meanwhile, jetblue tells us they are cooperating fully with authorities. here s the story if you missed it. a jetblue pilot who is also a federal flight deck officer. that means he s a pilot qualified to carry a handgun by the tsa and has been give an handgun by the tsa. there are many of them out there, these peelts who want to protect the flight deck and the passengers. he was at jfk. he had the handgun inside his backpack. he put the backpack down for a moment, and guess what, somebody else thought it was their bag. they picked it up, walked away with it. the pilot suddenly looks down and his bag is missing. as you imagine, the person was stressed. the person who walked away with it got on a flilgt bound for florida. got on a plane. put the bag down and realized that s not mine and just left it there. a flight attendant opened it, saw the gun, but also found i.d. inside. she managed to give it back to
i do want to speed the clock up to get home and watch this. a reminder. chris two-hour dateline report airs on nbc tonight. 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central time. i m absolutely going to be watching. thank you. appreciate it. well, the transportation security administration is investigating an incident at new york s jfk airport after a handgun belonging to a jetblue pilot went missing. the confusion forced the airline to delay two flights as officials work to sort out what happened. tom costello is live in washington, d.c. to some degree it sounds like a perfect storm of things that happened for this gun to disappear. well, i think the bottom line here is as the tsa investigates how it is that a pilot s handgun ended up getting lost in an airport terminal will come back to, should he have been holding onto the handgun. the tsa says the pilot has been relieved of his firearm pending the investigation, and
hopefully they ll greet him warmly. yes. republican national committee chairman michael steele could soon be out of a job, but he s not going quietly. i bet you could have guessed that. we are live in maryland where secret ballot voting is under way for the chairmanship. plus, a jetblue pilot loses his gun. the gun he s authorized to carry is lost at a major international airport. how it happened. for three hours a week, i m a coach.
i graduated from west point, then i did a tour of duty in iraq. when i was transitioning from active duty, i went to a military officer hiring conference. it was kind of like speed dating. there were 12 companies that i was pre-matched with, but walmart turned out to be the best for me. sam walton was in the military, and he understood the importance of developing your people. it s an honor to be in a position of leadership at walmart. i m captain tracey lloyd, and i work at walmart. right now a jetblue pilot is under investigation after losing his bag at the airport. the problem, his gun was inside the bag. plus, is he steele the one?
authorities inside the terminal. now the pilot is very concerned. his bag has been missing for a good period of time with the gun. they finally sort it all out. jetblue delays two flights. his flight, her flight, the west palm beach flight. now he s been relieved of his responsibilities to have a gun. what a story. all right. thank you very much, tom. i know you ll keep u us up to date on what happens next in the investigation. comedian ricky gervais is known for saying exactly what comes to his mind. what will he say this year at the golden globe awards? we have a live report. courtney is in los angeles with the scoop and a programming note. two years into barack obama s presidency, chris matthews examines his performance. a special edition of hardball airs monday night, 7:00, on msnbc. [ tires squeal ]