00:01Air travel turbulence. Massive cuts take effect at airports across the country.
00:06Will the system bend or will it break?
00:08Plus, snap decision. A judge orders the government to fully fund food stamps.
00:14The White House is fighting back.
00:16And Elon cashes in. Tesla shareholders just handed Musk a pay package that's out of this world.
00:24The stories that matter, clear and credible.
00:28From across the country to around the world, these are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.
00:36Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Political gridlock is now turning into runway gridlock.
00:42The Trump administration is ordering airports to slash flights as the government shutdown drags into its sixth week, impacting travelers nationwide.
00:50The airlines have already canceled more than 800 flights, according to FlightAware.
00:54The FAA ordered 40 of the busiest airports in the country to cut traffic by 10 percent, a direct result of air traffic controllers working without pay, stretched thin by a nationwide shortage.
01:06Airlines like American, United and Delta say they're trying to rebook most passengers.
01:11But for many travelers, it's the final straw in a standoff that shows no signs of ending.
01:15Well, I almost canceled my trip because I was like, I don't even know what's going to happen.
01:20And then I just decided, all right, we're just going to go for it and see what happens.
01:24But yeah, it's just all unexpected. I'm just sick of it. It's like, what about us?
01:29The FAA calls the cuts a proactive safety measure to reduce fatigue and burnout.
01:34FAA Administrator Brian Bedford says flight levels will return to normal once staffing stabilizes,
01:41but warned that if conditions worsen, more cuts could follow.
01:45And with Thanksgiving travel a little more than two weeks away,
01:48many flyers are already wondering if their holiday plans will be grounded also.
01:52A major ruling to tell you about this morning,
01:55a federal judge ordering the Trump administration to fully fund food stamps this month
02:00after sharply rebuking officials for what he called deliberate delays
02:04that risked leaving millions of families without aid during the government shutdown.
02:08Judge John McConnell said, quote,
02:10this should never happen in America, calling it unacceptable
02:13that low-income families have gone nearly a week without food assistance.
02:17He ruled that the USDA must immediately release
02:20the full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, payments to the states today
02:25using emergency funds the agency had resists tapping.
02:28New York Attorney General Letitia James,
02:31who joined one of the lawsuits against the administration, said,
02:34I am relieved that people will get the food they need,
02:37but it is outrageous that it took a lawsuit to make the federal government feed its own people.
02:42The Justice Department says it will appeal,
02:44leaving SNAP benefits in limbo for now.
02:46The case stems from the Trump administration's decision
02:49to delay or reduce payments during the shutdown,
02:52even though the USDA admitted it had access to billions in reserves.
02:57Judge McConnell called that move, quote,
02:59arbitrary and capricious, saying 42 million Americans,
03:02including 16 million children, rely on SNAP to eat.
03:06So far, no comment from the White House on the ruling.
03:09Day 38 of the government shutdown and another vote expected later today in the U.S. Senate
03:14to try to break the stalemate.
03:15This time, Republicans are dangling a new incentive, hoping Democrats will take the deal.
03:21CBS News is reporting that Republicans are adding language to the bill
03:25that would guarantee a future vote on extending health care subsidies
03:28set to expire under the Affordable Care Act.
03:31Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he's hopeful enough Democrats will proceed.
03:36Meanwhile, some GOP leaders are floating the idea of changing the filibuster rules just for this vote,
03:42to reopen the government with a simple majority of 51 votes instead of 60.
03:47The resolution itself would be a clean bill, with no add-ons or policy riders.
03:51But even inside the Republican Party, support for that so-called nuclear option is limited,
03:57meaning for now, the shutdown grinds on.
04:00The U.S. Senate has voted against a bipartisan resolution
04:04that would have required congressional approval for any military action
04:08by the Trump administration against Venezuela.
04:10The measure failed by just two votes, 49 to 51,
04:14even though it only needed a simple majority to pass.
