administrator paulat p neffinger told congress thatr to the agency is adding nearly n 800 new screenersime when frustrations over o security lines and wait times have reached a boiling point. hundreds of passengers have of a been missing flights and neffinger says a permanenter solution is going to take some time. >> clearly this summer travel tr season is going to be busy. b in the short term t.s.a. tert. airlines airports congress andes travelers working together can t improve the passengerasseer experience while we maintainnt security that we need. >> the t.s.a. says it's alsot'so established a centralizedenal incident command center and itom will trackma daily screening operations and funnel resources to where they are needed most. >> metro wants an atheisttheist group to stop claiming they t purchased advertising onhase buses. they claim to be the largestar atheist organization in the u.s. the ad complain says atheistssas will take over d.c. transportation.anortati they he have a big rally next rn month at the lincoln memorial. metro says the organizationanio never asked them. >> e

admiral neffinger was asked this question yesterday and said he was giving flexibility to them. he believes they already have that flexibility. it is unbelievable to me that it would take an act of congress to actually direct them to provide flexibility. this is just leadership 101. but he sincerely believes he's given that authority. i specifically asked him yesterday about this and the spoke airports like tucson and he said they have all the authority they need. maybe they're just not getting the message. he just recently removed kelly hogan who potentially is the barrier to this direction being communicated down to all of you. but i want to say we need your immediate feedback. he gave his promise yesterday he was going to follow up on this and make sure they understood his guidance that they have that flexibility. ms. allin, can you share -- you've given some examples. if we had the flexibility with our senior t.s.a. rep on the ground in the last few months, at what instance -- other instances were their hands tied and what -- what have you been able to do that in order to al

philipovitch: we've been working with admiral neffinger. we're working in collaboration with the t.s.a. and also promoting many of the actions that t.s.a. is suggesting and already taking and also the actions that are contained in chairman katko's proposed legislation which we're in favor of as well. ms. jackson lee: which means you would be willing to pay for overtime for t.s.o.'s? ms. philipovitch: you know, right now we really want to get more transparency into the staffing model and understand how resources are being deployed. we need to make sure that we have an analytical model that puts resources where they need to be to meet the peak demands of our customers. ms. jackson lee: and i agree with you. and more flexibility with the f.s.d.'s, would that be helpful? ms. philipovitch: in cooperation with the airline partners, yes. ms. jackson lee: would you join with us? because i heard the point being made there needs to be data regarding data fees. i think there should be a study on the baggage fees as to whether or not they increase the

senator mark kirk has called on the tsa administrator peter neffinger to resign if he doesn't resolves by memorial day. neffinger should take johnson with him, that he simply doesn't give a damn about the citizens he's supposed to be serving. the leaders of the airline industry by the way have immense responsibility and better step up, because, they their companies, their employees and shareholders will be paying a heavy price for the ignorance and the incompetence of administration officials have once again broken trust with the american people. november 8th can't come too soon. >>> now the quotation of the evening. on this administration's frequent, if not, constant indifference to those it was elected to serve. in so many regions of government and policy and in so many ways, this administration will be long remembered for its indifference to our citizens and to the consequences of its policies upon our nation, and i confess, it is this administration's wholesale indifference to americans and what is america that does at times rile me. ellie desale authored tonight's quotation -- we

. >> republican senator mark kirk is calling for the tsa administrator peter neffinger to step down. if the problems aren't immediately solved. neffinger accept responsibility for the mess promising back-up is already on the ground with major improvements in place by this weekend. >> i do apologize to the people who found themselves stranded in chicago idea. >> the tsa made budget costs and laid off over 4500 employees in recent years. as a result, staffing has hit a five-year low. to solve the problems in chicago, the tsa is bringing in five additional canine teams converting 100 part-time officers to full time and adding 58 more full-time officers and tripling overtime. part of the tsa cutbacks were based on the assumption that tens of millions of travelers would apply for the tsa pre-check. only a fraction did. now folks are rushing to book an appointment for the pre-check background screening. >> get an appointment. people at the appointment were processed efficiently. >> with all the emergency federal back-up, the lines at the nation's second busiest airport were drastically sho

