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>> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i don't know anyone who's defended the tsa on this, because it doesn't make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a plane's cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these fives can not friday down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so far as you can see it has 17,000 signatures. now, flight attendants are worried about their person...

>> the tsa refuses to go along. we would very much consider legislation and my guess is it would have large bipartisan support. i don't know anyone who's defended the tsa on this, because it doesn't make any sense. >> you can see what this change is. starting april 25th, can you carry knives this size under 2.6 inches, on to a plane's cabin, the tsa believes with cockpit doors more secure these knives can not bring down a plane. this petition on white house.gov is against the new knife policy. so far as you can see it has 17,000 signatures. now, flight attendants are worried about their person...

Worried about their personal safety. what tsa is saying is it's prioritizing on large-scale things like bombs, things that can bring down an entire plane. so it's a bit like the whole versus the individual. i spoke with a tsa spokeswoman. she gave us this statement. she said that the tsa looked at its threat assessment level and that their decision was driven by that threat assessment as part of their overall risk based security approach. the tsa statement went on to say that they believed that removing small knives from prohibited items would not call catastrophic damage. >> and, lisa, this i...

Not sharp objects but explosives. even though the 9/11 hijackers brought down planes with the box cutters, many things changed. hardened cockpit doors, the tsa wants to concentrate on where the trouble is. in a statement today, the tsa says it's part of an overall risk-based security approach to allow transportation security officers to better focus their efforts on finding higher threat items like explosives. tamron, this is what it's aimed at. this will all start next month. it's aimed at knives like this. you will be able too carry them on if the blade folds. doesn't lock in to place and no...

Bothering mccain and graham and a lot of other people. a question of what is our security approach going to be to places like libya where we need to have a presence but we need to also protect the people who are there. >> all right. budget negotiation are on hold this week as lawmakers head home for the thanksgiving holiday. that's not stopping executives at 40 of the largest publicly traded companies in the u.s. from scaling back their company's operations. and ahead of what could be a devastating combination of tax increases and deep spending cuts. republicans and democrats insist that they ...