systems of security are also some of the best in the world. so, they ll learn from it, absolutely. and it will be the subject of hours of discussion going forward to try to get the lessons learned. all right, john, jim, stand by for me. i want to reset for everybody about 23 minutes after the hour. as we are following breaking news out of atlanta hartsfield international airport. you got a frightening couple of moments there for passengers at the airport just a short time ago, a gunshot going off inside the building, causing a lot of panic. you re watching the video of that, of what took place after, the consequences of that panic, scrambling for safety, travelers wanting to get behind barriers, protecting themselves. the faa stopping all planes from coming in or out. we do know an investigation is currently under way. they re also currently seeking out, it seems, the person who accidentally fired that gun. the airport did tweet that out subsequently after about 30 minutes after this
discover the gun, to make sure it doesn t get to the secure side, doesn t get on an aircraft. and then, in a case where they find a gun, immediately law enforcement is called in. i ve traveled four times already this week. there s almost always a law enforcement official near a checkpoint. yeah. jay blackman, thank you. thank you for getting to an area in which your reception was better, first of all. thank you for providing us with all this information as this news was developing. thankfully, the atlanta airport has given the all-clear. flights are resuming. passengers returning to where they were going. of course, after panic ensued at that airport just about an hour and 15 minutes ago when a shot rang out. it was subsequently noted as an accidental discharge although they are still searching for the individual that brought that loaded gun to that airport. we re going to continue to follow this story, so i want to thank my guests, jay, jim, john, and kathy as well, as this thing de
yasmin? what type of delays are you seeing, if any, at this point, kathy, up here at laguardia as we talk about this kind of trickle effect? anything yet? reporter: well, the you know what? i honestly haven t had the chance to see the impact it s having here at laguardia but at last check, it looks like there are about a dozen or so at least a dozen or so delays at atlanta itself. got it. all right, want to bring back jay blackman. that you know, kathy, by the way. want to bring back jay blackman to talk more about this. and you were just walking us through the details of what we re learning at this hour, and we now know atl airport has given the all clear. flights can get up and going. passengers can return to what they were doing earlier. of course, i m sure there s a sense of still a little bit of kind of nervousness for passengers to return to the airport, despite the fact that they know this was an accidental discharge. that being said, anything more
what happened when the gun fired? what did the guy say? what did he do? what did tsa say? what did they do? that would bring some clarity. where is the gun? where is the guy? and you know, what is the rest of the facts that make up this event? i mean, listen, the guy s lucky he didn t kill someone in that airport. that could have happened. and as are the people that are that were surrounding this individual. as that bag was being searched. but as jay mentioned, this is still a federal crime, firing a gun in an airport. well, yeah. i mean, that could be a that part could be accidental. if it s not on purpose, it certainly is. but if it s accidental you can t bring a gun on an aircraft. you have to go through the security checkpoint but there s scores and scores of guns every year that come through those checkpoints that tsa agents find. they then confiscate the gun. they interview the passenger.
traveling across this country right now, atlanta is a hub. a lot of people connecting through atlanta, not only domestically but internationally. that airport for the last hour or so has been on lockdown and now we re learning the details of exactly what took place. walk us through what you know and kind of the trickle effect that you re seeing up here. reporter: yeah, yasmin, obviously, it was certainly a chaotic scene when people heard a gun ring out at the airport. we have learned that a passenger who was going through a main security checkpoint had a firearm, and during this process, just a short amount of time, was trying to reach the weapon and then that is when the gun went off and we have also learned from sources that the passenger who has still not been identified is still on the loose, and right now, authorities are trying to apprehend this individual, but you see the images right now on your screen.