anyways he's been working at newark airport. and was finally a jersey for us here i know i know i'm saying there's so many travelers that come through newark airport and the t.s.a. can target these toddlers but not their own workers looks like someone's going to have to strap on a rubber glove and inspect the t.s.a. . the t.s.a. is the one agency that sort of can bridge the partisan divide everybody hates the t.s.a. if you've been to an airport you see these poor old people you see kids they don't understand and they're patting them down so now you see t.s.a. workers who aren't always the most professional sometimes aren't paying attention and you've got to wonder you're taking your shoes off you're taking your belt off they're going through and then sometimes they're not even watching the thing so i think there's like bipartisan agreement everyone's fed up with the t.s.a. and this is just more evidence that they've got their own problems and we're almost out of time so i just want to one more very very very quick story facebook

airports used by the hijackers on 9/11. a high-ranking member of the security team at newark international airport was arrested today after nearly 20 years in his crucial post, abc's senior national correspondent jim avila has that. >> reporter: remember this breech the security at newark international, serving the new york city? a passenger walks back the security checkpoint to kiss his girlfriend goodbye, shutting down the airport for six hours. a breech that was reported to the bosses at tsa headquarters, but a report released today, charges that nearly half the security breaches at the nation's top airports, go unreported to the head office. critics say the lack of reporting makes it more difficult into spot dangerous weaknesses in the system. just a week after american aviation came under attack against by al qaeda using new bombs. new jersey senator demanded the inspector general report and said, this report identifies a gaping hole in our airport security system. today more trouble for newark airport, this long-time security supervisor was arrested for using the identity of a new york city man murdered 20 years ago. he di

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a stunning arrest at newark airport.ty supervisor, the guy in charge of security known as jerry thomas under arrest, accused of using a dead guy's i.d. for 20 years. how did he do that? there was a problem. the real jerry thomas is dead. the security boss' real name is a nigerian native who was using a fake i.d. to hide the fact that he was in the country illegally for over 20 years and he's worked as a private securities supervisor at newark for two decades having passed federal, state and local airport background checks as well. >> i didn't know guys could be named bimbo. >> yes, they can. >> could be nicknamed. >> good to know. arizona police releasing the 911 calls from the parents of missing 6-year-old isabelle. take a listen as her father sergio who first discovered the little girl was missing sounds almost calm on this call. >> hello. i need to report a missing child. i believe she was abducted from my house. >> how old? >> 6 years old. >> ok, your daughter? >> yes. >> why do you think she was abduct ed? >> i have

. >>> a security supervisor at new jersey newark airport for 20 years has been arrested on charges evidence ti theft. the illegal immigrant from nigeria used the name of a murder victim and passed years of airport background security checks. >>> and a russian rocket lifted off today headed for low-earth orbit. an american astronaut and two cosmonauts are aboard which are scheduled to dock with the international space station on thursday. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,695 after dropping 125 points yesterday. the s&p fell 15. nasdaq tumbled 31. overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei lost 73 points but in hong kong, the hang seng added 159. >>> an agreement between opposing political parties in greece is looking increasingly unlikely. more talks are scheduled for today the country's leftest leader vows to oppose any kind of bailout. that has global investors worried that greece could back out in its debt payment and drop the euro zone currency driving up rates. europe's debt drama and jpmorgan chase $2 billion blunder

he managed a team of security guards and had access to that airport's secure areas. newarkiberty is one of the 15 busiest airports in america. and among the 30 busiest in the world. more than 34 million passengers are said to have traveled through it just last year. and all this comes as homeland security reported today on security lapses at six major airports including newark liberty. that report ranked newark last of those six in its response to security lapses. "the fox report's" correspondent jonathan hunt is with us now. t seems like this guy somehow totally slipped through the cracks. >> completely, shep. he start reasonable doubt working at newark airport in 1992. under the name jerry thomas. that is the same year that the real jerry thomas was murdered in new york city. there is no word now on whether this guy is a suspect in that murder. but since 1992, he has apparently gone through a series of background checks by the new jersey state police, for instance, by u.s. customs and border protection. and by f.j.c. security services. that's the company that employed him

