President Trump is grappling with the possibility of major flight cancellations as the government shutdown drags on. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave and Weijia Jiang report.

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President Trump is intensifying efforts to end the ongoing government shutdown, emphasizing that Democrats must vote to reopen the government before negotiations can proceed. As the shutdown continues, the FAA has announced plans to reduce flight capacity by up to 10% at 40 airports across the United States, citing safety concerns.

Airlines were caught off guard by the FAA's announcement and are working to implement gradual capacity cuts, aiming to minimize disruption for travelers. Meanwhile, Trump is urging Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to allow a simple majority to pass legislation reopening the government, though there is currently insufficient support for this rule change.

How is Trump's strategy changing as shutdown threatens flights?

President Trump is ramping up pressure to end the government shutdown. He said in an interview with Fox News that Democrats need to vote to open the government before Republicans will negotiate Yesterday the House and Senate Democratic minority leaders sent mr Trump a letter calling for a bipartisan meeting to fund the government and address health care costs and The FAA says it will start cutting flight capacity by 10% tomorrow if the government shutdown Continues the map on your screen shows airports under consideration for these cuts There are 40 of them across the country that will be affected yesterday afternoon The FAA administrator said this move is about safety We're trying to lean into the fact that when we see pressures building in these 40 markets We just can't ignore it, you know And we're not going to wait for a safety problem to truly manifest itself when the early indicators are telling us We can take action today to prevent You know things from deteriorating CBS News senior transportation correspondent Chris Van Cleve joins us from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport one of the many in airports impacted Good morning, Chris. This is gonna frustrate Thousands of travelers, but as we heard there this is to keep them safe. How exactly will this work over the next couple of days? Well, that's still being figured out this announcement caught the airlines by surprise and they are now scrambling to implement This order that it sounds like they've not actually even received the formal order from the FAA yet The understanding that they're operating under now is that they will build to a 10% reduction in capacity at these 40 airports starting tomorrow Cuts will be around at least 4% then Saturday 5% 6% until you get to that 10% number that that Ramp up gives them a little bit of time to to figure this all out But the goal for the airlines is to push out the cancellations for Friday later today What they're trying to avoid is people coming to the airport and being surprised by the fact that their flight has been canceled one Potential well, I'm not gonna call it a silver lining, but maybe a mitigating factor for flyers right now is not a Super high volume travel time the couple of weeks before Thanksgiving tend to be a bit of a lull So there are open seats to move people around So the hope is that maybe if your flights canceled you're seeing a couple hours of disruption not being stranded for days So folks should keep a close eye on their itineraries in the next 24 to 48 hours Chris Van Cleve. Thank you CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Zhang joins us now with the latest from President Trump. Weijia. Good morning With airports restricting travel There are so many more people who'll be frustrated this weekend than last weekend than there were many last weekend So, how is the president's strategy changing on what is now day 37 of the country's longest government shutdown? Good morning, Errol. Good morning to everybody the strategy for President Trump has not changed in practice so far He has not said that he would formally meet with Democratic leaders Or all the congressional leaders as he did before the shutdown to try to work out a deal But there has been a clear shift in the sense of urgency, which is now renewed following election night and Republican losses the president acknowledged the shutdown was hurting Republicans even though he says it ought to Be hurting Democrats because he says they are to blame even though they are not getting enough of the blame For this now historic close of the federal government So he is urging Republicans to do something about it He actually wants them to take matters into their own hands by eliminating the filibuster what that means is by changing the rules in the Senate when it comes to voting so that a simple majority would be enough to Pass most legislation including a bill to reopen the government instead of the 60 votes that are currently required But we did hear from Senate Majority Leader John Thune yesterday who said the support for that the votes to change that rule simply is not there right now at least so We will see if the president continues to push for that But Errol regardless of what happens in the next few days. One thing is clear. The president wants the government to reopen We'll see how that can manifest itself Weijia Zhang at the White House with the latest

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