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Memo that argues refunds can be paid during a shutdown. they plan to recall a significant portion of furloughed employees as tax season approaches. national pilots association says that the stalemate is compromising the safety, security and efficiency of the nations air traffic system. the president of the airline pilots association writing a letter saying because of the shutdown, there are fewer safety inspectors at the faa and that adversely affects the air traffic control system. on friday ...

The president of the air line pilots association writing a letter saying because of the shutdown, there are fewer safety inspectors at the faa and that adversely affects the air traffic control system. on friday cnn reported hundreds of tsa screeners and officers called out sick last week from at least four major airports. tsa spokesman says that the agency is closely monitoring that situation. an advocacy group asking congress to provide back pay to court tor contractors. regular federal empl...

Do you believe president trump understands the financial hardships these americans and their families are about to go through? they are already suffering. it will become much more intense in the coming days. >> it is exactly why i think everybody should follow the lead that several of us have already said, dont get paid. write a check back to the u.s. treasury. youll feel the pain and back in 2013 i lirved through a government shutdown. i can tell you, you to make really tough calls. you have to...

Among separated pieces of the plane. is that an area that investigation -- investigators you think should zero in on since its near the cargo area? >> well, no question. and some of the videos that you showed earlier a minute ago, it clearly shows them looking at point where the tail separated from the rest of the airplane. that is critical area. you want to know the mechanics how that happened, how was the metal pulled apart? what direction did the force come to pull the metal part? thats an ar...

Shake-up ordered at the tsa after an alarming report on airport security. >> abc news broke this alarming story. a report revealed dozens of failures at some of the nations busiest airports. the acting chief being reassigned. here now, abcs pierre thomas. >> undercover agents from homeland security put screeners to the test at dozens of the nations busiest airports and they failed miserably. abc news has learned tsa screeners were beaten in 95% of those tests designed to see if mock explosives o...

Another inch longer will be prohibited. so the tsa screeners are going to have to be measuring anyway. >> right. >> if they are going to, why not keep it the way it was because these box cutters are prohibited. so, why dont we make it simple. the union that represents the tsa screeners, they are against this. the flight attendants are against it. the air marshals are against it, u.s. air, delta, they are against it. give the people of the united states the knowledge that they are safe when they ...

It. am i missing something? >> no. moreover, while a knife this size is going to be allowed is not going to be -- is going to be allowed, a knife that is just another inch longer will be prohib prohibited. so the tsa screeners are going to have to be measuring anyway. >> right. >> if they are going to, why not keep it the way it was because these box cutters are prohibited. so, why dont we make it simple. the union that represents the tsa screeners, they are against this. the flight attendants a...

So the tsa screeners are going to have to be measuring anyway. >> right. >> if they are going to, why not keep it the way it was because these box cutters are prohibited. so, why dont we make it simple. the union that represents the tsa screeners, they are against this. the flight attendants are against it. the air marshals are against it, u.s. air, delta, they are against it. give the people of the united states the knowledge that they are safe when they are walking on to a plane. no one will h...

Both planes were later given the all-clear. no explosives were found. but tsa screeners found a disassembled handgun hidden inside a stuffed animal. after the tsa said they dont believe there was a real threat, there were reports the gun parts and ammo may have been planted as part of a custody dispute. the new jersey tanning mom accused of taking her 5-year-old into a tanning bed gets her own action figure. wait till you see this. well show you when we go down to the wire in 20. we could wi...

facility and will be reunited with his family. these developments coming while secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary timothy geithner are in beijing preparing for economic and strategic meetings with chinese leaders beginning on thursday. its not clear how the chen case might influence those talks, but this was starting to become a sticky situation between the u.s. and china. china now reportedly demanding an apology from the u.s. for sheltering the activist. well h...