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Lines and also new k-9 teams to help with the searching of bags here as well. now, over the next few days, thats when well see the kicking off of the summer travel season and the tsa says their goal is to have you in and out of the security lines in less than five minutes. they say so far they have been able to do that. this weekend will be the first real test to see if they can keep that up. here at reagan, theres not been much lines. when the lines back up, you wont make it through in less tha...

Independently, well driver more proactive and thoughtful customer service." delta, by the way, is already trying out self-serve security lines in the atlanta airport. a the hope is that some day in all the airports, you can get to the gate without coming in contact with employees. delta says by using the self serve bag drop stations, they can handle twice as many customers. they have not given us a launch date, but theyre saying it will happen some time this summer. neil? >> neil: someone will r...

Yet? >> not completely. as you know were here at terminal 2, the delta and air canada terminal at the ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. the second level where we are now, the farther tur area. that has reopened. just about an hour and a half or so ago. security lines were open to passengers that were getting set to travel that area had been closed just about all morning long. so were expecting flights to take off from here soon. that level thats closed is the lower level. the bagga...

>> really is, and unfortunately security and safety is biltd on these things, as juliette said you learn from each event and each makes security bem better. but youre giving up freedom, having soft areas. people complaining about the time through security lines, all freedoms given up in the sake of security and famous quote is those who think you can give up freedom to get security will have neither. so we have to be cautious all the time. comes down to personal vigilance and ability to understa...

In. obviously at this point the airport is shut down. you are going to have a massive law enforcement presence not only for those that were already there working at the airport, tsa, local police, federal police, but you are going to have a lot of people coming in now. i think the one silver lining here is that this -- if this occurred in the baggage area, that sort of exterior to the security lines at the airport, so i think what theyre doing out of an abundance of caution is theyre pushing eve...

Schools, at some point youve got to defeat this problem and other areas in public spaces. you cannot police the amount of public spaces were seeing shootings, i dont think. >> senator nelson is still with us. are you concerned about security at baggage claim? its outside the security perimeter. should it be inside the security perimeter? >> just what youre reporter said. look, seaports, train stations, not only airports outside of security lines, but now, we know, baggage claim as well. you simp...

Ohare airport where it is easy breezy this morning, my friend. >> yeah, absolutely. you know, its been very busy this morning. its 6:30 here. if you look over here, there have been lines that have been pretty long for this early in the morning. a 15-minute delay of some sort. a security delay. in fact, all the traffic here was shut down for quite some time and we have people now coming our direction. you see this is happening live as theyre bringing the line back this way. the reason why this lo...

Here in chicago where it is normally cold during this time of year. its actually 50 degrees outside. more rain on the road than snow and ice. and thats because its so warm here. a lot of people, though, are surprised about the security lines that we see right here. theyre hoping this sticks throughout the entire day and those cancellations start going away. don? >> all right, ryan. thank you very much. stay warm. youre inside. youll be fine for now. thank you very much. >> absolutely. this pos...

Theres a lot of snow, freezing rain, forcing highways to close and causing delays and cancellations at a lot of airports. our national correspondent ryan young is at chicago ohare international airport. i dont know, earlier this morning there were no security lines. then it was bad. now it looks kind of okay behind you. >> its a mix of both. look that security line checkpoint that we had that shut down really put a ripple effect through the system. early in the morning an hour behind you. now yo...

Celebrations, theyre well on their way, at least from miami. >> no security lines. more on the storm causing delays for holiday travelers. msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider joins me now. bonnie, where are the trouble spots today? >> well, melissa, you heard about the airport delays were facing in dallas and phoenix, weather-relate the especially in arizona as moisture comes in from california into arizona. were seeing snow in the higher elevations. a vigorous storm system that impacts so ma...