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FBN’s Peter Barnes on the possibility that a snowstorm will keep leaders from returning to Washington to work on a fiscal cliff deal.
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Welcome back visit fixing the -- -- cliff you know as a hard enough we've got a snowstorm causing over.
A thousand flight delays problems are basically telling core across states.
And -- -- -- congressional leaders and getting back to Washington DC to deal with the fiscal Clinton.
This -- live team coverage Fox News and employment is in Scranton Pennsylvania let's start repeat -- Barnes.
At Washington's Reagan national airport Peter.
Well -- everything here Reagan national is pretty normal there are few delays here there are a few cancellations.
But.
I can't say that about airports -- in New England right now that are getting really shocked.
By this winter storm I looked at this schedule for Bangor Maine for example which is getting hit very hard.
And there are flights canceled and anger.
To Washington DC and New York a nationally.
Fewer flights canceled today than yesterday just 548.
So far compared to about 18100 flights canceled yesterday.
About 700 on Christmas Day.
But you can see that domino of -- effect of a storm like this for the nation's air traffic at flight radar 24 dot com.
All of the orange -- -- airplanes that are on this map represent flight delays five minutes or more and most of those flights are orange now members of the house.
Don't have to worry about getting back here to Washington for any kind of votes on the fiscal cliff -- because speaker Boehner.
Hasn't got any thing to vote on.
And -- he has not called the house back in the session he has promised house members.
That he will give them 48 hours notice if they have to come back.
To vote but the senate is in session it's considering some legislation not related to the fiscal cliff -- -- -- spokesperson.
For the democratic leader Harry Reid -- all the senate Democrats.
Are in town for votes.
No response from him but a spokesperson for the Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
Told me that.
Delays for Republican senators are certainly possible.
They got two Republican senators in Maine all right now what kind of advice our our members of congress getting.
For traveling getting back here to Washington in case there are -- whether they're getting the same advice says.
Are we mere more -- get take a listen.
We would tell a member of congress the same thing we tell any other travelers cheque with their airline before they head to the airport to make sure their flights on time.
But things here in Washington are in real good shape -- their arrival.
But let's check in now than nick -- in Scranton -- CF those members of congress are gonna have any problem.
Get -- home and a.
