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we begin this hour with breaking news. right now, thousands of flights in the u.s. are delayed or cancelled after a major outage overnight to an faa computer system that provides safety updates for pilots normal flight operations are slowly resuming after the faa lifted a ground stop about an hour ago. the domino effect of the pause is being felt throughout the country. according to flight aware, more than 4,000 flights are delayed. over 800 are cancelled. the white house directed the department of transportation to investigate. the president himself saying he has spoken with the transportation success tear pete buttigieg about getting to the bottom of it. >> joining us now is ann tone ya

hilton. what's the latest after the outage? >> reporter: there's a lot of travelers who have been checking their phones for hours. this is due to everything you just described. this is a critical function that gives an important realtime safety information. it alerts them to abnormal, unusual occurrences before they take off. so paidly early this morning, it disrupted air travel across the united states. a pause on domestic departures happened until 9:00 a.m. now that the pause has been lifted, that doesn't mean operations are ready to go. so there are still people here waiting for more information

about when their flights are going to take off and there are airlines that are encouraging people to call, to check in on the app before they come to the airport still. take a listen to a conversation i had with one traveler still trying toing it it out here in newark. >> how are you feeling? >> very confused because they said flights were grounded, but i saw some flights boarding when we got in. i'm just praying that my flight is still good to go because we have been planning this trip for two months, three months. and we have airbnb's booked. that's going to be a nightmare trying to get a refund from everything. >> reporter: the financial aspect of all this was important to a number of travelers. it's not clear that every airline is going to reimburse folks if their flights were cancelled or their plans have been disrupted by this. united airlines says they are going to have travel waivers,

but that's not necessarily required. it's still unclear what caused all this, but if it chalked up to an act of god and it was out of the airline's hands, that means that travelers may not necessarily get the reimbursements or support they were looking for. if you were planning to head to the airport today, check the app or call the airlines and get as much information before you try to take off today. >> if you can get through to a human and any airline communication process. so what's the system that went off this morning? what do we know about it and how important is it? >> the notice to air missions system is critical for all pilots, but especially commercial pilots because it gives them realtime information about whether there's flight delays, whether there's special air space that they can fly through, runway closures because all of that then dictates how they are going to fly the airplane, what fuel loads they need and any kind of perform

nance for takeoff and landing. when the system goes down, especially for commercial operators, it does what it did today and that is put a hold on things because, again, they can't dispatch airplanes without having all of the essential information. >> i understand this kind of shut down temporarily was for planes taking. there must be hundreds if not thousands of flights coming into the united states. from all over the world. those were allowed to land. >> yes, because when they took off prior to the ground stop, they already had the essential information. so they are able to continue. plus they are going to be updated by air traffic control as they come into the u.s. air space to their destination. so there is a process for the air traffic controllers to relay that information.

it's very cumbersome because their primary responsibility is traffic separation. but they will give this additional information as necessary in this case, because the system was down, pilots couldn't dwet it through their particular airline through their system, which is an automated system pumping information up to the crews. >> what do we know about the president and his sons to the outage this morning? >> the president was briefed by pete buttigieg. they spoke for about ten minutes, according to the president. the president said that he told the secretary to report back to him directly once there had been a determination about what the cause of this was. that's something that his expectation would be it could take a couple hours. now the president also said that he didn't know if this was a cyber attack. and that was significant because we also heard from the white house press secretary who said

that initial findings were this was not a cyber attack. so the president we expect that we'll hear from the white house again on this. the press secretary briefs later today around 2:00 p.m. and the president said that he will respond once there's been a determination about what exactly caused this. >> so just back to you, antonia, what are passengers doing now to try to catch of their flight or get a new flight? the gentleman you spoke to said there's so many things that are tied in with travel plans. what are folk there is doing right now? >> reporter: they are doing the best they can. a lot of people have been on their phones trying to rebook with the options given to them by their airline. i have been hearing from it the couple folks i talked to that it was hard to get through on the phone lines to get any real

support. so people are doing the best they can with what they have right here. the ground stop has been lifed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that flugt is going to take right off. so people are just hoping that within the next couple hours, they will get information and get to their destination. for folk who is maybe are going to be dealing with complete cancellations or significant delays, they want to get more about the customer offerings because that could make a difference. and you can understand why people are frustrated. this is coming off a frustrating holiday travel season where people were struggling to get money back from airlines. so all that is still on people's minds right now and they are going to egg liar await more information as this investigation into what the cause was, any assurances that travelers are going to be taken

