Nation’s Busiest Airports Brace For Imminent Cuts

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Delta, United, Southwest Airlines all announce they are preemptively cancelling flights ahead of the Trump’s administration’s plan to reduce air traffic starting tomorrow because of the government shutdown. Plus, Nancy Pelosi announces plans to retire from Congress after nearly 40 years in the House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.3	Hundreds of flights already canceled ahead of tomorrow's deadline. The lead starts right now.
0:41.2	Delta United, Southwest Airlines all announcing today they're preemptively canceling flights ahead of the Trump administration's
0:45.9	plan to reduce air traffic starting tomorrow because of the government shutdown. The number of
0:51.0	cancellations for tomorrow already in the hundreds as air traffic controllers get another paycheck for $0 due to the shutdown.
1:00.0	Plus, the first and only Madam Speaker announces plans to retire from Congress after nearly 40 years in the House.
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1:43.3	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We're going to start with breaking news. The crazy air travel
1:47.1	delays we've been seeing across the nation since the government shutdown began 37 days ago. Well,
1:52.7	it's about to get even crazier. Starting tomorrow, if no shutdown deal is reached, the Trump
1:56.9	administration says they will cut the number of flights at 40 different U.S.
2:02.3	airports, including major hubs in New York and Chicago and Atlanta and Houston and Los Angeles
2:08.9	and Phoenix and many more.
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