a few flights now operating after a fire shut down the air traffic control system. >> we welcome our viewers watching us a run the country. >> to joining us now for our top story. has been working this story all morning. have been talking to sources and do have some major information. >> this is an faa employee or an air traffic controller that works out of the oral facility. apparentlaurora facility. is

getting transferred to hawaii. that is what keeps the whole system together. he went down there and started rapping those lines in rags and dousing them with gasoline. he was also cutting those lines. he was trying to dismantle the entire operation for least several hours. he said those on fire. he caught himself on fire. he had some burns. not sure what the extent is. we reported that he deliberately cut himself and try to kill himself. my sources were telling me that was not the case. he was just while cutting bill is alliance he cut himself in the process. he is in the hospital right now i am sure he is

being interviewed. that is all i know about him. i do have a name of somebody that we are trying to confirm if it is him or not. if it is it seems like he was more than just disgruntled with the airline. he was also just disgruntled with the americans with the government. not in a terrorist sort of way. a very unhappy person. he knew what he was doing was going to cause all of these problems. he felt the need to do it anyway to make a statement. we're trying to get some more information. >> your still trying to sort out whether this person as a contract worker. we do know he was authorized to be in that space and exactly what he was doing. >> from what i

understand. he was an air traffic controller. i do not know if the contract some of those are if they are all employees. i am not sure. that information that we were hearing may not exactly be accurate. not quite clear at this time >> there is no official confirmation on this. this is with a highly placed source is telling >> someone who is in the know and confirmed all of this information for me. it is top-notch information. i have been working the phones all morning. my phone has been ringing off of the hook. it is definitely somebody that absolutely feel is credible and would put that person's information on the air. if it were not i obviously would not do it. >> has a person told

you whether this worker was on their radar? have this person been disciplineas this person been disciplined? >> if the person that i'm being told who did this, this is from a different source. he does have some psychological issues. there was something written that i have been proveprivy to. we have not confirmed if it is him or not. there are some psychological issues. definitely some issues with americans with the government. things like that. kind of a rambling sort of letter that i read. hopefully we can get some more information on the 40. i'm still working it.for you. i'm still

working on that. >> a major development. pinkie. thank you >> more on just how this stoppage began and the crime scene. >> we have just gotten word that the news conference by federal and local officials of regionally planned for 11:00 this morning is now postponed until 2:00 p.m. central standard time. when that happens we will bring it to you. this facility teeming with investigators. it is a crime scene that could be out of commission for quite some time. that means a lingering slowdown on air- traffic. according to police a contractor with extensive access deliberately set fire to a basement transmission area at

around 5:40 a.m.. he used gasoline and read this to set this fire after bonding wires and cables. suffered burns and cuts. tried to deliberately cut those wires. remains hospitalized. all employees were instructed to leave. after a safe evacuation. one employee did suffer smoke inhalation. police are stressing this incident is not an act of international terrorism. >> there was no explosion. >> we are being cautious. that is why you're seeing a lot of equipment coming in. there appears to be a fire that was set by contract employee. >> because of the

fire and water damage to the control panels here. this facility could be out for the foreseeable future. duties will have to be shifted to other facilities and the lingering slowdown of traffic. >> we are expecting in this conference from federal and local officials at cpm. >> that is the latest2:00 p.m. >> it is being felt. clive l. harris with more on building frustration. i can only imagine. >> we have heard

lots of stories here. at least 700 flights canceled at all here. another 150 flights canceled lead midway. the land to reach the counter extended all the way to where we were standing. a lot of these travelers were waiting at least one hour. confusion frustration. travelers uttering words that can not exactly use on television. as the morning progressed the cloudcrowds got bigger and bigger. they say they received no notification of a problem. there were shocked when they looked at the departures monetary and saw that almost every flight was canceled. some people went straight to security on a lawyer. also spoke with some travelers who did get some e- mail alert.

