Houston Airports advised travelers to allow extra time to pass through security at two of its airports on Sunday, November 2, as the government shutdown continued. Footage filmed by X user @nextradaymus69 shows a huge crowd waiting to get through to the TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. “Four-and-a-half hours just to make it through the line to get into the TSA security line. Missed our flight,” they wrote in a post to X. “Our bags already got sent to our destination. This

Social media footage shows a huge crowd waiting to get through the TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. “Four-and-a-half hours just to make it through the line to get into the TSA security line. Missed our flight,” X user @nextradaymus69 wrote in the post. “Our bags already got sent to our destination. This is an absolute s**t show.” Jim Szczesniak, the director of aviation for Houston Airports, said the government shutdown affected TSA staffing and operations natio