powell especially dislikes the routine patdown search to make sure they re not carrying weapons or other contraband. step back, open your legs. put your hands up on the wall, man. why you grabbing me like that? put your hands on the wall keep them on the wall. up, put it down, open your legs up. up. turn around, lift up your shirt, open your mouth, hands, mouth. what? put shoes on.
places. aaa says that more than 40% of people in this area are traveling more than 50 miles away to open presents. gretchen? i hear some music going on behind you. i hope it s christmas carols. we talked earlier this week about all day. i m sure you re getting tired of it. we talk bodied about the new sey measures going on at the airport. is that causing backups today? it hasn t yet. a lot of the travelers that we spoke to didn t even know about this new tsa policy that may not let them get a patdown if that s what s they prefer instead of a full body scan. the tsa doesn t think the patsdowns are the most effective way to pick up weapons. they ll have the agents use discretion about whether someone can get a patdown or if they ll make them use the automatic imaging technology or ait scan. and that s not the most popular machine because some people
tsa may direct mandatory body scanning screening for some passengers as warranted by security considerations. that s from the tsa. sarah sidner is live at laguardia airport to tell us more about that. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. yeah, i mean, basically what this means is you really can t opt out of the body scanner. but what is happening, which is a little confusing, this is why critics are kind of upset with this new rule happening just as the holidays come to the floor, basically there will be some people who can opt out, that s and we ll do the patdown.over - then there will be other people who are told, no, sorry, you have to go through the scanner or you re not getting on your flight. and so how they decide that, they have not quite said who gets chosen and who doesn t. they have not said because it isn t all passengers. they are not saying no to everyone, but there will be some who they decide, i don t know if it s randomly or look at where you are going and yo
now. the feds are turning up the heat on hoverboards. pun intended. 1600 fires in 12 states. they re calling this a priority investigation. i have one. remind me, mental note, make that a priority. have you stayed at a hayat hotel recently? check your credit card statement. the hotel says it found malware on the payment processing system. the breach was discovered a week ago but hayatt didn t tell customers until yesterday. the tsa can now make you useful body scanners at the airport. the agency changing security procedures just in time for the holidays. travelers can still request a patdown but may be denied. all right. thanks to anna coyman. we ve seen how the nypd searches for threats underwater. and how they use dogs to fight their fight against terror. and they have the latest tool. get this. it s the horse.
patdown but may be denied. tonight is the night santa claus is finally coming to town. when will he reach your house? you can track his worldwide journey all day long with the help of norad.com or you can give him a call. the good, the bad and the ugly. first, the good. an early christmas present for one mom. ahhhh! oh, my gosh. marine surprising a mom at an ihop. the mom calling it grateful. and the bad. a helicopter carrying seven people spinning out of control. you see this? crazy. all trying to land at treasure island resort. amazingly all six passengers and the pilot were able to walk away from that. they re all unharmed. it s unclear what caused the pilot to lose control. what a sight that is. finally, the ugly.