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adhs reports said that most breaches at newark airport have failed to lead to corrective action. our investigative inc. team has been looking at a much more expensive tsa program. it's a program that some say just doesn't seem to work as advertised and apparently missed 16 suspected terrorist moving through u.s. airports. so, scott cohn joins us now live from oakland international airport in california. good evening, scott. >> good evening, larry. at investigations inc. we're always following your money and this example is in your face. literally. the program is called spot for screening passengers by observation techniques. oakland is one of the airports where it's been used in the past and one of those techniques involves actually looking at a passenger's face to tell if he or she might be a bad guy, which sound amazing -- if it can be done. >> reporter: it's a billion dollar program developed soon after the 9/11 attacks and rolled out nationwide five years ago. >> how are you today? >> reporter: nearly 3,000 so-called behavior detection officers, or bdos, in 160 airports looki

he is expected to land at newark liberty airport in new jersey today. >> reporter: shen guang chong was in a wheelchair as he left for the united states. he left a beijing hospital saturday, and boarded a united airlines flight with his wife and two sons. the white house says the state department, worked with chinese authorities to get chen a visa. >> we welcome this development and the fact that he'll be able to pursue a course of study here in the united states. >> reporter: a professor at new york university confirms chen will study law there. >> reporter: chen's flight here to the united states ends a diplomatic tug-of-war that last nearly a month. before he left, he told reporters he was worried that chinese authorities would try to retaliate, against his extended family, still living in china. >> reporter: the blind activist was an outspoken critic of china's forced abortion policy. he escaped house arrest last month and sought the american embassy in yebe jing. the -- in beijing. they let him get treatment for a broken foot and to be reunited with his family. once there, he asked

you're looking at live pictures at the newark airport where chen is scheduled to arrive in a few hours. he left the beijing airport early saturday. in april, she escaped house arrest and sought asylum in the embassy. >>> wind of the biggest enemy of those fighting wildfires out west, they died down today. the winds, that helped just a little, but fires are spreading and intensifying. three towns are under evacuation orders as the fire has torched nearly 13,000 acres and it keeps advancing. i talk to the fire information officer on the scene. >> today, it's been a big air, so as early as 8:00, when conditions have been favorable to get up in the air, and we have eight helicopters committed to this incident, four tankers committed to it. all day long, the radio has been firing away with folks calling in. and bucket drops from the helicopters. >> new evidence mounting evidence, that is, in the trayvon martin shooting case. does it help or hurt george zimmerman's stand your ground defense? our legal guys weigh in on this one. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spe

two years ago at newark airport, passengers were stuck for six hours after a man ducked past security to kiss his girlfriend good-bye. >> someone pushing open an emergency exit door in an airport is considered a breach. i think the bottom line is travelers are pretty safe. >> earlier this month on capitol hill, tsa officials were questioned whether the agency has adequately addressed security mistakes. >> the fact is a breach is a breach. >> the tsa points out with nearly 2 million people flying every day, the number of breaches is relatively small. meanwhile tonight, the parolee in san diego who tried to sneak on a plane is charged with trespassing and is back in jail. migill almaguer. >> we have been reporting on a massive fire burning out of control in new mexico's guiela national 40. it is consuming more than 170,000 acres. it's burning in a remote area and not threatening people, but the rugged terrain makes it hard to fight it. >> back to overseas, to the middle east, and israel remains focused on the continuing threat posed by iran's nuclear program. the israeli defense minter

