transportation security administration and it comes with the agency about to turn 10 years old this saturday. right in the middle of the busiest holiday travel weekend of the year. 17 known terrorists made it through security 24 times at airports where the t.s.a. operated costly behavior detection programs. and millions of dollars worth of screening equipment reportedly just sitting in warehouses now. the report also claims some of the nation s biggest airports are running explosive detection equipment at 1998 standards. lawmakers are calling for reform. we must focus on identifying terrorists and stopping them instead of patting down grandma and children. and we have to stop worrying about political correctness. shepard: oh well. a new survey from the u.s. travel association shows most as it jerusalem think the tsa is right on track. and an agency spokesman argues there have been no major terrorist attacks on the t.s.a. s watch. catherine herridge live from reagan national airport
have the presumption ever innocence of the just as reminder the 9/11 case is in the military system and decade later that trial is still not underway. on issue of airport security the commissioner said it is still not where it needs to be especially given evolution and threat of hijackers and box cutters to non-metallic explosive used by al qaeda in yemen. that was the group behind last two major plots against the u.s. using aircraft. transportation security. with significant federal funding it. sa has deployed large numbers of enhanced screening equipment, using passenger check point, explosives detection and checked bag screening. unfortunately the explosives detection technology lacks reliability and lags in its capability to automatically identify concealed weapons and explosives. reporter: in the last few minutes i think this is going to be the main headline out of that news conference today. almost every commissioner saying they re disappoint
reporter: the scene has changed a little bit in the last few minutes. now we have a bomb squad, police and homeland security in a secured area where they have tax he d this u.s. airways airbus 319. as they go through now with new screening equipment a dozen or so tsa agents piece by piece. all the luggage and any personal items that people may have left on the plane when the plane was evacuated two and a half hours ago. it never left the ground. workers were loading items onto a plane, they noticed that one man was loading things on who had a u.s. airways uniform on but did not have the proper identification. there is a local report in the area that authorities are in fact looking for that man who walked away and has not been found. i m trying to confirm that with both the tsa, the faa and the airport now. that screening equipment i m told has not turned up any positive hits, but they are in fact looking for some dangerous item that might have been left behind by a stranger who was l
and that s where molly hennenberg is standing right now. how was this guy able to get inside with a gun, molly? hi, jon. he wasn t known or expected to be a dangerous or high risk visitor so he wasn t searched or wanded when he came in. he was known to the hospital as warren davis. police told us later that was an alias, as you said, jon, his actual name is paul warren partis. hospital officials here say most hospitals including johns hopkins do not have screening equipment. they say it s not realistic to have them and the accompanied armed staff to watch them at over 80 loading docks, emergency exits at a health care center. still here at johns hopkins, they intend to review and evaluate their security procedure. how is the doctor recovering now, molly? his name is dr. david cohen, said to be in his mid 30 s. he s a spinal specialist. he took one gunshot to the lower chest, upper abdomen region. he was immediately rushed into the operating room by his
out a new security plan which includes more of those full body scanners at airports. it s also to be using swabs and patdowns to search for explosives and other weapons. so, if you are travelling, that will likely mean more time in security lines. right now 21 airports in 18 states are using body scanners. but the obama administration is putting tens of millions of dollars into more screening equipment. the t.s.a. reports nine more airports will get the scanners soon and eventually the agency plans to use nearly a thousand scanners across the nation. fox news is on the job hunt and apparently so are more and more senior citizens. tonight, how the recession is changing a lot of americans retirement plans. and thousands of young people taking to the streets. they say their dreams and their future are on the line. that s next.