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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jello has introduced three new no thanks Thanksgiving molds. Alex
Stone by the way, ABC News joining us now. These
yellow Jello watch It Big.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
See Jig cool and fruity Jello brand gelatin desserts.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
The one that tastes a line and makes such fun
Jello gelatine and make some fun.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I remember that.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Oh yeah, man, you guys are old. I don't. I
don't remember that at all. Jello is what are the
four food groups growing up?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Isn't there isn't there like powdered bones in that, like
there was like a.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hoof the stuff inside of animal hoods.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Yeah, mouss, moose. Yeah. Anyway, this is a real story though.
Thanksgiving molds is what they're calling this, in the shape
of three Thanksgiving dishes. A lot of people don't like,
one of which is pecan pie or pecan however you
ever say it, canned cranberry sauce, and Brussels sprouts. And
the reason that they're doing this is if you don't
(01:09):
like the real thing, these molds that look like those
three things allow you to make jello in the shape
of that particular food and they're literally being launched today.
You can get them on Walmart dot com. They're like
five bucks and the no thanks molds. They can be
used for a variety of things like ice cubes and
(01:30):
you know, you know, just different stuff like that. So
you have those, I guess to give people that don't
want to. And I just started as I'm like more
and more talking about this, I'm like, why would anybody
waste five bucks on something like.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
You named out there? I like Brussels sprouts.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You like cranberry sauce, you get, you like the like
the canned like.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Spring stuff, do whatever reason?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah, okay, I love Brussels sprouts too.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Both of you are sick.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
You don't like brussel spreading.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
A little balsamic vinegar and yeah and a little bacon.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's just nothing for me.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I don't like pecan pie though, really pe pekin pie,
I don't really I don't really really like that. But anyway,
I just thought that was kind of an interesting thing
or what have you, and like, why would people waste
five dollars on that? So hopefully, Alex, I mean you
(02:30):
know that the Senate sixty forty, the vote happened, and
now we got to get the House, and they're supposed
to be voting on this tomorrow, and are we going
to see the longest government shut down in US history
finally come to an end.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
It looks like it is, it feels like it.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
But as a result, it's still going to take a
while for everything to shake out as far as our
our you know, air traffic controlers, any of the airline stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
I think.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Yeah, So ultimately, if the shutdown goes on long enough,
they're going to ramp up, or at least the thinking is,
although today Sean Duffy said they hope they don't have
to to ten percent of flights being canceled, but they
started with four percent last week. Today they jumped up
to six percent, as they're gradually going to ten percent,
and even though this deal may be coming for now,
(03:16):
they're going to continue going down the road as if
it's not and ramping it up. So today around eighteen
hundred flights were canceled. That number went up over the
last couple of hours, and regional carriers like Sky West
and Republic Airways they're the most heavily impacted, followed by Southwest,
Delta United. And this woman says serious headache today. Somehow
(03:37):
she ended up in your neck of the woods and
didn't plan on it.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I was in San Francisco, and when I got to
the airport, my connecting flight and Charlotte was canceled. So
I went to Charlotte and then they rebooted.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Me to Ohio. So now she's there. And this guy
says he believes he's flying today too.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That the government. He says, look, we're paying taxes.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Get together, we're paying taxes for the government to support
us in our country.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
And I feel lot down right now now.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So even if they do get a deal, Sean Duffy,
the Transportation Secretary, is warning that when the shutdown ends,
it's going to take a while to get everybody back,
to get systems back up, to get things calibrated that
haven't been calibrated in a while.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
So it's not going to be right away.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
And with the clock ticking toward Thanksgiving, time is kind
of running out that they got to get this done
this week and get everybody back in. This guy says
he and his wife they're traveling now. They're canceling their
plans over Thanksgiving because they don't want to deal with
it during the big travel time of They're afraid that
this is going to have a ripple effect. You usually
go away on holidays. I think we're gonna take.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
This one off, and others may decide to do the
same thing.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Sean Duffy a few minutes ago was in Chicago and
he was talking about a difference that they are seeing today,
though partly it seems because the President threatened to penalizos
who have been calling out sick the air traffic controllers
and taking away some of their pay and then rewarding
those who have worked every day with full pay and
ten thousand dollars bonuses who have not called out sick.
