. >>> speaking of what is happening, gary tuchman live at atlanta hartsfield this morning. you're in the middle of this. i understand been monitoring your social media, you've been sending pictures of what's happening in the airport and the flight boards as well. what are you seeing? >> i'm here at the busiest airport in the world, atlanta hartsfield jackson airport in the delta sky club. it's crowded, more so than normal because so many people delayed. no panic. the a lot of people are used to delays. this gives you an idea, every flight before 9:00 has been rescheduled after 9:00, for example, panama here, 8:10 leaving at 9:30, one at 8:42, at 9:00. i'm using my phone right now excuse my photography here. this 8:26, delayed to 9:30. so it gives you an idea. every flight on the board that is before 9:00 is scheduled for 9:00 or 9:30 right now. it's often very crowded in the mornings here in atlanta, but more crowded than normal as people wait for flights that have been delayed quite a bit and hoping for the best, hoping they get to their destinations without much more of a

looking at live pictures this is atlanta, hartsfield international airport there.

still trying to figure out what happened joining us now from atlanta, hartsfield jackson airport is nbc news's blayne alexander. >> absolutely, this is the world's busiest airport for a reason when you do see some sort of disruption or interruption like we saw this morning, even though it's been hours since flights have been back in the air, you're going to sea e the ripple effects. 760 flights or so are delayed out of atlanta's hartsfield jackson international airport. 60 cancellations or so 36% of the total number of flights right now that are delayed. this is something that when we've talked to passengers say, yes, there is a disruption some people were planning to get on flights this morning. they've now been rerouted to later this evening when you compare it to what we've seen with southwest, certainly less disruptive than a couple of weeks ago. the airport says you've just got to check with your individual airline. that's one thing that the air carriers, that airports around the country are really trying to stress to passengers go online to your air carrier's app. make sure you kn

steve harrigan at hartsfield international jackson airport in atlanta. reporter: neil, beginning to get back to normal here but that gap this morning will be hard to catch up with. it was almost a three-hour gap when there was a full ground stop on flights taking off. they let flights depart from here due to concerns about congestion. overall at least 7,000 flights delayed today. when you talk to people who arrived at the airport today. they have been you there the christmas delays, now this, a lot are fed up with flying. >> really unexplainable. everyone is dealing with it coast to coast. everywhere you go you hear the same story. i really thought because of the holiday travel that was the main issue. clearly it is still happening. >> reporter: this was a failure of a safety notification system known as notams that gives information to the crew about flying local conditions at a airport. not clear what causes the failed lure. no evidence of a cyberattack but when you walk around the busiest airport in the world. you see some strange sites, empty baggage

looking at live pictures this is atlanta, hartsfield international airport there. many flights across the country grounded right now. i want to take you to the scene, this is in las vegas. keep in mind, okay, this is a system that pilots use for any kind of notification. not clear how many flights are affected or which locations. we want to get straight to pete muntean but we're told new information pete as we get to you perhaps you have information on this. united has delayed all flights temporarily as well. what is going on? >> reporter: so far we've heard from american and united airlines. united said it's holding all flights on the ground right now because of the major system outage, the notice to air missions system. that means pilots cannot receive critical information they need to take off. these have to do with whether or not runways are open, navigational aids are available to pilots. this is critical stuff making sure the pilots know things are not available or may not be working. we are hearing the cancellations and delays are going up. so far the delays

cnn's amara walker joins us from the always busy atlanta hartsfield airport. >> reporter: the faa maye lifted its ground stop, and operations in many airports across the country are resuming as normal including here at atlanta international airport. the delays and cancellations are continuing. there's a huge backlog of passengers who need to be rebooked on flights. as you mentioned, according to flight aware, nearly 7,000 delays in airports across the country including more than 1,000 cancellations, as you'd imagine, a huge headache for so many passengers, a lot of them telling me what's in the back of their minds is the hey hem some of them had to deal with over the holiday zs as we saw the southwest meltdown. listen to what this woman said about missing her flight in general and she won't be able to get to costa rica. >> my original flight was supposed to take off at 9:05 to miami, then miami to costa rica. we've been delayed three times, no more flights today to get us there on time, nor tomorrow, nor friday. at the very moment our flight is set to arrive in miami after the flight

