john mica, thank you for your time. i know it was short notice but you're getting headlines and we will be in touch with you next week as travel gets underway. thank you, sir. >> thank you. martha: all right. back to presidential politics and new reaction today from vice president joe biden to the claims that sarah palin made when she talked to barbara walters, she said yeah, i could beat president obama if i ran in 2012 for the white house. now we've gotten reaction from the vice president, on msnbc this morning. here's what he said: >> i don't think she could beat president obama, but you know, she's always underestimated, so you know, i think i shouldn't say anymore. martha: i love that! let's bring in rich lowry, editor of national review of course and fox news contributor, kirsten powers is new york columnist and fox news contributor. you couldn't mess that up. basically what he said was i don't think she could beat my boss, president obama but boy, she's always underestimated so i don't think i'm going to say anym

. >> congressman mica, let me get this straight.employment benefits add to the deficit, but in your view tax cuts do not? >> no, we actually offered an alternative. there's plenty of money sitting around, stimulus money that hasn't been spent, other money and other accounts that hasn't been spent without adding to the deficit. listen, you must be on another planet because the people sent a very clear message, stop the spending, stop the deficits. we heard it. we heard it. >> congressman weiner, what did you want to hear coming from the white house meeting among the democratic leadership and the president on tax cuts? >> well, look -- >> tax rates. >> for one, i think it's pretty clear from the way the republicans have laifed this week, the best intention of the president to try to find compromise -- it's difficult to compromise with a group who don't know what they want or is frankly being stubborn about it. one of the places you come to an agreement on taxes is by sitting down at the white house and hearing what the ideas are. look

john mica telling the 100 busiest airports to lose the tsa and hire private screeners. tsa's chief says that the full-body scans and pat downs are about safety. so, would you like to see the tsa just go away? or are those folks just doing what it takes to keep us safe? hit me up on twitter. >>> and right now, we are waiting on the results of forensic testing to see if a jawbone found on a beach in aruba belongs to natalee holloway. it's been five years since the alabama teen vanished. last seen in may of 2005 leaving a nightclub with a group of men including prime suspect joran van der sloot. he's been detained twice in her disappearance and not charged. her mom met with van der sloot and videotape released exclusively to "nancy grace" on sister network hln. >> it was f it was an accident, tell me. you know, i don't know. i don't know. but i'm here. >> i hope you can understand, also, it's very hard for me to talk to you. this is really not easy. i'm really doing my best to -- i know you have a very good heart. i know that for a fact. i don't know if you would mind just

that would be representative john mica out of florida he would be one of them saying that you look at his record and go oh this guy was one of the folks then and so i'm doing when we established the t.s.a. and two thousand and one when it was time to cut budgets he put forth bills to say cut medicare in student education but he didn't have the t.s.a. in there now all of a sudden he's saying fire the t.s.a. you look at the money and you go oh ok this guy's been getting contributions from various private firms that would take the place of the t.s.a. so what i'm talking about is that you have the actual coal fired the t.s.a. but you didn't have the more penetrating and more impactful let's change the law let's make sure homeland security comes when it comes up with a new methodology for screening passengers you didn't have that at all and for people who weren't used to being touched or searched as rigorously as was taking place in the last few weeks they were the ones that jumped on the bandwagon but it seemed very artificial at most well that's one of the things that i you know found so

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mica. start with you, what started all of this?tual intelligence, the changes at the tsa that we're hearing so much about in the las week? >> well, just like the public, you know, we learned about this, unfortunately, mr. pe tri and i and we are in the minority, but we learned about this from media accounts that people are outraged. i was shocked to find out the way this program is being implemented. and we've called for it to be reexamined. i believe we should use patdowns and i think this equipment can be used, but not on every passenger on the random basis, it must be targeted, focused, someone must set off an alarm or be on a watch list, that's being done right. >> it sounds very specific. the president at the n.a.t.o. conference yesterday. let me play you a found from president obama, playing his thoughts on the tsa screenings. >> tsa in consultation with our counterterrorism experts have indicated to me that the procedures that they've been putting in place are the only ones right now that they considered to be effective agai

