Pelley airport lines are getting longer, tempers shorter, and today, the secretary of Homeland Security promised action. At j. F. K. In new york, average wait times have doubled to more than 20 minutes, but the wait monday at chicagos Midway Airport of the more than 90 minutes. It took the passenger who shot this video so long to find the end of the line, we decided to play it in real time as you watch our report from kris van cleave. Reporter the long lines at airport checkpoints stretch from coast to coast, about as long as the line at midway must have felt. Weve been in this line ever since st. Louis. Reporter many frustrated fliers are using the hashtag ihatethe wait to complain about the terrible. Ive never had to do this before. Reporter yesterday in phoenix it was checked luggage that got way laid. A glitch in t. S. A. s automated screening process left thousands of bags sitting a hot parking lot. The t. S. A. Said checkpoint delays are being dawz caused by an 8 increase in Airl
Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Are you [ bleep ] kidding me, tsa . I would not call it a crisis. The airports in serious pressure to speed things up. Beefed up security and not enough agents. The lines are long and likely to get longer. Im not a fan of tsa. Fire shooting up into the air. This is a mattress store. 100 l. A. Firefighters on the scene. We will not yield to blackmail. Texas pushing back against president obamas instructions to let transgender students use the bathroom they identify with. Its to ensure that our schools are inclusive and safe. A crash on a new york bridge made a mess as a northbound truck broke an axle before it flipped. A singleengine cessna reported engine trouble after taking off from the lodi municipal airport. Fireworks going up in flames after an up expected explosion at a Garden Center in southampton. All that score the lightning have won game number one. And all that matters this is what wilcox you go on cbs morning saturday. Donald tru
Few sprinkles moving through new jersey right now. An a few more that have just entered into New Castle County and delaware, very light showers moving through newark and heading towards wilmington at this hour. Thats whats happening right now. A look at the futurecast to show you when youre most likely to run into wet weather. Thats when im back in ten minutes. First lets check in with katy zachry with your first alert traffic. Good morning, bill. Things on your radar look pretty good and things on my cameras look good. A live look outside at 76 where i am seeing slight increase in volume along 76, the schuylkill expressway. Both through the south philadelphia area and then out of philadelphia toward Montgomery County. But no tieups there, just a little extra volume to tell you about. Construction that was on 76 between conshohocken and the exit for 476 northbound has since cleared. Our graphic is still waking up as you can tell. Its not quite uniform. That was just to show you and ill
Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Temperatures taking a dip today and our team is also tracking some rain. You know who our team is. Meteorologist bill henley. None other than bill henley. Youre our team, team of one. I have you covered. Clouds covering most of the area. Look at this, sunshine in the Lehigh Valley. The temperatures have gotten cooler there because the clouds are arriving a little later in easton than the rest of the area. They will be moving in, mostly cloudy skies by lunch time at 58 degrees. Theres a chance of a shower in easton. More likely youll see rain showers farther to the south. Weve already seen rain showers moving past Citizens Bank park, just light showers. Theres a chance of a few more at 8 00 this morning. By 11 00, 56 degrees. No big warmups today. 40s and 50s to start with, upper 50s this afternoon with occasional light showers. Those showers are moving in from the west. You can see the light showers in delaware and into south jersey and into philadel
With scott pelley. Lot. The t. S. A. Said checkpoint delays are being dawz caused by an 8 increase in Airline Travel and a shortage of security officers. The agency has also intensified its screening process to more carefully monitor more passengeres after a federal investigation revealed significant security vulnerabilities. I would not characterize it as a national crisis. Reporter today, secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, outlined plans for hiring more officers and deploying more canine teams to billsy airports ahead of the busy Summer Travel season when lines could get longer. People have missed flights during this period. Without a doubt. Reporter did you do a good enough job preparing people for this new reality . Im focused on what away do Going Forward and making sure that we are focused on this, that we are anticipating, that this has both the personal attention of myself and the t. S. A. Administrator. Its a crisis. Reporter congressman john mica sat on the floor of