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Accidental discharge of a weapon at the main security gate. we now know the shot or shots came from the passenger s gun and that the passenger has since fled. here is what the spokesman told me just in the past hour. what happened as he was walking through then saw there was a weapon there and he made his way out of the airport and again in the process of being screened, we had all of his information. okay. so just to button that up, this passenger, you found the weapon, your officers had a conversation with him then he was allowed to go about his business and he is now left the airport? no, he was not allowed to go. as the weapon discharged, he took off and was able to make it outside of the airport. oh, he did take off. that s correct. what followed was a frantic rush. peopling pouring on to tarmacs, ....
Made a mistake or they anticipated, i don t think this is uncommon, they anticipated they could get through with a gun when they realized not only the gun was confiscated, but the weapon went off. felony stupidity. they ll get caught. you ve got the weapon. you ve got cameras. they ve checked him with a ticket, but i think somebody just got scared, jim. let s hope that s the case and that this wasn t a situation where the person fled because he didn t want that gun detected. of course we re waiting for all of that information to come in. don t want to speculate as to what the, you know, the exact course of events was, but you re right. it could be just as simple as that. but the airport says it s re-screening the passengers who evacuated on to the tarmac, but they re not evacuating the entire airport and re-screening everyone. we don t want everything to meltdown at hartsfield before the holidays, but is this the right move? s yes. you look at the numbers game. ....
Airport. we re not parking at the terminal out of abundance of safety for yourselves. we ll keep you advised when we know more. what do you think, phil? it s good when these pilots pass on information. more information is always helpful. do you think the pilot did the right thing? had to do the right thing. every person on that plane is on their smartphone. those aren t shut off in my experience until you pull away from the tarmac. so people are going to start getting information, including disinformation. if the pilot doesn t speak, in the absence of the pilot speaking, people are going to create all kind of stories. they did exactly the right thing by explaining it and by staying at the airport. at this point, you also don t know whether this is a broader conspiracy and you sure don t want an aircraft in the air with another shooter. our thanks to that pilot, all the people at the airport, all the airports this time of year. they have to deal with so much stuff on top of people ....
Season. appreciate it. thank you so much, jim. we ll be right back. football, is a game of inches. but it s also a game, of information. because the nfl is connected. and at any moment, the fate of the season can come down to this. billions of secure connections, per second. when the game is on the line and the game is always on the line touchdown! the nfl relies on cisco. ....
76% of adults in the united states have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. but in some latino communities, there is still some vaccine hesitancy. many factors are at play, including disinformation, pushed in some cases by political or religious leaders, and fears about missing work due to side effects, among other things. nbc news correspondent antonia hilton zeros in on a texas suburb combatting exactly those challenges. reporter: just outside austin, texas, snappy snacks is known for supplying food truck operators with ingredients, ice, and now vaccines. paul saldania leads the latino coordination, a grassroots group of operators that join with snappy snacks to meet high-risk latinos where they are. we have parts that have no infrastructure, no health clinics, no pharmacies. ....