Nearly 365 flights and that Ripple Effect is being felt here in las vegas. 13 action News ReporterMarissa Kynaston joins us from mccarran with what its looking like out there right now. Flights are back up and running now but this will cause a Ripple Effect throughout the rest of the day you can see all the yellow on the board thats all the delayed flights. Delta Airlines Says they canceled around thre flights across the globe today. After its Computer System crashed. It was all because of a power outage in atlanta. One of their busiest hubs. Thats when delta grounded their flights. That outage lasted about six hours but delays and cancellations are expected to continue some travelers here at mccarran are seeing delays from 30 minutes. To three hours. Godefroid dijcke traveling from belgium we are worried we are not going to make our connection, thats the most several things going on in belgium tomorrow and tuesday so we need to be there you might remember a similar outage last month with Southwest Airlines they had to cancel over two thousand flights during that time. Mk13an. Flightvo it wasnt all bad news for delta passengers. These people who were grounded on a flight from hawaii to lax. Were treated to pizza late last night. Sean carson, from new york, tweeted a picture of Ground Support staff at Kona International airport handing out pizza to passengers who had been waiting onboard for more than two hours. ad lib and toss to wx ad lib and toss to wx 48hrs. Mainly sunny to sunny skies will be common along with highs temperatures a few degrees above normal; hovering between 105 to 110 degrees. Winds look to be breezy today but pick up strength tomorrow as we continue to watch and temperatures fall to the upper 90s for highs. Javier looks to force moisture into the southwest but most a shot for showers as a precaution. Breaking news. 19 people are recovering right been tainted gummies at a San Francisco party. The San Francisco examiner is reporting 3 of them are children. They were all at a quinceanera on saturday. The Health Department is now testing all the food everyone ate at the party to figure out what made people sick. But right now, they think it might have been gummy candy. Just in this morning conservative republicans have recruited a candidate to launch an independent white house bid against donald trump and hillary clinton. Evan mcmullin a former cia staffer and top house gop aide is expected to formally enter the president ial race soon. Is expected to formally enter the president ial race soon. This is according to a source close to the recruiting effort, mcmullin is a longshot for the white house at best he will face high hurdles in the form of Ballot Access deadlines that have already passed in many states. Mcmullin will however, offer antitrump conservatives an alternative. Trump laid out his economic plan in detroit. And hes promising massive tax cuts. Trumps proposals got a lot of cheers from his supporters. But he was heckled by numerous protesters as well. He had to stop speaking on several occassions while security escorted people out. Firevo new this midday. A trump supporter is upset after his 12 foot sign is set on fire. In his own front yard. The victim got a knock on the door around 1 am sunday morning by someone driving by. The man said he hired a local now he says he wants to get to the bottom of what happened in his own front yard. This is america, i have the right for my free speech. Cowards to not have the right to come onto my personal property to come over my fence, and to set my personal property on fire, the victim also says hes bringing the artist back to Staten Island to build another sign. Investigators are still searching for the person. Or people responsible. The family of the muslim boy was who arrested after bringing officials. The lawsuit was just filed today on behalf of ahmed mohamed. It claims the 14 year olds civil rights were violated. Mohamed was arrested at his high school back september and charged with having a hoax bomb. He says he brought the homemade clock to school to show his teacher. The charge was later dropped, but the teen was still suspended. A spokesperson for the district says a statement will be released later today. Should we be concern with the some new warnings that are out. Thats ahead at midday. And. A 10 year old boy is killed while riding the largest water slide in the world. Now federal officials are taking over the case. In todays health report. Florida officals are keeping a nevada is one of the worst places in america for the sex trafficking of teenage girls. To help Law Enforcement fight back. As attorney general, she made sex trafficking a felony crime and increased sentences. She gave victims the right to sue their captors. And expanded the sex offender registry to protect kids. Catherines a problemsolver. Thats what shes all about. Isnt that something we need more of in washington . Close eye on the zika. But should we be concerned here in las vegas . . . This. As the number of cases rise to 16. The governor says those cases are contained to the southern part of florida. In the downtown miami area. But with similar climates in lo uisiana. Alabama. Mississippi. Georgia and texas they all crafted plans to combat zika. Now the concerns of zika spreading have prompted a nation wide alert. To even places like las vegas. With a low risk for the diseas area. gov. Rick Scott R Florida congress and the president have not been able to come together and pass a bill to provide more funding. were continuing to ask the federal government to help with mosquito control, help reimburse at the state level. The white house and congress have been engaged in a fierce partisan battle, over a 1point9 billion dollar zika funding bill. Which