in collaboration with tsa, amtrak continues to work closely with tsa and some highlights are we conducted more than 800 viper programs to the protection response deployment. we also conducted joint screening operations. continued improvement of security efforts to suspicious activity reporting programs and the baseline assessment security enhancement program. in the northeast corridor we continued to work with major law enforcement and dhs officials from the northeast corridor in a collaborative way to enhance public safety on the surface transportation. i mentioned before this effort is a grassroots effort that is now included hundreds of agencies across the country helping to protect rail and the last major operation on may 19th more than 155 u.s. agencies as well as several canadian across 34 states and 100,000 law enforcement personnel deployed to over 200 stations. the key to the security front line employee training. amtrak has been active in providing security training for front-line employees and in 2011, 8300 frontline transportation employees are receiving classroom training by

and the tsa says if that happens, the agency may prohibit departures from texas air spice. if the law were to pass the federal government would like to challenge it in court. but eight months after the tsa began its enhanced patdown to prevent another underwater bomber from getting through, the agency is on the defensive. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> and some high altitude embarrassment tonight for a southwest airlines crew. a southwest airlines pilot was having a raunchy conversation with another pilot on thursday night. it was about bar hopping, unsuitable partners on the road, you name it, it was graphic and it turns out it was sent over out the midair frequency for all the aircraft in the air space to hear and for that matter, anyone on the ground with a scanner. here's one of the few parts that's family friendly enough to play for you. >> back in houston which is easily one of the ugliest bases. i mean it's all [ bleep ] and grannies and there's like maybe a handful of cute chicks. >> pretty harsh on houston and plenty of other things. >> and meet just one m

mostly with grant funding from tsa. and collaboration with the tsa, amtrak continues to work closely with the tsa and some highlights are we conducted more than 800 viper programs, a visual protection response deployment. we've also conducted joint screening operations. continued improvement of security efforts through suspicious activity reporting program and the baseline assessment security enhancement program. and the northeast corridor we continue to work with major lawrence and dhs officials of the northeast corridor, in a collaborative way to enhance public safety on surface transportation. i mentioned rail safety before. this effort is a grassroots effort that is now included hundreds of agencies across the country helping to protect rail. our last major operation on may 19, more than one and 55 u.s. agencies as well as several canadians across 34 states and more than 1000 law enforcement personnel deployed to over 200 stations. a key to our security is front-line employee training your amtrak has been active in

this morning, the tsa says it is rethinking its policy. kristy seifkin is live at sfo with what some parents are saying about these new marching orders. good morning, kristy. >> reporter: tsa certainly received a lot of criticism in recent months for patting down children. and tsa actually made an announcement yesterday that it's going to change its policy. tsa is going to try to screen children again 10 and under without resorting to doing a patdown and i caught up with some mothers who were inside of the airport here at sfo a little earlier who were pretty happy to hear about the policy changes. >> i think that kids should be given more freedom and should be treated with greater respect. >> we are teaching them to trust and to learn what travel is about. and instead of feeling like they're criminals in some way, which is not the way we want our children to feel. >> reporter: now, this change came about after there was public outrage over an april 5 youtube video showing a young girl in new orleans who was being aggressively patted down b

the tsa needs to do their job.od job of keeping people safe and they admitted they are looking at this policy so the new bill i've introduced, waiting for the governor to put it on the call, it would postpone the implementation of this in texas until march 1, 2012 giving them nine months to solve this problem. never had an issue and carried a lot of key issues in the texas senate. never had an issue that has gotten this overwhelming response from the public. they want our skies safe, but they don't want the federal government to instruct through a rule, not a law, to touch women and men in private areas for no reason. >> senator, we get your point. thank you very much. we can talk about this all night. appreciate you coming on. texas state senator dan patrick. >> thank you. >> thank you. it's the all-consuming question when it comes to sarah palin, will she or won't she make a run for the white house? hear how she's answering what she's going to do now straight ahead. >> enough is enough of government taking over.

