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They wanted to have everybody have an extra eye for something like that, in case he were to use that. >> all right. it is not just l.a.x., which has a tremendous amount of -- or burbank, a tremendous amount of security, the major airports. but there are a lot of tiny airports and private planes in the los angeles area, arent there? >> reporter: correct. and the person i spoke with this morning, people being of tsa and they think of the major airports that we travel through on a daily basis. but ...

Suspicious passengers or missing aircraft. they just wanted to have everybody have an extra eye for something like that in case he were to use that. >> greta: and its not just lax that has-- burbank that has a tremendous amount of security at major airports. there are a lot of tiny airports and private planes in the los angeles area, arent there? >> correct, at first i spoke with, this morning said that, you know, when people think of tsa alerts, a lot of times they think of the major airports w...

Figure out, we can do this but youre going to have to cut somewhere, otherwise were just adding to the 1* 1* the 16..4 krill ar16..4 trillion. >> reporter: there are people who say we need to do this, and others say we need to look at bills to make sure they are not putting through a lot of pork spending. bill: well see you at 6:00, okay. >> reporter: yeah. bill: plenty to cover later tonight. heather: how much does that jet to hawaii cost? just wondering. well intense fighting raging in syria a...

North they can control that territory. that is what we are seeing, advances on airfields in the north with coordinated attacks on three airfields. the rebels are better armed and coordinated and using methods to move forward. the disturbing part of the video many of the fighters were the best warriors we have seen and they are often al qaeda sympathizers and that is drawing into question if the rebels are successful and take control of the north, who are these people and where do the loyaltyies ...

Syria. the united nations reporting today that more than 60,000 people have likely died in the nearly two year long conflict. this is on the same day a military airstrike reportedly killed or wounded dozens more outside the nations capitol. war planes bombed a gas station in a damascus suburb destroying a number of cars and buildings. we cannot verify the authenticity of this film but rebel forces are attempting to thwart the overwhelming air power. leland is live in the middle east. why are the...

He is operating with impunity and not afraid of some sort of international retaliation? >> i think he believes certainly right now the only opposition he will get is what is on the ground in syria. he doesnt, he knows for a fact the united states isnt going to up the ante any because were just not going to be involved in any way and thats obvious to him. therefore other nations are not going to be involved. in terms of scud missiles i think he could be reacting certainly, you know, to the 100 na...

Battles for key airfields outside the city. >> it is clear regime forces are being grounded down and they are losing. >> president bashar assad already killed estimated 40,000 people. president obama top aids will fear the fighting take on gruesome character. >> we remained very concerned. very concerned. as the opposition advances on damascus. that the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. >> indeed, the senior officials confirm that syrian technicians mixed unknown quant...

News, president bashar assads forces have loaded nerve gas components into bombs at or near syrian airfields. it is assumed, the intent was to move the bombs onto aircraft. but theres no way to know if that happened for certain. the issue, of course, has the full attention of the obama administration. >> our concerns are that an increasingly desperate assad regime might turn to chemical weapons or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. >> syrian...

Senior u.s. officials tell abc news, president bashar assads forces have loaded nerve gas components into bombs at or near syrian airfields. it is assumed, the intent was to move the bombs onto aircraft. but theres no way to know if that happened for certain. the issue, of course, has the full attention of the obama administration. >> our concerns are that an increasingly desperate assad regime might turn to chemical weapons or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now op...

Than when i was over there four years when they had an operation. they had nothing to stop the missles coming in. now from what i understand hezbollah and lebanon have armed themselves with far more advanced weapons but the israelis have to be concerned about their bases and airfields. >> absolutely. because the airfields will be attacked simultaneously with attacks on civilian population. they are going to be trying to generate sorties toward iran, not towards lebanon and gaza. >> gregg: what...