hello there. an early morning meltdown leads to many cansations and delays. plus, california is flooded out, also bracing for more, the massive damage already all along the california coast. we're going to get to that. moderna considers a very big

price hike for the covid vaccine. senator bernie sanders calls it outrageous. he joins us live. this is what we're watching this hour. thank you so much for being here. i'm kate bolduan. two big stories we're tracking. first, a major outage is causing huge flight disruptions. thousands of flights are delayed or canceled. rue now the faa did lift the ground stop that par liesed domestic air travel. the cause still unclear right now, even as airlines are starting to get flights back up in the air. we're also keeping a very close eye on the deadly storms in california. at least 17 people have been killed from what is now weeks of rain, floods, mudslides, and was some pretty big winds. as bad as it is already, more rain is still on the way.

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

of charlotte. delta out of laguardia. some are waiving fees. southwest airlines getting hit by the lion's share of these delays. about one in every five of those delays are on southwest. we are just seeing the beginning of the end here. this is like planes and crews being out of position. the hallway is the airspace, it is crowded, hard to get people moving and out. now we will see, as crews are out of position and planes are out of position, which domino effect. this is so nearly unprecedented. the last time we have seen a nationwide ground stop was after the 9/11 terrorist attack. >> pete, keep tracking it. thank you very much. this faa system outage, as

pete's laying out, is impacting passengers and operations at airplanes across the country. it was just a few weeks ago that they dealt with another operational meltdown, this one with southwest airlines. it devolved into chaos of thousands of canceled flights. amara walker is at hartsfield-jackson airport with this side of the story. what are you hearing from passengers? >> reporter: first i got an update from a spokesperson. there is good news. she tells me they are expected to resume normal operations in the next hour or so. that basically means that passengers don't have to expect any out-of-the-ordinary cancellations. i spoke with one woman, on her way here she got notice that her flight was delayed.

she thought, my goodness, is the holiday meltdown now happening again? is she diagnose to have to be a part of that. she obviously is relief that's not the case. i also spoke to a young man who was trying to get to new york. his flight is delayed two hours, which means he's going to miss a funeral. >> it was supposed to be like 11:00, and we're missing a funeral. >> reporter: you're miss ago funeral? >> yes, ma'am. hopefully there's two today. i'm going to go to the second one. >> reporter: you can see here it's been calm pretty much all morning, not so busy. flights did resume at around 8:30 this morning. atlanta was among one of the first airports ton planes back in the air. according to flightaware, atlanta enter national deal with more than 600 delays and more that 50 cancellations. >> amara, thank you for that.

joining us is cnn transportation analyst mary schiavo. how long do you think this takes the system to get back to, honestly, whatever normal is these days. >> i think people can expect it will be all day before it's back to normal. so much with a had you been-and-spoke airline, people will be out of place, and people can expect the system to be messed up all day. by morning i think they'll have it calmed down. >> all right. what could have caused this? why did this fail, mary? >> oh, my goodness, kate. this is probably about the $3 billion question. so several decades ago the faa was tasked, good tasking, they were required to change over the entire united states aviation system and the system of the world to an entire electronic,

smooth hand-off, wonderful flying system of the future. that was the largest computer modernization program in history. what happened is piece by piece, part by part, they tried to make everything computerized. this notice to air men, and then it was notice to air missions, so as part of that, they put all these ntams online, but most importantly the airlines of the world, the contractors and service providers of the world could link in by a computer. now it starts getting more complicated. it's not just a billboard you can access as a pilot, but a billboard that other systems can link into. so it's turned into a huge contractor-run system where all sorts of other contractors that

link in, provide information, get information out, but the catch is you have to have the this information before you can fly. that's what makes the system so vital, but also so fraught with danger. the faa was cited by the office of inspector general, because they were way behind schedule, way over budget and there was a big push to get it finished. so maybe in a hurry to get it finished there were some codes or glitches. >> i'm actually sure you summed it up pretty well. this system sounds wildly complicated, but sometimes so is air travel, trying to pull off what we do every day with so many commercial planes in the air. if you there's one issue. does that -- what does it say.

