An implosion doesnt do as planned. Wait until you see how this one ends. Well good monday morning. We begin with the chaos at airports sparked by a major computer glitch at southwest airlines. They were forced to revert to the old way of doing things, issues handwritten tickets to thousands of passengers. That meant long lines and short tempers. Take a look at l. A. X. , one of the major airports bracing for more today. Hundreds of flights. Our aunt was on an air flight. She went inside. It took her and hour and is a minutes to get through the line. Reporter overnight, a warning from southwest airlines. Plan ahead. Arrive two hours early and print your boarding passes. Im still not 100 confident reporter the airline left scrambling yesterday after a problem sent gremlins all along their system. Its usually good. Sometimes that murphys law gets you, doesnt it . Reporter hundreds of flights and tens of thousands of passengers put on hold. They took my name down manually at the gate. Repo
Drugs. Jane is the director of a drug Treatment Facility in arlington where the heroin epidemic hit hard. She hopes the concerted effort by the Law Enforcement to fight the problem make a difference state wide. I think everyone at this point recognizes okay, this is really a problem. Reporter as cat continues recovery at phoenix house, she is set on not turning back. When i feel like im a member of society again. I feel like i can accomplish anything. Nearly 3,000 virginians lost their lives and the experts believe the problem will get worse before it gets better. Live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Maureen thank you, jeff. Now virginia isnt alone in dealing with the overdose epidemic. Governor larry hogan declared the heroin overdose a health emergency. Leon we have breaking news from northwest d. C. Where portion of the southbound connecticut avenue is closed after a car crash involving a police officer. The southbound connecticut between l and m street is shut down. The
Him to justice. Snow blast. Wintry weather pounding the midwest. Runways shutdown, passengers stranded, cars and trucks overturned in whiteout conditions, all ahead of the big holiday weekend. Will it affect your travel plans . We are tracking the storm. Hey, good morning. And just hours ago we heard from president obama whos traveling overseas right now and trying to reassure a nervous america about the fight against isis. And the president vowing this morning to, quote, destroy the terror group, intensifying the strategy. Were going to tell you what that means tactically and why critics say hes not doing enough. Much more on that in just a moment. But well start here with that new interview. The insider account from the massacre at the concert hall in paris. The lead singer of the American Band on stage when the shots started ringing out, now speaking publicly for the first time and abcs matt gutman is right there in paris this morning. Matt, good morning to you. Reporter good mornin
The 160 people on board evacuated from the back of the plane. The investigation into what went wrong. And eye of the storm. A powerful water spout coming on shore. Lifting a tractor trailer from the ground. Shredding the postal truck. I have never been to hell, but i thought i was in hell. The driver lucky to be alive. Speaking out for the first time only on gma. And good morning, america. Happy hond. Joe biden had fun over the weekend. Enjoying all that attention back home in delaware with his family. As he poppeders that decision on whether or not to run for president. You see the podium. An exthere podium ready at cnn just in case. Hes not going to decide by tomorrow. Will he or wont he . A lot of anticipation. Hillary clinton and many others anxious to find out what biden will decide. It would shake up the race. Cecilia vega starts us out with that this morning. Reporter hey, robin. The clock is ticking. Every day counts for joe biden. Sources say this is the week mooel make the bi
Come on. It was not that bad. Was it really actually there was some spanking in what i just saw there. Im ryan smith and im frightened. Im reena ninan. Welcome ryan smith. Thank you for having me. Looking forward to that clip though dancing with the stars. Maybe not, but yeah. Our top story by the way this half hour, a recent rash of mishaps involving airliners. A big concern for travelers as each had a different cause. Heres abcs david kerley. Reporter evacuation slides out. Emergency doors swung open. All 166 on that delta jet got out quickly in jamaica after the pilots got a cargo fire warning light, hit the extinguishers and ordered evacuations. There was no fire. No one was hurt. Earlier fire trucks surround an alaska air jetliner and on board firefighters find out what forced that Emergency Landing in buffalo. The fire is out at this time. Were going to stop on the runway. Reporter fire in the back galley. After taking off from newark to seattle, a new credit card reader similar