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🗓️ 5 May 2025
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0:00.0 | We start the day's other headlines at Newark Airport outside New York City, where hundreds of flights were either canceled or delayed again today, causing headaches for many flyers. |
0:09.9 | I don't know how you can operate. This is such a major airport. Major disruptions have now carried into a second week amid ongoing staffing shortages and equipment problems. |
0:20.0 | One of the airport's runways is also under construction. |
0:23.7 | United Airlines says it will begin cutting about 10 percent of its flights from the busy travel |
0:28.3 | hub. |
0:29.1 | New York Senator Chuck Schumer today called for an investigation of the FAA's handling of the |
0:33.9 | situation at Newark and across the country. |
0:37.3 | To say that there is just minor turbulence at Newark Airport and the FAA, |
0:42.6 | that would be the understatement of the year. |
0:45.2 | We're here because the FAA is really a mess. |
0:49.0 | This mess needs a real forensic look, a deep look into it. |
0:53.4 | Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says his agency will announce plans this week to overhaul |
0:58.8 | the nation's outdated air traffic control infrastructure. |
1:02.8 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ordering major cuts to top positions within the U.S. military. |
1:08.2 | In a memo obtained by the news hour, Hegsteth called for a 20% |
1:12.9 | reduction of four-star generals across the active duty military. He also ordered the National Guard |
1:18.7 | to cut 20% of its top positions. The memo further directs the military to trim an additional |
1:24.4 | 10% of its general and flag officers across the force. |
1:28.5 | There are currently about 800 general officers in the military, |
1:32.3 | only 44 of those or four-star general or flag officers. |
1:37.1 | As of today, federal education officials are restarting efforts to collect on student loans that are in default. |
1:43.7 | borrowers had enjoyed a pause on |
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