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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Senate is scheduled to meet again today to discuss a path towards ending the government shutdown. Now in its 40th day, senators met yesterday with no sign of progress towards ending the stalemate. The House hasn't met since September 19th and will be out again this week. President Trump returns to Washington this afternoon. California Governor Gavin Newsom says Trump isn't trying to end the shutdown. He had no interest or energy. into avoiding this government shutdown.

He has no interest or energy to end it today. He's the president of the United States. As someone who's an executive chief executive estate larger than 21 state populations combine the fourth large economy, you have a responsibility in that role to convene to bring people together. That's why there's a government shutdown, period.

He was interviewed on CNN. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CNN this morning that holiday travel will be affected, that air travel will slow to a trickle. Air travelers are experiencing widespread cancellations and delays at airports across the country. As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, the FAA is reducing flight traffic at dozens of the country's busiest airports due to a shortage of air traffic controllers. Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would begin cutting flight

traffic up to 10% at 40 high traffic airports in major markets like Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver. On Sunday, airports across the country were bogged down by disruptions. By mid-morning, there were already more than 1,200 flight cancellations and 10,000 delays, according to the website, Flight Aware. The FAA is currently contending with a shortage of air traffic controllers, who were already in short supply before the shutdown and now are not being paid. The shutdown, which began on October 1st, is the longest in U.S. history. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight disruptions

across the country will only worsen the longer the shutdown goes on. Joe Hernandez, NPR News. Hunger nonprofits are trying to meet surging demand now that federal food assistance has halted. Blake Farmer of member station WPLN reports. A nonprofit called OneGen Away that serves Tennessee and Alabama has been adding more opportunities to get food as it becomes available. And right now the demand far outstrips the supply. Peggy Martin's raising three grandkids and says, She's using the free groceries to fill the gap left by $500 in federal food benefits she normally receives.

If I had not been raised country and knew how to survive, I would really be in a fix. I could bake, I can hunt, I can forage too. I think we're okay. We'll make it. Martin says she's worried for those who aren't as self-sufficient. More than 40 million Americans rely on the food assistance program. For NPR News, I'm Blake Farmer in Hickman County, Tennessee. This is NPR News in Washington. Feng Wong is now a super typhoon.

It slammed into the eastern Philippines today with heavy rains and sustained winds as strong as 115 miles per hour. At least two people have died. The chairman of the BBC is reportedly ready to issue an apology over its January 6th coverage. Vicki Barker reports. In a BBC documentary about the January 6th storming of the Capitol building, a Donald Trump soundbite had the president telling supporters he was going to walk to the Capitol with them to, quote, fight like hell. But the producers had spliced out what Trump said next that he wanted to help his supporters, quote, peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard. BBC Chairman Samir Shah

appears before a powerful parliamentary committee Monday and British media report he plans to apologize for, quote, unintentionally misleading viewers. about Trump's words. Shaw may also face questions about alleged bias in the BBC's coverage of Gaza and trans issues. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Fedora man is a teenager. The day of the Louvre jewelry heist, the Associated Press, took a picture of the crime scene. It included a sharply dressed person wearing a fedora at a rakish angle. It prompted millions of views and much speculation. Who was this guy? It turns out he's a 15-year-old who lives near Paris with his family. He told the AP he didn't come forward

until now to keep up the mystery. Now he says he's waiting for people to contact him for films. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News in Washington.