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Success station. >> the administration does have the opportunity to make decisions by prior advertising spending within the department of transportation. if they do not, they ought to be asking. >> the president has not asked congress for the authority to prioritize different faa spending. though aids say the agency held off controller furloughs for as long as it okay senate republicans tried to give them the authority but democrats voted against it and spokesman suggested why mr. obama really doesn't want it. >> our interest is in eliminating the sequester entirely it never should have become...

Flight 2455 carrying three passengers leaves hagerstown, maryland, headed for nearby dulles airport. >> see you later. >> reporter: a half hour trip. it's one of up to six commercial flights a day. >> run way 27 -- >> reporter: today there is a controller in the tower, but the question is for how long. virtually every airport faces controller furloughs. but scores of small to medium sized airports, including hagerstown, could be forced to close their towers. phil ridnour is the airport's director. >> without the control tower here, we don't have the extra sets of eyes to watch over the airport...