to attack, and that was the first time that he would have encountered a checkpoint in the airport. that s what they re there for. the unfortunate thing is that that s the first line of defense or last line of defense for people like him to get into security and into the airport. let s explore that. do you think that there should have been an extra layer? if he decided that he want withed to use the machete during checkpoint, there would have been nothing? the problem is that it s been discussed in the past why don t they put them at the front door, then that s the first checkpoint, and that s the point that he would pull a machete. i have commented before that you can not have people lined up on the sidewalk with all their lug gag checked in in the airport
the waste band until that point. police are unsure why he was doing this. one tsa agent was shot in the scuffle. the terror group isis is claiming attacks on yemen. it left 137 people dead. reporting that suicide bombers pretended to be disabled and hid explosive after casts. that s the latest sign that it s plunging into a civil war. people marched to terrorism on the independence day. it s two days after extremist killed 23 people in a museum. the officials say that they had weapon and training in libya. about half of the people killed in the attacks were tourists. we have a lot of information that we want to share with you ton terror attack. two of the suspects received weapon training in libya and in a new audio message isis is
point. the felon was spotted by an agent but then a supervisor cleared the security check despite the man s history. a homeland security inspector said it highlights the need for the agency to modify its procedures. let s talk about these. let s bring in former assistant director of the fbi tom fuentes. tom, good morning. i want to start with the tsa pre-check story christi gave us. this man had a murder conviction connected to a domestic terror organization. how could someone like that get through the security pre-check process? i think victor, the mistake is he shouldn t be on the pre-check list. if they had him selected randomly to be able to go through pre-check i think they are going to have to take a hard look at that program. most of us, and i have the pre-check approval, comes from you know, the application process, the background process, the number of miles you fly with a particular carrier, so i don t understand how he was even able
fought back and then a police officer shot white three times. we do not know his conditions. another airport condition to talk to you about here. report by a watchdog unveiled what they call aviation breach after a former member was allowed through a pre-check point. a supervisor cleared the check despite the history. a homeland security expert say that is it highlights the need to modify the pre-check point procedures. there seems to be a glaring hole in the security at the airports. they re never skreerned and last year in atlanta a delta employee smuggled dozens of guns on a plane because he was not screened. there are fears that they would exploit that loophole.
and especially when we have wind chills below zero. you can not have people lined up with the infants or elderly. you re going have to let people indoors and decide where you re going to set the checkpoint up. tsa guards and manning the checkpoints are not armed, so there are police officers that are supposed to be close by, and that s what you have in this case. you have a police officer who when alerted to the whole problem of this person attacking the the officers, that officer came and opened fire on the individual. yeah, you make a good point. wherefore you approximate put that check someone that has the motive will do everything that they plan right before that. tom, stay with us because we want you to weigh in on this story as well. second unsettling story at an airport. appears that the security administration has explain to do. yeah, the tsa athlete a