care of. people are keeping an eye of all that. for the most part, passengers feel powerless. they have to wait and see. >> picking up on what ann tone ya was mentioning, this coming less than two weeks after the chaos surrounding the southwest cancellations. how tough is the timing regarding another challenge like this? >> it's very bad timing. southwest is still recovered, but when you start looking at their issue, it had a great ripple effect. now you have a national outage. this run the effect is going to take some time to really fix. the big question is why? people that i have talked to said it was a glitch. if this is what a glitch can do to a major air traffic system in the world, then we've got some serious concerns. was it a hardware issue? was it a combination of both? and is it really because of age

of the equipment, does it need to be updated? without this backup, we cannot afford to have another situation like this. whether it's with a particular airline or our national air space system. >> i thank you for being with us this morning. now to breaking news from afghanistan, a taliban spokesman said 20 people were killed, many others hurt rgs in an explosion outside the foreign ministry in the capital. it was a suicide attack. the bomber wanted to injury the foreign ministry. let's take you right to paris, where tokes are investigating why a man wielding a knife attacked six people this morning in one of the busiest stations in it europe. another victim a police officer was stabbed in the back and

saved business hi bullet proof vest. police the shot the suspect several times, authorities say. he might not survive. police say a motive is as of this hour unknown. the incident caused several train delays. it serves as a hub for trains to london and northern europe. it's really a busy train station. coming up, still more questions over how classified documents got into up with of president biden's former offices. he's talking about that. we'll tell you what he said. but first water rescues, flooding and mud slides all as a monster storm pummels california. we're live on the ground with how there's no relief in sight you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." watching diaz-balart reports.

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15 past the hour. even more rain is expected today in parts of california as millions remain under a flood watch after days of nonstop torrential storms.

the latest round of rain is expected in northern california. central and southern california get a break. the unrelenting weather has killed at least 17 people. in central california crews are resuming their search for this missing 5-year-old boy, who was swept out of his mother's arms as their car was swamped by flood waters on the way to school. at least 42 people have been rescued from two overflowed rivers. joining us is marissa parra. what's it like this morning? >> the rain is just starting to come down here. we're just outside the rushing river. it's too dark to show you just how high the river is until the sunrises. and that's something that we're seeing across the state. across the state, everyone who lives near a river or by the ocean as the rain starts to fall, it's even started picking up while we have been talking on the air here.

the concerns grow. it's something had that's very hard to predict. we know that there were high concerns around here where we are for the people who live around here. many of them still waiting to find out if this is going to be a dangerous situation. unfortunately, you don't really know until it's already happening. across the state, as governor newsom said, california is soaked. the images north and south, cars just submerged in water. we're talking about cars in their own driveways. cars along the highway. the sink hole outside of los angeles. luckily nobody was injured or killed in a that situation, but we know that this has been a deadly storm system. as governor newsom said, they tracked 17 people who have died as a result of all of these storms. we know that one week ago today, a toddler was killed as a result of a tree that fell on a house. we're just a few mile was from where that happened.

that was a week ago. and now as a result of water logged trees falling over, california issive state that the issues that we have have so many layers to them. if it's not the flood waters, you talked about the toddler that got swept away. then we have trees that can't handle this much precipitation. the roots are uplifted and turned over falling on to cars and tents. someone in sacramento died as a result of a tree falling on top of her tent then we have the concerns of mud slides. we know several highways have been shut down as a result of that. even people who live here in california we have spoken to a number of them. we want to take you to one person who said even he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

>> this morning there was a new slide on southbound. so it's going to be -- we decided to stay here and go to work tomorrow instead. >> reporter: so there has been a lot of people that are dealing with different layers and levels of damage. honestly right now, a the lot of people are waiting to see what comes next. the search is still on for that 5-year-old boy, who was washed away in the flood waters. >> thank you so much. up next, why ukrainian troops will soon be here in the united states. plus chris murphy returned from a bipartisan trip to the border. what he saw there and what he thinks congress can do about the humanitarian crisis at the border and immigration. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." (vo) if you have thyroid eye disease and the pain in your eyes burns like a red-hot chili pepper,

