what we're working on within the tsa is to have a tsa pre check signed up through a tsa instructor. not to go through other agencies. you can go through a dhs portal. what we found the last quarter of 2012, up 41% of people signing up for global entry just wanted the project benefits. how can we maximize that? that is what we're doing. >> i would also like to see you get to the point where it wants to sign up and approved a project, it works across all airlines. i know your partners have some proprietary concerns. are you working towards a database that would protect the proprietary interest but also allow travelers to use multiple airlines to use pre check? >> we are. airlines have been good partners. we're not there yet. >> how long? >> i will have to get back to you on that. it has been something frankly i have been hopeful we would have already been there. because of some mergers and other issues, that has complicated things will but. repair stations, it has been 10 years waiting on a rule. can you tell us that is going to happen release soon? >> i can tell you that. [laughter]

the boss of the tsa was called to capitol hill today to answer for it. tom costello covers aviation for us. he's with us tonight from reagan national and one of the tsa checkpoints. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. good evening. the tsa says it confiscates 2,000 small pocket knives like this every single day. it says it delays checkpoints, takes up time. it says they should be more stridently, more intently looking for explosives. many people say there shouldn't be a trade-off. on capitol hill today unions representing air marshalls, airline employees and flight attendants demanded the tsa drop its plan to allow small knives on board commercial flights. >> a knife like this is a weapon and it doesn't belong on an airplane. >> reporter: the unions claim to represent 90,000 flight attendants but the tsa chief conceded to lawmakers he never consulted with any flight attendants before changing the knife rule. >> i could have done a better job of bringing them in earlier. >> reporter: the backlash of the knife policy has grown to include nearly ever

. >> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i don't know anyone who's defended the tsa on this, because it doesn't make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a plane's cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these fives can not friday down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so far as you can see it has 17,000 signatures. now, flight attendants are worried about their personal safety, the risk from knives to them personally. but what does the tsa say in response? tsa's decision was driven by a threat assessment as part of our overall risk based security approach. we concluded that removing small knives from the prohibited list would not cause catastrophic damage to the aircraft. that is the key. catastrophic damage versus the threat to individuals here. this issue is not the only thing to be watch

when i have flown i've seen tsa be extremely inefficient. i remember going through check points and the magnetic scanners and then waiting at the boarding area after we all have gone through everything, three workers there one of them randomly would pick someone to check. the other two were standing there. >> sounds like one of these government work projects. >> i agree with mike it's inefficient. we have the tsa acting like bouncers at a bar, basically treating that marine or 95-year-old ladies like terrorists. the thing is when you privatize the people know that they have to treat customers with respect, not like they are people who are fundintheir wallets and they can abuse them. so we already have more than a dozen airports still privatized, i agree with rick, you have to have the government overseeing it. for boots on the ground the airlines don't want the responsibility. the government unions don't want that responsibility of screening so they end up abusing the passengers. don't treat them like customers. >> steve, government programs

the tsa says it regularly conducts covert testing.this is what it looks like. >> slipped a detonator in and get this thing positioned. >> cnn went along with undercover tsa inspectors in 2008. the inspector had a fake ied on him when he went through security at tampa international airport. a screener failed to detect the device and the undercover inspector then instructed him on what he did wrong. >> you're going to have to get my shirt up and you inspect it. okay. that's what i want you to do now. >> just how many screeners fail to detect devices in these drills is unclear. one aviation security analyst says some failures are to be expected. >> there are a lot of very important lessons to be learned. in order to improve the program and to increase the level of alert and the -- the professionalism of the people that implement it. >> just this week, the head of the tsa said protecting against ieds are the top priority. >> the greatest risk is nonmetallic ieds, whether that's the explosive, the electronic initiator or a chemical initiat

you want the tsa to relax rules, why?use in boston, nine al qaeda hijacked two planes back on 9/11. it's where i'm from. those guys used a box cutter just like this to take over those planes and the other two planes. this is still banned. what tsa is now saying is while this is still banned, this swiss army knife can be brought on to the same planes. that makes no sense what so ever. we have gone a long way since 9/11 where people after that incident were looking at each other suspiciously on planes every time they flew. now people feel more comfortable. what they are doing is returning us to that day where they are going to wonder, does someone have a knife? are there four or five others on the plane attempting to do something that could result in catastrophe? it's wrong. i have introduced my legislation, the no knives aboard act to force congress to vote on this issue if tsa does not reverse itself. >> you ran the tsa for a number of years after 9/11. i want to say, i share why on earth tsa would start relaxing rules an

