we want to begin with nbc's tom costello at reagan national airport here in washington. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. the tsa screens 2 million passengers every day. now a small number of passengers is talking about boycotting the tsa's latest screening methods just as the thanksgiving rush draws near. when john tiner hit record at 6:00 a.m. saturday with his cell phone camera face up and the x-ray machine at san diego's airport, he was anticipating a showdown with the tsa. having refused a full body imaging scan, he would have to go through the new tsa pat-down. >> also we're going to be doing a groin check. that meaning we're going to place my hand on your hip and groin and slowly go up and slide down. >> reporter: tiner said no. >> we can do that out here. but if you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: one supporter wrote, civil rights icon rosa parks would be proud. >> i don't want some random stranger looking at my naked body. my traveling about the country by plane doesn't seem to warrant that by me. >> reporter: his rant has tru

>> tom costello starting us off. tom, thanks. >>> we should point out that while most americans have been good and accepting about the new security rules, considering it just an added cost of flying, if you have an airport security experience that you want to share, do so on our website, nightly.msnbc.com. >>> congress returned back here to washington today for a lame duck session that will finish off some high-stakes business and we'll have more on that in just a moment. but first the high drama from one of the most senior members of congress. new york's charles rangel, a veteran democrat, facing a trial of his peers for ethics violations. our own kelly o'donnell has the story tonight from the capital. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. it's been years since the house put a member of congress on trial like this. charlie rangel claims he's being treated unfairly by a jury of four democrats and four republicans and he didn't stick around for long. >> the committee counsel is present. are you represented by co

we want to start off with tom costello who is at reagan national airport in washington. tom, good evening. >> reporter: the government has heard the complaints and senior government officials tell nbc that they're going to modify the number of people who are randomly selected for the patdowns as the government really tries to find a balance between security and privacy. after a week of growing public and political anger over the tsa's new enhanced patdowns, the administration suggested it might tweak its policy. the tsa administrator on the "today" show. >> yes, we're going to look at how can we do the most effective screening in the least invasive way. >> reporter: don't look for the tsa to abandon enhanced patdowns. >> of course we'll make changes wen called upon but not changes that will affect the basic operational capability that we need to have to make sure that air travel remains safe. >> reporter: the tsa insists only passengers who opt out of the new full body scans or trip a metal detector are selected for a patdown. but it's also reeling from horror stories. in

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nbc's tom costello is at washington's reagan national airport. tom, what does it look like there? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. the talk is whether in fact all of this concern about passenger outrage may have been more hype than reality. behind me, we have smooth sailing at this tsa checkpoint. same thing at checkpoints across the country. very few people opting out. and very little in the way of a slowdown at any checkpoint. >> you can opt out. you can say no. >> reporter: despite sporadic calls for passengers to take a stand against the tsa's new procedures, travelered today seemed more interested in getting home for thanksgiving. >> doing what i have to do to see the folks. >> people are moving through briskly. >> reporter: checkpoint wait times across the country have been running below average. >> remove all jackets, coats, sweaters. >> reporter: very few passengers opting out of the scanners. nbc correspondents have also been watching the travel day. >> i'm at laguardia airport in new york where the tsa has said nobody has opted out of full-body scanning and ther

>> tom costello starting us off in washington tonight. tom, thanks. >>> we turn quickly now to some important health news about the number one cancer killer in this country, men and women -- lung cancer. new research out shows a certain kind of scan, when done as a routine test, can cut the death rate and the numbers are significant. our report tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: for the first time, researchers have clear evidence that a type of screening x-ray called a low-dose spiral ct scan can actually help reduce the death rate from lung cancer. the test has been a huge medical controversy for years, but researchers resolved it with a study of 53,000 current and former heavy smokers 55 to 74 years old. >> we will be able to pick up early cancer and if it's picked up there is a chance you will survive. >> reporter: the participants smoked a pack a day for 30 years. all were followed for up to another five years. there were 20% fewer deaths from lung cancer among those who got the ct scan. ge, the parent company of nbc univer

