tsa has a presence and those airports operate under tsa- approved programs. then there are general aviation airports where there are no commercial operations. these are smaller aircraft, smaller charter operations, and some international general aviation programs. the gsa has it taken some steps over the years -- the tsa has taken some steps over the years to improve the program. people who operate their have to comply with these measures. is that taking it to a zero risk situation? unfortunately it is not. that would be outside the balance between freedom of movement and security. we do not want to skew this too far one way or the other. host: this the secure flight program look at people who may be on a terrorist watch list as well as a no-fly list? i believe the was the christmas bomber in denver who was on one list and not the other and was still able to get on a plane. guest: that is not the original intent of secure flight for all airline passengers. if someone raises a flag or if tsa has some suspicion they want to resolve, they will work with the terr

domestic passenger planes is screened by tsa certified shippers. but all cargo worldwide and all international flights, it's up to the airlines themselves to screen the cargo. security experts believe that al qaeda is still aiming at passenger planes. enhanced security at the nation's airports is likely to include a show of force, including specially trained, heavily armed teams of officers. stepped up scrutiny at checkpoints. more bomb sniffing dogs in terminals and behind the scenes, checking cargo. more officers trained to spot suspicious behavior. more undercover air marshals. security experts believe passenger planes remain the prime target. >> the effective way to attack a plane and the vulnerability we have as an aviation system is to the terrorist who brings a bomb on the body to the checkpoint. that is the number one priority to stop al qaeda. >> reporter: after the so-called underwear bomber tried to bring down a delta plane last christmas, the tsa quickened the rollout of full body scanners that can peer under a passenger's clothes looki

tsa agents will now use a method called the hand slide. it's similar to a patdown but much more touchy feely. the screening technique is used for passengers who opt out of a body scan or set off the metal detectors. it's being added to all u.s. airports. screeners will still be matched to the passenger's gender. >>> the fbi is investigating a

the tsa regularly updates and reviews its screening process.ome are critical of the new methods saying they are invasive and it's really unnecessary. in the end the tsa says only a small percentage of passengers get this additional screening. takes part today and like before you will patted down by someone the same gender as you are. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thanks a lot. >> final check on the weather and traffic, mike. >> let's start with looking at live doppler 7 hd. see a little retreat to the north and west of our precipitation shield. but there's still plenty of it which is upstream down to the southwest. so looks like the north bay could see light rain for the better part of the day while the rest of us will actually see drier weather. that rain will make another south ward surge tonight this evening through tomorrow morning. saturday afternoon and sunday afternoon should be dry. frances? >> mike, final check of the bay bridge toll plaza. it's wet out there but there's not a big delay. only backed up to the end of the parking lot. the

tsa says there is also heightened cargo screenings and additional security at airports. but the agency didn't say which airports. passen jesh eengers are vigila comfortable. >> i fly a lot. a good sign they caught the bad. good thing they are finding them though they don't have anything so far. >> tsa says expect a mix of security layers from explosive trace, advanced imaging, and pat downs. >> okay. well. prayers. >> passengers say they know there will always be a danger but they have to fly. again, we have not seen any visible security changes here at sfo. but as you and i know, that could all change at any moment. we're live at sfo, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, damian. coverage of the developing story continues on "nbc nightly news" with brian williams at 5:30. >> well, reports of a suspicious package briefly shut down part of san francisco's financial district today. police moved in a round 1st and market, securing the area around a piece of luggage left unattended. the bomb squad checked it out and determined it was a false alarm. the area was r

the tsa would not let him fly.ts appeared exclusively this morning on "good morning america." >> fourth amendment. it's there for a reason. and it's not dispensable. >> reporter: but the tsa says they have privacy filters, so this is all that a screener sees. they issued a statement, saying, "crew members have access to sensitive areas of airports and airplanes, making crew members subject to multiple layers of security. anyone who refuses simply cannot be allowed to fly." >> i agree that security is not an option. security is the absolutely necessary in the current world that we live in. but it doesn't require stripping our rights away from us. and our liberty. >> reporter: already, more than 300 scanners are being used at 65 airports across the country. and they plan to have more than 500 in place by the end of the year. critics have raised concerns, not just about the privacy, but the radiation risk from the x-ray. but industry officials say they are safe. >> it's 100% safe for pregnant women, the elderly, small

