penny we are spending. which is absolutely ludicrous. it s a shame they are doing that because a lot of things we are going to have air traffic control towers shut down. they are not shut down because they are too expensive. on average, they cost $wo.3 million less per year to operate. they are shut down to come back with unionized employees in the regular air tower system. so things are not what they seem. we don t have a problem in front of us that we can t solve. what we have is a lack of leadersship and direction to get there. you can compromise on how you save medicare and social security. those compromises have been discussed. they are available. but it s the politics of how we position ourselves so we look good and get re-elected and the count cree go to heck. that s what is happening. there is no thought about the long-term future qr for our
selected for closure. additional 16 will stay open because they have separate funding. one republican senator says it s all a misdirection play. they are not being shut town, because they re expensive. on average they cost $1.3 million less per year to operate. they are shut down to come back with unionized employees in the regular air tower system. things aren t what they seem. we don t have a problem in front of us we can t solve. what we have is a lack of leadership an direction to get there. shannon: see the full interview with senator coburn sunday on america s news headquarters at 12:00 p.m. eastern. president obama is in jordan tonight. the latest stop on a middle east tour dominated by threats involving iran and syria. refugees are pouring in to jordan. chief white house correspondent ed henry traveling with the president and reports tonight from ahman. with the sun setting on president obama s first foreign trip of his second