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undergo training on the patriot air defense system, according to three defense officials. joining us from kyiv is matt bradley. what's the latest on the ground there today? >> reporter: what you just mentioned about the training for the missiles in oklahoma, this is something that the ukrainians have been asking for since the beginning of the war and they got a hard no from washington on those missile systems. there was just one that was guaranteed when olodymyr zelenskyy visited washington around christmas time, just a couple weeks ago. now it looks like they might get another one from germany. this is something that's going to be crucial in the weeks and months ahead as russia shos no real sign of letting up on their attacks and drone attacks mostly targeting civilian infrastructure here. but the big story here on the front lines is what could be the fall of the eastern town of seoul dart.

we heard from the founder of the mercenary group. this is a private military contractor that claimed he had had taken the town of seoul dart after days and days of fierce fighting. now he even say said in this telegram or sent out a fete toe of himself in one of the vast salt mines underneath soledar that even though he has taken the town, fighting is still ongoing. we actually heard from the kremlin saying that not so fast. we still have to wait for official confirmation that soledar has fallen to russian troops. the ukrainian military has denied that soledar has fallen and that there's fierce fighting going on in that town it's really interesting because this man is kind of rising in his ability to take on moscow. he has been outspoken in his

criticism of the kremlin and of vladimir putin. and that's very rare in a system like that one this russia. >> so what do we know about that group? >> reporter: this is a guy who used to be called putin's chef. he's an oligarch. and he's with his private army, he's done missions in syria and africa where he's been accused of committing human rights abuses. now he has really risen inture with this war. he's recruited tens of thousands of prisoners from jails throughout russia. they have been doing a lot of the major heavy lifting in the front line battles. and he's rising in favor of the kremlin. a lot of of people say he could be taking on the military establishment in a way that's so rare in russia. >> matt bradley in kyiv, thank you for that explanation.

with us now to talk more about this is democratic senator crist murphy of connecticut. senator, it's great to see you. thank you for being with us this morning. just your thoughts on this. matt bradley is talking about these groups that former putin's chef has a private army of thousands of people. this is such a complicated thing that's going on there in ukraine. i'm just wondering if the fact that the u.s. is bringing ukrainian soldiers here to train them, does that change anything vis-a-vis russia? >> the group iswell known to the united states. this has been one of the tools putin has used to put the better part of the last decade as it was mentioned. the group is now very heavily present in ukraine, but was the way in which putin projected power in libya and currently in had many countries throughout

africa. this is a really dangerous group. it's a sign of weakness in that putin's army is in retreat. it doesn't have the cape toblt bring the fight. so you now have this reliance on private outside organizations. i i just don't know how long that's sustainable for the kremlin supply chain crises that the russian military is faing. while that group is not going to be immune from those because the same sanctions that we apply to the russian army, we're going to aploo to the group to. but it's a reminder that as much as we're focused now on these patriot systems to protect ukrainians from russian missile attacks, there's also this very close trench to trench, hand to hand combat continuing. and we have to continue the supply of fall arms and

munitions. >> this training process for patriots is it long? >> these are serious systems. you can't get trained on a patriot system overnight. this is going to become a defense system they can be used for the long-term protection? to change the kinds of support we provide to ukraine as they change their tactics the sign of flexibility and nuance is really important to make sure russia

knows that we're in this for the long hall. >> you were one of bipartisan group of senators that travel to el paso to get a look the at the humanitarian crisis there at the border. there was a record of almost 2.8 million undocumented immigrant crossings at the southern border. what did you see and learn while you were there? our personnel at the border, whether it be border patrol or the nonfor profit organizations are doing fantastic work. they are arriving claiming asylum. we have to do two things. we have to encourage people to

apply part asylum before they show up to the border. and we have to process those claims much more quickly. the selkd thing we learned is this is a very different population showing up today than say ten years ago. in the unit sector, this is unbelievable. there are more russians showing up at the border than mexicans. and so you have a diversity of geography we never seen before. the problem is we can't send those russians back to mexico. once they get to the border, they are guaranteed free passage into the united states. so what we have to do is come together i think we can find a compromise that sets up a system by which people can apply for asylum earlier and allows us to process these claims much more quickly. that will relieve a lot of

