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the firm aviation administration to shut down. congress cannot do anything which is not that unusual but they really can t because they are on vacation. but the f.a.a. has been running on skeleton crew for two weeks and 4,000 employees out of a job and out of a paycheck and secretary lahood says airport construction projects across the country worth $11 billion sitting by so that is 70,000 construction workers and the f.a.a. is losing more than $30 million a day in aviation taxes. there is a union twist to all of this and it is all political. mike emanuel, there is so much polarization in washington now that all they seem to be able to do, really, like with any degree effectiveness is name post offices. report very well, president obama today expressed concern for the f.a.a. employees and thousands of construction workers being suspended. they are losing pay and the construction projects are not being built so the president appealed to congress to get this done by the end of the week.
days after the shooting of bin laden. of course, any time somebody tries to open the door on the plane, that s going to be noticed whether vigilance is up or not. and from the sky to the ground, with he know that senator chuck schumer, pete, wants kind of a no-ride list as we see with the no-fly list on airplanes. any chance that that will see traction? i know transportation secretary lahood commented on this as well. reporter: well, the issue is he s talking about if you re buying a ticket on amtrak, and, of course, then you do show i.d. or give a credit card number. so there would be a place to do this. but it wouldn t be true on many regional lines. many people buy their tickets in cash. and, of course, that s to say nothing of subways which have been the target of terror attacks in the uk directed by al qaeda. it s something i think that one homeland security official told me has been discussed in the past, but i guess the problem is, you know, how effective would it be given t
air traffic controllers association has said he wants controllers to be able to take naps during nighttime shifts and daytime shifts. that was one union suggestion for fighting fatigue. the faa administrator babbitt and transportation secretary lahood have both said that is not going to happen. rick: peter doocy in washington, thanks. arthel: president obama taking on something near and dear to every american s wallet. skyrocketing gas prices. using his weekly radio and internet address to outline several programs aimed at helping families at the pump. top republicans say the administration s policies are doing the opposite. molly henneberg live in washington with more. the president suggests there s a lot of political posturing going on in washington over these gas prices. what does that mean? reporter: can you imagine that political posturing in washington? the president says, despite what you may hear from politicians there is no quick fix to get back to cheaper gas