>>> the latest tsa outrage. you may have heard it. a 95-year-old woman, cancer patient in a wheelchair and what she went through. tonight we'll debate the topic. why can't common sense and security co-exist? >>> and making a difference for girls by helping them to take the right steps to a better future. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the men and women fighting the fire that's been approach los alamos say this is the make-or-break day in fighting to protect this nuclear facility. up to 93 square miles of fire. 12,000 people on the run because of it. it's now surrounding the nuclear lab. it's about four miles away from the place where the first atom bomb was born and where 10,000 people work every day. it's one big fire that, along with floodwaters elsewhere in the country, is focusing new attention on the u.s. nuclear program. it's where we begin tonight, once again, with janet shamlian. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. this fire is spreading and it's now all a

it's exactly that procedure that has many questioning tsa policies. when common sense needs to prevail over policy. nbc bay area news. >> key word there, common sense. thank you. >>> there are concerns tonight surrounding two nuclear sites in different parts of the nation today. in new mexico, fire crews are battling a massive wildfire that spread to more than 43,000 acres over the last 24 hours. that fast-moving fire is within one mile of the nation's pre-eminent nuclear weapons facility, the los almoss national laboratory. and a mandatory evacuation is underway in the closest town. officials there scrambling to make sure that radioactive and hazardous material is protected from the wind-driven fire. >>> meantime, there's rising floodwaters which have reached a nuclear power plant in nebraska. water has reached the plant's walls, but safety experts say everything's okay at this point. the plant which is less than 20 miles north of omaha has been shut down since april. nightly news will have more on both stories coming up at 5:30. >>> the country's la

but at the airport it's okay if a tsa guy for what reason. look.need to identify the people who are a threat to us. that's what we need to do. we don't need to pull granny out of the line and a 6-year-old out of the line. the tsa needs to do their job. they've done a good job of keeping us safe. they admitted to me, don, that they're looking at this policy. so the the new bill i've introduced -- i'm waiting for the governor to put it on the call. the new bill i've introduced would postpone the implementation of this in texas until march 1 of 2012. that gives them nine months to solve this problem. i've never had an issue. and i've carried a lot of key issues in the texas senate. i've never had an issue that has got this overwhelming response from the public. they want our skies safe but they don't want the federal government to instruct through a rule, not a law, to touch women and men in private areas for no reason. >> senator, we get your point. thank you very much. we can talk about this all night but we appreciate you coming on. texas state sen

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. >>> coming up, the tsa is again accused of going too far. what they forced this elderly cancer patient to do that upset her daughter so much, she was in tears. >>> and it is not just any fish out of water. the scare this fish put in some florida surfers coming up. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. low clouds and fog continuing to hang in the bay. and of course along the coastline. but it is the storm clouds that we will be talking about. more on that in just a moment. ,, taás. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, make a 95-year-old woman to take >>> another embarrassment for the tsa. but this time, they're defending the decision to make a 95-year-old woman take off her adult diaper for a pat-down. jean weber says her mother has cancer and is confined to this wheelchair. and now when a security agent at an airport near pensacola felt something strange in her diaper she was asked to remove it in the bathroom. >> they came out and told me that it had something to do with her depends, that it was wet, and it was firm, and they co

but again, one flight is too many. >> reporter: the tsa uncovered the shoddy screening by interviewing more than 100 of its employees and by putting prohibited items including weapons in bags. the workers being terminated didn't notice the things they were paid to find. >> that really shocked me because like i just said, i thought they were doing pretty good with checking all the bags and everything. and now for 36 people to be let go, that shocks me. they should be let go because, i mean, they're not -- i mean, it's not just for me and my kids but for everybody else. we all expect that protection. >> reporter: among those being let go, the boss, federal security director glen. he's a respected member of the law enforcement community who rose to deputy chief during a 30-year career with the honolulu police department. >> the federal security director, the assistant federal security director, security is their responsibility at this airport. they are the ones that need to make sure that security is at its highest level at this airport. and if a group of people, a large group of people,