and blayne alexander at hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta.ardia? >> it is pretty calm here and everyone i have spoken to today is grateful for that, because many of the people who are heading out of, you know, new years day celebrations, back to their different corners of the country, they dealt with some of the challenges that you just described, and i talked to a young guy who is living in kansas, has family here, and he says he waited around at the airport back home for about 12 hours, annual was stuck, and finally made the very last flight that was able to make it out. he was just so grateful that he was able to get that precious time with family. but you know, a lot of other people weren't as lucky. and so people here are grateful that it seems to be over. but they definitely have their eye on southwest right now. everyone seems to be aware of the investigation, you know, grateful to be in most cases flying other airlines today, but also very curious to see what ends up happening, and what kind of accountability there may be for the airl

also with us cnn anchor and correspondent amara walker who is at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airportathena jones is at newark national. athena, we often talk about atlanta as the world's busiest airport, what are you hearing from airlines and passengers there? >> reporter: well, it's been pretty muted here and i think that's because it's not such a busy travel day. i did talk to several passengers, most of them dealing with flight delays. i spoke with one woman who was flying southwest, she had a flight that was supposed to leave at 8:55 that got delayed until noon and she got on to another flight for 2:00 p.m. and that got delayed until 6:00 p.m. she said, forget it, i'm not going to wait around here hoping that the system glitch is fixed quickly. she decided to go home and wait it out. i also spoke with a young man who is supposed to be in new york today, his flight was supposed to be at 10:00 this morning and it got delayed which means that he will be missing a very important family gathering. listen to what he had to say. >> i was supposed to be like 11:00 or 12:00 when we landed

atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport topped the list with 448 guns confiscated. it was followed by airports in dallas, houston, nashville, and phoenix. >> unfortunately we're seeing more and more where folks are saying i forgot it was in my bag. >> passengers have to notify airlines and secure unloaded guns in checked luggage. last month the tsa raised the maximum fine for passengers caught with a gun at security checkpoints to nearly $15,000. >>> embattled new york republican congressman george santos has been assigned to serve on two house committees. republican leadership gave santos seats on the science, space, and technology committee as well as the small business committee. santos is facing multiple investigations and pressure to resign after admitting to lying about much of his background while running for office. >>> coming up, an attempted drive-through kidnapping all caught on video. how this footage led to an arrest. >>> and later, he'll need a bigger boat. we're going to meet a 12-year-old boy who reeled in a great white. >>> this is the "cbs morning

joins us from atlanta' hartsfield-jackson international good morning to you. >> reporter: sheinelle,ort. good morning to you. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning to you you can see this growing line behind me at the southwest ticket counter morning to you. you can already see this growing line behind me at the southwest ticket counter.he a this morning the airline is s apologizing to its c the nightmare its customers for the nightmare of last week and promising to continue to get wed promising to continue to get back on schedule back on schedule. the good news is they are the good news is they are largely there, just about 133 largely there, just about 133 cancellations so far today, and that's cruci cancellations so far today, andy that's crucial ahead of a very busy travel day ahead. busy tra busy travel day ahead. with 2023 now officially underway, this morning millions of americans are heading home from the holidays. filling the skies and the roads on one of the busiest travel days of the year the final bookend on a holiday season that was expected to see nearly 113 million trav

a reported that firearms were found at 262 airports last year , but the most were discovered at hartsfield jackson, atlanta international. a tornado narrowly missed a sacramento county home over the weekend. we're hearing from the family coming up after the break, and the price of margarine and butter on the rise. we'll talk about what's behind the sudden spike. and some showers back in the forecast, not a big deal, but wet, especially on that late afternoon commute. i'll have that coming i'm karen. i'm living with hiv and i'm on cabenuva. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. it's two injections from a healthcare provider. i really like the flexibility. and for me, it's one less thing to think about while traveling. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. serious side effects include allergic reactions post-injection reactions, liver problems, and depression. if you have a rash and other allergic reaction symptoms, st

