FAA Limits Flights, Leading To Cancellations, Delays | NPR News Now

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Trump Administration, Venezuela, Atlanta, Brian Kelly
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Nina Totenberg, transgender, body mass index, Brazil
3. 6:00 – 7:38: AI powered tech, Brazil, Camila Dominoski, Carrie Khan

Notable quotes from "FAA Limits Flights, Leading To Cancellations, Delays | NPR News Now"

• Been cancelled this morning as the FAA scales back air traffic across the country and the Trump administration has appealed an order requiring it to issue full SNAP benefits by…

  about Trump Administration · at 0:02

• These are known as SNAP. The federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the government failed to consider the harm to millions of Americans who rely on these benefits. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

  about Rhode Island · at 1:11

• Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth says the US military attacked another boat in the Caribbean, killing three people. He alleges they were drug traffickers, but provided no evidence.…

  about Caribbean · at 2:02

• Passports list their sex at birth. No accommodation will be provided for people who are transgender. For now, the decision overturns a lower court ruling.

  about transgender · at 3:11

• Lower some drug prices, including on popular obesity and type 2 diabetes drugs. NPR's Sydney Lepkins says medications such as Ompic and WGOI are part of the deal.

  about Sydney Lepkins · at 4:10

• Crash. Searchers have recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the UPS jet. Brazil's Congress has voted to exempt tens of millions of poor and middle class workers from paying income tax. NPR's Carrie Khan reports.

  about Brazil · at 5:41

• Outlets, including fintech companies and bedding operators. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. Shareholders at Tesla's annual meeting in Texas have approved a massive pay…

  about Rio de Janeiro · at 6:37

• Stock represents. Influence over Tesla and more specifically over the humanoid robots and other AI powered tech that Tesla might build and sell. Camila Dominoski, NPR News.

  about AI powered tech · at 7:22

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Nina Totenberg — Person · 2 mentions · first at 3:21
  As NPR's Nina Totenberg reports, the Trump plan overturns policies adopted by six previous administrations, including his own first term that allowed what the plaintiffs say was.
• Carrie Khan — Person · 2 mentions · first at 5:53
  Voted to exempt tens of millions of poor and middle class workers from paying income tax. NPR's Carrie Khan reports.
• Brian Kelly — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:41
  The tracking site flightaware.com says more than 800 flights have already been cancelled today. Travel expert Brian Kelly says this is going to have a ripple effect on airline traffic.
• US District Judge John McConnell Jr. — Person · 1 mention · first at 1:21
  US District Judge John McConnell Jr.
• Toia Smith — Person · 1 mention · first at 1:58
  Trump administration issued a short statement blaming Democrats for the lapse in benefits. Toia Smith, NPR News.
• Claudia Gasales — Person · 1 mention · first at 2:17
  Senate has rejected a resolution that would stop an escalating military conflict with Venezuela. NPR's Claudia Gasales reports. Republicans Ran Paul and Lisa Marowski joined…
• Todd Young — Person · 1 mention · first at 2:54
  Conflicts. But the vote also illustrates growing unease with the Venezuela conflict. Indiana GOP Senator Todd Young warned while he voted against the war powers measure, he's…
• Sydney Lepkins — Person · 1 mention · first at 4:14
• Sydney Lipkin — Person · 1 mention · first at 4:46
  NPR's Sydney Lipkin reporting. Damage estimates from the Caribbean are coming in from Hurricane Melissa. NPR's Rebecca Hersha reports. It was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever. Large parts of.
• Rebecca Hersher — Person · 1 mention · first at 5:31
  That don't have insurance or the cost of repairing public roads and other infrastructure. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News. Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have increased the death…
• Camila Dominoski — Person · 1 mention · first at 7:29
  And more specifically over the humanoid robots and other AI powered tech that Tesla might build and sell. Camila Dominoski, NPR News.
• Lisa Murkowski — Person · 1 mention
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — Person · 1 mention

Companies & orgs

• Trump Administration — Company · 5 mentions · first at 0:06
• US Supreme Court — Company · 1 mention · first at 3:07
  The US Supreme Court will let President Trump require people applying for passports list their sex at birth. No accommodation will be provided for people who are transgender. For now, the.
• Karen Clark and Company — Company · 1 mention · first at 5:08
  Through. Dozens of people were killed across the Caribbean. A new analysis by the climate risk modeling firm Karen Clark and Company finds the storm caused an estimated $2.4…
• FAA — Company · 1 mention
• NPR — Company · 1 mention
• Tesla, Inc. — Company · 1 mention
• UPS — Company · 1 mention

Products & tech

• flightaware.com — Product · 1 mention · first at 0:36
  The tracking site flightaware.com says more than 800 flights have already been cancelled today. Travel expert Brian Kelly says this is going to have a ripple effect on airline traffic.
• Humanoid Robots — Product · 1 mention · first at 7:24
  Values so much as the influence the stock represents. Influence over Tesla and more specifically over the humanoid robots and other AI powered tech that Tesla might build and sell. Camila Dominoski, NPR News.
• Ozempic — Product · 1 mention
• Wegovy — Product · 1 mention

