more of a spring storm that s set up for us here. this area across the ohio river valley has had a very try summer and now we re going to be seeing maybe 3-5 inches of rain. that s going to cause localized flooding, but we need that rain. a little too much too quickly. out across the west calming down quite a bit. denver looking pretty good. a great day to get out and see, maybe tomorrow as we ll see drier conditions. bundle up. jon: one of my buddies up in the eagle county says they ve gotten four feet of snow just in november. reporter: it s a great start. jon: all right. i ll be out there soon enough. thanks. jenna: some air travelers are finding the weather a bigger problem than that planned boycott of security scanners. few passengers took part in yesterday s national opt-out day.
airport today, you ll want to hear this. an interview with the man behind the new security scanners and patdowns. tsa chief john pistole will join us. what do you want to know from him? join us at foxnews.com.
that operation. the tsa saying in the statement all commercial airports are regulated by tsa, whether the actual screening is performed by tsa officers or private companies. tsa they are security scanners that must be followed and that includes the use of enhanced pat-downs and imaging technologies. 16 airports nationwide have the private screeners, including san francisco and kansas city, jon. jon: thanks. jenna: politics now in d.c. time is running out for harry reid and pelosi to push the agenda with the democrat s two current majorities on capitol hill. they are moving fast in the lame-duck session on controversial legislation, on tax hikes for those making over $250,000 a year while extending tax cuts for those making less. extending unemployment benefits, trying to pass the d.r.e.a.m. act and repealing don t ask don t tell. some say this is an attempt to score points before republicans
flashing lines, loud bang, all the snakes took off and the village disappeared. that must be it. we ll see what the wacky world news. that s right. thank you as always. see you next sunday. that does it for us. i m eric shawn. i m jamie colby. great to have you with us today. the news continues for you from washington. from washington. have a great day, everybody. captioned by closed captioning services, inc shannon: i m shannon bream, live in washington, where it s move-in day. 85 freshmen republicans and nine democrats are arriving today for a crash course on congress. already, on day one, potential power struggle between the tea party and the g.o.p. establishment. finally free, british couple held hostage by somali pirates for more than a year is released. we ll have a live report from kenya. scandal, growing uproar from travelers who claim the full body scanners, security scanners are showing too much. what is the alternative? all that and senator elect rand paul joins us
america, let them worry about security. you go on and live your lives. but as you do, if you see something that bothers you, that raises the hair on the back of your neck, we want to know. now, there is a consequence to this. one is that the police hear about things that are genuinely worrisome. the other is that they are very busy now chasing a lot of things that turn out to be not hazardous at all. we went through this again last night, brian, with a potential hazardous material on a cargo flight from egypt to the u.s. the security scanners there picked up something, they thought it was bad, they pulled it off, it turned out to be completely harmless. i talked to the police chief just across the river here in virginia in arlington who said he gets a lot of calls from people saying someone is taking pictures of the bridges. yes, the police have to run that down a lot more, but they would rather hear that than not hear about the thing that truly is troubling and that could lead to an a