US Announces Plans To Increase Security At Airports Overseas Due To Increased Threat of Terrorism
NBC ID: ARPD5B6SDD | Production Unit: Nightly News | Media Type: Aired Show | Event Date(s): 07/02/2014Transcript
Event Date(s): 07/02/2014 | Event Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia | Description: INT WASHINGTON, DC NBC’s Tom Costello reports on-camera from newsroom. EXT DAY MS: Lufthansa airplane taxis. MS: El Al plane begins to take off. MS: Airport signs in English and Arabic. WS: Planes on tarmac (shot through chain-link fence). INT Three shots of uniformed security officers wanding passengers and searching luggage. GFX Listing increased security measures at airports. INT MS: In interview NBC News counterterrorism analyst Michael Leiter says (part vo) “I think the threat that we see today coming out of Syria and Iraq is as dangerous as anything we've seen since 9/11. These groups are committed. They have people. They have people who can travel to the West. And unfortunately, they are likely getting the technology that gives them the capability to attack aircraft.” EXT DAY MS: Catering and other maintenance vehicles around Lufthansa jet parked at gate. CLIPS From ISIS (Islamic State in Syria and Iraq; aka ISIL) video of man on roof (faces unseen) firing rocket launcher. EXT DAY MS: Explosion in front of gutted building. MS: Isis fighters holding weapons and flag. INT MS: Hands search luggage. MS: Man examines items in airport as two others look on. MS: Transportation Security Administration agent. MS: TSA agent frisks passenger (faces unseen). MS: Man searches another man’s briefcase. MS: Women agents talk to woman in headscarf. EXT DAY MS: Plane climbs into the sky over airport. INT WASHINGTON, DC Costello closes on-camera (no signoff).