it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. more than 8,000 flights have been delayed just today after the faa made a rare move in the ground of safety. they grounded flights to work out major flights in a messaging system. pilots use this system to learn about safety hazards in realtime. somewhere overnight, there was an issue with irregularities in the messages that were going out that reflected a bigger systems issue, and this morning at about 7:00, there were still problems validating that the messages were going out. so for safety reasons to make sure that every aircraft that took off was doing so safely, faa implemented a ground stop. secretary buttigieg said it s still not clear what caused this system failure, but it does not appear to be a cyberattack. what is clear is the ripple effect for thousands of passengers so let s bring in cnn s adrienne broaddus. what are passengers telling you, adrienne?
america s second largest city slammed by flash floods and bracing for more. the justice department documents found into a private office once used by joe biden. and a huge celebration in the streets of georgia as the bulldogs go back to back in the college football championship. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. right now, 90% of the population of california under flood watch. america s second largest city is slammed by a relentless storm. flash flooding, mudslides, wind damage all across central and southern california. this is video just in from santa clarita. firefighters pulling a person out of that car as water rushes around them. there are scenes like these all over the los angeles area. roads now closed. firefighters rescuing people caught in these flash floods. santa barbara county alone responding to some 200 calls like this. in some cases it s better to leave the car home
right nonow early start, the crisis on the border and president biden. will it lead to any solutions. capital buildings stormed by supporters of the ousted president who had challenged election results. and what could be better than the bills winning for number 3, damar hamlin himself expecting to get out of the hospital. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good monday morning to you. president biden spoke with border patrol officers, he visited a migrant center in el paso. the president did not see or meet with any migrants. cnn s jasmine wright for us this morning from washington. jasmine, republicans have been criticizing the president for not coming to see the migrant crisis until now. reporter: yeah, christine. it s unclear whether the president is going to end that criticism because of what you just said, because he did not see any migrants while on the ground for several hours. we did see him ta
on tonight but we have to begin with shocking breaking news. what appears to be a very very serious injury. tonight, monday night football game. between the buffalo bills, the cincinnati bengals. the bills safety, lamar hamlin, collapsed on the field after making a tackle in the first quarter of the game. this is where joe is so good. but now another bills players down. of the we can tell exactly who that is. maybe hamlin? good jordan player was able to go it was indeed hamlin. he was number three on the bills. we are watching it, he appeared to stand up for a moment before collapsing. it is incredibly disturbing to watch what is happened. we don t yet have all the information on his current condition. but we do know that in absence was brought on to the field and according to the espn broadcast, and then received cpr. on the field before being driven out of the stadium in that ambulance. bob costas joins us now on the phone. bob, so scary to see that. to watch consecutiv
hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the bills safety, t damar fl to the ground. cpr administered to the field. sharp blow to the chest at precisely the wrong moment. you never want to see anything like that happen. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is 9 a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. on the east coast. people are starting to wake up wondering what happened during monday night s football after a buffalo bills player suddenly collapsed and the game was postponed. the bills are providing some answers. they recently tweeted damar suffered a cardiac arrest. his heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the university of cincinnati medical center for further testing and treatment. he s currently sed dated and listed in critical condition. for hours