They will lose jobs. The sequester blame game has started. Live with us secretary of transportation ray lahood who sound add pretty loud alarm bell on friday. Mr. Secretary, good morning. Good to have you here. Good morning. You talked friday about a calamity in our air Service System in america, a billion dollars in cuts that have to be made at the department of transportation, 600 million from the faa, 47,000 faa employees will need to be furloughed at least one day per pay period. Is it still going to be safe for the American Public to fly if this sequester goes forward. One thing we never compromise on is safety. We will never take a back seat to safety. Safety will not be compromised. But we will have twork with the airlines in slowing planes down. But there will be enough controllers to make sure planes are guided in and out of airports safely. This is about aggravation, not about safety. Look, this is a huge cut. Its a billion dollars. 600 million at faa, which has the largest n
They will lose jobs. The sequester blame game has started. Live with us secretary of transportation ray lahood who sound add pretty loud alarm bell on friday. Mr. Secretary, good morning. Good to have you here. Good morning. You talked friday about a calamity in our air Service System in america, a billion dollars in cuts that have to be made at the department of transportation, 600 million from the faa, 47,000 faa employees will need to be furloughed at least one day per pay period. Is it still going to be safe for the American Public to fly if this sequester goes forward. One thing we never compromise on is safety. We will never take a back seat to safety. Safety will not be compromised. But we will have twork with the airlines in slowing planes down. But there will be enough controllers to make sure planes are guided in and out of airports safely. This is about aggravation, not about safety. Look, this is a huge cut. Its a billion dollars. 600 million at faa, which has the largest n
As the white house warns the sequester blame game has started. Live with us secretary of transportation ray lahood who sounded a pretty loud alarm bell on friday. Mr. Secretary, good morning. Good to have you here. Good morning. You talked friday about a calamity in our air Service System in america, a billion dollars in cuts that have to be made at the department of transportation, 600 million from the faa, 47,000 faa employees will need to be furloughed at least one day per pay period. Is it still going to be safe for the American Public to fly if this sequester goes forward. One thing we never compromise on is safety. We will never take a back seat to safety. Safety will not be compromised. But we will have work with the airlines in slowing planes down. But there will be enough controllers to make sure planes are guided in and out of airports safely. This is about aggravation, not about safety. Look, this is a huge cut. Its a billion dollars. 600 million at faa, which has the larges
Identifying other savings is not helpful. Todays exaggerations are not backed up by any real financial data. The agencies is well positioned to absorb spending reductions without compromising the safety or efficiency of the National Airspace system. They go on to point out faa has received significant funding increases over the last ten years the annual budget has increased 3 billion or 41 . Do you really think americans think government cant tighten up a bit, even if its a clumsy way of doing it with the sequester. Look, this is not your fathers faa. This is faa that has to meet certain contract obligations with our controllers. We know that air travel is back at a par prior to 91 11. We know a lot of people are flying. Were not making this up, david. Were not making this up in order to put pain on the American People. We are required to cut a billion dollars, and were going to do that unless Congress Gets together and works together and compromises on this issue. All right. So you ta
Administrations growing belief that the Syrian Government has used chemical weapons against civilians, president obama has asked the department of defense to prepare a variety of military options in response to the situation in syria. At least two senators are also calling for military action. Elizabeth prann is following the latest on that. Hi, shan n no. President obama and the International Community has said the damage has been done. This as they agreed to allow inspectors to the outskirts of the city of damascus where the alleged chemical weapons were deployed. A senior u. S. Official says it leads to a lack of credibility which begs the question what action if any will the president make . The Officials Say the president is waiting to make an informed decision about how to respond. Some lawmakers say it is time to take action now. We have to act rather quickly. I think the horrific killings of people, murdering his own people and he has been doing it for awhile now, but obviously