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TSA agents still are not being paid.

It's been over 40 days since funding was cut off and began causing long lines at airport security checkpoints across the country.

NPR's Joe Hernandez joins us now with the latest on U.S.

air travel and the next steps for TSA.

Hi, Joe.

So what happened in airports across the U.S.

this weekend?

Let's just get to the why here for those who don't know why the government isn't paying TSA agents.

How did this all start?

Now, the Trump administration says they have a plan to pay TSA workers.

What is that plan and when will that happen?

That's NPR's Joe Hernandez.

Thank you for your reporting, Joe.

And that's Up First for Monday, March 30th.

Hey, it's Leila Fahd and I'm speaking to you as I cross the border into Iraqi Kurdistan.