tsa precheck is open to u.s. citizens members of customs and border protection, trusted travelers program and certain airline frequent flyers. in the few months since we began this initiative over 310,000 passengers have gone through tsa precheck and feedback we've been receiving from participants has been consistently positive. as a result we will expand to other airports and airlines throughout 2012. there's more onto risk-based security than precheck. other efforts recently deployed, screening of 300,000 airline pilots in 10 airports. changes in screening procedures for 60,000 or so 12 and under children traveling by air every day, and expanded behavior techniques in airports. additionally further develop layered approach to security through state-of-the-art technologies, additional canine teams, pang identification teams and other actions which strengthen our ability to keep terrorists off aircraft. to keep away from one size fits all, tsa moving towards a high-performance organization with a counter-terroris

it's quite a few of the tsa employees you have problems w every time you pick up the paper, theft, tsa arrested for stealing ipads. that's a couple from last week. then the recruitment and training we spent $2.4 billion on recruitment and training, we trained 137,000 people and actually more people have left. i think we need to find a more efficient way. if we can incorporate that into the spp model, i think we can have great savings there. that's something that i don't think was in the gao reports. then you know, you've resorted, i know the difficulty in hiring people. you've advertised on the top of pizza boxes. this is pizza boxes. that is on the top -- i saw this on a national -- i buy cheap gas. i went to a discount gas station and actually took the picture. i was stunned to find washington reagan national, one of our most targeted, probably, and need to be secured airports is now hiring transportation security officers. it tells all the benefits above the cheapest gas in town pump. you've gone to a huge number of screeners, 51,000, pretty substantial administrative staff, somewhe

then tsa could concentrate of implementation of oversight. last april the full committee chairman and i saw it fixed. the security enhancement law account of 2011. they approve any sbp application that would not return -- they're concerned if an application is dnd. i'm pleased language similar in the bill recently passed the house. in addition the huge number of tsa personnel working in airports with private screeners troubles me. recent data provided reveal that is certainly airports where contractors do screening and tsa is there to oversee the screen process, there are upwards of 50 tsa employees on the payroll. while we can agree that strong oversight in this area is important, having 50-plus tsa officials in a single airport where they're not responsible for conducting screening is plain overkill and costing huge amounts of money. we will look at this issue and other contracting and management issues throughout the hearing. i look forward to all the witnesses and now recognize the ranking member the subcommittee, my friend, the gentlelad

we've created this entity, tsa, after 9/11. if a similar incident occurred today, would you have the authority to direct private screening to other locations? >> under the existing contract, no. they would be limited to the later part to which they are assigned. >> so basically, the ability to respond based on incident is hampered by your inability to move private screening where the situation could potentially be? >> yes, that is one of the limitations on the process we could address a contract under the existing contract would be a voluntary aspect so i cannot direct them. >> thank you. >> in your experience in the negotiating public and private contract has it been experience that private contracts cost more than federal contract screen nurse? >> under the existing spp contracts, the of all except one cost more than it would have cost for the federal government to have the tso. the instance last week where i approved the application from yellowstone is another exception because i believe they will be able to come in and they

>> thank you and thank you for your kind words about tsa, i think they have made a lot of progress in the last few years. it's a fee, not a tax. that is an important difference, it has not been increased since 200 2002, in the meantime, the congress has appropriated dollars after dollars do make sure we have good technology that we have the right number of personnel that are properly-- properlily trained and so forth. we have increased costs since 2002 in the aviation department, just the pure fact of charging for a checked baggage has forced more and more passengers to load up their carry-on, you -- >> the charge for the carry-on -- >> yeah, like i say, you all are experts on airline travel and we looked at that last year because it makes screening more complicated, that in and of itself off loaded $250 to $270 million of cost on the tsa. we think we need to raise that fee to $5 now, but not to do it per em planement, but to do it per one-way trip. if you have to take different segments in the leg and people do not have a hub airport, it's still one fee. then scope it up over the nex

