KAGAN: Traffic did not budge this morning in New York City. Apparently neither are the two sides of the transit strike. Commuters are battling massive traffic jams, as the battle between union workers and the transit authority heads to court. Union leaders are threatening jailtime if they don't end the three-day strike. New airport-screening rules are taking effect today. Passengers can now take small scissors and tools on planes. The move is designed to give screeners more time to focus on potential bombers. Passengers may now face more random searches. So with those new regulations taking effect, how about a quick look at what screeners have found in the last few years.</s>KAGAN (voice-over): Airport screeners have confiscated about 30 million items since the TSA took over screening nationwide in February of 2002. The most popular confiscated item is the lighter, but scissors and tools make up about 25 percent of the items confiscated this year. A spokesman for the TSA says they still catch two guns a day on average at airport-security checkpoints nationwide. You might recall one of the most disturbing examples, in July of 2003, screeners in Orlando found a handgun hidden inside a 10-year- old's teddy bear. Apparently a stranger had given the bear to the boy only a few days earlier. He and his family were released by the FBI, after it became clear they had no idea the gun was there.</s>KAGAN: Story coming up for you about a man who lost movement in his arm after a motorcycle accident, but now thanks to a gift from his mother, he has a chance to get it back. We're going to meet with him and his doctor coming up next. Plus we'll catch up with the Louisiana boy who's already enjoying a very special gift, this one from a group of strangers.
New Airport Screening Rules Taking Effect Today