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Let's start with pete muntean. he's at reagan national airport. pete, a computer outage that absolutely no one needed right now. what is happening? >> reporter: no doubt, kate. the cascading effect is only beginning. 6100 at last check a flightaware of delays. cancellations just hit 1,000. the ntams, those are the bulletins that pilots need, added-on information about key information, whether a runway is open, whether or not taxiways are open, whether or not the navigational aids in bad weather are functioning. the ground delay programs are still in effect. american is delaying flights out

Have ten minutes until the nationwide ground stop ends. the big question now is what will happen after that ground stop gets alleviated and whether or not this will get extended if the faa has fully fixed this problem. we are hearing from airline sources they may implement their own ground delay programs, especially at some of the major hubs, as they work to get all of these flights out all at once. just look at the ramp here, at the tarmac here in the reagan national airport, it is dead, completely still, no takeoffs or landings in some time. this will have a trickle down effect nationwide. t...

One of Airlines for America's member carriers have estimated at least one-third of recent flight cancellations were due to air traffic control-related issues