. >>> a security supervisor at new jersey's newark airport for about 20 years has been arrested on identity theft. the illegal immigrant from nigeria used the name of a murder victim and passed years of airport background security checks. >>> and a russian rocket lifted off today, headed for low-earth orbit. an american astronaut and two cosmonauts are abored the sigh use rocket. >>> the dow opens at 12,695 after dropping 125 points yesterday. the s&p fell 15, the nasdaq tumbled 31. taking a look overseas, in tokyo, the nikkei lost 73 points but in hong kong the hang seng added 159. well, an agreement between opposing political parties in greece is looking increasingly unlikely. more talks are scheduled today, the country's leftist leader vows to oppose any bailout. that has global investors worried greece could back out on its debt payment and drop the eurozone currency, driving up lending. >>> that debt drama and the $2 billion blunder by jpmorgan helped push town the stocks. eurozone fears continue to spill over onto oil crisis, which fell this morning. after the closing bell, groupon sh

airports, like this one at newark liberty international airport where a man slipped into a secure area to kiss his girlfriend good-bye. that's a breach that shut the airport down for hours and delayed thousands of passengers. homeland security finds that only 42% of breaches are being reported to the tsa and the problems are being corrected only 53% of the time. we're going to find out much more about this interesting report and the breaches and the impact they have on you when we're joined by cnn aviation correspondent lizzie o'leary at 6:30 a.m. eastern. >>> a massive manhunt is on for the husband of a bride found stabbed to death in her bathtub. police in burbank, illinois, right outside chicago, are looking for 34-year-old jimenez. he was last seen driving a black 2006 maserati after the wedding reception early saturday. his wife, a 26-year-old, was found stabbed to death on sunday still wearing her dress from the reception. jimenez is wanted on a first degree murder warrant. >>> on a story we've been following, a georgia woman fighting for her life after contracting a rare flesh e

what she describhe described, 7 without a day's rest, he and his wife and two kids arrived at newark airport yesterday following a 13 hour flight from beijing and the trip followed days of high-level negotiations between u.s. and chinese officials, and chen is self-taught, a lawyer, and was sent to home arrest, after trying to stop informationed abortions and sterilizations and sought refuge in the embassy in beijing and he was treated for a broken foot at a hospital and decided he wanted to study law in the u.s. following days of tense negotiations, chinese officials agreed to allow him to leave the country and chen with the help of an interpreter spoke briefly yesterday with reporters outside his new home at nyu law school. >> translator: at the most critical juncture, the american embassy in china, provided a safe haven and the american government has provided great assistance, and given the special citizenship rights here. >> reporter: the controversy surrounding him is not over. his nephew faces a charge of attempted murder after getting into a conflict weather a chinese police officer

the blind chinese dissident chen guangcheng has landed at newark airport just outside new york city. his departure from beijing marked a sudden end to a diplomatic stalemate and an apparent positive turn in u.s.- china developments. elaine quijano is watching developments tonight here in new york. elaine, good evening. >> reporter: after a 12-hour flight from beijing, chen guangcheng headed here to new york city. his arrival here marks the end of nearly a month of uncertainty and a high-profile test of u.s.- china relations. supporters cheered as chen arrived at new york university. >> i am very gratified to see the chinese government has been dealing with the situation restraint and calm. >> reporter: the case focused international attention on the thorny issue of human rights in china. >> the u.s. and china, at least in this instance, were able to work together for an outcome satisfactory to both sides and mr. chen. >> reporter: chen is a self- taught lawyer, had been imprisoned four years for speaking out against china's one-child policy and advocating for the rural poor. most rec

the blind chinese dissident chen guangcheng has landed at newark airport just outside new york city. his depart infrastructure beijing marked a sudden end to a diplomatic stalemate and an apparent positive turn in u.s.-china developments. elaine quijano joins us from new york. >> reporter: after a 12-hour flight from beijing, chen guangcheng is now on american soil. his arrival here marks end of nearly a month of uncertainty and a high-profile test for u.s.-china relations. just before noon in beijing today, the blind activist was told to pack his bags with his wife and two children. chen did not know until his arrival at the airport that they were headed to the united states. ken lieberthal is with the brookings institute. >> the u.s. and china, at least in this instance, were able to work together for an outcome satisfactory to tho both sides and mr. chen. >> reporter: the case focused international attention on the thorny issue of human right rign china. chen air, self-taught lawyer, had been imprisoned four years for speaking out against china's one-child policy and advocating fo

