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MEDIA BUZZmeter

Frustrations Mount as Shutdown Prompts Trump Team to Cancel Thousands of Flights

MEDIA BUZZmeter

FOX News Podcasts

News, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.1582 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Howie Kurtz on the government shutdown impacting air travel and staffing shortages at the FAA, the DOJ investigating a foreign trip made by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser that was paid for by Qatar, and Tesla shareholders approving a plan that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Follow Howie on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HowardKurtz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5

It's the Media Buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.

0:37.5

If you are planning to fly somewhere today, well, good luck.

0:42.9

And the same goes for the coming days, especially with Thanksgiving coming up.

0:48.6

The government has been warning about this now that we are in the, what, 38th day of a government shutdown, uh, they've gone too far this time.

0:57.3

I mean, look, lots of people just want to get on a plane, go where they're going, whether it's

1:04.0

to visit family, or it's a business trip, whether it's to visit, you know, a kid in college,

1:10.2

and it's a freaking mess.

1:14.4

Airlines canceling hundreds of flights today.

1:19.0

Story number one.

1:20.3

The highest number of cancellation since the government shutdown began

1:24.3

because the Trump administration is trying to reduce air traffic, given the

1:30.4

staffing shortages, which are very much tied to this seemingly endless shutdown.

1:38.2

So a 10% cut at 40 U.S. airports, including Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Dallas.

1:49.2

And The Washington Post story, I think, ought to mention D.C. since the two closest D.C. airports

1:57.5

are also including in this, you know, like everybody, you look and say, well,

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