says the speech has become too political so, it s just as good for them to watch from home . former minnesota independent governor jesse ventura is suing both the homeland security department and the t.s.a., alleging full body scans and airport patdowns violate his right to be free from unreasonable search and says sure. the former wrestler says after his titanium hip replacement set off metal detectors in november, the pat-down he received exposed him to humiliation and degradation through unwanted touching, gripping and rubbing . finally, saudi arabia king abdullah doesn t travel lightly the new york post reported that the king and his entourage needed a dozen tractor trailers for luggage, not tractors. tractor-trailers. plus an army of outside contractors to do security screening before they could fly out of j.f.k. airport last week on more than six private jets. the king had been staying at a luxury hotel for two months.
this is a judge ruling that 2,000 pictures of people that volunteered to have their pictures taken in that whole body scanner so that the department of transportation could assess just how thorough and how good the pictures were, those that cache of pictures cannot be released to the public. there was a group that sued to get those pictures to look at them to see exactly, you know, exactly what they re showing and whether maybe there could be a better way of doing this or privacy concerns and a judge said, no, because of concerns of terrorism. they don t want potential terrorists to be able to see that cache of 2,000 whole body scans and potentially see flaws and loopholes in the system, kyra. all right. well, the transportation department dropping the hammer on online booking sites. wlan what s going on. have you booked a flight and then show up at the airport and it s a different carrier than you thought it was? right, exactly.
walk in the park. he s on his feet racing 150 miles at a time. 360 md, sanjay gupta tells us his inspiration. but a word on the blizzard that has pounded the northeast. thousands of flights have been cancelled. new york city s three major airports were closed for much of today but re-opened this evening. and there were major delays in philadelphia and at washington dulles as well with some travelers not able to get flights out until friday. we ll have more on the blizzard in just a few moments. first, keeping them honest. new questions about airport security. these questions are being raised by a pilot who says he works for a major airline. he says the transportation security administration, the tsa, is not protecting the flying public. that while passengers and flight crews are subjected to pat-downs and body scans, ground crews are not. so anybody on the tarmac could put explosives on a jet. his name is chris liu and until tonight he kept his identity a
flying public. that while passengers and flight crews are subjected to pat-downs and body scans, ground crews are not. so anybody on the tarmac could put explosives on a jet. his name is chris lieu and until tonight he kept his identity a secret for fear he would lose his job. to prove his point he went around the san francisco international airport to show what he says are loop holes and lapses in security. he narrate had with he shot and posted it on youtube late last month. if anybody recognize this is terminal, this is obviously, san francisco. as you can see, airport security is kind of a farce. it s only smoking mirrors so you people believe that there s actually something going on here. folks, i wanted to give you an idea of what type of security for the ground personnel there
we hope the tips help you out today. take it slow. eric? eric: one year after the failed christmas day plane bombing are we safer in the sk sky? up next, former security expert and insider mike baker weighs in. if the patdown and body scans will work.