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Jeanine Herbst (0:11)
Details@capitalone.com Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine herbst. More than 2,000 flights were canceled today, according to the flight tracker FlightAware.com and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is warning that air traffic around the country could slow significantly if the federal government shutdown continues into the Thanksgiving travel season.
Sean Duffy (0:35)
It's only going to get worse. I look to, you know, the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle. We have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays. They want to see their family. They want to celebrate this great American holiday. Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane.
Jeanine Herbst (0:52)
Speaking there on cnn, Chris Brown with the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1040, which represents presents. TSA workers in North Texas says some air traffic controllers who have gone unpaid for nearly a month have stopped working and that their situations are getting dire.
Chris Brown (1:08)
Some of my bargaining unit employees telling me that they're getting close to being evicted. They're getting close to having their cars repossessed. They can't put food on the table for their families or put gas in their cars just to come to work.
Jeanine Herbst (1:21)
The FAA says flight reductions should reach 10% by this Friday. Momentum is building in the Senate for a funding pathway that could end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But as NPR's Luke Garrett reports, Congress still has a long way to go.
Luke Garrett (1:36)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the chamber plans to vote on a bill Sunday that could eventually reopen the government. The legislative package includes the House passed continuing resolution, but this version would last until the end of January. The CR would also serve as a vehicle for a partial full year funding legislation known as a minibus. But but it remains unclear whether Democrats will sign on. Oklahoma Senator Markway Mullen, a GOP negotiator, wasn't too hopeful.
Chris Brown (2:00)
I don't expect anything from the Democrats at this point. Their demands have been so ridiculous, I don't know what they're going to do. And at this point, I frankly don't give a crap.