and tsa officers. i think this is vrnt important. thank you. i yield back. >> i recognize the gentleman from new york city. mr. turner, for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman king. nice sow see you again. madam secretary, earlier in the hearings you and chairman king discussed the increased threats from iran against soft targets. some synagogues and such in new york city where we have a large concentration of them. these organizations had been eligible and are eligible for the national preparedness grant program. can you tell me the status of that? >> yes. we have set aside some money in the 2012 grant awards for the national preparedness -- for ngos, excuse me, under the national preparedness grant program. our idea, or our vision, is to consolidate everything under one major grant program, and that would be one of the grants consolidated. so to summarize, there will be a separate carveout in '12 as we bridge to '13, but our vision is a lot of these separate carveouts now be merged into one umbrella

>> well, thank you and thank you for your kind words about the tsa. they have made a lot of progress in the last few years. that fee is a fee, not a tax. there are important differences there. it's not been increased since 2002. in the meantime, the congress has been appropriating money, dollars after dollars so we can make sure that we have good technology, that we have the right number of personnel that are properly trained and so forth. since 2002 in the aviation environment, just the pure fact of charging for a checked baggage has forced more and more passengers to load up their carry-on. you all travel a lot. >> if i had it my way, they would charge for the carry-on and leave the checked baggage. >> like i said, i think you all are experts on airplane travel. that we looked at last year, because it makes screening more complicated at the checkpoint, that in and of itself, probably offloaded 250, $270 million of costs on to the tsa. we think it's time to properly scope that fee to raise it to $5 now but not to do it per enplainment, which is what

then we have tsa at a movie theater. growing government. i don't think that homeland security if john want to go naked go for it. but the enemies will find another way to attack. >> johnathon, you do not have a legal right to fly. it is not life, liberty and i have a legal right to be safe. it comes with security and so be it. don't fly . get in a car with ran paul and drive. >> another reason to privatize it. >> wayne, the issue of technology. we are far more advanced than we were in 2000 and 2001. shouldn't that be considered in the debate? >> it should be. it is already part of it. and it will continue to upgrade that. i want to see everybody on the show naked though. because i want to see, yeah, if they are going to fly naked. i want see what the ratings will do then. >> i don't i want to see that. >> i think you have the technology to do it right now quite frankly and the technology angle is an important one. private companies are coming up with amazing technology to make the system quicker and simpler and because of burrcratic nonsens

kristin fisher reports on the tsa's new precheck program that is coming to all three airports in thehington area by the end of this year. >> i travel 140,000 miles a year and i think anything that makes it go smoother and the less intrusive would be great. >> this frequent flier would be the perfect candidate for tsa's program. he's a u.s. citizen and part of a frequent flier program. but precheck would not help these women, who are strip searched by tsa officials late last year. >> she says you pull your pants down, please, and she pulled my underwear down. please remove your pants. that's what i did. >> they are not eligible because they are not frequent fliers, but their horror stories helped spark the changes announced today. >> tha is about more than just speeding up travel. it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> secretary announced the expansion of precheck to 28 of the nation's businessest airports, including reagan, dulles, and bwi. program is currently being tested at seven other airports. how does it work? we simply sign up for the program

passengers who opt in and are selected for precheck on that flight by the tsa may be directed then to a special screening lane. >> they will undergo expedited screening. this could include no longer having to remove shoes, laptops, jackets or belts. >> reporter: as we mentioned, a total of 28 airports by the end of the year, a full list of all those airports on our website, but brian, again, this is an expansion of the tsa's precheck program. it has been for elite program travelers, now it's going to be everybody. >> tom costello, thanks. >>> as we continue this evening, the never-before-told story of an affair between president kennedy and a 19-year-old intern at the white house. tonight, more from meredith vieira's exclusive interview. meredith will be with us to answer some of the questions it's already raising. >>> later, a simple idea around the dinner table making a difference. >>> a woman has written a book out this week that unveils an affair from 50 years ago with president john f. kennedy. the woman is 69 now, a grandmother. and in the story as told by her, she was 19 then,

