contained fecal bacteria. the national turkey medication calls the study alarmist. ray lahood is said to be assuring lawmakers that 149 small airport towers, slated to be closed in june, will remain open. memorial day airfares are actually down slightly this year, to an average $341. and aaa says april gas prices were the lowest in three years, at an average $3.55 a gallon. how far will $3.55 get you? well, if you re driving one of these concept cars at the supermileage challenge in indianapolis, one gallon of gas will take you over 1,000 miles. coming up, tim tebow s offers are coming in. but they re probably not the kind he was hoping for. plus, canada patrick s talents appear to go well beyond auto racing. [ male announcer ] running out of steam?
hood. we ll show you some of those. i saw the fox report last night and i saw her with harris faulkner and uma, they looked great. overexposed photos. no. somebody else was taking the photos. maybe that s why. that is coming up. but first, air traffic control towers across the country will be back to normal by tonight after the fur lowe forcing flight delays. the f.a.a. ending the mandatory furloughs on saturday brought on sequestration cuts. elizabeth prann joins us live from washington. good morning. reporter: good morning. today, the federal aviation administration is shifting funds to stop the furloughs of employees and air traffic controllers, meaning the halving levels are going backbe to the way they were and the smaller airport towers can turn the rights back on. as millions of americans can attest, this was causing delays across the country. despite a small technical error, spelling error in the
work and sit on the couch than even to do part time work and receive government benefits. tucker: this is the measurable by the way. the unemployment numbers is a highly political number and it s not actually i mean, people who stopped working or looking for work are not included. in the labor force participation number is the one you look at 63% of the population who can work are working. the problem is this inflames the entitlement crisis. right? so the fewer people working, the more people who are dependent on government services. alisyn: we know the number much food stamps is at historic high. let us know what you think about all of this, please. depositions rising in north korea today. new video of leader kim jong un playing the tough guy. is that what is he doing? how should the u.s. respond? leading expert on the region is going to help us understand all of this next. clayton: like a mob boss. sequester cuts being blamed to close 100 airport towers. is the government now
tony stewart: time teaches you things. you learn to look up to people with the courage to do what they love. like my friend, johnny morris. that it s more than just a living, it s life. and that s the difference between leaders and everyone else. jon: nearly 150 air traffic control towers that were set to start closing down as early as sunday will now stay open for at least a little while. the federal aviation administration announced it s delaying the closures of 14 the airport towers until mid june. the reason so the administration can deal with legal challenges that have popped up and double-check safety issues. the closing part of the across the board budget cuts that went into effect last month.
slashed funding and school closings. right now kids are losing their places in head start programs. airport towers are shutting down. medicare patients are being turned away from hospitals. this is crazy. why? because it s politics. republicans wanted these cuts. they fought for them. but they should see what s really happening across the nation. nearly 200 kids will be dropped from head start. about 20 different teachers will lose their jobs. if you take away from our kids, and we have to decide which kid gets educated, we don t think that s fair. control towers have helped to reduce the accident rate significantly over the last five years. now since they re getting rid of control towers you re going to see aviation accidents start to climb. the building behind me, last week it was a food pantry that served 1,000 people each month. today it s an empty building. the city community school