i go through the tsa line like everybody else.my staff was not so excited with me doing that, so the first time we went out to reagan national a couple months after he took office a year ago, we went through the tsa line without incident. we got to gate 42 444 without incident. -- 42 without incident. and then my flight was canceled. i will not mention the airline. but i flew commercial again just last week. thank you for the opportunity to be here. i wanted to take this opportunity to preview some of my thoughts for a state of dhs speech that i intend to give in about two weeks and some of my overarching thoughts about our department's mission. i intend to focus on aviation security in particular, but it did want to preview some of the things that are on my mind about the state of the department that i'm privileged to leave -- lead. the department of homeland security is the third-largest of our government, with 240,000 employees, and budget which consists of appropriate money the disaster relief fund, and fees collected by vario

the airlines and the tsa do allow guns on planes, but they must be in checked luggage. they must be unloaded. they must be in a hard shell locked case. otherwise, guns don't fly, brian. >> tom costello at the airport for us tonight. tom, thanks. >>> late word from the supreme court in washington. they've agreed to hear a case brought by three oklahoma death row inmates. this concerns the drug combination that is used in lethal injections. and it comes after a botched execution in oklahoma just last year. the inmates here are arguing the sedative being used by the state does not produce a deep enough sleep, therefore, inflicting unnecessary pain. and that would violate the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. >>> when we learned last night of the death of the king of saudi arabia, the "new york times" said he represented the muslim establishment. he was a hugely powerful figure, and tonight our chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports on how his influence can be felt right now across this country. >> reporter: one of the richest, most powerful men

. >>> the tsa revealed it confiscated a record number of firearms from passengers. they say the vast majority were in fact loaded. the number of gun confiscations at the airport is up 22% in a single year as more americans choose to carry concealed weapons and then forget they're carrying them as they try to board. our report on that tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it happens five to six times a day at tsa airport checkpoints, firearms usually loaded discovered in carried on bags or passengers bodies. in seattle, tucson hidden inside a play station console at new york's jfk airport, in amarillo san antonio and cincinnati. nationwide in 2014 a record 2,212 confiscated firearms up from 660 ten years ago with more states now allowing americans to carry concealed guns. but the vast majority of passengers claim they simply forgot. john ran the tsa until the end of december. >> one of the common excuses, i'll say that we hear is that my -- typically my wife or girlfriend packed my bag. well that doesn't cut it because not only may you be arrested but you wil

the tsa also screened people and trains them. searching bags and identifying for bidden items. government doesn't do this, the private company knows that they have a good reputation and they might it -- they might get it. >> they have a natural built-in incentive versus the tsa where there is no incentive because they are the monopoly. john: thank you mr. gilroy. next, would you trust a group of strangers to be your doctor? i would not. i researched a new company to let strangers do that. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500 its yield is doing a lot better... if you've had to become your own investment expert, maybe it's time for bny mellon a different kind of wealth manager ...and black swans are unpredictable. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot but ended up nowhere. now...i use this. the nicoderm cq patch wit

the tsa and the faa are now investigating this case.l employee was traveling with a 22 caliber gun in his carry-on. he did not have the same security clearance privilege in new york and that's where tsa agents discovered the gun. now, atlanta's hartsfield airport has been under the microscope for security procedures following the recent incident last month where a baggage handler was accused of using his security clearance to bypass security checkpoints to smuggle guns onto multiple new york bound commercial aircraft. now, the faa has suspended this practice of allowing safety inspectors to bypass security checkpoints while it looks into this most recent incident. tsa also saying that they are taking this breach very seriously. they say that they are considering or will put into place new procedures which could include additional employee screening. >> so why should anyone be given a clearance? >> well the argument is resources really. there are so many employees, airport employees, faa investigators like this one, who go in and out of

funs are not the only thing that tsa has uncovered. they found a grenade an assault rival and 12 calgary gun hidden in a playstation 22. we should point out most passengers are not carrying things on that they shouldn't. the tsa screens more than 650 million people a year. that was the number last year, any way, and on most of the passengers have no criminal intent but it gives you pause to think about all those guns that could have gotten on airplanes, loaded guns on airplanes. stephanie? >> lisa stark, thank you. coming up, scientists are trying to figure out how tiny particles on the ocean surface can lead to huge storms. the techno team is in next to explain. >> you techno met up with researchers who suspect small particles of ocean waves could be playing a big role. >> every 20 minutes they pump a large number of water out of ocean, and we have our own piece of it right here. >> we're in the hydraulic lab where they brought the ocean inside. as you can see this 44-meter loom mimics sea spray to better understand how the ocean infl

