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

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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.

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 things related? And if so, why did they both become problems on Friday?

SEC. DUFFY: Yeah, so the- the Amarillo facility- that work had been done weeks ago, and so why- when we did the install in El Dorado, did that start to broadcast data into our network? But then also the- the facility in Amarillo- why did that happen? We're investigating that right now. We actually have both routers with L3Harris, who operates and owns our network. FAA is on site as well. FBI is offering support. We're looking at that right now, and when we know what the root cause of this issue was- was it- was it the install from L3Harris? Was it the router? I'm going to tell you and the American people what we find.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So, was the issue old infrastructure or was it new equipment?

SEC. DUFFY: So first off, the- the- the telecom in El Dorado, it was an old copper wire that basically was- it was going to be decommissioned. They said it can't be used anymore.

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