tom costello, nbc news, denver. >>> one more aviation note here tonight.er last week's explosion of an engine on board a qantas airbus 380 super jumbo in singapore, the airline said today it would keep its fleet of six a-380s grounded for at least another 72 hours while they check out what they call anomalies in engines on two aircraft. the ceo of qantas said engineers found oil where there shouldn't be oil on two of the rolls-royce engines. >>> the presidential commission investigating the bp oil disaster held its first hearing today. the panel hasn't found evidence that bp sacrificed safety in its oil drilling operation in order to save money. we should tell you the commission's chief counsel also expressed some irritation directed at congress saying the fact that the panel had no subpoena power makes it harder for them to get at the truth of what happened there. >>> president obama is preparing to head to indonesia tonight after spending the last several days in india. the president wants to tap into that country's growing economic power to create jobs

tom costello covers aviation for msnbc news. he's live at the airport. as i understand it from your reporting early this morning there's been a slight change in some of these tsa procedures? >> reporter: yeah, i think that's how i characterize it, slight, a tweak here. for the most part people selected for controversial patdowns are those that opted out of full body imaging scanners or those that tripped the metal detector, then subject to a patdown. however, a small fraction of people have been randomly selected for a patdown. the tsa is telling us they are pulling back on that. they are reducing the number of people who might be randomly selected for a patdown. they have clearly heard the uproar here. i think it's fair to say the administration, tsa homeland security has been rather caught off-guard by the uproar, public anger over these patdowns. however, let's put this into context. the tsa tells us only 3% of all travelers ever have a patdown. of those people who are selected for full body scanner only 1% opt out. so we're talking about a very, very

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zi many going to talk to our colleague, tom costello at reagan national airport about the tsa. what is the balancing act they are trying to achieve. they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. if something gets through and there is a terror attack, this administration would be held responsibility. at the same time, now, we are in a holiday weekend, the peek traveling period and they are being hammered by people angry about this, whether or not the number of patdowns are commensurate with the anger. it is really pretty intense. >> it really is. this is why the president was asked even in lisbon at this nato eu summit to address the issue. we are right here at thanksgiving week. this couldn't come at a worse time. as the administration correctly points out, it was a christmas day bomber last year that had explosives on his person. frankly, in a place that's not getting patted down. there is no good solution. no silver bullet. the administration is under pressure, feeling pressure to strike a balance that isn't quite invasive. it is not clear there is one. >> hillary clin

nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: 6:00 a.m.ego saturday when john's cell phone went through the airport metal detector face-up and recorded him telling a tsa screen he did not want the screener touching his groin. >> if you touch my junk, i'm going it have you arrested. >> reporter: that touched off a stand-off, he had to be patted down since he declined to go through a body scanner. tyner refused. >> i don't understand how a sexual assault can be made a condition of my fly yoog. >> reporter: full body scanners the latest tactic in aviation security, able to peer underneath clothing. forepassengers who opt out of the scan a personal full pat-down. since the first of the month, officers are using a front of their hands and more vigorously searching for weapons and exclosives. the tsa chief says it's a direct response to al qaeda. >> we believe this provides the best possible technology identify nonmetallic improvised explosive devices we know have been used before. >> reporter: the challenge for the tsa, searching those private

>> tom costello, thank you very much. it is now 7:11, and with more, here's matt. >> meredith, thank you. >>> let's get more on how the roads are looking today. nbc's tom trang is at the georgia department of transportation navigator center in atlanta. it sounds impressive, thanh. what goes on there? >> reporter: look, atlanta is considered the cross roads of the south and there's going to be a crush of drivers coming and to and through here in the next several days. and the folks at the navigation center will be watching it all. they have 2,000 cameras to monitor weather conditions. and if anything happens, they'll dispatch help and send crews out there as well. 39.7 million americans will be driving this thanksgiving, so do the math. they say that more drivers on the roads means more accidents. so, please, do take your time getting to grandma's this thanksgiving as well. and we're just getting word from aaa today that there's some concern that there could be possible major delays on the i-95 corridor because of a lot of

