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In the heart of the big apple. how this is meant to protect against potential terrorist threats. >> new york penn station is the nation's busiest rail hub with more than 650,000 people going through. they do random bag checks but screening every person would be impractical and expensive. even as concerns about these remain high. they're testing new passive devices, standoff units that set up natural chokepoints that use high-tech imaging to reveal metallic or non- metallic blocking their body. they don't show anatomical pictures.

Coalition government. eboni: did tsa is to make your ride with amtrak safer. the new technology that can help officials detect whether or not an individual might be wearing a suicide vest. rick leventhal has more. >> new york's penn station is the busiest commuter rail with 650,000 travelers passing through every single day. several agencies patrol the station and do random bag checks for screening every person at them would be impractical and expensive. now amtrak and the tsa are testing new so-called passive devices. standoff units set up the natural point checkpoints like escalators and sta...

In the heart of the big apple. how this is meant to protect against potential terrorist threats. >> new york penn station is the nation's busiest rail hub with more than 650,000 people going through. they do random bag checks but screening every person would be impractical and expensive. even as concerns about these remain high. they're testing new passive devices, standoff units that set up natural chokepoints that use high-tech imaging to reveal metallic or non- metallic blocking their body. they don't show anatomical pictures.

That have issues that we know need to with addressed. again, that is going to require some real courage. is going to require our legislature and leaders to step i and finally do the right thing for our kids. our kids are asking us as adults, leaders in this nation to help them have a better future. >> do you think there need to be bag checks, more security going into the schools? >> you know, you'll never have enough security to be able to prevent some of these situations. this was near dismissal time. if we were in full dismissal mode with hundreds or thousands of kids out trying to get out o...

Target. what has changed this year compared to other years especially after the october 31 incident and the attempted attack not far from where we are standing. >> if you look around you can't get a vehicle into this area. we have sand trucks all over the place. we looked at what happened in vegas. we have taken into account every attack that has happened elsewhere and tried to come up with a response to it. >> reporter: if you could, for all these people heading out here after 12:00 -- >> we have a plan to get them out in an orderly fashion. if they are heading to the subway system we make su...