it happened at o'hare airport in november. yasmina payton is seen ducking under the ropes when tsa agents aren't looking and calmly boards an american airlines flight. minutes later she is pulled off the plane. >> it's disturbing that after billions of dollars spent on the physical security of airports and keeping the public safe that somebody could do something so easy to just duck under a rope and get into a cleared passenger area. >> but surveillance video shows payton returning again the next day, walking around another passenger to get on another american airlines flight. she tries to board three more times before police were finally alerted. authorities say the 23-year-old got screened through security both days but gave no explanation for why tsa didn't stop her. >> the tsa was at a low during covid in terms of the number of passengers processed every day. now that we're ramping back up getting into the summer season, people are back traveling again, tsa's going to have to tighten up. >> this morning american airlines s

the incident happened at chicago o'hare. in november. she is seen ducking under the ropes when tsa agents are not looking and calmly boards an american airlines flight. minutes later agents pull her off the plane. >> it's disturbing. after billion of dollars spent on the physical security of airports and keeping the public safe, somebody could do something so easy to duck under the rope. >> video shows her returning the next day. again making it to gate. walking around another passenger. to get on another flight. she's pulled off the plane and tries to board three more times before police were finally alerted. authorities say the 23 year-old got screened through security both days but gave no explanation for why agents failed to stop her. >> it was at a low during covid. in terms of number of passengers processed. now we're ramping up back into the summer season. people are traveling again. they have to tighten up. >> american airlines saying in statement we continue to work together with our partners in law enforcement and at the tsa to

we're on the ramp here at o'hare. so many flights here, they are already sold out. in fact, united airlines' ceo tells me that for this weekend they have 1.3 million bookings already. let's look at what tsa is telling us, they say they could screen more than 2 million people in a single day at u.s. airports this weekend. at least 6 million estimated for the whole holiday. that would be the first time we're seeing numbers that high since the start of the pandemic. and where are people going? hopper tells us that the top domestic destinations right now are vegas, miami and orlando. for international we're looking at cancun, cabo and montego bay. now, for the busiest airports, atlanta takes the top spot and then you're looking at number two right here, chicago's o'hare. l.a.x. is number three. the busiest time for that travel, hopper says it's looking like friday morning, and if you want to be really specific bit about it, 5:45 a.m. in atlanta, so get there a little bit early if you have a flight there, michael. >> gio, that's very specific. thank you so much. >>> we a

o'hare is one of the airports that has them. we have 7 deployed. i will check those numbers but had them for a while. they love the technology, we really do think this is key technology. >> i believe the members may not all be aware of these possibilities but as time goes on what i want to know is what many want to know is if there is something else out there that not only provides additional security and or protect the traveler and the tsa personnel, we want to hear about it, the possibility of additional resources that are necessary we at least want to know if it is an option but i appreciate your effort moving forward with choices, thank you and i yield back. >> mister aguilar. >> thank you for your testimony, i want to express my thanks to tsos to continue to serve as essential workers during this pandemic and my condolences to those you lost. to follow up on mister quigley's question about the new technology and touchless screening, you talked about the pilot programs, what can the committee be looking for in the next 2 or 3 years in a post pa

her and also remember jose padilla remember the guy who years ago would do it when we grabbed him and o'hare airport sue him in the worst conditions he went crazy and blind you know we can't use him anymore he will bend might be alluding to was a fact that what better way to keep her from seeing the then to make her little you know walking around yelling who ordered the veal cutlet much like some of our. politicians but who knows who knows where this is going because and also member very quickly there are losses going back between boys between dershowitz we jew frey we've got cross most i mean this is a this is a gordian knot of lawsuits but you never know what to see this we just have going that's it so maybe it's a tactic that could could i think you guys are on to something that could be a very effective tactic by the prosecutor so we will say hopefully maybe by this fall maybe lie don't and banff want gentlemen thank you. thank you. over to the latest 1000 numbers worldwide those cases now topping 155000000 with about 3000000 reported deaths the u.s. is still leading the way with the mos