>> that's the great question, there have been many studies, some asked by include cybersecure, though there's no indication this was a hack or an attack, but the problem with these massive government computer systems, they're run by contractors. almost always, when you have a contractor-run system there are criticisms, for the people in charge in government not understanding it, not being on top of it. so you're at the mercy of these glitches. the good news in the vulnerability in our air traffic controllers, ground controllers, many of them remember the old system where you had to do hand-offs mannelly, et cetera, so planes in the air are safe. that's why there's a ground stop. they won't throw any more in the air until everyone is brought

down safely, because they can still talk to the pilots we still have a way to go before it will work seam leslie as intended. >> it seems that definitely is exposed and apparent today. good to see you, mary. thank you very much. >> thank you. so let's turn to this. the death toll in california is climbing, unfortunately. 17 people are dead. millions are under flood alerts across the state again today. some areas have seen nearly 20 inches of rain ove three days, and more rain is on the way. camilla bernal is in santa cruz county with more. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: now, light rain, still a lot of water, a lot of mud, a lot of cleanup, and the

county assessing the damage. this is what you have seen, this yellow piece of paper that says the floors and baseboards, all of that has to be replaced. the county telling me they have done about 500 assessments, so far more than 100 homes have those yellow pieces of paper, which means they'll need a lot of work in the next couple days. you're seeing a lot of standing water. yes, some of it is receding, some is drank, but a lot of people coming back to their homes are going to have to deal with all this water. this neighborhood it's the water. in another neighborhood where i was yesterday, it is the mud. very thick mud and debris that they're having to push out of their homes. they're power washing. they're having to put everything they have outside their homes just to dry it for a a little bit, but it's raining as we speak. it's a difficult process for a lot of these residents, and it's going to take a while.

kate? >> for sure. thank you so much, camilla. let's get to eric van damme. for a good look at this, is there more rain coming? >> well, look, across southern california, they're getting a bit of a break, but in where camilla is and other portions, there will be more rain and more misery. can you imagine a foot and a half of rainfall? that's what took place in ventura, california. that was with the previous atmospheric event, the river in the sky that just blasted like a fire hose across this area. , as yet another atmospheres river starts to impact the northern portions.

then move southward once again, so thursday another wet day, impacting san francisco, sacramento, redding, and more precipitation into next week. >> derek, thank you for that. joining me is renay golder, the vice mayor of santa cruz. as we know, santa cruz is soaked. as derek laid out, more rain is coming. what is your biggest concern right now? >> the biggest concern is additional flooding, or perhaps landslides. we had a severe fire a couple years ago, so because of that, there's a bit of erosion, so water through the mountains could bring more trees down. then on top of that, years of drought has caused some of the roots to die for the trees, so

trees falling and landslides. >> i was looking this morning, santa crew, where it's positioned it's getting a double whammy. from the ocean, and then also running down the mountains. how do you describe what has happened so far? >> i think absolutely you're hitting the nail on the head. we do have big huge waving happening right now, and high tides, where waving are crashes over or west drive, taking out infrastructure, and then with the tidal surges, the water coming into other tributaries, it's pretty intense. >> do you have a sense of what it's going to take to get your city, really the whole area back up and running? >> well, i think at this point everyone is a little in triage mode, just trying to get people

back online with power. not everybody has power at this point in the county. and keeping the roadways clear, so vehicles can access people in rural areas. beyond that, it's going to take months, if not years to cover from some of the infrastructure, like capitola wharf. >> there's no quick fix for those roads that are completely wiped out. thank you. >> thank you. president biden said he was surprised at the discovery of classified documents in his former private office. republicans say they're ready to investigate. what that is going to look like. that's next. i choose airborne. unlike some otothers, airborne giveses you vitamin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formumula. airborne.

