always change. he s the hottest heartthrob on the planet. the superstar captivatiing billions as a vampire. now, breaking out in a whole, new role. how is he doing right now? robert pattinson is live, right here in times square, only on good morning america. jumping up and down right here in times square. they ve been doing it since about 1:00 yesterday afternoon. lining up to see robert pattinson. his first appearance ever right here on good morning america, coming up this morning. and, boy, those fans are ready for him. i know. they re coming to see you, too. when i got out of the car this morning sorry to disappoint. he will be here son. amy robach here. robin finishing up summer break. she ll be back on monday. a lot of political news to get to, as well. all four candidates on the campaign trail now in all of the battleground states. they re taking the war of words to a brand-new level. they re going to have to get into a ring by october the way this t
now, breaking out in a whole, new role. how is he doing right now? robert pattinson is live, right here in times square, only on good morning america. jumping up and down right here in times square. they ve been doing it since about 1:00 yesterday afternoon. lining up to see robert pattinson. his first appearance ever right here on good morning america, coming up this morning. and, boy, those fans are ready for him. i know. ty re coming to see you, too. when i got out of the car this morning sorry to disappoint. he will be here son. amy robach here. robin finishing up summer break. she ll be back on monday. a lot of political news to get to, as well. all four candidates on the campaign trail now in all of the battleground states. they re taking the war of words to a brand-new level. they re going to have to get into a ring by october the way this thing is going right now. we ll tell you about it in a bit. plus, a new medical study is really grabbing headli
because of a computer glitch that brought down the entire system leaving some people lined up with no place to go for hours this morning. n nbc bay area s bob redell is live in santa clara with the details. bob, good morning. reporter: good morning to you, marla. the dmv computer system for the entire state went offline, shut down around 7:00 this morning. they do not know yet when it s going to be coming back online. and this shows you just how much we rely on machines. but because of this computer crash, it is effectively shutting down their offices throughout the state like this one here in santa clara, which is why you ve got long lines of people hoping that it comes back online soon, even though they don t know when it s going to happen. so the dreaded trip to the dmv isn t wasted. some people aren t even bothering. dmv workers here say roughly about 10% of the people have given up waiting and gone home. the dmv is still conducting driving tests and those results are r
dmv, they have now isolated what might have caused this computer outage. one is the connection with the dma and at&t and the other is between the dmv and verizon. they are starting to narrow down why but it dent help for the folks in line. the front of the front of the line a young man with blue sweater and ponytail we interviewed him more than an hour ago he was past the overhang that gives you an idea of how far this line how not far this line is moving. when i speak to people in line i hear two words, frustrated annoyed if you look at video you see the line was longer back then. it is shorter now due in part to some people going home. all dmv computers down throughout the entire state of california. the only thing employees at the office can do for people is reschedule their appointments to tomorrow. the only thing taking place at the dmv office is drivers test. nice for young people looking to get their license and permits. others say they have important paperwork th
nice for young people looking to get their license and permits. others say they have important paperwork that needs to get done today. we have to take a day off from my work and the money we lose, taking a day off, nothing we can do, if we don t take care of it we get pulled over, more cost. everybody says the system is not working may take two hours, three hours. this is madness. how can the systems be down? especially today, they say it has been down an hour since it has been open. they said we have to wait up to two hours. reporter: another advantage point for you, this is in san francisco, the video you are looking at. people there have gone from frustrated to angry. again, just learning what might be the cause of this, two issues the dmv is dealing with connections it has with at&t and verizon. at this time, no estimated time as to when the computer system will be back up and running. helpful hint if you haven t left for the dmv yet and you want to avoid lines, y