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Watching Congress. I'm Paul Stevens, FOX News. All eyes on the Senate. Lawmakers could take a potential test vote later on today that could end a now 40 day government shutdown.
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I was told that one goal would be to have a test vote sometime this afternoon. I'm also told that they might not put that on the floor if they don't think that they have the votes. Now in order to, you know, get across the barricade there and get across the test vote, they need 60 days. That means they have to persuade Democrats. And I talked to some Democrats last night who were still a little bit on the fence about this. I mean, you've had this coterie of John Fetterman, the Democrat from Pennsylvania, Angus King, the independent from Maine and Catherine Cortez Masto from Nevada, who've all voted on these other, you know, test votes before throughout September into October. But they've never moved the ball. The other issue here that might be the holdup is we still don't have bill text. Bill text. And this would deal with funding the government, reopening the government until the end of January.
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And that's fox's Chad program. Travelers meantime, still dealing with more airport disruptions today as airlines continue to cancel flights.
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United Airlines says its scheduled changes through Tuesday are now in place. They've canceled about 70 flights for today. Delta says it's canceled more than 200 flights out of there, roughly 5,000 scheduled for today. Southwest also canceling roughly 150 flights today after reducing their flight schedule by 4% across 3034 airports through tomorrow. Airlines are offering refunds with some giving customers the chance to cancel or rebook flights without change fees. The best course of action, of course, is to check your airline to see what their guidelines are.
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And that's fox's Madeleine Rivera. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warning air travel disruptions could get even worse if the shutdown continues. Now possibly looking at 20% reductions in flights with additional delays. America is listening to FOX news.
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Federal aviation officials ordering the McDonnell Douglas Corporation and MD11 planes to be grounded for further inspection. This after the deadly crash at the UPS hub in Kentucky a few days ago. UPS and FedEx grounding their MD11 fleets out of caution following the crash where the jets left engine detached during takeoff. The FAA warning that this issue could affect other planes of the same design, risking safe flight and landing. The crash at UPS World Port on Tuesday killed 14 people, including three pilots. MD11s make up about 9% of the UPS fleet and about 4% over all of the FedEx fleet. A well known Los Angeles neighborhood conducting a wildfire evacuation drill the city of.
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Beverly Hills is holding an evacuation drill in what it calls the high fire severity zone of Trousdale Estates, simulating a wildfire emergency scenario located in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Officials say residents of 68 homes will be asked to evacuate, noting emergency sirens will be activated and police and fire department staff will be deployed to assist residents explaining those participating will gather their go bag emergency supplies and personal items to make their way to Will Rogers park using designated evacuation routes. The goal to give folks and public safety personnel the opportunity to practice real time evacuation procedures, test communication systems and identify areas for improvement. Kristin Goodwin, FOX News.
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Nancy Pelosi reportedly raking in more than $130 million in profits from trading stocks during her 37 years in Congress. That according to a new report in the New York Post. The former House speaker saw a whopping return of nearly 17,000% while in office, outperforming the Dow before taking office in 1987. The financial form showed the longtime California Democrat and her husband reporting up to $785,000 worth of stocks in their portfolio. I Paul Stevens, this is FOX News.