can choose the full body scan or starting today you may end up with the more thorough patdown where tsa agents are now allowed to touch certain body parts. >> what do you use to pat down the passenger is the back of the hands. the back of the hands and a little down this way. now we switched it to the front of the hand and go down the body to the breast portion. if it's a female passenger you're going to see if there is anything in a bra. >> the truth is it's unnecessary and it's too much. >> but the tsa defends its position saying patdowns are steined to address potentially dangerous items like explosive devices and components concealed on the body. some are critical saying the new methods are highly invasive. nothing specifically prompted this change but they regularly review and update the screening process. the agency says only a small percentage of people require that additional screening and right before you will be screened by someone as the same gender as you. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> the port of oakland has reached an important milestone in its goal to improve security at s

now, the tsa isn't saying specifically what this new method is. but they say the change involves moving from a screener's hand patdown to more of a hand sliding motion. the tsa says it regularly reviews and updates its screening procedures. >>> some newly filed court documents are accusing toyota of secretly buying back vehicles from owners would reported unintended acceleration. now, this latest claim is part of legal proceedings in federal court in los angeles. toyota allegedly forced owners to sign confidentiality agreements as part of a buyback deal. automaker is saying only that it repurchased two vehicles, a corolla and a tacoma. toyota says no problems were found in either of those vehicles. >>> let's check the roads. >> i think we got a little lucky because earlier in the morning, it was raining pretty hard. >>> san mateo, golden gate, richmond traffic bridge looking good. no problems on the dumbarton bridge. here's steve. >>> thank you, sal. happy friday, everyone. for some it was a rainy morning and for others, it continues. there's a lo

these on an ongoing basis -- we did check with the tsa. we are live from dulles airport, kris van cleave, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you, kris. >>> abc7 is on stormwatch, and steve rudin is in the weather center. >> the heaviest rain will take place during tomorrow morning's rush hour commute. take a look at our live doppler radar. fairfax, arlington, montgomery county, even into frederick county, showers will continue throughout the overnight into tomorrow, and then there is a little bit of a lull and then more showers on the way. taking a look at our headlines, wet and breezy tomorrow morning, especially for the bus stops. a chilly afternoon, but warmer weather on the way. we have more details in the forecast in a few minutes. >> all right, thanks a lot, steve. >>> the safety on a university of maryland campus after another student was mugged overnight. this happened this morning near anne arundel hall. investigators say three men approached the student, knocked him down, and took his wallet and cell phone. they are doing what they c

not the tsa. many travelers say they welcome additional measures to screen cargo and passengers. >> unfortunately, i think since what happened nine years ago, since then, we've gotten used to it and it won't go away. >> reporter: and one of the latest security measures rolled out here at newark a few days ago, and last week at jfk those full body image scanners. passengers can opt out of using them, but they are subject, then, to the new pat-downs by tsa agents. lester? >> michelle franzen in newark, thanks. >>> this terror threat comes just three days before the midterm elections. on this final weekend of campaigning president obama is crisscrossing the country on a weekend blitz to hold on to key democratic seats in congress, and there are new developments in some of the key races on both sides of the country. we're live tonight with all of it beginning with nbc's mike viqueira. he's traveling with the president in chicago. hello, mike. >> reporter: hello, lester. good evening. the president lef

tsa agents will now use a method called the hand slide. it's similar to a patdown but much more touchy feely. the screening technique is used for passengers who opt out of a body scan or set off the metal detectors. it's being added to all u.s. airports. screeners will still be matched to the passenger's gender. >>> the fbi is investigating a series of shootings in the washington, d.c. area. bullet holes were found at the national museum of the marine corps this morning. investigators believe the same gunman is behind three similar incidents in the past two weeks. the fbi believes the gunman may have a grievance against the marine corps but authorities don't believe the suspect is out to hurt those in uniform. >>> on to our wet weather. certainly causing some problems across the bay area today. in fact, this was the scene in san francisco earlier. a huge tree fell down in potrero hill. crews are busy cutting it up and clearing it away. we are told the wet weather may have caused this tree to fall down. and now, let's take a live look at do