convierten en sicarias, a sueldo de los narco y dir el presidente de nicaragua ha provocado una cole micaante la decisión de la oea que obliga al mandatario a retirar sus tropas de la zona de disputa, lanzó un fuerte ataque verbal no solo dijo que la resolución no tiene validez sino es una conspiración internacional contra su nación y que según él impulsa una... conservaciónista en el mar caribe. >> el liderazgo de colombia, colombia, colombia y ya sabemos qué significa colombia. >> una política expanciónista ha querido apoderarse del mar caribe. >> para a usteaugusto ramirez o el juicio que se realizará en la corte de la haya para resolver la disputa marítima. >> algunos de ellos han considerado que pueden hacerse presentes en el juicio, bien como partes y bien como inter skwoers y está resolviendo también la corte. >> el presidente ortega no dudó en afirmar que los gobiernos de colombia, panamá y costa rica lo quieren perjudicar para favorecer los intereses del narcotráfico. >> quiénes son los beneficiados, los narcotraficantes y sabemos que tienen grandes ten tablgs. >> dijo que deberí

and actually america's asking has some questions for our guest that's coming up, congressman john micaou've been hearing him talk about the tsa. he created the law that gave us the tsa, and now he's really a big critic of it. so people are asking directly on the live chat the truth -- and i don't think this is his birth name, but he says for mica, what are the pros and cons of using private firms instead of the tsa? bill says, what terrorist has gotten past airport security in the usa since 9/11? the underwear bomber boarded in amsterdam. passengers so far have been the only thing to take down terrorists on planes, want to know what the tsa thinks about that. interesting stuff going on right now. go to foxnews.com, look for jon and jenna's picture at the top center of the page, click on it. it'll take you to the "happening now" page. go to the clickable portion to get on the live chat and giveves your thoughts. with millions of people traveling this week for the thanksgiving holiday, we want to know what you want to say. america is asking, and sometimes they're telling too. we'd love t

john mica of florida says he wants to be examined billions of dollars in grants for california's high-speed rail project. he is in line to house the -- to head the transportation committee. >> it ended up being too much to overcome and today carly fiorina conceded defeat. she says she called her opponent senator barbara boxer today to congratulate her. the unofficial results show boxer with 52% of the boats. fiorina had 42%. senator boxer has admitted this is one of the toughest campaigns of her political career. >>> at 36 jerry brown was the youngest governor of california and now at age 72 he is heading back to sacramento as the oldest governor to take office. today the governor elect is flying into saying he has both won and lost himself and knows the pain of losing. he says he plans to meet with republican and democratic leaders tomorrow to discuss many issues notably the states $12 billion budget deficit. >> i am very aware of the deficit. i am very aware of how long it has been around. despite the best efforts of several governors on the can tell you is i did not create this mess. i a

us now from orlando, florida, is the incoming transportation committee chairman, congressman john mica. he's been a vocal critic of the tsa. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> you were one of the authors of the original tsa bill. back then, you did support the use of full-body scanners. has your opinion changed on that? >> absolutely not. but it's the way you utilize them. they shouldn't be used for primary screening. they should be limited and targeted to people who pose a risk, a threat, set off an alarm or are on a watch list, not the way it's been implemented. >> and how do you determine who would be seen as a threat? a lot of people would view this as stereotyping and profiling. >> well, the first thing is if they set off an alarm. the second thing is we have behavior officers. we set this program up to try to model the israeli model after we had the chechen bombers. so, those officers can determine by behavior who needs extra screening. and then, finally, we have a watch list, which we've had trouble implementing. but if that's done, it can be done rig