and dick durbin and other elected leaders are saying that you have to fix things here, and peter neffingere are committed to fixing the situationment back to you. >> phil lebeau at o'hare, and that story are and the egyptair story not unrelated. back to the tara. you mentioned a claim of responsibility, responsibility, and is the simple claim these days enough or does someone who makes that claim have to back it up with evidence that they were involved in >> well, usually the intelligence officials have a good idea of the voracity of the claim, and they track them online and know the legitimate sources, so absolutely, you have the look at the source. if a random person were to claim it, officials could quickly dispel that as false, but ways that isis and affiliates release the claims in certain publicati publication, and affiliates online, and we have not seen it. so it is one thing to see in the next week or so, and usually, you would see it soon, because there not a reason that they would not want to take credit for the attack, because they like to do these attacks, and it el helps to th

the house homeland committee will hear from peter neffinger this morning. lawmakers want to know why he chose to reassign but not fire the tsa administrator in charge of security and why that official received big bonuses while security wait times were not improving. yesterday at philadelphia international airport, tsa screeners demonstrated how quickly a line can get clogged. water bottles, oversized liquids, even weapons can slow down the screening process. officers routinely find pocket knives and confiscate about 70 firearms per week. >> my goal here is not to blame passengers for longer lines. i wanted to point out that passenger preparedness can have an impact on how quickly travelers can get through the checkpoint. >> tsa officials say they just hired nearly 800 new workers to alleviate long lines across the country. >>> a new program will highlight the bravery of the passengers on flight 93 who sacrificed everything on 9/11. this month 400 students will visit the flight 93 memorial in somerset county. they will have a chance to see the crash site. m

and what aa they're doing to make sure sur passenger get on planes quicker.ker these comes after neffinger came face to face withfaceo e tough questions about theiobo current practices of t.s.a. t longer security lines are toes a be expected as mentioned buton couple that with a report that p t.s.a. gave one official off $90,000 in bonuses after overseeing failed screenings, si security screenings for banned weapons. that's rubbing lawmakers the rbg wrong way. wrong wa there we complaints from frustratedla people that they brought up inin the hearing as well.the there is some good news here.er neffinger did say they havey h already taken some actions, they're going to be hiringo be r more people, they're going toreg retrain their folks and soei s they're taking these steps to ss improve the conditions buts again, later today in just a jus few hours you have those two the officials out here reallyeay tackling this issue. back to you in the studio. s >> thanks a lot annie. ann >>> listen, we're dealing with a few spots with reduced red visibility this morning. this rn it's not too terribly b

. >> the house homeland committee will hear from peter neffinger this morning. lawmakers want to know why he chose to reassign but not fire the tsa administrator in charge official received big bonuses while security wait times were not improving. yesterday at philadelphia international airport, tsa screeners demonstrated how quickly a line can get clogged. water bottles, oversized liquids, even weapons can slow down the screening process. officers routinely find pocket knives and confiscate about 70 firearms per week. the tsa says that passengers should read the rules before coming to the airport to help cut down on wait times. >> my goal here is not to blame passengers for longer lines. i wanted to point out that passenger preparedness can have an impact on how quickly travelers can get through the checkpoint. >> tsa officials say they just hired nearly 800 new workers to alleviate long lines across the country. >>> 5:16 right now. congress has set a limit on how can make. but the nbc 10 investigators found philadelphia housing authority executives make over t

