. >> the former lapd head bill bratton has been clear about what he thinks should change immediately. let me play what he says. >> the quickest and best way to go would be more police presence at those baggage screening areas. >> and in fact the union representing tsa screeners says the shooting does show a need for armed security officers at every single checkpoint at airports. what's your take on what happened and what it should tell us about airport security? >> well, we have to review it. administrator pistole said he's going to review the procedures and all the airport police chiefs across the country have a great association and i know they'll be looking at it. here's the issue. there's two missions here. the tsa's mission is safe travel, to secure the aircraft and the passengers so there's no bombs, guns, you're not hurt when traveling. the airport police mission is to secure the terminal.

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for more on some of the important security questions this attack raises, we turn on bill bratton, former head of both los angeles and new york police departments. now an nbc news analyst. you've had a few days to think about this. your former department used to work hand in hand with the l.a. airport police. what should or may change as a result of all this? >> i think in l.a., they will review their procedures at the baggage areas. since 9/11, they have had at least two officers stationed all the time at those baggage areas. evidently that procedure may have changed a short time ago. they will certainly take look at that. >> would they consider arming tsa agents? that's something that has to be thought about. >> that would be a decision made at the national level. the federal level, i think, it is not likely that they will look to arm tsa agents. they are civilian employees, they don't have any training, any background, law enforcement training. the quickest and best way to go would be more police presence at those baggage screening areas. >> thanks for being on tonight. >>> a remarkabl

. >>> bill bratton is with us, former chief of the lapd and the nypd. these days a security consultant and nbc news analyst. sadly, it seems we only get to talk to you after another episode of gun violence. this is your former turf. a place you were charged with protecting. that ring of tsa, commissioner, does not have weapons traditionally. you don't think the answer will be to weaponize concentric circles as you work your way into the airport? >> there will probably be a call to do just that. i would advocate against that trying to train 50,000 people to handle firearms in a very contained situation. better to leave it so the highly trained police personnel such as those that went into action today. >> as we said, l.a.x. on a friday morning, 9:30, busy place. hard to name a time when l.a.x. isn't busy. the problem with running an airport, you've got to have the free flow of people. isn't that exactly what makes them increasingly fertile targets for random violence and organized terrorism? >> while the violence occurred at the tsa checkpoint and maybe

[laughter] now, i saw bill bratton in the house a while ago back there. he, lord knows, is an expert, and i think he will attest that what i say is accurate. so we went about trying to figure out what to do about this crime. we determined, we determined on examining the police department as had not been done in a quarter century reached the conclusion that we needed, obviously, more police officers. came up with an idea of about how many we needed. but if you need more police pole officer police polices, then obt so obviously to some you need more assistant district attorneys, you need more parole and more probation and all those things related to law enforcement. so we said, well, how will we get this done? well, we said what we've got to do is get some money from albany, that is get permission from albany to tax ourselves because you cannot tax -- other than real estate rates -- you can't do it without permission from albany. so we went to albany and judge marlon -- i don't know whether he's here tonight -- but judge marlon was my deputy mayor for publi