we just need to refine it as i heard the president say. >> all right, congressman mica, it's going to be a very busy week at the nation's airports. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> good to be with you. >> john? >>> turning overseas. american diplomats are making an urgent trip to south korea, china and japan after north korea showed a visiting american scientist a brand-new uranium enrichment facility. the scientist says he was stunned both by the sophistication of the new facility and the speed with which it was built. experts say this strongly suggests they had foreign help in building it in defiance of u.n. sanctions. such a plant does have the technology to build nuclear weapons. joining me now from washington is christiane amanpour, host of "this week" to talk about this. christiane, north korea, how concerned do you get? do you get a sense of how concerned u.s. officials are about this right now? >> well, i think very because, as you said, they've dispatched their team led by stephen bosworth, their point man, to the region. questions need to be asked about how intellige

one of the folks signing on there, the republican john mica the congressman he is one who sent out aetter to a hundred of the biggest airports in the u.s. asking them to consider privatizing these functions instead of having the tsa do it, now he's calling on the tsa to look into the measures. we'll see what response he gets. and this just developing a federal judge has ordered actor wesley snipes to go to prison on tax evasion charges. snipes was convicted in 2008 of three misdemeanor counts of willfully failing to file federal tax returns. attorneys for snipes were hoping to get a whole new trial but the judge instead rejected that, rejoked snipes bond and ordered him to get to jail and start serving his three-year prison sentence. two top democratic strategists have a message for the white house it's time to hit the reset button. james carval and stanley greenberg says the president should admit to his mistakes and layout a fan for going forward. what does this say about the democratic party and the 2012 elections. let's talk about it with alan colmes. how are you. >> james carval

republican john mica haslett -- has written letters to airports asking them to replace tsa screeners with those from private companies. federal law allows airports to make the move. at the tsa has come under fire after adding body screening and pat downs to the security process. >>> get ready for construction on interstate 95. transportation officials are warning drivers to expect big delays at the newark toll plaza in delaware. transportation officials believe the backups could begin as early as the tuesday before thanksgiving. >>> conditions were calm on the roads this evening, but they were getting colder also. >> it has been with a day and sunshine and the morning, clouds in the afternoon. it was a tornado up to the north, around baltimore. that is where the damage was. nothing tonight. it is quiet tonight. the temperatures already, some spots in the 30's. at bundle up, it will be cold. how long will the sunshine last? and the big travel day next wednesday. we will show you that around the country also. >>> we have two i team investigations. the first uncovers a cancer cluster ei

. >> reporter: congressman john pháeubg complains the tsa -- mica complains the tsa costs $7 milliona year and is going too far. he's now asking the nation's 100 largest airports to fire the tsa and bring back contractors to do the security screening, the same way things worked before 9/11. bwi is among the airports that got the letter, according to spokesperson linda weirheim. >> we have received the letter. we are evaluating our options. >> i don't think it should be private irzed. >> reporter: why not? >> i think it would be more consistent if it was done by the government. >> i say bring the private sector on, see if they can do a better job. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in vienna where residents across the region are breathing a huge sigh of relief after police say this serial burglar is behind bars. police say this is the serial burglar, 34-year-old brad edmonds from oxen hill, maryland. fairfax county police say they were conducting two weeks of surveillance on edmonds, tracing him to this potomac maryland neighborhood on lake potomac drive. in the last several months, investi

. >> reporter: mica complains the tsa costs $7 billion a year and is going too far. he's now asking the nation's largest 100 airports to fire the tsa and bring back contractors to do the security screening the same way things worked before 9/11. bwi is among the airports that got the letter, according to spokesperson linda werheim. >> we have received the letter. we're evaluating our options and will be preparing a response. >> reporter: travelers have opinions across the board. >> i don't think it should be privatized. >> reporter: why not? >> i think it would be more consistent if it was done by the government. >> i would say bring the private sector on, see if they can do a better job. can't imagine if they could do worse. >> reporter: the new body scans and patdowns are a direct response from new threats, from the so so-called underwear bomber last holiday season. the administrator defends his position. >> the purpose of being more invasive is to detect those type of devices we hadn't seen since, for example, before last christmas >> reporter: the same law that g