>> i have talked to others who are missing reunions. a lot of people missing weddings because they cannot get out of town until tomorrow. >> we got the warning as we were getting here. i'm here trying to see if i can get in flight. >> you not look happy. i'm not happy at all. >> i have positive thoughts. i'm going to have faith and think i'm going to get there. >> still not get me

there in time. lsi sprout wings and i do not think that is going to happen. travelers trying to have a sense of humor about what has been going on. i spoke with a woman who was heartbroken. her son is graduating from the air force special forces and she is really worried she is going to miss the graduation ceremony. >> the faa started resuming flights at a very slow rate. i just took a peek at the departures. it says most of the flight still canceled. >> dennis on the phone is an aviation expert. good to have you back. i was thinking about what a critical link the center is to the nation's air transportation system. thinking this transportation system is more fragile than i might have realized.

sometimes something like this can happen. so that we realize just how vulnerable we really are. access to critical components. it is amazing. >> i get the people are frustrated that their flights to not take off. >> what else could he have done with the access that he had? >> he was a strange person. the person that is knowledgeable and bent on really doing some severe damage to the aviation system. >> create havoc. i cannot think of the

center any place in the united states that has the kind of impact that the aurora center does. this is critical to everything that happens in the air. >> explain the situation in the air with the center and being the center of the country. >> when you go to work in the morning there is a one intersection that has a traffic policeman there and he is directing traffic and traffic moves. maybe does not move like you would like it too. making sure everybody is safe and separated properly. one morning call to work and he is not there. completely different situation trying to get through the traffic. that is kind of an analogy for what we're dealing with here. we're going back in time. would have to go back decades to a time when a system that they're having to use now in the rules they're having to follow would be the rules applicable

30 years ago. a lot of people going to be inconvenienced for quite some time. not going to get completely out of the woods. >> as a senior airline captain and a longtime industry observer what kind of questions to you have about what happened today? >> how is access controlled for sensitive areas of aurora. >> this is going to be a lesson that is going to be learned for all of the centers across the country. this one was really radical and exciting. >> when you have these airplanes

flying around out there. everything of a sudden your controof a sudden your control shut down. >> is a form of emergency. we're dealing with something here rare lot of changes are going to be made very quickly. this disgruntled employee or anyone else that wants to do damage to the system is going to have a much more difficult time trying to pull it off. >> does this leave you wondering what a real terrorist could have done? >> and opens up an array of things that could have happened. >> our systems are very fragile. almost all of them are. particularly if you want to expose critical components.

definite knowledge about how it works and knows where to do the most damage. what is security like? >> almost no place in the facility that i couldn't visit. >> it from one critical area to another. we have exposure here now. we'll have to take care of it. we'll have to do it right away. this doesn't mean we are in a fragile situation. >> thank you so much for your insight.

>> nice to hear your voice back on chicago airways. >> we invite you to stay with us after the break for our continuing coverage of the ground stop. continuing coverage of the ground stop. a lot going

mereh x ta.at

x a r {baby} again, again. when we're having this much fun, why quit? and bounty has no quit in it either. it's two times more absorbent then the leading ordinary brand and then stays strong so you can use less. watch how one sheet of bounty keeps working. while their two sheets just quit. >>yay. and try bounty napkins. hundreds of flights in and out of chicago are canceled. >> the shutting down

the regional radar center. the fire was set in the basement but a contract employee. >> air traffic has been so affected they have canceled flights until 7:00 p.m.. a press conference is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.. >> i want to ask you why this facility such a key element. it really is a national facility that traffic is handed off from a more local towers. when you entered the national system they manage flight's going to chicago but well over chicago. the scary part about today's thing is from a financial standpoint for the airlines and disrupted the whole national air system. a little reminiscent of 10 years ago when our airport often had such bad delay is a cripple the national system. now it is our air traffic control system it appears.