(05:00):
But that on top of what Sean Duffy says, it
is is that with this sign of an end to
the shutdown coming, that that is incentivizing the air traffic
controllers to come back to work today. That they have
seen a big turnaround today and staffing numbers are way
up all of a sudden, And he said this few
minutes ago. Air traffic controllers are seeing and end to
the shutdown and feel more hopeful and they're coming in
(05:25):
to their facilities.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
So we're grateful to them for all that they're doing.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
So that deal with it coming, he says if a
deal gets done within twenty four to forty eight hours
of the government reopening, that air traffic controllers will get
seventy percent of their back pay, so by the end
of the week and TSA as well, they could have
a very good week. If they can get this deal
done tomorrow. Then let's say they reopen with by Friday
or Saturday, all of a sudden, their direct deposit could
(05:49):
have a bunch of money in it, and then they
would get the rest. They get up seventy percent right away,
and then it would be a little while before they
get the rest and then their their current pay at
that point. So it could be relatively quick, and the
air traffic carollers could be after going so many weeks
without money, could be getting some money at the end
of this week if they can get a deal.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
I think this is interesting too, Alex. I'm headed your
way tomorrow. I'm flying to Vegas and then I'm doing
the show from Vegas Thursday and Friday. I'm in a
blackjack tournament this weekend. Nice so I on Sunday got
a notice from Southwest and tomorrow night when I fly
out after the show, there's you know, it's connecting before
(06:26):
I get to Vegas. But I specifically I thought this
was interesting. Southwest sends us to me on Sunday, saying,
on November fifth, the United States Federal Aviation Administration and
I was planning to temporarily reduce flight activity starting November seventh,
reaching out to confirm that your Southwest flight blah blah
blah is not impacted. If your scheduled itinerary still works,
(06:46):
there's nothing.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
More to do.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
If you wish to make a change, view your options.
There's a link there you can click. That's for the
first flight and then the second one from my connecting
all the way to Vegas. Same listed a duplicate email
with the flight number for that particular flight, once again
saying it's not been affected, which I thought, I know. Well,
(07:08):
I thought it was interesting that Southwest was being that
proactive about this and saying, hey, your particular flights are
not going to be impacted by this.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
And I assume that's to cut down on people calling
them and saying, hey, I'm flying from Columbus to Vegas.
Can you tell me if my flight is impacted or not? Yeah,
it prevents them having to answer all those questions. But
that's great that they'll tell you it's not impacted.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Yeah, I thought it was great that they reached out
to do something like that. And I don't know how
difficult it is to facilitate that, but you know, with
the you know, hundreds of thousands of flights you know
that they're doing, you know, or thousands I should say
of flights and so on, that's actually pretty cool. I
(07:54):
don't know if a lot of airlines are doing something
like that or whatever. And it's like, if I didn't
receive that, I definitely was wondering. I'm like, I don't
know if this is going to work out, you know
kind of a thing.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
But it feels like you may change your flight or
go yeah, and then they have people needlessly changing plans
because you might just cancel it all together, and so,
you know what, there's too much of a headache.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I'm not going to go right, And so I think
they're trying to avoid you know, having to give money
back or whatever with that, which makes sense that they're
trying to do this. But it looks like it's all
starting to kind of come together now anyway, even though
it won't material lies and you know, work itself out.
