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You have airplanes in the air. that is also something that is going to have to be addressed. why were so many passengers and people around the security area sort of unaware of what, in fact, was happening at this stage. i will say, just, you know, i said this earlier, a gun at a security checkpoint in atlanta is happening more than once a day at this stage. 450 people -- firearms have been captured in the last year alone. so people are doing stupid things, they are not abiding by federal law. so...

U.s. this year. cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem tells us how that can happen and whats supposed to happen. >> a gun at a security checkpoint in atlanta is happening more than once a day at this stage. 450 firearms have been captured in the last year alone. people are doing stupid things, they are not abiding by federal law. so this is the criminal laws that you are looking at. tsa rules are pretty clear that you have to check it. youre allowed to travel with guns or have guns on th...

Searching it and in doing so discharged the firearm. >> keep going. keep going. >> reporter: authorities said in a press conference after the discharge the man was able to flee the security checkpoint with the firearm. they identified the passenger as 42-year-old kenny wells. >> we have taken out warrants for carrying a concealed weapon at a commercial airport, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, discharging a firearm, and reckless conduct. we are actively pursuing this individual as w...

Matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire developing right now. a search is under way for a man whose gun went off inside one of the worlds busiest airports scaring travelers and temporarily grounding flights. the incident happened saturday at a security checkpoint at atlantas hartsfield jackson international airport. police say 42-year-old kenny wells grabbed the gun that was in his bag as the bag was the being searched by the tsa, and thats when the weapon went off. at least three...

Run. then people were just running. and we all just ran outside this door right here and made our way across to the side of the airport. it was organized chaos. >> authorities have identified a suspect, though he did get away from the scene. mad yo romero reports. >> reporter: a terrifying event saturday afternoon at the busiest airport in the u.s. after a paerps gun goes off. travelers were lined up at the main checkpoint at atlantas hartsfield-atlanta international airport when the sound of a ...

Welcome to your sunday, november 21st. we are grateful to have your company. >> and grateful to be with you, christi. we start with scenes of chaos and confusion at the busiest airport in the united states. atlanta police are now looking for a man who escaped hartsfield-atlanta international airport after his weapon discharged. >> the gun went off yesterday afternoon near a security checkpoint and fears of an active shooter and temporary grounding flights was the result. the incident sent thousa...

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But during this airport evacuation and following the gunshot. nadia roerm association at hartsfield jackson airport. what do we know about the ongoing search and how travelers are feeling today? >> reporter: well, fred, nothing spreads faster than fear and misinformation, especially when misinformation sparks fear, and thats exactly what happened yesterday at about 1:30 in the afternoon when there was a gunshot that went off, so people heard that correctly, but then the assumption was that there...

>> on saturday, atlanta police identified the man with the gun as kenny wells, a convicted felon. they say he managed to escape the airport with the weapon and officers are searching for him. now, the situation also unfolded during one of the busiest weekends. year, as americans travel ahead of the thanksgiving holiday on thursday. cnns nadia romero has more. >> reporter: were getting back to a sense of normalcy here at atlantas hartsfield-jackson airport, after the security incident that happen...

Is growing. the, thes a reports catching more than 4,600 firearms, a majority of them loaded, at security checkpoint in the first ten months of 2021. and that number surpassed the full-year record of more than 4,400 set in 2019. 450 guns were intercepted at atlanta alone in the first ten months of this year. new video from chinese state media claims to show missing tennis star peng shuai alive and well. youll remember, peng hasnt been seen since shes accused one of chinas most powerful leaders...