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Away. she is expecting more unless congress averts the crisis. >> i think it's ridiculous to let budget cutbacks affect air traffic control towers. >> some furloughs undoubtedly would have been necessary. whether it was necessary for faa to concentrate so many of the cuts in the area of air traffic controllers, is an entirely different question. >> reporter: and with the busy summer months ahead, the national air traffic control association warned furloughs could cause delays to double from the worst days last summer. >> we're upset we're being furloughed one, but we're watching an air traffic...

Together often. thank you both so much. >> thanks, megyn. >> megyn: we're also asking this question today on our website, should the u.s. continue to make big foreign aid payments while domestic programs face these budget cutbacks? you can see it here in this story at foxnews.com and linked on the front of our home page, asking you to weigh in on that. and back we go to washington and the breaking news and republican kentucky senator rand paul. he's now coming up on hour three of the good old-fashioned filibuster blocking confirmation of john brennan as director of the cia. and while he's been...

And veterans. on the important questions going forward. he said he has shown that he has the qualifications to guide the department of defense in this very challenging period when budget cutbacks and other challenges are going to be at the forefront. >> yours was one of the more civil direct questionings of chuck hagel. you talked about veteran's issues, prosecuting sec yule assault, classifying them have enough made of them, do the job to defend the country and the like. however, some of your colleagues seemed almost prosecuting. why was it like that? >> i was disappoint eed by the lack of ci...

Photo. he's grown a beard and that has become something of a sticking point in court. a judge recently ruled that he be forced to shave it. he says that would violate his muslim religious beliefs. so they've been arguing over that. the judge said that he can be forced to shave it and now major nadal hasan, the man accused of shooting and killing 13 people, hurting more than two dozen others is in the hospital. he is said to be in good condition, to be released within 48 hours, and the legal process which has been stretching on now for almost three years in that case can move forward. we'll kee...

Been building since 2005 and it took the death of a 17-year-old, trayvon martin, to shine a light on it. what we are witnessing here, i think we are witnessing the perfect storm of injustice in america. what we have here is a very poorly written law. we are living in a time when law enforcement is getting slashed to fit state budgets. it's not happening in a vacuum. this is what these budget cuts are all about. we have vigilantes out on the streets when we should have more cops on the street. cops are on the beat and under attack across this station and departments are understaffed. overtime, ...