about half of the people on the document list either have sent documents that we have received, they have mailed those documents or they will be sending the documents shortly. one reason we haven t gotten all the documents immediately is because many of them are sending them via regular mail. these are large amounts of documents. that takes time. it goes through security screening before it comes to our offices in the capitol. what about the other half who haven t responded? it s a process of negotiating. these 81 document requests were not form letters. they were specific to specific individuals to their unique case. some of the cases, we re happy to work with the individuals if they want to do a partial request, if they have privileges they want to assert, we re happy to work with them. we expect to get the majority of documents we have requested. if we don t, then we will start looking at subpoenas. of the half who have responded, either submitting documents or saying document
partial shutdown. another day and more refusing to show up from work if they aren t collecting a pay check. all this as travellers are remaining very sympathetic. phil keating is live at miami international airport with the latest. phil? reporter: dana, two airport principles that we can all agree on are that travellers that can get through the tsa security screening check points as fast as possible and with as little hasable as possible. those federal agents monitoring for weapon ors contraband want to get paid. because the partial government shutdown, those pay checks have not come to these workers in about a month now. and this friday could be the second pay day in a row that they don t get a check. according to the airport, everybody s going through security in about 20 minutes. that s a typical on a normal day shutdown or not. they call it a limited tsa presence. but really, the experience here, this looks like a very normal day at the airport.
traffic control system? this country, and right now you re putting this incredible strain on the system which is unacceptable and unreasonable. this is a horrible game of chick than we re in the middle of and we need to get out of it today. an air traffic controller tweeted his concerns specifically last week about maintenance of the communications systems. he was saying because people aren t checking out these systems, he s having trouble communicating with pilots which is a remarkable thing for an air traffic controller to say. beyond security screening on the ground, are you concerned about issues liking that? absolutely. we have a very robust volunteer safety reporting system where all the work force when they re all there are able to report safety concerns. we can do that today but there s nobody underneath to take action and we have dozens of things reported everyday so that
the former president will lie in state here for 35 and a half hours in a row. even if a member of the public gets here in the middle of the night, they will be able to go in and pay their respects. the line is already starting to form at the front. this is that clear family from just outside of boston. take canceled their trip back home to be first in line. there were barricades brought in to help mourners line up on a street that has been temporarily closed to traffic. those in the front of the line will be able to see the bush family receiving the former president s casket on its way inside for a private ceremony before he lies in state. then, the rotunda opens up to the public around 7:30 p.m. tonight. all somebody has to go through to get in his go through a security screening at the capitol visitors center. then there will be a funeral service at the national cathedral and we have learned the you religious will be the former president s son, former canadian prime minister brian
off. the s&p 500 rose 8, the nasdaq gained 63. u.s. markets will be closed tomorrow for the holiday and reopened friday for a shortened trading day, black friday. if you are hitting the road this holiday, you will have plenty of company. the matter how you are traveling, planes, trains, or automobiles. it tonight, correspondent mike tobin s shows us what it is like at one of the countries busiest airports, o hare international in chicago. holiday travelers once again to push it into record territory. about 54 million people are expected to travel, more than 5g dinner and then back home. 4.7 million will take to the sky, and that means wrestling with security screening lies. noting the travel volume, we are asking travelers to arrive at the airport two hours before a domestic flight, three hours before an international. the airports will be opening up more lines for security screening. we will have additional