Newark Tsa News Today

Seeing the traffic. Lets start with the bay bridge toll plaza. I can see the traffic is backed up. Even some of these lanes will be slow approaching the toll plaza. There have been no major issues. The other slow traffic spot is the altamont pass. It continues to be slow. If you look at the rest of the east bay, we do not have a lot of slow traffic yet. Traffic is moving well in the east bay including walnut creek, 680, 24 and highway 4, bay point. Its been a long wait but later today, bart roll...

This is a fox report. Tonight, guns and your Second Amendment rights, all eyes on what a few lawmakers in colorado will do next. What is this were it not a drill . Fall out and outrage after a massive Security Breach in Newark International airport. An undercover tsa agent with a fake bomb in his pants slides right through security. They missed it twice. We know the tiniest device could blow a hole in the plane. How can this happen in one of the nations busiest airports and demanding answers. Al...

>>heather: first, growing fallout from a shocking security failure at newark international airport. lawmakers are demanding a top-to-bottom security probe after an undercough t.s.a. agent struggles a fake bomb past not one but two security checkpoints last month. a former t.s.a. now speaking out about the agency and the safety measures he reportedly described we are live in the new york city newsroom with more on this story. >> the anonymous whistleblower says there are really big holes in secur...

Improperly screening baggage. in june of 2012, eight people were fired for literally sleeping on the job. in january of 2010, a terminal was shut down for six hours after a man ducked under the security rope unnoticed by t.s.a. we have reached out for comment bit t.s.a. but we have had no response. a flight on 9/11 flew out of newark crashing in pennsylvania killing all passengers and crew members. >>heather: thank you. >>gregg: president obama reaching out to lawmakers again this week with a se...

Cream or bottle of water. small knives are weapons unless we forget on 9/11 they used box cutters. these knives, two and six inches are bigger than box cutter models. there is a guy that at the top, the tsa chief that needs to be accountable for boneheaded decisions that start to make all of us wonder if the tsa knows what it is doing. based on the last couple of weeks i dont think they do. >> heather: there has been an "cry. >> i have to agree with mike. it kills me. [ laughter ] >> the fact yo...

>> if everybody read this essay from newark tsa officer, read it because it was written as an essay. you think about it. you dont need high school diploma to be a tsa officer, are you kidding? >> heather: and the latest issue where the fake bomb got through and pat down and was able to get through. apparently a lot of incidents happen like that that are not aware of. >> the problem i have with the article, unnamed source. we dont know who it is. could be disgruntled ex-employ. we dont know if he...

Budget problems and issues. they may not be trained very well and they may be getting fake bombs may be getting passed them but they will be dressed pretty well. $50 million of our money going to uniforms for the tsa workers. what is that? clearly they need training. >> until the sequester is solved there will be people all upset whatever it is that money is spent on versus what it could be spent on. >> heather: training for tsa workers. >> im sure they will. >> the uniforms were made in china. ...

Some find offensive, the former screens called them ridiculous saying it is impossible to find anything with the back of your hand. screening of children last about ten seconds going completely against t.s.a. protocol. while there are concerns over deficiencies officials point out that the system has worked. >> i dont want to encourage the terrorists to get the plains of. we have not had anyone get on successfully with the explosive devices in the united states in 11 1/2 years so something is wo...

0 terminal was shut down for six hours after a man ducked under security rope unnoticed by the tsa. we have reached out to the tsa for commented but nothing yet. no response from them as of yet. by the way, as for those pat-downs that some flyers find offensive, a former screener call them ridiculous you cant find anything using your back of your hand over certain areas of the body. >> gregg: that may be true. half-hour bathroom breaks? engrossed in reading the new york post. [ laughter ] >> gre...

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