Federal officials in the center for Transgender Equality much of the hearing focused on how the tsa treats transgender and disabled travelers college homeland hearing. The Senate Committee is meeting to examine the efforts to engage with the traveling public and when it is positive, successful for most americans tsa is in Homeland Security component they regularly interact with. By screening over 2 million passengers per day tsa Center Acting with a diverse array tss had certainly look at issues and other times it just operations to improve effectiveness tsa has struggled to communicate with the public. Back of Stakeholder Engagement has led to confusion among travelers, airports and the tsa all personnel. This new procedure called enhance accessible screening was met with some confusion as travelers to not understand the reasoning behind the new procedures. Rises and falls in the agencys ability to consistently apply among the system. Identifying and understanding public needs and eff
Travelers from religious and transgender communities have expressed with the patdown process at airports. Lets get going. The committee on Homeland Security, subcommittee transportation, prodirection security will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to examine tsas efforts to effectively engage with the traveling public in a manner that is positive, respectful and leads to the success of the agencys mission to secure the Aviation System from threats. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. For most american, tsa is the most visible component of the department of Homeland Security, and the only Homeland Security component which they regularly interact with. By screening over 2 million passengers per day, tsa is constantly interacting with the diverse array of individuals all of whom are worthy of the utmost respect, efficiency and security. Over the course of its history, tsa has had to at times skwiftly had to implement new security measures in response to changin
Hello im Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up. The Deputy Director of the f. B. I. Resigns after being accused of bias by President Trump. Colombias president puts peace talks with the rebels on hold after a string of attacks killed seven police offices. And deep sea politics the Chinese Research expedition thats making waves with scientists in the philippines. The syrian warplanes have launched a fierce offensive on the rebel held province of idlib killing at least twenty people women and children are among the dead is a saying the jets targeted a market and then a hospital full of people wounded in the strike meanwhile a russian brokered cease fire on the edge of the capital damascus seems to have collapsed activists are reporting several troops violations by Government Forces besieging eastern guta at least eight people have died russia has also known a diplomatic push to end the war hosting a new round of talks and sochi the un is that but the main Syria
Hello im Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up syrian warplanes mountain a major attack on rebel territory killing at least twenty people as russian brokered peace talks begin but without the opposition. Colombias president puts peace talks with the rebels on the hold off to a string of attacks killed seven police officers. And well tell you why thousands of Union Workers from the u. N. Agency the Palestinian Refugees have taken to the streets of gaza. The Deputy Director of the f. B. I. Is stepping down from his post had been accused of bias by President Trump is resigning several weeks ahead of his planned retirement date in march criticized him several times in the past accusing him of supporting Hillary Clinton in the two thousand and sixteen election weve seen numerous ports as all of you have and any specifics i can tell you none of this decision was made by that of the white house in any specifics i would refer you to the f. B. I. Who i believe will be
People wanted to say the jets targeted a market and then a hospital full of people wounded in the earliest strike it comes as russian launches a diplomatic push to end the war hosting a new round of talks in sochi the u. N. Is that but the main Syrian Opposition group says it will boycott the talks chalons has more from sochi. Well the news earlier on monday the another group of opposition figures was going to be staying away from sochi really exposes i think the short comings of this Congress Russia has tried to make this as inclusive as possible inviting people and groups from across the syrian cultural religious and political spectrum so the robot is here there are easy these there are sunnis and shias alawite various different political platforms including the moscow platform the rest on a platform but there are a few notable exceptions now those are the s. N. C. The syrian that Negotiation Committee which has said that it will stay away from sochi believing that this is underminin