how the tsa is defending its actions. join us for cbs 5 early edition ...inning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. much of the southern plains in the southwest will be hot and dry, it will be pleasant in the northeast. the central and northern plains could see several rounds of severe weather. rain showers return to the northwest later in the day. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. water levels appear to be falling in minot, north dakota, but the town has been swamped and 4,000 homes damaged in nebraska, floodwaters topped the berms surrounding one nuclear power plant and another is threatened. officials say there is no danger. >>> congresswoman michele bachmann, a tea party favorite, officially kicks off her presidential nomination in iowa. bachmann came in close second in a poll in iowa. >>> president obama meets with leaders of the senate to talk about the confrontation over raising the debt limit, facing an august 2nd deadline to work out a deal. the latest round of talks have run into a br

thanks. >>> the tsa is deending the actions of its airport security officers. the agency came under criticism after ordering a 95-year-old woman to remove her adult diaper during a pat-down. lean a rep art has cancer and is confined to a wheelchair. her daughter says security agents in florida asked her to remove her diaper in the bathroom last weekend because they felt something strange. >> they came out and told me it had something to do with her depends, that it was wet, and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly, she would have to remove it. and i had to leave the security area and take her to a public rest room there at the airport and take it off of her. >> the mother was catching a flight to michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukaemia. >>> the tsa says its officers acted professionally and that "tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in ae road victory expect full and sensitive manner." >>> a surfer down in florida has quite a fish tale to tell tonight. a very up close and personal run-

the tsa took her mother to a private room to be searched.ame out and told me that it had something to do with her depends, that it was wet and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly, she would have to remove it. and i said, i don't have an extra one with me. normally this isn't a problem. and she said that she could not complete the security check without the depends off. >> so how did the tsa agent and the tsa overall defend its search asking her to take off her adult diaper? quote, while every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure. well, in just a matter of minutes, i'm going to get the chance to ask jean weber, the daughter of this 95-year-old woman, if that explanation is good enough. she is my guest next hour here in the "cnn newsroom." >>> now, busy mond

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. >> speaking of sensitive tsa is defending its actions after forcing a 95-year-old woman to take her adult diaper off it happened during a security pat down at a florida airport the woman's daughter said a security agent felt something strange in the diaper and it had to be removed in the bat room. >> they -- bathroom. >> they came out and told me it had something to do with her depends it was wet and firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly i had to leave the security area and take her to a public restroom there at the airport and take it off of her. >> the tsa released a statement saying tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner we determined our officers acted pow if he is fallly the woman said her mother was -- professionally the woman said her mother was calm and she doesn't plan to take any action. >> it is june but there are talks about rain >> i guess this is kind of -- i haven't been around for awhile but rain in june is kind of odd. >> we usually can put the rain the bed by now but this is a season that just won't end looks

how thorough is the tsa?ked an elderly woman with cancer to take off her depends and the agency said it would do it again. >>> i am ali velshi. today, minnesota congresswoman michele bachman said to announce her bid in iowa. a new poll shows you better take her seriously on this "american morning." >>> good morning, everyone. it's monday, june 27th. kiran chetry has the day off. carol gets to set in. >> i'm a lucky girl. the birthplace of the atom bomb. shut down this morning, laboratory's emergency operation center has been activated. all hazardous material, officials say, is accounted for and protected. >>> two nuclear power plants in nebraska are under siege this morning from floodwaters from the missouri river. a protected flood wall at ft. calhoun collapsed yesterday. >> officials are worried that water may be getting dangerously close to both reactors. so the water is right up there at the gate, essentially, right, patrick? >> reporter: yes, it is. this plant uses the missouri river to cool down some of

now the tsa is responding.ondent jeep meserve has the very latest for us. it's shocked a lot of people out there. jeanne, what's going on here? >> reporter: a very disturbing incident which has fueled a heated debate about whether security should trump privacy. this 95-year-old luke can a patient was going through security at a florida airport on june 18th. because she was in a wheelchair she was given a pat-down, and the transportation security administration found a problem. >> a wee bit embarrassing. >> it had something to do with her depends, that it was wet and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly. she would have to remove it, and -- and i was -- i said i don't have an extra one with me. this normally isn't a problem, and she said that she could not complete the security check without the depends off. >> reporter: her nephew thinks it was ridiculous. >> i felt sorry for her. i mean, you know, dignity and self-esteem. >> reporter: the tsa says they did not require her to remove the diaper an pr