. >> tom costello at washington's nashl airport. tom, thanks. >>> the close calls we've had with terrorism in recent months haven't started in airports here at home, but in europe nbc's jim maceda is at london heathrow with the latest on how they've been handling serity over there. jim, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. security checks d patdowns have also put a strain on passenger's patience overseas but so far at least they're mostly taking it in stride. across europe, security at major airports for u.s. bound flights has become time consuming and personal. >> amerins are paranoid about security, as simple as that. >> reporter: even heathrow airport officials admit when it comes to removing shoes and laops before boarding, there's overkill in the system. >> i think we could do a better job for passengers. >> reporter: but there's no rethinking this. richard reid, the shoe bomber, and the so-called underwear boer, omar abdulmutallab were on u.s. planes that departed from europe. >> i think in europe we have now reluctantly accep

tom costello covering out of denver. hey, tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian.talked about voter turnout. that's what it's all about here. talking about the tea party favorite, ken buck, up against the incumbent michael bennett. most polls show buck has a point or so advantage. he's benefiting from a very strong republican voter turnout. however, analysts say he has what they say boot in mouth disease. on the other side, the democrats are desperate to hold on to a state obama held two years ago. they're pouring money into the state. total so far, $40 million spent on the senate race. more outside money than any other senate race in the country. >> we'll be watching it tomorrow night. tom, thanks. >>> to the east we go to illinois. a pitched battle for the senate seat once held by president obama. carol marine of our nbc station wmaq standing by in chicago with that. hey, carol. >> reporter: hello, brian. late polls give republican congressman mark kirk a razor thin edge over alexi giannoulias in this battle for the obama senate seat. the president himself came h

tom costello who covers aviation for us is in our washington newsroom. om, good evening. >> reporter: that was the question put to the tsa chief on capitol hill. the message was no passenger can be allowed to circumvent the full body scanners or patdowns on religious growns. if anyone refuses, they simply won't be allowed to fly. it may be a matter of bad timing. the tsa's very personal patdowns started as it rolls out it's 385th scanner, catching airline crews and passengers off guard. in kansas city, trish thought her patdown got way too personal. >> she went up my legs and used her hand to go up my skirt that's when i freaked out. >> amid growing passenger concern, the man that runs the tsa told congress today finding the delicate balance between security and privacy is a constant challenge. >> i think everybody who gets on a flight wants to ensure and be assured that everybody else around them has been properly screened. >> reporter: now an internet-led call for passengers to resist the new procedures over the thanksgiving holiday has the tsa and airl

. >> thanks so much, tom costello. >>> government researchers are urging parents to toss old cough andcines. fewer infants and toddlers are showing up in emergency rooms since the drugs were pulled from the shelves, but problems arise when children get into them on their own. >>> the. >>> and it is not your mother's beauty pageant or on second thought, maybe it is. this weekend was the annual cougar convention in fresno, california where women mix and mingle with young men hoping to be this year's cougar. amy luna and it is her second year in a row winning the title. it's now seven minutes past the hour, let's go back outside to matt and tamron. >> she's got a dynasty going. thanks very much. where's mr. rocky zbler right over here. right over here. over here. where are you from? >> i'm from rochester, new york. >> rochester, good to see you. let's check your weather and see what's happening, we'll show you for today, we're basically looking at a big storm system in the pacific northwest, a lot of rain, snow, a real mess there. however we have got a change coming as that front pushes t

tom costello has more. >> reporter: you know you've got an image problem when "saturday night live" is poking fun at you. >> spending time with a tsa agent couldn't be easier. simply book a flight departing from any american airport. >> reporter: the new fullody pat-downs are no laughing matter to some, like this breast cancer survivor. >> she touched the prosthesis, moved it up and down, left and right and said, you're okay. >> reporter: and regular business travel with double knee replacements. >> not only did they search me once, they pulled me into another ro and searched me again. i just felt dirty. >> reporter: resentment seems to be growing about the tsa chief has posted a web video trying to explain the basics. >> you have the option to request the pat-down be conducted in a private room. >> reporter: the tsa's own inspectors were able to snuggle drugs and weapons. >> something like a knife artfully concealed, things that could be a threat to aviation, which are prohibited items. >> reporter: president obama says he's heard the public's frustration. >> what i said to the tsa is

