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Been made to the body scanners that travelers go through. cnn reached out to both agencies investigating brainard's complaints but no comment from either. brainard has secured a whistle-blower attorney in response to the complaints raised in our story. the head of tsa told me that whistle-blowers and i'm quoting, provide a very valuable service and it's our responsibility to fully investigate those concerns to see if they represent a valid security risk or not. but the tsa say they have not completed their assessment. renee marsh, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to renee. i hope they fully inve...

Least try. because it's going to happen. it's not a question of if. it's a question of when. we are long overdue for another attack. >> reporter: tsa did take action on one of brainard's complaints. he says they continued to use on ineffective test to determine if new hires were color blind. a disqualifying medical condition even after concerns about the tests' effectiveness were raised. >> if you had something in a bag and somebody were color blind, they wouldn't see the bomb if it were the only thing in the bag. >> reporter: they're now doing a test for new hires. but according to this memo,...

Issue, and it really was a no-brainard. it's a $52,000 an issue here for miami-dade. so we will now go back to our 2014 policy that we will honor the detention request, regardless of the fact that the government says that they will pay for. >> meghan: president trump reacting to the decision on twitter, writing "miami-dade mayor drops sanctuary policy, right decision, strong." meantime, the president reportedly ordering the debarment of homeland scaredy to release a list of illegal immigrants released back into the communities under sanctuary policies in an attempt to crackdown. going to go to...

Was piloting. the survivor, dan hall, joins us right now live from hartford, connecticut. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> saturday was a beautiful day. you're a private pilot. you decided to go flying. what happened? >> just a normal day flying. went to the airport in plainville, robertson field, prepared my plane, did my check flight. started the plane. it was running great, running fine. i was heading over to hartford, brainard to pick up a friend of mine and take him flying. >> okay. so that was your game plan. that was your flight plan. something happened when you were up there. m...

Accidental leeland in a river. >> yes. it was an accident. i had to land in the river. but yet i lost my engine down in the area. >> there is the image from that. this past saturday when your plane is having mechanical problems and maybe a carburetor problem like the accident that we're looking at right there, what are you thinking? >> i'm thinking my training kicks in right away. i was talking to brainard already. put the plane in the best glide speed, find a place to land. if you can have time to radio and try to get the plane flying again, try to get the power up, which i did all those, cou...