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here's what the tsa told us.ile every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure." wow. >>> take a quick break. "wakeup call" is back after this. but your wrinkles don't. ♪ introducing neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available. in fact, it's clinically proven to smooth wrinkles in just one week. so all you have to do is sit back and watch your wrinkles go away. new rapid wrinkle repair. from neutrogena®. maybe you don't think you're at risk for heart attack or stroke but if you've been diagnosed with p.a.d., or have pain or heaviness in your legs, i want to talk to you. you may have heard of poor leg circulation, which could be peripheral artery disease, or p.a.d. with p.a.d., if you have poor circulation in yo

." >>> 36 tsa workers were fired after serious lapses in security were discovered there. >> we begine process to determine 36 employees. >> according to the tsa, the lax security was taking place last year. >> it was a morning shift in one terminal, effective a small number of flights, but, again, one flight is too many. >> the tsa uncovered the shoddy screening by interviewing more than it's employees. the workers being terminated didn't notice this one. >> like i just said, i thought they were doing pretty good with checking all the bags and everything and now for 36 people to let go, not checking them the right way, that shocks me. federal security director is a respected member of the law enforcement community. who rose to deputy chief. >> the security director, the assistant federal security director, security is their responsibility at this airport. they are the ones that make sure that security is at its highest level. a large group of people aren't doing their job, then the management needs to be held accountable. >> the tsa has appointed someone to be acting federal security

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workers there were doing their job the tsa said .sa complaining about her pat down. >> they are making me choose to get molested, that's what i feel like or go through this machine. if the bill doesn't pass, some say they will look at other travel options and others say they are for it to keep it safe. >> remember the don't touch my junk gentleman who made it a national issue. thank you, july. -- julie. >> latest in the e-coli out break. they are looking at breen sprouts and the number of people dead from eating contaminated vegetables jumping again. the head of the national disease control think that 22 died and 2000 are sick and 600 that developed a rare condition that can cause kidney failure. experts are identifying local low grown bean sprouts as the likely cause of the deadly bacteria outbreak. >> a heartwarming show of support . bounce houses get blown away with children trapped inside. what about the people on the ground when they come down? >> a and bus driver getting physical. she had a hand up but he got the last word. the

beverages now account for 25% of mc donald's revenues. >>> the tsa is -- tsa is defenning the search of a 95- year-old cancer patient who was forced to remove her diaper. this is the photo of a woman is at a mardi gras celebration. a tsa agent reportedly felt something and it turned out it was the diaper. >>> a second person has died after a car driven by a woman plowed into a san jose nursing hole. it happened saturday. police say the driver, who they are not identifying, hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. suzanne infante died from her injuries yesterday. >> if a 90-year-old woman is driving, you -- you have to blame the dmv for giving those licenses out. >> 88-year-old ester bokanaga died on saturday following the accident. two more are being treated at local hospitals. police continue to investigate the accident. the driver has not been charged. the brother of venezuelan president says supporters of the hospitalized president should not warm up armed struggle in the future. there is a lot of speculation about his heath right now. president chaves's brother told supporters r t