pressure on our personnel at the border. we have to partner that together with a pathway to citizenship. i think that's the price of admissions for most democrats when you talk about an immigration reform measure. but there's more seriousness in the senate than i have seen in the last ten years. >> i'm just wondering because the concept of you can't -- it's a valid one. you can't send russians back to mexico because of the reality. yet now we are seeing that we are sending haitians back to mexico we are sending vens way lances back to mexico. we are sending cubans back to mexico. and yet they have in their governments and countries disastrous situation, which very much puts their freedom and their security at risk if they are returned. so it just seems like there's no concrete across the board policy. >> that's right because our laws are broken. we haven't upgrate daited our

laws in generations. so the administration is forced to try to create a patchwork of rules that keep up with current reality. now yes, we are under the president's new plan going to be sending some venezuelans and haitians and cubans back to mexico. but that's in exchange for a commitment to allow for up to 30,000 haitians, cubans to be aable to come to the united states for relief and asylum. and so we are going to actually be admitting more of those individuals, rescuing them from desperation than we have in the past. but there has to be a limit to the number that we can accept. we just don't have the capacity both at the border and in places like new york or chicago to deal

with 5 million asigh refugees, but we are bringing in 360,000 through a new parole process under the president's new plan. >> i really appreciate your time. >> thank you. we're keeping ab eye on the nation's airports right now. the faa says flights are reresuming after departing flights were grounded over a computer problem. what you can expect if you're going to get on a flight today or even later this week. this thing could be with us for 24 or 48 hours. who knows. that's next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." u're watch diaz-balart reports. (cecily) what's up, einstein? (einstein) my network has gone kaput! (cecily) you tried to save a buck on it? (einstein) not so smart. (cecily) well, there is a smarter way to save. (einstein) oh?! (cecily) switch to verizon! (vo) that's right. for a limited time get verizon unlimited for just $25 a line, guaranteed for 3 years. (einstein) brilliant! (vo) only on verizon. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the itching... the burning.

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37s past the hour. we're closely following the latest on what's unfolding in airports a across the country. the faa says flights are now resuming after the agency halted all domestic commercial

departure this is morning. the faa says the ground stop was issued in light of a computer outage. president biden said it's unclear what was behind this disruption, but a senior law enforcement official tells nbc news the fbi has not seen any evidence that a cyber attack caused the outage. joining us now with more is aviation correspondent tom costello. also with us is brian kelly, the found of the points guy. what do we know and what don't we know at this hour about what caused this disruption? >> the wot line is we don't know what caused this outage. this was the notice to airmen, that's an old phrase, it's now called the air missions system that tells pilots what they should expect at particular airports going forward. if a runway is closed, it there's construction equipment on the ramp, if the military air space is chaunging today. it there's a rocket lifting off, that's what this computer system

tells plots, and they all must read that and ion off on that information. it's on an ipad. they also have printed out reams of paper that they can print out as well before they leave the airport. they must know that information before they leave. and any potential alternative aurpt. that system went down this morning somewhere in the 5:00 a.m. hour. and then as they realized this system is down and we can't get these pilots out the door, the faa essentially put a pause on all commercial airline departures at about 7:00 a.m. that lasted until 9:00 a.m. and now the ripple effect. at the moment we have 5,800 delays nationwide. and we're now at 967 cancellations. and this is the way it so often works. as you know, sunrises in the east and sets on the west. the most affected airports are on the east coast and then they go across the country.

so everything from miami to new york and chicago and then shifted west. and it's going to affect california. they have already been affected by the weather in california. for the most part, the rest of the country is dealing with decent weather today and this is usually a slower season for air travel. we're past the holidays. we haven't gotten a spring break yet. but now it's about the catch-up and this is going to take awhile. at least all day when you have this many cancellations and delays, it could spill over into tomorrow as well. >> so brian, talking about that catch up that is going to be necessary for who knows, 48 hours, what do we tell folks that are in that process and that have seen things, these cancellations and these delays, what do we do as passengers? >> anyone traveling today or tomorrow, make sure you check the flight status. i use flight aware. not only will it track your flight, but it will show where