the tsa. it will soon allow passengers to carry small knives on flight. >> reporter: jessica, this is a pocket knife i carry with me just about every day. under the tsa's new policy, in pocket knife would be allow onto planes. earlier today, i spoke with alice hoglin. she's the mother of the victim of 9/11 and her reaction to the new tsa policy is quite visceral. >> this unwise move by the tsa is a slap in the face to the fellas who stood and faulgt. >> the move alice is talking about is the new policy that allows holding knives with blades that are less than 2.3 inches long and half an inch wide. >> they were able to charge up the aisle and take back control of their lives. if they would have had a few more minutes and a couple hundred more feet of altitude, i think it might have turned out differently for them. >> when she heard of the tsa's new policy, she tells me she was horrified. >> to completely turn our back on the possibility that a plane could be hijacked with low-tech items is to c

but the tsa chief said he never consulted with flight attendants before changing the knife rule. the backlash over the tsa's new life policy has grown to include every player in aviation safety. three, major airlines, u.s. airways, american and delta, oppose allowing small knives onboard. so does the union representing the tsa's own screening officers. >> i just don't believe that there is a place for knives or weapons of any kind on airplanes. >> reporter: but the agency insists that since cockpit doors are now reenforced, small knives do not pose a serious threat to an aircraft. while explosives remain a threat. and tsa chief pistole showed a video to make his point. >> this is the type of device that i want our security officers looking for. >> reporter: in a twist, the obama administration's tsa is getting support for its new list of what's allowed, from some republican lawmakers. >> i want to commend you on this list that you've come out with. i'd like for it to be a little longer. but you made a good start. >> reporter: while some democrats are threatening legislation to bl

there is too much -- we are looking at tsa today. imagine when they have to examine each night, is this one too sharp? is it too long? let's not that. this is not a good idea. gerri: this story keeps on keeping on. i can't wait for the testimony that we have. thank you again. >> thank you. >> democratic congressman ed markey introducing a bill to stop passengers from crying knives on planes. joining me now is congressman grimm. michael, welcome back to the show. >> it is good to be here. gerri: the fact that you are sponsoring this does not surprise me. you used to work forthe fbi. i don't think anyone ever leave that behind. what do you think the risk of a knife on a plane would be? >> i think we have already seen it. as someone who lives in staten island and probably represent staten island, we lost more per capita than aany other borough. let's remember that we have to remain vigilant because the plane itself became a bomb after it hit the trade center. the fuel and fire, he basically created a bomb that brought down the trade cen

the tsa insists it will. it will happen at the end of april.ss can always take action. >> tom costello for us from our washington bureau. thank you. >>> still ahead, hundreds of thousands of tax returns delayed because of a software glitch. we'll tell you if yours could be one. the problem is fixed but those checks could still take a while. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. [ crisp crunches ] whoo-hoo-hoo! guess it was. [ male announcer ] pringles, bursting with more flavor. i worked a patrol unit for 17 years in the city of baltimore. when i first started experiencing the pain, it's hard to describe because you have a numbness but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse,

yet we spend $50 million on uniforms for the tsa. i'm the first person you should be dressed nationally when you pat me down, but we don't need this. it's insulting to the american people they keep trying to get away with this stuff. you are too stupid to figure it out on your own they think. >> eric: not only are they not cutting back but they listed 400 jobs the day sequester wasn't into effect to hire people. >> and sequester doesn't cut government but cuts the growth of government. and looking around saying, where shall we started cutting. how about going back to the constitution. all government is supposed to do is protect our individuals rights not to feed us and clothe us. so if we're looking what is the cut. let's go back to the constitutional principles. >> eric: you are sitting there in that chamber, why is it so hard to cut? >> bottom line, congressman and senators aren't getting a cut. staff is cut 5.1%. you need to have the leadership and boehner in the house and reid in the senate delegate to ranking members and say we

i want to get tsa opinion before i went outside to see a pic of what this tsa say about this? that involve a number of people across the organization, including input from the workforce around the country through a couple of different mechanisms. one is the idea factor. it's kind of like electronic suggestion box for people and send in suggestions. we received over the last two and a half years, i've seen hundreds upon hundreds of suggestions to do just that, to remove small items, small minds and other things. this working group convened and met for two reasons in 2011 and then following up last year to assess the entire list for summer respect. what the intelligence tells, what are the threats, how are these impacted and those items i went to in my opening statement. beethen looking up what does tht mean in terms of our resources at checkpoint. so just for example, congressman, every day still today we, of course, find on average for guns at checkpoints. but we also find about 2000 of these small pocket knives every day. everyday across the country about 2000 of these small