>> i think my criticism is less that we had an outage when there is a deliberate terrorism act. you're going to have an outage. safety requires you to ground things. this drug on 44-5 hours. that is what i find to be not acceptable. the public was kept in the dark. even now it appears there is some limited operation orders. milwaukee has southwest flights grounded as well. this really is a big deal. flights cannot divert to other airports. flights cannot even take off. outbound flights do not need as much as a traffic support. this is even a much bigger deal. >> terrorism and authorities in this

case are very quick to just throw out of it being an act of terrorism. what are your thoughts on that? >> i'm no expert on the definition of terrorism. it appears to be arson. we do not know. it apparently was done with the goal of inflicting harm on people. >> q. was an exact spot appears again would do maximum damage to the tourist traffic systeair-traffic system. a contractor who had the insight on how to get something like this done. and the fact that this is twice in a year. friday is a tough day. if it was later in the day we would have the night to recover. all the airplanes in flight crews are in the wrong spot. the ripple effects are afraiof going to stretch

for quite some time. >> the big thing is that we really fell last timfelt last time that operations could be shifted back and forth between belgian and laurelgin and auror this we would have thought at least a good portion of the flights could be handled by eldeelgin. we know how computer systems are changing with a talk to each other and there is a lot of redundancy. that apparently is not the case. a five hour delay that is really rare stuff. >> we do have redundant systems but they are not good enough. the faa is making it clear that they're going to move to a lot of new technology.

>> they deserve all lot of credit for warning the public that the system as old and needs to be fixed. they need the funding to get it done. i think we're seeing and is not just computer problems. there's a human element to how quick the police respond. >> >> has been stuck for hours. many will not be getting out anytime soon. live at that airport with the latest on the situation.

>> west announced that there proactively canceling all flights both here and in milwaukee. >> through at least 7:00 p.m. tonight. take a look at what is going on inside. airline officials say they are working. southwest prides itself on from a customer service. that may be why many telos most folks are acting quite cooperative way. certainly there's a lot of frustration. >> others found that they can make it to their destination by rail. of course southwest will resume service. >> self-inflicted wounds found by crews responding and 5:40 a.m.. has had enormous impact on thousands of flyers.

their families their plans to their workplaces across the country and across the globe. one woman we spoke with was heading to nassau to catch a cruise in celebration of her 69th birthday. that ship will set sail. >> >> >> i do not know what happened. a very long day traveling with an 87 year-old man. >> we have to be on a cruise tomorrow. it is a non- refundable crews. southwest says they do not have any flights. i'm

thinking midway should be opening up to. >> customers can call 1800 iflyswa >> must particularly in the area of college sports. spoke with a young man from the valparaiso football team. they cannot get to where they need to be this weekend. we might see implications in the n.c.a.a. as well. >> this 69 know the woman has an attitude we should all embrace. >> we invite you to stay with us for continuing coverage of the ground stop. wyou can get all the latest on our web site. >> night on a lunch break we're in the kitchen with break we're in the kitchen with celebrity

us want to get you up to speed. a deliberately set fire at the radar center in aurora shutdown flights. he was found nearby with burns and cuts. his car was towed from the parking lot a little while ago. if the flights are now moving. hundreds have been canceled. the land across the air traffic system. southwest airlines has scrub all chicago flights until at least 7:00 tonight. they're offering refunds. we do know at this point there is a news conference set for 2:00 this afternoon. >> thousands owhat can you tell

us? >> slowly there have been hundreds of cancellations. make sure you check with your provider to make sure your flights are still on. >> we will describe it really quickly. telling us that it is like an upside- down wedding cake. the bottom of the wedding cake is the towers. those towers monitor traffic just within. the middle level of the cake. if you remember that is the facility that caught fire in may when we had climbeground stoppage. shows whazau on the map. to these and i was on wisconsin impacted. even-handed in to

the indianapolis area. >> a whole lot of travelers impacted by this today. the biggest advice check with your airlines. >> still to come >> still to come the.

mereh x ta.at

we continue to follow this chaotic situation. >> it is bigger apparently then just airline traffic. it is interesting. strip data off of weather service lines.

