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Get at that point. investigators knew who the passenger was and they knew how to track him down and that, though, is still under investigation as they try to talk to him further, but many things happened that were not supposed to happen. one, youre not supposed to reach in your bag if its being checked in a security checkpoint in a tsa agent, regardless of whats in your bag, once they decide to pull you aside and go through it. the second thing, of course, having a gun and that is a big problem ...

Security checkpoint at hartsfield jackson airport, by the way, a very busy airport. no injuries have been reported. officers are working to determine the circumstances surrounding this incident. but its important to tell all of you, airport officials say there is not an active shooter situation. there was an accidental gun discharge at the airport. theyre saying it poses no danger to employees, no dangers to passengers. the faa has grounded departures while this investigation is continuing. of c...

Time but expect to do legwork to work with a reputable retailer and find the address that you really, really want. arthel: i must tell you the dresses and gowns are absolutely gorgeous. you have to wait if you want order from them. eric: lets go back to the weapon report the weapon was discharged this afternoon. mike forbes is with us, it happened just a little while ago it was near the main security checkpoint, what does that tell you couldve been a passenger ticket out a weapon or a police off...

Hopped in their cars headed towards the airport causing more of a traffic congestion. still in the middle of this trying to figure out the details. its still ongoing. >> shows viewers, you see right outside the security checkpoint some of those security rope lines have been toppled over. i suppose people were just running at one point. we have other pictures that show folks out on the tarmac next to where the airplanes are parked at the, at the sky bridges. and then on top of that, we have pictu...

Yet. wed have a lot of atf agents surrounding them in plain clothes. once they checked the bag and they didnt notify the carrier, wed grab the bag and get the guns and arrest the traffickers. thats how we used to stop a lot of gun trafficking because we dont have a gun traffic law so we had to deal with it that way. >> okay. lets move to the security checkpoint that every single passenger has to go through. i mean, its not like a gun wouldnt easily be detected in the x-ray machines, right? so, w...

Police telling fox news the accident discharge may have been near the main security checkpoint at the airport. video as you can see posted on social media shows people running for safety they abandon bags all over the passenger areas. airport official use have given the all clear in the investigation is underway. here are the breaking developments. reporter: which repeat there was no loss of life, no real threat but the panic with the possibility became a real potential danger. cell phone video ...

What happened when the gun fired? what did the guy say? what did he do? what did tsa say? what did they do? that would bring some clarity. where is the gun? where is the guy? and you know, what is the rest of the facts that make up this event? >> i mean, listen, the guys lucky he didnt kill someone in that airport. >> that could have happened. >> and as are the people that are -- that were surrounding this individual. as that bag was being searched. but as jay mentioned, this is still a federal ...

Traveling across this country right now, atlanta is a hub. a lot of people connecting through atlanta, not only domestically but internationally. that airport for the last hour or so has been on lockdown and now were learning the details of exactly what took place. walk us through what you know and kind of the trickle effect that youre seeing up here. >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, obviously, it was certainly a chaotic scene when people heard a gun ring out at the airport. we have learned that a pas...

Uniform police around, more cameras and of course ticket agents and once you go through the security checkpoint, youre going past tsa, being searched, theyre observing you, talking to you, checking your i.d., so its much more secure. so, if its past a security checkpoint, you know, thats much more of a problem. >> so lets take a look at this step-by-step. lets say this happened at the initial area where you are checking your luggage and the like. that one wouldnt so much bother you because rules...

Our imagination that could conceive that would happen and that is a sign that this system is completely flawed and completely unjust. >> and thats why folks argue, in fact, this trial was very much about race, despite the fact that people said it was not. david jolly, donna edwards, thank you. i appreciate it. great to see you. we are monitoring, everybody, the situation at the airport in atlanta right now and all-clear has in fact been given following an accidental discharge of a gun at the s...