President Trump's executive order on Friday instructed the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA officers immediately, although it's unclear when the impact of that move will start to be felt at airports.
With spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to wait it out at major U.S. airports after President Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA officers aimed at alleviating long security lines.
Trump's action came after House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of DHS. The House late Friday night passed a bill to fund the entire department through May 22, but many senators are now in recess.
The community is stepping up to help the nearly 150 TSA employees at Fresno-Yosemite International who are working without a paycheck.
With pressure mounting, the White House had floated the extraordinary move of invoking a national emergency to pay TSA workers.