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The airport is a challenge. >> i've been through atlanta twice this week. i can tell you, there's long lines and that is something that we need to work on. i have complete confidence in tsa and their professionalism. >> on the weather front, the latest numbers from flight aware here, delays in and out of the u.s. around 2,900. you can see the cancellation there's. major airlines are waiving change fees. all have information on their websites. each policy is different. so please make sure to look that up before you do anything. you can take my word for it. but not just my word. and also to help...

Unscheduled absences. here at atlanta's airport, things are flowing smoothly with no major lines to speak of. earlier in week, travelers waited up to 90 minutes to get through security. airport officials telling folks to get here as early as three hours before their flight. tsa is seeing an uptick in sick calls from agents. wait times on average are fairly normal. with no end in sight to the partial shutdown and agents not getting paid, those very agents are starting to worry about their own futures. >> everyone is angry. everyone is upset. everybody is scared. it's demoralizing, because you g...

But the tsa has confirmed there has been a swliet uptick in unscheduled absences nationwide, 5% of the 51,000 agents called out yesterday, compared to 3.9% on the same date onier ago. 1% change has so far had minimal impact they say and no degradation in security effectiveness, with wait times well within tsa standards. in a tweet a spokesman says nationwide tsa screened 1.7 million passengers, 99.9% waited less than 30 minutes, almost 95% less than 15 minutes, and in tsa free check the average wait was less than five minutes. the tsa also says a rise in resignations, report of rise in resigna...

Friday three times as many calls as normal reported at dallas-fort worth international airport. tsa workers have to come into work despite not being paid. they are deemed essential personnel. tsa says the impact on wait times has been minimal so far. in the meantime, businesses traveling and spending money. they can't take much of the shut down any longer. >> they're going to lose revenue. there's going to be a huge weight off of that. reporter: downsizing staff in many business owners say at the shutdown goes into a month or more can be devastating. jillian. >> thanks, brian. >> only imagine ...

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...