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Story here. the second thing is whether or not the confirmation is true about it being a tsa officer that had been killed in that. but as mentioned earlier, those officers are unarmed as they operate the magtometers and the other screening equipment at airport checkpoints. so someone with an assault rifle would have no problem shooting at them, overwhelming them, and getting past them, if you will, and penetrating airport security. even just one person, much less if it was multiple. and by the t...

The bottom line, why we couldnt prevent it? only because its a free country and anyone can do whatever he wants. september 11th was not enough for us to learn how 19 terrorists, five terrorists in each security checkpoint and nobody stopped them with the knives? >> im not sure how we get to reforms youre suggesting without removing a certain amount of civil liberties for people who dont look a certain way. which is not actual security, that is the illusion of security. the international chiefs o...

Tell us what you saw. >> pretty much, i dont know, we were sitting in our terminal and, you know, normal day as usual. flights delayed and all of a sudden, we hear like some commotion and before you know it, people are like running right past us but the weird thing is, were at the end of the terminal, the gate 33b, so it wasnt like they had anywhere to run. so it quickly filled up in our terminal at the end of the terminal, and then thats when we heard a couple of pops and somebody just kicked o...

At this point confirm. where in the airport did this encounter take place? >> i think when people start thinking about where it happened, they should think of their own experiences. once youve gotten your boarding pass, you follow the signs to all gates. you get to a security checkpoint, sometimes several in each terminal. you go to the security checkpoint and allowed up the stairs. once youve shown you have a boarding pass. then the preliminary check is the one for the i.d. to make certain that...

Reporting. >> virgin america. shots reported at 9:20 this morning. witnesses saying a man with some kind of rifle able get past a security checkpoint. still not much information from officials as they are dealing with this. the lapd respond the, fire department setting up triage. you can imagine with something like this, the fbi will also get involved at some point if they are not already there on the ground assessing the situation. again, still developing. hopefully this is all over. we dont kn...

>> and it landed back on the four wheels. the thing about it is, you automatically knew it was a car bomb. i thought, i cant believe it. this is a car bomb. this is crazy. >> its about to get even crazier. >> i thought the coast was clear, we were safe. wed gotten away from this car bomb. i said, my gosh, somehow we escaped miraculously. >> but the huge explosion is just the beginning of a carefully coordinated attack on the security checkpoint at the palestine and sheraton hotels, home to weste...

A nine year old boy snuck past several layers of security, actually got on a flight from minneapolis to las vegas. he had no ticket, he found an empty seat, he sat down. this is raising questions as it should, about americas security in airlines. >> reporter: this is where it all started. a nine year old boy walked off a light rail car thursday and into the minneapolis airport with plans to travel, but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoint, no problem. then he continued on to the ...

Should, about americas security in airlines. >> reporter: this is where it all started. a nine year old boy walked off a light rail car thursday and into the minneapolis airport with plans to travel, but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoint, no problem. then he continued on to the g concourse, specifically here at gate g 4. but its unclear how he got past the ticket agent who was collecting tickets here. what we do know is this minor board boarded flight 1651 and traveled to las ...

Plans to travel but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoint at tsa screening. no problem. then he continued onto the concourse, specifically here at gate g 4. its still unclear exactly how he got past the ticket agent collecting tickets here. what we do know is this piern did board flight 161561 and traveled some 2,300 miles to las vegas. officials say it wasnt until the flight crew became suspicious because he was traveling alone and contacted las vegas metro pal tan police and too...

Fly there from hearts field, jackson, or if i fly from ohare, it is a routine rigorous system. you go through a process where you raise your arms and take off your i.d. and your belt and shoes. its what you have to do. in fact, there are three different levels of security that proved to be nothing to a 9-year-old boy who seemed to outsmart the system. this is where it all started. a 9-year-old boy walked off a light rail car thursday and into the minneapolis airport with plans to travel, but no ...