CHICAGO (WLS) -- O'Hare and Midway are among the 40 airports that will have reduced capacity by the FAA.

Passengers ABC7 spoke with Thursday morning said they aren't feeling too optimistic about federal lawmakers being able to hash out a deal before the weekend.

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The FAA now says hundreds of thousands of passengers could be affected if the government shutdown continues.

It was business as usual inside O'Hare's Terminal 1 Thursday morning with no major delays and only a handful of cancellations. But in the hours ahead, it could be a much different story.

"Air traffic controllers are showing up to work every day to deal with Issues that we've never seen before. 36-day shutdown," Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic C

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