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00:00And pack your patience and then some, because today we're looking at some of the worst TSA
00:05wait times that passengers have faced all week. The Trump administration warning this crisis
00:10could get a whole lot worse unless Congress acts to pay those agents. And a black belt,
00:17legend of Hollywood, Chuck Norris has died. We will look at his life and his extraordinary legacy.
00:23We're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to CNN News.
00:28Security lines have been stretching for hours at some of the nation's busiest airports.
00:33Right now, travelers at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport are waiting more than
00:38two hours. And if people think that they're frustrated now, well, Transportation Secretary
00:42Sean Duffy is warning that if the DHS shutdown does not end soon, things are about to get a whole
00:48lot
00:48worse. With the shutdown dragging on, tens of thousands of TSA workers remain on the job
00:55without pay. However, according to DHS, on average, more than 10% of agents are calling
01:02out nationwide. CNN's Ryan Young is at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, where you have been
01:09for a long, long, long time. Perhaps the longest wait of anyone in Atlanta has been for Ryan Young.
01:18So you've seen it all. What's going on there today? And I'm sure they appreciate the music,
01:24but soon they're going to need therapy dogs and a bar, although the bar might make some things
01:29better and some things worse. Exactly. And food. Ryan Young, thank you so much. Snacks do always
01:34help. Still to come, some new warnings today that the Iran war could hurt the economy more than
01:39previously thought, as the average cost for a gallon of gas nears $4. Plus, one day after Israeli Prime
01:46Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised questions about the health of the new Ayatollah, Iran releases a
01:51message purportedly from its supreme leader. You can't see him, though. And then later hear why some
01:58Republican hardliners say they're reconsidering their support for subpoenaing Attorney General
02:03Pam Bondi. Love that and much more coming up on CNN News Central. Some of the other headlines that
02:08we're watching this hour, an immigration judge has denied the asylum claim of lean. Well, everyone
02:14loves an underdog, right? That is until a night of upsets wreak absolute havoc on their March Madness
02:21brackets. I accounted for this, though, I think. Tens of billions, tens of millions, I should say,
02:27busted on day one. We'll have that next. Brackets busted, favorites fall, and the Cinderella stories
02:35have begun. There is absolutely nothing like March Madness. And if you are upset over the upsets,
02:40well, you are not alone. The NCAA's website says out of the more than 36 million brackets submitted,
02:47only 14,000 perfect brackets remain. We'll see how long that lasts, especially with four games
02:54already underway in the men's tournament. In the meantime, it is the first full day of action on
02:59the women's side. CNN sports writer Dana O'Neill is in Buffalo, one of the sites for the men's March
03:04Madness games. All right. What are you looking for here? What are the big takeaways from day one?
03:12Well, yeah, because I love underdogs. Wow. I just always I just pick them because I figure what the
03:17heck, you know. All right. So what are you looking forward to for today?
03:23Yeah, I mean, it's more of the same, right? This is what we love about the first round. We want
03:27to see
03:27people that they've knocked down a bunch of threes and knocked out SMU. And now they're in,
03:33as you would call it, the big bracket against Tennessee in Philadelphia. Tennessee has had its
03:37share of first round troubles. And look again, if Miami starts knocking down threes, everybody in the
03:43Philadelphia arena is going to be rooting for them. So that's going to be entertaining to watch later
03:47today. All right. Can't wait. Dana O'Neill, thank you so much. Things are getting exciting.
03:52And a new hour of CNN News Central starts right now. The race to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as
03:58gas
03:58prices are surging. U.S. officials are now said to be furiously working to avoid the possibility of a
04:04months long closure of this key oil route. CNN's Elena Treen has been doing some reporting on this.
04:10Elena, what are you learning? Yeah, look, we are Elena Treen. Thank you for that.
