimmerman don't know each and other and they weren't traveling together last weekend. but the women have strikingly similar stories. >> she said, will you pull your pants down, please? and then she pulled my underwear down. >> please remove your pants, lower your parents. that's what i did. >> reporter: both women say they were forced to take off their clothes in a private screening room at jfk last weekend, one day apart, as an extended patdown of ts a averages. >> this 85-year-old woman, they thought needed to be strip- searched. >> they point out, not all terrorists look like terrorists. and he says the incident highlights a frustrating problem. >> they're having cases overseas, where elderly people and young children have been used to conceal bombs and explosives. so i understand why the tsa is concerned but you can't treat everyone the same. >> the tsa is getting better and better at finding the balance between security and privacy. but as this case shows, they still have a ways to go. >> reporter: the tsa is looking into what happened and s

lenore zimmerman flying to florida on tuesday when she said airport security went just a little too far. she avoids full-body scanners and opts for theatdown. instead zimmerman said this time, the search was humiliating. >> so -- but this time -- after they pat me down they took me into a private room and strip- searched me. she said will you pull your pants down, please, and then she pulled my underwear down. i said, "why this happening?" she didn't respond. >> zimmerman said she was allowed to keep her top on. a spokesman said they did not conduct a strip search on the 85-year-old. zimmerman missed her flight. >>> the problem of teen sexting isn't as bad as first thought. researchers at the university of new hampshire studied more than 1,500 young internet users. over 2% of those reported creating or receiving sexual images via cell phone or online. one percent of cases involved images exchange that violated child proffer laws. >>> a new treatment option in the works for children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or adhd. researchers have identified a gene variation in certain kids with adhd. the gene is invol

cross-country -- an 84-year-old woman says she was hurt and humiliated by the tsa and says she now plans to sue. lenore zimmermant jfk took her into a private room and performed a strip search tuesday after she requested a pat-down. tsa confirms it did do a private screening but the agency said it did not do a skrip search. >> i have a defibrillator so i don't go through the machines. i asked them to pat me down, to use the wand. do i look like a terrorist? i am 85 years old and i weigh 103 pounds and they strip search me. >> tsa did have a response saying, while we regret that the passenger feels she had an unpleasant screening experience, the tsa does not include strip searches as part of our security protocols and one was not conducted in this case. zimmerman though told the ""new york daily news"" the tsa is lying about the strip search in order to protect itself. >>> turning to this -- in north carolina -- >> we have an issue and this is the issue. a snake in our christmas tree. >> that qualifies as an issue. this is the family's christmas tree. that little ornament was not supposed to be there. a little gi

the video. >>> football is big. >> really. dangerous. >> between those two teams,, of course, and, of course, state. >>> a grandmother claims she was strip-searched for airport security. >> lenore zimmerman was flying tuesday when she said security went too far. she went through scanners. she said the search was humiliating. >> they patted me down, took me into a private room and strip- searched me. she said "will you take your pants down, please,?" she pulled my understood wear down. i said, "why is this happening?" she didn't respond. >> zimmerman said she was allowed to keep her top on. a spokesman for the tsa said they did not conduct a stip search on the 85-year-old and the entire process lasted 11 minutes. zimmerman says she plans to sue. >> eleven minutes. shouldn't take that long. they have the wands. >>> 6:19, a family pet missing for years. >>> where the dog was finally found. >>> and wasn't what was under the tree; but what was in it? the slithery surprise is all coming up next. >>> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a former miss u-s-a is in trouble near her home in suburban detroit. 26- year- old rima ("ree-mah") fakih ("fah-key") was arrested for d-u-i over the weekend. she was born in l

for the second time in a week, the tsa is accused of strip searching a woman. lenore zimmermanshe asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner on saturday. she said she was worried it would affect her defibrillator. she said agents took her to a room and made her step down. the tsa issued a statement saying, "we do not conduct stristrip searches as part of a passenger screening. our officers are committed to treating every passenger with dignity and respect, and we take complaints seriously." the tsa says it is looking into both incidents. >>> a fashion model is recover after accidentally walking into the propeller of a small airplane. she was coming back from a flight to view christmas lights. she'd gotten off the plane and went to thank the pilot. that's when, her parents say, she didn't realize the propellor was still powering down and walked towards it. scruggs tried to shield her face but lost her hand and almost her eye. her parents say she's making progress in her recovery. >> i don't know if she realizes all that happened. she's just discovering now t

