announced by the tsa and the senator dick durbin is continued cooperation, and the same from peter neffingerre leaving for the live shot, i caught up with doug parker from american airlines, and i asked, is anything changing, and he did not have any comment, but he is clearly frustrated with the situation involving tsa. and american has committed $400 million more personnel to run things back and forth from the bins, and guiding the people through the security lines. the tsa is doing the screening, but american is hiring people to assist the tsa, and the bottom line of the meeting is that the chicago's mayorm rahm emanuel, and dick durbin and other elected leaders are saying that you have to fix things here, and peter neffinger saying that we 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 >>

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

. >> 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

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

and 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

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

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

senator mark kirk has called on the tsa administrator peter neffinger to resign if he doesn't resolves crisis by memorial detail. he should take johnson with him in my opinion. most of the officials in this failed administration, he simply doesn't give a damn about the citizens he is supposed to be serving. the leaders of the airline industry, by the way, have immense responsibility and they had better step up because they, their companies, their employees and their shareholders will be paying a heavy price for the ignorance and the incompetents administration officials have once again broke american people. november 8th can't come too soon. >>> now the quotation of the evening. on the 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 time

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

. >> 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

. >> 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

>> 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

administrator peterer neffinger told congress the cgrs agency is adding nearly 800 nea new screenersmid june. jun the announcement comes at a coms time when frustration overhen security line wait times hase wt reached a boiling point.d hundreds of passengers have been missingf flights. fligh neffinger says a permanent pma solution though will take time.me. >> clearly this summer travelrve season is going to be busy. b in there short term t.s.a. airlines airport, congress and travelers working together cannt ic passenger experience while werie maintain the security that we need. ne >> the t.s.a. says it is also established a centralized cenal incident command center.de it will track dailynt screening operations and funnelerations al resources to where they'res whe needed the most.eded >> coming up on fox newsg on fo morning a decorated snipernipe made famous because of his book which was adaptd into adapn movie may have lied about his at time in the service. svi >> and what better way to train for the olympics than prepare for the possibility ofsi contracting a deadly virus.ing v >> a

. >> 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

administratordmit peter neffinger says hiss agency is listening.ng everything weoi can to mitigate that at theat at largest airports. apo i think you'll still seetill crowds in airports but my goalty is to keep you >> reporter: in recent yearst ya the t.s.a. has made budgeta. cuts bringing staff levels to lt a five year low.ow he says he plans to improvemp the situation at the nation's busiest airports by bringing brn in more employees and k-9 k teams approving thousands ofinga overtime hours and convertingong some part lifetime employees e to full-time.. senator dick durbin saysr congress needs to take an active role in this plan. p >> some of the things that we have done in congress to capessc the number of screeners toeene t limit the resources available a to this agency he are unfair. uf >> reporter: while ther: while e t.s.a. is working on a o solution, travel experts saytsay passengers should focus on the things they can control andontrl pack a little bit of patience. e >> get to the airport three hours early. that is the recommended time now

. >> 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