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We want you to listen to one tsa agent who was chased by white with the machete, was wounded in the arm as police tried to subdue him. >> what i have to say is tsa spends a lot of time having us train. and we train and train, unbeknownst to a lot of people so, we are trained to -- how to react to different situations. when this all started happening, coming down it was second nature. you know, we want to make sure the passengers are safe so we tell them run, run, you have to get out of here run....

[ inaudible question ] what i saw originally was one of the officers getting sprayed with the wasp spray. he took a bag and threw it at the guy, which slowed him down enough that when he came through and i was yelling for everybody to clear the checkpoint and then we all took off and ran towards where the leo was, and i was calling run, run for them to get away from him. and i was calling for the leos so she was there and alert. she saved a lot of peeps looifs. this man was swinging very hard wi...

Airports say moving toward full employee screening would simply be too costly and too time consuming for airport workers to wait in line like you and i. but some members of congress just arent buying that demanding the department of homeland security review employee screening policies to make sure airports arent leaving a door open to a possible disaster. drew griffin, cnn, los angeles. >> pretty telling. lets talk about it. former cia operative bob baer back with me. and robert mcfadden, specia...

>> what is the most important change that could be made at american airports right now? >> well, one, coming from a little bit different perspective, keeping it in context. these are very very low percentage though they get our attention, thats the essence of terrorism. when it is terrorism. but then other cases like today well never know what was in his head though there was mental illness according to all reports what the motivation is. increased security working with the public engagement at ...

That agency is critical to our security and safety. >> is there going two be a shut down at dhs? >> i certainly hope not. the senate i think is going to send us a clean bill. as peter king has said we ought to take the bill up pass it and fund the department of homeland security. >> steny hoyer, always a pleasure. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> if the dhs shuts down its going to have a disastrous impact on men and women who work hard to keep us safe and do their jobs which th...

>> reporter: they have for the super bowl only 12 this happened parking spots in large part because of the security. and no taxis and you cant walk to metlife stadium. and most of the 80,000 ticket holders will have to use mass transit many of them on buss and 15,000 riding the new jersey transit trains. and all of those passengers will be subject to searches by tsa agents. they will check every bag and every rider should be sure to have not just train tickets but game tickets. >> if you plan to...

Cant tell authorities exactly why he shot three tsa agents, killing one of them. but investigators say 23-year-old paul ciancia left a one-page manifesto at the scene writing that he wanted to kill, quote, tsa agents and pigs. he referred to himself as a patriot and said he wanted to show how easy it is to get a gun into an airport terminal. he is facing murder charges. were also learning more about the survivors. one of the victims, brian ludmer was shot in the leg, dragged himself to a nearb...

[ cheers and applause ] oh, bloombergs not around. our big gulps safe. >> for more on cpac and sarah palin, check out cnnpolitics.com. let me tell you about a this nuclear threat on a chicago commuter train possibly. this was not a movie. this was not a drill. photojournalist with affiliate wbbm just happened to be on that train when it was stormed by tsa agents, reporter dave sevigny with wbbn has the story. >> reporter: sources say these are members of the elite tsa viper team aboard the 504...

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