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surprised to learn that his lawyers found classified government documents in a former private office he used after he was vice president. while he says he doesn't know what the documents contain, the real question now is, what is the attorney general going to do about this? ar arlette saenz has more. what do they say? >> reporter: the white house has been very limited in its comments.

president biden yesterday commenting on it for the very first time. >> he said that they found these documents, and ultimately immediately referred them to the national archives, so that they could go through that and see exactly what was in there. the president himself is saying he doesn't know what's in the documents. his team here at the white house counsel's office has also said they're unsure of what the documents entailed. the president yesterday expressed his shock they were even in that office. >> people know i take classified documents, classified information seriously. i was briefed about this discovery, and surprised to learn that there were any government records that were taken to that office. >> reporter: one thing that's been implicitly said by both the president's statements and those statements from the white house counsel's office is that they're trying to draw this contrast with the way they have handled

this document discovery and those classified documents that were found at former president donald trump's home down in heart mar-a-lago, the white house saying they've gone transparent, but this is a huge headache for the white house, especially as republicans immediately pounced on this issue. >> absolutely, promising to follow through on the issue. republicans are also already starting to follow through. in a series of letters, the newly minted house oversight committee chairman is asking the treasury department to hand over information on the biden family's finances. they're also asking some twitter executives to testify about how the platform handled the 2020 story on hunter biden and his laptop. our sara murray has the details. >> james comer flexing his new chairman might sending a letter

to the department of treasury and twitter officials, all going back to the hunter biden investigation. they're looking for the bank activity reports related to hunter biden, james biden, joe biden's brother, and others connected to the family. they're also looking for public testimony from the trio of former twitter officials coming up in february, about the effort to suppress a story about hunter biden back in 2020. james comer is trying to make the argument that somehow the sitting president could be involved or implicated in that

kate? >> sara, thanks so much for the detail. joining me for more on this, is cnn political correspondent co-host of "state of the union", dana bash, and also former pros prosecutor shan wu. what do they make of this? >> it's very predictal. they made campaign promises over and over, that they were not only going to be more aggressive about general oversight of the executive branch, but more specifically about -- well, in addition to it, i should say, get into questions about hupper biden, about the president, and it's specifically what they've been very excited about it, but very plea pared for. -- prepared for.

>> as sara laid out, they're asking for bank records for several biden family associates, as well as some related companies. what could they get from that? what does this investigation look like, do you think? >> they're going to have a hard time getting anything, as dana said. they're well prepared for this on the legal side. there's enormous lessons to be learned from the last years, of just how hard it can be for congress to get information. ideally, if they were looking to find evidence of wrongdoing, they may find some suspicious activity, and there was money that moved from point a to point b. maybe there were foreign bank accounts. they could try to get witnesses to talk about that, and maybe they could ultimately make a referral to the justice department.

honestly, there's so much defense that can be put up in the way of that, eg from his legitimate legislative purpose to privacy, and as i pointed out in the opinion peet this morning, at the end of the day, democrat lawyers who learned there was no real down side, simple defiance, let them try and stumble forward with the contempt proceeding. >> i was thinking about the fallout -- i don't know if that's even the right word, dana, but if this doesn't turn into anything, just as a thorn in biden's side, is that a productive win for the new republican majority? >> when you say that, you're talking about all of the oversight, or specifically the question about the documents? >> on this investigation, if you will. there is so much more to it with the classified documents as well. you could almost wrap it all into the same thing. >> that's a good point.

again, this is a thorn that it is biden administration knew was coming. when i saw this, i mean all of the questions that comer put out there about hunter biden, and finances, so forth. what they didn't see coming, and certainly the people work fog him did not see coming, the democrats on the hill didn't see coming, kate, was this folder of ten documents marked classified found in a locked closet. that is something -- i've been talking to democrats on the hill, that is something there is concern about. not about the way that they handled it after it was found, but because they don't know what they don't know. ed presumption, give what he 'said he knows how to handle documents for dead cases, that

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a price hike that could impact really everyone. the "wall street journal" is reporting moderna is considering more than quadrupling the price of its covid vaccine. this would all come when the company shifts from the government contracts to putting the vaccine out on the commercial market. elizabeth cohen joins us now with more details on what this could mean for everyone. what is going on? >> this means the most for people who are unissued or underissued. if you have insurance, your insurance will pay for this vaccine, and in the end, i guess we all pay for that, but for the uninsured and underinsured, this will be a lot more money. while this has been a vaccine purchased by the federal government, paying about $26 a dose. now moderna is saying they're

going to raise it once it's a commercial enterprise. i'll get to that in a second -- to between $110 and $130. pfizer has also named that price range. there's various programs to help people with that kind of charge, but still that can be quite a bit. we don't know when this price range will go up. the federal government just now extended the health emergency no another 90 days. it looks like it might be a while before the prices go up. kate, the timing is really interesting. cnn has exclusive reporting showing this booster, there was data back in june that showed it actually didn't necessarily work as well as the original shot that's been on the market being used for years for now, that the new one may not work any better than the one that's out there, and that that data was not presented to vaccine adviser