the his trail is dead on there as your previous person said about on the evening of the lessee holy o'hare ramadan night on the eve it was. and netanyahu at the same time had just lost his timing to form a new government and lot did yeah who was asked to do with that has had had to suspend his formation of a government in light of this latest crisis so the sprits into netanyahu is narrative he benefits from this and the yet to get back to your original question the d.o.d. looks upon israel as a as a military ally and it it it it and it again this is because of its opposition to iran and i will add that. jordan was was partially correct in my view. when he said that this is a message to iran it is because the. israelis regard hamas as another instrument by cause by law of the iranians supply and financing and logistics and this is all a trail you to to a national emergency ultimately going to be declared if netanyahu continues on this course nobody is in control the un can't do anything the russians are proposing a quartet of the u.s. russia un and e.u. to come together and try to resolve t

raid that the industry listed on there as your previous person said about on the evening of the holy o'hare ramadan my on the aid it was. and netanyahu at the same time had just lost his timing to form a new government and law did you know who was asked to do with that has had had to suspend his formation of a government in light of this latest crisis so the splits into netanyahu is narrative he benefits from this and the yet to get back to your original question the d.o.d. looks upon israel as a as a military ally and it it and it again this is because of its opposition to iran and i will add that. jordan was was partially correct in my view. when he said that this is a message to iran it is because the. israelis regard hamas as another instrument like i was about one of the iranians supply and financing and logistics and this is all a trail you to to a national emergency ultimately going to be declared if netanyahu continues on this course nobody is in control the un can't do anything the russians are proposing a quartet of the u.s. russia un and e.u. to come together and try to resolve t

o'hare is one of the airports that has them. i believe we have got seven deployed. i'll check those numbers but i mean, they had them for a while. i spoke specific with the officers there. they love the technology. the passengers certainly appreciate fewer things having to come out of bags so we really do think this is key technology force. >> look, for me i believe that members obvious he may not all be aware of these possibilities, but as time goes on with what i want to know and i'm sure many want to know is if there's something else out there that not only provides additional security and/or protects the traveler and the tsa personnel, you know, we want to about it. if it's the possibility of additional resources that are necessary, we at least want to know if it's an option but appreciate your effort and moving forward on these particular choices. thank you and i yield back. >> mr. aguilar. >> thanks so much, madam chair. acting administrator, thanks for your testimony and like my cause i want to express my thanks to tsos who continue to serve as the essential

and then continue on their way, so it's honolulu and london, but even for travelers who are here at o'hare maybe going to places in the south they might have some issues to contend with once they land. rental car prices have already been going up. now gas prices are going up and in some areas, as edward noted, there are major shortages of gasoline at the pump, in fact, if you look at asheville, north carolina, raleigh, and charlotte , in all of those areas nearly three in four gas station s are completely out of gas, according to gas buddy, and the metro atlanta area, it's about 60% of stations that don't have gas, and edward touched on this , but it's primarily not a gas shortage. it's an issue of tanker trucks. there's not enough drivers to carry the gas to the stations to fill people backup and if you look at the prices, they've been speaking over the last, well you mentioned, david, several months but just since yesterday, across the east coast, prices are up $ 0.07 to $0.08 depending on where you are and edward mentioned getting this pipe back online. they hope to have it at least sub

he's at chicago's o'hare. how is it looking there, grady? >> busy day at both airports today, neil. a lot of the passengers i talked to said they feel like traveling before the pandemic in hotel and air fare. they're getting closer to prepandemic levels as well. the travel booking app hopper says you'll pay 12% more in may for your tickets compareded to a month ago. ticket prices are expected to go up another 4% and peak next month. the travelers that we talk to say they're not bothered by the higher prices. they're happy to be traveling again. >> i booked this flight about 1 1/2 months ago. really shocked. looking at other places, other times, a lot cheaper, this weekend i paid more. >> there's more people, more cars. seems like almost back to normal. >> this is time for us. we've had enough of staying indoors. >> while mask mandates have been lifted in most places on the ground, they're still required in the skies and at airports. this altercation where a passenger is seen repeatedly hitting a southwest flight attendant is the latest over that requirement. the f.a.a. says they're

