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who is this guy? >> well, he is 40 years old. his name is matt muffley. he was flying, anderson, from the airport in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando, according to the f.b.i. he checked the bag, and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the f.b.i., this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial-grade fireworks, a...

Residue, explosive trace. >> right. i wonder how efficient that actually is. >> it worked this time. it works in the testing. you know, it was hidden. you know, the fuse was secreted in the lining of the suitcase. it is an indicator that mr. muffley allegedly knew that he wasnt supposed to be bringing that on an airplane, that the machinery found it. they had to evacuate part of the airport. they called ready garcia from the joint terrorism task force and the bomb technician. they went over the ...

they have lines you can call in before you take your kids on a trip. >> get me up to speed on the elderly. didnt they change? >> they did. were talking limited screening, too. people over 75 at a couple of airports, four, can keep their shoes on, a light jacket, they can go through the metal detector or screening device to try to avoid that pat-down. this is part of eliminating the pools of risk as the tsa calls it. >> a kinder, gentler trip for the rest of us. thanks so much, lizzie. ...