your incoming aircraft is coming from. when you see that delayed, you can be given a heads up your flight is going to be delayed. if you're cancelled, especially if you're canceled, you're owed a full refund. never take a voucher. and you're also be able to be rebooked on the next available flight. sometimes passengers are taking the refund and calling it quits. but hopefully this should be resolved within the next 24 hours or so. >> i have experienced that in the past. i get that refund ask it's not like there's an option. here you go. here's your refund or your credit. how do we get that money back? >> airlines are naughty. air canada just got fined for this, but you are legally owed the full refund. reject the voucher and say i want a full refund. you file a complaint. they have a legal responsibility to respond and they respond

quickly and do the right thing. most airlines these days should know the process. never take the vucher if you don't have to. >> i thank you so much for being with us this morning. coming up, president biden's first comments about the classified documents found at one of his offices. we'll tell you what he had to say next. we'll continue that. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." ntinue tha. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. should we go check it out? yeah. we get to stay here all weekend! when you stay at a vrbo... i call doing the door code! ...the host doesn't stay with you. it looks exactly like the picture. because without privacy in your vacation home... it's a full log cabin guys. ...it isn't really a vacation... we can snuggle up by the fire. ...is it? wow, oh my- [birds chirping]

44 past the hour. president biden kraesing the investigation into the the classified documents found at his former private office in a washington, d.c. think tank while in mexico last night. >> people know i take classified documents and classified information seriously. i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records that were taken there to that office. but i don't know what's in the documents. my lawyers have not suggested i ask what documents they were. and we're cooperating fully. with the review in which i hope

will be finish soon and more detail at this time. >> the president already facing criticism from republicans over the controversy. >> if we find something that comes up dealing with the family, it's pushed under the rug. it's called a i lie. this is the exact reason why we have to have a church committee. this is why we'll get to the bottom of it. they treat people differently based upon their philosophicals and political party. that's wrong. >> joining us now is justice correspondent ken dilanian. and white house correspondent monica alba and michael moore, former attorney from georgia. so what's next this this investigation? >> good morning. law enforcement officials are telling us that their review by the fbi and the u.s. attorney in chicago is nearing its end. they know the answers to the most fundamental questions of how the documents got there, and

they have already briefed the attorney general on their preliminary findings. i expect what's next is some kind of decision on whether there needs to be a criminal investigation. based on everything we have seen so far, it seems like lie the answer will be no. and the next question is how transparent will either the justice department or the white house be about the answers to these questions, which is how did these documents get there, why were tla there, did president biden review them? did he request them president bush if you parse the statement carefully, he's saying he doesn't remember what they are now. he's not saying he never touched them or saw them. so there's a lot of unanswered questions here, including why the white house waited and did not disclose to the public when they learned about this six days before the november elections. >> so monica, we heard from the president last night. are you hearing anything new this morning or today? >> we certainly aren't the

headlines the white house wants to come out of this important summit. but i was at that press conference last night with president biden. of they wrapped up, we shouted questions. i asked him. he clearly heard had me whether he was aware of any other potential classified information or documents. and he chose thot to answer that question or even to respond to the other range of questions exactly about the timeline and why the public is only learning about this after media reporting. i think the white house is going to take a very careful and measured approach. i don't want to say too much as this review is ongoing. they want to let this play out with the department of justice, and they want to be very clear that this is a very different situation from what we saw with former president trump, an fbi seizure and months of him refusing to return the documents when the national archives requested them. so that's the thing the white house is pointing out here most

clearly. they are also talking about the nature of the small number, less than a dozen here with classified markings. this still becomes a political headache for president biden, who in the past has called former president trump's handling of this kind of sensitive information irresponsible. so a lot of outstanding questions still about what else potentially could be a part of this. whether that information was something he was aware of at the time. and then what other potential next steps. could there be a damage assessment from the intelligence community for any potential national security risks. that's something they did in the case of the mar-a-lago documents. but the president wanted to be very clear yesterday he wanted the focus to be on these incredibly crucial discussions on border security, on mass migration, with the mexican president and canadian prm and he said that he was extremely optimistic about some of the progress made there, but there are still a lot of questions about how they are going to deal with that incredibly complex and humanitarian crisis. >> indeed.

