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REPORTEDLY STAYING WITH FRIENDS
IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
WE REACHED OUT FOR COMMENTS AND
SO FAR SHE HAS NOT RESPONDED.
REPORTING LIVE IN WILMETTE, MAI
MARTINEZ , CBS 2 NEWS THERE IS
NO END IN SIGHT TO THE LONG
LINES TO CLEAR AIRPORT SECURITY
HERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN
CHICAGO.
THE SECURITY LINES ARE SO BAD
THAT HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS ARE
MISSING FLIGHTS.
AMERICAN AIRLINES SAID THEY
DELAYED 30 FLIGHTS YESTERDAY
BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY
BACKUPS.
THERE IS NOW A RUSH TO SIGN UP
FOR TSA PRE-CHECK AND THAT WILL
TAKE PATIENTS TOO.
A CONSTANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC
AT THE TSA FREE CHECK OFFICE.
MORE THAN HALF ADMIT THAT THEY
ARE WALK-IN.
Reporter: YOU JUST DECIDED
TO COME IN?
I'M TRAVELING AND THREE MATE
-- IN THREE WEEKS AND I DECIDED
TO GET THIS DONE NOW.
THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT IS MID-
JUNE.
Reporter: MID-JUNE IS THE
EARLIEST APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF
THOSE WHO RUSH TO SIGN UP FOR
TSA PRE-CHECK BECAUSE OF THE
LONG LINES AT MIDWAY AND
O'HARE.
A FLIGHT TO DALLAS BROUGHT IN
THE LEFT GO IS HERE.
I LEFT MY APARTMENT AT 4:30
AND I GOT TO O'HARE AT 5:15 AND
THE LINES WERE ALREADY BACKING
UP.
I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO
MISS MY FLIGHT.
THE LINES AT THE AIRPORT ARE
REALLY LONG.
Reporter: YOU CAN PAY TO
HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS TAKEN
AND YOU CAN GET THIS TSA CHECK
MARK ON YOUR BOARDING PASS
GIVING YOU ACCESS TO THIS LANE
INSTEAD OF THESE.
TO GET THIS PRECIOUS PASS, THE
PATIENT.
AT THE TSA DOWNTOWN LOCATION,
FOLKS WERE SITTING ON THE FLOOR
TO WAIT THREE HOURS.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY?
IT IS LONG. THIS IS
RIDICULOUS.
Reporter: THE TSA PRE-CHECK
MEANS NOT ONLY DO YOU AVOID THE
LONG LINES, BUT YOU CAN ALSO
KEEP YOUR SHOES AND JACKET ON
AND LEAVE 3 OUNCE LIQUIDS AND
LAPTOPS IN YOUR BAG.
THE $500 FEE COVERS THE FIVE-
YEAR SUBSCRIPTION.
DOES IT SEEM AS THOUGH
PEOPLE ARE GETTING SERVICE
TODAY, OR ARE THEY BEING TURNED
AWAY?
Reporter: IT WAS A LONG WAIT
AND PEOPLE WERE WAITING 3-4
HOURS.
WHERE WE WERE DOWNTOWN, THE
AVERAGE WAS THREE HOURS.
THE OFFICE IS CLOSED AT 5:00-
6:00.
IF YOU WALK IN, THERE IS A
CHANCE TODAY THAT YOU WILL WALK
OUT, BUT IMAGINE IF THIS
CONTINUES THAT YOU WILL SEE
MORE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TRYING
TO FIND NEW OFFICES.
THERE WILL BE FRUSTRATIONS
THEIR TOO.