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Still many delays out there and the ripple effect is expected to be felt for some time when it comes to getting your tickets, getting your flights, getting your baggage. we heard from nbc's jeff rawson earlier just before his plane took off in ft. lauderdale. >> guys i'm sitting on the plane right now. i just boarded the plane and you can see passengers are currently boarding. the supervisor now says some of the systems are coming back up, which means we may take off. we've been sitting in the gate area, so this is progress perhaps. we'll keep you posted but like i said finally passengers boar...

Worldwide has been resolved. good for passengers as you take a look at this i ammage of all united flights parked passengers inside patiently waiting. our own jeff rawson is one of those passengers impacted. he is in ft. lauderdale of a report what that ground stop looked like last hour. >> i'm at a united gate in ft. lauderdale. i'm flying back up to newark to head back to work and all the united systems are down nationwide. you can see there is a supervisor here who is literally writing baggage tickets by hand -- sorry to interrupt -- they can't board any of these planes because they can't g...

Your bags. because as we heard from jeff rawson who was there in ft. lauderdale, he physically saw some of the baggage handlers having to write out those baggage claim tags by hand. >> yeah. and of course the whole system is automated now, and most airports and airlines have cut back on the number of baggage handlers because the system is so automated. yeah, you can see how all this feeds into itself. you got to feel sorry for the family with two or three little kids on their way to universal studios or disneyworld or the beach or whatever and they're stuck, you know in a long line at o'hare r...

they have major hubs at denver international, san francisco dulles here in washington l.a.x. more than 200 flights, 235 destinations in fact i should say, 235 destinations more than 130 international with 705 aircraft. to have this kind of major impact with a computer system that's affecting their flights nationwide, even if they manage to get this back up and running, and if it is already back up and runs it's going to have a ripple effects through the entire day as flights are delayed and delayed all the way down the line. this ground stop appears to have been lifted however, the r...

than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks in an investigation led by u.s. attorney loretta lynch that spanned two decades. >> they were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game. instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. >> one person not involved in the indictment the, the current president of fifa, sepp blatter, up for re-election friday. in a separate case, swiss prosecutors have announced a criminal probe into the alleged bribery. that investigation linked to russ...