. >>> also today the tsa announced a major change in airport security screenings.s will now use what is being called a hand slide method. includes more open touching. that's for passengers who opt out of a body scan or who set off the metal detect or. screeners for the hand slide method will be matched to the passenger's gender. the tsa says this change was planned before today's terror scare. >>> headlines from around the bay area now. another major phase of the new bay bridge is finished. cal-trans put up the second tier of the signature tower around 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. that tower now rises 10 stories above the bridge at eye level for the upper deck traffic. the third and final parts of the tower will be up by next spring. >> one, two, three. >> all right. >> there we go. >>> b.a.r.t breaks ground on an extension. the e b.a.r.t trains will be better for the environment than regular trains. 600 jobs will be created for this project and service is expected to start in 2015. riders on 70 routes will wait longer for buses starting sunday and 18 lines will start

this is the tsa wand for kids. >> modern day kids play tsa. >> i guess they do. it does work. your earrings are not good enough. there we go. the earpiece in the back will find the metal across your arm. stick your arm out. about $25. there is your watch. it actually works. it's fun to have toys that are likely grown up tools and they do work. about $25 from wild planet and spy gear. >> they really do. it's fun to play grown up even if it's an annoying thing. right here. we have philadelphia stuff. i know we will talk to the philly guy, maybe. i want to get ahead. i want to talk about the things that happened in philadelphia. are you ready? >> i am. >> number one, in december 1968, the booed and pelted santa claus with snowballs. the philadelphia fans. >> the city of brotherly love? >> let me get them out here. >> the phillies booed santa claus. >> philadelphia is actually the second team there. the original won five world series and moved to kansas city in 1954. the team moved further west in 1967 and settled into a fine, fine city and won four world series including 3 in a r

starting tomorrow the tsa is changing the way it pats down passengers during secondary screenings. >> way we used to pat down a passenger at the airport with the back of the hands. take the back of the hands. rub it down this way. now we switched it to the front of the hand and we go down the body and to the breast portion. female passenger you are going to see there is anything in a bra. >> screeners not allowed to touch body part that were once off limit. >> tsa say pat downs designed to locate potentially dangerous items concealed on a body. >> all right. let's go back and talk giants baseball. what a gale tonight. what an eighth inning. >> larry live at at&t park. >> thanks. matt locks down the texas ranger offense. giant offense comes alive late and it is a perfect sc@6h6hcld serie i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. fiorina laid off 30,000 people and she shipped our jobs to china and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need

andrea canning on what the tsa is doing and why. >> reporter: next time you pass through security at the airport, you may face a difficult dilemma. a revealing full body scan or what some are calling an x-rated patdown. >> i just don't want to be violated. >> i was thinking, oh, i don't like that. >> reporter: starting tomorrow, those patdowns will get much more thorough. in some cases, agents are now allowed to touch body parts that were once off-limits. >> the way we used to pat down the passenger in the airport is with the back of the hands. take the back of the hands and you'd rub it down this way. now we've switched it to the front of the hand, and we go down the body, and to the breast portion, if it's a female passenger, you're going to see if there is anything in a bra. >> reporter: in fact, anyone can be subjected to the full patdown, who requires additional screening. but even a more invasive search won't catch everything. would it catch someone like the underwear bomber? >> not likely. the underwear bomber had powder in his underpants. you really don't know whether or not

