am taking the train. kaitlan, thank you very much. we appreciate it. cnn newsroom starts right now, of course, with the breaking news as well. good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we are following the breaking news this morning after u.s. flights were grounded, the faa now lifting that ground stop. u.s. flights resuming here. there is, though, as you can imagine a huge mess unfolding at airports across this country and, frankly, around the world. a key faa safety system went down earlier this morning, that led to some scrambling from coast to coast. here is where we stand at this hour, the faa says it is set to resume more flight departures this hour, but in terms of the backlog, the damage that we re seeing, the delays and cancellations, understandably rising by the minute. new york lines are growing, atlanta and chicago delay warnings taking over departure screens. they may be the lucky ones stuck in the airports that are already i
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. coast to coast chaos. nationwide system outage delays flights all across the country. right now planes are back in the air, but too little runway, too little airspace, means thousands of travelers are stuck. president biden says he doesn t know how classified documents found their way into his private office. and enough. influential new york republicans call for one of their own, george santos to resign, after a dismantling of his campaign lies and shady accounting. we begin with a morning of travel hell and demands that the government get its act together. the faa says right now its flight control system is back online and it is working. an early morning outage grounded all flights earlier today. in all that means more than 6,000 flights were delayed and as a result more than 1,000 were canceled. today s mess comes, of course, weeks after the southwest airlines holiday season meltdown that led
house. this as the georgia da investigating trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election says a decision on charges is imminent. tonight, we ll speak to a former georgia official who testified in the case and says there is enough evidence to charge trump. new video into our show, george santos making new questionable claims including being the victim of a violent mugging. and that he s giving his salary to charity. let s go outfront. good evening. america upping the anti-sending tanks to the ukraine. the united states is finalizing plans to send a significant number of tanks to the m-1 abrams tanks to kyiv. the abrams is the main tank that the united states uses on the battlefield. this could be a game changer in the war. and i want to emphasize this is extremely significant not just for the military importance but because it s a dramatic 180 turn around. last week the pentagon said they had no intention of handing the tank officials to ukraine. in fact, the undersecretary
the invesco qqq legacy classic is back on tnt. that was fun! if you re wondering why we re tired this morning oh, wait, are we on the air? yep! how are you guys doing? it was an awesome game. i feel energized by stuff like that. you were the last holdout. in alabama, there s a whole thing in the fourth quarter, everyone holes their fours up, because you don t leave the game in the fourth quarter. he does not live when he fans leave the game. i cannot leave early. it s like in my soul. and you were the first to go. i was like, we ve got to go. so much fun. thanks, boss, for going to the game. we had fun last night. thanks for joining us. good morning, everybody. that was a knicks/lakers game. we ll talk a little bit more about that. but now we have to get to the news, because there is a lot going on. today, tyre nichols life will be celebrated in memphis as the city prepares for his funeral. authorities also say that even more videos are set to be re
but so far there are none. appreciate your time today and all week on inside politics. hope to see you on monday. have a nice weekend. abby fphillip picks up our coverage right now. a very good friday to you. i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us. an fbi search, a subpoena for former vice president mike pence. right now the feds are searching pence s indiana home for any additional classified documents that may still be there. the move was expected as pence s team has pledged full cooperation with the investigation, and we are also learning that a second location may be searched, as well. pence has also been hit with a subpoena in the criminal investigation of former president trump s role in the capitol insurrection. pence was a key eyewitness and a key victim of the events on and around january 6th. and the special counsel wants to hear all about his interactions with his former boss during that time. cnn is tracking both of these stories. what are we