when is they met to confer and advise the fda and the cdc. kate? >> so interesting. elizabeth, thank you so much for that. joining me is senator bernie sanders, the incoming their of the senate health, pensions and labor committee. you wrote a letter to moderna, and you called this price hike outrageous. i want to also read what we have heard so far from moderna, the ceo telling "wall street journal" on monday -- i would think this type of price is consistent with the value of the vaccine. have you heard anything back from moderna? >> not yet, but look, what you are seeing here with moderna is the tip of the iceberg in temples of what goes on with the pharmaceutical industry. we paid by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases ten times more for the exact same drug sold in other countries. in terms of morna, here's the

story. this vaccine was discovered in partnership with the niih, with a government agency supported by the taxpayers in this country. in addition, the government put $1.9 billion into research for moderna, and guaranteed billions in sales. then, as a thank you to the taxpayers of this country, what moderna says is, after we deplete the government supply of free vaccines, they're going to quadruple the price of that vaccine. meanwhile, they're going to charge whatever it is a vaccine, it costs them about $2 to produce that vaccine. then, on top of all of that, in the last few years, since this vaccine has been on the market, you've got the ceo of the company making billions, becoming a multibillionaire, as well as other executives. the taxpayers of this country,

who put money into the vaccine in order to protect the health and lives the american people are creating billionaires in a company that's going to quadruple prices for the american people. that is outrageous, unacceptable, and we've got to do something about it. >> you've nowelled, and elizabeth cohen was explaining as well, that not all americans will be paying out of pocket for this. medicare, medicaid, other plans, will continue to cover the cost of vaccines. >> sure. >> but what is an acceptable solution to you? >> let's be clear. medicare and medicaid will pay for it, will cover the individual, but they're going to have to pay the higher price. thats ko costs taxpayers money,d there's no insurance company, they will not be covered, will have to pay out of pocket. you know, the bottom line here

is we are looking at strategies in how to deal with it, but i think the area we have to focus on is, if the taxpayers of this country put money into developing a drug -- certainly not the covid vaccine, but many cancer drugs as well -- should they be forced to pay the highest prices in the world for a drug they helped develop? the answer is no. they need to makes sure that the product being produced is affordable. >> we'll wait and see how moderna responds. at cnn, we are seeking comment from moderna on this one as well. while i have you, i do want to ask, your democratic senate majority is now, when you talk about getting any work done, if it has to do with this or something else, you must work now with a new house republican majority. wheel we don't know the full

picture yet of how kevin mccarthy's conference plans to operate, there are promises of budget cut. that could include defense, social security and more. the promise is to project, quote, any negotiations with the senate on funding bills if they don't -- if they don't meet the house criteria. what douse to that? do you say to that? >> i think we'll take the case to the american people. my guess is, kate, the american people do not think it's a great idea to make massive cuts to social security, medicare, medicaid and the needs of ordinary americans while maintaining, for one example, the massive tax breaks that trump and the republican supported when trump was president, the tax breaks that went overwhelmingly to the rich and large corporations.

if we want to get a handle on federal spending, first off, we may want to ask ourselves why we have billionaires who don't pay a nickel in federal income taxes, why the effective tax rate for the very rich is lower than working families. let's talk about a fair tax system, why we ended up just recently increasing political tear spending by $80 billion in one year. but bottom line is, if republicans want to cut social security, medicare, medicaid and education, let them take that case to the american people. they will lose, we will win that debate. >> i feel like we'll have quite a bit of this coming up, senator. good to have you on, and we'll see what that debate looks like. i appreciate you coming on. >> thank you. ground stop by an faa

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wearing to follow the really wild development that brought air travel to a standstill. it's still causing big flight disruptions. the faa did lift the ground stop, and flights are resuming, which is great news, but this also now in its place, already big questions. secretary buttigieg, thank you for your time. what is your understanding of

what happened today? >> this was a saved system that produces ntam. , notices to air missions. what it is is a standardized, uniform way for getting important safety messages out to airports, aircraft and airlines. for example, if a runway is closed, or if there is a military or space operation coming up in a certain sector, or maybe a navigation beacon is out, something that a pilot would need to know. very important, of course, for that information to be flowing efficiently. somewhere overnight there were irregularities that reflected a bigger systems issue. this morning, as of about 7:00, there were still problems validating that the message were going on .

