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This time. they could have easily put a bomb on one of the planes. >> reporter: here's how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey with a backpack full of guns used his badge to enter the secure area of airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks but do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restrict airport areas. . arrives at a concourse and two men communicate by text message and meet in the airport bathroom. once inside, out ...

>> reporter: 153 firearms recovered. smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york. that according to federal investigators. >> they could put guns on a plane this time. they could have easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: here's how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks. but they do not go through ...

Handler and four accomplices charged with smuggling guns, some on flights from atlanta to new york. authorities say they hid the guns, ak 47 assault weapons in his carry on. renee marsh is out front. >> reporter: 153 firearms were covered, smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york according to federal investigators. >> they put guns on the plane this time, they could have easily put bombs on the planes. >> reporter: here's how it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the atlanta airport. by passing securi...

and that heat can cause and create another thunderstorm ind -- behind it. wichita, texas, was hit by two large and deadly tornadoes just hours apart. right down the exact same line. here's what we have. let's do a reset. about two hours ago, we had a severe thunderstorm watch. we had hail coming down, the size almost of tennis balls. then all of a sudden that watch was upgraded to a tornado watch because the storms are beagaining to rotate. then we had two storms out by themselves. those two storms were right in the dallas and the ft. worth area. this is a picture of it earlier. this...

Office. we want to be like america. we want to choose our president. joining me now with the latest from cairo, anchor and managing editor of nbc nightly news brian williams and chief foreign correspondent richard engle. today is evacuation day in egypt for americans. what are the options for americans trying to get out now? >> twel options are if you work for a private concern and for a lot of people that's an oil company, we saw a lot of aircraft on the tarmac with american markings sitting idle and dark. there is a bit of a problem with the curfew and getting ramp workers, but thousands of ...