. >> reporter: congressman john micah named the tsa and has watched it closely for weapons and potentiallosives that screeners miss. >> there are documented instances of thousands of breeches of things getting through. i think some 25,000. >> reporter: and wednesday he plans to call for tsa reform. largely because repeated investigations. >> we have to analyze the effectiveness of the system and failing. >> i think the tsa needs to grow up and listen to what the end user wants. >> reporter: retired american airlines captain mark wise is with the spectrum group specializing in aviation matters. >> the message is absolutely wrong. the way people view them is with dread? weaknesses? >> they still need to do a lot of work in cargo security. they need to do work in behavioral training and using airline personal and airport personal as partners. you need to use canines more effectively in cargo screening and passenger screening. >> reporter: and some recommend a return to private industry doing the work under government supervision. >> i think you're much more apt to get a better individual, c

i agree with you there. >> peter hart and micah roberts, thank you both. lot more we're going to get into. >>> finally, is europe finally stepping back from the brink of a financial melt down? we'll get a check on how italy is reacting. and more on berlusconi. >>> also, the candidate wbs the campaign and of course the controversy. today's first trivia question. president bill clinton was succeeded by the son of the man he defeated and captured the white house. what other u.s. president was succeeded by the son of the man he defeated in running for office. the first correct answer will get a follow tuesday from us. the answer and more coming up on "the daily rundown." ♪ ♪ mama said there'd be days like this ♪ ♪ "there'll be days like this," mama said ♪ [ male announcer ] the toughest job on the planet just got a little easier. with one touch technology and even an air scrubber. the nissan quest. innovation for family. innovation for all. get up to $3,050 total savings on the 2011 nissan quest. ♪ is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for art

the testament, micah and jeremiah and isaiah.ficult things to the testament, micah and jeremiah and isaiah. said very difficult things to those who are in power. and the nation of israel was saved because some of those in power listedened. i think there are a lot of us sort of in the middle of this country who need to go to talk to these people. just ask them, there's no reason to be fearful. it's one of the most peaceful kingdoms i've been a part of in a long time. people handing out clothing to those who have need of it and food and i sat in the middle of a think tank talking about whether the community that had formed in zuccotti park was a microcosm of the larger society or not. and how to make the connections between those two. we have to become reconnected to one another. and that my wellbeing is dependent on your wellbeing. i don't want to live in a country where it's every man, woman and child for themselves. that's a an awful existence and i think the cries of pain we hear from this movement are the cries from the loss o

somebody micah mother, two married 2015 once brittany hillard weights happiest day of her life.cah glad she is ok fella did not hurt herself is amazing. guys we have pointed out snow covers track arctic express runs a 10 day forecast of snowfall across north america one computer model and a look at that kind of ominous looking off of that snow cooler air later this month will run but for the moment to 60 degrees it began about 40 degrees that yesterday it above the normal high temperature this time of the year is forecast or clouds to kind of flirt with the area tonight and tomorrow. might bring a sprinkle into the area tomorrow but tomorrow night of to just after midnight rainfall move again. awakened to that on thursday and struck northeast went right for a lunchtime thursday he did friday thursday evening maybe a shower pulls out a beautiful end of the week on friday albeit cool. appears snowfall sticking in the plains states traveling to denver check the flight information tomorrow. and look at temperatures we expect across the area cool temperatures next 24 hours. seven day

john micah says the tsa is too big, has inabout wait technology and let taos much get through.ill be plenty of attention paid thursday to congressional testimony to the head of the energy department about the failure of solyndra. correspondent doug mckelway tells us what we can expect to hear. >> it's the testimony of steven chu. at issue the $535 million loan guarantee provided to the now bankrupt solar energy company was politically motivated. chu gave a preview of what investigators may hear in an interview yesterday with the national public radio all things considered. >> we asked the outside people to give us a second and third opinions. what was unanticipated is that the market from the solar markets plummeted. >> one released men ran dumb from the chief investor may have prodded the solar company for delayed news of layoff until after the election of 2010. >> that was not a random date, november 3, after the election. i'm sure they didn't want fall-out to effect the election. >> three months after november 3, the department of energy restructured the solyndra loan to ens

