wednesday. and now the government is responding to those complaints. emily schmidt is joining us from washington. good morning to you. passengers have not been shy saying they want more security in their government screenings. the tsa is issuing a statement now promising to make sure at that security screenings are what they call as minimal a invase as possible. reporter: new airport security scans and patdowns have turned up one thing so far, a lot of frustrated passenger. i think the tsa is out of control. reporter: these patdowns are considered by many to be too close for comfort. to up to interpretation. one breast cancer survivor, a flight attendant, tells this story. she put her full hand on my breast, and said what is this. i said it s a prosthesis because i ve had breast cancer. and she goes you ll need to show me that. reporter: even secretary of state hillary clinton. would you submit to one of these patdowns. not if i could avoid it. who would? re
the road, having two wheels leave the roadway. reporter: fairfax county just unveiled the results of their distracted driving poll. that information is being used in enforcement efforts. officers have received special training so they can better spot the warning signs. if we find the fst place winners in dying from distracted drivg would be younger people, under age 20. reporter: according to the polls, 75% of respondents believe using a cell phone while driving is dangerous. yet 54% admit they chat behind the wheel. 15% of those surveyedadmitto texting while driving. even though they believe it is dangerous. and according to police, distracted driving is involved in 50% more crashes in fairfax county than duis. news4, washington. fairfaxounty policeicked off a new distracted driving campaign today. motorists caught texting, applying make-up or talking on their cell phone will be stopped and they ll be fined. the campaign is aimed at keeping motorists and county roads
a 19-year-old girl attacked by a great white shark. i saw inside its mouth. horrifying. she survived thanks to a man who decided to grab that shark by the tail. they ll tell us all about the terrifying upclose encounter they ll tell us all about the terrifying upclose encounter today, november 4th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. we want to say right off the bat fortunately no one was injured during that emergency landing of that qantas jet, but when you see pictures like this one we re going to put up of the damaged engine on that jet, you realize that this was a very, very serious situation. the plane was an a-380 and qantas has now suspended all of its flights involving the super jumbo. ahead we ll hear from one of the passengers on the flight. also, a powerful tropical storm, tomas, is expected to cause more problems on haiti which was devastated by the ea
attacked by a great white shark. i saw inside its mouth. horrifying. she survived thanks to a man who grabb the shark by the ta tail. we ll tell you all about it tail. we ll tell you all about it today, november 4, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. nobody was injured during the emergency landing of the jet, but when you see pictures like this of the damaged engine on the jet you realize this was a very serious situation. the plane was an a-380 and qantas hasow suspended all flights involving the superjumbo. ahead we ll hear from one of the passengers on the flight. also, a powerful tropical storm, tomas, is expected to cause more problems on haiti which was devastated by the earthquake in january. the latest on that developing story coming up. and new developments tied to charlie sheen s rampage at a hotel. he s now hired a sober coa to live with him. a qant
one of the jets made an emergency landing. it is reported that parts of the plane fell in midair near one of the engines. we ll get the latest on the investigation as to what went wrong in just a couple of minutes. scary. coming up this half hour, if you get sticker shock at the supermarket we have six ways to cut your grocery bill every week. that can add up. the average spends about $6,000 a year at the supermarket. and we are talking about charlie sheen, the highest paid actor on television. he s filed for divorce, confirmed he s wrestling addiction and has fired a 24 hour a day sober coach. we ll get the latest on that. before that, let s get to the top headlines of the day. ann? good morning, everybody. in the news, a mid-flight scare for more than 450 people aboard a qantas air flight bound for sydney. the super jumbo jet was forced to make an emergency landing after one engine failed and parts of the plane started tearing away. jim maceda is in london with the