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14-year-old girl. she claims when she woke up he was groping her backside. pascal said he fell asleep and somehow his hand fell in to the girls seat. hes due in federal court today. airlines are earning record amounts of money for sky high fees for checking bags and serving food. analysts predict major airlines will rake in $15 billion in extra fees this year alone. up 18% from last year. 60% of that money comes from frequent flyer surcharges and another 25% from checked baggage fees. a blin...

Yes. our shopping malls are wide open. the good news, though, neil, is that a lot of our security forces and police departments around these shopping malls have done a tremendous job in preparing, and intelligence gathering to try to offset some of the threats. >> neil: as you remind me, they can be right 99% of the time but its the one percent time that they slip through. thats what they remember. im trying to think of the kind of security they have outside universal studios studio disneyd stad...

Detective. i dont know how many times we have chatted about big places where a lot of people congregate, they are targets. what do these malls have to too? they did have security check points at somali. it was a high-crime area so they checked peoples purses, bags, et cetera. obviously that wasnt enough if someone comes in guns ablazing. >> its a very delicate act when you try to balance convenience for shoppers with security. right after 9/11, a number of shopping centers, shopping malls across...

Actually expedite the process for information say heres a bag we know will go through. its akin to tsa putting out the three ounce bags as you walk through the security line saying we approve these. ziploc one gallon storage bag does the same thing. >> theres a purse size, clutch bag no bigger than 4 1/2 x 6 inches. is that too small to be a threat considering what someone who is intent on doing harm might be able to cook up? >> you know the objective here is to create the ability for those who ...

>> reporter: the average domestic airfare is now $414 according to travelocity. a 9% jump over last years holiday season. the most expensive days to fly, up to $500 more a ticket are december 21, 22, and on the return december 30, 31 and new years day. these are the cheaper days to fly. christmas day and the three days after. flying then can save as much as $330. >> were going to sacrifice price for convenience. but youll also encounter fewer crowds at the airport. >> reporter: its not just airf...

defuse or detonate explosives the suspect set inside. through the window of his third floor apartment, they can see a web of trip wires, and a living room full of about 30 homemade ieds strung together with firecracker shells. there are also jars of black powder and liquid accelerant, cans of gasoline, too. at 10:33 a.m. progress. >> we have been successful in defeating the first threat, which includes defeating the trip wire and the first incendiary device. >> reporter: a robot driven...

The face of a homeless man. well, the autopsy results are now in. and they show that rudy eugene had no drugs in his system other than marijuana. there has been widespread speculation though he may have been under influence of the so-called bath salts, blamed for psychotic behavior in other cases. but again that recent case not the ending people expected. no bath salts, just weed. well, if tsa fired eight security agents facing serious accusations. investigators at liberty airport in newark, n...

Issue. >> and my defense is, when you see the videos of what the tsa government officials is doing. it is horrifying. >> going back to emac. there is no civility and bill, why do we need a police action. they are checking bags, not hunting down criminals with fire arms. >> steve, what is the answer. >> answer is we are the land of innovation and allow private competition and you will see better security and faster lines. thank you, gang. coming up. you heard sell and go away. former said not thi...

we can also tell you that the injured students were medevaced off campus and taken for treatment. we dont know what level of injury they have sustained. stephanie there is talking with authorities and gaining all of that information as she is doing just a terrific job bringing us up to date. stephanie, did you learn something new you want to share with us if you can hear us? >> reporter: yes, i do. i just spoke with the superintendent. he says he does believe that the shooter was in fa...

rules says joe paternos football players got preference shl treatment because joe paterno demanded. she held the post from 2003 to 2007. in a statement to cnn, she says in part, over several years, there were numerous meetings and discussions about specific impending student discipline cases that involved football players. as a result, my staff and i felt compelled to alter how we handled cases involving penn state football players. the consequence of these accommodations put us in the...