tom costello has the latest. >> good day to you from reagan national airport. is tsa is under tremendous pressure not only from some on capitol hill, but the growing public anger over these patdowns. . the tsa says only a small fraction of the public would be selected for one of these patdowns, yet so many complaints of people complaining that they have quite literally had artificial bladders on the outside of them they're wearing because of a medical condition have been smashed and urine has fallen on them. and women with breast pros thesis and people with artificial knees having to prove that and then the patdown in some very personal places on the body. all of that has got the tsa reeling from tremendous public backlash. this morning on "today," matt lauer asked the tsa chief about this. >> are you now actively rethinking this policy? >> yes, matt, we constantly evaluate our protocals in light of the latest intelligence. we'll look at how can we do to most effective screening knows there's a tradeoff, the tradeoff between security and privacy. >> several blo

let's go to nbc's tom costello at reagan national airport while we wait and see whether this is something that the secretary will address. what is the tsa planning to do with those aggressive procedures at the airports. >> i think they are suggesting that there is room to tweak this but at the moment, they are standing by rather firmly these pat-downs. they point out they are not for the typical traveler and only a small tracks of travelers have a pat-down. generally, it is people who decide they don't want to go through the full body scanners. >> just one second. she has just been asked about these screenings. let's go back to janet napolitano. >> it is designed to prevent. i will hold on just a minute. let me hold on just a minute. >> once again, the announcements there at the trenton train station interrupting somewhat what the homeland security secretary has to say about screenings at the nation's airport. she is out there to tout the "if you see something, say something" campaign. this is the airport screening problems are the big topic of conversation nationwide. >> look, there is a

>> nbc's tom costello live at washington's reagan national airport. tom it does seem that the tsa is in a really difficult position, especially heading into the strong travel weekend. >> reporter: yeah, i think some the tsa continues to say it can't change the policy, it won't change the policy. but i think as you start to really split their words ever so slightly you see that they may be giving themselves a little bit of wiggle room to tweak it ever so slightly. i don't think you're going -- certainly you will not see the full body imageers eliminated. they're invested in those, rolled out across the country. they may upgrade the software it's a done deal. it's the pat-downs that seem to be the issue here. might the tsa change or modify their approach on the pat-downs for those people who opt out of that full body imageer scanner or, for whatever reason, necessitate a pat-down. the outrage has been so tremendous over last week, more than most people anticipated, i think that's a possibility, but i don't think the tsa will advertise it. if they do it t

. >> that was tom costello reporting. > five international airlines fly the a-380.use those rolls-royce engines. >>> dutch authorities are reviewing the dental recds of u.s. missing teen natalee holloway as they analyze a jaw bone and tooth found last week. natalee's father says he provided the dental records but hasn't heard any new information. there's been no announcement from dutch officials whether the jaw bone is even a human bone, but a forensic scientist in aruba says the inton from a human female. a tourist in aruba found the jaw bone on a beach. >>> in ohio, police have confirmed that the three bodies found in a wooded area are those of three missing people. you'll remember a mother, her son and daughter and a family friend we reported missing about a week ago. the daughter, 13-year-old sara maynard, was found bound and gagged in a home on sunday. she's been releasedrom the hospital. police have a suspect in custody. police say that suspect led them to the bodies in the woods. >> as shafb of this county for the past 18 years, have i never experienced a cas

matt, back to you. >> tom costello, thanks very much. john pistole is the head of the transportation security administration. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> we spoke last week just after these new procedures were put into effect, and i thought the uproar over this would die down rather quickly. it has not. in fact, it seems more and more passengers are complaining. are you now actively rethinking this policy? >> yes, matt. you're probably aware that we constantly evaluate and evolve our propertocols in light of th latest intelligence. and we saw new intelligence over the weekend of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula about how they constructed the devices in the cargo planes and what that means. but clearly, there's been a significant concern raised with the traveling public and members of congress have expressed concerns from their constituents and things. so, yes, we'll look at how can we do the most effective screening in the least invasive way, knowing there's always a trade-off we've talked about, that trade-off betwee

