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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from The Economist. Introducing the Economist Insider, a new video offering with twice-weekly shows featuring in-depth analysis and expertise to make sense of an increasingly complex and dangerous world. More at Economist.com slash insider. |
| 0:18.4 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiavone. |
| 0:22.0 | Amid the federal government shutdown, more flight delays and cancellations are expected at U.S. airports this week. |
| 0:28.2 | The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport today are being held due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. |
| 0:39.8 | Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted travelers would see more flights delayed and canceled |
| 0:45.3 | in the coming days. NPR's Luke Garrett has the latest. |
| 0:49.3 | More and more air traffic controllers are calling out sick and not showing up for work, |
| 0:53.3 | says Duffy. |
| 0:57.9 | The reason they aren't getting paid because of the government shutdown, the secretary tells Fox News. |
| 0:58.6 | No paycheck is coming on Tuesday. |
| 1:00.5 | And so I've been out talking to our air traffic controllers and you can see the stress. |
| 1:05.5 | Duffy says he will stop flights if air traffic staffing levels get too low. |
| 1:09.6 | What I see coming forward as we get to Monday, tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday that you're going to see more staffing shortages and towers, which means you're going to see more delays, more cancellations. |
| 1:21.0 | The shutdown is the second longest in U.S. history. |
| 1:23.8 | The longest was 35 days in 2019. |
| 1:26.3 | It ended on the same day air traffic staffing issues, |
| 1:29.0 | limited flights at major East Coast airports. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. |
| 1:34.6 | Also today, the Agriculture Department is announcing that federal food aid will not go out on |
| 1:39.3 | the first day of November unless there's a resolution of the federal spending impasse. Russia says it has successfully |
| 1:46.4 | carried out a test of a nuclear-powered intercontinental cruise missile from Moscow. NPR's Charles |
| 1:53.0 | Maines reports. In a video released by the Kremlin, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced |
| 1:57.7 | the successful test of the Budavestnik cruise missile and ordered its |
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