on board, many here are asking if it can happen on american soil. congressional testimony detailed an undercover operation where tsa failed 95% of the time detecting fake explosives at u.s. airports. failures included technology, tsa procedures and human errors. reporter: but the larger threat may be beyond the security checkpoint. you may have someone who has gone through all the security checks, has passed all the background checks but has been successful in hiding their true loyalty or allegiance to al qae qaeda, muslim brotherhood or isis. and this is the ultimate threat, the insider threat. reporter: chad wolf, former head of tsa security policy, agrees. what we ve seen over the past six months to 12 months is the number of alarming security instances here domestically in the u.s. whether it be atlanta airport or others where you ve seen guns being smuggled onboard
the failures included technology, tsa procedures and human errors. reporter: but the larger threat may be beyond the security check point. you may have someone who has gone through all the security checks, has passed all the background checks but is successful in hiding their true loyalty to al qaeda, muslim brotherhood or isis and this is the ultimate threat, insider threat. reporter: chad wolf, the former head of tsa security policy agrees. here domestically in the u.s., airport or others where you see guns being smuggled on board passenger aircraft. reporter: if you can smuggle a gun, you can smuggle a bomb. that is what is still alarming to a lot of folks that so far, you know, so much time passed after 9/11 that we would have sured this up. reporter: another concern, while airports that fly into the united states are supposed to abide by tsa policy, wolf says
interesting there, we ll see how that comes out with my name. that might be a tough one. the faa is trying to track down whoever is shining lasers into their planes and cockpits. four flights reported being targeted last night in new york and new jersey. it s a federal crime to point a laser at a plane and it s been happening a lot lately. last week at least 11 pilots reported having lasers shined at their planes. tom blank is the former head of tsa security policy. he s now the executive vice president of gephart government affairs. according to the faa, laser incidents have been steadily growing since 2010 and already there have been more than 2700 this year alone. just how dangerous are these lasers to flight ops? it s really a very dangerous situation. and in fact they have been growing really since 9/11 which is when tsa began tracking them not only as safety violations but as security problems. so the agency tsa views them
you go through airport security. two tsa agents have been fired for allegedly conspiring to grope male passengers as they went through security at denver international airport. the plot allegedly included hand signals and manipulating full body scanners so more thorough pat-downs could be conducted for men they found attractive. in a statement the tsa said the alleged acts are egregious and intolerable. allegations of misconduct are investigated and when substantiated employees are held accountable. we are joined by the executive vice president of again hart government affairs, former head of tsa security policy. this alleged plot was elaborate in terms of the fact that the pale male tsa agent would signal when a male passenger he found attractive was coming through. the female agent would triggerer into a false alert meaning the passenger would have to go for inspection. how tough is it to pull off?
obama care. okay. christina, i want to ask you take a listen to what democratic senator joe manchin said today. nobody should be enforced to buy a policy that costs more than that they have and is inferior to what they had. those things have to be worked out. the new markets opening up are basically going to be good, but it has to be affordable. you have to work through this. the transition period of one year is very reasonable and doable. the fines don t go into effect until 2015. now, he is one of at least ten democratic senators who support an open enrollment extension. i think his view is a year. that s on the extreme end of things. some are as little as two months. how much pressure is the president under from both sides right now? well, one thing you saw with the shutdown fight is that democrats were able to remain united. the white house was very pleased with that. they d prefer that s what would happen here with the health care insurance exchange rollout. that s not a