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Officials say tsa screening procedures are designed to ensure the security of the traveling public. additional screening may be required for clothing, headwear or hair, where prohibited items could be hidden. this passenger left the checkpoint prior to the completion of the screening process and was offered but refused private screening. brantley says she feels she was a victim of racial profiling. >> i would love it if tsa could make a public apology to me and let me know that im safe to travel...

how about you? >> oh, im a bears fan. >> shes a chicago boy. ill give you the highlights. >> there you go. >> okay, drew. >> thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, whos over in afghanistan. lets get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce th...

hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline theres no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fift...

Look at this. allan combs now on in over 100 markets. >> look at that. >> thats fantastic. >> i know. >> very cute. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> very nice. >> lets do a couple of headlines. just before midnight, an egyptian businessman arraigned on charges that he sexually assaulted a maid at a luxury hotel here in new york. he doesnt look happy there. he pleaded not guilty, bail was set at $25,000. and omar had to surrender his passport. prosecutors say he attacked the maid when ...

And has he been able to explain some of those wiretap phone conversations yet? >> reporter: the context, bill? no. but he made a point to talk about the language he used, and there is quite a bit of explicit and profane language in those conversations and he explained that he was embarrassed by it and he wasnt hearing them as he was saying these words, that you cannot say on television and that he said, when he was saying them, he was being an f-ing jerk and apologized to the jury and they will ...

Memorial day. if you want to contribute go to semper fi.org. and there were two imams who were kicked off of their flight. you can see they were wearing traditional islamic attire, and they had gone through a security check and they were on board a flight that provides connecting flights for delta airlines. the pilot had returned to the gate, and the two imams went through a secondary screening process, but shortly thereafter, the plane took off without the men. >> the only reason that the pil...

>> we need to provide grater resources to local law enforcement for safety for local infrastructure and train station and enhance our screening process for those boarding amtrak trains. >> reporter: the senator will be here along with the u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood. heather: are we talking about a tsa for trains? >> reporter: its entirely possible. but this is all in the proposed stage. it has not yet become reality that something that the nor wants to make happen as soon as possib...

Heading to a conference on prejudice against mustlims. the two went through a secondary screening process but shortly thereafter the plane took off without the men. >> the only reason that the pilot had cited is that some of the passengers didnt feel comfortable but when the passengers were asked whether anybody felt uncomfort, none of them indicated that they were. >> atlantic southeast airlines says it is investigating the incident and apologizes "for any inconvenience." the airline did not sa...

And it is continued, progressing, adapting to the type of enemy and warfare we face. ways going on now? how do they create these teams now? >> well, they still do it basically the same way. to go to the development group, which is a new name of the current s.e.a.l. team six, they still draw their men from the other s.e.a.l. teams. and what really helps out there is -- its an all volunteer force. they have to go to -- volunteer for s.e.a.l. training or buds. only 23% make it through buds. then th...

Additional training, they may get selected to go through the screening process for s.e.a.l. team 6, and 50% of those dont make it. so by the time you reach s.e.a.l. team 6, you are truly the best of the best. and there is an army counterpart, delta. and both of them are nearly interchangeable in todays warfare. and they represent the tier one, the nations 911 force, and you dont get any better than these guys. >> and lets say commander, this will be a stunning coup. what will their reaction will...