we are moving in the tsa to risk based systems. those are the ones that we're going to put money into. >> i fully agree with risk based system. but i also fully believe a $15 federal flight deck officer has the last line of defense on an aircraft is absolutely essential. would you aur gree that the federal flight tech officer would be the last line of defense on an aircraft. >> there are many layers of defense. >> yes, ma'am. >> before people eve p gn get t ticket. one of the thing is continue to emphasize is the check point at the gate which has caused some concern is only one of other many layers. so there's a lot of things. the ffdos have been useful. that's true. i don't know about the $15 figure. but it is a program as we look around the universe of things that we want to do in the aviation environment, like i said before, given we have to find places to -- to cut, that was one of them. because it's not risk based that was put on the table. >> yes, ma'am. i fully understand risk based. again, i'll ask you the question. is a fe

. >> kristin fisher reports on the new tsa program that's coming to all three washington area airports by the end of the year. >> i travel 140,000 miles year and anything that will make it go smoother and be less obtrusive would be great. >> reporter: he would be the perfect candidate for tsa's new precheck program. he's a u.s. citizen and part of the frequent flier program but precheck would not help these women who were strip searched late last year. >> she says well you pull your pants down please and then she pulled my underwear down. >> please remove your pants, that's what i did. >> reporter: they're not eligible because they're not frequent fliers but their stories helped spark the changes announced today at reagan national. >> tsa precheck is about more than just speeding up travel. it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> reporter: secretary guanyl napolitano announced the prechecks to 28 of the nation's busiest payments. the program is currently being tested at seven other airports. you simply sign up for the program online before you fly. >>

. >> reporter: tsa officials really call this a good year.essentially they say if you sign up and give them information about yourself ahead of time in return, you get to go through a sort of security express lane. there's no way around airport security. >> it's a pain in the neck. >> reporter: but the tsa wants to make that pain a little more bearable. frequent fliers will be able to sign up ahead of time for a prescreening background check. those who pass won't have to wait in those long tsa lines and won't have to take off their shoes, jackets and belts when they go through security. >> so this is all voluntary. if you are a frequent flier, you fly 200,000 miles a year, you want to be considered for that, that's fine. >> the program has already been tested at a few select cities. they're adding the program to 2,000 more airports including baltimore. >> it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> reporter: at vwi most travelers are excited about the plan but a few have reservations. >> i think it's a great idea

. >> reporter: the tsa has unveiled a new program. >> this is our risk-based approach to security. programs that not only help us make sure the aviation environment remains safe but also makes travel more pleasant. >> reporter: from boston and new york, miami and atlanta, chicago and denver, seattle, san francisco, in most major airports akroosz the country, tsa precheck is now available for passengers who submit fingerprints and background checks in advance. travelers that do that will be able to keep their shoes on and leave laptops and cosmetics in their bags. >> it's exciting. >> i used it for the first time two weeks ago. it's a nice surprise. >> reporter: some worry it will compromise safety. >> how are you going to be able to check somebody? we want to be able to trust the airlines that we're going to be flying on. >> reporter: for now, the tsa says only that the fast lanes are substantially quicker. in l.a.x., this passenger went through in 6 minutes. another paeng went through the precheck lines in less than a minute. five airlines are signed up to participate by the end o

by the end of the year, the tsa says the era of shoeless screening, may be over. for air travelers, that long, slow-moving security line seems like proof the terrorists won. >> i dread taking off my shoes and my belt. pretty soon, they'll have us strip naked. >> reporter: taking off belts and shoes, cosmetics and lap taps out of the bag, succumbing to pat-downs, by a government that treated us all the same, children, old people, even u.s. senators. all of us, suspected terrorists. >> i think it's an indignity that we're going through, that's not making us safer. >> reporter: but now, in more than 30 airports, what the tsa is calling a new day. >> it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> reporter: from boston and new york in the northeast, to miami and atlanta in the south, chicago and denver in the midwest, seattle, san francisco and los angeles, in the west. in fact most major airports across the country, fast lanes for passengers who have submitted to fingerprints and background checks in advance. lines, where americans can keep

