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Support for a law that would make the barriers mandatory especially in light of the tsas new knife policy that kicks in next month. fred. >> thanks so much, rene. from trouble in the skies to trouble on the high satisfies, more problems for carnival cruise lines trouble with two more ships this week. well find out what you can do when a dream vacation turns into a nightmare. and you have heard about snakes on a plane. what about roaches on a bus? were not talking about just one or two. were talk...

>> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i dont know anyone whos defended the tsa on this, because it doesnt make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a planes cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these fives can not friday down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so fa...

>> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i dont know anyone whos defended the tsa on this, because it doesnt make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a planes cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these knives can not bring down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so fa...

Catastrophic threat, and these are the knives that tsa says will now be allowed. they are knives with blades that are no longer than 2.36 inches and they are also knives that do not lock in place. so thats why the change now. who has a problem with it? well, for one, senator chuck schumer of new york. add news conference today urging the tsa to change its mind. he said if it didnt, he might try to make them. >> if the tsa refuses to go along we would consider legislation and my guess is it would...

Whitehouse.gov, right now, against the new knife policy this this being pushed by unions representing some 90,000 flight attendants. you can see right there it has just over 17,000 signatures. now flight attendants are worried about their personal safety and not of individual passengers but tsa says the agencys doing this is prioritize things that can bring down an entire plane, like bombs and things like that. they say hunting for small knives could get in the way of that i spoke with the tsa s...