steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: with a peak travel day looming wednesday, the tsa said it will pick fewer passengers for pat-downs, hoping travelers do not protest by the refusing body scans and demanding time consuming physical inspections. >> let's not tie up those people who just want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> but many travelers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever found a terrorist. >> tom sawyer says his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my three requests to tell him of my condition. >> so the agent pressed too hard on a bag tom wears to collect his urine and the bag leagues. >> this is so embarrassing. i wasn't prepared. >> tsa says the public is getting a distorted view that most flyers are getting pat-downs when, in fact, rights one in every 100. the homeland security secretary is not backing down. tsa might refine its scans and do a few less pat-downs, but it won't drop them. >> we have to make sure that we are doing what we can and should to adequately screen passengers. >> reporter: napolitano it was just last year'

nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: michael bennet was finally declared the winner in colorado'senate contest. democrats held that seat. a win for barack obama after a midterm he called a shellacking, democrats losing the house. >> it feels bad. i've got to do a better job. >> reporter: the president said he's done the right things for the economy, but many voters hadn't felt the effect. >> i think i have got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress as we need to make. >> reporter: but the soon to be new house speaker, republican john boehner, says voters told the president to change course on taxes, spending, and the debt. >> it's pretty clear that the obama/pelosi agenda is being rejected by the american people. >> nancy pelosi's laid low, aides say she is considering her future. republicans made her a target and stripped the speakership from the woman once called the most powerful in washington. >> no regrets because we believe we did the right thing and we worked very hard in our campaigns to convey that to the american people. >> pres

nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: with the peak travel day looming wednesday, tsa said it will pick fewer passengers for pat-downs, hoping traveler dos not protest. by refusing body scans and demanding time-consuming physical inspections. >> let's not tie up those peep who just want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> reporter: many travelers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever found a terrorist. >> reporter: tom sawyer says his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my three requests to tell him my medical conditions. >> reporter: so tom says the agent pressed too hard on a bag tom wears to collect his urine and the bag leaked. >> so embarrassing and so humiliating. i wasn't prepared. >> reporter: tsa says the public is getting a distorted view, that most fliers are getting pat-downs when in fact it's 1 in every 100 and janet napolitano today, homeland security secretary, is not backing down. tsa might refine its body scans and to a few less pat-downs but it won't drop them. >> we've got to make sure that we are doing what we can and

nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: with a peak travel day looming wednesday, the tsa says it will pick fewer passengers for pat-downs, hoping travelers do not protest by refusing body scans and demanding time-consuming physical inspections. >> let's not tie up those people who just want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> reporter: but many travelers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever found a terrorist. >> reporter: tom saw yer says his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my three requests to tell him of my condition. condition. >> so the agent pressed too hard on a bag tom wears to collect his urine and the bag leaked. >> this is so embarrassing. it was so humiliating. i wasn't prepared. >> tsa says the public is getting a distorted view that most flyers are getting pat-downs when, in fact, rights it's one in every 100. homeland security secretary janet napolitano today is not backing down. tsa might refine its body scans and do a few less pat-downs, but it won't drop them. >> we've got to make sure that we are doing what we can and

steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: with the peak travel day looming wednesday, tsa is urging fliers not to protest. by refung body scans and instead demanding time-consuming pat-downs. >> everybody wants to enjoy the holidays. let's be safe. let not tie up tose people who want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> reporter: many travellers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever fod a terrorist. >> reporter: tom sawyer said his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my requests to tell him my medical conditions >> reporter: so tom said the agent press to do hard on a bag tom wears to check his you're not and the bag leaked. >> this was so embarrassing. i wasn't prepared. >> reporter: this cell phone video shot fly salt lake city airport has gotten over a million hits on youtube. a little boy his shirt off. tsa says the boy set off a metal detector and his dad pulled the shirt off so the agent could better check the boy. but it upset some who watched. >> ridiculous. >> reporter: tsa says the public is getting a distorted view. that most fliers a

