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Enforcement officer opened fire. white was struck three times and later died. his family says he suffered mental illness. the union representing tsa officers says the attack exposes vulnerabilities in airport security and wants some tsa officers to be armed with guns. >> the employees that do the screening at airports now twice have become the victims and become the target of people that want to do harm. >> reporter: this man was charged in the deadly november 2013 shooting at los angeles's lax airport, where a tsa officer was shot dead at a security checkpoint. following that incident tsa r...

>> tacking that responsibility on to a tsa officer to do in addition to all their screening duties all the duties they have to do at the checkpoint beyond that i think is sort of a recipe for disaster. >> reporter: again, you just heard him there. he thinks it's a distraction, essentially. then there is also the cost issue that a lot of people bring up. who is going to pay for that. i asked him what is the answer then and opponents of arming tsa officers they say the answer is a higher police presence law enforcement, and a faster response time when you have incidents like this. >> someone els...

Welcome back to "the lead." i'm john berman in for jake tapper. in national news a machete-wielding attacker at a u.s. airport is now reigniting the debate over whether tsa officers should have guns. this attack happened friday night in new orleans. police say 63-year-old richard white charged at agents at security checkpoint. first he sprayed wasp spray at workers, then pulled out a machete and started swinging. the sheriff's deputy happened to be there and stopped white, shooting him three times, but could the tsa have reacted more quickly if officers were armed? i want to bring in cnn's ren...

I think with elizabeth warren though she has definitely sparked some energy and interest particularly when she talks about income inequality. hillary clinton talked about it today but this has really been kind of elizabeth warren's kind of that's been her message. the thing that i think all of these sort of run, warren run sort of efforts don't get is you have to really want it. running for president is a horrible miserable, as kevin will tell you, enterprise. >> sinking into the chair. >> you have to really want it. she has been so clear that she doesn't want it. i think she may know somethin...