The shutdown has already wreaked havoc on air travel, and that havoc is about to get even reekier because air traffic controllers aren't being paid.

As a result, many of them aren't showing up to work.

So many, in fact, that the FAA is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at the nation's busiest airports.

So, yeah, unfortunately, maybe time to try your new favorite airline, the bus.

You know their slogan, the bathroom door is stuck open.

There will be far fewer options for travelers this weekend.

Airlines have already started

slashing their schedules. That comes as now we are less than three weeks away from Thanksgiving

in the busiest travel days of the year. Meanwhile, President Trump continues to claim that

Republicans are the party of affordability, but that wasn't reflected in Tuesday's election results.

We'll go through and fact check his latest attempts to reclaim that issue.

And we'll show you the president's reaction to Nancy Pelosi announcing she'll retire from Congress.

If you were expecting class, you didn't get it.

Good morning and welcome to Morning

Joe. It is Friday, November 7th. I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for being with us. Joining me is U.S.

Special Correspondent for BBC News and the host of the rest is Politics Podcast, Caddy K.

Caddy, we are now the real world implications of the government shutdown, which is now

extended beyond a month, the second longest in U.S. history, are starting to really add up.

The SNAP benefits, of course, expired and now in a matter of the courts, government

employees, not getting paychecks. And the air traffic control issues have been growing in the last couple of

weeks, but they will arrive in full force this weekend. A lot of travelers across the country,

red states and blue are really going to feel the pain. Yeah, I'm just thinking my daughter,

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