Sec. Kristi Noem announces end of TSA's 'shoe-off' policy after almost 20 years

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the immediate end of the shoe-off requirement at TSA security checkpoints. Sec. Noem made the announcement on Tuesday at Ronald Reagan National Airport. Dr. Stacey Tyler, an aviation industry expert, is going over some of the latest reactions with LiveNOW's Andy Mac.

"In those 20 years since that policy was put in place, our security technology has changed dramatically. It's evolved. TSA has changed," said Sec. Kristi Noem.

"We have a multi-layered, whole-of-government approach now to security and to the environment that people anticipate and experience when they come into an airport that has been honed and it's been hardened," said Noem.

Noem also said during the announcement, "We took a hard look at how TSA does its business, how it does its screening processes, and what we do to make people safe, but also provide some hospitality as well."

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