04:16Still to come, TSA wait times at some airports are stretching past the two hour mark as travelers
04:22feel the impact of the partial government shutdown where things stand on a deal to fund the agency
04:27and get more agents back to work. Plus, the Trump administration is suing a top Ivy League school
04:33claiming it isn't protecting Jewish students from discrimination. New details on the multi-billion
04:39dollar lawsuit ahead. And then later, ABC cancels the new season of The Bachelorette just days before
04:46the premiere after a disturbing video of the show's star surfaces. That and much more coming up on CNN
04:52News Central. Misery for travelers today as TSA shortages lead to hours long waits at some of the
04:59nation's busiest airports. The partial government shutdown means many Department of Homeland Security
05:05staff are missing their second straight paycheck. In Atlanta, additional TSA agents are actually being
05:11flown in to help keep lines moving there. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says if Congress does not approve
05:18funding soon, the situation will get significantly worse. Let's talk more about this now with CNN
05:25Transportation Analyst and former Inspector General for the Department of Transportation,
05:29Mary Schiavo. Mary, this just does not seem sustainable, what we're seeing. How much longer can air
05:36travel go on like this? On top of the fact that they have to stand in line for two to
05:41three hours,
05:42and that's what's going to happen next, is the security will be affected. Would you fly right now?
05:50I have to. Like so many Americans, my job, I'm a transportation lawyer. My job requires me to get
05:55on to go to work without pay. A little under 10,000 TSA employees are laid off. Those are the
06:01people who
06:02fix the equipment, who, by the way, who post the statistics on the website so we can see the lines
06:07and the delays. So there are a lot of people that support the TSA that aren't supporting the
06:12documentary about what TSA agents are dealing with, because it's not like they can kind of,
06:16you know, come on the show and tell us exactly the hell that they're living,
06:20but that is what they're living. And so he was telling us about it. He said that yes,
06:24they've missed this last paycheck. And you said this, you said they've missed two paychecks.
06:27So let's, let's get that straight, right? Because they missed this whole last paycheck.
06:31And he said, well, technically, you know, it's reported they missed the first one as a partial paycheck.
06:35He's been talking to a lot of TSA agents who got like nine bucks on that first partial paycheck.
06:40That's not really a paycheck, right? So let's be clear on that. Next week,
06:44the transportation secretary is saying they're going to miss this other one. And that is when
06:49what we're seeing now is going to look like child's play. What is it going to look like once we
06:53get to
06:54that point? Many, many more sick leave, sick leave like Congress doesn't give them the utmost respect
07:03and their full pay because they deserve it. I mean, like I said, TSA agents have died at the checkpoint,
07:09trying to keep us safe. And it's outrageous. No, it is tough. And we are looking at live
07:13pictures coming to us from the Atlanta airport, the busiest Hartfield Jackson. And there's actually,
07:20I don't think you can make it out, but I can. There's a gentleman wearing a t shirt that says,
07:24S shows for being with us and still ahead on CNN, the war with Iran enters day 20 and gas
07:30prices surge
07:31in the US. We're learning new details about how the war is economically impacting countries across the
07:37globe. The war in Iran has delivered what economists call a black swan event, an unforeseen shock so
07:43destructive, no one is immune from it. The impact is especially significant in Asian countries that
07:51rely on oil that travels through the Strait of Hormuz. In Pakistan, the government has this energy shock
07:56feels uncomfortably familiar. Although the EU buys most of its liquefied natural gas from the United States,
08:03the loss of Qatari supplies is driving up global prices. Consumer price inflation in the European
08:09Union, which stood at 2% in January, could rise by more than a percentage point if the conflict drags
08:15on for several months. Boris? New CNN original series standoff, the FBI power and paranoia explores
08:23the complex relationship between FBI directors and the presidents they serve. CNN's Josh Campbell worked
08:29for three FBI directors. He has an inside look at that complicated partnership between the Oval Office
08:34and the FBI. The Solorette franchise is produced in part with a division of Warner Brothers, which is
08:41of course CNN's parent company. We're joined now. Impact, are we going to see gas prices having on how
08:46Americans feel about the president? CNN's Harris, but predominantly on the war with Iran saying,
08:53the U.S. doesn't use the strait. Of course, that oil that is clogged up there certainly is affecting
08:58American gas consumers. He said he thinks Israel will be ready when the U.S. is to wrap things up.
09:06Militarily, again, emphasizing that the U.S. has won, even as we're understanding the White House is
09:11going to seek a $200 billion or there about supplemental funding bill from Congress. We'll be right back with more
09:18news.