here is more on the man taken into custody. >> reporter: at newark airport, this man is known as jerry thomas and for nearly 20 years he guarded some of the most secure areas of the nation's busiest airport. he was arrested after authorities discovered he's an illegal nigerian immigrant with four other alienses who entered the country in 1989. in this case the defendant utilized a scheme of identity theft to defraud his employer, the state of new jersey, the federal government and the port authority, said port authority inspector general robert van etten. he got the birth certificate and social security number of a man murdered in queens in 1992. he used them to get a new jersey driver's license, a new jersey security guard license, airport i.d., even credit cards. amazingly, they worked security at newark including access to the tarmac and passenger planes without ever being detected. at the time of his arrest, he supervised 30 other guards. passengers were stunned. >> oh my god is all i can say. where was the breakdown? >> it's not what is supposed to happen. >> it's terrible. should

he worked at newark airport for 20-years. tricted access to the airport's secure areas. he didn't carry a firearm. he was also in charge of 30 other guards. he was a supervisor. he had an unblemished record. anonymous tip got his place going. jerry thomas was someone who was shot at the ymca back in 1992. they had come to the country in 1999. assumed his name in 1992. they are wondering if he had anything do with that person's death. he had a social security card and birth certificate of jerry thomas. he was finger printed but they never caught on until they got that anonymous tip. made people very nervous. >>> wonder what they look into if they look for anything when they are hiring. >> that's not right. that needs to be corrected. >>> they are awaiting arraignment. it was done before there was a -- tsa. let's take it back to you. >> tai hernandez reporting. thank you. >> it is 47 past the top of the hour. it is a last chance to ask the question of the day. should airlines allow in-flight cell phone service or is the idea jus

at newark airport stole the identity of a dead man to hide his illegal immigration status. orking in the airport in 1992 under the name jerry thomas. thomas was murdered in queens just a couple of months earlier. >> you can't believe this type of thing happened particularly at a major airport like this. >> you can't trust anybody anymore. >> they are checking to see how he got his hands on the dead man's birth certificate or social security card. he may have been involved in the map's killing. >>> and jp morgan chase, they are looking for stricter calls on banks. looking at how congress is turning its focus on preventing another financial melt down. >> reporter: just within an hour and a half they went on television saying the type of risky trading that cost jp morgan chase $2 billion is what brown down the financial system. they have yet to take affect for bankers lobbies for loopholes. >> if we don't get this under control we will have a continuous high risk of a meltdown. >> reporter: now there are already plans for congressional hearings into the scandal and why they wil

and more trouble for newark airport.ngtime security supervisor was arrested for using the identity of a new york city man murdered 20 years ago. he did not work for the tsa. he was in private security, but had access to sensitive areas of the field. the tsa says in a statement it is working to enhance its oversight system to more accurately report, track and analyze trends. jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> a school bus full of sixth graders returning from a class trip slammed into the back of a semi truck on an illinois highway. a fleet of ambulances rushed to the scene. more than a dozen injured, including the bus driver. an air ambulance flew one student to the hospital. the bus rear-ended the semi truck as it approached a construction zone. >>> and colorado police are enhancing security video that recorded this truck plowing into a pawn shop in order to find the culprits. eyewitnesses say two men were in the truck and they drove wearing a mask. but it's not clear if they stole anything because they ran off after t

in 2003 when he went into newark airport his company won the contract.ot have a registration act until january of 2007. what they had this outdated private detective from 1939 which did not mandate. >> neil: even after 9/11 that is what they had? that allows you to keep repeating the same thing? >> every single star was in alignment. jerry nomination, if he came into our office and we hire guards and vet them every single day of the year. if he came into my office, the probability, want we vetted him and printed him and do our necessary diligence, he probably would have fell through the cracks. >> neil: how did we find him now? >> someone called the port authority. they said bimbo is his real name is one and the same at jerry thomas. someone knew and they pick up the phone and called. >> neil: let's say we have other people that assume identities from the same time period. how many guys like that are walking around? furthermore have access to tarmacs, runways and all that good stuff? >> probably more than what we want to think about. this one was unusual

