00:00The Senate moves and Washington breathes. The shutdown deal clears one big hurdle. Now all eyes turn to the House. Plus, thousands of flights canceled, airports jammed, and travelers fed up. A tough Tuesday ahead as the air traffic controller shortage snowballs. And winter arrives early. From Chicago's first snow to Gulf Coast freeze warnings. Who's waking up to temperatures in the 20s?
00:25The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world. These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.
00:39Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. We begin this morning one step closer to the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
00:47Overnight, a small group of Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to help Republicans pass a short-term bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through January.
00:56The bill passed 60 to 40, with eight Democrats voting yes. And one Republican, Rand Paul of Kentucky, breaking ranks to vote no.
01:04The measure now heads back to the House, which could vote as soon as tomorrow.
01:08I have already put the House on notice that all members are to be headed back to the Hill right now.
01:13I would like for us to be voting on this as early as Wednesday, which would be the quickest we could process it if the Senate does their work.
01:19And I think we'll get it passed off the House floor, get it to the president's desk.
01:23He is anxious to have it. As you know, he is very anxious, happy to get the government reopened.
01:29The bill would fund federal agencies through January, restore pay and jobs to workers laid off during the shutdown, and fully fund SNAP benefits through next September.
01:39But, and this is a biggie for many on the left, it does not extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire January 1st.
01:47That's a key issue for Democrats, and something Senator Bernie Sanders made very clear last night.
01:53Over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums in the Affordable Care Act.
02:04In my state of Vermont and throughout this country, for certain groups of people, it will be a tripling and a quadrupling of their premiums.
02:13There are people who will now be paying 50 percent of their limited incomes for health care.
02:20Even so, enough Democrats backed the bill after Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised a separate vote on those tax credits before the end of the year.
02:30But some Democrats say they will wait to see if that promise holds before calling this deal a true end to the stalemate.
02:37Even with the Senate voting to end the shutdown, the fallout is not over yet.
02:41Airlines are still canceling flights, and frustrated travelers are stuck as the ripple effects keep spreading.
02:47The airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights on Monday, nearly 9,000 delayed.
02:53The hardest hit hubs, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas-Fort Worth, where the FAA has ordered airlines to scale back flights as staffing shortages among air traffic controllers deepen.
03:03Controllers have now gone more than six weeks without pay, missing two paychecks as they work mandatory overtime just to keep flights moving.
03:11But President Trump turned up the pressure on them Monday, posting on Truth Social that all air traffic controllers must get back to work now.
03:20Anyone who doesn't will be substantially docked.
03:23He praised those still on the job as great patriots, promising $10,000 bonuses.
03:28Many passengers, though, say they put the blame squarely on the government, not the air traffic controllers.
03:34Who do you blame?
03:35I'm the government.
03:37I definitely don't blame the employees.
03:39Like, they should be getting paid.
03:41So it's definitely the government's fault.
03:43And it's like, pay your employees so that this doesn't happen to us.
03:46You know?
03:46The airlines, meantime, are bracing for more turbulence today.
03:50Another round of flight reductions set to kick in.
03:53In fact, carriers are required to reduce operations by at least six additional percent this morning at dozens of airports.
04:00That's according to the emergency order from the Transportation Department last week.
04:03That number reaches 10 percent by the end of the week, unless the government is reopened.
04:09It was a holiday tragedy that shocked the nation.
04:12Flash flooding on the 4th of July at Camp Mystic along Texas' Guadalupe River killed 25 girls, two counselors, and the camp's co-owner, who died trying to save them.
04:23Now, the families of those victims are suing the camp's operators, seeking at least $1 million in damages, alleging negligence and a complete failure to protect the children.
04:32The suit claims camp staff had no evacuation plan and even told some girls to stay in their cabins as floodwaters swept through the property while a groundskeeper reportedly spent time moving equipment.
04:45It also accuses camp leaders of putting profits over safety in a region known for dangerous flash flooding.
04:51Adding to the controversy, parents are outraged that Camp Mystic plans to partially reopen next summer for its 100th anniversary, inviting girls to swim in the same river where others died.
05:03An attorney for Camp Mystic told the Associated Press they disagree with, quote, several accusations and misinformation in the lawsuit.
05:12Yikes, it's beginning to look and feel a lot like winter.
05:16A surge of Arctic air is spilling south, dropping temperatures across two-thirds of the country and setting up a deep freeze from the plains to the Gulf.
05:25People are waking up to record lows this morning, stretching from the Carolinas to the Gulf Coast, Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama, even Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia, all waking up either at or below freezing.
05:37Chicago's already feeling it.
05:39The city's first winter storm warning brought several inches of snow and slick streets across Cook County, with lake effect bands still piling on through today.
05:48Just southeast of there, heavy snow blanketed parts of Indiana, like here in Highland, seeing close to a foot of snow in parts.
05:57Yep, snowblowers out, you see that there?
05:59The same cold blast now drives east, bringing frigid warnings to the south and record chills through the southeast.
06:05Even Florida dropping into the 30s and 40s.
06:09Forecasters say this polar plunge sticks around through midweek before temperatures start to slowly climb back to normal so I can mow my lawn one last time this season.
06:19The measles outbreak, making headlines in parts of the U.S., is also spreading north of the border.
06:25And now Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
06:29It's a rare and serious setback, a move public health experts see as a warning sign to other countries.
06:35The outbreak began last fall in New Brunswick and has since spread nationwide, with more than 5,000 cases reported.
06:42Among the most tragic, two premature infants did not survive after their mothers were infected.
06:47We have highly effective tools to prevent measles.
06:52Measles is not only a deadly disease, but it's a very, very costly disease.
06:57And so it's in every country's best interest to eliminate measles and to, you know, have this indication of a clear, you know, loss of progress,
07:08a clear, you know, decision to go back by decades' worth of progress is just deeply disheartening.
07:15Canada's public health agency is now rolling out a plan to boost vaccination rates and improve national surveillance to track new cases.
07:23The country first wiped out measles back in 1998.
07:26But like in the U.S. and Mexico, the virus is making a comeback.
07:29Finally this morning, fire and fury on full display in Hawaii.
07:34Wait till you see this.
07:36Kilauea putting on another stunning show.
07:38Wow, look at that.
07:39Erupting with fountains of lava shooting more than 1,000 feet into the air for almost five straight hours.
07:45The U.S. Geological Survey says the flow covered nearly 80% of the crater floor.
07:51That's a 3,000-foot-wide sea of new rock.
07:54It marks the 36th eruption episode since December.
07:57And by the way, if this volcano had frequent flyer miles, it would be platinum by now.
08:03Good line there.
08:04Hey, by the way, a big thank you to all the veterans out there who served our country.
08:07Thank you so much for your service, including my mom.
08:10She spent more than 20 years in the U.S. Navy when we were growing up.
08:13She was away for a lot of the weekends, sacrificed a lot of family time to put us three kids through college.
08:20So thank you to my mom and all the veterans out there.
08:22All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.
08:25Today, Americans paused to honor service and sacrifice this Veterans Day.
08:29President Trump marking the moment with a wreath laying at Arlington National Cemetery this morning.
08:34At noon, veterans and activists rallied for change in Washington, part of a growing No War on Our Cities movement.
08:41Later today, U.S. Catholic bishops choose new leadership at their annual fall meeting.
08:45And in Brazil, California's Gavin Newsom steps into the global spotlight, promoting clean energy at COP30 in place of the Trump administration.
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09:04Those are your unbiased updates for this Tuesday.
09:07We'll see you back here tomorrow.
09:08For all of us at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
09:11Have a great day.
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