. >>> the tsa is on high alert for hidden weapons, weapons some passengers have no idea they are even carrying. it's a problem for agents across the country and at reagan national are seeing. >> reporter: canes that double as swords or knives are showing up at tsa check points but the tsa has a new saying. >> twist and inspect. >> reporter: if you get caught with one of these in new york city accident or not, you'll likely be arrested and never see the cane again. >> actually, this style is fairly popular. with an ornate handle. >> reporter: is this a give away that there's something inside a dragon? >> i think so. it's a more menacing head that you would use. again, you twist, untwist, unscrew it. and look at that. >> reporter: oh my goodness. many have been given as gifts or bought at yard sales and a lot of older-style canes come with this type of defense feature. >> i think for the most part you say what's that, it's a rock, what's in it it's a rock. so you say it's cane what's it in? it's a cane. so the question seems odd to begin with. >> reporter: the tsa also says it's seeing

regardless the tsa can impose thousands of dollars in civil penalties. as you can imagine it's not only guns had a the tsa uncovered they found a grenade assault rifle, a 22 caliber gun taken apart and hidden in a play station 2 console. we have to keep this in perspective. the tsa said it screened over 650 million passengers and obviously oanld a small percentage are taking things on or trying to take things on they shouldn't. still, over 2,000 loaded guns that could have ended up on airplanes, johnson. >> lisa thank you. >>> northeastern states could get their first significant snow of the year this weekend. rebecca stevenson has more. >> john, this is the area that's bringing the problems just past the midnight hour in the northeast. a mix of snow sleet and frozen rain, in the south this has dumped over three inches of rainfall in some places. temperatures for lows are going to hover near the freezing mark and that's going to make heavy wet snow a very likely problem starting from new jersey all the way up the north coast as we get through the day tom

. >> the tsa's finding thousands of guns on planes. plus: >> ♪ ♪ >> how singer andy grammar grammer went to selling out shows. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler, coming up this half hour: the supreme court decides to take up the issue of lethal injection just days after allowing an execution to go forward. a record number of airport passengers are packing. and it's not just their bags. first, the drought now a labor dispute. it's been a very tough year for california farmers. the u.s. supreme court is weighing in debate, set to decide if one method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. rob reynolds has this report from oklahoma city. >> in april last year an execution of the oklahoma state penitentiary went badly wrong. convicted murderer clayton locket tervetiont gas gasped. remodeled the death chamber with more advanced technology. but states like oklahoma have found it increasingly difficult to obtain drugs mandated by lethal injections. >> gradually, in a means that's designed to kill and that has created supp

for former air marshall whistleblower, named robert mclane, who complained when the tsa in 2003 cancelled overnight missions out of las vegas, after issuing a confidential memo to air marshals about a potential hijacking plot. he thought it was a bad idea and was confidential source for a

that he specifically targeted tsa officers and terrorized passengers.nday but the decision to seek the death penalty could delay the trial. next at 11:00 before we see any sleet or freezing rain tomorrow, a look at the daniel already done. how icy conditions are impacting parts of the south. >> a zip line ride over vegas ends with a mid-air rescue. air. >> the weapon you could be taking through security at the airport without even knowing it. breaking news tonight out of kentucky. police say a little girl is the only survivor of a plane crash outside nashville, tennessee. she's only 7 years$g old. she was able toxx,i walk to a nearby home and tell the residents she had been in a plane crash. they found the plane itself a few hours later. the pilot and three other passengers on board dead. the faa says they lost contact with the plane shortly after the pilot reported engine problems. >> a thrill ride turned into a harrowing rescue for over fremont street in vegas. a man got stuck upside down on the slotzilla zip line. it left hip danglingçcío@ more than

the tsa also screened people and trains them. searching bags and identifying for bidden items.he government doesn't do this, the private company knows that they have a good reputation and they might it -- they might get it. >> they have a natural built-in incentive versus the tsa where there is no incentive because they are the monopoly. john: thank you mr. gilroy. next, would you trust a group of strangers to be your doctor? i would not. i researched a new company to let strangers do that. you show up. you stay up. you listen. you laugh. you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future we're here for you. we're legalzoom, and for over 10 years we've helped families just like yours with wills, living trusts and more. visit us today for legal help you can count on. legalzoom. legal help is here. stossel: my knee hurts. not sure why. i could go to more doctors, but they're expensive, and they always make me wait, and often, they don't know what's wrong. will the internet help? i could go to google. put in "knee p