. >>> and coming up, the change in tsa policy that could make for shorter lines at airport security. but does it come with a price? >>> first, though, 126 s&p 500 companies traded at new 52-week highs during today's session. that's about 25% of the index. 57 of those names hit new all-time highs. here's a look at some of them. >>> a lawyer who represent eed chrysler has been chosen by michigan's governor to be the emergency manager of detroit. kevin orr will try to fix the city's finances and try to avoid a bankruptcy. detroit is now the largest american city ever to have its finances placed under state control. >>> there's also trouble in many of the nation's counties. new figures from the census bureau show a record number of u.s. counties more than one in three are dying off as aging populations and weak economies force young adults to look elsewhere for jobs. >>> airport safety officials say they are allowing small knives and items like golf clubs on aircraft again to conform with international standards and make airport security checkpoints move more freely. the decision by the

not cut tsa? why not go back to a private security force? >> that worked out really well, jonathan. do you remember september 11, 2001? really great idea. not. >> we're going to have to tel aviv there. we could do this all day. great discussion. we'll leave it there. coming up, happy to see hugo? some say his death may bring relief at the pump up here. but we got to fix to free drivers. then, the solution to america's immigration mess nation's health care problems. join us. hugo is gone, but the pain at the pump is not. while some say chavez's departure could mean lower gas prices in the future in the u.s., others say we've already got the fix. just get rid of the costly regulations on refineries and stop making us so dependent on greener gas. tracy, are regulations a big reason the big jump at the pump? >> 'cause they're not paying for it, we are. so it's all passed on. stop this already. these greenhouse nonsense. stop the summer blend. it's like we got to change outfits in the middle of the yea

not cut tsa? why not go back to a private security force? >> that worked out really well, jonathan. do you remember september 11, 2001? really great idea. not. >> we're going to have to tel aviv there. we could do this all day. great discussion. we'll leave it there. coming up, happy to see hugo? some say his death may bring relief at the pu up here. but we got to fix to free drivers. then, the solution to america's immigration mess friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and with my cash back, you are money. forget him. my airline miles will take your game worldwide. what i'm really looking for is -- i got two words for you -- re-wards. ♪ there's got to be better cards than this. [ male announcer ] there's a better way with creditcards.com. compare hundreds of cards from all the major banks to find the one that's right for you. it's simple. search, compare, and apply at creditcards.com. first round's on me. join us. hugo is gone, but the pain at the pump is not. while some say chavez's

. >>> and the tsa under fire. the growing backlash over knives on planes. what every traveler needs to know. good evening, everyone, and welcome to our public television viewers. suzy, the market beat goes on and on. >> it's like the energizer bunny. it just keeps going and going. the dow marches on higher for the tenth day in a row, the first time since 1997 -- 1996. it ended at 14,539. the nasdaq added 14 and the broader s&p 500 gained almost 9 points, and it's now just 2 points away from its own record high close. >>> there is some concern that the rise in the markets may have been too high too fast. and this could be the start of a market bubble. but newly installed treasury secretary jack lew tells steve liesman not so. >> the analysis i've seen doesn't give me reason to be worried right now. >> we'll have more of steve's interview with the treasury secretary in just a few minutes. >>> as the dow hits unprecedenteded heights and the s&p 500 nears its own peak tantalizingly close to it, there's a battle below the surface that could determine which way s

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their own union representing the tsa officers is against this.attendants represented by ed markey and behind him are some of the flight attendants, they've come out against this. many pilots' organizations have come out against it. u.s. airways, american and delta against it. the list is growing. on capitol hill this afternoon, the tsa chief john pistole who you saw there will be on capitol hill to defend this position, but he's going to take it from both sides. at the same time, there is some body of thinking on capitol hill oddly enough, among the republicans, the obama administration has support with the republicans on the hill who agree with this plan to allow these short blade knives, no more than 2.3 inches to be allowed in carry-ones because they think the tsa has gone too far anyway. there are strange bedfellows in in particular argument. but the tsa is really getting an earful right now. >> the flight attendants, the unions, he started this online petition to keep the knives off planes. we're watching this press conference. the unificati