every time an industry says it's too expensive, then al qaeda begins to plot. >> reporter: now, the tsa we're told is looking into more of that gamma ray technology. one analyst we talked to said you can have all the tsa agents and german shepherds in the world but without that technology, you don't even scratch the surface when it comes to checking air cargo for explosives. dan? >> a huge problem. jeremy hubbard reporting from jfk airport this morning. so for more now on the safety le cargo on planes, we're joined by the terrorism expert, richard falkenrath. he was the deputy homeland security adviser for president bush and one time nypd deputy commissioner for the counterterrorism. >> good morning. >> thanks for coming in. >> let me ask you, i think a lot of people find this story annoying because we -- we have to take our shoes off and throw out our bottles of water every time we get on a plane, yet if you send a package from yemen or some other hot spot, it doesn't get checked many times. how is this the case nine years after 9/11? >> well, there hasn't been a statutory requirement

. >>> bay area airports today referred all calls to the tsa. federal express and u.p.s. both have major operations in the bay area. they are not saying how those operations were affected, but u.p.s. executives stressed that they are taking this terror scare very seriously. >>> now, all of this comes on a day when the tsa announced a major change in how its agents will screen some airline passengers. they will use what's being called a hand slide method similar to a patdown but includes more open handed touching. the technique will be used for passengers who opt out of a body scan or who set off the metal detector. >> if it keeps us safer i guess we have to do it. unfortunately, there are so many crazies out there that if that's what we have to do, we have to do it. if you want to travel. if not, stay home. >> screeners will be matched to the passenger gender. the announcement was planned before today's terror scare. >>> our other big story tonight, a san francisco man has been arrested accused of severely beating the priest who he says molested him and his brother decade

tsa says there is also heightened cargo screening and additional security at airports.ey haven't raised their security levels and that seems to be just fine with passengers. >> i'm concerned my flight will be delayed. yeah, of course i'm concerned. but i'm not scaredç out of my wits or anything like that. >> reporter: there are so many flights that fly out in a day from san francisco that, all around the world, it would just be bad luck if something were to happen. i'm not too scared. >> reporter: tsa says there will be perhaps more patdowns and police dogs on site. no one is ready to elevate the terror alert. at sfo, damien trujillo. >>> the case made headlines nationwide in 2008 when the boy, known as kyle, escaped from the house still wearing shackles. his then legal guardian and two others have pleaded guilty to a dozen felonies but today, kyle, now 18 years old, took the witness stand testifying against anthony waders, a neighbor, and former youth coach who was also charged. kyle described several acts of torture, claiming waders cut him, hit him with a baseball ba

the tsa believes the full hands are the best way to feel for any potential explosives.llo, nbc news, washington. >>> and now here's lester. >>> amy, thanks. now to the tuesday midterm elections. and the final, frantic three days leading up to what could be a record-breaking turnout at the polls. nbc's mike viqueira at the white house this morning. mike, tell me what the president's schedule is this weekend. will he still be implementing that firewall strategy of stops along the way? >> absolutely right, lester. at this point the object is damage control. the president started last night in rurm virginia, down in charlottesville, helping out a house member. his third trip exclusively for a house member. a freshman democrat. the president, a strong ally of the president, perriello. this is something of a reward the trip down there. later today he gets to philadelphia, a key area not phone for the senate race, joe sestak and republican pat tomny in a seesaw battle but some key house races along the line. he goes to connecticut to help with that senate race. then on to chic

breaking news we're following now out of philadelphia, where a tsa -- the tsa folks have now put outernational airport. it's us airways flight 1070 from philadelphia to bermuda, that all the passengers have been deplaned safely. that the aircraft has been removed a remote location. what your seeing on the right-hand screen on the left the map of the philadelphia airport. law enforcement and the tsa are responding to sweep the aircraft. us airways say three uniformed guys loading the plane, two of them had their security i.d.s on, one did not, and because of that reason they evacuated the plane and the passengers, moved the plane away, and now have to search the aircraft to make sure it's clear securitywise. quick break here. we'll be right back. copd doesn't just make it hard to breathe... it makes it hard to do a lot of things. and i'm a guy who likes to go exploring ... get my hands dirty... and try new things. so i asked my doctor if spiriva could help me breathe better. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled maintenance treatment for both forms of copd... which includes chronic b

