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Was a particular entry into the notam system. they simply unplugged it and plugged it back in, for lack of a better metaphor, and that didn't work. i want you to listen to transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he's been very critical of the airlines' meltdowns over the summer and this winter. this was not an airline problem. this was on the faa. there's been so much criticism about the faa's own systems, whether or not they're outdated or underfunded. pete buttigieg has directed an internal review here. he says the agency owns its problem. listen. >> these kinds of disruptions should not ha...

Delta, northwest, united, continent no, alaska, virgin it was one after another, the airlines got bigger and worse. thank goodness the safety record is really good but if you look at what happens is the pandemic it's hard to say that the airlines had all this time with airplanes on the ground and somehow they came out of this worse the customer services worse the reliability of longtime travel is worse and were looking at 40% price increases. for the last 50 years they say consolidation of the big airlines with each other is going to make consumers better off that has not happened we have an a...

Are not looking good out there, this is more than 2300 flights canceled just today so far. let me go to my pal katie, his flight is canceled, he has to go from new york to washington, d.c., is the motivation by his own personal cancellation or the hundreds of people who have to fly the week before the memorial day, what is the endgame? katie: he's more interested in trying to solve the problem but i don't have much faith in a guy who couldn't fix potholes in indiana to take care of this airline problem that we have with thousands of flights being canceled. my flight last week at 6:00 a.m. got ...

The woods, the effect on the economy. it would be great if the economy just kept getting better and better and the fact that we had sequestration did not hurt people and hurt the economy and hurt jobs. but i don't think we should get the champagne out yet. >> arthel: of course, we're rooting for the people. 165,000 jobs added, we wish there were 2,065,000 jobs added. let's get to the political fallout portion. what's your take? >> well, the pressure is off right now to do anything. so having solved the airline problem, because of course, the one thing we know congress people fly and that voter...

settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i didn't do anything. but the fact of the matter is, i'm not aware of a settlement that came out of that accusation. >> i was aware that an agreement was reached. the word settlement versus the word agreement, you know, i am not sure what they called it. >> here's the one incident that i recall as the day went on. she was in my office one day and i made a gesture saying and i was standing close to her and i made a gesture, you have the same height as my wife. and brought my hand, didn't touch her, up to my chin and said, you're the same h...