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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 alr ....
numbers and weaknesses as they gear up for a major counter. offensive. a source close to the ukrainian president vladimir zelensky, telling cnn that ukraine has already altered some of its military plans because of this leak. another source says that the crumpled documents that look like they were shoved in somebody s pocket and removed from a secure location. just department has now launched an investigation. there is major concern that america s intelligence sources deep inside the russian government. might be in danger or cut off because of the leak. serious implications here. cnn s chief law enforcement and intelligence analysts is mr john miller. he joins us now, john. good morning to you. morning how does it leak like this happened? what happened? i mean in the intelligence community, and i remember this when i was in the director of national intelligence office, you know you go into your morning cash in the emails and to get up to date just the way we do. there s ....
hello. at this hour, a dangerous ice storm is setting in across the south. a slippery mess is in store for millions unfortunately. plus, more memphis police officers are being disciplined now. emts fired after the beating death of tyre nichols, and what his brother says he wants to see happen to those responsible. prosecutors could file channels against alec baldwin and the rust film armor. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. let s start with the major winter storm that is impacting millions of people in the south today. check out this oh, geez check out that video out of dallas, and freezing rain is doing what freezing rain does sending cars sliding across the roads and making it a total mess, a dangerous mess. dozens of accidents so far, and the governor of arkansas is activating the national guard in the triple threat they are getting with ice, sleet and snow. more than 40 million americans stretching ....
for six mayors. if you stand up for me, i will stand up for you. it s important now that we get it right this time. if you don t get it right we re not gonna recognize this country tomorrow. one thing i will absolutely always get right is making sure that we stand for the important things in washington d.c.. welcome to our viewers in the states and around the. world i m in new york, it s not 1 am on the u.s. east coast. officially election day in america. republicans are more confident than they have been to this point. that is saying something. control both houses of congress. democrats are playing defense here. traditionally blue states to rising crime, president joe biden s lower approval right. republicans have had the best chance in house of representatives. gop they would bring an end to gop speaker who would most likely go to republican. republicans were taken troll i ve just won t see. georgia, nevada, pennsylvania all are toss-ups right now. arizona s lea ....
and welcome to cnn newsroom. i m erica hill. president biden a short time ago laying out his plan to keep energy prices down for americans which includes another push for oil companies to boost production and it comes, that push to lower gas prices as early voting gets under way in some states. we are now officially less than three weeks to go. who is counting? yeah. the president just announced he will release another 15 million barrels from the nation s oil stockpile beginning in december. this is in addition to the 165 million barrels of crude oil that s been put under contract since this past spring. the reserves are at a 30-year low. with my you a nounsment today we are going to continue to stabilize markets and decrease the prices at a time when the actions of other countries have caused such volatility, and i ve told my team behind me here to be prepared to look further look for further releases in the months ahead if needed. we re calling it a read ....