recent cases of trespassing at hartsfield jackson international and into of the raising questions abouturity of the busiest airport. here's more on that. >> good evening, authorities are investigating a couple of security breaches here at the world's busiest airport. they took place january 6, police arrested terrence stewart for criminal trespassing and auto theft after he allegedly climbed over the airport razor wire perimeter and drove to delta service pickup truck was southwest airlines hanger, boarded a plane and came face-to-face with an employee in the cockpit before leaving the plane driving off in another delta pickup truck. the same day another man allegedly slipped past the tsa document checkpoint without showing id or boarding pass. authorities say once he got to the other side, he walked through an open jetway where the pilot stopped him just short of boarding a plane. police arrested him for criminal trespassing. >> we believe you didn't allow proper credentials to get through the checkpoint. did you go through the checkpoint? >> i'm listening. i feel i'm being harassed ri

amara walker is at hartsfield-jackson airport with this side of the story. what are you hearing from passengers? >> reporter: first i got an update from a spokesperson. there is good news. she tells me they are expected to resume normal operations in the next hour or so. that basically means that passengers don't have to expect any out-of-the-ordinary cancellations. i spoke with one woman, on her way here she got notice that her flight was delayed. she thought, my goodness, is the holiday meltdown now happening again? is she diagnose to have to be a part of that. she obviously is relief that's not the case. i also spoke to a young man who was trying to get to new york. his flight is delayed two hours, which means he's going to miss a funeral. >> it was supposed to be like 11:00, and we're missing a funeral. >> reporter: you're miss ago funeral? >> yes, ma'am. hopefully there's two today. i'm going to go to the second one. >> reporter: you can see here it's been calm pretty much all morning, not so busy. flights did resume at around 8:30 this morning. atlanta

>> reporter: hi, jim, you're right, newark and also hartsfield-jackson. went to the board a few minutes ago. there's still quite a few delays. you can imagine there were be. there were flights scheduled for 5:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m., all delayed under the 9:50. you heard the airlines offering waivers or refunds. you also mentioned the idea -- we heard this from the transportation secretary pete buttigieg and others, that they need to get to the bottom of this, senator cantwell of washington, she's another person vowing to look into these delays. she said the public needs a resilient air transportation system, and they have to look into how redundancy works. as i mentioned, things are a bit calmer here. many are going to miami or fort lauderdale. they say they expect to have a fine day. miami was not delayed, a couple other flights are still facing delays. estimates and, amara, what about there in atlanta, the world's busiest airport? >> reporter: that's right. if you look here behind me, it doesn't look so busy. that's because it is a slower travel day, typica

interstate i 85 filming what appears to be a twister near hartsfield jackson airport, which had imposed ground stop at the time. in alabama, the weather was blamed for six dths there a possibltoado hittingto of molf of a hotel. nearly two dozen tornadoes were reported in alabama damagingp u50 t >> home, business. i moved fromhat toe usshi ti ju. jobina: buildings collapsed, traffic poles. this all happened just blocks away from the edmund pettus bridge. reggie: the rights of on house people living in encampments is playing out in a courtroom. a judge heard arguments from a group of lawyers, accusing the city of violating the rights of on house people by conducting sweeps at encampments. the latest lawsuit accuses the city of conducting sweeps during the recent storms. the city argues it is complying with the order. liz: this video of it on person being sprayed by a hose is sparking discussion about conservatorship. abc 7 spoke with the director of she met the person kno . the video known as q. she believes that conservatorship should help. >> this would allow for some oversight for some

. >> we're at the world's largest airport, atlanta's hartsfield-jackson. what's the situation at this hour? >> reporter: flight operations have resumed as normal for the most part. as you imagine, the airlines have to play catch up. there's been a huge domino effect from the faa ground stop earlier this morning. in fact, we're still seeing airlines delaying and canceling flights. i've been keeping track on flightaware.com. the number of delays across the country went from 7,000 to nearly 8,000. the number of cancellations is now 1,200. it's causing a huge headache for passengers. one guy told me he missed a funeral that was supposed to be held today because of a delay to new york. i don't have to remind you it was just three weeks ago we saw a snow storm basically create a massive wave of chaos at airports and with airlines. we saw that southwest airline meltdown. what we're seeing today not as bad, but again major problems after the faa had a system outage. here are some passengers. >> when my original flight was supposed to take off at 9:05 going from mi

