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Today. as we go through the afternoon, it will get a little worse. as far as the airports go, this is still pretty amazing. we had delays at ohare. we are now clear. its 43, a chilly cold rain with the windchills down in the 30s. thats not exactly fun stuff. we are also watching the airports here across the region. no problems. jose, its pretty amazing you get winds this strong and theyre doing okay at the airports. there werent as many cancellations today. tomorrow almost 400. were doing okay c...

They can hear the wind battering their windows and homes. theres not a ton of rain left and thunderstorms. low area of rain and settled in wisconsin. northern portions of the great lakes. forecast for today, the dangerous wind storm continues throughout portions of the great lakes. little rain around new york city. airport delays. ohare, detroit, deep south all the way through the southeast looks fine. the northwest is the next storm. youre going to get a lot of rain over the next few days. you ...

Areas from iowa in to illinois and northern missouri. ten tornadoes reported. thankfully no deaths and only a little bit of damage out there. no injuries, either. but it could have been a lot worse. so thankfully yesterdays severe weather event, theres a lot of cleanup to be done but we didnt have anything like massively huge go through any big towns. as far as this morning were watching the storm system now heading over lake michigan a fast-moving system so thats good. but the winds are hauling...

After a computer glitch grounded flights across the country on thursday. the ground stop causing major delays and cancellations at ohare, dallas laish ft. worth, and miami international airports. they say the computer problem affected mainly check-ins at the airports. two texas football players who are accused of tackling a referee are now suspended and calling for criminal charges. in the meantime, an assistant coach is on paid leave for allegedly telling players, quote, that guy needs to pay...

Issued a ground stop for three of the nations largest airports. lets go straight to our aviation correspondent renee march issue. where are we talking about and why? >> we still dont know many details about the why. we know this is a function of computer issues and thats about all the detail were getting from american airlines. the airports affected some very busy ones. dfw, miami, and chicagos ohare. talk about just high traffic, high volume airports. those are not the airports where you want t...

Perspective here. you fly for pleasure not commercial planes but you actually had a close encounter with a drone right around chicago? >> right. i was, it was last weekend, i was coming back from oshkosh -- >> wisconsin. >> yeah wisconsin. which is the actual fly-in. and i was coming back right by the chicago skyline, right along the shore of lake michigan at a low altitude underneath all the planes that are coming into ohare and midway and the plane ahead of me reported a drone 100 feet away fr...

D.o.t., of the ohare modernization, and we helped with some of the money. the airlines helped with some of the money, and this is an important project for new york. new york is obviously a place that welcomes thousands of visitors from all over the world. and laguardia needs a first-class modernized airport. if you look at whats going on in the world, jose you go to china, you go to asia all you see are new modern airports. and these are not only places where people can come in and out of big co...

The situation, the nyse and nyse market stocks continue to trade normally through other trading venues. the other big technical glitch of the day has to do with air travel. united airlines has presumed operations after a computer glitch grounded some 3500 flights this morning. we have new information from united airlines. they are blaming a router issue for the computer problems. thousands of passengers are still feeling the ripple effects that are stuck waiting at airports delays snowballing th...

What does this mean for all of us the consumers? >> elan musk wants you to power your home in a different way and potentially go off the grid. they have a new battery system that could work for homes utilities and facilities. it could cost 3500 and hang on the wall in the house or garage. it supplies the homes energy needs for 10 hours through a lithium eye on battery based on the technology that powers the tesla car. >> airports is going to be free for who? >> sprint customers it will effect. w...

Taking off from ohare in chicago heading to hartford connecticut, when diverted to buffalo, new york. a nurse onboard describing the scene. >> asked for oxygen for her. responsive. then the woman behind her passed out. thats when i said i think we should do an emergency landing. everybody started feeling sick. i didnt feel well myself. >> crazy. the airline says the cabin door did not open. there was no loss of pressure onboard and oxygen masks did not deploy. the airline is continuing to invest...