TSA security lines at U.S. airports hit record-breaking wait times during a partial government shutdown as 50,000 unpaid officers call out of work. Breaking news reporter Karoun Demirjian explains the crisis, while congressional correspondent Michael Gold discusses fragile negotiations in Congress to end the standoff over immigration enforcement reforms. TSA workers earning around $50,000 annually have called out at rates exceeding 40% in some airports because they must find immediate income after weeks without paychecks, directly causing record security line delays. President Trump rejected a Republican proposal to fund all DHS except ICE enforcement, instead linking the shutdown to an unrelated voting restrictions bill, freezing negotiations that had begun showing momentum.