>> congressman john mica set to become the transportation secretary in january was more critical. >> i don't think the rollout was good and the application is even worse. this does need to be refined. we've got them headed in the wrong direction as far as who they're screening and how they're doing it. >> meanwhile, according to a new report from an airline consultant and blogger there's also, quote, quiet resentment within the tsa about the new procedures. one agent quoted by this blogger as saying, molester, pervert, disgusting and embarrassment creep, these are words i've heard today at work describing me. i should not have to go home and cry after a day of honorably serving my country. that from a tsa agent. much more on this story coming up as we approach the big holiday travel week. >>> elsewhere, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is promising more small-scale, inexpensive attacks like its recent attempt to bomb two u.s. bound cargo planes. in an english language magazine editors boasted a failed plot known as "operation hedge raj" cost $4200 to carry out. adding it's such a go

. >> reporter: representative john mica, set to become the transportation committee chairman in january, was more critical. >> i don't think the roll out was good, and the application is even worse. this does need to be refined. >> reporter: saturday the president said he supports the stiffer security. and has long encouraged officials to search for less intrusive methods. >> every week i meet with my counterterrorism team and i'm constantly asking them, whether -- is what we are doing absolutely necessary? have we thought it through? >> reporter: the former chief of security at tel aviv's international airport says screeners should start profiling high risk passengers instead of targeting everyone. >> some privacy needs to be sacrificed in the process. >> i opt out. >> reporter: now officials are bracing for a possible internet led movement set for wednesday. organizers are telling passengers to opt for the time consuming pat downs in an effort to create longer lines and delays. but experts warn a protest could weaken security for everyone. >> i think that they're putting us all at ris

>> reporter: john mica wants airports to hire private security contractors. he says he will prosecute anyone who inappropriately touches customers during a patdown. the tsa is reacting to all of the complaints by posting a new myth versus fact section on its website. they say there's so many rumors, it's important to get everyone on the same page. >> i think we're all wondering how will this impact flying? >> reporter: one thing going on right now, is there's an internet movement asking people on wednesday, the day before thanksgiving, that incredibly busy travel day, to opt out of the full-body scanning. instead, ask for the full-body patdown. that would take more time. if they're doing it, hoping by slowing down the process, it makes tsa speed up the process, to rethink what they're doing. we'll see if it works. not often do passengers ask for the security system to take longer. vinita? >> i hope i'm not in line behind those people. emily schmidt, thank you. >>> and the head of the tsa will join us live later on "gma." >>> the search for a missing mom, her

incoming house transportation committee chairman john mica says the tsa needs to demonstrate more common sense. >> can't somebody make a thinking decision that you don't have to pat down a 10-year-old or a person who has some sort of a prosthetic device. >> reporter: but sources tell abc news that intelligence has picked up terrorists discussing the use of prosthetic or medical devices to conceal explosives. and the white house says terrorists are looking to recruit those from outside the profile. tsa head john pistole today, asked about pat-downs of female passengers under their bras, recalled two russian planes destroyed by terrorists in 2004, killing 90 people. >> the best intelligence is by two female suicide bombers about 90 minutes apart, where they had explosives in their bras and around their waists. >> reporter: and what about the children being patted down? >> the president is a father. there are a lot of parents out there whose children have been subject to pat-downs and they've been very upset by it. >> anybody that's under 12 goes through something much more modified. >> rep

john mica of the unitarian by the time he was at that stage. unitarianism you don't really have to believe anything to be unitarian. [laughter] have prompted any questions or comments? there's a specific right there. you have to go to the mic because c-span's covering this event. people have to speak. yes, sir. >> this is just tell somebody has a better question. but i have heard that the children and grand children the least by abigail who had deplorable lives, the children are raised by john adams or the family members grew up to have replied to the co great lives. i wonder if you could comment on that. >> some of the try to talk about the childbearing issues, and as a parent and one of my children is right here. [laughter] you do your best and then who knows how it turns out. [laughter] what you said is partially true and misleading. abigail worries that all of the children up to a certain stage are released without a father around a lot. she talks about that. they develop an impression of their father as a result and wouldn't exist if he wa

