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of planes there going nowhere very fast, a stand-still. kind of a nightmare to be on a runway right about now when you re at atlanta hartsfield and there s a power outage. officials are saying an electrical issue at a power substation has affected power at the airport. repair teams have been there for a couple hours. passengers on social media say their flights are delayed and others remain on the tarmac, as you see. i think i count nine or so there, but i m sure there s more. the atlanta airport tweeting out the faa has set a ground stop for flights into atl due to the outage. a ground stop means flights to atl are held at departure airports. we ll keep you updated with the latest. next, a surprising report about the pentagon spending millions to investigate ufos. we will have the revealing details on the secret program, coming up next. constipated?
as the plowing conditions, and several plows have gotten stuck, but as far as the metro transit buses are up and running. behind me, the big story is the metrodome which collapsed over the weekend due to the heavy snow and also the winds. about three panels tore dropping snow down on to the mall of america field. repair teams are going to investigate the damage and assess it and see what happened and see how long it will take to repair the damage, and also, we will find out how much it will cost to repair the damage, but the game between the giants and the vikings, that was moved to detroit s ford field and take place a little later tonight. no word on whether the repairs will be made in time for the vikings next home game against the bears on december 20th. they are exploring an alternative location for that game, if the repairs are not made in time. back to you, contessa. tough news for the vikings there. scott, thanks. it is a bipartisan meeting