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Washington navy yard in the future? >> one of the things that will occur after this event will be an exhaustive investigation into the event itself. investigations going for, do things need to change. if, in fact, they have metal screening capacity or routinely, that may change as a result of this. this is a navy security that has private contract personnel but active duty military police personnel on the site. it has a lot of security. the particular building that was involved in this incident,...

Physical screening and checkpoint and we have a high confidence that you are not a terrorist. this is an effective way to screen travellers. tsa agents are tweeting out for more expedited service. >> it is faster security screening and on the security side, you let them go through. and you will know less about travellers. >> when will it be available. it is to cover all travellers. they use the prechecked program now opposed to 1.8 million people who fly every day the program is expected to expa...

The very latest. >> reporter: investigators have begun the process of recovering tiny pieces of the bombs to learn how they were made. they say it appears the devices were assembled inside pressure cooker pots similar to this one, packed with bbs, ball bearings and nails. pressure cookers have been used for decades in terror bombings. instructions for making them appear on the internet, including just last month in an al qaeda magazine "inspire." investigators say the explosion in boston was smo...

Can do more to change that. then we have got this new poll just to add to the mix about how working moms are doing. they find it more difficult to balance home and family than the dads do. bill: huge challenges out there for them. martha: yes. bill: well catch -- and for you. [laughter] have a good day. martha: see you tomorrow, everybody. jon: and right now brand new stories and breaking news. jenna: new concerns about safety in the skies after were told a rage suspect gets through security scr...

Sequestration cuts hitting american airports. i will be one of those lucky travelers. extra long delays on run ways with air traffic controllers being laid off. $6 billion in cuts are facing the faa. it was a big worry at todays house policy committee meeting. >> huge lines at security. this affects every american. people traveling with their families as well as people traveling on business. the secretary testified that reduces funding would make a four to five hour wait at the international air...

The timeline would look like on this as well. now we are just hearing from inside the courtroom that it is going to be delayed until march. the prosecution has apparently pulled the victims families to find out whether or not they wanted the rainment today or wanted to wait. 84 wanted to go ahead today, others wanted to wait. these from our producers inside the courtroom. well put that in context for you as we get more information. they said, jon potentially this case could be dragged on for a l...

Code that goes on passengers boarding passes which indicates what level of screening you actually get. and that simply on a smart phone you can now take your electronic boarding pass, upload it to a web site and change just how much screening youre going to go through. thats got people very concerned that effectively you can change your level of security screening and get on board alain with what would be a forbidden items. official says its very worrying and terrorists could take advantage. tak...

Dominic? >> hey there. yes, this rather serious concerns about the boarding passes that are issued to passengers. they contain a bar code that has the passenger information, and level of security screening that they get. now, the passengers who signed up to the tsas precheck flight preapproval program, where they get prevetted for a lesser degree of security screening, they get to go through a separate lane. they dont take off their coats or shoes. their laptops arent inspected. the bar code can...

Passes concerning how much concern there is over security. these are ones you get on your cell phone. in the bar code, your name and whether your part of the precheck security screening program which puts certain passengers in a line where they get less security screening. they dont have to take off their coats or shoes or laptops. dont have to get taken out of their bags. hackers discovered in that bar code, you can send that bar code to a web site on-line, take the data code out, manipulate it...

>>heather: good morning. hurricane isaac churning up oil in the gulf of mexico from the been oil spill. tarballs that wash ashore on two louisiana beaches have now been tested and those match the oil spill in 2011. b.p. says they are work dog clean that up. a major security breach at new york citys john f. kennedy airport. cops say a man set off alarms by setting an off limits area to smoke a cigarette. the alarm he should have set up was during the security screening. the t.s.a. let him through...