. >> tom costello is in our washington bureau and joins us. everybody is all upset about this and a news poll released, 68% said investigating threats is more important while 26% want to protect their vie vaprivacy. but 50% say the pat downs go too far. that seems to be the tsa in a tough position to give all of us the safety that we need and also give the airlines the safety that they need, but people are saying, you know what, this is just too much. >> it's a balancing act and i had say not everybody says it's too much. as we have done our own, you know, just ad hoc polling of our own out on the airports, an awful lot of people come up and say it's the price we pay for security. yes, there are people who feel like it's over the top. but let me give you some statistics here that i think are rather telling. the tsa says only 3% or fewer than 3% of the people who are-of-sorry. a jackhammer just went off in this building. it's a bit distracting. another statistic. of the 99% of the people who go through the full body imaging scanner, fewer than

once myself, it does take a little bit more time, but the response varies by gender, as nbc's tom costellosonal space, invasion of personal space. my body. >> i understand why it is needed, however, from a personal standpoint it is an invasion of privacy. >> their objection is the images of what some think look like naked bodies seen by tsa workers. the tsa saying that the faces are obscured automatically by the scanners themselves and the images, reviewed by a person in a remote sealed room are deleted, not saved because that capability is disabled at the factory. you see the pictures there. if you don't want the scan, you can say no which means you have to go through a patdown. that procedure updated two weeks ago, procedures allow the use of open hands and fingers to check areas of the body that most people consider very private that is the groin and chest areas included but there are also areas where terrorists have, in the past, tried to hide explosives. the argument against all of that right here, some 20 pages as part of a lawsuit from the electronic privacy information center that

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tom costello is at reagan national airport, tom, what can you tell us? >> these enhanced pat downs that have been so controversial have been for people who opt out of the full body scans, now word that's changing slightly. after more than a week of outrage about where tsa screeners have been putting their hands, senior government officials say the tsa is reducing the number of passengers who are randomly selected for a pat down. the public and political uproar hit a boiling point on monday. >> our goal must be to maximize protection and security and minimize inconvenience. >> reporter: the administration says intelligence continues to suggest terrorist are targets commercial airlines, but on this busy travel week, passengers are asking, where is the line between smart security -- >> this is the world we live in, so i would rather be safe than sorry. >> reporter: and invasion of privacy. >> i don't like them touching private areas. >> i'm all for security, but at some point, enough's enough. >> it's not offensive as far as i'm concerned if it will keep me

we're going to talk to the administrator of the tsa in a moment, but here's tom costello. >> john's cellphone went through the screener face up. he said he did not want the screener touching his groin. >> you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: that led to a standoff with tsa investigators who said that he had to go through a full body scan. full body scanners are the ta s's latest tactic. and for passenger who is opt out of the scan, now a much more personal full pat down. officers now are using the front of their hand and more vigorously searching for weapons and explosives. >> we believe that provides the best possible technology to identify those nonmetallic improvised explosive devices we know have been used before. >> reporter: the challenge for the tsa searching those private areas of the body most consider off-limits but have been used by criminals and terrorists to hide weapons, drugs and explosives. the underwear bomber who nearly brought down an airline liner last christmas. while a screening officer in another room has but a few critical seconds to sea

tom costello is at reagan national airport. good morning to you. >> reporter: the tsa insists nothing is changing here, but it released a statement yesterday which some believe may suggest there's some wiggle room. here's part of what that statement said. it's part of an evolving program that will be adapted as conditions warrant. but a lot of americans seem to be running out of patience and out of understanding. you know you've got an image problem when "saturday night live" is poking fun at you. >> spending time with a tsa agent couldn't be easier. simply book a flight from any american airport. >> reporter: the tsa's full body patdowns are no laughing matter to thousands of americans. like breast cancer survivor marlene mccarthy who went through a pat down. >> she touched the prosthesis, she moved it up and down and said you're okay. >> they searched me once, they pulled me into another room and searched me again and i just felt dirty. >> reporter: while only a small amount of passengers are selected for patdowns, the resent

