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Its partially closed between 5th and 6th. pedestrian traffic is flowing mostly on the west side. on the east side if youre going to pass by the building, you have to go through a screening area. its extremely challenging. we have truck restrictions on 5th avenue also. >> easier or better for you if the president-elect decided to perhaps live somewhere else? >> mr. trump being president-elect its his decision to live wherever he wants. were up to the challenge. the nypd, this is what we do. we ha...

Msnbc senior editor for digital content. cal, how else are the parks stepping up security right before the holidays making travelers, families feel safe? >> it will feel like when you go to a sporting event. for anyone who has gone to an nba or nfl or major league baseball game, you will have metal detectors. there will also be a secondary screening area, random area where they may pull you aside. i know this is annoying but leave yourself more time. we are talking about universal studios, disne...

Earlier. airport officials following 21-year-old suspect christian heinz winding through the corridors of lax after he allegedly breached security. >> he was stopped by a tsa officer and he was not cooperative. at that time the tsa officers asked airport police near the screening area for help. >> reporter: an officer attempted to place heinz in handcuffs only to have him break free and make his way towards departure gates. >> first time that i really witnessed something like that. >> reporter: ...

On the sidelines wondering how they could help, and now theyre fully engaged. what is their role? >> the ntsb has gone over there, the faa, bust most importantly, the fbi. they have been called in to review the surveillance video. theyre going to be looking at the boarding area and the screening area, look at the faces of the people traveling on the passports stolen in thailand. what theyll be able to do is cross reference that with their database of terrorism suspects. were also hearing the los...

>> reporter: yeah. the armed airport police officers had to sit right there at the screening area and now they can roam around the terminal and the guidelines are clear here. before the armed airport police officers can actually go on break and leave the terminal, they absolutely have to call a supervisor. well, both of the armed officers assigned to the terminal where the shooting happened were on break. one in the bathroom, one at lunch and neither of them notified a supervisor. that left the ...

To both terminal 5 and terminal 4, a decision was made to evacuate each of those terminals. >> one traveller described how terminal 4, a quote human barricade of officers lined up at the screening area. if you remember, the attacker this month actually targeted tsa agents, there was a sweep of the airport and no hitch. there was a scare for the passengers on a spirit flight that just landed at atlanta. they heard this. >> there is a bomb on this [ bleep ] plane. ill blow this plane up! >> well, ...

He was a wonderful person and a friend and i will miss him. >> obviously emotional. grisby plans to return to the t.s.a. after he recovers. according to a search warrant, ciancia had a handwritten note that said he wanted to kill a number of t.s.a. employees. authorities say ciancia took a rifle into terminal three at l.a.x. shot his way past security. some are calling for more armed guards at the airport. at the same time, the chief of police at l.a.x. says hes not sure that anything really cou...

Here from above outside the terminal as an oeg of travelers fleeing the gunman. you can imagine being there a. number of people got hurt in the rush but sticking around was not an option. youll hear stories tonight. a lot of eyewitnesss on the program with everything else were learning about todays murder at lax. >> reporter: los angeles international airport, 9:28 a.m. local time. the fbi says paul anthony ciancia a white male 23 pull as rifle and opens fire. at the security check point tsa off...

>> yeah, i think within a couple seconds or almost a split second everybody, you know, i was standing at the very back of the line and everybody dropped to the floor, and i mean, i think everybody knew right away it was shots. its much louder and more abrupt than anything you hear there, so yes. >> what did you do then? >> i was at the very back of the line in the second screening area where all the other passengers were ahead of me, probably 150 people or so and everybody dropped to the floor a...

>> its complicated. and so we want to make sure that people know what the new law really says and how it affects them. >> reporter: think of it as the first brick and mortar version of an online state exchange. management say they wanted to be creative, so they used the apple store as their inspiration. >> its clean. its open. its bright. and as you can see, you know, its very open for a customer to walk in and just kind of feel welcome. >> reporter: past the greeting area, theres a screening ar...