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Outside the international airport that killed at least 13 u.s. troops and left well over 100 afghans dead. tonight, the american pull out from afghanistan at a critical stage, the long war coming to a tortured, heartbreaking, uncertain end. richard engle leads our coverage tonight. >> reporter: these are the united states security partners in kabul. the taliban protecting american forces at the airport their way, keeping afghans from reaching the gate, while hundreds of americans have been evacuated in the last 24 hours, if you're an afghan trying to get to the airport now, the path is blocked...

And has been with the agency for 17 years. he says tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to shorten wait times. one example, tsa reduced the sensitivity on all walk-through metal detectors at airports across america. >> they are reducing the concentration of metal that it would take to set off that alarm so you can speed up alarms and have fewer pat-downs. >> how do you know? >> because there's a memo out that supports it. >> reporter: the memo says the order came in 2013 changing all detector settings in all lanes to the tsa pre-check setting to normalize the passenger experience. b...

This security director says you may not be as safe as you think. >> what they're doing is injecting danger into the system. >> the top tsa official in his state has been with the agency for 17 years. he says that tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to shorten wait times. one example, hay reduced the sensitive on all walk through metal detectors at airports across america. >> they're reducing the concentration of metal it takes to set off that alarm so you can have fewer pat downs. >> how do you know that? >> there is a memo that supports it. >> the memo came in 2013 changing all wa...

He said the changes have come from tsa leadership. more than 40 million u.s. airline passengers are expected to go through airport security checkpoints this holiday, but this tsa security director says you may not be as safe as you think. >> what they're doing is injecting danger into the system. >> reporter: jay brainard is the top tsa official in his state and has been with the agency for 17 years. he said tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to shorten wait times. one example, tsa reduced the sensitivity on all walkthrough metal detectors at airports across america. >> they're re...

>> short of being released, the strongest sense of freedom most wabash inmates ever experience is their time on the outdoor recreation yards. >> see that left hand? >> for the record, we won that game. >> while rec is a time to enjoy some fresh air and exercise, it is also one of the times inmates are most likely to exchange contraband, including shanks. >> tell us what's going on out here. >> well, right now they're patting down the convicts that are going back in from recreation, to check and make sure they don't have any weapons. i guess there's been a tip that there was going to be some tr...