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it will speed up getting through tsa. it will allow tsa folks to focus on the role threats.hat is the point here. i want our security people focusing on the real threats to the airliner, passengers, and not wasting times on things that are not a threat. the 9/11 scenario of summary with a blade being able to gain access to a copy and taking over -- to a cockpits and taking over the plane is not a reality anymore. that started changing with the last airliner when the passengers relies we no longer live in a world where terrorists took an airplane, fluid to a location and surrendered. the world has changed. those passengers taking control of that airplane was the first step in that change. since then, our security people have been very smart. they have looked at securing the cockpit, giving training to flight attendants. there are lots of things that we have done so that the 9/11 scenario is not viable anymore. these little pen knives do not pose a threat. host: congressman hudson, you mentioned freeing tsa up from the responsibly of sorting through these knives. play out what

there's no reason. >> there is a reason, here's what the tsa says. they say, we are mired in so much crap at the security checkpoints that we can't look for the really dangerous things like underwear bombs that will bring an aircraft down. but with today's vigilant passengers, post-9/11, there is no one in the cabin that's going to let someone with a golf club or teeny tiny knife take down the plane and the cabin doors are locked to the pilots. >> fine. you're going to use the flight attendants as collateral damage? what about the federal air marshals on the planes, too. let me tell you something, ashleigh, if something happens in the back of the plane, the fams, their job is to protect the cockpit at all costs. >> listen -- >> let me finish. let me tell you, if something goes on in the back, they are not going to be able to take care of that. look, after i was in law enforcement, i was hired by delta airlines to start up an abusive passenger program before 9/11, and my job back then, i was trying to get the knives off the planes before 9/11. and aft

not cut tsa?hy not go back to a private security force? >> that worked out really well, jonathan. do you remember september 11, 2001? really great idea. not. >> we're going to have to tel aviv there. we could do this all day. great discussion. we'll leave it there. coming up, happy to see hugo? some say his death may bring relief at the pump up here. but we got to fix to free drivers. then, the solution to america's immigration mess at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. this is nature valley. new griddle-melts to youre usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... mad

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well, we just got this statement in from the tsa.t says "tsa's decision was driven by a threat assessment as part of our overall risk-based security approach." "we concluded that reproving small knives would not cause catastrophic risk." they are focusing on catastrophic damage to the entire aircraft. here is what the leader of the tsa said earlier this week. >> the idea that if we have to look for and find and then somehow resolve whatever that prohibitive item is, that takes time and effort, and the key factor for me is that may detract us, may detract us from that item that could be catastrophic failure to an aircraft. could lead to that catastrophic failure. >> so you get it there, don. the tsa is looking at trying to prevent an explosion or a plane crash by a terrorist. but at the same time, lawmakers like schumer, groups like flight attendants, they're worried about threats from knives to individuals on the plane. >> so the tsa says that they're doing this because they want to line up with international flights. so is this -- t

the head of tsa is in for quite a day on capitol hill. the hearing comes just days after a lawmaker introduced a bipartisan bill that ultimately protests the tsa's upcoming policy change. it is called the no knives act. as it stands. the rule allows passengers, the rule change allows passengers to carry on certain pocket knives. the caveat is the blades cannot be longer than 2.36 inches and they can't be more than a half inch wide. the tsa also plans to allow an asserted array of sports equipment on board like whifl ball bats and it is the knives like so many have said. a man stood up to the terrorists. she says, the change is a slap in the face. >> to completely turn our back on the possibility that a plane could be hijacked using low-tech items, box cutters and knives to turn our back on that is to condemn ourself to repeat history. i don't want that. i don't have any morrisoe sons give out. >> the chief said the knives that have been banned since 911 do nothing more than distract screeners from paying attention to bigger threats like e

. >>> and an airport altercation that has the tsa spinning. why a veteran says he was humiliated by a tsa agent. we're back in a moment. >>> take a look. it took more than six hours to control this predawn fire on bethel island. this is in eastern costa costra county. falling power lines slowed their effort to control the flames. two homes are totally destroyed and a third is damaged. >>> in jerusalem today the mood was sunny and the talk was tough. president barack obama on his first official trip to israel since being elected in 2008. steve handelsman, the leaders called each other by their first names which observers say it was a good sign. >> reporter: looked like a love fest, janelle. that seems to suit both leaders. you could hardly tell that the president and the prime minister had a falling out over iran. they praised one another and seemed to agree at least in public about the military option. president obama reassured israelis terrified of iran getting nuclear weapons that if diplomacy fails, using force is possible. >> all options a

