airways that grounded flights across the country due to a power outage. they couldn t make reservations, check in online or check their flight status. same sort of thing in the computer age. we re so accustomed to have those digital, those electronic, those computer abilities that we didn t have not too long ago. it s interesting. thank you. the much anticipated white house golf summit has arrived and we re getting in photos from the first hole. take a look. this is the for hersome, president obama, john boehner, vice president biden, and ohio governor john kasich. interesting photo. seems like they re getting along there. reporter: certainly. we ve seen some of the video that s going to be feeding in shortly, if not already. we ve gotten, as you know, our first report back. president obama and speaker boehner are sharing a golf cart together. vice president biden and ohio governor john kasich are riding together. we got this report from the first hole. vice president biden sank
several hours. it would be already if they came out and told us what was going on and what to expect. but we haven t heard much. right when i got here, i checked online partnership looked up united airlines on google, and i had and it said that the whole system was down. united has apologized for that glitch and interruption and issued a waiver permitting 830 customers on affected flights to change or rebook those flights. the much anticipated white house golf summit will begin this hour. the president will be hitting the links with house speaker john boehner, joe biden and john kasich. joining us with more from the white house, athena jones. i thought he would be on the links with them. why not, right? well, you know, i think this is a pretty good position to be in. it will be hot today. i can report that the president has left the white house just a few minutes ago.
we re looking at live pictures now outside the home of the suspect taken into custody this morning arrested outside the pentagon in arlington national cemetery. the suspicious person and car brought traffic to a stand still this morning. bomb technicians and law enforcement officials were brought to the scene. the man wasn t cooperating during questioning. all we know at this point is he is of ethiopian decent. we ll bring you updates as soon as we get them. time now for the flip side. our look behind the headlines. president obama s golf summit with speaker boehner will mark the first time the commander in chief will tee off with an opposing leader. the closest thing was in 1968 with lyndon johnson and dwight eisenhower.
advanced gas turbine technology from ge. president obama s golf summit will tee off this weekend. while nobody expects a budget deal to come at the end of the 18 holes, jay carney says the broader purpose is to spend some time together and help improve the chances of bipartisan cooperation. we ll see. can t hurt, i guess. we ll be right back.
day-to-day operations at catherine ferguson with the takeover? one of the things that will change is that the teachers will all well, all of the staff will no longer no longer be detroit public school employees. they ll be employees of the charter company. that is really the most significant change. the other parts that will change really don t have as much to do with us becoming a charter as us sort of taking a new approach to making sure that the school is sustainable over time. and we re no longer this vulnerable ever again. well, i want to congratulate you. i m sure you re not the only one breathing a sigh of relief today. no, i don t think so. congratulation. thank you so much for joining us. you re welcome. the obama-boehner golf summit is tomorrow. who is favored to win and how does the president s game stack up against past commanders in