are you really willing to shut down the faa to protect the subsidies for morgantown? >> i'm answering that question. >> reporter: their bottom line, it's all the republicans' fault. >> you know, jonathan, here's the issue. you -- and i say this respectfully -- the way that we have america going today, there's no penalty for outrageous conduct. >> reporter: the cuts republicans want would save $16 million a year. but this impasse is costing much more. $30 million every day. democrats say they just want the house to work out a compromise. good luck with that. they're already gone for the rest of the summer. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and now, we turn overseas, to egypt, where the 83-year-old hosni mubarak of egypt, who once stood astride the middle east, a steadfast ally for every american president since jimmy carter, looked like this today, on a stretcher, behind metal bars. egyptian papers called him, quote, their pharaoh in a cage. now, he could face the death penalty. and abc's alex marquardt is in cairo for us tonight. >> reporter: it was custom bu

now, morgantown, west virginia, you can go, if you don't want to fly out of morgantown, west virginia, you would have to drive 75 miles to the pittsburgh international airport. 20,000 people have chosen not to drive to pittsburgh and instead want to get on the plane in morgantown and the american taxpayer has paid $73 for every one of those 20,000 people and asked you and i to pay for it rather than requiring those folks to get in the car and drive to pittsburgh. so, to be clear, this crisis could go away if senator coburn relented and 'greed to have his language taken out. i happen to be in favor of what senator coburn is doing and it's not just me, again, the coburn language was adopted by voice vote in the senate, it's in the senate f.a.a. bill and 87 senators voted for it. and so for people to stand up and wave a their arms and talk about the fact that this is some kind of poison pill is not accurate. senator rockefeller, when the proposal was made that we pass the house bill, which is pending and has been pending since july 20 and the senate has always had the power to not only h

morgantown, west virginia, you can go, if you don't want to fly out of morgantown, west virginia, you would have to drive 75 miles to the pittsburgh international airport. 20,000 people have chosen not to drive to pittsburgh and instead want to get on the plane in morgantown and the american taxpayer has paid $73 for every of those 20,000 people and ask you and i to pay for it than requiring those folks to get in the car and drive to pittsburgh. so, to be clear, this crisis could go away if senator coburn relented and agreed to have his language taken out. i happen to be in favor of what senator coburn is doing and it's not just me. the coburn language was adopted by voice vote in the senate. it's in the senate f.a.a. bill and 87 senators voted for it so for people to stand up and wave their arms and talk about the fact that this is a poison pill is not accurate. senator rockefeller, when the proposal was made that we pass the house bill, which is pending, and has been pending since july 20, and the senate has always had the power to not only have averted the shutdown at all but could

but it has nothing to do with morgantown.better way of doing it. it is not about the essential air service. if i had agreed to that, then they would say, well we got that. they refused to have an extension. you have to understand, jonathan, that john maynard cent -- john boehner sent a message to me that he would only consider the clean extension if i were to agree, previous to the discussion, on the certification and a judicial review. what i am saying to you is that this is a complicated issue. it is highly charged. it is complex. it is history to what i'm saying. there is clarity in what i am trying to say. it is so easy to do it. the question is, why and what they? -- why won't they? >> there was no permanent reauthorization. why wasn't it done during that time? >> what you want me to say? we did not do it. >> why not? >> to you think it was because we didn't care? i do not know why. but we did not do it. we're dealing with the press. we have gone from 210 issues down to 12. 12 issues mean this system can work if resolve

but it has nothing to do with morgantown. actually, we have a better air service which costs less money and a better way of doing it, but isn't about the central air service because if i agree to that, then they would say okay well, we got that one, and then they would come back until you do the national mediation for it. you have to understand that speaker bonner said it didn't message to me that he would only consider discussing were doing the queen extension if i would agree previous to the discussion on the certification and judicial review which is all about her nmb. what i am saying gently and kindly and loving to you is this is a very complicated issue when we come out of the huge cascade of complicated issues and highly charged, but it is complex. there is a history to what i'm saying and there is clarity in but i am trying to say is that it is so easy to do it. it's easy to do it. the question is why won't they? >> it's almost four years when democrats controlled both of the house and the senate, and there was no per

some of those rural subsidies be cut, prompting an objection from senator jay rockefeller, the morgantownd be cut. when we asked him about it, watch how the democratic leader jumps to his defense. >> you have blocked it. are you really willing to partially shut down the faa? to protect the subsidy -- >> we're not answering that question. >> reporter: their bottom line, it's all the republicans' fault. >> you know, jonathan, here's the issue. you -- and i say this respectfully -- the way that we have america going today, there's no penalty for outrageous conduct. >> reporter: the cuts republicans want would save $16 million a year. but this impasse is costing much more. $30 million every day. democrats say they just want the house to work out a compromise. good luck with that. they're already gone for the rest of the summer. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and investigators looking into the death of 11-year-old celina cass may be w wking with some new clues. they hauled away her stepfather's pickup truck from the family's home yesterday and authorities re-entered the home with w

disagreement in staff negotiations down to 12, all which can be subtle, but it has nothing to do with morgantown. actually, we have a better central air service that costs less money and applies a better way of doing it, but it isn't about central air service because if i agreed to that, then they would say, okay, well, we got that one, and then they'd come back and refuse an extension until you have the national mediation point. you have to understand, johnathan, that speaker boehner sent a direct message to me that he would only consider discussing or doing the cleaning bill -- a clean extension -- if i would agree previous to the institution on these -- discussion on certifications and judicial review which is all about nmb. what i'm saying gently, kindly, and lovingly to you, this is a very complicated issue with huge cascading issues. it is complex. there is history to what i'm saying, and there's clarity in what i'm trying to say. it's so easy to do it. it's so easy to do it. the question is, why won't they? >> senator, almost four years since democrats controlled about the house and the s