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00:00The Senate moves and Washington breathes. The shutdown deal clears one big hurdle. Now all eyes turn to the House.

00:08Plus, thousands of flights canceled, airports jammed, and travelers fed up.

00:12A tough Tuesday ahead as the air traffic controller shortage snowballs.

00:17And winter arrives early, from Chicago's first snow to Gulf Coast freeze warnings.

00:23Who's waking up to temperatures in the 20s?

00:25The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.

00:33These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.

00:39Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.

00:41We 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

00:53and keep it funded through January.

00:56The bill passed 60 to 40, with eight Democrats voting yes,

01:00and 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,

01:16which 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.

01:24As you know, he is very anxious, happy to get the government reopened.

01:29The bill would fund federal agencies through January,

01:32restore pay and jobs to workers laid off during the shutdown,

01:36and fully fund SNAP benefits through next September.

01:39But, and this is a biggie for many on the left,

01:42it 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.

02:03In my state of Vermont and throughout this country, for certain groups of people,

02:07it 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

02:25promised 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

02:33before calling this deal a true end to the stalemate.

02:36Even with the Senate voting to end the shutdown, the fallout is not over yet.

02:41Airlines are still canceling flights and frustrated travelers

02:44are 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,

02:57where the FAA has ordered airlines to scale back flights

03:00as staffing shortages among air traffic controllers deepen.

03:03Controllers have now gone more than six weeks without pay, missing two paychecks

03:08as they work mandatory overtime just to keep flights moving.

03:12But President Trump turned up the pressure on them Monday,

03:14posting on Truth Social that all air traffic controllers must get back to work now.

03:20Anyone who doesn't will be substantially docked.

03:22He 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,

03:32not the air traffic controllers.

03:34Who do you blame?

03:36I'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

03:55by at least six additional percent this morning at dozens of airports.

03:59That's according to the emergency order from the Transportation Department last week.

04:04That number reaches 10 percent by the end of the week,

04:06unless 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

04:17killed 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,

04:27seeking at least $1 million in damages,

04:29alleging negligence and a complete failure to protect the children.

04:33The suit claims camp staff had no evacuation plan

04:36and even told some girls to stay in their cabins

04:39as floodwaters swept through the property while a groundskeeper reportedly spent time moving equipment.

04:45It also accuses camp leaders of putting profits over safety

04:48in a region known for dangerous flash flooding.

04:52Adding to the controversy, parents are outraged that Camp Mystic

04:55plans to partially reopen next summer for its 100th anniversary,

05:00inviting girls to swim in the same river where others died.

05:04An attorney for Camp Mystic told the Associated Press

05:06they 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,

05:19dropping temperatures across two-thirds of the country

05:22and setting up a deep freeze from the plains to the Gulf.

05:26People are waking up to record lows this morning,

05:28stretching from the Carolinas to the Gulf Coast.

05:30Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama, even Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia,

05:34all 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

05:43and slick streets across Cook County,

05:45with lake effect bands still piling on through today.

05:49Just southeast of there, heavy snow blanketed.

05:52Parts of Indiana, like here in Highland,

05:54seeing close to a foot of snow in parts.

05:57Yep, snowblowers out.

05:58You see that there?

05:58The same cold blast now drives east,

06:01bringing frigid mornings to the south

06:03and record chills through the southeast.

06:05Even Florida dropping into the 30s and 40s.

06:09Forecasters say this polar plunge sticks around through midweek

06:12before temperatures start to slowly climb back to normal

06:15so I can mow my lawn one last time this season.

06:19The measles outbreak, making headlines in parts of the U.S.,

06:22is also spreading north of the border.

06:24And now Canada has lost its measles elimination status.

06:29It's a rare and serious setback,

06:31a move public health experts see as a warning sign to other countries.

06:35The outbreak began last fall in New Brunswick

06:37and has since spread nationwide,

06:39with more than 5,000 cases reported.

06:42Among the most tragic,

06:43two premature infants did not survive

06:45after their mothers were infected.

06:47We have highly effective tools to prevent measles.

06:52Measles is not only a deadly disease,

06:55but it's a very, very costly disease.

06:57And so it's in every country's best interest

07:00to eliminate measles

07:01and to have this indication of a clear loss of progress,

07:08a clear decision to go back

07:10by decades' worth of progress,

07:13is just deeply disheartening.

07:15Canada's public health agency is now rolling out a plan

07:18to boost vaccination rates

07:19and 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,

07:28the virus is making a comeback.

07:30Finally this morning,

07:31fire 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

07:40is shooting more than 1,000 feet into the air

07:43for almost five straight hours.

07:45The U.S. Geological Survey says

07:47the 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.

07:58And by the way,

07:58if this volcano had frequent flyer miles,

08:01it would be platinum by now.

08:03Good line there.

08:04Hey, by the way,

08:04a big thank you to all the veterans out there

08:06who served our country.

08:07Thank you so much for your service,

08:09including my mom.

08:10She spent more than 20 years in the U.S. Navy

08:12when we were growing up.

08:13She was away for a lot of the weekends,

08:16sacrificed a lot of family time

08:17to put us three kids through college.

08:20So thank you to my mom

08:21and all the veterans out there.

08:22All right, before we head out,

08:24here's what we're tracking today.

08:25Americans paused to honor service

08:27and sacrifice this Veterans Day.

08:29President Trump marking the moment

08:30with a wreath laying

08:31at Arlington National Cemetery this morning.

08:34At noon,

08:35veterans and activists rally

08:36for change in Washington,

08:37part of a growing

08:38No War on Our Cities movement.

08:41Later today,

08:42U.S. Catholic bishops

08:43choose new leadership

08:44at their annual fall meeting.

08:46And in Brazil,

08:47California's Gavin Newsom

08:48steps into the global spotlight,

08:50promoting clean energy

08:51at COP30

08:52in place of the Trump administration.

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09:04Those are your unbiased updates

09:06for this Tuesday.

09:07We'll see you back here tomorrow.

09:08For all of us at Stradio News,

09:10I'm Craig DiGrelli.

09:11Have a great day.

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