service around airports. there are concerns the signals could interfere with critical cockpit technology that pilots rely upon. 5g service will go live for the rest of the country today. nbc news correspondent tom costello has more. reporter: with the clock ticking down to the last-minute 5g rollout to avoid an airline crisis, at&t and verizon both say they will temporarily limit or delay turning on 5g cell towers that are close to certain airports. the announcement comes as ten airline ceos urged the white house to intervene, warning of catastrophic disruptions affecting hundreds of thousands of customers if a two-mile bumper zone isn t protected around the sites. president biden agreed with political infighting involving the fcc, faa, the airlines, and biden administration. but of concern, the new cell
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team says nobody cares about the genocide of religious minorities in china. someone who does, senator tom cotton will join us in a moment. but this developing story. chief executives for several major airlines warning a planned rollout of 5g service could have catastrophic consequences for travelers. now the white house says it s on it. live at chicago o hare international. something could be happening soon here. hey, sandra. the airlines have been putting pressure on government officials as well as the cellular providers saying the 5g rollout could create chaos for fliers and seems the pressure is working. verizon and at&t in the last couple of hours have said they ll delay turning on some towers around certain airport runways. at&t says we are frustrated by the f.a.a. inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done, so safely deploy 5g technology
but withdrawn family members. it is one thing that i think though is absolutely sure is frankly the time for sanctions, the time for any of these other mechanisms that we have talked about literally for years to try to stop russian bad behavior, it hasn t done so. and so we need we, the west, we nato, we, the united states, need to ask ourselves the question are we prepared to go to war with russia at this point? on the european don t tent. i mean, it is a pretty incredible thing and as you point out, you never know what he intends to do but it is hard to think of any other military that would be willing to put 160,000 troops around a border just, you know, just for nothing. all right. thanks. thanks very much, steve, appreciate your time. and next, major wireless companies now delaying the rollout of 5g service near airports by again, i am emphasizing delaying, not stop. it is because airlines have said that, well, it could put planes at risk. and new studies tonight