john mica been a unitarian by the time, at that stage. unitarianism is the featherbed to heaven. you don't actually believe anything to be a unitarian. [laughter] >> have i prompted any questions? or comments. >> under there's a mic right there so you have to go to the mic because c-span is covering this event. people have to speak. yes, sir. >> this is just to fill the time until someone comes up with a better question. i've heard the clip that the children and grandchildren were raised by abigail grew up to deplorable lives. the children that were raised by john adams, or by other family members grew up to have great allies. some of the other grandchildren were raised away from her and buy a. i wonder if you could comment on that. >> some of the book tries to talk about the childbearing issues. as a parent, actually when much of it is right here, you do your best. who knows how it turns out? what you said is partially to and partially misleading. abigail herself worries about the fact that all the children, up until he certain stage, are being raised without their father around

also joining candy will be representative john mica.ittee. he is one that has been out there trying to convince art airports, get rid of tsa all together. use private screeners. they'll both be coming up right here on "state of the union" on cnn. >>> it was just a matter of time, wasn't it, before somebody started making money off of that quote? a lot of people say sums up this whole mess in one succinct sentence. don't touch my junk. take a look at the video. you see those t-shirts. can you read what they say? it actually says, it's okay, touch my junk. one man took that one line synonymous with the drama, put it on a t-shirt and voila, he has turned a serious airport story into some profit. the idea came from frank keple: that's his name. his partner in brew city t-shirts. brew city is known for jumping onto hot topics quickly with clever t-shirts of the we don't know how many he has sold just yet. >>> thanksgiving coming up in a few days. great part of it, it's great to get together with family. a big part of getting together with fa

florida congressman john mica says he doesn't like how it is carried out. even the tsa head says there is a continual adjustment to assure the best practices are applied. >>> the jurors in the chandra levy murder trial get back to work after break for the weekend. today will be the fourth day of deliberation. the jury sent a note to the judge on friday wanting to know the legal definition of assault. that is important because they would have to decide that levy was assaulted in the suspect ingmar guandique was to be found guilty of first degree murder. >>> the misty of a body found in a box on the side of a maryland highway may be involved now as police arrested 34-year-old march in-- marvin palencia in connection with that murder. last week, the body of jacobo vazquez was found in a body. palencia is charged with first degree murder while armed. >>> two separate stabbings in manassas involving two teenaged victims. on saturday night, a 19-year- old was stabbed and beaten in the 9600 block of grant avenue in manassas. that incident just one day of a 15-year

now the idea of the tsa comes from florida republican congressman john mica he recently wrote lettersthe 100 busiest airport asking them to consider the move. federal law does allow to use private screeners instead of tsa employees. san francisco is the largest airport to do this. representative micah has received $80,000 in campaign donations over the past 13 years connected to some of the security firms. that could take tsa's place. tsa would still braibl, though, to select and pay these private contractors if somef the airports do make the move. he did not respond. tsa did not respond, though, to representative micah's request. joe, back to you. >> all right, elaine. thanks very much. >>> well, here's a deal for you. a touch for a touch. the airport check-in service looped is giving away 10 ipod touches for those who choose patdowns over body scans. they will be awarded next wednesday, on national opt-out day. protests are planned that day by people opposed to the ts a's new security measures. they have to tweet about their pat-down experience to be eligible for the ipod touches. >

. >> congressman mica has been urging airports to get rid of the tsa all together in favor of private security. this is called "news you can use" because you're going to need a lot of this coming up to the holiday season. if you're traveling this holiday week, expect plenty of company. many americans are feeling better about the economy and plan to hit the road. the nations highways and airports are expected to be packed. here's something you don't want to hear. the weather is already getting dicey in some parts of our country, so we're going to go to our meteorologist jacqui jeras who is going to have a complete holiday travel forecast for you. fingers crossed, holding my breath, come on! >> i know. we've got a couple of strong storm systems making their way across the country the next couple of days, so it's going to impact everyone at some point. the worst of the conditions, we want to start out with these pictures from minnesota. the state patrol reporting hundreds of accidents late last night and today due to some freezing rain. this wasn't a snow event in minnesota, this was liq

