morning following a major computer outage at the faa. john: the white house set to brief in moments after the biden administration mixed messaging added to today s confusion. karine jean-pierre ruling out a cyber attack, only to have president biden say later that they don t know if hackers were to blame. sandra: will the white house have the story straight by the time the briefing takes place? it s scheduled for now, so we are watching for karine jean-pierre to take to the podium. when that begins, we ll get to it. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. hectic morning for a lot of travelers. sandra smith in new york. john: some were out on the tarmac and the flight was called back. i m john roberts in washington, what we will be watching for, including the first response from 1600 pennsylvania to those classified documents that turned up at president biden s former office. we ll dip into the briefing for any news. sandra: we ll watch for that. but fir
The Burning Man Festival. The famous dj and music performer diplo managed to escape after walking miles through the muck. Donald trump widening his already huge lead over his gop rivals in a new poll. And it shows that an overwhelming majority of Republican Voters think that his actions after the 2020 election were legitimate. And 385 people are still unaccounted for after the catastrophic wildfires on maui. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. You know, it was a bit of an odd moment yesterday when betsey klein, our white house producer sent a pool note, shes in pool with President Biden and it was about the president getting an update on burning man, which was not something i ever expected to get from our white house team. And yet thats where we were. Especially since it was about rain in the desert. Rain in the desert. Again, a lot of unexpected events, but just hours from now, maybe the end is near. Roads are about to reopen or could reopen at the Burning Man Festival whe
Now auto work hes could be next to walk off the job and demanding more than just higher pay. Their union leader is here after this bold statement online. Billionaires in my opinion dont have a right to exist. Plus a shift in the 2024 race as america comes off summer vacation. And the candidates zero in on the first contest on the calendar. And unplugging kids. Constantly connected. See chinas new minor mode. Could it work in your household . Welcome to this Special Edition of the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. And we start with labor day worries and big trouble. Were just ten days away from 140 to you union works possibly going on strike against the Big Three Automakers. Ford, General Motors and stillantis, though jen jeep, ram and chrysler. The contracts expire September 14th and in a video posted on x, sean feign lays down an ultimatum. Were parents. We are siblings. Were active members of our communities. And we demand respect and we demand to be valued. President bid
To tout his economic policies. Millions of americans headed home as the Holiday Weekend wraps up. We will tell you if you will make it on time. Kate and sara are off today, im john berman with Rahel Solomon and this is cnn news central. This Morning Tens Of Thousands of people, cars and campers are literally stuck in the mud and trapped at the popular burning manifest val. This after a rare rain event swamped nevadas Black Rock Desert. For days thank Ankle Deep Mud has made driving impossible. Only 0. 8 inches of rain, but thats three months worth of rain for those parts that fell in just a few hours. Good news, conditions may be dry enough for roads to open soon, some really, really good news. Sanitation trucks are moving through the city ensuring that portapotties are functional and clean. This morning giant trucks, they are able to help people who need to get out now get out now. Each year more than 70,000 people who call themselves burners go to that art, music and Community Event
airlines struggle to get back on track after the nationwide ground stop earlier today, and even though planes are now taking off, passengers headaches are nowhere close to over at this hour. john: check out the time lapse of the nation s air space as flights were allowed to take off again, right around 9:00 this morning in the east. hundreds of flights suddenly crowding the skies as the nation s airports tried desperately to get back to normal. now even hours later the log jam of jets means a lot of fliers are going to be late. sandra: the meltdown not even a month after the holiday chaos that left tens of thousands stranded and without luggage. what is the problem plaguing the nation s airways. even of this took billions in handout. peter doocy as we wait for that briefing to begin. it s going to be a newsy one,