Reporter no other gun man is found. At this point it looked like he acted alone. Reporter officials wont say if the suspect was targeting someone on an arriving flight or if hes cooperating. Randi kaye, cnn, new york. Lets get much more on this. I want to bring in jeffrey thomas, an aviation perspective, joining us from skype. Great to have you on the program. We want to talk about Airport Security to start off with. Should we be alarmed that this individual was able to check in a firearm when hed already flagged himself up to authorities . Absolutely. It is a troubling background to this gentleman from what has been reported to us. The fact that he had some problems apparently, allegedly, and then indeed checked this
firearm with his checked baggage which of course is allowed in certain states of the United States. And that was nothing illegal this doing that. However of course what transpired of course was a terrible tragedy. But the problem weve got here is that although some cases
farewell speech that he will deliver next week in chicago. the white house says his goal is to keep a optimistic and forward-looking. michelle kozinski, cnn, the white house. that was an emotional farewell from the u.s. first lady. next on cnn, derek van dam has our weather forecast including a look at a winter storm targeting parts of the southeast u.s. do stay with us for more. listerine® kills 99% of bad breath germs for a 100% fresh mouth. feeling 100% means you feel bold enough to. .assist a magician. .or dance. listerine®. bring out the bold™
that case has to be locked and only the passenger should have the key or the combination to that case, and again, you have to declare that gun at the ticket counter. he followed all of those rules, but he took advantage of the fact that every airport in america has a soft target. parts of the airport before you get to the security check point, they re vulnerable. it s a known vulnerability and law enforcement officials say it s virtually impossible to get that vulnerability to zero. cnn, washington. still to come this hour, michelle obama s emotional farewell speech after eight years in the white house. her wish for the future next. and our weather forecast including a look at a winter storm targeting parts of the southeast u.s. do stay with us. you don t let anything keep you sidelined.