Chapter 1: What is the current status of the government shutdown?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Senate is scheduled to meet again today to discuss a path towards ending the government shutdown, now in its 40th day. Senators met yesterday with no sign of progress towards ending the stalemate. The House hasn't met since September 19th and will be out again this week. President Trump returns to Washington this afternoon.
California Governor Gavin Newsom says Trump isn't trying to end the shutdown.
He had no interest or energy into avoiding this government shutdown. He has no interest or energy. to end it today. He's the president of the United States. As someone who's an executive, chief executive of a state larger than 21 state populations combined in the fourth large economy, you have a responsibility in that role to convene, to bring people together.
That's why there's a government shutdown, period.
He was interviewed on CNN. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNN this morning that holiday travel will be affected, that air travel will slow to a trickle. Air travelers are experiencing widespread cancellations and delays at airports across the country. As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, the FAA is reducing flight traffic at dozens of the country's busiest airports.
due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.
Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would begin cutting flight traffic up to 10 percent at 40 high-traffic airports in major markets like Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver. On Sunday, airports across the country were bogged down by disruptions. By mid-morning, there were already more than 1,200 flight cancellations and 10,000 delays, according to the website FlightAware.
The FAA is currently contending with a shortage of air traffic controllers who were already in short supply before the shutdown and now are not being paid. The shutdown, which began on October 1st, is the longest in U.S. history. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight disruptions across the country will only worsen the longer the shutdown goes on. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.
Hunger nonprofits are trying to meet surging demand now that federal food assistance has halted. Blake Farmer of member station WPLN reports.
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Chapter 2: How is the government shutdown affecting holiday travel?
He told the AP he didn't come forward until now to keep up the mystery. Now, he says, he's waiting for people to contact him for films. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.