By tomorrow or what have you.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
But yeah, but maybe by the end of the week
it'll look a whole lot better.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah for sure. Man. All right Alex Stone, ABC News
out of Los Angeles. Hopefully, Yeah, this this smooths out
and we can kind of get back to you know
that when the delays happen, it can just be because
you know, the airlines are idiots.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Well, yeah, you're used to that. That was Mark who
said that, Not Alex, not Alex, it was me. That's Alex.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Thanks brother, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
I guys see
Jello has introduced three new no thanks Thanksgiving molds. Alex
Stone by the way, ABC News joining us now. These
yellow Jello watch It Big.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
See Jig cool and fruity Jello brand gelatin desserts.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
The one that tastes a line and makes such fun
Jello gelatine and make some fun.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I remember that.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Oh yeah, man, you guys are old. I don't. I
don't remember that at all. Jello is what are the
four food groups growing up?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Isn't there isn't there like powdered bones in that, like
there was like a.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hoof the stuff inside of animal hoods.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Yeah, mouss, moose. Yeah. Anyway, this is a real story though.
Thanksgiving molds is what they're calling this, in the shape
of three Thanksgiving dishes. A lot of people don't like,
one of which is pecan pie or pecan however you
ever say it, canned cranberry sauce, and Brussels sprouts. And
the reason that they're doing this is if you don't
(01:09):
like the real thing, these molds that look like those
three things allow you to make jello in the shape
of that particular food and they're literally being launched today.
You can get them on Walmart dot com. They're like
five bucks and the no thanks molds. They can be
used for a variety of things like ice cubes and
(01:30):
you know, you know, just different stuff like that. So
you have those, I guess to give people that don't
want to. And I just started as I'm like more
and more talking about this, I'm like, why would anybody
waste five bucks on something like.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
You named out there? I like Brussels sprouts.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You like cranberry sauce, you get, you like the like
the canned like.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Spring stuff, do whatever reason?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah, okay, I love Brussels sprouts too.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Both of you are sick.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
You don't like brussel spreading.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
A little balsamic vinegar and yeah and a little bacon.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's just nothing for me.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I don't like pecan pie though, really pe pekin pie,
I don't really I don't really really like that. But anyway,
I just thought that was kind of an interesting thing
or what have you, and like, why would people waste
five dollars on that? So hopefully, Alex, I mean you
(02:30):
know that the Senate sixty forty, the vote happened, and
now we got to get the House, and they're supposed
to be voting on this tomorrow, and are we going
to see the longest government shut down in US history
finally come to an end.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
It looks like it is, it feels like it.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
But as a result, it's still going to take a
while for everything to shake out as far as our
our you know, air traffic controlers, any of the airline stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
I think.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Yeah, So ultimately, if the shutdown goes on long enough,
they're going to ramp up, or at least the thinking is,
although today Sean Duffy said they hope they don't have
to to ten percent of flights being canceled, but they
started with four percent last week. Today they jumped up
to six percent, as they're gradually going to ten percent,
and even though this deal may be coming for now,
(03:16):
they're going to continue going down the road as if
it's not and ramping it up. So today around eighteen
hundred flights were canceled. That number went up over the
last couple of hours, and regional carriers like Sky West
and Republic Airways they're the most heavily impacted, followed by Southwest,
Delta United. And this woman says serious headache today. Somehow
(03:37):
she ended up in your neck of the woods and
didn't plan on it.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I was in San Francisco, and when I got to
the airport, my connecting flight and Charlotte was canceled. So
I went to Charlotte and then they rebooted.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Me to Ohio. So now she's there. And this guy
says he believes he's flying today too.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That the government. He says, look, we're paying taxes.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Get together, we're paying taxes for the government to support
us in our country.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
And I feel lot down right now now.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So even if they do get a deal, Sean Duffy,
the Transportation Secretary, is warning that when the shutdown ends,
it's going to take a while to get everybody back,
to get systems back up, to get things calibrated that
haven't been calibrated in a while.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
So it's not going to be right away.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
And with the clock ticking toward Thanksgiving, time is kind
of running out that they got to get this done
this week and get everybody back in. This guy says
he and his wife they're traveling now. They're canceling their
plans over Thanksgiving because they don't want to deal with
it during the big travel time of They're afraid that
this is going to have a ripple effect. You usually
go away on holidays. I think we're gonna take.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
This one off, and others may decide to do the
same thing.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Sean Duffy a few minutes ago was in Chicago and
he was talking about a difference that they are seeing today,
though partly it seems because the President threatened to penalizos
who have been calling out sick the air traffic controllers
and taking away some of their pay and then rewarding
those who have worked every day with full pay and
ten thousand dollars bonuses who have not called out sick.