was the scene at hartsfield airport a haze of chemicals in the air as they tried to detain a woman near the boarding gates. a woman ran to board a plane and yelled at staff when they wouldn't let her do so. she then allegedly grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed bystanders with it. police rushed to the scene and the woman was arrested and charged with assault. >>> and in another unusual airport incident, a jetblue flied being pushed back from the gate, bumped into a parked airplane at jfk on wednesday. no injuries were reported. the flight returned to the gate and passengers boarded a different flight. both planes were taken out of service for inspection. meanwhile, investigators say human error is looking more likely in the collision between delta and american airlines flight. >> reporter: this latest development only further raises the possibility of human error as the cause of that scary near-collision on the runway at john f. kennedy international airport on friday. the ntsb and faa are investigating why an american airlines 777 taxied onto the runway as a delta air lines 737 was

videos posted online see drivers on i-85 filming what appears to be a twister near the atlanta hartsfieldrt. in neighboring alabama the weather was blamed for at least six deaths. surveillance camera shows a possible tornado hitting the town of fulton, ripping off the roof of the hotel. nearly two doesn't tornadoes were reported damaging or destroying up to 50 homes. >> i have moved from that house to this house. i just recently moved to this house in september. >> got a tornado. a tornado in selma. liz: in selma brick buildings collapse and traffic was destroyed. liz: thank you. after more than 90 years san francisco's sole garbage contractor may be on its way out. the city intends to how allied waste industries, also known as republic service, to collect its waste. a protest, otherwise allied waste will start its onboarding process. reggie: tributes are pouring in for lisa marie presley i'm the only child of elvis presley and once married to michael jackson and it was age. she was just 54. paramedics were called to her room and calabasas after reports of a woman in cardiac arrest. she w

they happened at the same day at hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport earlier this month, investigators say. in one case, a passenger walked right past the security checkpoint without showing an i d or boarding pass pilot stopped him just moments before he boarded a plane that happened just hours after police arrested a man who climbed over the airports, a razor wire fence. airport security officers say, then drove a service vehicle around the airport property before boarding a plane on the runway. this man was taken into custody on trespassing charges. time now is 7 16 1 of the seven wonders of the world is now closed indefinitely because of violent protests in peru, the culture ministry of peru closed machu pichu, the nation's most famous tourist attraction. they closed it to quote protect the safety of taurus and the population. in general. there were 417 visitors stuck there. when machu picchu was closed. they were helped out on saturday. the uprising there began in december. protesters are demanding that the current president resign. dozens of people have died in thes

reported airports last year but the most were discovered at hartsfield jackson atlanta international. and check out this t s a find way bigger than a gun. this portable rocket launcher was discovered in the passenger's luggage at san antonio airport earlier this week, the owner said the weapon was no longer operable and was being taken to a gun show in las vegas. it had not been declared to the tsc and was not allowed on the plane. it had to be taken by a family member. it is legal by the way to own a rocket launcher in texas if it is registered with the 80 f new this morning. spacex is sending a military satellite into orbit. three. 21. we have this for you live the falcon nine rocket launch from cape canaveral. it's delivering a satellite to a medium earth orbit about 12,500 miles above earth. the satellite is nicknamed amelia earhart. it will be under the control of the us space force. the satellite joins a group of 31 already circling. another mudslide in the east bay has abruptly stopped the commute on a strain . we're live at the scene for first look and how it affects today's

. >> steve: moments ago, newark and hartsfield-jackson atlanta airports. united and delta are resuming departures due to air traffic congestion in those areas. >> brian: all other flights nationwide will remain grounded until 9:00 a.m. >> ainsley: live at the philadelphia international airport where more than 50 flights are delayed right now. thanks. >> yeah, and counting of my guys. it is interesting. we have been serving this story all morning long. if you take a look of the boards behind me, they tell a falsehood. down at the bottom, they say tuesday january 10 through those boards have not been switched for half a day at least. i can show you this. that is a more updated one. there is no good news to be had almost anywhere on a delay and cancellations across the board. more than 50 just now. that is as counting. it's going to be much higher. this flight system of ours is a chain reaction. it is interesting because i'm speaking with folks this mor morning. leah and alonzo were flying frontier airlines. they are telling me they were actually out onto the

