good wednesday morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim scuitto. perhaps some relief. the first flights taking off moments ago from reagan national airport here in d.c., this after the faa lifted the earl why are ground stop. now restarting all u.s. takeoffs, but the logistical nightmare continues as airports across the country try to get their flights back on schedule. they re still mounting. it all started early morning after a key faa system went down, halting all u.s. flight departures. and that spreads around the world. in london, passengers said they were stuck on the tarmac for hours waiting to be taken off. president biden has been briefed, and they re work ing - and we ll respond at that time. pete muntean is at reagan airport, and athena jones, and emeril walker there in atlanta. this is a vote good sign now that flights are taking off. a very good sign. things were at a standstill. that s when the faa alleviated this ground stop they had in place for a coup
diversity, equity, and climate change while republicans assigns article of impeachments. holly was a golden night returns. eddie murphy getting a special honor to his contributions. he could not reach his backing edge keep wi will smith s wife name people are cursing at america s airports as we started this fox news alert. this speed has grounded all takeoffs until 9:00, an hour from now from now eastern after a major system with their computers that is impacting every plane in the united states of america. brian: more than 2500 flights are being impacted. ainsley: i m sure people are cussing and crying today. gillian turner is live at the white house where the president was just great. tell us more please. the president was just ask out on the north lawn of the white house the south lawn as he s heading out of here. what he knows about this. he said he is deferring to the secretary of transportation. that is pete buttigieg. he spoken to him today no word
morning following a major computer outage at the faa. john: the white house set to brief in moments after the biden administration mixed messaging added to today s confusion. karine jean-pierre ruling out a cyber attack, only to have president biden say later that they don t know if hackers were to blame. sandra: will the white house have the story straight by the time the briefing takes place? it s scheduled for now, so we are watching for karine jean-pierre to take to the podium. when that begins, we ll get to it. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. hectic morning for a lot of travelers. sandra smith in new york. john: some were out on the tarmac and the flight was called back. i m john roberts in washington, what we will be watching for, including the first response from 1600 pennsylvania to those classified documents that turned up at president biden s former office. we ll dip into the briefing for any news. sandra: we ll watch for that. but fir
how there are backups? neil: you know what? the problems are not over yet. you re looking live at atlanta airport. airlines are struggling to get back on track after all flights were grounded because of a nationwide computer glitch. we don t flow what caused the glitch. close to 8,000 domestic flights delayed, more than 1,200 cancelled altogether and wore all over it with steve harrigan in atlanta and how folks are dealing with it there and how transportation committee members nancy mace on calls for investigations to what happened here. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it in atlanta with steve harrigan. steve, how are things looking there now? neil, planes are taking off and landing again. you can tell from the numbers here, this airport, the busiest in the world is empty today. no lines, no people. a long way from back to normal here. of course, what happened in the early hours this morning, almost unprecedented. you have to go back to 9-11. a complete
i m katy tur. the midterms did not go so well, for the gop, instead of a red wave, it was a trickle, one that could look more like a single drip if the pressure on george santos wins out. stay tuned on him for a moment. why did republicans don t so poorly? candidate quality was surely in play. denying the election was not exactly a winning strategy. and showing some controversy fatigue. all of the trump daum weighed the party down. but one of the biggest reasons republicans massively underperformed was arguably abortion. the overturning of roe v. wade, a gop dream for decades, was more of a nightmare for the general election. the party paid the price. instead of backing away from what was proven to be a wildly unpopular position, house republicans are running right toward it. today, the first two votes, speaker kevin mccarthy will bring to the floor will be on abortion. the first, protecting so-called pregnancy centers, and the second, protecting babies born alive after late