(05:00):
But that on top of what Sean Duffy says, it
is is that with this sign of an end to
the shutdown coming, that that is incentivizing the air traffic
controllers to come back to work today. That they have
seen a big turnaround today and staffing numbers are way
up all of a sudden, And he said this few
minutes ago. Air traffic controllers are seeing and end to
the shutdown and feel more hopeful and they're coming in
(05:25):
to their facilities.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
So we're grateful to them for all that they're doing.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
So that deal with it coming, he says if a
deal gets done within twenty four to forty eight hours
of the government reopening, that air traffic controllers will get
seventy percent of their back pay, so by the end
of the week and TSA as well, they could have
a very good week. If they can get this deal
done tomorrow. Then let's say they reopen with by Friday
or Saturday, all of a sudden, their direct deposit could
(05:49):
have a bunch of money in it, and then they
would get the rest. They get up seventy percent right away,
and then it would be a little while before they
get the rest and then their their current pay at
that point. So it could be relatively quick, and the
air traffic carollers could be after going so many weeks
without money, could be getting some money at the end
of this week if they can get a deal.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
I think this is interesting too, Alex. I'm headed your
way tomorrow. I'm flying to Vegas and then I'm doing
the show from Vegas Thursday and Friday. I'm in a
blackjack tournament this weekend. Nice so I on Sunday got
a notice from Southwest and tomorrow night when I fly
out after the show, there's you know, it's connecting before
(06:26):
I get to Vegas. But I specifically I thought this
was interesting. Southwest sends us to me on Sunday, saying,
on November fifth, the United States Federal Aviation Administration and
I was planning to temporarily reduce flight activity starting November seventh,
reaching out to confirm that your Southwest flight blah blah
blah is not impacted. If your scheduled itinerary still works,
(06:46):
there's nothing.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
More to do.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
If you wish to make a change, view your options.
There's a link there you can click. That's for the
first flight and then the second one from my connecting
all the way to Vegas. Same listed a duplicate email
with the flight number for that particular flight, once again
saying it's not been affected, which I thought, I know. Well,
(07:08):
I thought it was interesting that Southwest was being that
proactive about this and saying, hey, your particular flights are
not going to be impacted by this.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
And I assume that's to cut down on people calling
them and saying, hey, I'm flying from Columbus to Vegas.
Can you tell me if my flight is impacted or not? Yeah,
it prevents them having to answer all those questions. But
that's great that they'll tell you it's not impacted.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Yeah, I thought it was great that they reached out
to do something like that. And I don't know how
difficult it is to facilitate that, but you know, with
the you know, hundreds of thousands of flights you know
that they're doing, you know, or thousands I should say
of flights and so on, that's actually pretty cool. I
(07:54):
don't know if a lot of airlines are doing something
like that or whatever. And it's like, if I didn't
receive that, I definitely was wondering. I'm like, I don't
know if this is going to work out, you know
kind of a thing.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
But it feels like you may change your flight or
go yeah, and then they have people needlessly changing plans
because you might just cancel it all together, and so,
you know what, there's too much of a headache.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I'm not going to go right, And so I think
they're trying to avoid you know, having to give money
back or whatever with that, which makes sense that they're
trying to do this. But it looks like it's all
starting to kind of come together now anyway, even though
it won't material lies and you know, work itself out.
By tomorrow or what have you.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
But yeah, but maybe by the end of the week
it'll look a whole lot better.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah for sure. Man. All right Alex Stone, ABC News
out of Los Angeles. Hopefully, Yeah, this this smooths out
and we can kind of get back to you know
that when the delays happen, it can just be because
you know, the airlines are idiots.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Well, yeah, you're used to that. That was Mark who
said that, Not Alex, not Alex, it was me. That's Alex.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Thanks brother, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
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