other than the fact there was classified material found, there are zero similarities between what happened in this case and what the mar-a-lago case showed us. what factors will merrick garland be looking at to determine where this case goes next? >> i'm glad to be with you. and you're right. there are no similarities in this at all. i imagine that garland will be looking at the level of cooperation, the fact that the president's team reported immediately that these documents were found. they didn't file some frivolous lawsuit claiming they need to be returned. what you have seen is a complete change in how this incident was handled? if it you think about it two speeders going down the interstate and want to get stopped and tells the police officer that the law doesn't apply to him, you can't give me a ticket because you're a dirty cop, the other says, i'm sorry, i missed the speed limit sign. i apologize. i want to cooperate with you. guess what happens?

the second driver gets treated differently because he responds differently. that's what happens in these cases oftentimes. it's the cover-up, the obstruction, the continued effort to cast blame on somebody else that leads to problems for potential criminal defendants and that's what you have with trump. he's claimed the documents were rightfully his and he can wave his magic wand. that's different than a small number of documents, making a report to the national archives and the federal government. garland has done the right thing by having someone review this. there's very likely no criminal jeopardy at all for president biden or his team. but it definitely will cause him a political headache and was probably an unforced error. in fact, at this point, and especially given what's going on with the mar-a-lago case, but nonetheless, i think he's -- i think he's done the right thing and garland has moved ahead in the way that he should in this

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secretary mayorkas. pat fallen filed articles of impeachment against mayorkas. he said lawmakers should come to the table and work on solutions to our broken system and outdated laws. with us now to talk about this, texas democratic congressman henry cuellar. congressman, it's great to see you. thank you for being with us. you were with the president when he visited el paso earlier this week to look at the humanitarian crisis. what did you take away from that visit? >> well, first of all, i had an opportunity to talk to him on the way to el paso about the importance of two things, one, putting more resources for homeland security, number one. number two, listening to border communities. because you just can't listen to immigration activists. you've got to listen to border communities and the men and women from homeland security. so i thought it was important for him to show up and, as you know, i've been asking him to

show up and i'm glad that he showed up. >> congressman, we've talked about the humanitarian crisis that unfolds in el paso where you were last week, what do things look like along other parts of the texas border, including your own district. >> it's interesting, jose, because there are shifts. and criminal organizations quite honestly control where they go. el paso used to be one of the more quiet places. it's now number one in the country. the rio pass is number two, the valley is number three, and if you recall just a year ago or two years ago, the valley used to be number one. it used to be the epicenter. so the criminal organizations will decide where the people go and right now they have picked el paso as the number one crossing. my hometown of loredo is second after the west texas area. >> president biden made a powerful statement about

migration after he met with his counterparts at the north american leader summit, here's what he said. >> it's not like people sit in their home and say i got a great idea, let's sell everything we have, give it to a coyote, go through some jungles and a long path up to the united states, smuggle us across the border, drop us in a desert, won't that be fun in a country we don't even speak the language? we can do more than merely just make legal immigration more streamline, but we can also do it by preventing people from wanting to have to leave in the first place. >> congressman, you know this better than most, people leaving in the first place, that includes places like venezuela, cuba, nicaragua and haiti where the situation has been disastrous. how do you prevent people from leaving their home countries? >> certainly, it is complicated, as you know. we have relationships with

certain countries. i wouldn't say we have relationships -- good relationships with cuba, venezuela, nicaragua, but with the other countries, we've added billions of dollars to assist them, especially in central america. when you look at, jose, the top 15 countries, yes, you have venezuela, nicaragua, cuba and the central american countries. but the top 15 countries that come to the border, you have russia, india, turkey and the country of georgia. so people are coming in for different reasons and at the same time we got to understand what the asylum law says. it's persecution by the state based on religion, sex or one of those reasons. so when it's poverty or crime or trying to look for a better life, under the asylum law, they're not allowed to come in. if you look at that. and one last point, when you look at the top country that gets most of its asylum cases

individually granted, it's the country of china which is number one in the highest percentage. >> congressman henry cuellar, thank you very much for being with us. let's continue our conversation going forward. thank you. >> thank you, jose. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. follow the show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i'm lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and we're following a busy morning of breaking news that's making life tough for a lot of people right now. starting with the travel nightmare at our nation's airports. the faa says air traffic is resuming slowly after a morning outage forced the agency to halt fl