Concepts & topics

• transgender — Concept · 2 mentions · first at 3:16
• War Powers Resolution — Concept · 1 mention · first at 2:25
  Gasales reports. Republicans Ran Paul and Lisa Marowski joined Democrats to support the War Powers Resolution, which ultimately failed by two votes. Paul worries the US is…
• sex discrimination — Concept · 1 mention · first at 3:53
  Passport applicants went to court contending the new rule amounted to unconstitutional sex discrimination. A lower court agreed, but yesterday the Supreme Court bowing to the…
• Medicare — Concept · 1 mention · first at 4:23
  It expands coverage to some, but not all, Medicare beneficiaries with obesity. They have to have additional health conditions or a body mass index over 35. People with Medicare will be able to get them for a co-pay of $50 a.
• body mass index — Concept · 1 mention · first at 4:27
  All, Medicare beneficiaries with obesity. They have to have additional health conditions or a body mass index over 35. People with Medicare will be able to get them for a…
• Medicaid — Concept · 1 mention · first at 4:34
  Over 35. People with Medicare will be able to get them for a co-pay of $50 a month. State Medicaid programs will have to opt in, but the lower cost of the drugs to the…
• Hurricane Melissa — Concept · 1 mention · first at 4:50
  NPR's Sydney Lipkin reporting. Damage estimates from the Caribbean are coming in from Hurricane Melissa. NPR's Rebecca Hersha reports. It was one of the most powerful…
• AI powered tech — Concept · 1 mention · first at 7:27
• SNAP — Concept · 1 mention
• United States federal government shutdown — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

• Caribbean — Place · 2 mentions · first at 2:06
• Venezuela — Place · 2 mentions · first at 2:17
  Senate has rejected a resolution that would stop an escalating military conflict with Venezuela. NPR's Claudia Gasales reports. Republicans Ran Paul and Lisa Marowski joined…
• Brazil — Place · 2 mentions · first at 5:45
• Atlanta — Place · 1 mention · first at 0:34
  Affect dozens of airports across the country, including major hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Newark.
• Chicago — Place · 1 mention · first at 0:34
  Affect dozens of airports across the country, including major hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Newark.
• Dallas — Place · 1 mention · first at 0:34
  Affect dozens of airports across the country, including major hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Newark.
• Newark — Place · 1 mention · first at 0:34
  Affect dozens of airports across the country, including major hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Newark.
• Rhode Island — Place · 1 mention · first at 1:13
• Indiana — Place · 1 mention · first at 2:54
  Conflicts. But the vote also illustrates growing unease with the Venezuela conflict. Indiana GOP Senator Todd Young warned while he voted against the war powers measure, he's…
• Louisville, Kentucky — Place · 1 mention · first at 5:34
  Repairing public roads and other infrastructure. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News. Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have increased the death toll to 13 people from this week's cargo…
• Rio de Janeiro — Place · 1 mention · first at 6:42
• Cuba — Place · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Hundreds of airline flights have already been cancelled this morning as the FAA scales back air traffic across the country and the Trump administration has appealed an order requiring it to issue full SNAP benefits by the end of the day. Good morning. I'm Corva Coleman from NPR News and here are today's top stories. The federal government shutdown is now the longest in US history at 38 days. It's affecting air travel. The government is moving to gradually reduce airline traffic by up to 10%. This will affect dozens of airports across the country, including major hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Newark.

0:36 The tracking site flightaware.com says more than 800 flights have already been cancelled today. Travel expert Brian Kelly says this is going to have a ripple effect on airline traffic.

0:48 It's not just canceled flights. Because of these canceled flights, there's going to be thousands more delays as well.

0:54 There are staffing shortages at airports around the country. Air traffic controllers are required to work through a shutdown, but they don't get paid. Many are looking at other work. The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge's order requiring the full payment of food assistance benefits. These are known as SNAP. The federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the government failed to consider the harm to millions of Americans who rely on these benefits. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

1:21 US District Judge John McConnell Jr. accused the Trump administration of delaying food aid for quote political reasons. He said the president's own social media posts prove his intent to defy a previous order to keep SNAP assistance flowing. The Trump administration has said benefits would be partially restored, but it could take weeks or months. Now, the judge says additional funding must be tapped to ensure full benefits are restored immediately. Anti-hunger groups called the decision a major victory, but worry the administration's appeal will mean more delays for needy Americans. The Trump administration issued a short statement blaming Democrats for the lapse in benefits. Toia Smith, NPR News.

