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Nearly 94 million hitting the road. >> now were sitting still. >> reporter: at e airport so far, a mixed bag. >> im glad weve got a lot of leeway becauseheres flow way if i was even here two hours early, i dont think id make a flight. >> as you see, there are no lines. no lines at all. >> reporter: in newark, new jersey, friday, getting to the airport was a headache for some when an air train got stuck. onepansioner tweeting, "-- one passenger tweeting, "hundreds stranded. send help." for other ...

Condition this morning. heather? >> on-line al qaeda magazine is targeting san francisco airports for destruction. the spring issue of inspire an al qaeda propaganda magazine has a picture of the air train at the san francisco international airport. it goes on to instruct the readers to quote stand up, pack your tools of destruction, assemble your bombs ready for detonation. despite this the fbi insists theres no specific threat to the san francisco bay area. >> fireworks on capitol hill over th...

That something called positive train control could be something that helps prevent accidents like this. explain to our viewers and me, frankly, what positive train control means. >> it means that theres an outside influence on how the train is operated. so if you have a computer driven system, the system is going to tell the train to slow down, regardless of what the operators telling it to do. lets not forget that we have a lot of trains in this country operating with no operators whatsoever. r...

What one lawmaker describes as a nightmare snar yoe. alison kosik joins me now. what are we learning about these security concerns? >> well, don, these are some stunning ref lailgss that came out of a state homeland security meeting that happened here in new york city on friday. about some of the citys biggest vulnerabilities. >> reporter: at jfk airport, a fully automated unmanned transit train called air train rolls into the international terminal several times an hour. in testimony at a state...

Much the entire airport. terminals a, b around c lost power. 30,000 customers were affected so its just not the airport, but the prime impact, of course, is at the airport. it has caused some delays there. the faa says its only at the terminals, and we have some good news to pass on. weve just gotten off the phone with two stores in terminal "c." they say their power has just come back on, so hopefully the entire airport will be restored before long. brooke, this all happened beginning at 2:30 e...

That derailed is now sitting there. its still blocking one of the tunnels also used by the long island railroad, so heads up there. here is some good news there on a story that weve been reporting over at newark international airport. the spoer back on. we are also told no one was ever stuck on any kind of air train so all is good. green light there if youre headed to newark. no issues with power any longer. now to nevada. getting a first look at suspect in a daring heist at the bellagio in las ...

There is another day of hearing today, shep, and then the judge can take up to a few weeks to decide julian assanges face and a lawyer working closely with julian assange believes it will take that long, several weeks, before a decision is made. >>shepard: thank you from new york city jonathan. and chatting away about this story and others throughout the hour at foxnews.com/shep. and there is a great ad, see that on the right? i know you have been dying to chat away with him. he is there to faci...

From the citizens united decision. thats why she stepped away and decided on the more controversial practice of becoming a full-time political consultant. but youre going to hear, ooh think most liberal legal activists, some nonpartisans raise questions about this. its less of a problem for thomas in his ability to do his job, more of a head scratcher from people. something thats got them wondering if she doesnt have something better to do than try to become a bit player in this movement. if she...

Coming up, we will be speaking to a passenger who witnessed the meltdown and also ride back on whats called the air train out of jfk with the flight attendant who had the meldown. we are going to be talking to him coming up. developing this morning, defense secretary robert gates taking aim at the pentagons budget and expecting belt tightening. the centerpiece of hiss on tearty plan getting rid of the u.s. joint forces command. thats a move that could cut 3,000 jobs. >> culture of endless mone...

Passenger on that flight who saw the whole thing go down, phil katlonea joins us. good to have you in the studio. you werent in this guys area, correct? >> no, i was in the middle of the plane, about 15 rose back, he was in the front, i saw him at the very beginning when i got on the plane and then i didnt see him again until i saw him at the air train. >> and was essentially the trip noneventful? >> yeah, it was an hour and ten minute flight, nothing notable about it at all. juliet: when did th...