airports all across the united states will now start closing their air traffic control towers. 149 towers across the nation got the official word today that they re falling victim to the forced budget cuts. some were on the chopping block, some others were on the chopping blocks and they were spared. rene marsh is joining us from the airport in frederick, maryland, not far away from here in washington, d.c. what s going on over there, renee? wolf, just last year, the federal government turned the lights on in this control tower and in just about two weeks from now, they ll be turning the lights out. they were told here, the people were told here they will be shutting this down. the faa announced 149 towers like this will be shut down, because of those forced spending cuts. although 40 towers were spared. but let s take a closer look at
on the chopping blocks. the usps just announced possible cuts like eliminating half of the country s mail processing facilities. guess who s bringing that loving feeling back to the silver screen. you lost that loving feeling now it s gone, gone, gone whoa well, it seems tom cruise just couldn t fight his need for speed. the actor announcing he s working on a sequel to top gun . you ll remember cruise starred as maverick in the 1986 blockbuster and he said he s wanted to reprise the role ever since. no word of when shooting will begin. he ll be in that role or would he be like the parent of somebody in that role now? i mean, 1986 to 1996, 2006, 25 years ago. do you think kelly mcgill is will still be in it? stay tuned. all right. really? what? nothing. you re having conversations i know what he said in your
are telling me. that s not what chief reel told me tonight. the goons tried and failed to ambush me and the firefighters of ohio. of course, now they re lying about what we said. we ll play the tape and correct the record. well, i probably chose a poor word to explain that. rick perry is retreating from his tough language. jim moore will fill us in, and bill o reilly s crusade to keep the rich from paying their fair share continues on the feud. you won t believe what he s saying now. nice to have you with us, folks. i can t let this one go. chapter number 2, and there will be more. the second biggest employer in the united states of america is under attack. no bigger story in the country if we re talking about jobs. because 120,000 postal workers, their jobs are on the chopping blocks, and republicans want to end, basically, 235 years of reliable mail service in
frol employees, we re talking 800,000 people, 800,000 americans would see themselves on unpaid furloughs or would be working throughout pay and the military would be paid through friday. then they wouldn t be paid after that until the government resumes. if you re planning a vacation, that could certainly affect you. with the closures, with the tourism dollars here a lot of businesses would be affects here and anywhere where there s a national park where businesses are relying on the dollars, suzanne. brianna, thanks. get back to us, please. i want to talk about the debate aefr how much to cut. what kind of projects would be on the chopping blocks. he has the story. could you walk us through the different budget proposals and some of this things being
been going on here for decades. and, you know, it s almost become part of the paint in these buildings. for a freshman to come in and pinpoint this as an example of the cuts and waste that we re going to put on the chopping blocks is very encouraging. now representative rooney says it s typically tough to get lawmakers to cut defense spending, but he says today s vote should show that really nothing is off limits, candy. these tea party freshmen are going to make life really interesting. usually the budget we all sit there rgs but they re making it very interesting. and i think we re going to see a number of these test votes to see how serious are they, really. and we ll be watching. thanks, lisa. one lawmaker wants to use the budget act to cut sponsorship ties between the military and nascar. the national guard, the army, and the air force sponsor different big name drivers. democrat betty mccullum says the