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pictures, this is a system that provides pilots with any pre-flight safety notices. so as we continue with the breaking news we want to get to pete muntean, he joins us now from reagan. pete, good morning to you. thank you for joining. as we are hearing now, at least from our own david urban, who is i think at the very same airport that youre at. his flight has been canceled. are we seeing cancellations happening and are they moving -- the faa is saying the system is down, or theyre ch...

>> now what. lets bring in cnn transportation analyst. the former inspector general for the transportation department. we just heard pete muntean this has never happened in america before. so what happens now? >> what happens now is, what really should have been happening all along. now when the faa built out -- were talking several decades ago when they started to build out the system to make everything electronic, a seamless electronic system where you get the information before you fly, which...

When, you know, they asked us to take our laptops and put them in separate bins that they would ask you to open it and turn it on to see that it boots up. so the fact that -- and then that stopped for a long time. the fact that thats starting again at certain airports overseas is interesting. >> well it was laptops right after 9/11. now its going to be smartphones, anything, everything electronic. you have to figure out how to organize yourself and some of us who are a little more disorganized a...