>> check observers to take. of course we get them. i noticed some of the local observation sites these are the automated stations are not being plotted on the map. i talk to colleagues over on the weather service. indeed there has been a communication disruption on some weather observations. isn't that amazing? >> it is amazing how much it is affecting. fell like an old friend. i know jim is a great guy. nobody knows more about aviation. it was interesting to hear his insight on all of this. at least we do not have made their wagemajor weather issues. that would really mess things up. it does not get much nicer than this. it is clear as can be out there.

this air mass. we have had in place for five days now. it is just gorgeous. it is not moving the result is they're not moving. look at the satellite raider image. i ran out to the west. some big storms out to the southwest. it is clear as a bell. by march all the way from the rockies all the way to almost the east coast. a gorgeous weather situation. just enough clubs to make this guy interesting. unseasonably warm temperatures. and now appears it is not going to rain until thursday. that would make this a 10 day rain free. in chicago. that is the most consecutive rain free days we have put together around here. this is quite a dry spell. coming as it does offer of a very wet summer. 74 out here yesterday. i wanted

to show you the high temperatures. can you imagine being late september and having temperature is writing up close to 100 degrees. >> 97 in williston. 97. bismarck and 93. these extreme weather events are always interesting. the occur with increased frequency. the extent of the warmth is quite remarkable. >> normally be full of observations. a number of automatic weather stations. coming through our up. we're getting a lot of data. some of these stations are being missed. it is not coming in. 76 at o'hare. when is very light. that has been

the case. you may notice that if you have some respiratory issues to pointer in the mid '50s. these beautiful colorful sunsets are not related so much to the particular is being built up. the fact that it is autumn in the sun angle is quite low. the son streaks through more of the atmosphere. knocked out of the sunlight. brooke composed of all thicomposed of all the colors of the rainbow. you're left with the oranges and reds. q before sunrise and sunset. no wind. th60s along the lakefront in many locations. look how nice it is down and romeoville. gorgeous weather across the area. here it is. this one for the books. this is a strange late september weather

pattern. in july configuration at this time of the year is amazing. a testament to the endurance of the big warm air dome. change is coming. a little pocket of cooler air spending up some act of thunderstorms in the west. ultimately cooler air dumping into the rockies and plains. >> deliver a pretty good punch later in the week. mccall like the wind is. single-digit velocity is. here's tomorrow morning. light wind going into sunday and sunday night. it is also warming up a couple of degrees a day. there's the high pressure with the jet stream going like this. you see the storm track and all of the rain going up to the north. the high pressure will keep

the rain had paid. we have some nice weather coming. sixties at the lakefront. they will go probably into the low '70's. seventies to low 80s and the end. these numbers are conservative because the air masses warmer. >> warm temperatures in mind. 90s in the plains states. most folks are enjoying the color change getting under way. the weekend in the car and take a drive up to the northern woods. a. you do not want to fly. at least not for awhile. warm and generous son. fewer cause than yesterday. clear tonight. mild temperatures 57 for

a low. tomorrow gorgeous honey light lake breezes. mostly sunny warm again 80 at all here. 77 at the beaches. inland locations could get into the low 80s. how you beat that? >> per live illinois lottery drawing is next. pick3 first lucky

number is 0 the second number is 6 your third and final pick3. it is 3 here is your fireball it is 2 that makes the winning numbers 0-6- 3 fireball of 2 time for the pick4 games. i am in complete agreement with tom skilling. get yourself a mega millions ticket. 93 million dollars. back to pick4 first lucky number is 0-

there you go w 0-3-3-3 fireball of 3 here we go with lucky day lotto. >>hope those were your lucky numbers. >>hope those were your lucky numbers.

they've earned in life there's a higher standard of home care. brightstar care. from care teams led by registered nurses to unmatched care expertise brightstar care offers home care you can trust, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. your loved one deserves care

that's nothing less than extraordinary because they've earned it. for a complimentary in-home assessment, call brightstar care today at 866-621-0228 you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips scanning in and out of chicago had been a huge challenge. a source tells us a disgruntled employe used gasoline to burn cables and control panels in the building's basement. >> they will brief the media to this

