uncertainty about their future. we already had to confront the possibility that they wouldn t get the aid that they were owed as it relates to what s necessary to rebuild. we thought we got over that hurdle. but now we confront sequestration. $2.5 billion will be impacted. and in your area if i m not mistaken laguardia and jfk as well. you heard lahood transportation secretary saying this will cause huge problems, delays and other issues. what are people saying about that? the district i represent is immediately adjacent to jfk. air travel is important to our commerce, to our ability to move forward related to the economy as well as keep social family ties together, education of our children across the country. so the sequestration will impact every aspect of american life. it will begin slowly as the president has indicated. but sooner rather than later people will begin to feel the pain. we shouldn t wait until the pain
shorten visiting hours and even force them to close off some areas to visitors. as transportation secretary lahood explained air travel could also come to a crawl. travellers should expect delays. flights to major cities like new york, chicago and san francisco and others, could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. reporter: meantime in washington, president obama plans to speak with congress this weekend to avert another crisis. but both sides are ramping up the blame game. listen to what the president said about the looming sequester during a press conference yesterday. i never think that anything s inevitable. we always have the opportunity to make the right decisions. my hope is is that we can see a different course taken by congress. this should be a no-brainer. reporter: solutions the president is confident will work. but unless he can cut a deal
plus their recent trip to afghanistan. rapid increasing gas prices. how high and how long? with former ceo of shell oil. i m candy crowley. and this in is state of the union. the afghan government says the man who killed two american soldiers inside a highly secured afghan government building is an afghan intelligence officer. president hamid karzai has offered condolences to the families of the four americans killed since news that u.s. personnel apparently inadvertently burned copies of the koran at an air base in afghanistan. karzai called for calm but insisted the u.s. must prosecute those responsible for burning the muslim holy book. joining from me kabul, ryan crocker. mr. ambassador, let me ask you, first, the u.s. over more than ten years has spent half a trillion dollars in afghanistan, almost 2,000 american lives have been lost, and the american people wake up this morning to find that two high military officers sitting inside a secured afghan government building
i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the afghan government says the man who killed two american soldiers inside a highly secured government african building is an intelligence officer. hamid karzai has offered condolences of the families of the four americans killed since news that u.s. personnel apparently inadvertently burned copies of the koran at an air base in afghanistan. karzai called for calm in his country but insisted the u.s. must prosecute those responsible for burning the muslim holy book. joining me from kabul, u.s. achl bass door to afghanistan, ryan crocker. mr. ambassador, let me ask you first, the u.s., over more than ten years, has spent half a trillion dollars in afghanistan, almost 2,000 american lyes have been lost. and the american people wake up this morning to find that two high military officers sitting inside a secured afghan government building were murdered, basically, by someone who was, you know, freely walked into that buildin
this is video from another suburb. where the troops were deployed in strength. the son of the u.s. transportation secretary is one of several americans barred from leaving egypt. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with details. good evening. reporter: thank you. good evening. tonight the issue is work at the highest level of the obama administration. the president is involved. secretary of state clinton is involved. her senior human rights official told reporters in cairo the incident raised concern about egypt transition to democracy. asked about his son, one of at least five americans barred from leaving egypt. secretary ray lahood offered basic details. i talked to them two or three times today. how is he doing? just fine. thank you. any word when he might come home? there are a lot of people working on that. see how it works out. the director for the washington based international republican institute, iri, a group that promotes democracy. the