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Laguardia airport. >> travelers expect a long security lines at laguardia airport found this instead, no line. no waiting. there were reports over the weekend of excessive checkpoint delays, and the tsa confirmed a slight uptick in unscheduled absences of agents, prompting some democratic lawmakers to warn that the partial government shutdown was creating safety risks. >> i worry about the security questions. you see a growing number of tsa agents who havent been showing up to work appear to spe...

>> hodgkinsons neighbor says he witnessed a strange incident in march when the 66-year-old opened fire in their backyard. >> i yelled at him, hey, stop shooting. there is houses. i didnt get any kind of notion from him that he heard me or that he cared. >> the sheriff that he was called to the scene and counseled hodgkinson, who had a valid firearms larsons. >> we made sure he knew about the safety risks and theres homes around here. we wanted to make sure he understood all that. once he did, he...

>> it was a high-powered rifle. >> hodgkinsons neighbor says he witnessed a strange incident in march when the 66-year-old opened fire in their backyard. >> i yelled at him, hey, stop shooting. there is houses. i didnt get any kind of notion from him that he heard me or that he cared. >> the sheriff that he was called to the scene and counseled hodgkinson, who had a valid firearms larsons. >> we made sure he knew about the safety risks and theres homes around here. we wanted to make sure he unde...

Will very carefully bring them to the surface. those bodies are important to the is a families and also to the version. investigation. the people who do this work are skilled in all weather. >> gifrn given there are several small islands near by what is the possibility of survivors? >> i think it is very unlikely at this point. we know this happened very quickly. if there were survivors on land i think we would have heard about it by now. >> right now asia pacific accounts for 31% of the global ...

Uma: welcome back, everybody. well some epic waves are hitting the beaches of hawaii. surfers from around the world are taking on what is being called hawaiis swell of the decade despite warnings of injury an even death. a storm surge creating dangerous waves up to 50 feet high. joining me on the phone is the ceo of ocean promotion, jody wilmot, who is organizer of big wave surfing competitions. welcome. great to have you here today. >> good morning, uma, thank you. uma: i know a lot of surfers ...

Boeing 737 was scheduled to make a shortstop at branson airport in missouri but landed seven miles away at a much smaller airport. passengers knew something was wrong when the pilot stepped on the brakes hard, shortly after touchdown. >> so we landed and as i said it was a hard landing. there was burnt rubber. at that point the pilot came on and said welcome to branson but didnt say anything else. then he comes on five minutes later and says we have landed at the wrong airport. we landed at clar...

negotiations over that agreement at an upcoming nato summit. critics will say it is about politics. everyone knows today is the anniversary of the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. on the ground, do people there -- are they aware that president obama is on the ground? >> reporter: late in the afternoon the sun went down there was a report on afghan media suggesting that he was already in kabul. since then we have seen absolute silence across the city occasionally by helicop...

The president has a tricky tricky position. its very classic president obama, he wants to be the man in the middle, the man in moderation, wants to split the baby, not literally, and he wants to come up with a compromise that works. i just dont think its possible here. youve really covered what the safety risks are. also, in terms of what this does to consumers, this could raise prices rather than bring them down. this oil goes straight to the gulf, most if not all goes to the international mark...

Hell do this, but wants to be part of a big comprehensive deal with clean energy and everything else? >> i think thats true. and what he would say to joe is that the jobs benefits are according to experts relatively small and there are safety risks. and he would quibble on the economic benefits of it. and then he would say, you know, we need to have a big conversation about the energy future of the country and this cant be -- this decision shouldnt be made in isolation. his problem is -- hes had...

middle-class families pay. well explain whats going on. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ships captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. no...