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republican congressman mica-h of florida a long time critic. tsa sent a letter to 100 busiest airports urging them to consider using contractors. orlando sanford international airport has decided to opt out of using tsa agents. it's the 24th busiest airport in the country and there's no word on whether or not they got the letter or what they'll decide but if we find anything out we'll keep you posted. as of today 60 airports have those full body imaging scan machines. we have seen them, every airport is using personal full body pat do you know if you set off an alarm on the regular screener and many of us will go out of town for the holidays but what will happen with the security? >> reporter: for some travelers thanksgiving will be the first taste of this, new measures some call intrusive, others ineffective but tsa officials say it's working. body scanners have captured passengers trying to smuggle mayor one arches whiskey, even knives. as for the pat down -- >> i'm very sensitive to and concerned about people's privacy concerns. the bottom l

. >> thank you so much, congressman john mica, we really appreciate your time. >> good to be with youn we come back a check of the top stories and then an outgoing congressman adds a little mustard literally to one of his final policy fights. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is norma. who's inundated with all the information coming at her concerning the medicare part d changes this year. so she went to her walgreens pharmacist for guidance and a free personalized report that looks at her prescriptions and highlights easy ways for her to save. because norma prefers her painting to paperwork. see how much you can save. get your free report today. expertise -- find it everywhere there's a walgreens. >>> now time for a check of today's top stories. a flood at a coal mine in central china has trapped 28 miners. 13 people made it safely to the surface after the accident. the condition of the trapped workers is unclear. >>> new zealand efforts to rescue 29 miners are facing more delays. authorities say they need to drill a new shaft to test the air quality because toxic

. >> harris: mica who is likely to become chair of the transportation committee calling for review of the tsa procedures. stay tuned because coming up we'll hear from cancer survive to show something very personal. during a pat down. well, how much in taxes will you be paying after december 31st. it's a major issue for most working americans. but so far no action in washington on those bush era tax cuts. they expire of course at the end of the year the senate's saying congress is wasting time by focusing on other legislation. democrats arguing, republicans are not considering the cost of extending these cuts. at this point any tax law passed would have to be taken up after thanksgiving. which really doesn't leave very much time. molly henneberg live in washington. so, we know it's a lame-duck session, how lame is it? how much time do they have left? >> not much. congress went home for thanksgiving week then back here in washington for about another week or so. that's it. the top senate republican says tax cuts should come first all other legislative priorities should come second. >> s

. >> reporter: that congressman is florida rebound john mica.s a ferocious tsa critic and he says private security contractors could do a better job than the tsa for a lot less money and without all the highly

florida republican john mica who is in line to chair the house transportation committee in the new congress, contends the agency's screening methods are inefficient. >> right now, we're spending all our time on every american. we're spending time on airport employees, pilots, millions of people who have top secret clearances. there are folks like myself that can go into the white house or nuclear facilities and not go through what we do to get on an airplane. screening and re-screening those people that don't pose a threat and using all your resources in that unfocused manner that has to be changed. we can direct our resources, our technology and our invasion of privacy on the bad guys, not the good folks. >> reporter: but for now, the screenings and pat-downs will continue, while most passengers hope the lines will keep moving. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": the gulf oil spill claims; health and the ability to learn in mozambique; u.s. policy toward north korea and what's next for the space program? but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom.