airports, chicago o'hare, jfk here in new york do they allow people to come into the airport without any papers and let them go with any documents, did the airportss allow that. >> no they won't get their tsa checkpoint when i talk about airports i was in rio grande two weeks ago and here's what's demoralizing to the border patrol agents, my plane fromm ro grande back to d.c. there were seven border patrol agents in the jetway before they boarded the plane going home after being on thehe southwest border they t there and i sat there i counted 14 family units people here illegally with a government packet their free government airline ticket in their government issuedli cell phone boarding the same fright with border patrol agents that arrested them two days ago, talk about a morale buster for these men and women who serve so bravely on the border i've never seen anything like it my career i'm beside myself when i saw this byron york has been all over this to he's been saying why do we allow this to happen when people struggle to get in here legally they come heree illegally and they

hi, is this o'hare airport hi yes, i was there about three years ago, and i left a book at one of the gates um, i just wanted to say that, i don't think it's important to me, so if you guys find an extra book, hang to it it's on me don't worry about it >> seth: okay. >> fred: oh, i forgot, it's something about mazes around thor world or something, but i read the whole thing so i'm all good so thank you very much, and you guys have a great airport. okay thank you. >> seth: all right our next guest is a voting rights organizer, former georgia state representative and best selling author her new book "while justice sleeps" is available now. please welcome back to the show, stacey abrams. hello, stacey. how are you? >> i am well, thank you. how are you? >> i'm very well your book is called "while ju were here, it was right before the runoffs in georgia, both the candidates you were supporting won and we talked about you sleeping and i'm just wondering if you managed to take a celebratory nap at the end of those run-off elections? >> i did indeed. but i woke up to voter suppression coming

airports, does chicago o'hare, lax, jfk here in new york, do they allow people to come into the airport without any papers and then they just let them go without any documents? do those airports allow that? >> no, they'll never get through a tsa checkpoint. and when you talk about airports, i was in rio grande valley two weeks ago, liz, and here's what's demoralizing to the border patrol agents. my connecting flight pack to d.c., there were seven border patrol agents going home after a long detail on the southwest border. they sat there, i sat there, i counted 14 family units, people here illegally with a government packet, free government airline ticket and their free government-issued cell phone boarding the same flight with agents that arrested them two days ago. talk about a morale buster for these men and women who serve so bravely on the border. it's -- i've never seen anything like it in my career. i'm beside myself when i saw this. elizabeth: you know, conservative columnist byron york has been all over this too. he's been saying why do we allow this to happen when people strugg

let's get the situation on the ground, grady trimble is at the american airlines terminal at chicago o'hare, where the air carriers, we can't forget the airlines because jet fuel is involved here too. how are they adjusting to the problem? reporter: well, limited impacts for the airlines right now, liz, but an impact nonetheless particularly to american airlines, they've added fuel stops to two daily long-haul flights that would ordinarily be non-stop. both of those flights originating out of charlotte. i also reached out to delta and united both of those airlines tell me no impact so far, but of course, they are monitoring the situation, so just because your flights go off without a hitch does not mean you won't see higher prices when you get to your destination, and that's what everybody is watching right now. look at these price increases across the east coast. up $0.07 to $0.08. that's know the from last week that's actually just from yesterday and you mentioned some of those numbers from gas buddy, liz. we actually just got new numbers from gas buddy and they tell us in north carolina,

estimates 37 million people will be traveling this weekend, so let's go to grady trimble at chicago's o'hare airport where mask mandates are coming down, but you still have to wear a mask while you're traveling. >> reporter: yeah, kind of an odd situation, edward. 2.5 million of those 37 million will take a plane. a lot of the people i've talked to say pretty much feels like everything's back to normal here and all across the country except for the masks, of course. and our fare and hotel prices -- airfare and hotel prices are getting closer to pre-pandemic levels, ticket prices up 12% according to travel booking app hopper. that's expected to increase another 4% and peak in late june heading into the next holiday, the fourth of july. but the travelers we've talked to, they say these higher prices and having to wear a mask on the plane, that doesn't bother us, we are just happy to be flying again. >> so we were looking in california, we were looking in arizona, we were looking in florida for this weekend. and just go to the naples area, and actually the hotels are less expensive in cancun th