fortuities this man worked at newark airport and one by the name of jerry thomas but authorities sayted immigrant from nigeria. they say he is the birth certificate, social security number of a man murdered in queens back in 1992. police are now investigating whether he was involved in that killing. a british-based airline will soon allow people to use their cell phones on some flights. >> some restrictions. the calls will only be allowed on the airbus a 330 and boeing 747 her plan is specifically designed to prevent the interference. the service will begin on flights between new york and london. so you can talk all across the pond. >> 5:51 a.m., tracking without hang over? a new pill that could help you stay sober. >> big brother at bay area bars? >> big brother at bay area bars? the hidden sensors sending,, alright. so we have $10. you could get two things for $4 and one for 2. or five things for 2. or one for 6 and two for 2. with denny's $2, $4, $6, $8 value menu, we're open to all-new ways to save you money. denny's. cullen jones is in it for water-resistant thermoplastic. and a

airports. a long-time security supervisor at newark liberty international airport is now under arrest, after authorities discovered that he is, in fact, an illegal immigrant who for the past 20 years has been using the identity of a dead man. not onlydy pass all kinds of background checks but he reportedly gained access to some of the most sensitive security information at the airport. trace gallagher, live at the breaking news desk, with more. trace. >> reporter: and whether or not, megyn, this illegal immigrant ever had bad intentions, experts say this is a disastrous lapse for airport security. this man's real name is bimbo aluole, from nigeria, right, for the last 20 years, he's been living as jerry thomas, murdered in queens, new york in 1992. this illegal had all of this man's documentation. we're talking about his birth certificate. his social security number. he was a tsa supervisor in charge of 30 other agents, and he had access to every secure area inside and outside newark international airport. the man underwent full background checks from the new jersey state police, as well as the u.s. cus

chen guangcheng arrived on saturday evening at newark airport in new jersey.hen he made his way to new york city where he is going to be beginning a fellowship at nyu school of law. now, through a translator mr. chen changed the u.s. government. also offered praise for beijing. >> translator: i am very gratified to see that the chinese government has been dealing with the situation with restraint and calm. >> mr. chen was arrested back in 2006 for his work against his government's enforcement of mandated birth quotas and was then sent to prison, put under house arrest in april before he was able to escape his captors arrived at the u.s. embassy in beijing on april 26th which was just days before the secretary of state, hillary clinton, was scheduled to get there for a big economic talk with china. it became a very tense diplomatic situation and mr. chen was eventually sent to a state-run hospital where he remained until suddenly his arrival here in new york. joining us this morning is congressman chris smith of new jersey. he helps facilitate mr. chen's arriva

devices and small planes from new jersey's teterboro airports flying too close to big jets from newark airport and the delta's maintenance program specifically with fuel tanks and unauthorized air traffic flying into air space near pouerto rico, faulty wind instruments at detroit airport. and the whistleblowers had to make multiple disclosures because the f.a.a. didn't do enough to fix things right away and nout office of special council says the public expects zero tolerance for unnecessary risk. preventive measures could be far more effective if the department of transportation listened to its own employees alarm bells and acted promptly. they say that they take it seriously and committed to continuing to review the policies and practices to implement improvements where necessary and delta, someone blew the whistle on, say they have worked with the f.a.a. to revise the maintenance programs and now, they are in full compliance. kelly. >> sounds like a very disturbing problem out there. especially for those of us who fly. and so, thank you for the report and how big after problem is it? you ma