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nbc tom costello has details on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: these are incredibly jarring images meant to get your attention. a mask on a face and cancer rouse lung and body with a toe tag. cigarette warning labels haven't changed in 25 years. the fda is hoping this labels will make smoker think twice. >> the issue here isn't why should people smoke -- >> reporter: it's an a big reason why "madman has such an authentic touch, all that cigarette smoke. for a long time, smoking wag associated with cool, even healthy. >> what cigarette do you smoke, doctor? the brand named most was camel. >> reporter: by 1962, 40% of americans smoked. today, despite warning labels on the side of cigarette packs, 21% of americans still smoked, 19% of high schoolers. now, the fda is rolling out the most graphic warnings yet covering half the cigarette pack, cancer close-ups, tombstones, dead bodies and children surrounded by smoke. the fda's goal to cut in half the smoking rate within ten years. >> with this new graphic warning labe

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come costello covers aviation for us. tomgood morning to you. >> reporter: what we now know about the multiple cascading failures on this plane makes it more remarkable that the crew was able to land safely. we also are now hearing from quantas airlines that rolls royce may have known of a serious defect with it's a-380 engines yet allowed the planes to continue flying. the home video of a hole in the left wing of quantas flight 32 is terrifying enough, but we now know how lucky the crew and 450 passengers were to survive the midair explosion. when the plane's left engine exploded, debris apparently punctured two fuel lines, cut the control lines, damaged the braking and landing flaps, severed one of the two hydraulic lines and shut down a power generator. even the front landing gear had to be manually lowered. flying the plane back to singapore took all the strength of the pilots and training pilots who happened to be on board that day. >> we heard this loud thud and the pilot did a fantastic job. >> this was a major multipl

. >> tom costello, thanks so much. >>> it's 17 after the hour, here's meredith. >>> police in georgia are looking for more witnesses to what's being described as a cold and calculated murder. a father shot just moments after dropping off his 2-year-old son at school. new brunswick's tom tron is in dunnwudie, georgia. >> so many parents start their day by dropping off their kids at school and that's what russell snyder man was doing at this preschool last thursday. he just dropped off his 2-year-old son, was heading back to his car and in broad daylight, was gunned down. the family of russell snyderman or rusty as they called him, say what mattered most to him are the people in these family photos, his daughter, sophia, 2-year-old son ian, and wife andrea. snyderman's college sweetheart. >> my niece and nephew will never know their father. my sister-in-law has had an entire lifetime of dreams ripped from her. >> after dropping off his son at this preschool last thursday, police say the harvard-educated businessman was returning to his silver sedan when suddenly, a man walked up and sho

carol costello live at washington airport. appreciate it. we'll be joined by tomiated and crying after a recent enhanced pat-down. it's really a horrendous story and we want to bring it to you. stick around for that. >> as a thanksgiving travel week begin, a repd flag for drivers in the minneapolis-st. paul area. more freezing rain in the forecast. >> icy roadways in minnesota are a blame for hundreds of accidents including at least one fatal crash, we get more from reporter jeff olson with cnn affiliate kare in bloomington, minnesota. >> reporter: bloomington, minnesota, the twin cities suburb home to the mall of america, we're a few miles from the mall. look at the commute here this morning. it's generally a smooth sail although some light precipitation has started. the minnesota state parole is reporting two people died in separate weather-related crashes over the weekend. in the metro, 57 accidents caused injuries. in all there were hundreds of crashes late saturday and early sunday because of this weekend's ice that's called one for the ages. >> these ice sto