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administrator neffinger spoke with me and said the attrition rate with full time tsos was around p 7% to will 8%. but again, it's over 20% in the part time people. people want full time employment. they will go to other federal jobs or other jobs in the airport seeking full time employment. so moving that money to getting them full time would definitely help fix a lot of the problems. >> okay. and, of course, added benefit during this crisis, if you will, that we're having in airports is that moving someone from full time to -- from part time to full time doesn't take any additional training. >> it doesn't. they're ready to go. many of them in peak times are already working 40 hours a week or possibly more than 40 hours a week. so they're ready to go. so if congress could fix that, that would help with a lot of the situation. >> thank you very much, mr. cox. i have so many more questions. i can't go over my time too much here. i now recognize the ranking member mr. payne for five minutes of questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, you know, i ask unanimous consent that two letters

let's listen up to tsa administration peter neffinger before congressional hearing yesterday.> you cannot recruit, you cannot train, and you cannot retain and you cannot administer. it's just a huge failing government program. and it will fail. >> steve, another confluence of troubles with the tsa here. >> correct. it is failing. anybody who travels a lot, you have seen this. it's clear that the lines are longer. it's clear that things are taking much larger. what you are hearing from larger airports the possibility of privatizing that will have to be looked at more seriously. i wouldn't be surprised if you saw more airports move in that direction. >> susan? >> travel is not miserable enough. seats are this back. chair backs come right into your lap. they don't give you meals. so this just makes it more miserable. people are heading for spring bake break. for summer. it's not going to get fixed in the next few months. even jeh johnson said it was months down the road before the efforts to hire more fsa agents is going to show any results. >> you don't liked the mixed nut? a ma

administrator neffinger spoke with me and said the attrition rate with full time tsos was around p 7% to will 8%. but again, it's over 20% in the part time people. people want full time employment. they will go to other federal jobs or other jobs in the airport seeking full time employment. so moving that money to getting them full time would definitely help fix a lot of the problems. >> okay. and, of course, added benefit during this crisis, if you will, that we're having in airports is that moving someone from full time to -- from part time to full time doesn't take any additional training. >> it doesn't. they're ready to go. many of them in peak times are already working 40 hours a week or possibly more than 40 hours a week. so they're ready to go. so if congress could fix that, that would help with a lot of the situation. >> thank you very much, mr. cox. i have so many more questions. i can't go over my time too much here. i now recognize the ranking member mr. payne for five minutes of questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, you know, i ask unanimous consent that two letters

the house homeland committee will hear from peter neffinger this morning. lawmakers want to know why he chose to reassign but not fire the tsa administrator in charge of security and why that official received big bonuses while security wait times were not improving. >>> congress has set a limit on how much public housing employees can make. but the nbc 10 investigators found philadelphia housing authority executives are making over that limit. mitch blocker has a preview of the story you'll see tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >> it's way out of line. it's a racket. >> reporter: this u.s. senator helped set the federal executive salary limit at $157,000 per year. we found philadelphia public housing executives making over that amount. >> salaries are ridiculous. >> it raises a significant concern. >> reporter: as president of the philadelphia housing authority, calvin jeremiah earns $243,000. >> this is not an easy gig. >> reporter: tonight at 11:00, where the extra money is coming from. why the pha said the salaries are needed and a call for a stricter li

frustrated -- >> reporter: the house homeland security committee grilled tsa administrator peter neffingerpeople are paying $85 to go through precheck, showing up at the airport and the precheck lane is closed. >> my goal is to open those precheck lanes open throughout the day -- >> things like that shouldn't take an act of congress. is as you know. >> no it took an act of me and i said, that's the way things have to happen. >> reporter: tsa is testing this automated screening lane at atlanta airport to see if it will improve efficiency and speed up lines. >> we hope it's going to cut into wait times over the long run but this is not the quick fix for summer wait times. >> reporter: in the first five months of this year tsa screened 449 million travellers, up 57 million from the same period in 2015, with 5,800 fewer screeners than 2011. as the agency rushes to hire nearly 800 additional screeners by mid-june, k-9 units are being redeployed to busy airports and $34 million has been authorized for overtime ahead of the holiday weekend. >> have you done enough to address the wait times? do pe

