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Is important. >> reporter: they are being tested at london. they scanned passengers' irises. unmanned exit lanes are also in the works. they use sensors and locks to make sure no one sneaks into a secured area by an exit. and at international arrival terminals, there's the global entry program. for those who seen up, machines scan fingerprints and passports for customs and immigration. >> it takes low risk travelers and gets them through our process that much quicker, which would give me more time with high-risk travelers. >> reporter: it allows them to avoid tedious lines.

This is as new york mayor elect bill de blasio say it's over. soon they may be a thing of the past. tomorrow new york mayor elect bill de blasio takes the reins from current mayor mike bloomberg. >> we are going to get rid of the horse carriages, period. >> reporter: they have been offered in central park for more than a hundred years. they've been celebrated on film here in barefoot in the park and on tv, including sex in the city. >> and i wasn't going to question any of it. not even how he found a horse-drawn sleigh in the middle of manhattan. >> reporter: and they've been on the top of so ...

Replacing them. >> that fingerprint scanning, how widespread is that here in the u.s.? >> reporter: you've got that global entry system in 34 u.s. airports. u.s. officials are negotiating with leaders from countries like saudi arabia for reciprocal agreements to put those in their airports. this is a growing program here in the united states and it's going to grow abroad. this phenomenon is certainly going to spread. and up ahead, msnbc takes a ton of flak for a segment making fun of mitt romney's family. and crazy things can happen on live tv, trust me. but it's all about how you handle i...

>> merry christmas. happy holiday season. that's a pretty normal greeting inside this romney family card, but not so normal. the national spotlight that's been placed on one of the smallest faces. >> everybody loves a baby picture. >> reporter: but this was no baby talk. listen as msnbc host and an actress walk on racial lines. >> they're on governor romney's knee. his adopted grandson who is an adopted african-american child. any captions for this one? >> one of these things just isn't the same. >> and that little baby front and center would be the one. >> my goal is that in 2040 the biggest ...

Responsibility to get them safely to the port. >> reporter: syria has to haul the chemical agents by land to the coast. danish and norwegian ships were supposed to peck up the chemicals at the port, burr the vessels have turned around and returned to their port in cyprus because the chemicals weren't ready for pickup. more than 1,000 tons of vx sarin and mustard gas. they say the situation is to blame for the delay. they said security wasle leslea going to be a problem. >> we also hope that the syrian population with time has appreciated, understands that this is a mission for them.