pilots said it s unconscionable that the safety risks are incal cue label. let s lin to this. our equipment is not being fixed. right. equipment that we re relying on to make sure that airplanes line up on the right surface they re supposed to land on as opposed to a taxiway or different runway that s occupied by an airplane. this is critical equipment that has stopped being deployed and is not being fixed. equipment like being able to relay to the pilot that the weather, you know, dangerous weather is ahead, you know. raide radars have gone down and not being brought back up. that s how we get our information from those radar systems in the say deep concern and it can t go on for months. could that be anymore stark a warning? no. i think one of the startling parts about this is there was no plan for concontinue goodnessy planning for what was going to happen when the government was shut down. if you look at previous
when can you start making a determination that it s not safe to fly? that we have to reduce traffic. so first thing we re going to do is slow the traffic. if we don t have controllers, to open up the sectors we ll see less volume of airplanes. air traffic controllers will do everything in the world to main than that high safety level. when you look at our equipment is not being fixed. equipment that we re relying on to make sure airplanes line up on the right surface they are supposed to land on opposed to a taxi way or different runway occupied by an airplane. this is critical equipment that has stopped being deployed and is not being fixed. equipment like being able to relay to the pilot that the dangerous weather is ahead. radars have gone down. that s how we get our weather information from the radar systems. this is a deep concern. and it can t go on for months and the biggest toll i have right now is the human toll.
equipment like being able to relay to the pilot that the weather is ahead. radars have gone down. that s how we get our weather information from the radar systems. this is a deep concern. and it can t go on for months and the biggest toll i have right now is the human toll. the fatigue in my work environment right now where i m seeing routine mistakes are happening because they are thinking about which credit cards can i consolidate. who is giving you a break on your phone bill. which company is helping you to skip your mortgage. these conversations are happening in the work environment because the stress is getting very high. this time is is your time. we re trying to bring these stories. frankly, none of them are on the
committee. this is not what they want. they want television, they want their members to get their 15 minutes of fame and they want explosive testimony from him about the president. they re not going to get that if he s in jail. neil: could i switch gears with you and on this back and forth with the state of the union. nancy pelosi saying no, you can t. the president in frustration saying, i won t. cancel it before the house. but obviously opting for some alternatives. we don t know the details of that. what do you think of this? can nancy pelosi do what she did? yes. i wish she wouldn t. i wish she would respect the office whether she disagrees with the tactics neil: the government not functioning, this address can t go on. i understand her argument. i understand what he s doing. he likes to play hardball negotiations. she likes to play hardball negotiations. i don t think this moves the ball forward. i don t think it shows adequate respect by him for the house of representat
my humble opinion is you step forward like we did. that s why i give credit to my fellow colleagues and that s why the adults should be coming into the room to get this done for everyone s sake. there are a growing number of democrats and republicans who realize what you re saying, that we can t allow the extremes and obstructionism to guide the day. that s what we re all talking about. how do we break this log jam. it s hurting the country and there s real issues we have to deal with and deal with now. this just can t go on. but there are a number of people, the of vast majority of people i talked to who want to find a way forward and out of this. congressman josh gottheimer and tom reed, thank you both for what you re doing. still ahead, president trump s personal attorney, rudy