she says she offered to sign a waiver that a male inspector was fine with her, but the tsa said no. that meant even though she had a ticket she couldn't fly. that meant $165 for a rental car and 350 mile drive. the tsa countered by saying she was late, they called the flight, they disbanded the checkpoint and in effect, this woman passenger was out of luck. >>> even though it's been a few days, the super bowl continues to makes news. it was one of the best football games in super bowl history, not to mention the world champion new york giants' stunning victory. it was also the most watched tv show of any kind for all time. it went down to the wire. it's estimated eight out of every ten tv sets in new york were tuned to the game. we now know new york fans held it in the whole time because water usage in the city of new york spiked 13% in those first moments after the game. the water level in a major reservoir north of the city actually decreased by two inches. the good news for madonna, there was a spike in water use at halftime, but it leveled off as soon as she took the stage. >>>

with the tsa precheck program, you may not have to go through this any more when you flight. after 9/11, the department of homeland security admits it did not have the information or technology needed to identify travelers that pose the greatest risk. >> we recognize that all travelers are not alike and not all of them pose the same level of risk. >> reporter: so, last clear, the dhs started a pilot program in seven major airports. approved, prescreened travelers were given a green light to a fast lane, meaning many don't have to take off their shoes, coats or take out their laptops. >> allows us to spend more time on those that we note least about, name, date of birth and gender, through secure flight, or we know the most about because they are on terrorist watch lists. >> reporter: now you the tsa precheck program is ready to be introduced in about 30 more airports in 2012, including dulles, reagan and bwi. >> i would sign up in a heartbeat. >> reporter: but are you eligible? it boils down to two groups of people, frequent fliers who participate in airlines and members of t

what you do is you go to the tsa website, you register there.ur background information and then they'll give you an identification number which you will then use when you make your reservation. there's no guarantee once you do that you're even eligible. you won't find out until you get to the airport. show your boarding pass to the tsa agent who will scan the bar code and if you are, then you go to a separate distinct line and all those things i just told you about will happen. >> it that brings up two points. if you're eligible and you don't know until you get to the airport, so you don't find out. when do you find out that you're eligible? >> right there when you're showing your i.d. and boarding pass to the tsa agent. that's when you know you're in the program. there's no guarantee that by register you'll get in. >> who is eligible in. >> if if you're a member of global entry or some of the other programs the government has to allow you to clear customs back to the united states or if you're a mega frequent flyer who already listed in the air

order to get those contracting dollars. >> i look forward to it and dealing with this issue on the tsa and tso officers. thank you. i yield back. >> gentle lady yields back. mr. turner has five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. nice to see you again. madam secretary, earlier in the hearings you talked about the increased threats from iran against soft targets, some synagogues and such in new york. a city where we have a large concentration of them. these organizations had been eligible and are eligible for the national preparedness grant program. can you tell me the status of that? >> yes. we have set aside some money in the 2012 grant awards for the national preparedness -- for ngos, excuse me -- under the national preparedness program. our idea or our vision is to consolidate everything under one major grant program and that would be one of the grants consolidated. so to be -- to summarize, there will be a separate car vouts now merged into one umbrella program. >> and this year versus last year, increases? >> i'm not at liberty to say because of the rules of the body require us t

the tsa didn't see it that way.t makes you wonder, are there trigger words you shouldn't tweet, especially if you plan to get on a plane? i took that question to legal guys. >> well, if you see words like destroy america and dig up the body of marilyn monroe, i think that's a pretty clear idea to get the tsa guys pretty cranked up. >> they say they were joking. passengers say they were joking. don't take us seriously. >> well, hey, we're for the tsa in trying to run that by them. look, the fact is that since 9/11, it's insane to do that. these are 20-something brits trying to come over to the united states. you know what? i think tsa did the right thing. they never intended to do it. but that's how it goes. >> all right. richard, this is one tweet that they exchanged. "free this week for quick gossip/prep before i go and destroy america" with a question mark? lesson to all, you don't joke about things like that. >> for sure. this is what it's come to in our society. everybody's so jumpy. look, we speak english in th

