Registered Travelers Program Saves Time
NGUYEN: A new video coming in, Vice President Dick Cheney is in Saudi Arabia. He's meeting with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah about the recent rise in violence in Iraq and the situation around the Middle East. We will keep you updated. Iran President Jalal Talabani has postponed his trip to Tehran. He planned to go for discussions on how Iran can help curb the bloodshed in Iraq, but the upswing in violence forced the Baghdad airport to close. Reaching out to Islam. The Vatican says Pope Benedict XIV is likely to visit a mosque during his trip to Turkey next week. The Pope came under fire from Muslims over remarks he made about Islam during a speech back in September. We do run down the top stories every 15 minutes right here on CNN SATURDAY MORNING with in depth coverage all morning long, your next check of the headlines coming up at 9:30 Eastern.</s>HOLMES: OK, the last thing anybody wants is one of those lines; you don't want that at the airport, ever. Well, for the right amount of money you don't have to stand in one of those lines. CNN's Rusty Dornin reports on today's "Tech Effects."</s>RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A traveler's life. Hurry, hurry, hurry and wait. If you had a choice between this security line and this one, would you pay for it? Thirty thousand fliers out of Orlando, Florida have. It's called Clear, a registered traveler's program that's up and running in Orlando for more than a year. Marlene Green signed up on- line; she paid her $100 and has to finish her application at the airport using biometrics to scan her fingerprint and iris. (on camera): What did you have to provide to them?</s>MARLENE GREEN: Two forms of</s>ID. DORNIN: Which were?</s>GREEN: Passport and driver's license.</s>DORNIN (voice-over): Then she must wait about three weeks while TSA does a background check. The agency has the final word on whether a passenger is approved. For Donna White, life in the fast lane makes sense.</s>DONNA WHITE, PASSENGER: It's usually about 15 minutes on a good day. And then when all the tourists are here for spring break, it's probably an hour.</s>DORNIN: This program should be available into five airports, including New York's JFK by year's end.</s>STEPHEN BRILL, CLEAR PRESIDENT: It's layers of security.</s>DORNIN: And Clear President Steven Brill hopes to use his card in 18 airports by the end of next year. (on camera): We decided to do an experiment. I will stand in the regular line, which is actually fairly short now, and see how long it takes me to get through compared to the man with the Clear pass. (voice-over): Rick Blanchett (ph) presented his pass and had his fingerprint taken and was long gone by the time we went through the security line. Then there was Sharrod Cooley (ph); she made our flight just before the doors closed, late because of a traffic accident.</s>SHARROD COOLEY, PASSENGER: If I haven't been go threw the registered traveler, I would not have made it. I was really frantic, hair on fire.</s>DORNIN: Rusty Dornin, CNN, Orlando, Florida.</s>HOLMES: And then again the Clear pass, is about $100 during the companies experimental phase, they have since cut the price around $30 in time for it's national launch at the end of this year.</s>NGUYEN: Not a bad idea. Up next, how exercise, she it does a body good. How it can help you eat your cake and enjoy the holiday season at the same time and not worry about gaining those problems. Jerry hasn't worried too much. His "Jump Start" is next.</s>HOLMES: You know what? I am supposed to read something else but we are going to stay on him for the next few minutes.</s>NGUYEN: He could go all day, we must move on.</s>HOLMES: First we have a preview of today's "</s>OPEN HOUSE." GERRI WILLIS, CNN ANCHOR: Coming up at 9:30 am Eastern a special money edition of "OPEN HOUSE." The holiday season is a sure fire way to get into debt quickly, we will show you how to come up with a step by step plan to save big money and get out from under that big debt you owe. Plus why credit scores could make or break everything from your insurance policy to even getting that new job. We will take a peek at what's inside your wallet and what it means to your finances. That is special edition of "</s>OPEN HOUSE" 9: 30 am Eastern right here on CNN.