a reported that firearms were found at 262 airports last year, but the most were discovered at hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport. the white house is facing more questions about classified documents found at president biden's home in delaware. white house press secretary karine jean pierre would not say if president biden's attorneys are still searching for more documents related to his term as vice president. now president biden is refusing to answer questions about the classified documents. the president has said he would cooperate with the investigation. but the white house would not say whether he would be willing to be interviewed as part of that process. the united nations, says nearly 250,000 migrants crossed a dangerous path trying to make their way north in 2022 , many across the darien gap, which is the region between south and north america. last year, migrants arrived in record numbers compared to the 133,000 who crossed that gap in 2021, the u. n reported. at least 36 people died traveling from colombia to panama. they're the area consists of a thick rainforest,

correspondent steve harrigan has the story from hartsfield jackson airport in atlanta.ood evening, steve. >> good evening, bret. not since 9/11 has there been a complete shut down across the entire country of all departing flights. it happened again this morning. >> there's just a lot of frustration. a lot of confusion, trying to figure out what i should do. >> flying the friendly skies was anything but on wednesday morning. from coast to coast the federal aviation administration ordered all airlines to stop departures. it all started tuesday night with an outage of the ntam or notice to air missions. the safety advisory program lets pilots know of any problems affecting their flights. such as closed runways, weather hazards, and anything reducing their visibility. >> i just spoke with [inaudible] they don't know what the cause is. >> white house says there is no evidence it was a cyberattack. president biden asked the transportation department to investigate exactly what caused the extremely rare event. >> my top priority right now, now that the system is working again

. >> sandra: begin with steve, live at hartsfield jackson in atlanta. everybody is talking about this. >> we were here over christmas with those delays, and now the sense of anger, full ground stop this morning for more than 90 minutes, that means all flights shut down across the u.s. that has been lifted but airlines are trying to play catch-up, and when you talk to confused or stranded travelers, they are fed up with flying. >> really unexplainable. everyone is dealing with it from coast to coast and you hear the same story. i really thought because of the holiday travel that was the main issue, but i mean, clearly it's still happening. >> failure in notams, lets the crew know about changes at airports before they take off. it's not clear what caused it. administration officials say there's no evidence that it was a cyber attack, but around here in the world's busiest airport, still strangely quiet, empty lines, it's a long way from back to full speed. back to you guys. >> sandra: steve, thank you. john. >> john: aviation consultant ken christianson.

we had a confirmed tornado close to the hartsfield airport in atlanta with the ground stop in place,e storms were moving through. in alabama, where they started early today, 22 reports of tornadoes, video coming in of the damage out in the area, throughout alabama. we'll see more images coming in from georgia as we go through the evening hours. you can see from alabama, the tornado down on the ground. this one was one that we could see. some of the storms have been rain-wrapped. they weren't able to see them. from brad arnold, out there chasing the storm, you can see the rotation on the right side of your screen. that's been a major concern for us. we did have 22 reports of tornadoes. in addition, three tornado emergencies. what is a tornado emergency? they don't take this lightly at the national weather office. only issue these when dangerous conditions are happening, life-threatening conditions at that. selma, alabama, tornado went through there, we talked with a woman live in a cafe, survived the storm, but her friend and the mother were in a home. the roof got ripped off the home

. >> blayne, let me ask you about where you are in hartsfield-jackson airport, what are you seeing there? >> here at the world's busiest airport, if there is a ripple effect to be felt, it would be here. flight aware says that there are 414 flights originating here in atlanta that are delayed right now. that is 40% of the total flights today, and so we are certainly talking about something that is going to be felt by people, and the cancellations are far fewer, of course, but this is the world's busiest airport, and right now, the most delays into and out of atlanta. when asking some people, they were expecting carnage, and they say they were expecting worse, but it is less disruptive than they thought. >> it does not bother me at all, and as a matter of fact, the airport is pretty empty. i was expecting when we drove in, oh, no, all kinds of cars and stuff and people are backed up, but it is not that way. >> we have had a lot of airport issues this season. >> yes, over new year's, we have had issues as well. >> what kind? >> delays and canceled flights. >> reporter: as for the number of