released a statement saying quote tsa works with passengers to resolve secure aalarms in a -- alarms sensitive manager they singled the woman out because she was in a wheelchair which cannot go through a metal detector. >> she was 95. >> yeah, i know the woman was very calm her daughter said and they don't plan to take any action. >> maybe a little too too much there. >>> the pressure is on to get lawmakers to pass a deal. >>> michelle bachmann kicks off her presidential campaign how she is setting herself apart. >> thriller of an auction incredible amount of money someone paid the own a piece of the king of pop. coming up ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning, low cloud and fog it moves in over the bay see some of that extending there it made its way into the bay and some valleys as wellment we will break that up -- well. we will break that up. temperatures running mainly into the 50s. a couple low 60s inland as we head in toward the afternoon sunshine, 70s and 80s in the valley, toward the coast you will find fog. look at this, a cold front off the coastline diving in from the gum of o

she said that she could not complete the security check without the depends off. >> here's the tsa'sfor every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, tsa work os with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure. police don't like citizens getting directly involved if they see criminal activity because it can be incredibly dangerous. she wu so young when she saw three young men shoplift three cases of beer from a wall part where she was shopping she leaped into action literally. she chased them outside and journeyed on their car before they sped away. they didn't get far before the police caught up with there. hang on. that's her. and the police catching up. i asked herr what was she thinking. >> i was just reacting really. i was mad. i saw these kids walk in there, walking out with beer, you know, and i asked -- or told the cashier, do something, do something. and, you kno

. >>> we turn to what may become the largest mass firing in the tsa's history. they're working now to remove as many as 36 people at honolulu's international airport. talking about screeners and managers here. this move comes after the tsa's investigation into claims that screeners routinely let unchecked bags get on to planes during a four-month period last year. at least 12 other tsa workers are facing suspension. >>> he was facing 35 years in prison on espionage charges. but now, it turns out he probably won't serve any jail time at all. the government has had a change of hart in the case against a former national security agency official by the name of thomas drake. you're seeing him there. he accepted a plea deal that will likely keep him out of jail. he's only pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of exceeding authorized use of a computer. he was accused of passing classified information to a newspaper reporter supposedly documenting mismanagement at the nsa. the government dropped the charges saying they didn't want to present classified material in cour

the tsa director say they will get their agents more options for screaming children. the director says the change in policy will reduce but not eliminate pat downs of children. >>> some frantic moments at san francisco international airport when a baggage vehicle slammed into a passenger jet. paul chambers was at the airport. >> reporter: take a look at this photo. it shows a baggage track underneath the airline in june. the plane was parked when it was struck by the baggage tractor. fire crews were on standby in case the incident got out of hand. you can see one firefighter using an extinguisher and another photo where crews are putting water on the engine just in case. according to a spokesperson no passengers were on board the plane and no one was injured. united airlines is being very tightlipped about that close call. the united airlines plane is being taken to an air hanger and been checked out. >>> u.s. airways allowed this man on a flight to phoenix wearing women's underwear. two days later a man was removed from a plane after wearing pants that show his under

the tsa has investigated and now says that 36 screeners and supervisors and managers may be fired assay that this happened in one location, at one shift at the airport, and we know that they even were administering polygraph tests to some of the employees to get to the bottom of this, and they say they have now completed the investigation and as i say 36 people's jobs are in jeopardy. they are taking moves to fire them. tsa administrator john pistol made some remarks saying that we will not tolerate employees who in any way compromise the security of the traveling public. to my knowledge, t.j., this is the first mass firing of its kind in the history of t.s.a. back to you. >> well, jeanne meserve with the update, and we will join you next hour on another story with a possible leaker making a deal with the federal government. and we will see you in a little bit. >>> newt gingrich says that the campaign staff left because they did not agree with his vision, but there is a lot of talk today that several staffers may join another potential candidate's. we will work that out next. >>> wel

