the firm says it s deploying a fix . banks, supermarkets and other major organisations reported computer issues disrupting services, with some airlines have suspended flights. and airports worldwide are reporting delays for passengers with several reverting to manual systems. where they are operating, passengers are being warned that it might take time to take off because of backlogs with air traffic control. hospitals have also been affected many elective operations have been cancelled, as have patient consultations, with doctors reporting they ve had no access to patient records. media organisations have also been affected. here in the uk, sky news were off air. and here at the bbc, children s channel cbbc experienced problems broadcasting. microsoft says it is investigating the issue which appears to be linked to the global cybersecurity firm crowdstrike, and says it s taking mitigation actions . our reporter nickjohnson has been following the outages and sent this rep
overnight leader dan brown. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a global outage has hit computer systems right around the world, throwing industries from aviation and health care to banking and communications into chaos. the cyber security firm crowdstrike has confirmed that an update it issued for windows devices running its software caused the problem, saying it s deployed a fix. but the effects have been far reaching flights have been grounded, some card payments stopped working, and pharmacies struggled to process prescriptions. we ll be speaking to our correspondents across the uk and around the world to bring you the very latest. first, nickjohnson has this report. transport, banks, supermarkets and doctor surgeries. all cogs in the wheel of our daily lives, all impacted by a major global it outage. around the world, flights have been grounded, and here in the uk, rail operator govia thameslink says widespread it issues have been leading to short notice
we will show you the shocking and disturbing video of a black man killed in an encounter with police. thanks for joining us. well, after months of difficult negotiations the u.s. house of representatives has approved the creation of an independent bipartisan commission into the attack on the capitol last january. on this vote the yays are 252 and the nays are 175. the bill is passed without objection a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. 35 republicans broke ranks with their party s leadership in the final vote. that could be significant as the measure now heads to a showdown in the u.s. senate. both republican and democratic lawmakers hammered out the deal last week four months after thousands of trump supporters stormed the capitol, but once the plan was unveiled senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had this to say. after careful consideration, i ve made the decision to oppose the house democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to
biden but now we know a centrist has embraced foreign socialism. it should any of you hear the speech before the joint session of congress, it was proof positive of the intent of joe biden to move the nation from capitalism to socialism area and the man who delivered the message is weak, and also seemingly fragile. none of the energy of a radian ronald reagan or a bill clinton charisma or the sass of a bush or the eloquence of obama or the full on patriotism of donald trump and that the message was simple, america is in an existential crisis and only money will get us out of it. the price tag is astronomical. $6 trillion in total. he plans to spend more than the nations debt when bill clinton took office. he is a moderate no more. listen to lindsey graham. if i ever hear that he s a moderate i m going to throw up. because he embraced socialism. he says that we are in the worst economic crisis since the great depression suffering the worst attack on our democracy since the
houston. antonia you were speaking two days ago to a mother who had been driving around because her children needed their medicine at a certain temperature. that certain mother faces gas shortages and you re talking to people without water. what s it like for them? reporter: stephanie, the challenges of this week are starting to have a cumulative effect on people, particularly families that are low income. the lights, the power, the heat is starting to come back on for most people in the city of houston and in harris county, but that s being replaced by a water crisis. people don t have safe water to drink, or they don t have any water at all in many cases. i ve spoken to more families who have been driving around, going to grocery stores and gas stations, trying to find someone who can sell them drinkable water. i met with a family yesterday that took somebody s pool water so that they could boil it and allow their children to bathe in the water and to wash some of their c