the end of this hour. >>> political leaders in new york are calling for an investigation after an elderly woman says that she was inappropriately searched by tsa agents at kennedy airport. >> lenore zimmerman said she asked for a patdown instead of a body scanner because of the defibrillator she has for her heart condition. but she says a female tsa agent pulled her underwear down and strip searched her. the tsa tsa did offer an apology but is denying those claims. >>> in the meantime, more women are now coming forward with similar complaints about tsa screeners at new york airports. 88-year-old ruth sherman of florida says almost the exact same thing happened to her on her way back from thanksgiving vacation when she came through jfk. she says screeners asked her to pull down her pants, exposing her colostomy bag. >> i came out. i cried. i felt like i was nobody. i felt like they stripped me of my whole existence. i won't let anybody do this to me, never. >> a third woman, linda callish who is diabetic says she was forced to strip to reveal an insulin pump close to her thigh. the agency claims no improper strip searches were conducted. >>> now to a story we're following out of great brita

. >>> grandmother says she is planning to sue the tsa because, she says, agents strip searched her at jfk airport. lenore zimmermanshe asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. she was concerned it would affect her defibrillator. but zimmerman says agents took her into a room and made her strip down. tsa officials say they are reviewing that incident. they say they do not conduct strip searches and all travelers are treated with dignity, respect, and courtesy. >>> two local organizations are benefitting from three guys who won the powerball in connecticut. the businessmen picked up their $254 million jackpot last week. soon after, they gave five veteran service groups $1 million to split. according to insidenova.com, those organizations included the bob woodruff foundation based in bristol and operation first response out of culpeper. the winners say they hope their charitable donations inspire future lottery winners to do the same. good for them. nice [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored

lenore zimmerman. >> clayton: perhaps the child recently. >> alisyn: and tsa, grandmothers in wheelchairs and childrenumar farouk abdulmutallab can get on a plane with explosives in his underwear, because we don't have the overseas. >> dave: that's what congress has said repeatedly. we were not safer than we were around the time of 9/11. >> clayton: the u.k. banned the body scanning machines because they found them to be ineffective. friends@fox news. >> dave: who is worse, the school for suspending the nine-year-old or the tsa? >> and the extreme santa ana winds this morning, nearly 1,000 homes and businesses are still without power from wednesday's wind storm when now a new one moved in. the state littered with downed trees and power lines, the threat of wildfires also increasing as the dry and gusty conditions continue. there are now developments in the case of a missing two-year-old girl from detroit revealing that bianca jones' father failed a polygraph test. he originally said he was carjacked and the gunman drove off with bianca inside. they found the vehicle ten minutes later empty and bianca'

>>> an 84-year-old grandmother says she's planning to sue the tsa because she claims agents strip searched her at jfk airport. lenore zimmermanshe asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. she said it was worried it would affect her defibrillator. she says agents took her to a room and made her strip down. tsa officials are reviewing the incident. they say they do not conduct strip searches, and all travelers are treated with dignity, respect, and courtesy. >>> all u.s. forces have shot down an unmanned u.s. spy plane. a state agency reports that u.s. armed forces brought down a super secret drone in iran. u.s. officials have not confirmed the report. nato says it may be a drone that operators lost contact with last week while it was flying over neighboring western afghanistan. it's the same stealth drone that was reportedly used to keep watch on osama bin laden. >> it's just about 5:51. time to get another check of the forecast. a pretty nice start out there. mild enough for this time of year. >>> we've got some dense fog. that's going to be an issue for our viewers in southern maryland, northern neck,

lenor zimmerman says that she asked for a patdown instead of a body scanner because of the defibrillatorhe has for her heart condition. but she also says the female tsa agent pulled her underwear down and strip searched her. the transportation security administration did offer an apology, but it is denying that woman's claims. >>> bizarre story here in southern california. police say a naked 300-pound male body builder brutally beat a couple at their home. the 22-year-old man apparently was under the influence of steroids and other drugs. police say the couple confronted the suspect when they found him sitting on their front porch after returning from a party on saturday night. it took four police officers, two stun gun blasts and four sets of handcuffs to restrain him. still no word on a motive. >>> some prisoners in louisiana giving back for the holidays by hand making toys for kids. they call themselves santa's elves. each year they donate about 5,000 toys and more than 300 refurbished bicycles. >> good to see them doing some good. >> that's awesome. >> yep. helping out the kids. >>>