right there inside tsa uniforms. area congresswoman spers says hundreds of manufacturers jobs could have been save first- degree ed if the uniforms would have been made at home. >> this really bothers me and it should bother every american. that uniforms are being manufactured outside of the united states when we have so many unemployed. >> reporter: we contacted the tsa for a comment but did not receive a response. >>> a gay softball league can keep its limit on its number of hetero sexual players on each team. three members filed a discrimination lawsuit last year. the team finished second in a 2008 tournament in washington state. but that was later nullified because there were bisexual not gay. this meant its player exceeded  the number of nongay players. >>> the iconic food pyramid to depict a balanced diet is being replaced with a dinner plate. first lady michelle obama explained the dinner plate today. >> we needed something that was useful not only in laboratories but on dinner tables and in school calf cafet

right there inside tsa uniforms.a congresswoman spers says hundreds of manufacturers jobs could have been save first- degree ed if the uniforms would have been made at home. >> this really bothers me and it should bother every american. that uniforms are being manufactured outside of the united states when we have so many unemployed. >> reporter: we contacted the tsa for a comment but did not receive a response. >>> a gay softball league can keep its limit on its number of hetero sexual players on each team. three members filed a discrimination lawsuit last year. the team finished second in a 2008 tournament in washington state. but that was later nullified because there were bisexual not gay. this meant its player exceeded the number of nongay players. >>> the iconic food pyramid to depict a balanced diet is being replaced with a dinner plate. first lady michelle obama explained the dinner plate today. >> we needed something that was useful not only in laboratories but on dinner tables and in school calf cafeterias.

now tsa does have to make cuts.gency already proposing almost doubling the passengers security thing something has paid for every leg of a flight. receive welfare debit cards may no longer be able to see them. prohibits recipients from using the card from cash machines located at gambling or adult entertainment businesses. it now moves from the state senate. but the spill would make it punishable by law. >>> new at 7:00 proms are taking place across the bay area this time of year, but one is taking place tonight at the children's hospital while young people facing some unique situations. they'll talk to you live in pal alto where the theme is passport to adventure. hi, john. >> reporter: right now at the hospital, prom season is in full swing. more than 100 young people are having the time of their lives this week. as the prom designed to take them away, far away from their struggles here at stanford children's hospital. >> it's wonderful. i only like it. >> new kids range from kindergarten to high school seniors al

the tsa says they did nothing wrong. a woman was let go from hollister store in detail for refusing to remove her muslim scarves. more on that in a moment. here are live pictures from atlanta. a bridge has collapsed northwest of atlanta. what we are hearing is that a waste management truck was stuck underneath the bridge. that causes the bridge to collapse on top of the truck. one person is trapped inside of the car underneath the bridge. emergency crews are on the scene trying to free that person. it has caused a huge traffic headache in that part of atlanta. more details as soon as they come in to the kron 4 news room. >> rain already moving into the north bay. jackie sissel is live in san rafael where he is waiting for the drops to fall. >> good morning. so far this morning we have not seen any rain here in san rafael. the skies are dark and a bit. i am going to move north west to see if we can find any rain. >> how close is the rain to san rafael and where is the rain coming down right now? >> here is a quick look at

they are at the hands of tsa and immigration officials. we will be hopefully meeting with them as well in the near future. it is noted that in the annual future. it is noted that in the annual

. >>> a 95-year-old woman with cancer forced to strip at an airport this morning tsa is defending itsactions. >> it happened during a security pat down at a florida airport the woman's daughter said security agents felt something they thought might be a weapon in the woman's adult diaper. >> they came out and told me it had something to do with her depends that it was wet and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly i had to leave the security area and take her to a public restroom there at the airport and take it off of her. >> tsa released a statement saying quote, tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respeckful manner they single the woman out because she was in a wheelchair which is not go through a metal detector the woman said her mother was calm and they don't plan to take any kind of action. >> i guess safety first but comes a point in time where you have to point off and say okay. >> tough call either way. >> 6:13 a.m. big surprise, just as michelle bachmann kicks off her presidential campaign in iowa. >>> an attempted robbery in a san francisco