this complies with tsa standards.hey think this particular knife does not pose a risk to anybody traveling. now imagine if i take this knife up from behindicult to notice, someone who is seated on the aircraft, which most of us are, because that's what we do on planes, we sit in a very confined space and someone comes up without warning, because terrorists aren't polite and comes out us in the back of the neck where we are vulnerable and stabs us repeatedly what is going to happen? federal correction officer erica williams on february 26th was stabbed over a hundred times in probably 15 seconds by a sigh to the particular inmate with a plastic knife, over a hundred times an was standing. now tsa thinks allowing something like this on a plane somehow doesn't pose a risk to federal law enforcement officers, flight attendants or americans flying? is there view that the americans in the cabin are disposable? are they expendable in it's nonsense. bill: you see no difference between that knife and a box cutter. >> no. bill:

outrage grows over the tsa's plan to let people carry them onto planes.rly start," thanks for being with us, i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, march 11th, 6:00 a.m. in the east. we are in the final countdown to the conclave. which really the whole world watching the 115 cardinal electors tasked with choosing the next leader of the catholic church will vote for the first time tomorrow. remember, it takes two thirds of them to elect a new pope. and yesterday we had such a fascinating spectacle. the cardinals fanned out across rome. each of them assigned to preach at a designated church. many people saw this as a final audition. two u.s. cardinals seem to be in the mix and could potentially become the first american pope. cardinal timothy dolan, the archbishop of new york, and cardinal sean o'malley who is boston's archbishop. miguel marquez is just outside the vatican right now. miguel, i have to imagine the atmosphere getting pretty tense heading into this conclave. >> oh, it's -- you could start to feel the energy here. and we've act

the tsa release as state. taking novelty bats and sporting equipment off the prohibited items list will allow transportation security officers to better focus their attention on higher threat items and the final decision rests with the tsa.... and new jersey's newark liberty airport after what we told thank you week,'s upset about reports that an undercover federal agent managed to sneak a fake bomb inside his pants, past two security check points. the fallout, meantime, continues from that security breach as a whistleblower now is opening up with shocking representations about inept employees, useless policies and supervisors asleep at the wheel. arthel, it makes it look extremely dangerous. >> it sounds unbelievable. according to the whistleblower, things are really bad. in an article in the new york post, the former screener wasn't surprised by february's snn incident you reported on and charged with the task keeping americans safe. it's not a matter of if a terrorist boards a plane, but when. and screens r

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that tsa says will now be allowed. they are knives with blades that are no longer than 2.36 inches and they are also knives that do not lock in place. so that's why the change now. who has a problem with it? well, for one, senator chuck schumer of new york. add news conference today urging the tsa to change its mind. he said if it didn't, he might try to make them. >> if the tsa refuses to go along we would consider legislation and my guess is it would be large bipartisan support. i don't know anybody who has defended the tsa on this on the merits because it just doesn't make any sense. >> now, there is more opposition, not just lawmakers. look at this petition on white house.gov. this was put up the day this policy announced. it's being pushed by unions representing flight attendants. it's a petition opposing a new knife policy and so far, as you can see there, it has more than 18,000 signatures. flight attendants, don, are worried about their personal safety. what tsa is saying is it's prioritizing on large-scale thi

the first thing you have to do is you have to go to the tsa.to them and hopefully with the public and with us, by speaking first and talking to them, and applying that logic i'm hoping that they'll see it the way they need to. if they don't we will still be vigilant as a crew. we will adapt. we'll do exactly as the rules say. >> michael: stacey martin. thank you for being with us. ironic that the man's name is mr. pistol. >> it's very much so. very much so. we hear he's a very reasonable man. i think he's very interested in doing the right thing and we're really looking forward to meeting with him this week. that's what we're going to do. >> michael: we thank you for being on "the young turks" today. >> thank you very much. thank you for having me. >> michael: when we come back we'll look at an another astonishing story. this one having to do with mcdonald's and what the franchise is doing with foreign exchange students. it's ridiculous. [ protests ] (vo) brought to you by expedia. expedia helps 30 million travellers a month find what they are

what's the purpose of the tsa? >> okay. we'll ponder that. to our buzzer beater. 20 seconds on the clock. newt gingrich has some advice for his party. loosen up. the former republican presidential candidate saying if asked, he would go on the hit show the celebrity apprentice because republicans would be, quote, so much better off and relaxed in shows like that and be interesting. new york congressman also a republican peter king seemed to be taking gingrich's advice to heart heading to the boxing ring. i hope we get to see him fight. the 68-year-old sparring at an exhibition match this weekend, entering the ring to the fight song from notre dame where he attended. spokesman says king is a big boxing fan and has been training for nine years. king called the event a great experience. our question, is newt gingrich right, are republicans too upsighup sig tight? >> i have never voted for a politician because they were cool. cool may be good in terms of getting media coverage, in terms of getting magazine coverage, but no rational person votes fo

