other objects over alaska and the yukon where the terrain is really difficult to navigate basically, and the winter weather hasn t been helping, either. so without the debris we are being told that the u.s. intelligence community is really trying to lean on information that they do have, but it is obviously limited. we are talking about mention like observations made by u.s. pilots who were operating those fighter jets and then, of course, the flight patterns of these objects before they were shot down. so this is why we are seeing a situation where the administration is not able to give a lot of answers. there was of course the one thing that the white house was very keen on ruling out yesterday and that was when the white house came out and said, look, what these objects were were not ufos. what the president ordered shot down did not have signs of extraterrestrial activity and the reason we are told by officials that they came out and said that so definitively is because they are se
ground stop are now affecting thousands of flights. we have been delayed three times. there are no more flights leaving today that would get us there on time, or tomorrow, a friday. ground stop was because of a system outage and only last about an hour and a half, lifted by 9 am. what it has left passengers throughout the day scrambling. and authorities questioning what went wrong. the biden ministration at this point says there is no direct evidence of a cyberattack. but we are also not going to rule that out until we have a clear better understanding of what is taking place. but again, and indication of that this time. the faa is working aggressively to get to the bottom of the root causes for the system out of so that it does not happen again. the white house citing that issues began to pop up tuesday. putin if a report that yesterday they were working through issues in the know tom system that she s used to communicate to key safety information got on ways and flight patt
went wrong. the biden administration at this point says there is no direct evidence of a cyber attack. but we are also not going to rule that out until we have a clear and better understanding of what is taking place. no indication of that at this time. we do not have evidence that this outage was caused by a cyber attack. the faa is working aggressively to get to the bottom. root causes for the system outage so that it does not happen again. the white house adding that issues began to pop up tuesday. d.o.t. and faa report that yeses third working on issues with the system used for key safety information about runways and flight patterns with pilots. reporter: the affected system is known as the notice to air missions, or notam. separate from air traffic control. it sends alerts to pilots of conditions that could affect their flight safety, like if a specific runway is closed. the flight chaos is the second
few airlines that cover those flight patterns. so southwest is in some ways essential. survival is essential. and that s monopolistic there. and certainly, in the days ahead, sam mentioned some perhaps not able to get work, and for others, maybe it s the first holiday trip in a couple years from the pandemic and still stranded and not seeing loved ones. let s turn to congressman-elect george santos now under investigation by law enforcement for the lies he told regarding his background and experience. the nassau county district attorney, a former republican, called revelations about santos history nothing short of stunning and promised that if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it. it s not just his lies about his college or personal life that could land santos in hot water. as the saying goes, follow the