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this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. in new york, that means noticeably increased security. teams of bomb-sniffing dorkz heavily armed officers, and enhanced surveillance have been deployed to train stations and airports while radiation detectors are scanning vehicles coming over bridges. this is the right thing to do. our experience we ve had in the last week or two what what we ve seen all throughout the world, this is the right time to do this. reporter: independent wake of this month s subway bombing, senator chuck schumer is calling for this scanner to be deployed in new york city. it scans people as they enter the subway, looking for hidden explosives, like suicide vests. last week, the los angeles transit system started testing it. as that bar turns from green to red, we know we ve identified an individual that may need a little closer scrutiny. reporter: alex wiggins is the l.m.t.a. s head of security. something dense. like would be in a suicide ....
so no one inside would come to the door or speak on camera. the cities licenses and inspections department tells me that the home owner who purchased the property in may does not have a rental license and that he is renting rooms he is doing so immediately. everybody need to leave. reporter: rodgers contacted her landlord after the first racoon setting earlier in the evening, something neighbors say is common with trash in the area it is terrible around here with these racoon, yes. reporter: when home owner arrive, to help remove. he chased him out. reporter: after ate tacked the baby the landlord rush them to the hospital, the family says it intend to pursue legal action. it is his responsibility. reporter: i reached that landlord by phone earlier today and he initially hung up and then called me back a little while later to tell me that everything had been resolved and he to contact his lawyer if he had more questions but wow not provide me with that att ....
this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. glor: good evening. the holiday getaway is officially at its peak. a.a.a. says we are now inside the busiest 48-hour travel window of the season. a record 107 million americans are expected to be traveling between december 23 and january 1. more than 97 million are driving to their destinations. nearly 6.5 million are flying. over 3.5 million others are taking buses, trains, and shims. the christmas crush comes as the t.s.a. is testing a new security screening technology. it is designed to spot hidden explosives and suicide vests. here s transportation correspondent kris van cleave. reporter: over the hills, through the traffic, and crowded airports, by the millions, we go. the-of-the-year holiday travel season is hitting its peak. in new york, that means noticeably increased security. teams of bomb-sniffing dorkz heavily armed officers, and enhanced surveillance have been deployed to train stations and airports while radiati ....
meantime, some good news on the fight against the thomas fire, burning ventura county. all evacuation orders were lifted in santa barbara county. crews are bracing for more wind and are focusing the effort on the north side of the blaze. it has burned 272,000 acres and 60% containment right now. some bay area crews who were helping in the firefight returned home. they include more than 60 people from the fire agencies across san mateo county. an event honoring mayor ed lee just getting underway in chinatown. we have more on the latest tribute. reporter: he was the first chinese-american mayor and nothing meant more to him than his roots in the chinatown community. here s a live look at what is happening as the community is coming together to remember their favorite son. there getting ready to hold a candlelight vigil in portsmouth square. some have actually already signed a card thanking the mayor for his service. many of his chief causes were born out of his connec ....
dies at the age of 82. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. president trump is expected to sign a temporary funding bill today avoiding a government shutdown. the short-term measure passed in the house and senate yesterday. it allows funding through january 19th. hena doba is here in new york. good morning, hena. it s proving to be a short-term solution to government funding. had they not. the government faced a shutdown at midnight tonight. these are the last votes expected in the house for the day, the week, the month, and the year. before fleeing d.c. for the holiday thursday, lawmakers in the house and senate approved a stopgap measure to fund the government for the next four weeks, narrowly averting a extension to the children s health insurance program or c.h.i.p. and provides funding for a health care provision. the fund also sends $4 billion to the department of def ....