SKYLER HENRY:
00:01:16
Lines are growing and more checkpoints are closing nationwide as the 50,000 TSA officers continue to work without pay. Coming into TSA is not-- you're coming in at $40,000 a year.
SKYLER HENRY:
00:01:29
George Borek is a TSA officer in Atlanta who says he and his colleagues are hurting. Someone else dictating whether you have food on your table or not, it's so frustrating for the officers because we have good officers here. They want to work.
SKYLER HENRY:
00:01:41
More than 30% called out in Houston and Atlanta on Thursday. And for the sixth day in a row, more than 9% of Transportation Security Officers called out nationwide, all this while another vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed in the Senate today. My colleague Caitlin Huey-Burns on Capitol Hill. How long can this possibly last? I mean, it is getting-- I agree. I think it's got to come to an end. We're making progress. We have had some good discussions with members on the other side of the aisle.
SKYLER HENRY:
00:02:10
The standstill on Capitol Hill frustrating the passengers still standing in line at the airport. We should not be punished because congressmen are fighting with each other. And the headaches will likely continue into the weekend. In addition to that spring break wave, TSA officers that we have spoken with say that they are concerned about what happens here on Sunday, expecting a significant logjam because they say that it's the busiest travel day in the week. Tony.
TONY DOKOUPIL:
00:02:41
Skyler Henry for us in Atlanta. Skyler, thank you very much.
