Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart | Anthony Ramos
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Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Josh Johnson. We've got so much to talk about tonight. Boeing is no longer our biggest air safety concern. Donald Trump finds a new way to not pay people. And America looks for our oldest missing white girl. So let's get into it with our ongoing coverage of Shutdown Showdown 2025.
Locked up, locked down, and closed for business.
I know the government is technically shut down, but that doesn't mean everything is shut down. Rest assured, friends, our politicians are still working hard to make sure the important stuff is getting done.
The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees to search for papers or digital records related to the disappearance of famed pilot Amelia Earhart.
Hell yeah. Trump heard we wanted to see the secret files about the famous person with a private plane who suffered a mysterious death, and he was like, Amelia Earhart, got it. Do we really need to see the Amelia Earhart files? Like, we know what happened to her. Like, people looked for her. I mean, not hard, but like, it's... But that's just because you couldn't back then. All you could do is stand to the shore and scream, Amelia!
Yeah!
Nothing. Okay. So that's exciting news for someone. Probably. But unfortunately for the rest of us, the shutdown is affecting the planes that aren't missing.
This morning, growing gridlock for travelers across the country as the government shutdown hits air travel hard. The FAA warning of staff shortages at at least eight major locations, threatening delays and cancellations in Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Newark, Atlanta, and Nashville.
Oh, damn. So many great American cities and Vegas. But yeah, all across the country, there's delays, shortages, and cancellations. The only people that could possibly be excited about this is Spirit Airlines. They're sitting at the airport like, you were all talking shit. For years, you had jokes. We're all Spirit now. I bet they're all at the airport doing their best Bane impressions, like, I was born in the cancellations. Molded by them. I didn't see a flight until I was already a man. But basically what's happening is the TSA agents and air traffic controllers still have to show up to work during a shutdown, even though they're not getting paid. So a lot of them are saying, if I'm not getting paid, I'm gonna call out sick, which is understandable.
TSA have a hard job. You're gonna run your hands up some guy's butt crack and not get paid? So things are getting a little hairy in the skies, but don't worry. Because we've got Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, former real-world cast member and somehow most qualified cabinet member. And he is on the case.
I'm here at Newark Airport about to go up into the tower and talk to some of our air traffic controllers.
Okay, cool video. I like that you used the music from a barbecue sauce ad, all right? But surely you aren't going to go up there into the tower and bother the air traffic controllers while they're working.
How does the shutdown impact controllers and towers like this, not just in Newark, but around the country? I think the biggest thing is, you know, it's just a distraction that we don't need.
Yeah, yeah, if there's one thing I don't need in a job like this, it's a distraction. The only thing more distracting than a shutdown would be if my boss showed up with a camera crew and made me do an interview facing away from the windows. While I'm trying to land planes. But anyway, I interrupted you. Sean Duffy, you were trying to give these air traffic controllers a morale boost. I have a wife that doesn't work, two kids at home.
If I don't get a paycheck here in a couple of weeks, you know, I still have to provide for them. So it's not something I want to have to be thinking about. Mortgage, car payments, utility bills, food, all issues. I'm a working guy just like you are.
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