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The tsa tonight reporting more than double the normal of sick calls coming in. airport officials in atlanta tonight are now urging travelers to arrive three hours early tomorrow. hundreds of passengers waiting more than an hour in line today at security checkpoints. houston closing a terminal again tomorrow. dulles shutting down lines for part of the day today. abcs steve osunsami with the scene from atlanta. >> reporter: at the worlds busiest airport in atlanta today, the long lines that snaked...

A lot of parents are keeping their kids out of school. the district says as for meeting the teachers demands, its unaffordable. listen here. >> we cannot afford everything theyre asking for. we hope they come to the table and tell us what they really want. they cant have everythinger that asking for. we know that, they know that. >> shep, theres no sign of any renewed offers from either side. this strike, if they cannot get together, could drag on for days and even weeks. shep? >> shepard: jonat...

On "the five", greg gutfeld has a driving test tomorrow. were helping him study. im looking forward to this. im hoping that i can get a few answers right myself. since moving to new york, i dont drive as much. thanks for joining us here on "the daily briefing." see you all week. im dana perino. heres shep. >> shepard: its noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house where the president says he never worked for russia after back-to-back bomb shell reports about the american president and vladi...

His shutdown, there was a deal in place and then some conservative media personalities mocked the president, said he wasnt getting the job done. he then backtracked and put -- and shut the government down. this shutdown has now reached day 24. it is the longest government shutdown in united states history. heres whats happening. tsa agents who have been working without pay for weeks now have increasingly been calling out sick. i get that. what has it done? prompting longer lines at airports. eve...

>> reporter: kellie chaffin, furloughed from the department of interior, says shes out of money. >> with $200 i cant pay my student loan -- my federal student loan. the government gave me this money to go to college, and i cant pay it, nor can i pay my car insurance or rent, or my car payment. >> reporter: and across the country, the impacts of the shutdown are snowballing. at miami international airport, a concourse closed to ensure that there are enough tsa agents to staff the other security c...

Early beginning for three days due to a shortage of screeners at security checkpoints. tsa employees are working without pay due to the government shutdown and an airport spokesman tells the miami "herald" that clescreener are calling in sick at double the normal rate. the shutdown also affecting active fbi investigations due to a lack of funding. nearly 5,000 fbi employees are among the hundreds of thousands of federal workers told that they cannot show up to work. they have been sent home wi...

Mentioned he does want to be transparent about the number of people calling out sick from the agency, so travelers can be better informed and know how long it will take to get through security checkpoints. hoe also pointed out the security standard will remain the same at the airports. that is what he is vowing. really, this call is an indication the increase in sick calls really has the attention of top agency officials at tsa. that is despite very public rebuttals from the department of homela...

Through a tremendous crowd. >> and the drones have thermal imaging and 3d map to go catch any terrorists, friends, if youre headed to new york city times square for big party, expect to go through metal detectors and security checkpoints, prepare for cold temperatures, police commissioner says theres no credible threats to tonights celebration. we will be having good time. heather: absolutely, much more on the security coming up. thank you so much, ana. lets talk about nasa now. this is pretty e...

Followed internet conversations between people in germany and elsewhere who have been talking about the possibility of some sort of islamist attack around christmas time in the region between germany and france so its a serious alert at the moment but we dont know really how far this is going to go and no ones we have any idea you were reporting that there was suspicious activity maybe they were trying to scout the premises do we know exactly what it was that they were doing that got the attenti...

They were also said to have been hanging around the security checkpoints inside the building without you know making any attempt actually to board an airplane or something like that police try to apprehend them at the time but did not manage to get there in time one has to presume that these people are now being looked for and since one of the suspects is actually known to german police we must assume that they are near to his home or whatever but so far. so far this is just a raised alert a sec...