you can expect they ll push for more solutions like this one, addressing air travel. you could have thrown in members of congress who need flights home also. but the fact is the delays are are a problem for not just business travelers and members of congress, but for many americans, and that s a real negative consequence. reporter: arizona republican senator john mccain would also like a fix for defense saying, quote, it is shameful for us to make allowances for the faa while doing nothing to stop the draconian cuts decimating our military today and putting our nation s security in danger. so they are leaving town on a week s recess, lawmakers, but you can expect this will be a hot topic when they return in a week. greg: aren t some republicans say, the faa already had flexibility to accomplish this. reporter: that is right. they say they absolutely had the
ability to move money around to make sure that air traffic controllers, the number one priority, were not put on furlough. the white house and other democrats disagreed so they went forward with the measure. but a key house lawmakers is putting those in charge of federal aviation on notice. we re watching. we have questions that we want answers how they re using these funs and how you re going to be managing the rest of your department. like i said at the faa hearings this last wednesday, the safety of our air pace cannot be subject to political posturing. so there you go. at the end of a heated political week, solution at least on this front to deal with the flight delays that so many americans were dealing with much of the week. greg: any idea how long until we actually see the shorter lines? i reached out to the white house and the faa to get an estimate. the faa says they have a statement in the works but
he said. the dni went on to say that in order to prevent these attacks the intelligence community would have needed to be heavily monitoring social media pages o americans and that s something u.s. citizens would not tolerate. catherine, thanks. the younger bombing suspect could still face separate charges for the shooting death of a police officer at m.i.t. prosecutors in middle sex county, massachusetts, confirming they re building their own case. police say hours after the fbi released photos photos and videf the suspects, the two men apparently gunned down an m.i.t. of, sean collier in his cruiser. police confirmed they do have surveillance videotape showing the suspects approaching the cruiser from behind, but other evidence, including possible witnesses, well, that may be scarce. so here to talk about it is heather hanson good, to see you. the feds were the first to file charges, charms which carry the