every time an industry says it's too expensive then al-qaeda begins to plot. >> tsa were told is lookinginto the gamma ray technology. and you can have all the german shepherds in the world but you can't scratch the surface for checking cargo. >> politics now, two days left until the midterm elections. campaign rallies have been held all over the country this weekend. president obama is among the big guns trying to get out the vote. he is trying to do everything he can for struggling democrats. david curly has more from washington. >> they were enthusiastic and there were a lot of them for president obama's homecoming a crowd estimated at 30,000 pack can the hyde park, the same place he celebrated his presidential win. this came after rallies in pennsylvania and connecticut. the president is trying to rally democrats at the last minute, trying to hold back a republican tidal wave. >> what i need this weekend is 20,000 doors knocked on by all the volunteers who are here today. >> but the biggest rally by far on the washington mall and not one politician involved but plenty of political pe

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the tsa says companies that ship frequently can qualify for the frequent shipper program, individual are not screened piece by piece. companies that don't qualify get more scrutiny. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> a decent amount of rain in the past 24 hours. nearly half an inch in san bruno, san francisco. less in mill valley. finally starting to see the rain pick back up again. we are picking up measurable amounts of rain. oakland, san jose still not picking anything up. we are seeing stuff right now. a look at storm tracker through san francisco, north bay and into the east bay. zoom on in. there was heavy rainfall over san francisco. down into san jose, rain, mill peat os, light rain. east bay, heavier rain picked up. that actually pushed through. past 10 minutes or so seeing a 10th of an inch of rain. the storm pushing to the southeast. waves of rain through san francisco, through san jose and we will continue to see them this evening. this is the storm, you can see it spinning to the southeast. the rain tapers off into tomorrow and drying conditions behind it. temperatures tomorro

because there are numerous plans we have in our city that are developed by our planning department, mta, tsa, other organizations, where we ought to embed a city goal. this will help drive city planning, budgeting, and will help us to figure out what is a more sustainable transportation plan. i think it is important now for us to think about what we want to look like when we are coming up on 2020. what does a 21st century san francisco transportation world look like? one of the things i would propose today -- i will be introducing a resolution later this afternoon -- we consider a citywide goal of 20% bike modal share by 2024. but will take a lot of work but i hope we can start that conversation today and be able to move this so that in 10 years we can celebrate a san francisco that has an abundance of cyclists, pedestrians, car owners who are happy because they can traverse the city more easily, and a city that allows us to continue to be the dense, urban, wonderful international destination that we all know and love. with that, i would like to welcome up a couple of representatives of the

for example, the tsa has looked at airport security and has i.d.'ed several things that can happen from someone coming through the gate, to someone crashing through the gate to someone breaking through the fence. they looked at the issue of what if they have an anti-tank weapon outside the perimeter? so these things have been looked at. there are steps being taken, some public, some private. they're doing what they can, but certainly it's not perfect. >> it showed we have come a long way, but we have a little ways to go. todd curtis, thank you for coming on. also our thanks so sara from the philadelphia airport. we thank you both. coming up next, the latest on this environmental catastrophic disaster. here it is in hungary. this is toxic red sludge. it is still spreading. it is becoming a potential danger for hundreds of thousands of people who live along this major river. also today, another campus caught up in a social media scandal. have you heard of this? this is duke university i'm talking about where a graduate reveals very explicit informatio

