Thousands of flights cancelled

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00:00More than 4,000 flights were canceled over the weekend as the FAA and airlines were forced to

00:05reduce the load on air traffic controllers. Well, at least those air traffic controllers that came

00:10to work. I told you these cancellations were coming after the controllers missed their second

00:15paychecks and many had to leave the towers to make ends meet by working for ride shares or

00:20some other branch of the gig economy. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined CNN State of the

00:25Union Sunday, and I hate to be the one to tell you, but he painted an even grimmer picture going

00:30forward. It's only going to get worse. I look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to

00:36see air travel be reduced to a trickle. We have a number of people who want to get home for the

00:41holidays. They want to see their family. They want to celebrate this great American holiday.

00:45Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane because there are not going to

00:48be that many flights that fly if this thing doesn't open back up. So we're back to waiting on Congress

00:53to figure this whole mess out. And speaking of missing Thanksgiving with family, Senate Majority

00:58Leader John Thune announced plans to keep the upper chamber in session until a deal is reached to

01:04reopen the government. Translation, lawmakers will be trapped in D.C. for the holiday. Perhaps the

01:10prospect of turkey and stuffing in the comfort of their own homes is enough of an incentive to get

01:15the Senate on the same page to end this shutdown.