from long island is considering filing a lawsuit against the tsa after allegedly being strip searched at jfk airport. in she is. lenore zimmermanng to fly from new york to ft. lauderdale last tuesday when she was traumatized by two female tsa agents. >> i have a defibrillator, so i don't go through the machines. i asked them to pat me down. they took my pants down and then they took my underwear down. don't i look like a terrorist? i'm going to be 85 years old and weigh 103 pounds. and they strip searched me. >> she also suffered a cut on her leg during the search. tsa denies she was strip search invists proper procedures were followed but apologized to lenore for the "unpleasant screening experience." >>> also new this morning, it's the first win for tiger woods in two years. call it vintage tiger. woods rolling in a ten-foot birdie putt on the final hole yesterday for a one-stroke victory over zach johnson in the chevron world challenge in california. it's the fifth time he's won the event, which he happens to host. afterwards when asked how he felt to win a tournament again, tiger said, awesome. >>> all right. the green bay

the tsa has a different story. fox's heather childress reports. >> they took me into a private room and strip searched me. >> reporter: lenore zimmerman headed tothis week to catch a jetblue flight to fort lauderdale florida. breezing through security in a wheelchair with a walker in her lap, she asked to be patted down instead of going through the scanner. zimmerman said she was deferred about the scanner interfering with her defibrillator. that request requiring agents to take a closer look. >> i weigh 103 pounds. i'm going to be 85 february 1st. so i'm a typical terrorist, right? >> reporter: led to a private screening room by a female agent, what comes next is something zimmerman calls "mortifying." >> she says will you pull your pants down, please, and then she pulled my underwear down and strip searched me. >> reporter: zimmerman hurt her angry. >> reporter: zimmerman says she plans to settle back into her snowbird life in florida and won't be back to long beach, new york, until april. until then shell says she's avoiding -- she says she's avoiding airports. >> a second senior citizen also claims the tsa strip searched her at new york's k

from her home in florida, 84-year-old lenore zimmerman explained she asked for a pat down instead of a body scan at airport security, fearing the scanner might interfere with her pacemak pacemaker. >> then they took me into a private room and strip searched me. >> the tsa denies the women's claims but said it contacted passengers to apologize for an unpleasant screening experience. now tsa officials are working on an advocacy service. >> it is not hard. it's taking a hand fufl the tsa agents at the airport and giving them the necessary training and knowledge. >> reporter: all right, here's how it would work. advocates would be picked from already existing tsa agents. they would get more training. from there they could be the one to resolve an issue between passengers and security agents. reporting at jfk airport, carolina leed. >> airline experience, air travel, very uncomfortable these days for everyone. >> i don't mind security efforts as long as we are not targeting people who are clearly wouldn't do anything. little kids. grandmothers. >> have some compassion. use your common sense. >> the woman in the story, strip search d

lenore zimmerman. she is fuming after she says she was injured and humiliated by the tsa while traveling to florida.d down instead of going through a body scanner. the tsa is saying "while we regret that the passenger feels she had an unpleasant screening experience the tsa does not include strip searches as part of the security protocols and one was not conducted in this case. >> when it comes to family values, character counts or does it? in an editorial on fox news .com penny nance of concerned women for america wrote isn't the truest test of character what you do when no one is watching. joining us to talk about that is pen any nance. thank you for coming in today. i know there has been a lot of discussion about this because of the accusations against herman cain which he denies. he says they are unproven. i know you have experience working with him and you as far as you understand you never saw anything inappropriate? >> he was is always very much a gentleman and any time i was around him, never heard any whispers about his character. nonetheless is, this is very troubling the fact that five di

lenore zimmermannwas goiigg ttrough security in a wheelchair.zimmmrman says she asked to be patttd doon instead of goiig through a the scanner interfering with her defibrillator.she says that request led agents to take her to a private ((zimmermans pill you pull your pants down please? and tten she pulled my underwear down and strip-searched me.")) me."))zimmerman sayssshe plans to sue the t-s-a.the t-s-a says they regret that zimmerman had an unpleasant expprience... but they do not conduct strip searches. we don't kkoo who will bbe super bowl this year... but we madonna will be this year's half-time headliner.the will be the first time the material girl has ever performed at a year's game issscheduled for february 5th in indiannpolis. that brings s tooour question &pfavorite superbowl alftime ssowwof all time?we'll be taking our calls in our 7 o'clock hour. you can also go to fox-baltimore dt com and tell us what you think... sound off through facebooo... or send us a tweet at foxbaltimore. coming up... "occupy" protesters square offfwith policeein d-c over the weekend. weekend."we are the 99%" phat the group was fighting to protect. singing, scrrams screamsand a christmas choir mishaa.you're watching er you've heard oo takin