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To tell you that the weath is a drag. long lis, pair ports. i know youre watching us at the gate right now so im real sorry. but that makes for short tempers. if you feel like youre ready to blow your stack at that tsa agent or gate agent, hit the pause button. you could be in more a lot more trouble than you bargain for. danny cevallos joey jackson, and heather hansen join me live to talk trains planes and automobiles. a lot of people get mad at tsa when they go through the security lines. bu...

Hartsfield-jackson airport. >> reporter: were live on the tarmac here. and ive got to tell you, this is where it all happens. there are bags here. these bags are getting ready to go to their final destination. this is also where workers work nonstop to make sure the planes are ready for all of the passengers going through this airport today. now, so far it is cold, it is windy, but no major problems to report here in atlanta. no major widespread cancellations or delays. so all in all, things are...

>> have i a problem with the security lines at airports. very have to make lines for constant travelers and those who dont travel a lot. people who wait until the last moment to remove their clothing and they have been living in mood do gas scar for the last 11 years. you have to take -- if you have three layers you have to take of a two. it drives knee crazy. >> it is like the person in the grocery store who does president take their wallet out until -- >> you mean women. >> you can have it. it...

In the long security lines. and until you get through the metal detector, there is no security. should we change that? >> yeah, it is it a huge failure in the system right now, the simple fact of this is, alisyn. it is how a security model works and it needs to be focused in the preboarding. starting with the ticketing. highly trained what we call selectors. you initiate a ticket you are asked a series of questions to determine if you are lying. in the questioning phase, before the ticket is iss...

Airports some anxious moments as they waited to hear from family members traveling through los angeles. >> got a message from my father-in-law who is on the plane at the time saying were on the plane but we cant go. and they didnt really know what was going on. >> reporter: and while canceled or rebooked flights caused headaches for a lost people, some late travelers in san francisco say theyre lucky to have missed their scheduled flights, including this mother who dropped off their kids. >> if ...

Travel ebb and flow here. passengers actually, weve spoken to a lot of them, and some are more nervous than others. in the last hour here, the traffic has picked up. tsa officials say the security lines are a lot shorter than normal. weve asked if the airlines if any of the cancellations or lack of passenger presence here at the airport has anything to do with yesterdays shooting at l.a.x. they declined to comment about that. certainly, if its just a psychological impact on the travelers here, i...

Might be a holdup from the incident in l.a. and so, we decided to come through, in case security was long. >> reporter: what have you seen? have you seen more security out here than normal? >> i saw your truck and a couple of k-9 trucks, so i did see some extra security, yes. >> reporter: i mentioned, it is slower than a normal day here on saturday. lines are very short. just did a tour inside the terminal, about 15 minutes to get through the security lines, tsa officials say it usually takes ab...

From checking your bags to placing your bets, dozens of tsa agents busted for an illegal gambling ring. now, someone here has a sure bet on how to clean up the agency, and speed up those security lines. what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] id be a writer. [ man ] id be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] id be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isnt that what retirement sh...

>> john berman was apparently giving him advice. >> he accepted it and look. 13 grand slams between us. no, these guys hit the ball so hard and stung to watch. 13 grand slams. rafael is one behind pete sampras now. two very good days of tennis. congratulations to everyone involved with that. >> including you. >> including me and my friend rafael nadal. coming up judgment day for two political candidates plagued . a new program that could help you skip those horrid long security lines. thats ...

Escalator motor caught fire in hartsfield-jackson airport and forced officials to reroute security lines at the airport. emotional labor day meeting, philadelphia teachers going back to school without a new contract. the district is asking the teachers union to agree to pay cuts of 5% to 15% and cut backs in health care and longer school day to help avoid bankruptcy. the mayor had to borrow nearly 50 million to open schools on time. negotiations will resume later today. after years of delay,...