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Doing, 100% baggage checks for 15,000 people expected to ride the train between secaucus junction and metlife stadium. this is new jersey transit. the first sign of the increased security interest will be in some of the main train stations in new york city and in new jersey in the next day. you are going to start seeing a lot more baggage checks in grand central, in penn station, for instance. the tsa is sending up these teams called viper teams. that stands for visible, intermodel prevention response teams. i'm always stumbling on that name. these guys have behavioral specialists, air marshal...

The actual gates are. is that your understanding, and that place has always struck me as kind of an open hole. >> yeah, it's confusing in the accounts that i've read but he shot the tsa officer who was checking documents, went up an escalator, came back down, shot him again and went through the security point. i think it's important we have the local law enforcement really at different points at the airport to protect not only the perimeter but also things that could happen through security check point. the other thing that's important, candy, there are teams out there, they are called viper t...

Are. is that your understanding? and that place has always struck me as kind of an open hole. >> yeah. it's confusing in the accounts i read. he shot the tsa officer who was checking documents, went up an escalator, came back down, shot him again. went through the security point. at that standpoint. i think it's important that we have the local law enforcement really at different points at the airport to protect not only the perimeter but also things that could happen through the security checkpoint. the other thing that's important, there are teams out there, they're called viper teams. and w...

-- utilize teams at airports to make sure the american people and public are safe when they go to our airports. i think that with the better coordination of local law enforcement should help tremendously. however, having said that, you really -- it's difficult to stop these types of attacks. anybody can show up, as we saw in the navy yard with the shotgun, in this case with the semiautomatic, and you know, it's like a shopping mall outside the perimeter almost an open shopping mall. it's difficult to protect. these viper teams, i think, with local law enforcement, can provide that needed secur...

Doing shopping back there. it's a lovely day to be in new york, but it is packed on the streets. and it is also packed, long lines at security for just about anybody who had to fly this holiday. now, however, you may have to deal with tsa screenings while traveling even if you manage to avoid the airports. trace gallagher has that lovely update for you live from our west coast newsroom. hey, t.g., belated happy merry christmas. >> reporter: happy belated christmas to you as well, megyn. you're going to see these tsa agents in train stations, bus depots, even at sporting events. viper teams, an...