scientists hoped would Fund Research to a zika vaccine a joggers family is heartbroken over the loss of was strangled to death. What her mom has to say. Thats ahead later. And. A fast growing wildfire in a california is growing out of control. Well take you to the scene of it. Thats next right now. People living in San Bernadino nevada is one of the worst places in america for the sex trafficking of teenage girls. E cortez masto went to work to help Law Enforcement fight back. As attorney general, she made sex trafficking a felony crime and increased sentences. She gave victims the right to sue their captors. And expanded the sex offender registry to protect kids. Catherines a problemsolver. Thats what shes all about. Isnt that something we need more of in washington . Fire. And quickly spread to nearly hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames from the ground and the air. Families are now packing up their things. Not knowing when theyll be allowed back. Fire officials still dont know what caused the flames to spark. Moving to pakistan. Where monsoon rains have continued. Causing flooding and damage to homes there. Residents of bannu. Say municipal authorities failed to take preventative sewage system in the city was outdated and wasnt working properly. Elsewhere in pakistan. Floods have destroyed crops. Resulting in huge losses for farmers. Adlib at desk a dry pattern sets up shop here in the southwest for the next 48hrs. Mainly sunny to sunny skies will be comm temperatures a few degrees above normal; hovering between 105 to 110 degrees. Winds look to be breezy today but pick up strength tomorrow as we continue to watch Tropical Storm javier as it spins within the gulf of california. By wednesday, clouds will build and temperatures fall to the upper 90s for highs. Javier looks to force moisture into the southwest but most models indicate the rain forming just to the east of las vegas. The potential is so close to precaution. Its only a matchup of fourth and fifthplace teams. But fridays yankees home game against the rays is now a hot will play the final game of his because of it. Resale ticket prices have spiked more than 500percent and our finanicial analyst. Steve budin is joins us live in studio to talk about that and a number of other things. Us adds 255k jobs clinton trump speeches tix for arods last im one of them. Yo tambien. Im one of over 300,000 nevadans who rely on Social Security. Social security helps us pay the bills. And enjoy the retirement that weve earned. Thats what makes joe heck so dangerous. His plan to privatize Social Security means billions in profits for wall street. Risking Retirement Security on the stock market. What if it crashes again . Wall street has given joe heck nder who hes working for . Because its not us. Afscme people is responsible the park is closed this morning. As abcs alex perez reports. Investigators are trying to determine what went wrong. This morning, authorties investigating what went tragically wrong at this popular kansas city water park sot phoner 23;44;40 the mother was screaming hes not moving thats my boy abc news learning the 10 year old son of kanasas state representative scott schwab died while riding whats known as the tallest waterslide in th at the schliatterban water park [gfx] schwab telling abc news overnight since the day [caleb] was born, he brought abundant joy to our family . We are comforted knowing he believed in our savior jesus, and they are forever together now. We will see him another day. Kmbc waterpark intv sot mom at the park it brought tears my eyes that someone else lost their child that is my childs age that im sure they felt was safe. This morning, while the city grieves investigators are happened sunday at the kansas park winter prosapio corporate director of communications and Government Relations for the parks sot our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time. Nat safety guidelines this is what the ride called verruckt keyable german for insane keyable looks like from the top [gfx] standing at 168 feet high, its taller than the statue of rushing tubers hitting speeds of nearly 70 Miles Per Hour keyable nat screaming commercials for the ride even askingt are you insane . The slide requires a minimum height of 54 inches and two to three riders must be in a raft with a total weight of at least 400 pounds when the ride opened two years ago sliders had to be at least 14 years of age that has since changed. But before the ride even opened, many raised questions about its safety especially after watching these early safety tests . Showing sandbag dummies flying off the slide. The rides opening delayed at least 3 times while the park safety expert 21;48;14 quite possibly this is not going to be a result of a mechanical issue but a human error Delta Airlines blames a power outage on the chaos that has created an interesting morning for flyers around the world marrissa kynaston to get an update on the situation. ad lib over live mccarran pictures also. Oscar pistorius is making headlines this midday. After being convicted of killing his girlfriend. Hes now facing questions if he tried to kill himself. Cathy vetrano soon were there you have it folks. Its the greatest doubleplay ever. Get two medium twotopping pizzas for 6. 99 each. Add any four, twentyounce pepsicola products for just 5. Papa johns. 