the tsa also screened people and trains them. searching bags and identifying for bidden items.he government doesn't do this, the private company knows that they have a good reputation and they might it -- they mightget it. >> they have a natural built-in incentive versus the tsa where there is no incentive because they are the monopoly. john: thank you mr. gilroy. next, would you trust a group of strangers to be your doctor? i would not. i researched a new company to let strangers do that. stossel: my knee hurts. not sure why. i could go to more doctors, but they're expensive, and they always make me wait, and often, they don't know what's wrong. will the internet help? i could go to google. put in "knee pain if it." this gets me all kinds of advice. here's a doctor that concluded that there's a better way. the better way is not going to his office. >> physicians think all health care decisions should be made only in the hospital. and clearly that's not the case. stossel: he's a medical detective, they call him, for a company called crowdmed which advertises heavier medical pro

tsa obviously has become popular because of tsa pre-check. many of you know. because of tsa pre-check. but tsa pre-check is not only popular with the public, but it's an exercise in what we're doing more and more of risk-based security. which allows us to focus on the population we know less about. so it is probably not a coincidence that we were able to seize so many guns in one year. we continue to evaluate whether more and necessary. last week, i visited atlanta airport. i wanted to see firsthand the breach in airport security that led to the gun smuggling that i'm sure everybody in this room is aware of. it's a hole we need to plug. i encourage all of you responsible for airport and aviation security in this room to evaluate security at your airport or on your airline. evaluate whether we can be doing more reasonably and when it comes to our employees at airports and on airlines and how they get into the secure area. i've asked our tsa advisory group to think about this issue. and i'm hoping that people in this room are doing so parallel

s the tsa is going to tell us what vulnerabilities there are. have multiple security layers in place. these measures change depending on what the threat is. they have intelligence coming in to help inform their decisions and do have tools readily available even if an airport doesn't have a full body scanner to defect if there's a non-metallic bomb. you've seen the tools the tsa handlers use to search the bags. if someone makes a non-metallic bomb with household products some of those products are explosive precursors and that would be detected by tsa equipment. they say we have the tools available domcombat this. >> thank you very much. >>> one american journalist fearing for her life is forced into hiding. al qaeda leader was calling for her death. the threat was so real the fbi advised she change her identity. >> i've been grieving for four years. >> reporter: it's been that long since tim has seen or heard from his colleague and friend molly norris a seattle cartoonist who went into hiding in 2010 after receiving death threats. >> at least th

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what is the tsa doing?just received this information from the department of homeland security. they outlined five points here. first, that our nation's airports they announced that tsa will be stepping up random searches on passengers. now, these are searches that will occur at the gate once you have already cleared through the security checkpoint. we should note tsa has been doing random searches at the gate for quite some time now, but what we will be seeing is more of that happening. so if you're traveling, expect that. also dhs is letting us know they have just as of today, secretary johnson has called for increased law enforcement presence outside of government buildings beyond what he called for in october. they essentially expanded the list of major cities where we would see that enhanced security outside of government buildings because of the sensitivity, they are not listing which cities this enhanced police presence, where essentially we will see that. in addition to that they also mentioned they

massachusetts tsa la joy (clapping.) sarah (clapping) and malin paulson (clapping) ms. virginia marshall would you represent the san francisco unified school district educators plaques please. boy isle i've got to step up quick good evening to the boards commissioners this is a wonderful day in the african-american community in that we saw you you born last tuesday congratulations to emily more and more rose and hydra mendosa-mcdonnell our heart was happen after 29 years a homicide man sittings on the board of education there are a lot of handsome men here but (laughter) you know what i mean (laughter) so congratulations to each congratulations to each of you so are be superintendant carranza and all the esteemed guests thank you for being here this is a special night in the african-american it says in one hundred years it wouldn't matter with wyoming what car you drove or house you lived in what matters is what you did positive in the life of a child if this is true certainly it typifies wasn't i said in galileo high school i have a homicide man in my class he became a