2:02 Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth says the US military attacked another boat in the Caribbean, killing three people. He alleges they were drug traffickers, but provided no evidence. Separately, the Senate has rejected a resolution that would stop an escalating military conflict with Venezuela. NPR's Claudia Gasales reports. Republicans Ran Paul and Lisa Marowski joined Democrats to support the War Powers Resolution, which ultimately failed by two votes. Paul worries the US is moving towards forcing regime change in Venezuela. The executive branch does not have the authority to kill at will anyone anywhere at any time for any reason.

2:42 Republicans who voted no argue in US modern history the commander-in-chief has been given broad powers to initiate conflicts. But the vote also illustrates growing unease with the Venezuela conflict. Indiana GOP Senator Todd Young warned while he voted against the war powers measure, he's troubled by the direction of the operation. Claudia Risales, NPR News, the capital.

3:07 The US Supreme Court will let President Trump require people applying for passports list their sex at birth. No accommodation will be provided for people who are transgender. For now, the decision overturns a lower court ruling. As NPR's Nina Totenberg reports,

3:24 the Trump plan overturns policies adopted by six previous administrations, including his own first term that allowed what the plaintiffs say was their ability to list on their passports what they refer to as their apparent transgender identity instead of their sex at birth. But in the second administration, Trump reversed course, allowing only the designation of a person's sex at birth. transgender passport applicants went to court contending the new rule amounted to unconstitutional sex discrimination. A lower court agreed, but yesterday the Supreme Court bowing to the Trump administration's appeal allowed the new Trump plan to be put in place for now.

4:05 Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. The Trump administration is moving to lower some drug prices, including on popular obesity and type 2 diabetes drugs. NPR's Sydney Lepkins says medications such as Ompic and WGOI are part of the deal.

4:21 It expands coverage to some, but not all, Medicare beneficiaries with obesity. They have to have additional health conditions or a body mass index over 35. People with Medicare will be able to get them for a co-pay of $50 a month. State Medicaid programs will have to opt in, but the lower cost of the drugs to the government. $245 per patient per month is something that I'm hearing will likely push them toward this.

4:46 NPR's Sydney Lipkin reporting. Damage estimates from the Caribbean are coming in from Hurricane Melissa. NPR's Rebecca Hersha reports. It was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever. Large parts of Jamaica and Cuba are still in ruins a week after Hurricane Melissa swept through. Dozens of people were killed across the Caribbean. A new analysis by the climate risk modeling firm Karen Clark and Company finds the storm caused an estimated $2.4 billion of insured damage. That includes damage to homes, businesses, and industrial sites in Jamaica and Cuba. The full price tag for rebuilding will be even higher. That estimate doesn't include damage to homes that don't have insurance or the cost of repairing public roads and other infrastructure. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News. Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have increased the death toll to 13 people from this week's cargo plane crash. Searchers have recovered the

5:43 flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the UPS jet. Brazil's Congress has voted to exempt tens of millions of poor and middle class workers from paying income tax. NPR's Carrie Khan reports. The bill also increases taxes on more wealthy people in Brazil. The bill allows Brazilians an exemption from taxes, raising the limit the poor and middle class can make to the equivalent of about $900 US a month. Previously, only those making less than about $500 a month were exempt. To make up the difference in lost income, the government will increase taxes on Brazil's top earners and their dividends. Supporters say it's common sense legislation. Those who have less pay less, those who have more pay more.

6:27 President Luis Anasio Lula D Silva is set to sign the bill, handing him a major political victory as he plans to run for reelection next year. Congress is still also looking to tax new outlets, including fintech companies and bedding operators. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. Shareholders at Tesla's annual meeting in Texas have approved a massive pay package for CEO Elon Musk. As NPR's Camila Dominowski reports, the package is potentially worth a trillion dollars. Elon Musk's previous pay package is currently tied up in a legal battle after a shareholder challenged it. That pay package was a world record, too. Stock worth more than 55 billion if Musk hit all the targets, which he did. The new one, an order of magnitude larger, is linked to a new set of targets for valuation and earnings and the number of cars and robots sold.

7:18 Musk has said it's not the money that he values so much as the influence the stock represents. Influence over Tesla and more specifically over the humanoid robots and other AI powered tech that Tesla might build and sell. Camila Dominoski, NPR News.

7:34 This is NPR.

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "FAA Limits Flights, Leading To Cancellations, Delays | NPR News Now"?

In order: 0:00 Trump Administration, Venezuela, Atlanta, Brian Kelly; 3:00 Nina Totenberg, transgender, body mass index, Brazil; 6:00 AI powered tech, Brazil, Camila Dominoski, Carrie Khan.

What is mentioned in this NPR episode?

46 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Trump Administration, Caribbean, Venezuela, transgender, Nina Totenberg, Brazil. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "FAA Limits Flights, Leading To Cancellations, Delays | NPR News Now"?

The episode runs 8 min; the transcript is about 1,233 words in 16 timestamped sections.

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