at least that's what one woman believes. >> this is a tsa uniform.s made in mexico. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie spears says she's making a push for you to buy local. and for congress to offer incentives for u.s. companies to build at home. >> make it in america is a major theme that we are pushing in congress right now because we have been losing our manufacturing edge. >> reporter: some political analysts say press obama's toughest opponent just may be the economy. >> we have 18 employees right now. so there are 18 sewing jobs that wouldn't exist if we weren't manufacturing in san francisco. >> reporter: mike owns rickshaw bag works in san francisco. the more he manufacturers at home the more people he is able to hire. congresswoman spears says that's the point. but she also needs the consumer to get onboard as well. >> we've got to be proud of american-made products. >> in san mateo, mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> hayward police are looking for the hit and run driver who left a teenaged girl injured in the middle of the road. as we re

the tsa says it's investigating the incident. >>> the first family is focusing on fund-raising today.resident obama travels to philadelphia to attend two democratic national committee events. also first lady michelle obama attends dnc events in boston, alal burlington, vermont. >> today marks robert gates' last day at the pentagon. gates spent four decades serving eight presidents. president obama will deliver remarks at his farewell ceremony before he retires. >>> a big day for engineers in china. a high-speed train that links beijing to shanghai is making its first journey today. this will make the 800-mile journey in just about 5 hours at speeds of up to 190 miles per hour. also debuting in china today, the world's longest bridge over seawater. it's a little over 26 miles long, but it was built in 4 years. >>> and prince william and his new wife arrive in canada on their first trip as a married couple. the duke and duchess will head to california next week. for some of you your localalews is next. well-being. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your c

we received a statement from tsa. it reads, quote, while every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and senttisen sensitive manner. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined our officers acted professionally and according to to proper procedure. the woman's daughter, jean webber, will join us 5:30's trn time to talk about what happened at the airport and why she is carrying on with her complaint to homeland security. >>> new york city held its gay pride parade today. and there was something extra to celebrate. we'll take you there. >>> also ahead, we brought in an expert to get you up to speed on the new internet dos and don'ts. you need to know these because don'ts could cost you a job. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so

the tsa said quote, no our people did not make this woman remove it for security reasons.aughter tells cnn that's true, it was her idea for her mother to take the diaper off so the security could take a closer look. >>> the next story is all about the spotlight. multi-grammy winner debee onsay knows a thing or two about that. listen. >> why don't we get one of these, here. >> winning. >> this is the perfect t-shirt. >> cnn's piers morgan with beyonce. she tells him what she's done that's made her mother the proudest. >>> and do you remember the day honoring the mathematical formula for pi? pi day on march 14th. today is tau day, the holiday, the math holiday that celebrates tau. if you're a tau fan, you believe that the mathematical theory of pi should be doubled in order to be correct. i agree. in honor of tau day. i have two slices of pie. i'm doubling my pie today. and in this coming up break, i'm going do attempt to eat them. i'll be back in a minute and a half. it's 19 minutes after the hour. >>> almost 22 minutes after the hour. here are three things you need to know

. >> sticking with aviation news, the tsa is changing its policy on patting down small children aftereveral online videos triggered a public outcry. airport security workers are now being told to make every attempt to screen kids without resorting to invasive patdowns thth tsa was criticized after a 6-year-old was patted down in new orleans and the same happened to a baby going through kansas city. >> put down the french fries and potato chips if you want to fight off creeping weight gain. a new study found that eating potatoes is likely to lead to bigger weight gain than eating other kinds of food. that's because carbohydrates, potatoes in particular, turn quickly to sugar which could make you hungry sooner. >> now i'm hungry. >> i know. fries sound good. >> yeah. >>> the san francisco giants fan attacked at a dodger game is doing better. they upgraded his condition after his brain showed increased activity. he had been in critical condition since the march 31st attack. >>> and more sports news now. here's adnan virk at espn news. >> good morning. we begin with soccer and the gold cu

in my role as the intel for the tsa i'm often asked what keeps me up at night. the sans global threats coming primarily from al-qaeda and it's affiliate groups who continue to pose a serious threat to transportation security. al-qaeda in the arabian include continue to threat u.s. interests abroad and in the homeland. in particular the group is fixated on aviation as a means to inspire fear and economically cripple the and again, western interests. through four editions of inspire magazine aqap has referenced the october 2010 cargo plot, wrote about mutall jab's heroism as the christmas day bomber and featured how to make a bomb in the kitchen. in light of the successful bin laden roll-up we continue to track and seize material being exploited from his compound. and monitoring existing transportation threat streams from al-qaeda and its affiliates may seek to accelerate existing plots, prove their metal. passengers out there every day field key infrastructure security owners and operators. our mission is to provide them with the highest confidence threat reporti

