the security landscape now days. biometrics an important word to remember for those of us tired of endless airport lines. biometrics are now being tested at major airports in europe, at gatwick airport, officials tested a program where they scanned passengers irises instead of using boarding passes. in the future automated boarding gates could scan your ticket and passport. unmanned exit lanes are also in the works that use sensors and locks to make sure no one sneaks into a secure area through an exit. baggage screening might be done automatically and at international arrival terminals at this one near washington, there s the global entry program for those who sign up, machines scan fingerprints and passports for customs and immigration. the best thing about this program for an officer is it takes low risk travelers and gets them through our process that much quicker, which would give me more time with high risk travelers. one of the principal ideas of biometrics is to streamli
many shots there were. we know tsa agents aren t allowed to carry guns. but the shooter obviously had an assault weapon and there were law enforcement who came in and shot him. do you have any recollection of how many shots you heard? i would say between 10 and 15, although i didn t keep count. though there were quite a few shots. that sounds like what other people are saying, too. they moved. because the lounge is as i said on the second floor. and the first two or three shots were sounded like they were coming down the hallway into the wide open round place where the waiting area is for the boarding gates. and then there was a flurry of shots that took place right where the boarding area is. that s where the majority of the shots they heard were fired. all right. well, tim, thank you very much. we appreciate your taking the time. i know it s been an incredibly long and stressful day. so thank you for talking to us. i want to bring jeff beede in
many shots. we know tsa agents aren t allowed to carry guns but the shooter had an assault weapon and there were law enforcement who came in and shot him. do you have any recollection of how many shots you although i d count. there were quite a few shots. that sounds like sorry. go ahead. and they moved. because the lounge, as i said, on the second floor. and the first two or three shots were kind of like they were coming down the hallway into the wide open place where the waiting area is for the boarding gates. then there was a flurry of shots that took place where the boarding area is. that s where the majority of the shots that i heard were fired. all right. tim, thank you very much. we appreciate you taking the time. i know it has been an incredibly long and stressful day. thank you for talking to us. i want to bring in jeff beaty now.
guns from 2006 to 2008. nearly 200 of the guns they say lost in common areas like bathrooms and bowling alleys. offenders will be disciplined and given extra trang. most of the guns are still missing. and don t be surprised if the security agent asks to check your palms the next time you re at the airport. the tsa about to begin a new testing on passengers for explosives. pete williams is with us from washington. how does this work? reporter: what s new is where they ll do it and to whom. this is where they take a little piece of paper and run it on your hand or baggage and put it into a you know, they rub your hand and put it into a machine to see if there s any residue on it. they ll now start doing this while you re standing in the line to get to the check point, in the check point itself and at the boarding gates. usually this is done as secondary security but now in the new places, as well. all right. pete williams, thank you.
suggests this plane really deviated significantly and nobody knows where it is. i would hasten to add, the radar coverage is not very good. it s difficult to say would another radar have picked up this plane elsewhere? so far they have no images. all right, tom costello, thank you for that report. we re 13 years after 9/11. how exactly did two people manage to board a flight with stole an passport. a lot of people are complaining about this. interpol maintains a an international data base but four in 10 passports are never screened against that database because many countries and airlines don t bother to check it. interpol released this statement, for years interpol has asked, why should countries wait for a tragedy to put prudent security measures in place at borders and boarding gates? joining us is michael lighter