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Accounting office, from the various inspectors general and from tsa itself. to see where there are gaps that you can possibly get weapons, prohibited items to repair that is going on in a constant basis. but it is obviously kept secret so the bad guys don't find out. it is very likely that most airport lobbies in this day and age by this time are under camera surveillance, and you probably have people in command centers who are doing some observation or what might be defined as suspicious movements or suspicious behavior so that there could be that kind of a response from visual surveillance. ...

Layers of securitsecurity, quot simply missing. they are responding with changes to the operations and training. which it said last time. tom blank is a former deputy administrator for the tsa. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you, shep. >> what do you do? i mean, if 95% of the time you can't find a bomb, what good are you? >> well, this is clearly unacceptable performance without a doubt. it doesn't seem to be getting better. you can blame the culture of convenience. they've lost the edge of security. >> they find everything that's convenient of mine and take it away from me. >> what the...

Interesting there, we'll see how that comes out with my name. that might be a tough one. the faa is trying to track down whoever is shining lasers into their planes and cockpits. four flights reported being targeted last night in new york and new jersey. it's a federal crime to point a laser at a plane and it's been happening a lot lately. last week at least 11 pilots reported having lasers shined at their planes. tom blank is the former head of tsa security policy. he's now the executive vice president of gephart government affairs. according to the faa, laser incidents have been steadily g...

Angeles. we have with tsos administering cpr and saving passengers wo collapsed this in newark chicago, knoxville recently. this incident is an outlier are by very destructive, immoral people. >> let's hope it stays that way. tom blank, thank you, sir. much more uh ahead on a busy wednesday including breaking fews of what appears to be a small helicopter landing at the capitol. plus the aftermath of aaron hernandez and the guilty verdict. we talk to oh the d.a. and a former nfl player about the culture of the league. the video sparking conversation everywhere. the arizona officer who rammed a ...

>> tom, are you angry seeing the agency you once helped lead have such enormous breakdowns, our breaking news today? >> especially when it's simply a matter of funding and will to get it done. as i say, even during my tenure going back a number of years now, this was a known gap in security. it's something that definitely needs to be closed. just think of someone who, in this particular instance, mr. harvey, carrying very likely a backpack, toolbox, something like that, he's coming onto the secure area of an airport and conducting this kind of activity. this just as easily could have been expl...