their bosses pulling them from duty to get what the tsa calls remedial training.se of the security mixup, the security checkpoint had to be shut down almost an hour to find the passengers and get them rescreened. >> security is so important at the airport and passenger safety is the number one priority. what i can tell you is as soon as we were aware there was a problem we got the situation resolved. >>> to syria, they're holding a national referendum today on a new constitution. >> it's a gesture many opposition and other leaders are calling a sham. >> reporter: turning out in public for the first time in a long time to join up to 14.5 million eligible syrians to vote in this referendum that could guarantee that president another 16 years in power. the opposition refusing to turn out. hillary clinton, the u.s. secretary of state, saying it was a cynical ploy and analysts on the ground saying this referendum will amount to very little. >> unless the regime is genuinely interested in getting involved in a dialogue process, things will deteriorate. >> reporter: mean

how is the tsa speed line working? >> this tsa precheck is a wonderful thing. need to take off your shoes, your jacket, take out your toiletries or laptop. it's only in seven airports at this point. dallas, miami, lax, vegas, minneapolis, atlanta and detroit. the good news is, by the end of this year, there will be 28 more airports and 35 all together. right now, the seven are in association with delta or american or in socases both. >> you have to do all this other stuff. you have to do those things normally. how are they able to do it and still provide the safety measures? >> they have checked you. there are two way this is works. the airlines opt you in usually if you are a frequent flyer, you will get a notification and they opt you in. that is the one way of doing it. the second way is you actually sign up for the custom border protections trusted traveler program. in that case, you go on to glob globalentry.gov. that costs you $100. they have to do an entire precheck. >> frequent flier status gets you in? >> not automatically. i have found talking to peop

. >> reporter: but now, in more than 30 airports, what the tsa is calling a new day. >> it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> reporter: from boston and new york in the northeast, to miami and atlanta in the south, chicago and denver in the midwest, seattle, san francisco and los angeles, in fact most major airports across the country. fast lanes for passengers who have submitted to fingerprints and background checks in advance. lines, where americans can keep their shoes and jackets on, their laptops and cosmetics in their suitcase. >> we're using what some people describe as more common sense. >> reporter: tsa will only say the new fast lanes are substantially quicker. and at los angeles international today, we timed this passenger through the regular line, at 6 minutes and 10 seconds, while this passenger went through the new fast line, in just 54 seconds. >> it was great. it was traveling easy again. >> reporter: five major airlines, american, delta, united, usair and alaska, are signing up to participate by the end of the year. frequent fliers

. >>> it has been a year since the tsa administrator moved to private screeners.y just passed the reauthorization bill that forces the tsa's chief to approve the request to privatize the screeners. 16 airports have already moved to private security screeners. >>> and good news for mcdonald's for st. patrick's day. the restaurant's famous minty green milk shake, the shamrock shake, will be available all over the country. all 14,000 mcdonald's will carry the frozen treat through march 25th but each restaurant will decide when they cran start serving them. >>> coming up in a few minutes we'll have the latest out of perry hall where one person has died in a crash on bel air road. >>> police are investigating the discovery of a still born baby inside a dumpster in bel air. >> the injury on his left front leg appears to be a knife wound. >>> this is rocky road. they call him a bait dog. his job is to train other dogs how to fight. now it's you who's fighting mad over this. >>> we have our dukes up ready to punch a night of winter weather. we're not harford zone. roads a