cut some more, i understand that the homeland security budget is being cut especially as far as the tsa people who are people who guard our airports. is that so and are you satisfied, are you good with that? >> we're planning to vote on tuesday on measure that would actually increase spending within the department. >> schieffer: you're cutting tsa funds. >> my understanding in many areas of the department i think tsa oversee travel is very important, this is a threat that happened in paris that could happen anywhere. we need to be focused on that threat. this is a different style attacks in the sense that you had foreign fighters that went to yemen to train in the art of warfare then bring that war back home to where they lived in france. that could happen here in the united states. we've had thousands of these western travelers that have become foreign fighters in syria, iraq and yemen that pose a threat and a risk returning to where they came from and to do the same thing that we saw in paris, in addition hear a lot about home grown violence, the lone wolf, if you will. we've heard lo

the question seems odd to begin with. >> reporter: tsa says you're going to lose your cane if it has a weapon. this is a little bit more serious than just having your cane taken away. will you likely be arrested if you have this item? we'll have that at 6:00. >>> you know what i really don't know if we're ready for what's coming in the next couple of days. >> that is the coldest air we've seen this season. we've got a little bit of ice first off. and that's affecting portions of texas and oklahoma. icy roads all across the area numerous car accidents too. temperatures below the freezing mark as the rain began. so they saw a lot of freezing rain out that way. this could be something makes its way our way tomorrow. i'm not anticipating a lot of problems on the road on a saturday morning, but take your time tomorrow. 45 degrees in d.c. windchill 42. 39 ifn martinsburg. all in all, a pretty good friday for early portions of january. storm team 4 radar is all dry for now, but down the south and west there's where the rain is.ming up toward st. louis and down toward atlanta. if you're head

the tsa tells americans to keep traveling, but warns this is an era of high vigilance. like at sjc, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> a rare move by the white house today. they admitted a mistake in how they dealt with the march in paris over the weekend. also, we have new video of france's most wanted woman stemming from last week's attacks. janelle. >> reporter: an active manhunt is under way right now for the surviving members of a terrorist cell. the country has also beefed up security to unprecedented levels to protect against more possible threats. france has deployed 10,000 more troops to patrol and protect sensitive sites. at least six terror suspects possibly still at large. one of them seen driving the car belonging to hyatt boumeddiene. she left france in january. surveillance video caught her where she crossed into syria where she will presumably be protected by isis. amedy before he was killed by security forces. authorities say he was working with the kouachi brothers, the men behind the massacre at charlie hebdo and the murder of p

. >> reporter: last week alone, tsa agents found 43 firearms in the security lines at u.s. airports. 33 of them -- like this berretta from indianapolis -- were locked and loaded. 13 of them had rounds in the chamber. those security agents you love to hate discovered a record 2,212 firearms in carry-on bags last year, nearly 400 more than the year before. >> that's alarming. that's ridiculous. >> reporter: the government says in most cases, these were mistakes, and passengers like this one were jailed. it happens most often at these airports in gun country -- dallas, atlanta, phoenix, houston and denver. the worry is that guns are getting through like they were in atlanta, when this former delta employee and a baggage handler used an airport id to smuggle loaded firearms in this carry-on, past the reach of security. and it's not just guns. in sonoma county, a knife hidden in a enchilada. they say the passenger's intent was delicious, not malicious. in newport news, virginia, razor blades hidden inside a greeting card in the shape of scooby doo. the tsa says this is no laughi

tsa found 2000 guns and a jump from 2013.nt of those weapons were leeded and found 1400 dangerous objects including stun guns and items on the travellers themselves and in bags. >> protestors take to the streets in yemen. most seem to shiite rebel and forced the resignation of the president and his cabinet and believed to have ties to iran. is this a way for al-qaeda to build a power base and threaten the u.s. yemen has not. most of us couldn't find it on the map but what are the stakes here? >> very high stakes and what is happening now is the next iraq. you have a pro iranian militia and mostly shia that is expanding 4 or 5 years and question mark about the u.s. administration not noticing this. and it is only recently that they seized the capitol and presidential palace and radio station and they are in charge. capitol. that is not the only problem. south of them you have a growing al-qaeda which we have bombed for years and killing many leaders and look what happened in iraq and iran was empowered in iraq and isis rose. a