>> reporter: it could and it already is not to worry at o'hare. they might be worried about finding out where they are going and american airlines is the airline that has seen the biggest impact. they added fuel stops to two daily long-haul flights that would ordinarily be nonstop. the biggest impact is still at gas pumps. people continue to panic by. gas buddy says 3 quarters of stations in the charlotte and raleigh metro areas have no gas, almost 60% of stations in metro atlanta are without fuel. the main problem according to gas buddy is not necessarily a shortage of gas but shortage of tanker trunk drivers to get the gas to the stations. because of all of this gas prices are skyrocketing along the east coast. we are showing you the amount of increase in the east coast states from $0.07 to $0.08 pretty much everywhere on the east coast and that is not since last week, that is an increase from just yesterday. all of this happening as americans are about to hit the road a few weeks from now for memorial day, 37 million americans expected to trave

[laughter] you're looking at o'hare airport. we're doing this because 1.8 million people passed through tsa checkpoints yesterday. probably going to be a lot more than that this holiday weekend. so let's go back to hour airport where we find our own grady trimble who's been talking to travel all right. okay, what are they telling you, grady trimble? >> reporter: stuart, they are telling me that it's busy and it almost feels like normal again except the masks that we still have to wear. they also have told me they've noticed hotel and our fare prices going up recently. in fact, the folks at the travel booking app hopper tell us that the average price for a ticket right now in the u.s. is around $280. that's way up from last year when hardly anybody was traveling, and it's up 12% from april into may, and they're expecting the ticket price to climb and peak in june ahead of the fourth of july holiday. but the people that i've talked to this morning, they say those prices do not deter them. there are just happy to be flying again. >

on august 28, 2020, 20 dogs entered chicago o'hare due to improper vaccination 18 were denied entry and housed by a cbp warehouse. and cdc a waited of review the animals were later found in small cages without food or water for several days covered in feces and urine a clear violation of the animal welfare act. some of them died my venable imports as past pets increase significantly and we are wonder they have those procedures to care for live animals at this time there's only one that's equipped to safely handle live animals with the quarantine located in new york city which obviously doesn't help anyone else in the country why is her only one bonded warehouse to care for live animals with a legally required quarantine can you add more facilities to meet the standard of care at all ports of entry and what resources do you need to do this? for the you question. number one, we did work with the enter agency partners in chicago to investigate that issue to make sure nothing like that happens again. there were multiple agencies involved if it was cdc as you mentioned we do have a bonded wa

sense of what people are doing heading to airports and on those planes, grady trimble it chicago's o'hare national airport with how things are looking. >> it is busy here and a lot of travelers told me it feels like before the pandemic other than the masks and it is the mask requirements that has led to intense and at times violent moments in the sky. this altercation where a woman is seen repeatedly hitting a southwest flight attendant is the latest. the faa says there has been a massive spike in unruly and dangerous passenger behavior, 2500 reports and the beginning of the year the vast majority of those over the mask requirements as the tsa's acting administrator told you, they are not going to tolerate any of that. >> when the plane lands, you will be placed under arrest, you face tens of thousands in fines. >> reporter: the faa announced fines against unruly passengers raging from 9000 to 52,$000, we hope this memorial day weekend people remain calm so everybody can get where they are going. neil: maybe recognize the reality that when you fly, the statement from southwest they are ea

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traveling for th holiday about 2.5 million will be going by airplane grady trimble is live at chicago's o'hare international airport an it is one of the nation's busiest. what does it look like there today? could get a bit of a low right now, but it has lived up to tha throughout the day today. very busy. some of the bible i have spoken to have said it feels like before the pandemic other than of course the masks, and airfar and hotel prices are getting closer to pre- pandemic levels as well bear the folks at the travel booking app tell us that the average round-trip mystic light that's way up from last year when hardly anyone was traveling. and up 12 percent from just las month. going into the fourth of july holiday. everyone we've talked to said that prices aren't deterring them from traveling this memorial day weekend, but it might change where they're traveling. >> so we are looking in california the hotels are less-expensive in cancÚn than anywhere in the united states. and didn't realize it would be quite this busy. >> you can expect a longer tsa lines because of this pent up leisure tr