>> that has happened. that's the good news. flights are operating. we'll see the ripple effects working through the system during the day. now we have to understand how this happened in the first play. >> any indication there was a cyberattack involved? >> there's no direct evidence of that, but we also won't rule it out until we have a clear and better understanding of what's taking place .

when something like this happens, does the faa need to do the same? >> well, certainly when there's an issue with the faa that needs to be looked at, we will own it, same as we asked the airlines to own their operations. but the bottom line is always safety. it's an extraordinary things that millions of passengers fly through the air, and it's the safest way to travel. we work very hard to keep it that way, including being extremely conservative. it's an extraordinary record.

when it comes to -- we equally have to make sure they have the staffing and the operations it needs. is this system out of date? >> well, the system is continuously being upgraded and improved, but that's a key question we have to look at based on what we saw overnight. and i welcome the attention from congress, especially because we're coming up on the reauthorization of the five-year bill that provides funding and direction for the faa. it's the right time to take up

those questions. >> more broadly -- i'm just going to call it a computer glitch, to know there's more technical terms for what happened -- if this one issue can essentially terrorize the system, even for an hour and a half, how vulnerable is the system? should people be worried ? i think that broker question is a. >> what you saw this morning was something we haven't seen in a

very long time. we need to design in a field that's changing a lot, but we need to design a system that does not have those vulnerabilities. >> really quick, do you see what happened this morning as acceptable? does this -- i know you say out of an abundance of caution, that they had to put the ground stop in place, secretary, but if this happens again -- and it doesn't sound like now you can >> it is the right call, to act out of an abundance of caution. no, these kind of disruptions should not happen. my primary interest, now that we've gotten through the immediate disruptions of the morning is understanding exactly how this was possible and what steps are needed to make sure it doesn't happen again. secretary buttigieg, thank you for coming on. i know you've had a busy morning and this is the first chance you've had to jump on and talk about this. thank you for your time. >> my pleasure, thank you.

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republican leaders in nassau county, new york, are calling on new congressman george santos to resign and do so immediately. just this morning, they say he is, quote, not welcome to represent them after he repeatedly lied about his life story, as has been krchronicledn "the new york times" and other places. house speaker kevin mccarthy just spoke to cnn about san

toegs toes as well. >> do you expect george santos to be on any of these key committees? >> no. >> manu raju on the hill speaking the the speaker about that. where is this headed, manu? >> reporter: the republicans are grappling about what to do. you heard kevin mccarthy say george santos will not be serving on any of the key committees they're trying to sort out, give committee members on issues dealing with taxes, armed services, the treasury department and a whole wide range of major issues. george santos will not be serving on those committees. will they call on him to resign? we asked kevin mccarthy that same question. he said he hadn't seen this comment from nassau county republicans about whether he should resign. also, i talked to steve scalise, the number two house republican. i asked him directly whether or not he should resign or not, whether he believes he should resign. he said they're still trying to sort out committee assignments

and did not want to answer that question. he asked me if the official announcement had come out, but declining further comment. also number three republican also wouldn't say whether or not he believes santos should resign. mccarthy wanted to handle this internally, but it sound like he'll have to make a decision publicly. we will end today with this, a great update on the status of nfl safety damar hamlin. the buffalo bills announced he has been released from the hospital nine days after he collapsed on the field in cincinnati. in a tweet the bills say he has been discharged from buffalo general hospital. they also include this from a top official at the hospital that says the following, quote, we have completed a series of tests and evaluations and in consultation with the team physicians, we are confident that damar can safely -- confident he can be safely

discharged to continue his rehabilitation at home and with the bills. it is great to end on some great news. thanks for watching, i'm kate bolduan. "inside politics wth john kingn starts after this break. ♪ [acoustic soul music throughout] ♪ ♪ [acoustic soul music throughout] ♪ ♪ [acoustic soul sic throughout] ♪

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