. >> reporter: well, i don't know what your relationship is now with your friendly current tsa agent but it's going to get cuddlier because starting today they have instituted this new technique that goes hand in hand with the traditional hand patdown. a lot of people here have no idea this is going into effect today. tsa says they are adopting this hand sliding motion to go along with the traditional patdown and it's a more invasive patdown that will include breasts and genital areas for both men and women. they say there is a regular review they go through every year to figure out how their screening procedures are working and whether they need to update. they say now they need to do this update and it's crucial for them to do so. as far as how this works, you usually have a chance to opt out for the body scan and do the hand patdown. in this case they will do so. you have the option of going to a private room to have this done but they will be instituting this new hand sliding technique as well as going in areas that people have not been familiar with before. so this is a brand-ne

it's all tsa does. something happens, they react. they're not proactive. five or six things three ounces each, you can put it together and ka boom. it's really more eye watch than anything else. >> the scanners won't be available for a few years. the obama administration has committed tens of millions of dollars to the state of the art equipment for the airports in the country. is it about money? is that why we won't see something like this sooner than a few years from now? >> no. at the very top the tsa was net set up by security experts. we're the object patrol. we think if we screen a passenger we're safe. nechb was not a screening problem. it was a comprehensive security failure at all levels. we're not dealing with all levels. the real reality is we don't have good leadership. michael boyd, greatly appreciate it, aviation analyst. talk to you soon. >> liz lemon and tracy jordan hit the stage for a rare live performance. courtney hazlett has the full scoop coming up. you're watching "news nation." hi. you know, if we had let fedex office print our pres

would like to thank the federal government for the 7 $1 million we have received as san francisco and tsa. we have used that to develop jobs that have created over 800 hours of job hours and also has allowed us to rank as the fourth leading agency in the nation for creating and retaining jobs. going forward, we will remain steadfast and committed to working with our federal partners to improve transportation and workforce opportunities in the bay area. in that same vein, i would also like to thank acknowledge our congressional delegation, speaker pelosi, senator feinstein, senator boxer, congressman miller. [applause] is through their hard work and their contribution that we have been able to get to this day and have a successful transbay project. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. now, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the mayor of san francisco. mayor newsom has led the way in creating jobs and stimulating the city put the economic growth. under his leadership, san francisco has become a hub for clean technology, renewable energy, and green development. during his tenu

morning because today is the first day that these new hand sliding motion go into effect as far as tsancerned. normally when you go in to take a flight and security decides to pull you out to the side for the random check to go through the body scan machine, do you have the option to say that you don't want to go through the body scan and therefore you are subjected to a patdown. well, the patdown is more intrusive because of this new hand sliding technique that goes along with the traditional hand pat. they are beginning more invasive patdowns including breast and genitals and the tsa says they regularly go in, review their standard procedures and then update their screening procedures when they deem it necessary so they say now is the time that they need to update these procedures and as was before you do have the option to go to a room, have the screening done in private and it is always done by a person who is the same gender as you as far as the patdown is concerned but now you include the hand "sliding" the hand patdown. >> courtney we have our mouths open. did we hear you right,

secure flight, a tsa program used to better match terrorist witness stand watch lists, will begin november 1st. that requires airlines to collect a traveler's full name, birth date and gender at the time of booking. if the information is not provided at least 72 hours before a flight the airline will not issue a boarding pass. about 300 body scanners are beg used at airports around the country with more to come by the end of the year. >>> a famous old and storied name is returning to the skies. pan am airwaysis planning to start flights to several latin american desnations. the original airline began in 1927, one of the world's biggest until it collapsed in 1991. air service will begin with cargo flights withassenger service starting thereafter. >>> schools can be one of the dirtiest places for your kids be. scientists at the university of arizona swabbed classrooms and common areas and found the five germiest spots at most schools. allare community spots that every student uses. computer mouse. paper towel handle. the water fountain and sink faucets. so how can you keep your kids to keep