on august 28th, 2020, 20 dogs in the dus on a flight from chicago to o'hare due to inproper certificates, 18 of these dogs were held at ll, a customs control bonded warehouse and they waited to approve review. these animals were later found in small cages covered in feces and urine and had no food and water for days and some of the animals died. during the pandemic, live animals imports of pets increased significantly than they were concerned this would increase itself cbp lacks adequate facilities and procedures for animals around the ports of entry. at this point there is only one that is equipped to safely handle live animals lo he -- located in new york city. why is there only one cb pchltc bonded for animals for quarantine and can you commit more facilities for live animals at ports of entry? what resources do you need to do this? >> senator, thank you for the question. and number one, we did work with our interagency partners in chicago to address that issue, sent out what's called a trade pipeline to ensure something like that doesn't happen again. really, there's multiple agencie

grady trimble at o'hare international airport in chicago and how they're bracing for full crowds that we've really not seen in the better part of 15 months. >> reporter: yeah. for what it's worth, aaa predicts 2.5 million of those 37 million will be flying this memorial weekend. the people i've talked to here and just by my observation, they say it almost feels like normal except, of course, you've still got to wear the masks. another thing people have noticed is that airfare and hotel prices have gone up. the travel booking app hopper says for may a round trip domestic flight will cost you on average $280, that's way up from last year and up about 12% from last month. they're expecting ticket prices to peak heading into the fourth of july holiday, and the people i talk to, they tell me, you know, the higher prices don't deter them from traveling because they have been stuck here in chicago or wherever they lived for so long are, but it has changed where they're traveling to. listen. >> so we were looking in california, we were looking in arizona, we were looking in florida for this w

you're looking live at chicago's o'hare airport. it's one of the busiest hubs in the country as americans are expected to travel at the greatest level since the pandemic began. our transportation correspondent gio benitez is tracking it all. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. yeah, here on the ramp here in laguardia airport we are just seeing plane after plane take off. delta air lines actually tells us that this weekend they already have more than 3 million bookings between today and sunday. last year that was 300,000. let's take a look at this right now, because more than 37 million people are expected to travel starting today. that's 60% more than last year when 23 million traveled and in just four days delta says domestic leisure travel returns to 100% of pre-pandemic levels. sun and mountain destinations seeing the most activity. for airlines. places like jackson hole, sun valley, vail along with vegas, miami and orlando. in fact, florida is such a big destination right now. there are so many people flyi

on a flight from jordan to chicago o'hare international airport. due to improper vaccination certificates, 18 of these dogs were denied entry and were held by alliance ground international, llc, a customs and border patrol bonded warehouse where they awaited appropriate review. these animals were found covered in feces and had been without food and water for several days. several of the dogs died, a clear violation of the animal welfare act. with this migrants to the border, the number of live animals has increased significantly. at this time there is only one such facility known as arp that are equipped to handle safely large animals due to quarantines. it is located in new york city, which obviously doesn't help everywhere else in the country. why is there only one cbp-bonded facility that is equipped to handle animals for call your attention -- quarantines, and what resources do you need to do this? >> sir, thank you for the question, and, you know, number one, we did work with our interagency partners in chicago to address that issue, sent out

grady trimble from our sister network fox business is live at chicago's o'hare airport. hey, grady. reporter: good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. the biggest impact right now as far as the airlines go is american airlines. they've added stops to two daily long-haul flights out of charlotte that would normally be non-stop, but they now need to stop and get fuel. i talked to delta and united they tell me no impact at this time. the biggest fuel crunch right now is still at gas pumps as people continue to panic. gas buddy says nearly three- quarters of all stations in the raleigh and charlotte metro areas have no gas, nearly 60% of stations in the atlanta metro area are without gas, and the biggest problem right now, according to gas buddy, is there are not enough tank truck driver s to carry fuel to those stations. the pipeline outage is causing gas prices to sky rocket, all along the east coast, with prices up between $0.07 and $ 0.08 in many of those states as governors from florida all the way up to virginia are calling states of emergency because of this fuel crunch that they