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1:01the Islamic Republic long security lines of many airports still giving travelers headaches as the partial government shutdown continues mbc's prosola Thompson reports the extended way times are a result of staffing shortages sta agents continue to work without pay frustrated flyers waiting on painfully slow security checks even packing terminals in new york as early as 430 a.m. today at Houston's George Bush intercontinental the number of checkpoints has been reduced from nine to two the airport warning wait times could be more than four hours that apartment of homeland security now says more than 400 TSA employees have quit many others have been calling out sick yesterday democrats rejected a republican proposal to reopen dhs with only partial funding for ice social media giants may face new challenges after being found liable for addicting kids to their platforms this after the jury in los angeles cited with a plaintiff a young woman in the landmark federal trial involving instagram's parent company meta and youtube's parent company google

2:02she accused the companies of designing their platforms to get her hooked early on leading to depression and suicidal thoughts into her adulthood president trump's rescheduling his planned visit to China the trip is now set for may 14th and 15th after being delayed because of the Iran war trump will meet chinese president she's in ping in his first visit to the country in eight years i'm Jim roop the u.s. supreme courts taking up a high profile case involving a government policy that turns away asylum seekers before they can reach the u.s. border with mexico representing the trump administration was assistant to the u.s. solicitor general fivx sorry respondents position is that when congress said arrives in the united states it meant stopped outside the united states that theory is wrong for the simple reason that it defies the statutory text the policy was enacted during the obama administration and was significantly broadened during the first trump administration it's no longer in place after being rescinded by president biden in twenty twenty one the trump

3:03administration calls it a critical tool for addressing surges and immigrants at the border and court observers say the justices appeared at least somewhat sympathetic to that argument i'm timmy traheo the florida state legislator has approved a bill to rename palm beach international airport in honor of president trump now a congressman is doing his part to make sure the feds recognize the name change republican representative brian mass bill would direct the appropriate federal agencies to update all references to the new name upon enactment and instructs the f.a. to coordinate with the international air transport association to pursue adoption of the airport code djt and that would replace the current code pbi the f.a. must still approve the name change i'm jol malkin the company behind fortnite planning to lay off one thousand employees at a game c.e.o. tim swiney said a downturn in fortnite engagement that started last year means the company is spending significantly more than it's making swiney went on to say the layoffs are part of a plan to cut five hundred million dollars in cost at the games cut more than eight hundred

4:04jobs in twenty twenty three i'm at mattinson palm sunday is this sunday which means easter is a little more than a week away a new study is out revealing the favorite easter candy in the u.s. online research site inner body has compiled the list and number one peeps followed by chocolate bunnies jelly belly jelly beans Swedish fish and Reese's eggs i'm jim roop