neffinger has tried to correct the situation. but tsa cannot recruit, it can't train, retain, or schedule, and it cannot manage the huge bureaucracy that has been created. that is part of the problem and it will not be corrected. and those people on the line pull me aside, they said, see those three guys doing nothing. they are making over 100 grand and we are busting our tail trying to process these people and they are having a good time. they are having a good sitdown chat and enjoying themselves. part of the tsa gets to name thousands, standing around, but these guys are sitting around and earning huge salaries while others are doing their work. the meltdown that is already occurring, my colleagues, here are a few of the headlines. fort lauderdale, american airlines, 6800 people last month missed their flights. chicago, 1100 american airlines missed their flights. charlotte airport, three hours waiting on good friday. long lines cranking travelers. this one is denver, jfk, i mean -- we have not even gotten to the summer when y

director peter neffinger say something he needs more staff and also that the agency's pre-check program lines but the program has its own problems. live at chicago's o'hare airport with more, matt finn. >> reporter: the lines here today about 30 or 45 minutes, much less than the brutally long lines we have been reporting on. but don't be fooled, because as you know, these can fill up very quickly and turn into a two-hour wait. the tsa is warning this summer could get very messy. there is just a long list of reasons why the tsa says it simply can't handle the crowds. so right now it seems the only immediate solution is to get that tsa pre-check. critics say at $85 a piece, it is just a ploy for the tsa to make money. you have to wait for up to six weeks for the application, and it doesn't always work. we decided just had a travel co irte tell us he was turned down at laguardia. right now your best bet, if you have travel plans, go to tsa.gov, enter your zip code and that will locate the nearest office where you can perhaps get the pass and beat these really long lines. >> matt finn in ch

they want to know why neffinger decided to reassign but not fire the person responsible for security, and why that person received big bonuses when security wait times had not improved. >>> out west police have detained one man after a shooting and carjacking on an arizona highway. bullets hit several cars, including a police cruiser. officers shut down the highway in both directions as they searched for the gunman last night. a driver in one of the cars was grazed by a bullet, but that person is expected to be okay. >>> right now let's talk about some severe weather. a tornado emergency had plenty of people getting out of dodge, literally. storm chasers captured a violent tornado crossing a highway in dodge city, kansas. it was one of several twisters spawned by severe tornadoes yesterday afternoon. the highway patrol reported damage to several structures west of dodge city along with downed power lines. >>> an arkansas teen was found alive after he was swept away in raging floodwaters. officials say the teen was pulled into a drainage ditch in jonesboro, arkansas yesterday afternoon

peter neffinger was questioned before congress. he said they will add new screeners to get us through the checkpoints and prevent a repeat of what happened in chicago. 450 passengers were stranded beus and missed their flights. >> asking passengers to arrive three hours before a domestic departure is unacceptable. >> one of my fundamental priorities is to dramatically expand the precheck population and dramatically expand the capability to enroll people in precheck. >> delta announced it will spend nearly $5 million to increase staff at 32 airports to assist the tsa. >>> we know where president obama and his family will live once he leaves office. >> they are sticking around. several reports say the obamas will be living in kala rama -- kalorama. >> can you imagine finding out president obama will be your next-door neighbor? however, when the president moves in to your neighborhood so does additional security and tighter access. landscapers taking care of the house that, according to a report from politico will be >> i am surprised

let's listen up to tsa administration peter neffinger before congressional hearing yesterday.arful. >> you cannot recruit, you cannot train, and you cannot retain and you cannot administer. it's just a huge failing government program. and it will fail. >> steve, another confluence of troubles with the tsa here. >> correct. it is failing. anybody who travels a lot, you have seen this. it's clear that the lines are longer. it's clear that things are taking much larger. what you are hearing from larger airports the possibility of privatizing that will have to be looked at more seriously. i wouldn't be surprised if you saw more airports move in that direction. >> susan? >> travel is not miserable enough. seats are this back. chair backs come right into your lap. they don't give you meals. so this just makes it more miserable. people are heading for spring bake break. for summer. it's not going to get fixed in the next few months. even jeh johnson said it was months down the road before the efforts to hire more fsa agents is going to show any results. >> you don't liked the mixed n

