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Than a meeting place. >> within a matter of minutes hundreds of protestors left and jumped on light rail trains headed for msb airport. for the next few hours, they shut down roads near terminal one. so protestors got inside terminal 2 where security checkpoints were temporarily closed leading to flight delays. >> we would have been happy to accommodate them and gotten the message across and not interfere peoples ability to get home to friends and loved ones. >> new rale service was also done. >...

>> a lot of people are planning to fly and theyre nervous about that, especially in light of what youve just reported. so tell me about security at airports across the country. >> we know a lot of money has been invested not only in the security check points inside of the airport, but investments have been made with security cameras and fencing around airports, as well, to prevent situations like what we saw it there at jfk. we know they have fencing with sens sensor, but it doesnt goi away 100%...

To breach security. fact of the matter is, regardless of what his intentions were, we do know that this is a glaring breach in. security at a time when many people are on high alert. >> i assume theres video because they video everything at a sensitive spot like jfk international. they havent released video yet. >> we have not seen any video. we did hear from port authority that they are continuing to go through the closed circuit video that they have, but no indication of what they were able to...

Expedited screening and seeing record numbers of travelers, couple that with them being extremely thorough at these security check points so yeah, you could see in some places that the lines are longer, the process to get through the security check point will take longer so what they want you to do, get there two hours ahead, john. today was a busy day but sunday is going to be the very busy day at airports. >> so we have that to look forward to, which is nice. rene marsh, thank you very much. ...

President obama is reassuring americans that there are no credible terror threats against the u.s. this holiday weekend but that doesnt mean law enforcement isnt going to be out in full force. with me now, cnns aviation correspondent rene marsh and from colorado, cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. weve heard from the homeland security director jay johnson. he says tsa has stepped up its screenings. this has actually resulted in some longer wait times at se...

Location of the al qaedas most active branch. airports and train station in the united states on high alert. officials are beefing up peak screening ahead of the hole. aaa reports 47 million americans ll travel more than 50 miles. doug is. >> reporter: that number is remarkable given the terrorism threat, as is the number of americans expected to fly over the 12-day thanksgiving holiday. 25.3 million passengers according to the trait group, airlines for america. the highest number since the grea...

Hour is theyre still investigating to figure out exactly how this was carried out, where these guys come from. two of the suicide bombers believed to be from a nearby palestinian refugee camp. one is from triply in the northern part of lebanon. theyre trying to figure out how these men were able to get into lebanon. as we heard, they were dispatched from syria. how they got these weapons. but officials say this is still early in the investigation to figure out how they also were able to get this...

Enough about the 1,200 airline workers across the nation. he is pushing for better vetting. and we heard in the earlier in the month, that tsa is telling congress that there is work to be done when it relates to the o outsider threat. one individual shared with us that the information it has collected,ped when it comes to vetting the airport workers is essentially the same sort of information this is claim ed an looking from passengers looking to get preclaim clearance from the security checkpoi...

Occasionally, theres not a successful terrorist attack against a u.s. domestic flight since 9/11. a record the tsa is proud of and makes consul tantds nervous, kate. >> a lot of that makes all of us nervous. who what do they talk about when you talk to authorities to try to change some of the negatives? >> yeah. so one of the -- one thing the security pros like to see happen is more random tsa and police checks and screenings throughout the airport. in other words, behind the scenes. for the pol...

When we know and we have heard so many analysts talk about the lack of security, at airports in this region, what do you know about the possibility of sur vabls cameras there in the airport that may give any sort of inkling to what happened and to the fact that he did not mention any investigation or that being part of the investigation? >> well, thats a great point because in the -- and i spent 12 years on september 11, 2001, cases, and from, you know, the beginning to the end. i think i was ab...