. >> reporter: as she waited for her amtrak train today she could not help but notice tsa, homeland security, amtrak police, all patrolling the station. >> it concerned me. i wanted to know what was going on. >> reporter: it is called operation rail safe. the idea is simple, get uniformed officers to patrol stations and keep awareness high. it is not in response to a specific threat but it is being donation wide in conjunction with rail action day. there is also a similar effort underway in europe today. >> this is the first one for the west coast. we will be doing other ones. you never know when law enforcement is going to show up at the station. >> it is effective for me because i never know when they are here. i am surprised to see you here and searching the train. i can see it is a nice show of force that they are trying to keep the train safe. >> reporter: police say that was a coordinateddest with local agency not hesitating to help out. >> here is where i am impressed. er am very impressed at the number of local police agencies that joined us in this effort. we had very little notice

. >> it's a joint effort with state and local authorities and tsa to have a presence at railway stations and platform in the northeast corridor. >> a travel alert issued by the u.s. government remains in effect for americans traveling to europe. it was made after a terror suspect in u.s. custody warned of a mumbai-style attack similar to the one in india two years ago. >>> a coalition of cities and non-profit groups is suing to stop california's $43 billion bullet train project. menlo park, ratherton, and citizen groups have filed suit, seeking to halt the line between san francisco and los angeles. it claims environmental studies inflated ridership figures. a similar suit was dismissed two years ago. >>> a rowdy night in downtown walnut creek could be an issue in a city council race where candidates are debating police staffing. six people were arrested in three separate incidents friday night. this is video of a fight. the first was around 11:30 inside the 1515 lounge on north main street. another fight happened at the vice ultra lounge. the arrest numbers were typical and resources ar

about 300 full body scanners have been installed at 61 airports and the tsa hopes to have 450 installed by the end of the year. you aren't required to go through this machine. you can choose a pat down instead, but the pat down will take longer than the 30-second body scan. the pace of the economic recovery is slowing. the forecasters are lowering expectations. they say the economy will grow, but they are more cautious. more than half surveyed expect growth of more than 2% this year. the national association for business expect fewer firms expect a drop in employment through attrition or layoffs. >>> president obama is making the rounds as the last full week of the mid-term campaign gets under way. later this morning the travel will travel to rhode island and raise cash for democrats. the president told a crowd in minneapolis not to lose heart. democrat efforts are making a difference in the economy and the nation. the seem treatments will coming to n providence. >> republicans feeling confident. an amazing turn around. tracie potts has a look at what you can expect to hear. >> we won t

on monday the tsa will begin requiring any traveltory provide their full name as they appear on their i.d. their date of birth and their gender. some customers are told when they buy tickets. >> anna nicole's boyfriend and psychiatrist have been convicted in the late model's conspiracy case. howard stern was convicted on two counts of conspiracy. the psychiatrist was convicted on two counts of conspiracy and two other charges. another doctor was acquitted. the three were accused of providing schmidt wimith with e amounts of drugs. she died in 2007. it is not clear what kinds of sentences stern and the doctor will face. >>> he may be embroiled in controversy but charlie sheen prection for the giants and the world series. we'll have that when we're back in two minutes. david harmer wrote an education plan titled "abolish the public schools." he even called our schools "insidious" and "socialism." as families struggle to raise their kids, to provide a good education, harmer bragged, "we can design a plan to dismantle them." david harmer is just too radical. we need jerry mcnerney. protec

i'm trying to confirm that with both the tsa, the faa and the airport now.t screening equipment i'm told has not turned up any positive hits, but they are in fact looking for some dangerous item that might have been left behind by a stranger who was loading things onto this plane. i'll continue to watch it here from the newsroom, megyn back to you. megyn: that is a disturbing story if in fact that's what has happened here harris. thank you so much. keep us updated. >> reporter: sure. megyn: battle of the speakers. it all started when former house speaker newt gingrich yesterday offered this advice to the republicans working right now to take back the u.s. congress. >> people are being driven to food stamps because the democratic policies are killing their jobs. people don't voluntarily say, i want to give up a paycheck so i can get food stamps. and the fact is most americans overwhelmingly would rather have a job with a paycheck than be forced to depend on the government for food stamps. megyn: he said that the republicans should run on a platform of this el

