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Security will not be compromised and that performance standards, that they will not change. however, that wait times could potentially be affected. when you put it altogether, you have less tsa personnel and, still, that workload continues to accumulate. that really difficult decision too. our colleague, randi kaye, spoke to one tsa officer yesterday out of philly who says, look, he's got to make that very tough decision. does he keep going to work, spending his money for gas or does that money eventually have to go to feed his family? yes, back pay will come, but the real decision they're fac...

Afford child care, so they have to stay at home with their kids. others may have to find other employment, because even though the shutdown continues, of course, their obligations also continue, to pay their bills and pay their rent. how will this affect you, the passenger, who could be headed to the airport, sometime soon? well, there are various tsa heads that report that they are concerned that this could potentially lead to a less secure travel environment. that is because you can see less pat-down, potentially less random severance but the tsa is hoping to calm those concerns. they releas...

The president strongly believes that protecting the environment and promoting our economy are not neutrally exclusive goals. this order will help to ensure we have clean air and clean water without sacrificing economic growth and job creation. first it directs all agencies to conduct a review of all regulation, rules, policies, and guidance documents that put up road blocks to domestic energy production and identify the ones that are not either mandated by law or actually contributing to the public good. it also rescinds a number of the previous administration's action that don't reflect this ...

Was unable to get an appointment at the v.a. until it was too late. >> i told him, dad, i love you. i love you very much. you're going to come out of this. they're going to let your lungs rest for a little bit. you will be okay. his mind was there. his mind was there and he said don't worry i'll be back. i'm stronger than what the doctors are saying might be wrong with me. i'll be back. those are the last words he ever said. >> and drew joins me right now. drew, the families you reported on sadly they know now that everything they feared was true is true. >> yes, from the inspector general's i...

Operandi for years. as you pointed out, this issue about delays in appointments at v.a. hospitals has been going on since 2005. the inspector general has reports dating back to that date. so we can go back in time to president bush, and the question becomes, what are we doing to fix the situation? have we imposed performance standards on the health professions to make sure they do x-number colonoscopies or doing x-number of appointments. we need performance standards and then look to see whether or not we have enough physicians to provide the services and if not, to augment them. >> i want to ...