Im molette green. A worstcase scenario to start this busy Holiday Travel week. Thats right, the lights are back on at the airport in atlanta, and passengers around the world will feel this impact for days. Yes. That includes people into and out of our areaa. An underground electrical fire plunged Atlanta Hartsfield jackson airport, that is, into darkness and bringing the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. Earn wveryone was just kind shocked and kind of went on with it because we saw it would come back really soon. But it wasnt really soon. It took over 11 hours. Around midnight the lights came back on and the damage is done. News 4s justin finch is live now at Reagan National airport where travelers are feeling the impact and there are flights left to reschedule. Thats so right, eun, reagan looking a lot smoother now than it was some hours before. This had all of the makings of a holiday nightmare. Were talking about a week out from christmas, crowds here showing up early to get a
You owe me five bucks. We should note were spending today with our families, actually, so weve taped this show so we can also start the new year with all of you. Yes. Yeah, we do have a packed morning ahead, including a guide to the year ahead in politics, your money and your health. And then the movies, the music and tv shows were all looking forward to in 2018. But let us begin with a check of the mornings top stories. Nbcs Peter Alexander is in washington this morning with them. Hi, peter, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning to you. Sadly, we begin today with a deadly plane crash in costa rica. Ten americans were on board a small private plane that went down shortly after takeoff. Nbcs Tammy Lightner has the latest. Reporter aviation officials will be back at the crash site to determine what happened. All of this comes as the first victims are being identified. Burning debris from the wreckage was discovered soon after the single engine plane went down in an area near
We should note were spending today with our families, actually, so weve taped this show so we can also start the new year with all of you. Yes. Yeah, we do have a packed morning ahead, including a guide to the year ahead in politics, your money and your health. And then the movies, the music and tv shows were all looking forward to in 2018. But let us begin with a check of the mornings top stories. Nbcs Peter Alexander is in washington this morning with them. Hi, peter, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning to you. Sadly, we begin today with a deadly plane crash in costa rica. Ten americans were on board a small private plane that went down shortly after takeoff. Nbcs Tammy Lightner has the latest. Reporter aviation officials will be back at the crash site to determine what happened. All of this comes as the first victims are being identified. Burning debris from the wreckage was discovered soon after the single engine plane went down in an area near costa ricas pacific co
Remembering raging bull, made famous by robert de niro. Hurricane maria is tearing through the caribbean leaving a wide swath of destruction. It devastated pr uerto rico wit heavy winds and rain. Ty wary of the damage it brought to anyo dominica. 70 of homes had their roofs ripped off and the island is without water, power or cell phone service. Were dealing with it. Its a major category 3 hurricane. Maria bearing down to the north of the dominican republic. As the storm worked its way over puerto rico, the eye looks more ragged, not as organized. But the winds are still strong. Classifying this as a category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds right at 115 miles an hour. The movement has slowed down. Thats not good news. The longer it takes to move out, the more rain well see. Were still dealing with flash flooding. Looking at the track, the impacts on the turks and caicos later today and possibly to the north of the bahamas by friday. And the weekend, so far, so good for the east co
Made famous by robert de niro. Hurricane maria is tearing through the caribbean leaving a wide swath of destruction. It devastated pr uerto rico wit heavy winds and rain. Ty wary of the damage it brought to anyo dominica. 70 of homes had their roofs ripped off and the island is without water, power or cell phone service. Were dealing with it. Its a major category 3 hurricane. Maria bearing down to the north of the Dominican Republic. As the storm worked its way over puerto rico, the eye looks more ragged, not as organized. But the winds are still strong. Classifying this as a category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds right at 115 miles an hour. The movement has slowed down. Thats not good news. The longer it takes to move out, the more rain well see. Were still dealing with flash flooding. Looking at the track, the impacts on the turks and caicos later today and possibly to the north of the bahamas by friday. And the weekend, so far, so good for the east coast. But something to mon