Tonight, a new clue. Its great to have you with us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with a nightmare travel day for thousands of airline passengers. The affects of an air traffic computer failure rippling all across the country tonight. Some are travelers stranded. Here they are at washingtons Reagan National airport, waiting for the system to come back up. That airport, the hardest hit with cancellations and delays. This map showing just how bad it was at its peak. See that hole right there . Empty skies from South Carolina up through new york. Abcs linzie janis starts us off from new Yorks Laguardia airport. Reporter tonight, long lines and hours of waiting at airports across the country. Hundreds of Flights Canceled and more than 2,000 delayed, with major east coast hubs hit the if you want to just shut them both down, you can shut them both down. Reporter it all started around 11 30 a. M. And isnt over yet. The faa blaming an automation problem at its air Traffic Center
Its great to have you with us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with a nightmare travel day for thousands of airline passengers. The affects of an air traffic computer failure rippling all across the country tonight. Some are travelers stranded. Here they are at washingtons Reagan National airport, waiting for the system to come back up. That airport, the hardest hit with cancellations and delays. This map showing just how bad it was at its peak. See that hole right there . Empty skies from South Carolina up through new york. Abcs linzie janis starts us off from new Yorks Laguardia airport. Reporter tonight, long lines and hours of waiting at airports across the country. Hundreds of Flights Canceled and more than 2,000 delayed, with major east coast hubs hit the hardest. If you want to just shut them both down, you can shut them both down. Reporter it all started around 11 30 a. M. And isnt over yet. The faa blaming an automation problem at its air Traffic Center in virginia.
Tonight, a new clue. Its great to have you with us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with a nightmare travel day for thousands of airline passengers. The affects of an air traffic computer failure rippling all across the country tonight. Some are travelers stranded. Here they are at washingtons Reagan National airport, waiting for the system to come back up. That airport, the hardest hit with cancellations and delays. This map showing just how bad it was at its peak. See that hole right there . Empty skies from South Carolina up through new york. Abcs linzie janis starts us off from new Yorks Laguardia airport. Reporter tonight, long lines and hours of waiting at airports across the country. Hundreds of Flights Canceled and more than 2,000 delayed, with major east coast hubs hit the hardest. If you want to just shut them both down, you can shut them both down. Reporter it all started around 11 30 a. M. And isnt over yet. The faa blaming an automation problem at its air Traffi
Tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. Day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states, turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on firefighters and forced the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter the view from the air over washington state. National guard crews navigating smokey skies over scorched ground, helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the gr
First pga championship victory. Day finished 20 under par. The first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on fifrths and forced evacuation of camp grounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Scorched ground. Helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the ground safe, but resources are stretched thin. In some parts of the state, the only way to survey the damage is by boat. Oh, my god. These homes sitting right on a lake now just blackened, smolderi