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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Why TSA Wait Times Are Longer This Summer

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Travelers are reporting longer wait times in TSA lines at airports where the agency has installed new scanners designed to improve security and keep people moving. WSJ travel reporter Allison Pohle joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what passengers can do to move through the line more quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:25.2

Here's your money briefing for Thursday, August 17th. I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.

0:35.6

Into the airport this summer, TSA is rolling out new scanners to beef up security

0:40.7

and move passengers through the line more quickly. The only problem is,

0:44.8

travelers are saying the lines are just as frustratingly long.

0:48.3

The actual scanning process can be slower. That's because the bag moves into the tunnel,

0:55.2

where it is scanned. And when that happens, it stops in order for a 3D scan to be created.

1:02.2

There have also been some technical issues with the scanners themselves,

1:07.4

which have caused them to malfunction and go down. We'll talk to WSJ Traveler,

1:12.1

reporter Alison Polly, after the break.

1:14.5

Xi Jinping's dreams for China rely in large part on its military ambitions in Taiwan.

1:27.2

Many Chinese people, even if they are critical of the Communist Party, still feel strongly

1:30.8

that China won't have recovered its former greatness unless it's made whole by capturing Taiwan.

1:36.8

We explore Xi's Chinese dream and what it means for Taiwan and the US

1:43.2

in a special series, Fridays, on the What's News podcast from the Wall Street Journal.

1:57.6

Getting through the airport to make your flight is stressful enough.

2:01.1

Adding to that frustration this summer, passengers reporting longer weights in the TSA lines.

2:06.4

So what's going on? Wall Street Journal Traveler reporter Alison Polly looked into this,

2:10.8

since she joins me. So Alison, TSA is installing new scanners at TSA security points.

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