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tsa you however, sees things very differently.rom tsa's perspective this is about their job being a priority on trying to prevent terrorists from taking over an entire plane. the tsa says that cockpits are protected now, small knifes can no longer get a terrorist to the plane's controls but the tsa says hunting for those knives can distract their officers from finding those bigger threats. now, those changes are supposed to go into effect in april, frederica buts here the thing. senator schumer says that if the tsa does not reverse this itscy on its own, he will file a bill to force them to do it. >> okay. meantime, lisa, there's something else impact air control towers. what is going on with that? >> reporter: i don't know how often you fly out of small airport, one in columbus, georgia, for example, a metropolitan airport that may have to close its control tower because of the forced budget cuts. here is another one we are looking at in this video, an airport in hagerstown, maryland. as a lot of folks know, tsa is going to have

but the tsa has a different story of the account.at closed circuit tv shows that tsa officers followed procedures and that the marine actually stood up on his own and willingly walked through security. the tsa also says that the marine actually never removed his prosthetics and he never filed a complaint. we should tell you though, fred, the tsa has a special program specifically to address how wounded warriors are treated at security points. and the program is simply designed to ensure that all of these folks get treated respectfully. back to you, fred. >> rene marsh in washington. thank you so much. >>> victory for stephen colbert's sister. she's a winner in a south carolina congressional primary and now could be up against former governor mark sanford. yu book it, and i got a great deal without bidding. and where's your furry friend? oh, i don't have a cat. now you can save up to 50% during priceline's spring hotel sale use promo code spring for additional savings on all express deals, including pet friendly hotels. express deals.

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. >> reporter: the roar of protests over tsa's plan to allow small knives on planes grew louder today. massachusetts congressman ed markey is now joining the chorus with a warning. >> if the tsa does not reverse their decision, i'm going to introduce legislation to reverse the decision. >> reporter: it's these small pocket knives, with small blades, that the tsa planning to allow back on planes. the ceo of the largest airline, delta airlines, joined the cause last night with a letter to the head of the tsa quote, we share the legitimate concerns. >> we're not going to stand for that. the tsa was created because there were blades in the cabin. >> reporter: the air marshal unions has joined the unions has joined the opposition, which has gained steam with an online petition. he said that allowing small knives will allow his officers to concentrate on explosives. especially liquid explosives. but those who work in aircraft cabins say it's a dangerous move. >> it makes no sense for us to say that we can only search for liquid explosives or knives. we should be able to search for both. >>

screenings routinely failed to meet tsa standards. employees not needing a high school diploma to get hired half hour long bathroom brakes during work and culture of laziness. officials maintain despite problems the system has worked. >> we have not had any one get on a plane successfully with these explosive devices in 11 and a half years. something is working. it has to be approved. >>> would e have reached out fo comment from the tsa but nothing yet. >> the former screener calls them ridiculous saying you can't find anything using the back of your hand over certain areas of the body. >> one of the things i thought was startling is sometimes there are cameras put up you fethey fl like they have to do something. they are under watch. they do the searchs and they aren't actually looking for things. >> you are right. the cameras never blink but some of the supervisors are blinking indeed. 1400 tsa employees newark has seen the fair share of incidence over the years. 25 employees were fired 19 suspended for improperly screening baggage

because now tsa agents will have to be pressuring knives.rience on 9/11, it didn't happen. they simply didn't measure them and allowed them all to go through. >> but, mary, listen, passenger safety is paramount, i get it. but isn't it different now? there are more secured doors on the plane? it's unlikely that anybody's going to get through. the greatest security now is probably to fellow passengers. somebody jumps up on a plane and starts doing something, everybody's going to jump on that person. >> well, what isn't different is the rule about locking and securing the cockpit doors. that was the law on 9/11. people have some revisionist history now. what they have done is strengthen them, but on the only tape of the cockpit voice recording, only one survived on september 11, there wasn't any sound that they crashed through the door. it was that they got it open either through threatening a flight attendant, and they knifed flight attendants on each of the four flights, and passengers. so the door was open. and by the way, there are over 4,0