of tsa is increasing its pre-tax program. it is now will to be extended to 28 states including as the boat. " to qualify, passengers have to be frequent fliers in participating airlines and willing to share for her small home for hall said. collectively >>catherine: the tsa says they will still used random security checks even for pre checked passengers. roughly 336 called thousand passengers have been screened for the program. as the pope is scheduled to see a part of this sometime later this year. in washington state, investigation has been launched into how the 91 dispatcher handle a call from a frantic social worker. it all happened this is weekend in the minutes and leading up to this fire and explosion. the fire was said by joshed power. he lost his voice inside of the home and they died along with him. you will hear a part of the first phone call the social worker made and how she reacted after the explosion. with >> i am on a supervised visitation for a court- ordered visit. something really weird has happened. the ki

acts, they wear tsa uniforms, but they are employed by a private vendor, they have tsa superviors buto touch you and communicate with you are private evener, they do not work for the government. jenna: it's hard to make the comparison but i was thinking about our highway system and if i was driving on the highway, you have the local police, or the state police that can pull you over and enforce the rules. it's not a private company. and in fact, it might be odd if it was a private company that was trying to enforce, you know, duis or speeding or something like that. so where is maybe the difference where it applies to airports versus what i just gave, or is there a difference? >> well, the difference is that the airlines have the most to lose in the case of a catastrophe, and therefore the most to gain from preventing a catastrophe. and would you rather go through a security check, where the person was pleasant to you, and wanted your business and treated you with respect, or the demeaning experience that we all all begrudgingly put up with with the tsa now. if the screeners work for

i think tsa did the right thing.tended to do it but that's how it goes. >> richard, this was one tweet that they exchanged. free this week for quick gossip/prep before i go and destroy america? lesson to all, you don't joke about things like that. >> that's for sure. >> this was a joke, right? >> this is what it's come to. this is what it's come to in our society that everybody is so jumpy. look, we speak english in the united states, they speak english over there. they look down on our english. it's slang, i'm going to destroy america is a slang term for party up in america. look, homeland security obviously overreacted in this case. they just better forget about it, move on with it, it's going nowhere. they could have questioned them but they had to release them so it's ridiculous. >> okay. >> we've had a look at this giants jersey for the entire hit. i mean goodness gracious -- david gergen wrote about this -- myra kraft said, who passed away, the wife of the owner, the patriots are going to be out there fighting.

the tsa according to the ig, has a program to make sure the machines are inspected every year or every time they're moved or every time there's a question about any part that isn't working right. and they do say that there's been no example of anybody that got too much radiation out of them, they do seem to be well maintained, there is an issue of how much training the operators get, a lot of it is online, many of the operators told the ig they feel more comfortable operating the machines, especially on their even without supervisors if they had a little more training. all the recommendations that are made in this report, the tsa concurs with, and is already starting to put into effect. >> thank you. >>> a new york city man got quite the scare when a taxicab plowed through his home. this is video from the security system monday morning much what a way to wake up, you can see the car barrelling through the intersection and slamming intoed garage. nobody was hurt here, the home as you can imagine and the vehicle were both seriously damaged. the homeowner says this is the second time a dr

tsa undies designed to hide private parts when going through screening but tsa fwhot let them test ideas so they never went foo production. some that do make it come from beta brand customers. >> there is. >> this has been an important symbol since his mother gave him a koi kite. >> they can swim up and they get to heaven they'd be trance neermd a dragon he had a dream of turning the kite into a hoody. he says no one understood except beta brand. >> i bought it and i sewed pieces of actual koi kite on to this sweat shirt. >> this is a san francisco appropriate lesson, we thought it's great. >> it's humbling to have that dream come true and people see it, appreciate it. >> how cool. >> yes. >> and they tell us they have made more in order to keep up with demand. >> that is great. >> thank you. >> a reminder oscar sunday is just six days away, beginning with road to the gold. that is a preview, you can catch the interviews before the show. it begins at 5:00 p.m. then there is a star shoulded show at 11:00. there is a special edition of jimmy kimmel live. you can join the conversation. ther

