billy, good to see you. a big fight in washington could mean safety for air travelers wrer which airlines cannot collect federal taxes on tickets? lawmakers fail to agree on the measure yesterday to fund the agency. they re fighting now over plans to extend the faa s operating authority as well as over funding for the rural airports in this country. air traffic controllers and other critical personnel, though, are not affected by this dispute. a tragedy unfolding halfway around the world in the horn of africa. the massive drought that has kept and swept across kenya, somalia, and ethiopia is a crisis caused entirely by nature, but the resulting famine and refugee crisis is in large part manmade. we re going warn you in this story it images are hard to watch. more from the nairobi-kenya border. reporter: his name is ahmed, 8 months old and desperately ill at a camp near mogadishu. not far behind him, 1-year-old twins arrive. they re seriously malnourished.
could mean safety for air travelers wrer which airlines cannot collect federal taxes on tickets? lawmakers fail to agree on the measure yesterday to fund the agency. they re fighting now over plans to extend the faa s operating authority as well as over funding for the rural airports in this country. air traffic controllers and other critical personnel, though, are not affected by this dispute. a tragedy unfolding halfway around the world in the horn of africa. the massive drought that has kept and swept across kenya, somalia, and ethiopia is a crisis caused entirely by nature, but the resulting famine and refugee crisis is in large part manmade. we re going warn you in this story it images are hard to watch. more from the nairobi-kenya border. reporter: his name is ahmed, 8 months old and desperately ill at a camp near mogadishu. not far behind him, 1-year-old twins arrive. they re seriously malnourished. here it is the children who are most at risk.
congress is now on a five-week recess. congress left town without extending the federal aviation administration s operating authority, which is negatively impacting both jobs and the deficit. there s another stalemate in congress right now involving our aviation industry which has stalled airport construction projects all around the country and put the jobs of tens of thousands of construction workers and others at risk because of politics. it s another washington-inflicted wound on america, and congress needs to break that impasse now, hopefully before the senate adjourns so these folks can get back to work. as previously reported on this program, nearly 4,000 faa employees have been furloughed and 200 construction projects have been halted, which has left 70,000 workers idle according to secretary transportation ray lahood and the loss could reach
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that caused a partial shutdown of the agency, kept tens of thousands of workers out of work. the new deal reportedly would extend the faa s operating authority through mid-september and eliminate $16.5 million in subsidies to 13 rural airports. the senate is expected to pass the previously approved house bill today by unanimous consent. after the president signs the bill this weekend, roughly 70,000 employees and construction workers will go back to work on monday. and that is great news. breaking news out of libya this morning. a rebel spokesman says moammar gadhafi s son was killed in a nato airstrike. the city in the western part of the country, gadhafi of the leader of the 32nd brigade fighting in the rebel-held city of misrata and the capital of tripoli. there s been no comment from the government or nato. one of gadhafi s other sons was killed by a nato strike earlier this year. syrian forces renewing a