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No talks are happening according to Iran, while the U.S. calls the situation productive as

questions mount about an endgame 25 days now into this war.

Hi, I'm Maria Kastain in 4 Vergeshtave. This is Big Headlines. Everything you need to know to be

in the know in just 5 minutes. Despite U.S. President Trump's claim of a possible diplomatic breakthrough

in the Middle East war, Iranian missiles and drones are continuing to target parts of the Gulf.

As Tehran maintains its grip on the straight of hormones, claims that Iran recently launched

seven waves of missiles at Israel, with Israel also striking Iran, hitting some 50 targets overnight.

All of this happening as Trump heavily hints that an endgame is close, announcing a pause in

attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure and claiming productive talks are underway.

But Iran denies any talks are happening. Joel Rubin is the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of

State. They may not be talking to anybody quite frankly and just be moving to try to signal to

markets to calm down. There are reports the U.S. could have a delegation meeting with Iranian officials

in Pakistan this week. The U.S. is pushing for Iran to stand down on nuclear weapons in the

straight of hormones, while a senior adviser to the new Supreme Leader says the war will continue

until Iran receives full compensation for damages.

As the investigation into the deadly collision on the runway at New York's LaGuardia airport

continues, we're learning more about the two air-Canada jazz pilots who lost their lives

in the tragedy. Mackenzie Gunther has been identified as one of the pilots, a statement from

Toronto's Seneca Polytechnic, says Gunther was a graduate of its aviation program. They say

Gunther began working for jazz after finishing school. The other pilot was identified by a family

member as Antoine Foray of Quebec. An investigation is underway at LaGuardia, with early indications

showing the pilots attempted to avoid the truck as much as possible. CNN's safety analyst David Suci.

The aircraft ran directly into the middle of this truck with the nose of the airplane.

Had the truck been 30 feet further or 30 feet before, this could have been much, much worse.

Investigators say they're being held up by a partial government shutdown in the U.S.

with some officials stuck in hours long lines unable to get to the scene.

Well, the crash is bringing up conversations about air traffic control shortages in the U.S.

I spoke to Aviation expert and associate professor at McGill University, Karl Romore,

today on the big story to have that conversation. What is the state of air traffic control?

It's an ongoing long-term problem we've seen. We've talked about this for years.

Is that there's a shortage of controllers and hence some of the existing ones work extra

shifts and do things. I'll partly get paid for that, so that's good from a family finance viewpoint.

But there's threats beyond what they want to do, what they should do, because there's not

enough of them. And so it's an ongoing existing problem that maybe this will encourage the U.S.

government and perhaps a little bit in Canada, I don't think it's bad, is in the U.S.

to hire more people, train more people, maybe pay them better, so that this problem now,

I think it's exasperated by what's going on in Washington and some employees are not being paid.

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Also making big headlines, TSA security lines, stateside are still long,

as the partial U.S. government shutdown drags on. TSA officers have gone nearly 40 days without

getting paid and many are calling out to find other kinds of work to pay the bills.

U.S. President Donald Trump has deployed ICE agents at airports, but those agents aren't

trained to screen bags or run the screening equipment. ABC's Steve O'Santhamy is at Atlanta's

Hartzfield Jackson International Airport. President is also now talking about sending in the

National Guard to help. It's very hard for people to get a beat on how long these lines are from

the websites, for example, because the systems, the cameras that they use to measure the lines

only are designed to measure the lines of people inside the airport and not around the block.

One piece of advice that we're hearing now is for people to choose to fly at off peak hours.

TSA set a record for calls out again on Sunday, 40 percent in Atlanta and more than 37 percent

at New York's JFK. Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget

stalemate by funding much of the department, including TSA workers, but excluding ICE's

enforcement and removal operations, which have been core to the dispute. The potential breakthrough

came after a group of Republican senators headed to the White House late Monday to meet with Trump.

They expected negotiators to work through the night, hammer out the details, and present

written proposals for both parties to discuss today.

More than six years after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in this country,

most Canadians say they are satisfied with how the government handled the pandemic.

A new survey from a research co-finds 56 percent of Canadians would call the federal pandemic

response a success up 4 percent compared to a year ago. 62 percent of those say they would

support a public inquiry into the pandemic response down 2 percent from last year.

Police in Vancouver have ticketed a woman who they say fell asleep while behind the wheel

of a self-driving vehicle. BC Highway Patrol say it happened last Tuesday during the busy

morning hour rush. Officers noticed the driver of a Tesla had her eyes closed and arms crossed

as the vehicle traveled in rainy and slippery conditions. The driver told police she'd zoned out,

but had her hands on the steering wheel while police say officer video doesn't support her claim.

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