9:00 a.m. here in the united states. but at some airports we re told that is starting to lift at what is it, newark and atlanta airports and they re hoping by 9:00 a.m. it ll lift throughout the country here. 3,700 flights have been delayed, at least until 9:00 a.m. so we will continue to follow this here on cnn throughout the hour. we want to get to am ril walker who s in atlanta international airport, with the latest. what are you seeing? reporter: don, first off, what i m seeing is not nearly as messy or as chaotic as the holiday season. i have been talking to a few people. it s a wednesday, right, so it s a lower traffic less busier travel day. i spoke with a father who i just found out his daughter s flight at 8:55 to california has been
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what s the scene there? . reporter: poppy, i want you to look at this board right now. things are beginning to change here at newark. the faa about a minute ago sent out an update, update number four, saying they re making progress on restoring the critical information system that pilots need on the notice to air missions system. they said that departures are resuming here at newark airport and atlanta s airport due to air traffic congestion in these areas. we expect departures to resume at other airports at 9:00 a.m. we ll see if that happens. you see the orange delayed next to these flights and then you see yellow check in open, just in the last few minutes some of the earlier delayed flights turned into check-in open. now some of the open check-ins are for international flights. we spoke to several passengers
grounding or putting on hold, that s their language, all flights taking off in the united states until 9:00 a.m., which is quickly approaching in about 10 minutes. we ll see if they move that back. we are told at some airports, at newark and atlanta airports they are starting to resume some operations but we will check with that. but basically around the country, about 3,700 flights and counting have been grounded. this is going to affect the entire system, basically a a do effect. let s check in now with the person that s been giving us all this information now and also about the information you reported earlier from this system is our pete muntean, our aviation correspondent. it s starting to flow in, we are told, but that 9:00 a.m. time still firm right now as of this moment. so what do you know? reporter: 8:50, now, don, we