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And throughout the weekend on saturday. more people will be coming for the largest protest of the womens protest. 1200 have been registered to bring those folks into town. elizabeth ann leeland, that to you. elizabeth: talked about all these people but we forget the thousands of people protesting as well. a lot of planning for a lot of people in the district. >> for sure, thats a bit read you do get a sense at the white house that they widen the security perimeter. you might think thats ordinary...

Walk in, call it a soft target. should the security perimeter be expanded? >> i dont think its the right answer to it. whats important is the procedures in the soft target areas are really responsive. its an area where when you get back from travel, worried about the security situation, get to baggage claim, get the bag, sigh of relief, i made it, everything is great. vigilance is down. not as high as going through security. this is a lesson for us as travelers, remain vigilant all the way until...

Seeing this and thinking, man, seeing those people on that tarmac today, i pray i am never in that situation. how do we avoid that going forward? >> there are a couple parts of it. how does the government react, what is the dhs s said, this is a long debate. but we talk about, the security perimeter objectively lie in a airport or transport facility? youd are just pushing out the problem. >> are you, though? when you are in the building, you are in an enclosed space. these airports are big here....

People, see bags strewn everywhere. >> clearly it begs the question about these unsecured areas, baggage areas, i go to israel. its highly secure, you cant get near it and im afraid to say that maybe this horrible tragic incident may be a call that were going to need additional security in these areas that we didnt have security. so its unfortunate an a real tragedy. >> where do you set up the security perimeter. >> active shooter incidents, where do you set up your security perimeter. lets say ...

>> she used to live down in miami. renee, thanks very much. tom fuentes is still with us, our senior law enforcement analyst. tom, we know the baggage claim at all the u.s. airports outside the security perimeter, but in recent years they have sort of beefed up security even at baggage claim. at least at some airports. you see law enforcement walking around at baggage claig claim. is that right? >> no, thats true. you do have police officers and security guards at that area and all over the grou...

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...

Airports around the country. its outside the security perimeter? >> thats right. we talk about this all the time when we see incidents happen not just here but overseas. this is the so-called soft target area of the airport f you talk to any law enforcement official they will tell you its almost impossible to eliminate vulnerabilities or a threat and get that down to zero. he took advantage of that vulnerability within the airport, the baggage claim. as weve been reporting, legally, as it appear...

Individual involved in the shootings and no others remain at large. >> thats true. >> make a determination that its a person acting alone, then i think theyll probably reopen the airport to normal business, but not before that. >> it will take a while to reopen that airport because they want to be 100% sure theres no one else that remains at large. the notion that the shooting incident happens at baggage claim, which is right near curb side, not beyond the security perimeter, anyone can just wal...

Security analyst julia kayyem, former assistant secretary for homeland security and phil mudd, a former cry counter terror aficial, tom fuentes, assistant fbi director with me here in washington. tom, a couple of things i would like to run by you in light of your experience. one, if you want to find a police with a big police presence its, of course, americas airports today. this shooter struck in one of the least protected areas, in baggage claim, outside the security perimeter. >> baggage clai...

The sheriff as well really would not get into absolute meticulous details of the investigation during the last briefing. >> no, but i was interested in, phil, understanding the law. it came as a surprise that you could have a gun because it would open the door to this kind of incident where somebody takes a gun inside the security perimeter and even if they were met by an associate or a colleague, then the colleague could bring the ammunition, and maybe that is what they were worried about in te...