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Pilots at southwest and flight attendants of course, but ramp workers, mechanics, dispatchers, schedulers, ticket agents, people from the top to the very bottom. many thousands of people. some unknown but apparently large number of these people have still not been vaccinated. why is that? well, many of them have already recovered from covid, they have antibodies that offer them greater protection than any vaccine ever could, thats the science, so they dont want the vaccine. others have sincere r...

Nbcs hans nichols has more. >> oh, my god. what is happening right now? >> reporter: before richard russell made it into the sky in a horizon air dash eight. investigators want to know how he made it across a crowded tarmac and on to a runway. >> the dak 8 on runway 1-6 center, say your call sign. >> causing confusion in the control tower and a call to the military. >> you need to call and scramble now. >> yeah, we are. >> reporter: with a fair of f-15s on his tail, russell stayed airborne for m...

25,000 domestic flights, a million checked bags, 2 million passengers. and thousands of airport workers, restaurant employees, ramp workers, baggage handlers, many of whom with access to secure areas. now, renewed focus on just how good airport security really is and could u.s. aviation be at risk from an insider threat? >> when you give somebody an airport i.d. badge it is like giving somebody the key to your house. you have entrusted them now to access your house and get passed the alarm syste...

Security overseas and here at home. frances? >> thomas, while homeland security is working to ramp up security jefr seas theres renewed scrutiny at home here in the united states. this is images here from last night at miami international airport where a suspicious looking package caused massive delays. it was eventually deemed not to be a threat. but that downed metrojet has many of us on edge and theres not a successful terrorist attack against the u.s. domestic flight against 9/11 but securit...

Investigators. >> they put guns on a plane this time. they could easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: heres how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks. but they do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restrict...

This time. they could have easily put a bomb on one of the planes. >> reporter: heres how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey with a backpack full of guns used his badge to enter the secure area of airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks but do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restrict airport areas. . arrives at a co...

>> reporter: 153 firearms recovered. smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york. that according to federal investigators. >> they could put guns on a plane this time. they could have easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: heres how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and bagga...

Handler and four accomplices charged with smuggling guns, some on flights from atlanta to new york. authorities say they hid the guns, ak 47 assault weapons in his carry on. renee marsh is out front. >> reporter: 153 firearms were covered, smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york according to federal investigators. >> they put guns on the plane this time, they could have easily put bombs on the planes. >> reporter: heres how it happened. delta baggage hand...

and that heat can cause and create another thunderstorm ind -- behind it. wichita, texas, was hit by two large and deadly tornadoes just hours apart. right down the exact same line. heres what we have. lets do a reset. about two hours ago, we had a severe thunderstorm watch. we had hail coming down, the size almost of tennis balls. then all of a sudden that watch was upgraded to a tornado watch because the storms are beagaining to rotate. then we had two storms out by themselves. those...

Office. we want to be like america. we want to choose our president. joining me now with the latest from cairo, anchor and managing editor of nbc nightly news brian williams and chief foreign correspondent richard engle. today is evacuation day in egypt for americans. what are the options for americans trying to get out now? >> twel options are if you work for a private concern and for a lot of people thats an oil company, we saw a lot of aircraft on the tarmac with american markings sitting idl...