micah butterfield serving six months for possession of methamphetamine showed us her recipe for corn minuto. >> corn nuts in water, let them soak. then you add hot jalapeno cheese. i feel like i'm on a cooking show. then you take hot and spicy pork rinds and add it all together. once all of it's wet, you eat it. it's hot, spicy. see? that's minuto. it looks nasty, huh? >> while it was a noble effort, i don't think this won anybody on the crew over, but she was trying to do her best with the tools available at the time. >> the same was true when it came to female inmates and makeup. while a few items such as mascara can be purchased from the commissary, most inmates choose to save the money on eye makeup and create their own. colored pencils were a popular alternative. but inmate susan huergo took things to a whole new level. >> all women have a morning ritual on how they put things together to work their best. i thought it was really, really interesting how susan would do her hair in the morning. she would mix a package of jelly with cocoa butter and put it in her hair as hair gel. >

the report released by the house chairman john micah says the agency lost its way and says that the tsa is hit with problems, including inadequate technology, security breaches and the overall size. >> unfortunately the focus has been diverted from matters -- from security, and also -- developing a risk-base security passenger screening operation into -- managing a huge government. >> the report suggests reducing staff, raising the authority of the tsa administrator. this is a live picture out at san jose airport, which will see some of the 23 million passengers expected to -- expected to pass through the area. and just in time, the security agency is rolling out improvements to the screening process. children under -- under 12 will no longer be required to remove their shoes. and the full body scanners are modified to show a generic image instead of a detailed outline of the passenger's body. >>> and gasoline prices showing a slight decline in the past month. they put the national average for a gallon of unleaded regular at 3.40 a gallon. down six cents from a month ago, in oakland, 3.

katie, tara and micah are here. do you think they're getting away with murder there at nbc?do. i mean, this is typical behavior towards conservative women, women in general who get to go into politics and michelle bachmann knew this would happen to her going into the race. this happened with the "newsweek" cover. i think she handled it with grace. she understands she'll be attacked this way but won't be a victim. nbc is going to do what they're going to do and there's not going to be consequences for their actions. >> put it this way, i don't think they should be accepting this, tara, do you? this is not the way you greet somebody. >> i think it was very disrespectful and i don't condone it at all. i think it's terrible actually. i do think, though, unfortunately, there's a double standard in politics for women and women from both political parties are often criticized and now even first ladies and to your point about just conservative women, i don't think that's true at all. look at michelle obama. if you google here, all these images of monkeys come up. the disrespect that

joining us, congressman john micah, also the chairman of the infrastructure committee.d morning, sir. >> good to be with you. >> i think this is always on our minds when we board airplanes. are we safer today? sadly, this report suggests we are not. >> again, the report is a pretty comprehensive report. it looks at 10 years of faa and it concludes in fact faa has lost its way. right now we think that there's a lot to do to get faa on track and make certain that the public is secure. >> as the chairman, sir, of the transportation and infrastructure committee, can you tell us your recommendations, what you and your colleagues say needs to happen? >> helping create tsa some 10 years ago, we found it's grown way too bureaucratic. 4,000 administrative people just in washington, d.c. another 10,000 out in the field. we've got 14 administratorrive staff, most making in the $100,000 range, and then we have sort neglected attention to screeners. they're hiring screeners from advertisements on pizza boxes and with ads above discount gas station pumps. >> when you think of the dol

i'm not going to sit here and bull and tell you that there aren't some people in micah cuss that areat somebody stood up who was an appropriator and said we can't cut another dime. >> is that amazing! >> are you kidding me? >> senator, do you ever go and know the house republicans like the 87 new ones who came in from the 2010 election, they are -- their feet are in concrete. their heads are in concrete. they are not going to add revenue. and they have promised this. unless you come up with some sort of real tax reform. but that's going to take a year or two to do it seriously. and i thought joe's point that there -- and this happens time and time again, the taxes stick, the cuts really don't. >> they don't. >> and you get into it, and then the congressional budget office, bless them, comes in and rescores it and says, oh, yeah, that's really not going to happen. we didn't mean it, and you come up with smoke and mirrors again. >> i got to tell you the only thing -- one thing that is really different this time and one of the reasons i sponsored amendments with republicans for tax and

just in time for the tsa's 10th anniversary, congressman john micah released what is expected to be a particular. the florida republican says the tsa is still plagued by significant administration and operational problems. some good news, the tsa is trying to make thanksgiving travel less stressful this year. kids 12 and younger won't have to take off their shoes, fantastic! and most of the full body scanners are now showing generic images. great. generic male without a gun hopefully. >> how can you show generic images of people who find out what's happening underneath them? >> i think they mean their private parts which i would be in favor of. >> chilling new tapes from the kennedy assassination finally revealed including the long lost recording of the white house situation room alerting officials aboard air force one about president kennedy's murder. >> wow, a collector in philadelphia is selling the original unedited reel-to-reel tapes for $500,000. and those are your headlines. let's go over to steve. >> thank you very much, gretch. we've been telling you about the web site politi