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Years. said the tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to cut down on wait times. he said one of the things theyre doing is reducing the concentration. >> theyre reducing the concentration of finding metal. >> this order came out in 2013, quote, changing all walkthrough metal detector lanes to the tsa precheck setting to normalize the passenger experience. brainard says the practice continues today and he worried bomb-making components could go undetected. >> youd have a 30-minute wait ...

Administration warms that changes to the screening process are putting people at risk. >> this tsa whistle-blowerer is coming forward because he says the concerns he has raised over the last couple of years have not been addressed. he says the tsa officers on the front line are not to blame. these screening changes, he says, have come from tsa leadership. >>. >> what theyre doing is injecting danger into the system. >> jay brainard is the top tsa official in his state and has been with the agenc...

Lot. kristin: i hold the distinction of calling for roadside distinction because i ran out of gas. it was very embarrassing moment, but that, that did happen. [laughter] >> the most common call we receive. leland: hes a lot nicer than i am. kristin: i was going to say, thank you, makes me feel better. [laughter] doug, one more thing. when it comes to flying, how much do things like tsa screen tests, theyre expensive, but would you really recommend that in. >> it really does help. you know, depen...

Judiciary as a very high priority. >> the federalist societys role in this, the president has made no bones about how he relies on them for the screening process. >> the federalist society is an organization that covers up and down the legal profession. harvard law students, law students at all law schools that join the federalist society, all the way up to a supreme court justices. it identifies lawyers when they are law students, finds people who are very talented, and who are very committed t...

Of americans that have sesrved n the military, our military bases are not rampant with firearms. personal firearms are generally required to be locked away or not even allowed to be carried by our servicemembers on the base. so, i mean, i think the policy has to be reviewed, but we cant just blame the purchase of this gun. im concerned, first and foremost, about how a foreign national trainee was allowed to become a trainee and what his background is and his history and whether the review and th...

Nationals. reporter: earlier reports indicated mohammed saeed alshamrani didnt have ties to other terror sore yaightss. but reports are that he gathered with other saudis in the days leading up to the shooting and watched videos of other shootings. he was one of a few hundred foreign pilots that train at pensacola each year. the department of defense has 5,000 students training with the military on american soil. the defense secretary says the screening process should be reviewed. >> clearly som...

Shot and killed three people before a deputy shot and killed him at a pence co-sla naval base. the motivation for the shooting is unclear though its being investigated as a possible act of terror. the act causing the defense department to review the screening process for foreign nationals. joining us now, dave leaf leventhal. dave, thanks for being with us this evening. ever since the jamal khashoggi killing there has been an uneasy alliance between the united states government and the saudi gov...

By not only the people who were around him, but his chain of command. >> colonel, as you know, we have about id say 5,200 foreign nationals in this country in the u.s. for military training. give me a sense of what sort of screening process they go through to go to this sort of training? >> well, we rely almost entirely on the home countries for vetting these people. we have the capability to vet them ourselves and we do spot check them from time to time, but clearly thats insufficient. the most...

Welcome back to "cnn newsroom." im natalie allen. weve got 30 more minutes to go and much more news to bring you so thanks for staying with us. first the headlines. the defense department says it will review the screening process for foreign students after a deadly shooting at a navy base in pensacola, florida. the gunman, a member of saudi arabias military, shot and killed three people. he was training at the station with other foreign troops. the white house has rejected an offer from congre...

Deputies, the suspect was killed in a shootout. he was one of a few hundred foreign pilots who train in pennsylvania each year. the saudi kingdom in the past is relied on the us to train its military, the program is drawing scrutiny. mark asper calling for a review of the screening process. the department of defense has 5000 foreign students from 153 countries training with the us military on american soil. the dod noting those students are vetted before coming to the us, donald trump said he sp...