Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170220:20:54:00
Already boarded their flights. no reason to believe that these individuals were terrorists or were criminals with, but rather they were not properly screened. so once they arrived at their destination, the tsa says it did go ahead and screen all people coming and arriving on those flights from jfk to assure that nobody landed and had anything that was deemed to be at risk. they also say that at the check point itself, when these individuals went through without being properly checked, there were dogs nearby, so the dogs presumably would have picked up on any scent, but here's what the tsa says...
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