este cambio estÁ siendo impulsado por el representante republicano por la florida mica en medio del descontentohazan el escaner de cuerpo entero. >> recorte masivo en el pago del medic care a los mÉdicos. se pueda negociar que el recorte sea aplazado un aÑo mÁs. los mÉdicos han amenazado con no naceptar nuevos paciente del medic cade si se da el recorte. vamos con el clima. >> muchas gracias, amanecemos otra vez con frÍo en las planicies centrales. esta maÑana san antonio con 46 grados, 39 en dallas, apenas y este aire frÍo colÁndose en el noreste mexicano. mientras tanto, estamos bajo aviso de heladas matinales esta maÑana. hay visos de congelaciÓn hasta las 9 de la maÑana. y esperamos en el oeste alertas y avisos de tormentas invernales. justamente en california donde se esperan las tormentas invernales este fin de semana. estamos con este aviso de tormenta hasta el lunes a la una de la maÑana. todo esto por la serie de bajas presiones. pero en delante de este sistema frontal es por lo que vimos bastante niebla. y miren ustedes cÓmo amanece los Ángeles, reducciones de visibilidad que llegaron

and by the way, john mica wrote that act to be private screening. up with this screening partnership program to allow private companies. >> larry, we'll keep in touch and we'll see what you decide to do there at the sanford international airport. larry, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> robotic arms giving a peek of how our brain is working or not working. the man that created the technology will join us. how it could change the lives of anyone that suffered a brain injury. ♪ [ man ] i thought our family business would always be boots. until one day, my daughter showed me a designer handbag. and like that, we had a new side to our business. [ male announcer ] when businesses see an opportunity, the hartford is there. protecting their employees and property and helping them prepare for the future. nice boots. nice bag. [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses [trumpet playing "reveille" throughout] let's support the small business owners gettin

that's -- mica -- congressman mica of florida said there are some bills that require some legislative language to direct the funds. otherwise you're just writing a blank check to the administration," the republican congressman fromful fling. mr. president, congressionally directed spend something congressionally directed spending whether it is a highway or hospital or whether in wyoming or tenton. i for one have proud of the directed funding i have been able to secure on behalf of my state and for other stats that i have worked for or other entities that i have worked hard for, like teach for america. it doesn't necessarily help iowa but helps a lot of states. these fundings have created jobs, trained nurses, built roads and v. as the distinguished chairman said, one time i remember when pete domenici put that money in there for the hugh man genome project, it led to the establishment of the human genome institute and a complete mapping and sequencing of the human gene. had that money not been directed it never would have happened, i say to my chairman. so a lot of times congressmen,

congressman john mica is a long-time critic of the tsa. >> shoe bombers. we had to take off our shoes. liquid. we have to take out our liquid. now, we're being groped because of the diaper bomber. what's next? the proctologist? the gynecologist? >> reporter: he's been to 100 of the nation's busiest airports, suggesting they follow the lead of 17 other airports that are already legally opting out of using tsa workers, hiring private contractors instead. >> my own experience leads me to believe also that the private sector can do a better job, more economically. and also, as far as finding dangerous items and materials. >> reporter: and yesterday, an airport in orlando said they are going to remove tsa and plan to hire a private security firm. kind of adding to this choir of pilots and passengers who think there has not do be a better way. adding to all this, reports from the aclu. they say they have received more than 400 complaints from passengers. george? >> sharyn, thanks very much. >>> joining me now is the head of the transportation security administra

and a chance to speak with congressman john mica likely to become the next chairperson of the house transportationnd also wrote the law that created tsa. congressman, thank you for joining us today. >> good to be with you. >> there have been so many disturbing reports about the enhanced procedures. i've seen videos of children as young as five years old being submitted to a patdown procedure where they're being touched in the groin area, one cancer survivor, for example, had to show her prosthetic breast to a tsa official. people put in compromising situations. i know that you're calling for a complete review of these procedures. what do you hope will come from this review? >> well, i think there's probably a site for patdowns and screening technology, but the implementcation has just been horrible. and then, the focus of the-- these two techniques should be on the bat guys and shouldn't be used for random. there should be some thinking in the system by some of these individuals, and that there should be alarms, not primary screening technology and it has been used, also, in a random fashion. so,

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