this was an atlanta based faa inspector who used security clearance to bypass tsa and access a securearding a flight to laguardia. the employee didn't have the same security in new york and that's where tsa discovered the .22 caliber handgun in his bag. the employee was arrested. however, atlanta hartsfield has been under the microscope. last month baggage handler was accused of using his security clearance to bypass tsa checkpoints to smuggle guns on multiple planes. john? >> rene marsh, thank you. appreciate it. >>> president no doubt making last chances to his state of the union address as a surprising new poll shows a huge move in his popularity. which direction? we'll tell you next. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose suddenly, you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do sleep. add breathe right to your cold medicine shut your mouth and sleep rig

we expect tsa, they are planning to be in around 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to get ready for the day. we have a good plan for tomorrow. but as you were just hearing from the weather report we still expect 4 to 8 inches on top of what we already have. the winds are have intense, maybe more than what we anticipated. >> thomas glynn, thank you so much. thanks for taking the time and be safe out there. and whiteout conditions in massachusetts were difficult for road crews trying to stay ahead of the storm. it's still snowing south of boston where kids who have a snow day are making the best of it. kristen dahlgren is riding out the storm in canton massachusetts. how is it out there? beautiful. >> reporter: feels like we're in a little heavier band right now. the snow really coming down. look how deep it is. this is what's been plowed but this house back here you can see completely snowed in. they haven't plowed or shoveled their driveway at all. the neighbors said they are going to knock on the door and make sure everybody is okay. this is the wa

. >>> here in the united states the tsa, the transportation security administration, is also steppingp screening efforts at airports a response to a bomb-making article in an al qaeda magazine not necessarily a direct response to what happened the other day in france. joining us now, the wisconsin republican senator, ron johnson, he's the new chairman of the senate homeland security committee. senator, thanks very much for joining us. i know it's a busy time for you. i want to get your thoughts on that chilling video that we just saw. these guys are pretty cool going about this attack not only on the cartoonists and the editorial writers over at that magazine, which we don't see directly but then going ahead and attacking this police vehicle. >> definitely chilling. two individuals just slaughtered 12 human beings. they come out, cold-blooded killers, calm cool collected. they go about their business. that just shows you what we are up against. this evil this brutality, this barbarism. and we have to face that reality. >> you believe -- i assume you believe this could happen in the un

once travelers have cleared tsa checkpoints.building hard to detect bombs. following september 11th, transportation systems continue to be a target for terrorists. in 2005 four suicide bombs detonated within seconds of each other on a bus and three different trains traveling through london underground stations. in 2010, a man pleaded guilty for plotting to blow up new york subways. >> we need to focus more on homeland based threats. >> just this week an electrical malfunction caused smoke to fill a d.c. metro station, killing one and injuring dozens more. passengers were left waiting 40 minutes before emergency responders helped them evacuate, raising serious questions about how prepared the u.s. is to respond to emergencies on the nation's transportation system. >> one does have to wonder what would have happened had that fire been sent by terrorists. and clearly the response was inadequate. >> well, johnson struck a reassuring tone saying the department is assessing new intelligence and threats every day and every hour. christ

airports tsa officers will do more random checks of passengers and their baggage.r. supporters of the terror group isis hacked into the twitter account of the u.s. central command. the messages taunted the military and threatened american soldiers. the feed has now been restored. the pentagon says no classified information was stolen. >>> in france investigators uncover a common link between two of the three slain terrorists. a mentor who was once known as al qaeda's top recruiter in europe. we'll talk about that a little bit later on. jim sciutto joins me again this hour from charlie hebdo offices in paris. the magazine is printing 3 million copies for tomorrow. that's 50 times its normal circulation and of course editors just held a very moving press conference last hour jim. >> reporter: more than 3 million people in the streets on sunday and now 3 million copies of this magazine coming out. colleagues setting aside their grief at charlie hebdo ramping up a blockbuster printing of this magazine. that's 3 million copies. 50 times more than the

federal air marshals work for the tsa undercover. their job is to watch for trouble on airplanes.t themselves being noticed. after 9/11, federal air marshals became really important in terms of our national response to the threat of future attacks using airliners. before 9/11, robert mclean had been working as a border patrol agent. but after 9/11 when they wanted to up the members of air marshals, he got recruited to leave the border patrol and instead become an air marshal. and he took that job. well, one day in 2003, working as an air marshal, he got a briefing, that told the marshals that the latest threat to be worried about was on super long haul flights. overnight flights. then just a couple of days after that briefing, robert mclean said he got a text message from his boss at tsa saying basically, oh, by the way, we're canceling all air marshal presence on all overnight flights. this is right after the briefing that said that overnight flights were the big threat. now they're canceling air marshals on overnight flights. that seemed wrong to mr. mclean. he told his new boss