afternoon and of course we will bring that to you live. >> mom a turning air-traffic. i am reminded of that old phrase. some of the airplanes are actually moving now. some of the moving. can i get anywhere for a lot of people. suspecting thousands of people to the hundreds of flights being canceled. still at a ground stop. flights are moving again. we will show you a look from online. but earlier today there were no flights moving across this area. you can see the little dots. they are moving throughout the area. plans are starting to take off. at a very reduced rate. keep that in mind. all we can do really at this point is keep checking with your airline. things are still being canceled. the biggest impact has been on southwest airlines out of midway. >> all flights been

cancelled until 7:00 p.m.. that is when they will finally start running flights. they're offering refunds. that impact in southwest flights at milwaukee's airport as well. keep that in mind. everyone being impacted. actually going to be taken care of? >> now for some time. thanks for staying on top of it. we have lunch break coming up it. we have lunch break coming up next. e.

mereh x ta.at

present chicago gourmet kickoff today. the celebrity chef demonstrating some of the recipe is. she is joined by andrew melton. >> whole lot is going on. can take a deep breath and relax a little bit. >> your earliest doing drinks. maybe people need a drink. >> making banana pudding. banana pudding is so easy. it usually is very heavy. it is one of my favorites. >> nothing like a good banana pudding. >> i am going to add a half cup of my

milk. all of this is really easy. keep it real. >>i separated 4 eggs. something people do not normally do. i am mashing ripe bananas. this is a banana pudding with bananas i have all of that in there. it is going to cook. i will put in some vanilla. you are a pro at cooking for tv. have you done this before? >> it comes up to a boil. because of the corn starch you do not have to worry about it

>> this is some finished putting with the cream. i'm going to put a little the done here. this is something that if you're throwing a party you can do ahead of time. >> that is the son of a good host. turn the knife the other way. just so you know. >> you're going to land in your bananas. i am declaring those. we're going to keep glaring. that is the pudding. >>no nilla wafers. i am going to add

>> the event is all weekend long. it is totally sold out. honestly with all that is happening if you want to have some of the finest wines and sparkling wine in the country i think you deserve to go that way. >> maybe some people are not going to make it into town. >> that is our latest issue. the october issue. what goes better with dessert than cocktails'? >> for a little bit of brandy. lemon juice and apple cider which is a nice touch. a little bit of maple syrup. one of the things is

if it has fruit juice in it that is when you shake. if it is a man had in a martini that is when you start. that is kind of the rule. margarita you are shaking. that might explode on me because i have never used to this. >> it would make for great tv. you cannot be too lackadaisical about this. one of the most important things is the water because it dilutes it. it should come on nicout nice. >> give you a little garnish here. their demonstration. favorite dishes from around the world. that is an after work activity >> comfort foods

from around the world. heating 20 hamburgers tonight. worth it just to see that. demonstration comfort foods favorite dishes from around the world. the main stage what tickets out are sold out. you can learn more about the event. ishrf

you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips recapping the breaking news affecting travelers across the country. a disgruntled employee set fire to cables in the basement of the radar center. the worker was found burned and caught. the shutdown of the facility forced the ground stock of all flights in and out of chicago. if you

flights began moving at o'hare and after 9:30 a.m.. canceled all chicago flights at midway until 7:00 p.m.. >> we have a 76 going in chicago. these have just been updated. 70 at o'hare. mid to upper 70's. readings up about 7 degrees across the area. here are the next 10 days. >> a very slow weather movement here. in terms of the lake with a little more dust. another shock of warm air. a pretty healthy cool air plunge comes in. there you see a leader next week in the following weekend. by the way like michigan is up 20 in. compared to last year. that is the biggest year-to- year temperature lake level increased we have seen. might

even be low 80s and a lo >> like breezes right on through early next week. 75 on tuesday. 80 we spike up wednesday to cool down to the '60s late next week. have a great weekend. >> latest on the investigation of the grounds the. authorities are addressing the media between now and then for the latest. go to our web site. stem,

the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. here you go. thanks. it's up to 26 mil this week. they're selling 10,000 tickets a minute and today, isaac picks to oversleep. you forgot the milk. yeah, yeah. look at that, will you? you know, isaac's never been this late.