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Owners. >> as travel ramps up, airports nationwide are scrambling with staffing. over 130 of the largest airports are going to face staffing shortages this month. we have the report. >> reporter: airports across the country, a summer scramble for staffing. a record number of travelers returning after historic pandemic lows. in a memo obtained, more than 130 of the largest airports are struggling to staff airport screeners. the effect already felt by travelers at major airports. >> security lines are so long, hundreds of travelers have missed their flights. denver and outside washington, d.c. a...

If you've been flying, then you may have seen it for yourself the tsa struggling to put enough screeners at some of our busiest airports as travel ramps up erin mclaughlin tonight on what flyers can expect >> reporter: tonight at airports across the country a summer scramble for staffing. with a record number of travelers returning to airports after historic pandemic lows tonight the tsa warning in a memo obtained by the "washington post" that more than 130 of the nation's largest airports are struggling to staff airport screeners. the ripple effect from the tsa shortage already being felt by ...

Scrambling with staffing. the acting head of the transportation security administration issued a memo that warns over 130 of the nation's largest airports will face staffing shortages this month. to compensate, the tsa is asking office workers to volunteer to assist with airport checkpoints. yesterday, some security lines at airports got so long that hundreds of travelers were missing flights. the agency is currently offering $1,000 as an officer recruitment incentive. that's a problem. and travel is just one example of how things are inching backwards normalcy. but it's not easy. and with it,...

The capitol police building -- i mean to the capitol and assist us with securing the building, even though now we feel betrayed, we feel insulted because to the bare minimum that everybody should agree is how to prevent this from happening again. >> how can republican lawmakers ignore the very people who put their lives on the line to defend our democracy, amanda? >> i don't know how they sleep at night. i really don't. i don't know how they walk into their offices, pass the security lines, and continue about their work knowing that these men and women stepped up to defend them and their colle...

Million passengers through security lines. that is high since the pandemic began. over the weekend, not including yesterday, tsa cleared 7 million passengers. this weekend in many ways was a stress test on the travel industry and all of these other facets of the economy. look, we had some stumbles but no major disasters. the lines at security were long. they were long in airports across the country. tsa is going to hire more folks. they already hired more than 3,000 since the beginning of the year. they will hire another 3,000 before july 4th, 3,000 before labor day. hopefully that will allevi...