a showdown over security hits holiday travelers. there are attempts to delay travelers heading home for the holiday. jeff abell is standing by live at bwi thurgood marshall airport with the latest on the story tonight. jeff? well, the, it has been one congested evening. this is the entrance to he airport. which has been congested all night. traffic is just beginning to let thurgood marshall airport. and tomorrow, however, they are bracing for another sort of back up. as the battle over those body scanners hits the holidays. here at the airport. half of the 14 security lanes are equipped with body scanners. which opponents complain are invasive ann ineffective. they are dubing tomorrow opt out day and encouraging travelers to undergo enhanced pat downs instead. those pat downs though could lead to slow downs. i cannot wait to see air travelers go through these lines and experience it for themselves and realize exactly what all the talk is about. this really is a grotesque
there were questions about how a baltimore teen living in north carolina was found dead so far away from home. at first it was believed that he was beaten to death. but now there s a new theory involving a plane. the condition of a 16-year-old boy s body found in a boston suburb last week shocked everyone investigators. significantly mutilated. he was clearly deceased. reporter: officials are looking into a theory that tisdale who has moved to north carolina with his dad stowed away in a plane s wheel well. when the flight arrived in boston he fell out of the plane. well, we have no conclusive evidence to that. i understand that s a story on the internet of some sort. but we don t know. reporter: the tisdale s spoke out from their charlotte home. i still can t believe that our son isn t with us. i said man, good night. that was the last time i saw my son. reporter: that was last sunday. the body was found the next night. the family learned of the death on thursday
traveling experience wins over with security rather than privacy. people uncomfortable with it just might lay over plans for thanksgiving. stacy was one of the peopl subjected to the new enhanced screening procedures. a lady took measide and asked me if i wanted to go behind a curtain, and i said, naw. and she just patted me down from top to bottom. they want all air travelers to choose the pat-down wednesday. it s a thanksgiving protest of sorts. what we want to do is put them in a position where they must accommodate travelers who refuse to be abused. while the body scans take about 30 seconds, the pat-downs can take at least three times as long. on one of the busiest travel days of the year, organizers hope the longer lines and frustrated flyers force the transportation security administration to back off their new procedures. tsa s chief acknowledged tuesday of large numbers of air travelers boycott the scanners, it will create a backup. without promising an immed
i m steve chenevey. let s say good morning to tony perkins. good morning to effect. a little bit colder this morning than yesterday. not a whole bunch. we will see a cooler day today though. we ll start with the current temperatures around the region. here in the district we are at 47 degrees. it is 43 at dulles airport. 45 in baltimore. there are some 30s out there. frederick, maryland, 39. there are also some 50s. ocean city is at 51 degrees. here is a look at the satellite- radar. we did have the frontal system come through yesterday. brought a few scattered rain showers with it as expected. brought the clouds with it. this morn, we ve got clear skies and our skies will be clear for today. lots of sunshine today but not as warm. here is your forecast. look luke this for your travel day. mostly sunny skies. much cooler temperatures after highs near 70 yesterday. our highs today will be near 50. about 52-degree downtown. we ll have more details on the forecast coming up
in charlotte so we will give you the charlotte forecast . some might be driving do you know there and others may wonder what the effect will be. 1:00 in charlotte. sunny and mild. we won t be that warm here but in charlotte temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60 s and light winds from the south to southwest direction. so, it looks like ideal football werplt. ideal for a ravens win. perfect. we will have nice weather here too but not that warm. we will talk about the details of our force in a minute. now we will check the traffic. request r southbound 295 owe. it was shut down because of a crash. it is cleaned up and gone. you could see sluggish traffic toward 198 but those delays should be clearing up. we are dealing with a situation southbound j.f.x. ruxton road a crash moved to the stockholders so hopefully not affecting traffic too much. we have a crash that disappear ed forest park just north of windsor mill and hilton road at sequoia avenue. havre de grace d