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Rep. Price: Dems 'scalpel' budget cuts would lead to bankruptcy
Earlier on American Morning, New York Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer told AM’s Kiran Chetry the Tea Party and their proposed cuts were the "only thing standing in the way of an agreement" on the federal budget. Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Price responds on AM.
Rep. Price tells AM's Ali Velshi it is the Senate Democrats who have not acted yet. "They're negotiating with themselves right now," he tells AM. "What they need to do is act."
Price says it's up to the Senate Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.
Schumer: Dems slicing budget with scalpel, Tea Party using meat ax
They have until the end of the week to finally figure it out. Friday is the deadline for Congress to come to an agreement on the 2011 federal budget. The resolution currently funding the government expires Friday at midnight.
The White House is looking to get Senate Democrats to agree with Republican proposed budget cuts, but there is uncertainty if the House’s most conservative wing, backed by the Tea Party, will accept the Senate’s final legislation.
The Tea Party proposed cuts are too “extreme,” according to New York Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer. This morning Sen. Schumer explains to American Morning’s Kiran Chetry why he thinks the Tea Party’s proposals are hurting negotiations.
What programs would Schumer cut? And, how much money does Congress need to negotiate to come to a deal?
Aircraft cracks not found in routine inspections
Southwest Airlines canceled 100 flights Monday and about 600 over the weekend to conduct inspections, following an incident Friday when a hole opened in the roof of one of the company’s Boeing 737 planes during flight and caused an emergency landing in Arizona.
Initial inspection of the plane and the 5-foot by 1-foot hole showed cracking in the plane’s skin, which the National Transportation Safety Board says would likely not be visible during routine inspections. Weekend examinations of other aircraft found found “small, subsurface cracks” or indications of cracks in three other planes.
Why are Southwest planes having this problem, and is it specific to the airline's fleet? Today on American Morning, former FAA chief of staff Michael Goldfarb talks about the Boeing 737-300 plane's maintenance track record with AM’s Ali Velshi.
Flying Southwest? The company says to check its site to see if your flight is among the canceled trips. http://www.southwest.com/html/travel_center/delays_cancellations.html
Read CNN's coverage of Friday's emergency landing here.
Blind fan's remarkable trek to Yankee Stadium
Jane Lang is a hard-core Yankees fan.
For more than 200 games, she has made the 3-hour trek from home to Yankee Stadium by herself.
Jane has also been blind since birth.
CNN's Rob Marciano profiles a Yankees fan who won't let anything get in the way of seeing her favorite team.
Freed New York Times journalist: 'We were in survival mode'
Lynsey Addario was one of four New York Times journalists captured by Gadhafi's forces in Libya on March 15.
Addario was beaten and sexually assaulted before ultimately being released on March 21. A photographer, Addario has worked in the Muslim world for 11 years. Lynsey Addario and her husband Paul de Bendern, India Bureau Chief for Reuters, talk to Ali Velshi about what they went through.
MLB contest winner to live in 'Fan Cave,' watch over 2,400 baseball games
Mike O'Hara's new job is the envy of most baseball fans. O'Hara is the winner of an MLB contest to live in the MLB "Fan Cave" and watch every single baseball game of the 2011 season– more than 2,400 games in total. O'Hara talks to American Morning about his new gig.
Follow Mike O'Hara on Twitter at @mikeyoh21 and second place winner Ryan Wagner at @rwags614. You can also follow MLB for the latest from the Fan Cave at @MLBFanCave and at Mlbfancave.com.
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