steve handelsman has more on what all the fuss is about. the next -- >> with the peak travel day looming wednesday, tsa is urging flyers not to protest by refusing bodies ganz and instead cannot demanding time-consuming pat downs. -- body scans and instead, demanding time-consuming pat downs. >> most people just want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> but some people are angry. tom sawyer says his agent would listen. >> they would not listen when i told them about my medical condition. >> they pushed too hard on a bag that he wears to collect his urine and it leaked. >> it was so embarrassing. >> this cellphone video shot friday in salt lake city has gotten over a million hits on youtube. a little boy with his shirt off. tsa says that he set off a metal detector and his dad pulled his shirt off so that they could get a better look. but it upset some watch. tsa says the public is getting a distorted view that most buyers are getting pat downs when in fact, is just one in every 100. and jenin nepolitano today is not backing down. t

steve handelsman has our story. >> reporter: the answers to both questions are in the boxes of write-ints. 92,000 being counted tonight in june over. who will win the senate place the republican lisa murkowski or tea party republican joe miller and how is did sarah palin do? miller beat her in the prime aware sarah palin's n two other close senate races. the democrats won. palin endorsed a pair of tea party long shots. sharron angle and christine o'donal. >> it is fair to say that sarah palin cost them the senate. the candidates that she backed ended up losing in nevada and delaware. >> reporter: palin candidates won 37 out of 52 house raves. but in close contests, palin's winning rate was as low as 11%. >> the biggest beneficiary of the palin endorsement was sarah palin. she got the cameras there. the crowds were there to see her. >> reporter: this was last night. near philadelphia. >> i'm so proud of everybody who stood up. >> reporter: she is making million on speeches and as a fox newscommentator. >> i love alaska -- >> reporter: she has her own reality show on tlc. >> the perceptio

steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: nancy pelosi put on a smile and made the best of being elected minority leader. >> it is about jobs, about reducing the deficit, and about fighting fothe middle class. >> reporter: why elect such an unpopular liberal democrat? >> becse i'm an effective leer. we got the job done on health care, wall street reform. and i'm the westerthat can attract the resources, intellectual and otherwise to take us to victory because i have done it before. >> but 68 democrats, a third, wanted to 38 pelosi vote. >> and then -- >> from a fiscal responsible. >> make sure we have the right policy in place. >> that we understand what happened this past election. >> republica made her a sim blf big spending and big government. >> democrats lost seats. pelosi lost her speaker' gavel. but today's election showed off tension between pelosi and the white house. president obama is talking a deal withepublicans on tax hikes. might he triangulate? move to the middle between liberals and conservatives? >> house democrats are viewing him with some suspicion. they want a grante

steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: here come the tea partiers. rand paul of kentucky, marco rubio of florida, and the 11 other new republican senators who take office in januar were on capitol hull toay. >> this is going to be a huge improvement. >> reporter: in a starting move, senate p leader mcconnell caved into a tea party demand. he'll ban republican ear mark to pet projects that can drive up the deficit, a move he opposed until today. >> earlier this month, voters across the country that -- >> the commander of the public affairs of the police department -- >> talking about the arrests of three officers today. >> robbo hilton. accompanying him are our deputy chiefscolonel davis and mcgall and acting colonel preston. chief hilton will speak with the indictments of our three police officers. chief hilton? >> thank you. good afternoon, everybody. i'm outraged at the disgraceful conduct demonstrated by three of our office here's tarnished our badge for their own greed and personal gain. i applaud the u.s. attorney's office, mr.rosenstein, specia

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steve handelsman has our report. >> they took a pictur as a team. then 85 incoming house freshmen lawmakers competed for office space. >> number eight. >> reporter: the lower the number, the better. number 85. >> the republican from virginia, the biggest loser. colorado republican number one. >> he gets the best of what's left. lawmaker with seniority already have the good offices. congressman-elect from oklahoma and his wife cindy looked at possible picks. some not too small or remote. when it was lottery time, langford, his team was bad. >> mr. langford drew number 72. >> reporter: a bad number and a bad office a the least of your prlem. freshmenave no clout, right? >> freshmen will have clout based on our number and based on the idea. thats the fun of it. we're carrying the ideas of the american people. to say we have no clout is to say americans -- >> reporter: what is the plan right away? >> our null one thing to do is ask thequestion why. >> reporter: mostly on tax and spending? ? on every issue. >> reporter: they say their main issue will be