Ryan Laird on WNYC. So we talked yesterday on the show about how there's still a partial government shutdown, specifically for the Department of Homeland Security because of disputes over ICE funding.

And there's a whole lot to discuss on that front politically, and we'll certainly continue covering that.

But for now, we're going to spend the last few minutes of the show talking mainly about how the DHS shutdown is affecting the airports.

And in turn, your travel plans plans and we'll invite some questions

from you and here's some tips for how to prepare for any upcoming flights, especially as

spring break season is now kicking into high gear. 212-433, WNYC, 433, 9692.

You know that security lines at airports across the country are really long, often three hours or more now.

This certainly includes the New York airports.

A lot of flights are being canceled, and this is even before the collision at LaGuardia Airport which is really a

different segment than we're doing now but we're going to talk about how to

manage these long TSA lines while they are still the norm at the moment so we are

joined by Andrea Sacks, a travel reporter for the

Washington Post. We've also got Clint Henderson on the line for a few minutes. Is he there yet?

He's managing editor of the points guy, and he's actually at an airport right now. So Clint,

yes, you're there, I see. And Andrea, welcome to WNYC.

Thank you for having us. And listeners, do you have a flight coming up and have questions for our

guests about how to prepare, assuming that the TSA situation isn't resolved by then? Clint,

I see you're at the Atlanta airport right now. Set the

scene for us. So I landed here at Atlanta on Sunday to complete mayhem. I've never seen chaos

like I saw on Sunday. But then I went back yesterday. It was only an hour and a half lines.

Today it took me five minutes. So that's the problem with the shutdown and the impact. You just

never know what's going to happen. I got to the airport six hours early today. It took me five

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