Transcript: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 15, 2026

November 15, 2026 / 9:54 AM EST / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Nov. 15, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: For more, we go now to the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. Will the country be back to fully operational with a full flight schedule by the end of today?

SEC. SEAN DUFFY: So we have some delays in the airspace right now, but as we look to the end of the day and into tomorrow, we should be running at full capacity. What happens with a ground stop, like on Friday, we have airplanes and crews that are out of position, so it takes a little bit of time for the airlines to get back and choreographed and at full capacity and operations, but we're well on our way.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So I know that there was a router in El Dorado, Arkansas, as I understand it, that became an issue on Friday. You said on another network this morning there was a second issue at a radar site in Amarillo, Texas. Are those two…

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