i m buckling up more on flights before. you didn t buckle up? always. tighter. on a flight. yeah. well, you know, i mean, this is a big problem. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. we have to talk about another alarming close call at one of america s biggest airports between a private jet and a jetblue flight coming in for a landing. that makes five close calls in just two months. that s way too many. i don t think it s normal. we re going to check. the faa have a serious problem on their hands? we ll break it down. also to chicago and the mayoral race there. chicago s mayor lori lightfoot lost re-election. didn t even advance to the runoff. rising crime a dominant issue. what does her defeat mean big picture? and a rare bipartisanship in washington. the new house select committee on china is vowing to investigate beijing s threat to america. is it all talk? can they deliver action here? we ll talk to af de democrat ont committee. lots to co
phoenix, before it could even take off. what other passengers witnessed. some trying to stop the fight. all of this as the acting head of the faa is grilled on capitol hill today over the disturbing number of airline-related incidents. and gio benitez asks him, what s going on? we re tracking two major winter storms tonight. more than a dozen states on alert from california to wisconsin for heavy snow, flooding rain, and high winds. the system reaching the northeast by friday s commute. and rob marciano timing it out. the tragic new details tonight in the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. two of them shot and killed. the mother of one of the survivors on how the gunmen opened fire on that minivan. one of the survivors witnessing the two victims being shot and dying. matt rivers in mexico. tough questions on the hill tonight about the origins of covid-19 and will americans ever get an answer? what the former cdc director from the trump administration said today, an
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
pictures, this is a system that provides pilots with any pre-flight safety notices. so as we continue with the breaking news we want to get to pete muntean, he joins us now from reagan. pete, good morning to you. thank you for joining. as we are hearing now, at least from our own david urban, who is i think at the very same airport that you re at. his flight has been canceled. are we seeing cancellations happening and are they moving the faa is saying the system is down, or they re checking on the system and they re going to ground everything until 9:00 a.m. are cancellations starting and are they going to move back that 9:00 a.m. time that they have put in place now? we are mostly seeing delays right now, don. i just took a breeze by the departures and arrivals board here at reagan national airport we re seeing delays here and around the country. delays go up by the moment, 2,500 delays across the country right now. we ve seen that go up by about 1,000 delays in the last