West Michigan Wakeup November 11, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Start one oh five point seven. Let's get you
up to date the.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
News you need to start your day. It's the West
Michigan Wake.

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Up, powered by Minards on Star one oh five point seven. Well,
we're all cautiously optimistic. The Senate voting late last night
to end the forty one day government shutdown, the longest
in history, now setting the stage for the House to
reconvene later this week and pick up the legislation, sending
it to President Trump's desk. The Senate voted sixty to

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forty to pass a bill to fund military construction that
trends affairs the Department of Agriculture and the Legislative Branch
through September thirtieth, twenty twenty six. That did include eight
members of the Democratic Caucus voting for that deal, branking
with Senate Democrat leadership. Now another big part of this
frustrating travel. In a new viral video, one pilot actually

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taking the moment to air his grievances to his customers.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
And you should really call your senator pick up. I'll
tell you this is costing same airlines millions of dollars.
And just think a thirty airplace with one engine running,
which it's going to take us at least ninety minutes
to take off, so it's frustrating. It's really frustrated for me.
Last night I had a six hour delay and use too,
and the weather was perfect. It's because the air traffic

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controllers aren't get paid.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Whether they're not getting paid, not stopping the President from
demanding those air traffic controllers returned to work as travelers
endured another day of thousands of flight cancelations. Trump's comments
coming after the US aviation system suffered serious disruptions. In
a post on truth Social he writes, all air traffic

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controllers must get back to work now. Anyone who doesn't
will be substantially docked. Talking about pay right now, the
FAA says they were already thirty five hundred air traffic
controllers short, and that was before the shutdown. It is
Veteran's Day today, which we mean's. Most federal, state, and
local government offices across West Michigan will be closed, though

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some online services will be available. Federal offices, including post
offices and banks, closed for the holiday. However, self service
options remain available in many post office retail lobbies. Taking
a look at sports good night for our Pistons, Kate
Cunningham scoring forty six points as the Pistons rallied to

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meet the Washington Wizards one thirty seven to one thirty
five and a thrilling end. We will see more basketball
action tonight as Michigan takes on Wake Forest in Detroit.
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