the question seems odd to begin with record in every case the tsa says you're going to lose your caneeapon. >> it's more serious than having your cane taken way way. in some places like new york city you can actually be arrested. >> 7:27. they're calling it an unimaginable tragedy and a miracle. a little girl is the sole survivor of the plane crash. now we're hearing from the man she went to for help. >> enjoy the spring-like warmth we're getting today. for your workweek it's going to get cold. talking single digit temperatures. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell timing it out for you. that's coming up. >>> don't forget to stay connected with us when you're online and on your smart phone. you can follow us both on at which >>> two teenage rs were shot just before midnight in greenbelt. the teens were shot in front of a synagogue and police don't believe they were the intended targets. >>> police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a stabbing in the direction. joseph johnson is charged with assault with intent to kill. he's accused of stabbing a man outside the zanzibar cl

tsa made further enhancements in we are reviewing is more is necessary. i made it a priority to establish clearance by personnel before a passenger gets on the plane bound for the united states. those we have screens 60 million power -- passengers before they arrive to open early last year since that time in of a job be alone we have screened 364,000 passengers in that year and denied boarding to 571 individuals including a number that were in the terrace to database. we want to build more of these overseas airports from the homeland security pointed you last year we put out a solicitation and taking steps some saving sheave waited for congress to act. but congress did not the president continues to urge to finish the job with the comprehensive bipartisan bill and willing to work with democrat or republican independent but in the meantime we must improve the system with existing legal authorities. the president announced the reforms of the 20th of last year. those to of committed no serious crimes since jaime. >> guest: in those who are eligible to be cit

tsa rescinded it 24 hours later. eventually claimed the air marshal was disclosing classified secure information, and they fired him. today the supreme court by a vote of 7-2 said the information that he reveal the was not protected. so it's a big victory for him and for whistleblowers. >> pete williams looking festive in the snow outside. we appreciate it. >> i'm going to havana too. >> good thing. >>> news from capitol hill. speaker john boehner has invited israeli prime minister netanyahu to address a joint session of congress in three weeks, february 11th. the speaker has asked netanyahu to address what he calls the grave threats posed by radical islam and iran. this would be netanyahu's third such appearance before congress. >>> today, there are fast-moving developments in yemen. a country on edge and critical to the u.s. fight against al qaeda. we'll have the latest from the pentagon next. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. stouffer's mac and cheese with real aged cheddar now in a convenie

look, i don't mean to malign the tsa here in general. i think congress in 1978 when they wrote the rules understood, yeah there are responsible people, but sometimes there are people who aren't. that is why we need the act. this is the u.s. supreme court in a pretty dramatic fashion coming forward to say hey agencies, you're wrong on this stuff. it is really commerce to set the ground rules here, and they protect people like robert. >> neal katyal, the u.s. court of appeals for the federal circuit ruled and in robert's favor, but the obama administration appealed saying they had made a serious legal mistake that would embolden further disclosures by federal employees and could put lives at stake. can you respond? >> obviously, the u.s. supreme court rejected the obama administration's argument. i should say, i don't hold any blame for the obama administration and bringing the case to the supreme court. it was an important case to bring. the solicitor general, i think, made an understandable decision to bring the case to the supreme court

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tsa recovered a record number of firearms last year, get this, more than 2200. passengers claimed they just forgot about them. officers say they found the most guns at dallas-ft. worth international. >>> a showdown in the middle of street between a man in a suit and thief carrying a machete. three thieves taking off after they hit a jewelry store in london. they got away with watches worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. a good samaritan chased after them. he tried to wrestle one of the thieves to the ground. the thief got away, as he waved around his machete. one suspect was arrested later. police recovered that machete which was at least two feet long. yikes. >>> in other news, he coined the phrase "let's play two!" the baseball world is mourning the death of hall of famer ernie banks. he passed away at age 83. we take a look back at the life of the man known as mr. cub. >> reporter: ernie banks wasn't interested in baseball as a child. and didn't even play in high school. discovered by a negro league scout, banks signed with the kansas city monarchs in 1950.