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Do with mr. stone. >> there was no conspiracy charge in this indictment. we do appreciate you taking the time. we appreciate you taking the hard questions on our show. >> thanks for being with us. jim, i think it is so telling what he said. there are a lot of millionaires in congress. i'm not one of them, he said. he said he thinks the president and members of congress don't get the pain. i think it is telling. so on this breaking news about these three major east coast airports with these significant delays, we just heard from the faa working her sources. here is what she has from the faa. as...

Costello covers aviation. what's up? >> we're talking about new york la guardia and specifically the reasons are for air traffic control staffing. specifically i'm going to have to read off the computers and off my e-mail right now. but the faa now reporting there is a traffic management program in effect at la guardia causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 41 minutes, arriving flights delayed an average of 41 minutes. general aviation experiencing delays. here's the reason from the faa. we've experienced a slight increase in sick leave at two air traffic control facilities ...

Air traffic control facilities affecting new york and florida, and as with severe storms we will adjust operations to a safe rate to match available controller resources. you're looking at a live look right now at all the planes in u.s. and canadian air space. there are about 5,000 planes in the air at any one time over the course of a single day. they'll screen more than 2 million commercial passengers. and so to have now the busiest air space in the country affected by a controller or not enough controllers at two enroute centers, again, washington and jacksonville, the concern is it could h...