sing 2 and finally tonight, the faa with a message to anyone who behaves badly while on a flight. act up and you will end up at the back of the security line. the faa announcing today that it is teaming up with the tsa, and will soon share information about unruly passengers, like this. those passengers could then lose their pre-check privileges. the move, coming after the faa says this year alone, it s received more than 5,600 reports of in-flight incidents. of those, 4,000 were mask raeltd related. the faa has been cracking down trying to on the unfriendly skies for almost a year, warning passengers they could face fines of up to $37,000 if they threaten or
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in houston, terminal b will stay closed tomorrow for a third day in a row. the terminal i was supposed to fly out of is closed. i have to round the entire airport just to get back to terminal b. reporter: air traffic controller jacob james is working with no pay and says he told his three girls, no dance class, no soccer or gymnastics for now. that few hundred dollars for everything, for each of my daughters, it adds up real quick. let s get back to steve, who has been covering this shutdown for days now. he s live at atlanta s hartsfield international airport tonight. and steve, the lines have gone down now, but airport officials are giving warning to flyers about what could come tomorrow. reporter: that s right, david. the airport says that there s not much they can do about tsa, but they can do plenty about warning passengers, and that is to get here at least three hours before your flight, that s an hour longer than normal, but that s not just for tomorrow, but from here
holiday. that s because body scanners are better at detecting hidden threats than a physical patdown. even if a passenger requests a patdown, the tsa will require a body scan anyway. sara is at laguardia airport to tell us more. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. a lot of people don t know about this new rule. basically it says you can t completely opt out of having to go through the body scanner. this will affect some passengers, not all. you can still ask to be patted down as opposed to going through this machine but the tsa is now saying not necessarily it will be granted, your request will be granted. they re warning passengers. most people hadn t heard of it. it s coming at a time when huge numbers of people are coming to the airport to travel on christmas eve. for new year s this will still be in effect. the tsa trying to get the word out there. there is some confusion where