cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with erika hill in new york. poppy is off today. there s a lot of news on this thursday, december 21st. starting with a new delay tactic from donald trump and his legal team. trump asking the supreme court to stay out of a key case for now as the justices face several issues that could reshape the entire race. and the political fallout continues from colorado s top court banning trump from the ballot. and hamas growing worldwide influence since the brutal attack on israel. u.s. intelligence warning hamas credibility has expanded dramatically not just in the middle east but beyond. and ten americans freed from venezuela, six who were wrongfully detained, what they had to say after arriving back on u.s. soil. cnn this morning starts right now. the u.s. supreme court could soon decide the fate of donald trump and the fate of the 2024 election. but the former president is turning to a favorite
grounded right now. i want to take you to the scene, this is in las vegas. keep in mind, okay, this is a system that pilots use for any kind of notification. not clear how many flights are affected or which locations. we want to get straight to pete muntean but we re told new information pete as we get to you perhaps you have information on this. united has delayed all flights temporarily as well. what is going on? reporter: so far we ve heard from american and united airlines. united said it s holding all flights on the ground right now because of the major system outage, the notice to air missions system. that means pilots cannot receive critical information they need to take off. these have to do with whether or not runways are open, navigational aids are available to pilots. this is critical stuff making sure the pilots know things are not available or may not be working. we are hearing the cancellations and delays are going up. so far the delays have doubled in the las
tuesday. the winner will face john fetterman who won the nomination from his hospital bed after pacemaker surgery. that pennsylvania race and others have been largely seen as a referendum on former president trump. but whether or not his influence has a hold on the republican party, still very much up for debate. let s go to north carolina now. trump endorsed the encumbent, but to no avail. there will not be a second term for madison cawthorn. in the pennsylvania governor s race, doug mastriano, a win, although he was ahead in poll before the trump endorsement. david chal-ian joins me now. the pennsylvania primary, let s talk about the outstanding votes first. take a look at where we are. this is about a 2,400 vote race. that s how many votes mehmet oz has in front of david mccormick. where are we looking? one key place is lancaster county, pennsylvania. we know there are potentially thousands of votes out. you see 87% of the estimated vote is in, so that s a big chunk of v
we re seeing some planes i just messaged dellta to as. we saw atlanta which is the delta hub. that s right. the busiest in the country. still don t know. again if you re just tuning in. we re seeing flight delays from a faa system outage across the country. we have pete mountean and john miller with us. this breaking news just happening and ana navarro, our contributor, stuck in an airport stuck but happy as she is. she said it s too early to get riled up. i won t use the language she used. now what, john, in this situation? monitor the situation and figure out what caused it. right. you re doing both of those at the same time, don. first of all, the faa s job is to get the system up and running
says chinas s crash may have been intentional. 132 people were killed when the plane nosedived from 29,000 people and crash into the a mountain. pete mountean is here. i know u.s. teams have been part of this crash investigation. what are you learning? reporter: well, victor, what s so interesting here is this is coming from u.s. officials who are interested and also following the flight data recorder data that was sent here to the u.s. for analysis by the chinese. what s so interesting in all this is this essentially just confirms the suspicions that aviation experts had, especially after seeing this very telling video of flight 5735 in this vertical dive from 29,000 feet, its cruising altitude. in less than two minutes time, the plane plunged into a