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Staying calm in all of this. it makes you wonder how many people might have been in the zumby skate shot. >> as 10,000 athletes get ready to travel to russia for next months winter olympics. the state has -- terror threats, russian president vladimir putin described accomplishing a security perimeter, a so-called ring of steel, to protect everybody involved in the olympic games to alay fears of violence. >> youve got an artillery system that can take out multiple targets, youre going to have spe...

All in stride for the most part they are doing okay, but other airports i have a little bit of a harder time. laguardia, really the hardest hit so far, travel experts always advise you arrive early and have 20 of patients. >> people at thanksgiving time who are not regular travelers should prepare for longer lines. try to take something through security they will not be able to take through. be patient and get here early. stay informed. >> over 1500 flights canceled so far this week due to this ...

Www.phl.org. go to the tsas website at www.tso.gov and check on the rules about what you need as you come through security checkpoints. lep yourself plenty of time, more time than you think is necessary to be able to arrive at the airport with the heavy crowds, to be able to get through security. the worst that could happen, you get on the other side of security and in philadelphia we have a plethora of food and shops that you can avail yourself to. we kind of look at this, if you want to get re...

Wreaked so much havoc there. police officers, barbara, were at security checkpoints at l.a.x. why is that no longer the case? and is that being revisited? >> well, it may well be revisited. it turns out our dan simon in los angeles has learned that armed police officers were -- used to be right at the tsa checkpoint. now after some back-and-forth between the police officers groups and the tsa, they were allowed to go a little bit further, to patrol a little bit, to move around inside the termina...

Terminal 3 just last night flew from l.a.x. to washington, d.c. last night on a red eye. my daughter flew out of that terminal earlier this morning. but the security there the tsa at those security checkpoints usually have an armed l.a. officer, l.a. airports facility officer right nearby. if theres any issues they usually respond. this individual may have just by happenstance gotten there when there wasnt an armed officer right there and/or got past that officer before he started shooting and t...

To begin to fill in some of the blanks as far as what happened inside. steve moore, heres something else. as we were looking at some of the people, i dont know if theyre walking toward the microphones, there are masses of people right now sitting in the airport. these are the folks who had already gone through the security checkpoints. one eyewitness said shes sitting in the international terminal. another said hes just sitting in a tunnel. the purpose is to keep them in one spot and to ultimate...

Word on what happened with the travelers inside. >> waiting to get information on injuries. assignment debt getting this, a 45-year-old male going to ucla harvard medical center, 29-year-old male shot in the leg going to westwood. a third victim with a sprained ankle. so if this is the extent of the injuries, hopefully that is good news. kben, these are preliminary reports coming in. we dont know how widespread the incident was. matching up with the live pictures weve seen, confirmed this happen...

Former counter terrorism officer. he designed the guns used at the afrlt i believe youve dealt with go l.a.x. personally. let me ask you this question. we were talking about this earlier. when you look at where the line is, where you go through security. before that point there is no security at all, right? you can bring anything you want in. anybody can carry anything. and then theoretically you dont have anything. is that a problem in the set-up of the airports? >> you know, youre absolutely r...

Between two different states. we now know whatever happens in vegas the boy will not stay in vegas. a source with information close to this investigation tells me that he will be returning to minneapolis. his father who is anxious to see him admits his son has a history and that hes no angel. >> im not giving up on my son. he just confused. >> reporter: an emotional father of a 9-year-old boy speaking out for the first time after his son slipped through tsa security cracks and sneaked on to a de...

Heres george howell. >> reporter: this is where it all started. a 9-year-old boy walked off a light railcar thursday and into the minneapolis airport with plans to travel, but no ticket. he passed through the security checkpoints of tsa screening, no problem. then he continued on to the "g" concourse, specifically here at gate g-4. its still unclear how he got past the ticket agent who is collecting tickets here. what we do know is this minor did board flight 261 and traveled 1600 miles to las v...