13 action News ReporterParker Collins is in the studio with us. Parker. You just got an update from police . Thats right. Police now say a fight between the woman and her estranged husband happened just before she died. Now they cant find him. Its clear she touched a lot of lives. Yesterday. Police got the call. The victim was in her seventies. And died where she lived. Metro is calling this a homicide. Her family says she was very religious. And had a lot of friends. Phoner 8816 parker homicide interview ii 00 00 4400 00 51 she prayed the rosary e she did not deserve to die like this. Man of her relatives live out of state. They say she would cook for her priest and homeless people. The killer has not been found. Thats what the family wants more than anything justice. Parker collins thirteen action news. Some saying their flights have been delayed three hours. This. After Delta Airlines was forced to ground some 13 action News ReporterMarissa Kynaston joins us from mccarran with how this is affecting travelers. Flights are back up and running now but this will cause a Ripple Effect throughout the rest of the day you can see all the yellow on the board thats all the delayed flights. Delta Airlines Says they canceled around three hundred flights across the globe today. After its Computer System crashed. It was all because of a power outage in atlanta. One of thats when delta grounded their flights. That outage lasted about six hours but delays and cancellations are expected to continue some travelers here at mccarran are seeing delays from 30 minutes. To three hours. Chelsea reynolds, flight delayed its just aggravating, so annoying, were just tired and ready to get home already and we havent even started out flight yet so we got delayed like 2 hours so well be here about 12 you might remember a similar outage last month with flights during that time. Mk13an. A Spirit Airlines flight from los angeles to fort lauderdale, florida had to be diverted friday after police say a passenger assaulted a crew member. Crew members noticed the passenger ac near the exit door while the plane was in flight. They moved his seat to the back of the plane where he attacked a crew member. Another passenger stepped in to help crew members detain the suspect. The pilot had to diverted the plane to Sky Harbor Airport in phoenix. Police said he appeared to be impaired. He was booked into the local jaul on two counts of assault. ad lib and toss to wx ad lib and toss to wx a dry pattern sets up shop here in the southwest for the next 48hrs. Mainly sunny to sunny skies above normal; hovering between 105 to 110 degrees. Winds look to be breezy today but pick up strength tomorrow as we continue to watch Tropical Storm javier as it spins within the gulf of javier looks to force moisture into the southwest but most models indicate the rain forming just to the east of las vegas. The potential is so close to the city, i will be putting in a shot for showers as a precaution. Breaking news. A massachusetts jogger has been found dead after being 27 year old Vanessa Marcotte was found in a wooded area about a half mile from her mothers princeton home. Her family says she went out back so they reported her missing. Her body was found 7 hours later. The latest on a murder mystery in new york. The family of the 30yearold jogger killed while running last week is now speaking out Karina Vetranos mother had strong words for the killer. Cathy vetrano mother the whole entire world knows what a the whole entire world knows what a pathetic, puny, weak, piece of filth that you are. Vetrano was found dead last week. Her body discovered just 15 feet away from a trail that she ran nearly every day. On friday, detectives discovered a sneaker and in hopes of finding finger prints or dna evidence. Right now. The police in San Francisco is asking anyone with information to come forward after a person is believed to be killed in a random pokemon attack. The 20yearold was playing the popular game with a group of friends at a park saturday night. And Police Believe he was ambushed. The victims friends told police they noticed someone suspicious watching them from up on a hill, but it was too dark to see a face. University in afghanistan are kidnapped. This morning. The american and an australian were driving when they were abducted at gunpoint. Their driver and bodyguard were left unharmed. This incident comes after six tourists were injured in afghanistan last week when a rocket struck their vans. The taliban claimed responsiblity for the attack. New trouble for former Paralympian Oscar pistorius. He is back in prison after being rushed to the hospital. The athlete is denying accusations this was a suicide attempt. Prison officials are still investigating. Pistorius is serving a 6 year sentence for fatally shooting his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp. This just in. Spoiler alert from the olympics if you dont want to hear results from today. Press mute. Michael phelps is advancing to tonights semifinals in the mens 200 meter butterfly. Phelps isnt the only american on a winning streak. Team usa to medals in spectacular fashion yesterday. Amy robach is in rio with the latest. Nat the United States will win gold the us mens swim team struck gold sunday night Michael Phelpsthe most decorated olympian of all time is back and helped bring his team to victory in the mens 4 x 100 freestyle relay nat what a time by Michael Phelps with this win phelps has now earned his 19th gold medal and 23rd overall medal in the olympic games. Overcome with emotion on the podium. The olympic veteran no stranger to hearing the star spangled banner put a comforting arm around the gold medal newbie. Nats ledecky winning moment ledecky smashes the world record. Lecdecky is on her way to history and the rio games also shining bright was 19yearold american Katie Ledecky winning gold in the 400 meter freestyle, crushing her competitio nat from race if we have time ledeckywho was favored to winbreaking the world record and beating her closest competitor by 5 seconds . This superstar swimmer was only 15 when she won gold at the london gamesand i