ow. well, good morning to you. i m dave clark. i m tori campbell. it is monday, december 27th. thousands of airline passengers nationwide are getting nowhere fast due to a monster storm that s closed several busy airports last week. the closures and related cancellations are already c ausing a ripple effect for passengers here in the bay area. kraig debro is live at sfo to let us know what s going on now. good morning, kraig. reporter: good morning, tori. i guess you could say the jury is still out as to whether or not people are gonna be able to leave sfo area withny frequency. behind me at terminal 3:the line is reasonable. but it s also fluctuating. just a couple of minutes ago, it was long and close to the door. the number of outbound flights was at 25. the number in was 8. we may be looking at a second consecutive delay of c ancellations day of delayses and cancellations. the airlines cancelled 33 f lights in and out of sfo. the reason? heavy snow in the eastern
extreme weather center. but first this morning, more than 90 million americans are expected to head home for the holidays. most of you will be driving, but for those of you who are flying, you may just notice airport screeners taking a closer look at those insulated beverage containers. we re not kidding. the department of homeland security is concerned terrorists may store explosives inside the cups, which right now are not banned. joining us now for this morning s security watch, former bush white house homeland security adviser and cnn national security contributor, frances townsend. good morning. good morning, don and carol, and merry christmas. same to you. merry christmas to you, too. something else we need to worry about. was there a special warning put out about these containers? i mean, why are they doing this now? apparently, they ve gone from not only putting out warnings from the security screeners, but also to have special training for them. you know,
right now on msnbc stepped up security for air travellers. why the tsa is now paying close attention to insulated thermoses? not so relaxing. secret service agents get a slight scare during the president s hawaiian getaway. a last dash for gifts is on. the surge of shoppers still looking out for those perfect gifts. hello, everybody. i m melissa rayburger. thank you for watching. we have a lot going on today around the globe. security has been ramped up for this holiday weekend. here in the u.s. the tsa is paying close attention to insulated thermoses coming through security. the items are not banned, but may result in additional screening. meanwhile, in india fears of another mumbai terror strike. police say they re looking for four men who have entered the city to stage a holiday terror attack. in rome tourists and pilgrims are on alert now after a series of mail bombs there. italian anarchists are saying they did it. today italian police say they re ready as 50,000
responders to the 9/11 attacks. the bill now goes to president obama to sign into law. two chicago firefighters were killed when a wall and roof collapsed in an abandoned building on the city s south side. 17 others were injured. and broadway s spider-man musical is scheduled to resume tomorrow night to give the show more time to rehearse new safety measures. performer christopher tierney is in serious condition after falling more than 20 feet. the actor s union says human error was responsible for the fall. scary stuff. hope he s okay. i don t know if you ve seen any of that, it s quite a show, but you can tell where obviously some of those risks might come from. they re really those people are coming across the audience and certainly hope that he recovers well. joe, stick around, it s time for tonight s shot. joe, you may have seen this. i hadn t, but antoine dotson is
tomorrow night. performer christopher tierney is in serious condition after falling more than 20 feet. human error was responsible for the fall. hope he s okay. i don t know if you ve seen any of that, it s quite a show, but you can tell where obviously some of those risks might come from. they re really those people are coming across the audience and certainly hope that he recovers well. joe, stick around, it s time for tonight s shot. joe, you may have seen this. i hadn t up until today, but antoine dot son has a new song. a bit of background, this past july he gave a sort of animated interview to a tv news crew in his hometown of huntsville, alabama, about the would-be rapist in his sisters room. after the video went viral, it was auto tuned to the bad intruder song.