this is the my flight board app, hartsfield jackson, dallas dfw, people are looking at the boards inrts across the country and almost every single flight is either delayed or canceled and appears in dallas, three flights may be scheduled on time. what does this say about the industry and where things are going from here? a lot of headaches, can the meltdowns be prevented? john scott, fox report anchor who is also a pilot. john, you might have a lot of thoughts what we have seen play out today. >> the faa needs to update the computer system. they are antiquated and it's not even clear that they have a back-up system for this particular operation that handles what they call notam. that's the system that went out. any time a pilot flies from, say, laguardia to lax, mowing the grass along runway 2-4 left at los angeles, they might have to shut the runway down for a little while. so the airport is responsible for putting that in the notam, and the system that keeps track of all the notams, at airports across the country, went down. so pilots, you know, are not supposed -- the airline basi

jonathan serrie is live at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta.ies are investigating a couple of incidents, a couple of security breaches here at what happens to be world's busiest passenger airport. on january 6th police arrested a man named terence sue art for criminal -- stewart for criminal trespass and awe though theft after she allegedly climbed perimeter fence, drove a delta the service truck the, a pickup truck, to a southwest airlines hangar, allegedly boarding a plane where he came face to face with an employee in the cockpit before leaving in another delta truck. that same day another man allegedly slipped past the tsa document checkpoint without showing any id or a boarding pass. authorities say once he got to the other side, he walked through an open jet where a pilot stopped him just short of boarding a plane. police arrested him for criminal trespass. >> we believe that you didn't -- to get through the checkpoint. did you go through checkpoint, yes or no? >> [inaudible] >> yes, i'm listening. >> i feel like i'm being harass ad right

10% tsc reported that firearms were found in 262 airports last year, but the most were discovered hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport. spacex is sending a military satellite into orbit. three. two. four. we showed you live the launch of a falcon nine rocket from cape canaveral rocket will deliver the satellite to a medium earth orbit some 12,500 miles above the planet. the satellite is nicknamed amelia earhart and will be under the control of the us space force. the satellite will join a group of 31 satellites that circle the earth twice a day and provides gps information. we continue to follow the latest developments surrounding a strain the impact of service today after another train became stuck due to a landslide in the same location as yesterday. plus the san francisco 40 niners preparing to host the dallas cowboys are getting a seat in the stadium won't be cheap. on the tracks in the same location as yesterday. there were 223 passengers on board east train one this morning when it ran into a landslide around 5 13 years signal images from inside the train show mud and trees

steve harrigan is on the ground with travelers at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. we start there. hi, steve. >> hi, martha. travelers have questions on what is causing the delays as they struggle to get home as they did over the christmas holiday with all the delays and now yet again today. many people trying to make it home including evan after a work trip. he has to get home for his 6-year-old's birthday. you switched your plane once. you hoping this one in the air comes? >> yeah, we're hoping it makes it here on time. our flight got bumped this evening. i didn't want to have it cancelled so i rebooked earlier. that's been delayed by a half an hour. i'm hoping there's no more. delta has been great. very easy and flexible with allowing you to book new arrangements with no extra costs. i hope this gets me home on time. >> i hope you make it for the birth day. how is your general attitude. does it get you fed up with flying? >> no. it's still a luxury and a privilege and better than driving. so, you know, if you have to go through a few hiccups, it's less than ideal

nbc's blayne alexander is at hartsfield-jackson, international airport in atlanta. so nearly 113 million americans took to the skies and the roads this holiday. what are you seeing out there this morning? >> reporter: well, you know, there's certainly a lot of people who are traveling. this is the final bookend of what has been an unprecedentedly busy holiday travel season. they were expecting, of course, more people to travel by roads, that's typically the case. but air travel is up some 14% this holiday season over last year. so for people who are still getting ready to head out, maybe watching this before they head to the airport, expect some traffic and make sure that you give yourself a buffer. especially because of what you were just talking about. that unprecedented travel interruption that came from southwest airlines last week. now here in atlanta we've been kind of watching the line, it's been ebbing and flowing. southwest officials apologized again to passengers over the weekend, essentially thanking them for their ongoing patience, saying they're going t

