signed an open letter to current members of congress saying to vote against this emergency declaration. let me give you a dramatic reading. we who have served where you serve now call on your honor, your oath of office to protect the constitution and we ask that you pass a joint resolution terminating the emergency declared by the president on february 15, 2019. why do you think it is so important for republicans in congress to vote against this? well, john, this was mickey edwards, a former member of congress. signed by even people like chuck hagel, richard luger, one of the most respected guys on foreign policy. terrific guy. it was the old days when people could talk, get along. look, it s really important you don t set a precedent so future presidents can t go declaring national emergencies. the reason why the republicans will, in fact, support this resolution is because they ll
emergencies act, the national emergency declared by the finding of the president on february 15, 2019, in proclamation 9844, 84 federal reg 4949, is hereby terminated. how long did that take? control room says 22 seconds. that took 22 seconds. now, some of those words might have sounded unfamiliar to your ear, but certainly not to a member of congress, and the only legally relevant words in the resolution are the national emergency declared by the finding of the president on february 15, 2019 is hereby terminated. if there is a member of congress who needs more than one minute to read and reread and reread this resolution and understand exactly what this resolution does, then that person is unfit to serve in the house of representatives. and congressman tom cole knows
the bill. okay. here it is. let s review it. resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america and congress assemble that pursuant to section 202 of the national emergencies act, the national emergency declared by the finding of the president on february 15, 2019, in proclamation 9844, 84 federal reg 4949, is hereby terminated. how long did that take? control room says 22 seconds. that took 22 seconds. now, some of those words might have sounded unfamiliar to your ear, but certainly not to a member of congress, and the only legally relevant words in the resolution are the national emergency declared by the finding of the president on february 15, 2019 is hereby
our officers are going to get the paychecks that they ve earned, that they ve worked for protecting the traveling public for the last month. we re also very concerned that this is only a temporary measure, and we could be right back here in the same situation three weeks from now. and we re tired of that. reporter: the national air traffic controllers association issued a statement saying although the news today is positive, we must not lose focus on the short-term nature of this agreement and the need to continue to make our voice heard to avoid another shutdown on february 15, 2019. throughout the shutdown federal agencies say they ve been consolidating resources to continue providing services without compromising passenger safety, but yesterday staffing shortages at faa control centers along the east coast caused major flight delays at new york s laguardia airport which, of course, had a ripple effect throughout the system, also impacting some of the flights coming into and out of
agreement and the need to continue to make our voice heard to avoid another shutdown on february 15, 2019. take a look at this. this what is the security lines looked like in atlanta midday yesterday, hours before an agreement to end the government shutdown was announced. the timing comes as a relief to a city that is preparing to host the super bowl next weekend. the mayor says the record crowd of 110,000 is expected to travel through the airport on what she is calling mass exodus monday. that is the day after the event when everyone tries to leave the city at the same time. coming back to our live shot, you can see not much to talk about in terms of lines outside the tsa check points. the airport estimating it will take 15 minutes to get through the lines, that is pretty typical for saturday which is ordinarily fairly slow. eric: looks like it s pretty light and they ve got everything under control and handling it well. reporter: that will change next weekend. eric: especially on t