came through here, tsa, and homeland security, all out here patrolling the station. it is a pretty impressive showing. but that is the point. and this is just the beginning. amtrak told me this all came together pretty quickly. but law enforcement agencies stepped up to the plate to be a part of operation rail safe. the idea is pretty simple. a large show of force, just to keep people on their toes. that means riders and anyone looking to cause trouble. sergeant, riders -- certainly, riders we talked to said they noticed all of the extra security. and one man said he does think these types of measures are effective. >> it's effective for me. because i never know when they're here. i'm surprised to see you here and searching the trains. and i don't think it's very invasive. so i don't think it affects my ride at all. >> definitely makes you think when you see them? >> makes me think. and i think it is a nice show of force and nice sign that they're trying to keep the trains safe. >> reporter: so this is happening here and across the country and internationally. rail s

the tsa, for its part, simply says it works with all international carriers to ensure passenger safety. >>> the next story is about the environment, so remember that when we tell you the folks at scott paper have come out with what some are billing an environmental breakthrough on a small scale. toilet tissue without the cardboard tube inside. in their promotional video, you can see it, tubeless. so it rolls off unevenly, a bit like an old wagon wheel. and while only in promotional videos, is the toilet tissue always so proudly prominent in the shopping cart. there's a good chance this pretty simple idea could catch on. they are test marketing it at walmart and sam's club stores, mostly in the northeast. >>> there is a rumor fueled internet fracas going on of some old black and white film dating back to 1928. an irish filmmaker who saw this clip on a dvd extra from "the circus" thinks it's a cell phone. he focused on the woman walking in the background. then came the theory she was a time traveler, in the film talking on a cell phone. of course, no such thing back in '28. one guess is

if you have a felony going back seven years, you cannot work at the port without going through a tsaackground check. 1.5 million workers this past year had to go through that. those are everywhere, but there are some basic employment rights that people have, and here in california, we have some good laws on the books. we'll talk about reform of these losses some more. i will be happy to talk about that now, but i just want to mention there are some good laws that protect workers. for example, you have this issue -- you had multiple levels of access to all this criminal record information. first, you have the state criminal record system that is basically to upload all the local county records. of the federal criminal records system, which is considered the cadillac of the record systems out there. it is an accumulation of all the state records, and then you have private screening firms -- big corporations that are making a lot of money on criminal background checks, credit checks, and all that. in california, those laws are pretty heavily regulated. for example, the private screening

i think we are making progress but i think what i would like to hear from the mtc, and tsa, is what sortsthings you are thinking about and how we can have a conversation so that we can transform how san franciscans and bay area residents get around and ride transit. with that, i know there are two presentations from the mta and mtc. at that point, we can hopefully have a good conversation. >> i work for the metropolitan transportation commission. the plan is for me to cover the first two items. the last two will be covered by mta. to ensure we are fully responsible, we have a member of the executive team here. just to briefly start off by talking about the over all clipper implementation, as mentioned it is the all in one transit card and it is currently working on five of the largest transit areas in the bay area. bart, caltrain and golden gate are currently accepting golden -- clipper kurds. with that, the seven agencies represent over 90% of bay area transit rider ship. that provides a great opportunity for interoperability and convenience to the customer. the clipper card has been acc

proceedings are outstanding and evaluating the direction that the commission has been going, as well as an tsa proceedings -- as well as ntia proceedings. i expect republicans to take a hard look at where things stand with the commission. the commission recently asked for additional comments on services and wireless. on the legislative side, you could see a legislative reaction to what the commission may do on broadband reclassification. i also expect a lot of activity on the spectrum front. there has been a lot of talk about there being a spectrum crunch and about the need for additional spectrum for commercial mobile services as well as a need for congress to act to provide the fcc a set of options. i expect the republicans to be initiating that discussion at the beginning. >> if the democrats control one of the chambers or both -- there has been talk about revamping the toilet mac -- the telecommunications laws -- where you see them going? >> i hope they do control. that would mean henry waxman would still be the chairman of the telecommunications committee. he would make efforts to find co