steve harrigan at atlanta's international airport, hartsfield, to get a gauge of how things look theresteve. reporter: flying again but really airports are trying to catch up. you cited those numbers almost 8,000 delays more than 1,000 cancellations, not only are fliers fed up with the delays. lawmakers are also demanding answers as to how this could have happened. >> it's not a cyber attack, well if that's the case, how could a stable platform like that suddenly go down? were there no backups? why do we not have a backup system or a manual system so there's a lot of questions congress needs to ask of the faa. reporter: that full ground stop lasted for more than 90 minutes. it's a notam system basically a security system that informs the crew about conditions at the airport before taking off. it's not clear what caused it according to the biden administration officials but they do say that at this point, there's no evidence of a cyber attack. neil back to you. neil: thank you for that, steve. that's at least refreshing news, or good news. in the meantime some good news for those who mi

near hartsfield-jackson international airport in atlanta, a confirmed tornado tore through a warehouseith workers inside who were praying for their lives. >> the door started to blow open because the wind was picking up and flew all the way open and i was trying to close it. the power went out then i just hear crashing. >> reporter: the storm flipped cars outside a walmart and brought flooding rains to the region. >> we have seen possibly 20 to 30 houses that have been destroyed from the tornado. >> reporter: the same storm system also left piles of ruin in central kentucky, and in parts of tennessee, the winds were strong enough to bring down and crush any vehicle that stood in the way. >> the wind was blowing so hard today, you couldn't even hear the car alarm go off when the first car got smashed. >> reporter: power crews are lined up down the road to restore power to this area. they're going to need it. it has gotten considerably colder since the storm passed and the storm is now moving north and east. michael. >> all right, steve, thank you so much for that. we'll go to ginger wit

us now is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander live from the busiest airport in the country, hartsfield-jacksonayne, happy new year to you, it's great to see you. today marking another busy travel day now that the new year has come to a close. are you seeing an improvement? >> reporter: andrea, so good to see you, too, the good news, yes, it certainly is a vast improvement. i spent much of the last week in this same spot and what we see today compared to last week, night and day difference. so let's start with today. yes, one of the busiest travel days of the year, kind of the book end, the end of a very busy holiday travel season. air travel over this period is up about 14% this year compared to last holiday season. certainly when we talk about people coming to airports or going to see crowds but when we look at that mess, that unprecedented travel nightmare we saw last week with southwest, experts tell me that even though the airline is back up to its normal schedule today operating as usual, we're talking about days of back -- of cancellations so it's going to take some time to really make t

they both occurred on the same day at the hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport earlier this month, investigators say one passenger walked right past the security checkpoint without showing an i d or a boarding pass, and a pilot stopped him just moments before he boarded that plane, and that security scare came just hours after police arrested a man who allegedly climbed over the airports, razor wire fence. airport security officers say he then drove a service vehicle around the airport property before boarding a plane on that runway. he was taken into custody on trespassing charges. unrest continues in peru, where dozens of people have been detained after a week of violent anti government protesting foxes . kitty logan has the latest on the demonstrations. chaos in peru's capital, lima, where thousands of protesters faced off ws hurt. on saturday morning, riot officers stormed south america's oldest university, the national university of san marcos to evict dozens of protesters inside. the show of force came after a second night of violent clashes between authorities and ant

departures are resuming at newark liberty and atlanta hartsfield jackson due to airport congestion inartures are resuming in atlanta and newark. fment a a says it expects departures to resume at other airports at 9:00 a.m. so again now expecting resuming at 9:00 a.m. we still don't know the cause and whether cybersecurity in anyway played a role. the president earlier this morning saying we simply don't know. just a context here, the numbers are staggering. there are 520 air traffic control towers in the united states. 19,000 total airports. of course many of those are very small little runway kind of situations. but the faa runs 45,000 flights every single day. and about 25,000 of those are actual passenger commercial flights. and again, all domestic commercial flights have been grounded morning until 9:00 eastern. we now have limited flight operations resuming at newark and also atlanta. >> i think safe to say from folks like you who know a lot about this type of stuff that that decision to delay all domestic flights was a huge one. unprecedented one. does it gives you anymore poten