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Big Travel Day

Aired November 27, 2002 - 08:24   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A big travel day, if you don't know it already. We've probably said it a hundred times in the past 60 minutes. All right, here's Jack with that and more -- how are you, pal?
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm good.

HEMMER: Yes, nice.

CAFFERTY: Travel light, arrive early and pack your patience, words to live by this Thanksgiving holiday weekend if you're traveling.

Patty Davis reports from Reagan National Airport now.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Airline passengers are getting the message.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get to the airport earlier. Check in early. Check your bags in early.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Travel lightly. I didn't travel too lightly, though.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whatever electronics you have, make sure you have them out and open.

DAVIS: That's just what the Transportation Security Administration and the airlines want. With the Thanksgiving travel rush on, they're trying to get the word out that things have changed at the nation's airports.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One of the challenges during holiday travel is you get people who haven't flown for six or eight months. And so they're not accustomed to or aware of these new small changes in procedures. So all the more reason to get to the airport early, just kind of keep your ears open.

DAVIS: New federal screeners, new rules, new tips to help smooth the way through the airport. Besides getting to the airport early, use airlines' self-service machines or the Internet to get a boarding pass, bring photo I.D., leave gifts you're carrying on unwrapped to make inspection easier, avoid wearing metal jewelry or belt buckles. They set off metal detectors and could slow you down. One official says avoid thick soled shoes. They draw extra scrutiny. As for prohibited items, packing a knife in your carryon bag to carve the turkey could land you in jail.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do not bring scissors. I've lost three pairs of scissors this year at LaGuardia Airport that just happened to make it into my carryon somehow.

DAVIS: With Thanksgiving the first big test for new federal screeners...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just cooperate. Because then, you know, it works out better for everyone.

DAVIS: The best advice, passengers say, be patient.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

DAVIS: Some of the longest lines I've seen yet this year at Reagan National Airport here at the passenger screening areas, 10 to 15 minute waits, not bad. A couple incidents to report to you. In Atlanta, at Hartsfield Airport, a screener this morning found a handgun. It was unloaded. The owner of that in police custody. Yesterday, screeners in Providence, Rhode Island confiscated a rolling pin, not allowed at airports to go through the screening. That person unfortunately will have no holiday baking opportunities this year -- Jack.

CAFFERTY: And nothing to do if her husband gets out of line, either. I had no idea rolling pins were illegal.

Now, how big a moron does it take to bring a gun through a security checkpoint in light of what's gone on in this country for the last year or so?

DAVIS: Absolutely. Something, a big no-no. No knives. Don't even think about it. You're going to land in jail for Thanksgiving, rather than have the Thanksgiving dinner.

CAFFERTY: Yes, they don't even let you bring like nail files or anything, any sharp objects at all.

Patty, thank you.

Patty Davis live at Reagan National Airport in the nation's capital.

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Aired November 27, 2002 - 08:24   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A big travel day, if you don't know it already. We've probably said it a hundred times in the past 60 minutes. All right, here's Jack with that and more -- how are you, pal?
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm good.

HEMMER: Yes, nice.

CAFFERTY: Travel light, arrive early and pack your patience, words to live by this Thanksgiving holiday weekend if you're traveling.

Patty Davis reports from Reagan National Airport now.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Airline passengers are getting the message.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get to the airport earlier. Check in early. Check your bags in early.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Travel lightly. I didn't travel too lightly, though.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whatever electronics you have, make sure you have them out and open.

DAVIS: That's just what the Transportation Security Administration and the airlines want. With the Thanksgiving travel rush on, they're trying to get the word out that things have changed at the nation's airports.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One of the challenges during holiday travel is you get people who haven't flown for six or eight months. And so they're not accustomed to or aware of these new small changes in procedures. So all the more reason to get to the airport early, just kind of keep your ears open.

DAVIS: New federal screeners, new rules, new tips to help smooth the way through the airport. Besides getting to the airport early, use airlines' self-service machines or the Internet to get a boarding pass, bring photo I.D., leave gifts you're carrying on unwrapped to make inspection easier, avoid wearing metal jewelry or belt buckles. They set off metal detectors and could slow you down. One official says avoid thick soled shoes. They draw extra scrutiny. As for prohibited items, packing a knife in your carryon bag to carve the turkey could land you in jail.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do not bring scissors. I've lost three pairs of scissors this year at LaGuardia Airport that just happened to make it into my carryon somehow.

DAVIS: With Thanksgiving the first big test for new federal screeners...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just cooperate. Because then, you know, it works out better for everyone.

DAVIS: The best advice, passengers say, be patient.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

DAVIS: Some of the longest lines I've seen yet this year at Reagan National Airport here at the passenger screening areas, 10 to 15 minute waits, not bad. A couple incidents to report to you. In Atlanta, at Hartsfield Airport, a screener this morning found a handgun. It was unloaded. The owner of that in police custody. Yesterday, screeners in Providence, Rhode Island confiscated a rolling pin, not allowed at airports to go through the screening. That person unfortunately will have no holiday baking opportunities this year -- Jack.

CAFFERTY: And nothing to do if her husband gets out of line, either. I had no idea rolling pins were illegal.

Now, how big a moron does it take to bring a gun through a security checkpoint in light of what's gone on in this country for the last year or so?

DAVIS: Absolutely. Something, a big no-no. No knives. Don't even think about it. You're going to land in jail for Thanksgiving, rather than have the Thanksgiving dinner.

CAFFERTY: Yes, they don't even let you bring like nail files or anything, any sharp objects at all.

Patty, thank you.

Patty Davis live at Reagan National Airport in the nation's capital.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com