. >>> just how thorough is the tsa? why don't you ask this 95-year-old cancer patient in a wheelchair, who had to take off her depends? yeah. the whole story, coming up. >>> checking top stories. 15 children and 8 adults recovering from injuries suffered in this school bus crash in pennsylvania. the driver of of a cadillac tried to pass the bus but swerved back in its way. >>> parts of a nebraska power plant are under water after the missouri river flooded. the facility is on backup power and is secure, officials say. >>> amanda knox testifies at her appeal hearing that she didn't know what happened at the night of the murder. a drifter, convicted of killing knox's roommate denied saying she was not involved. >>> all right. right now, we're keeping close eyes on iowa, where the latest republican is about to enter the presidential race. michele bachman was born in waterloo and may have a hometown advantage overflow republicans. a poll from the des moines register shows she may be an early front-runner. political columnis

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a tsa agent reportedly felt something suspicious while patting her down. it turned out to be her adult diaper which a tsa agent asked her to remove to complete the search. tsa says its officers acted professionally and according to procedure. >>> time now 6:18. automakers will have to make their cars and light trucks almost twice as fuel efficient as they are now. that's according to a new report. the wall street journal says the obama administration wants vehicles to average more than 56 miles a gallon by the year 2025. automakers say that means prices will go up thousands of dollars since that will require almost all the cars and trucks to be powered by expensive batteries. so far no comment on that from the white house. >>> all right. 61:89 is the time. let's go to sal. sal, did you hear the big news l.a. dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection? >> yeah, pam. one of the surprising things that we've learned is that they owe a lot of people a lot of money. >> a lot of people. >> yeah. they even owe vince cullly. they haven't paid him but they yeomanny ram

tsa agent asked her to remove it, take it off, to finish the search.ficers acted professionally and according to their procedures. >>> 5:49 is the time right now. let's go back over to sal for a look at traffic. sal. >>> all right, pam and dave, good morning. it is getting a little busier now we get closer to the 6:00 hour. nothing really too bad. if you're thinking i have to leave the house early at least you have this. 237 is not quite slow yet. so you know there's always a bright side to everything. this is a look at interstate 880 north and southbound. that traffic is moving along very nicely in front of the oakland coliseum. and this morning westbound bay bridge not thickened up yet. usually in the next 15 to 20 minutes we see more of a crowd unless there's a crash and of course we're always watching that. 5:49 let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you very much. satellite picture shows fog increasing rapidly on the coast in advance of a cold front. a cold front. for the end of june? yeah. be here tomorrow. rain in the north bay. one forecast model re

the move comes after the tsa's investigation into claims that screeners routinely let unchecked bagsour-month period late last year. at least two other tsa workers are facing suspension. >>> preparation is the key to stress-free travel even when severe weather threatens your vacation. our rob marciano has some tips to make sure you are ready for anything when you're on the go. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: you can't control mother nature, but there are some things you can do to minimize the damage to your summer travel plans starting with when you book your flight. >> book a morning flight. if bad weather descends on the airport in the morning and you're delayed for four or five hours you can still get the flight in the early afternoon. >> reporter: your cell phone can also be a great tool. >> make sure that you have the airline's reservation number programmed into your cell phone, that way you can call the 800 number and be at the head of a virtual line instead of rushing up to the gate agent along with 200 other angry passengers. >> you can sign up for arc letters from your airline or websites

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