he worked as an airport security supervisor at newark airport for the past 20 years. authorities say he's been using the name jerry thomas, who was the victim of a homicide in new york city back in 1992. prosecutors say the man may have four or five other aliases. he's currently being held on $250,000 bail. >>> the miracle on the hudson pilot is at odds with new york city's mayor over garbage. the city wants to build a new garbage transfer facility near a runway at laguardia airport. pilot sullenberger said it will attract birds that can cripple airplanes like the one he was forced to land on the hudson three years ago. sullenberger appears in a new radio ad criticizing the plan. >> strongly opposed to the city's construction of a garbage transfer facility next to laguardia's runway. it will attract birds into the path of on coming flights. >> mayor bloomberg says another station was in that same location for 50 years until 2001. and there were no bird issues he points out. he says the new facility is state of the art and will be enclosed making it even safer than the

they provided this picture that happened at liberty newark airport yesterday, two mines were loaded with shrapnel, the woman who owns the bag said she was headed to a demonstration here in california. >>> and president obama heading to california. after a surprise visit there. just hours after he submitted a new post war relationship with afghanistan, violence once again rocked the country. >> reporter: less than two hours after president obama left afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed at least 7 afghanistan citizens. the taliban said it carried it out because of president obama's visit and his signing with the agreement with afghanistan. that calls for a long-term u.s. presence in afghanistan after the u.s. troop withdrawal in 2014. >> that we are committed to a long-term presence and long- term engagement, between two equal and sovereign states. we are not going home this time. >>> the new pact also allows for a continuing u.s. military presence to help train afghanistan forces and clear out any pockets of al-qaeda resistance. the insurgents say it is the start of a new offensive, targ

homeland security took a hard look at checkpoints at newark airport and five others that are not being named. listen to this. the majority of breaches are never even reported to washington. almost half of them, never corrected. cnn's lizzie o'leary watching a congressional hearing that's under way right now. let's talk about the facts, the figures. lizzie, what the heck is going on and why? >> reporter: what's going on here, kyra, is you had folks, notably a senator from new jersey, start to notice reports of incidents, a lot of them were at newark airport, about things going wrong. a knife getting through a screening checkpoint. a dead dog that was not screened for explosives before it was loaded on a plane. so the numbers, you cited them. let's put them up so people can see. 42% of those security breaches were reported to headquarters. then only about 53% of them were corrected. there's no central reporting system, so they couldn't get the 30,000-foot view of what's going on. we've been listening to the hearing. listen to what members of congress are asking the tsa inspector general

as we told you at the beginning, of fox report he had arrived at newark airport which is about a goodrive from there in new jersey, all the way to the center of manhattan, part of the island here at nyu and now that he is there, students and others have gathered at the nyu campus, to show their support. he's been an activist and advocate for people with disabilities, very much so in china for women, forced to have abortions under the one child only rule there in that country and is seen as a hero through the process and caused a diplomatic stir and our secretary of state was in the country at the time he was said to be hiding out in our u.s. embassy in beijing. i don't know how much english he'd speak. but let's listen: >> i want to say a few simple words to everyone here. >> translate, speak into the microphone, please. (speaking chinese]. >> translator: after much turbulence we have come out of... thanks to the assistance of many friends. [speaking chinese]. >> >> translator: at the most critical juncture the american embassy in china provided a safe haven and the american governmen

marshall cramer with wcbs has the amazing story. >> at newark airport this man is known as jerry thomasnearly 20 years he has guarded some of the most secure areas of one of the nation's busiest airports. he was arrested today after authorities discovered he is really an illegal nigerian immigrant with four other alias who is entered the country in 1989. >> what was it like living with a dead man's i.d. >> the defendant used an elaborate and complex scheme of identity theeft defraud his employer, the state of new jersey t federal government and the port authority. said the port authority inspector. somehow the man managed to get the social security number of a man murdered in queens in 1992. he used them to get a new jersey driver's license, a security guard license, airport i.d., even credit cards. amazingly he worked security at newark including access to the tarmac and passenger planes without ever being detected. at the time of his arrest he supervised 30 other guards. passengers were stunned. >> oh, my god. that's all i can say. what, where was the breakdown? >> it's not what is su