on the area of tsa, the screen partnership program. we had the tsa appear a couple of times and i think he does an overall good job. there does seem to be a plant in the department against that program, and i notice that in your budget you have a slight decrease in that program for fiscal year 2012. it has been a very small program in part because the department has been reluctant to expand it. indeed reauthorization conference report that was passed earlier this month by both the house and senate, it requires the administrator to make a decision whether or not to accept applications within 120 days of exceed it -- of receiving include. -- of receiving it. that would anticipate additional airports requesting that. i would hope there would not be the response that you don't have the budget to be able to respond to those requests since i am personally aware of a number of airports that wish to at least apply for that. >> as i said earlier we understand the language in the faa reauthorization and we will seek to comply with it. >> thank y

tell us what have been. >> i apped to tsa. ey did not say anything to me..ried to do firefighting. they were hiring people that were already trained. i sentnt scott an e-mail to see if he wanted to do what we did as kids. >> you did wt you learnened as kids but you had taken some classes inollege on how w to art a small business. did you apply any of those lessons? >> at nova, i got my asciatate in criminal justice. i took some classes to p prepare me for another venture i might take to pursue a job. >> what did you try a to do to reinvent the wheel and what are some things that other people might be able to learn? >> i think customer service goes a long way. and hard wor ambition n will make a h happy custoer. >> you all tried the hard work way by going car to car putting leaflets on the car. whwhat did you learn about marketing? >> marketing is a tough subject. am taking another class to figure out how we canan do this other people say y you have to hearrom a a company three times before they consider something. we have done fliers in train stations parkin

. >> tsa is about more than just speeding up travel as part of a fundamental shift in how we approachviation security. >> secretary janet said it is being tested at seven airports. but it's been expanded to 28 more airports by the end of the year. in order to be eligible, you have to be a u.s. citizen and a member of a participating airline, frequent flier program. >> when the person arrives, they will have on their boarding pass, embedded in the bar code, the fact they are part of the tsa precheck program. >> they will be directed to their security line where they can keep their clothes on and laptops and liquid in their luggage. kristin fisher, 9news now. >> that would save a lot of time, wouldn't it? >> all right, so the weather. >> yeah. well, you know, we're seeing a rain event around the beltway, but north and west. a little bit of snow shower activity. we are now the back edge of the system is moving through. may also see snow coming to an end, starting from the west and heading up to the east. i want to start with our winter weather advisory still in effect until 8:00 tonight.

check point. >>> thousands of items at tsa that that is i have confiscated up and down the east coast are being sold in pennsylvania, as chris reports, one person's loss could be your gain. >>> so it is very important you know, to know what you are taking on a plane before you get on. or else it winds up here. >>> and here is the state surplus warehouse where you will find all sorts of things people tried to take on to a plane and failed. there is power tools, utility knives, snow globes, sunglasses, scissors and wrenches and then even samurai swords, giant spoon ammunition, and of course, fuzzy handcuffs. >> we have things from ohio, new york, new jersey, maryland, delaware little regional airports as well. >> all but three states have a surplus program but when tsa confiscates material at airport check points much of it comes to pennsylvania because we have one of the largest operations in this site to handle the volume, amazingly since 2004 the state made $700,000 in revenue from this program which goes into the general fund for the state to spend. the state surplus warehouse is op

yes, it is yet another tsa story. our favorite government agency is under fire for peep show-style naked body scans of good looking women. one lady tells a dallas tv station that agents at dfw airport, i believe it stands for douglas franklin wilson. they asked her to go through the scaner three times because, quoting her, they wanted a good look. after looking at over 500 complaints, the station found a pattern of possible sexual harassment of female passengers. and now congress, you know them, may get involved. charles schumer, if that's his real name, says he wants to introduce a bill that addresses passenger complaints. he has experience in noting that she was asked by the agent, quote, if she plays tennis because of her cute figure. >> sounds like something a 60-year-old man would say. we need to talk about this in the popular -- >> lightning roooooouuuuunnnnnnd. lightning round. >> you have a cute figure for a dame. that's just something your grandfather's friend would say to you before he puts on the hockey mas