admiral neffinger has been there less than a year. he inherited a dysfunctional corporation. things like, we have behavior detection officers who are trained to monitor people's behavior and identify where there might be some risks and how they're behaving. they end up standing in the backs of the lines and watching. we want them to be right up front. the ones checking the i.d.s, the tickets, right when you engage with them. that will put more agents right there serving the communities, making sure we're secure, and people are not waiting for hours in order to get on the airplane. this is one of the elements. the one i brought up today was, it's been reported that we've got difficult challenges in the manning, but we have a bunch of tsa agents that are supporting presidential rallies for candidates. concerts, sports events, and things that have nothing to do with the core responsibilities and the mission of the tsa. so i asked that question under what authority is it that you have tsa agents working at these other events. we can all agree we need to make sure we don't have te

. >> the problem, says admiral peter neffinger. >> more people going through the system than ever beforer your summer travel plans, be prepared for this. >> if everyone would look at your boarding passes. >> checkpoint choke points. >> i would have liked to have a cup of coffee, but i'm going to stand in this line. >> a record 2.2 million passengers are traveling every day. volume up 7% nationwide, but up 14% in seattle, up 15% in atlanta. meanwhile, the tsa doesn't have enough screeners. 117 walk off the job each week, more than 6,000 officers a year. as they struggle with demanding passengers, stress, the monotony of the job and relatively low pay. in phoenix, another problem, tsa processing delays led to a massive baggage backup. luggage backed up outside. passengers made their flights but without their bags. the problem is so bad, the airline is trying to pressure the tsa are encouraging passengers to tweet out their most frustrating moments with the #ihatethewait. in atlanta, lots of screening lines closed. and this simple tweet from a laguardia flyer, come on, tsa. >> what you need

>> the level of security has improved under admiral neffinger. it's better now than a year ago.etter now than even six months ago. so, also, not just at the checkpoints but also what i call the insiders. these are people, almost a million people, have access to planes for behind the scenes. these are the vendors, the cleaners, the mechanics. up to a million people have these badges and that is a real concern. are they properly vetted? do we know who they are? and, again, the inspector general's report were showing they were not properly vetted. again, he has made changes and right now that is also significantly improved. >> now to switch gears to the e-mail controversy, this is the first independent report, it's an it from the inspector general appointed by president obama but not considered an advocate one way or the other and they have found that hillary clinton violated the federal records act. in not turning over all of her e-mails and having that private server, basically violating the guidance at the time even though it was not a law. what do we say now about this and abou

neffinger came in during t during leadership summit, reaffirmed to hold what mr. caraway had done. i'm not sure if they tried to do it since mr. caraway put a freeze on it because sometimes there are things that go on and don't find out about until the bell has been rung. mr. caraway did freeze the process and anybody would. when you sit down and look at the information, it is crystal clear. it's blatant and obvious -- >> it was a problem in that agency. i indicated that tsa is not unusual in having this this tour of duty -- >> it actually is. last year when i hired in as federal security director right after 9/11, i did not sign the mobility agreement. >> what kind of agreement? >> mobility agreement. >> mobility agreement? you don't have to sign. >> i do not. tsa office of law enforcement assigns a mobility agreement. the senior leadership, you sign if you want to be a candidate. they established a mobility process with the federal security directors and started moving them around. they didn't have a business reason to do it regardless of what was put in there. certainly able to

