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>> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i dont know anyone whos defended the tsa on this, because it doesnt make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a planes cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these fives can not friday down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so fa...

>> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i dont know anyone whos defended the tsa on this, because it doesnt make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a planes cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these knives can not bring down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so fa...

Worried about their personal safety. what tsa is saying is its prioritizing on large-scale things like bombs, things that can bring down an entire plane. so its a bit like the whole versus the individual. i spoke with a tsa spokeswoman. she gave us this statement. she said that the tsa looked at its threat assessment level and that their decision was driven by that threat assessment as part of their overall risk based security approach. the tsa statement went on to say that they believed that re...

Not sharp objects but explosives. even though the 9/11 hijackers brought down planes with the box cutters, many things changed. hardened cockpit doors, the tsa wants to concentrate on where the trouble is. in a statement today, the tsa says its part of an overall risk-based security approach to allow transportation security officers to better focus their efforts on finding higher threat items like explosives. tamron, this is what its aimed at. this will all start next month. its aimed at knives ...

Bothering mccain and graham and a lot of other people. a question of what is our security approach going to be to places like libya where we need to have a presence but we need to also protect the people who are there. >> all right. budget negotiation are on hold this week as lawmakers head home for the thanksgiving holiday. thats not stopping executives at 40 of the largest publicly traded companies in the u.s. from scaling back their companys operations. and ahead of what could be a devastatin...

>> pete, have they been able to figure out the derivation of the smoke? was it the fireworks that were there? there was this black, powdery substance described as a gunpowd gunpowder. do they know what was smoking from the car? >> some of the fireworks did go off and that was the popping noise. my understanding is that was the popping noise some witnesses reported seeing or hearing and some flashes that they reported seeing but precisely what the fireworks were to do -- it sort of sounds like yo...