04:17Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul broke ranks to join all 47 Democrats
04:22in support of the resolution.
04:24The message all of us should send to the President of the United States
04:27is quit engaging in illegal actions in the Caribbean and international waters,
04:36blowing up boats and people in an extrajudicial fashion.
04:42And when it comes to Venezuela,
04:44stop making these threats and amassing military assets off the shore
04:50and claiming you somehow have the authority to do that.
04:56Never in the history of our country has a Congress terminated a military action
05:02because they did not give permission to the Commander-in-Chief.
05:05Never in the history of the country the Supreme Court ruled
05:08that the Congress has the power to terminate hostilities
05:12simply because they disagree with the President.
05:15Because the day that becomes the norm,
05:18then you've taken the power of the Commander-in-Chief away from the President,
05:22you conferred it upon us.
05:24Just hours after that vote,
05:26Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced another strike in the Caribbean,
05:29saying a U.S. drone hit a boat trafficking narcotics.
05:33It's the 17th strike so far in what the Trump administration calls
05:36its campaign against narco-terrorists in South American waters.
05:40So far, at least 69 people have been killed in those operations.
05:43Well, he just got one giant step closer to being Earth's first trillionaire.
05:50Tesla shareholders have approved a massive new pay package for Elon Musk,
05:55worth up to $1 trillion, if he hits a list of sky-high performance goals.
06:00The plan, approved by more than 75% of shareholders,
06:03would give Musk over 400 million Tesla shares over the next decade,
06:08but only if he takes the company's market value from roughly $1.4 to $8.5 trillion.
06:15That's a 455% leap and would make Tesla more valuable than any company on Earth today.
06:22At Thursday's meeting in Austin, Musk told cheering visitors that the company is about to embark
06:27not just on a new chapter, but a whole new book.
06:30Tesla's board says it's about rewarding his moonshot performance,
06:34but critics call it unchecked power and runaway capitalism.
06:38For a bit of perspective, this comes the same week New York City elected a tax-the-rich mayor.
06:44Two Americas and extremes.
06:46One voting for billionaires, or trillionaires in this case,
06:49the other voting for a socialist who vows to rein them in.
06:53Finally this morning, it might not be Elon Musk money,
06:56but the Mega Millions jackpot just keeps climbing
06:59as the game hits its longest streak ever without a winner.
07:02There have now been 37 straight drawings without a winner.
07:06And tonight's lucky number 38 is worth an estimated $843 million,
07:11the eighth largest in the game's history.
07:14The last time Mega Millions went this long without a winner was back in 2020.
07:18That streak also lasted 37 drawings before somebody finally hit the billion-dollar jackpot.
07:24Your odds tonight?
07:25One in 290,472,336,
07:31which is why they used to call it A Dollar and a Dream.
07:34By the way, the drawing is at 11 p.m. Eastern.
07:37Now we bang the drums about these jackpots all the time, right?
07:40Because it's fun for everybody to, what, hope and dream?
07:42Just maybe, might win, what would you do with the money?
07:45But you know what? Holiday time is coming up.
07:47And just think of how much good you could do if you won.
07:50Just giving, like the Salvation Army, food banks that need it so much, the VFW, other causes like that.
07:57You know what?
07:58Giving without worrying about the cost.
08:00Wouldn't that be wonderful?
08:02All right, just my thought for the day.
08:03All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.
08:05Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks this morning at a Breitbart news event in Washington.
08:11At 11, Grammy nominations drop for the 68th annual awards.
08:15Then at 2 o'clock, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsitt addresses the National War College.
08:20He's expected to push new Pentagon acquisition reforms.
08:23By this afternoon, the legal team for New York's indicted Attorney General, Letitia James,
08:28will ask a judge to dismiss criminal charges in a mortgage-related case they call political payback by the Trump administration.
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08:56Those are your unbiased updates for this Friday.
08:58We'll see you back here on Monday.
08:59For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
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