>> here is the tsa that's peter neffinger. like somebody on msnbc. >> he answers to johnson. >> he answers to johnson? >> yes. >> once again infish at this at the federal government and all the folks suffer. >> i have to privatize. it's like the department of motor vehicles type mentality there you have employees, non-motivated employees who are will he that lethargic looking forward to next break. i have seen people at burger king and mcy d's. tsa stands for too stupid for arby's. >> i have to defend the t.s.a. i think they work hard. now more people outside security than in security. makes them a target. you can walk right into a crowd of a thousand people and think about that that's important. >> traveling has now become a burdennen in this country. it has become painful and that is wrong. >> that's why i stay at home. >> in colorado where pot is legal, there is a school district that wants to allow medical marijuana for the students. is that correct, mcguirk? >> there is a kid that was suspended, he brought a couple cannab

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. >> tsa administer peter neffi neffinger. says speed up by memorial day or resign. >> i want to tell people i don't apologize for doing our job well but i do apologize for the people who found themselves stranded in chicago yesterday. >> reporter: simple arithmetic, not enough tsa agents, add to that an uptick in passenger volume and that's where you get the headache. >> unacceptable. really a meltdown in airport security. some of the youtube videos that showed long lines at o'hare are evidence that this system needs to be changed and quickly. >> tsa says change is coming to chicago in the form of more than 300 new officers. 100 staffers will shift from part-time to fulltime and authorized overtime will be tripled. >> not a game changer but an improvement. we'll take what we can get. >> those 300 new officers we mentioned won't all be on the job until mid august. with even more travelers expected this summer, gayle, that might just be a problem. >> oh, boy. nobody is looking forward to that. thank you, dean. >>> a group of in

. >> reporter: tsa peter neffinger acknowledges endless lines are unacceptable and promises the agencye removing tsa security director kelly hoggan and creating a command center to coordinate with airlines and deploy more officers and canine units if a surge of travelers is expected. >> we are tracking projected volume, staffing and lane availability, actual wait times which will allow us to address critical concerns in realtime. >> reporter: already recent staffing changes seem to be making a difference in wait times in trouble spots like chicago. >> i arrived very early. it's not bad at all. >> reporter: more screeners were added here after passengers who missed flights slept on cots. in atlanta, new technology was also unveiled this week. >> here you can have five people doing that at the same time. >> larger bins with radio frequency tracking designed to provide more space and keep the lines moving. these changes encouraging but for the millions flying this silver, security experts say don't expect a miracle. the tsa is getting $34 million to hire more officers and to pay for overt

. >> but, despite that, neffinger says you should come early. >>> take a look, this cell phone videotigators also pouring over surveillance tape which caught the it on video. t.i. was not performing at the time and cnn has reached out to the rapper's rep for comment. >>> owe fafficials from 11 stat suing the obama administration that mandates schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. a 32 page lawsuit of turning educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive social experiment. the next hour, we'll dive deep in the topic as louisiana's attorney general joins me live at 10:00. >>> more than 100 years in the making found the remains of a ship from the mid to late 1800s. found in the city's seaport district. they think it may have run a ground or crashed in the area during a storm. pretty interesting. >>> and up next, right here in the "newsroom," sanders versus trump on the debate stage. didn't see that one coming. both candidates say they're in, but will it happen? who will win. we're going to talk about

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administrator neffinger has many challenges to over come and restore and the perception that some leaders have have been part of the problem can continue to harm morale within the ranks of tsa. can detour them from speaking up about security challenges which ultimately impacts the core responsibility of the agency to keep america's transportation safe. last november, the inspector general testified "creating a culture of change within tsa and giving the work force the ability to identify and address risks without fear of retribution will be the new administrator's most critical and challenging task" and something, i'm sure, we'll talk about today. we have somebody on our panel who has spent considerable time dealing with the tsa and transportation and chairman of the transportation committee here in the congress and i would like to yield some time to mr. micah of florida. >> thank you mr. chairman and ranking member for conducting this part two, there are some very serious concerns about performance of tsa the first hearing that you held just a few weeks ago. we had for the first time sin