this morning chaos at the faa leading to the first ground stop at u. s airports since 9 11 new information on what caused yet another travel nightmare and what's being done now to improve the system. president biden facing new scrutiny over his handling of classified document% as a second batch of documents has found this time at a different location reaction this morning and what could come next in the investigation? two close calls this morning a worker trapped for eight hours after a trench collapses on top of him and on the west coast, a driver describes narrowly surviving this boulder that came crashing onto his car. plus new information about the husband arrested in connection with a missing mother from massachusetts inflation nation.

the new sticker shock at the supermarket a carton of eggs for $11 and rooftop prowler, how this bear ended up on the roof of this home. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good morning, everyone . i'm andrew timber. and i'm christie ileto in very in and we begin with another travel nightmare for people across the country and now the demand for answers more than 10,000 flights have been delayed or canceled after a maintenance error caused the computer system failure at the faa yesterday, leading to the first ground stop since 9 11. longtime pilots say this kind of problem is unheard of, and congress is now vowing to look into it as lawmakers prepare to make big decisions about faa funding. alright, abc is justin finches. here to break it all down for us, justin. good morning. andrew good morning, and this morning, the nation's air carriers are aiming to recover from thousands of flight delays and cancelations as

transportation officials now work to make sure it doesn't happen again. at airports across the country questions and confusion. it's just pure chaos called for boarding started the boarding and then all of a sudden they called us off more than 10,000. u s flights delayed and over 1300 canceled wednesday , the first nationwide ground stoppage since 9 11 now traced to an f a, a system failure, undergoing routine maintenance. a senior official says it appears in f a, a computer engineer mistakenly replaced one file with another, the essential system. they begin showing problems before failing despite staffers efforts to identify the issue. we're going to own it, we're going to find it and we're going to fix it. abc news learning the f a first noticed a concern with his note him or notice to air mission systems, which provides real time safety information to pilots before takeoff on tuesday. the backup

system kicked in, and the main system followed, but ongoing issues overnight prompted the faa seven a.m. nationwide ground stop, which was lifted by nine a.m, but widespread delays had already begun. what people need to know is that we will not allow anything to take place that is not safe hours after that f a ground stop. canada's no temp system also saw allergies. officials in canada don't believe the two allergies are connected. the faa fallout again puts aging air industry technology in the spotlight. southwest airlines partly blamed its cancelation of more than 15,000 flights two weeks ago on his own outdated system and concerns about flights today, a top member of the allied pilots association says the ripple effects of delays and cancelations from the ground stoppage could linger into friday. andrew all right, justin. thank you. meanwhile, california is bracing for more rain and snow as the death toll

from recent storms climbs to at least 18 people. that number does not include five year old kyle doohan, who was swept away by floodwaters on monday. more than 100. national guard troops have now joined the search for him. theg has prompted disaster declarations and more than half of california's 58 counties and in the sierras for winter's worth of snow has already fallen this season. nbc's matt rivers is there. this is wet, heavy snow, and there's a lot of it. authorities say two main risks one avalanches. they've closed roads around here is a result and to structural collapse. snow builds up on roofs like this one with the potential to cave in. despite all the snow and rain, most of california remains in extreme or severe drought. but more rain is moving into northern california and the northwest, and we're going to have today's forecast in just a few minutes. emergency crews in allentown, pennsylvania , scrambled last night to free a man trapped 12 ft underground. in a trench that man and his co

worker were repairing sewer lines when the trench collapsed around them. one worker climbed out with the other was buried up to his chin for more than eight hours. the trench was heated. we monitor the atmosphere of the air quality in the trench at the whole time, he was given fluids and he was given just general pain medication. wiley is in the trench. so the whole time he was in the trench. he was under the paramedics care. he was rushed to the hospital, but is said to be conscious and alert this morning. president biden is facing new scrutiny over his handling of classified documents after the discovery of another batch of documents and we're told this time the papers were found in a different location this morning, abc news has learned. president biden's legal team has found a second batch of classified documents just days after the white house confirmed classified records were founded biden's former d c office last november before the midterm elections. sources say after that, first batch of about 10 documents was found. aids began

searching for more documents leading to this second discovery . republicans want attorney general merrick garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate, as was done in the mara lago documents case focusing on former president trump's handling of documents can't be that we have two tiers of justice in this country. it can't be that there's one rule for republicans. and a different rule for democrats. you know, merrick, garland said. all we have to have a special prosecutor for trump will. that means we've got to have one for biden. some democrats also critical of the president. classified documents belong in classified settings. no word yet on where the leaders documents were found, or how many there were. the house oversight committee is vowing to investigate its chairman, is demanding to see the documents, he said. well, there's only 10 documents in that first batch. we don't know how many in this second batch, but as soon as they found it, they turned it over. well we don't know that that's just what they said. the white house says, unlike in the mara lago case as soon as biden's lawyers found the first batch of documents they alerted

the national archives, which told the justice department% which has now launched a review, told the investigation led by the u. s attorney in chicago. john laos, a trump appointee, is in the final stages. the g has been briefed and will soon announce a decision on whether to launch a full scale investigation and appoint a special counsel. now. the white house has not yet commented on that second batch of documents congressman jorge santos, who admits fabricating much of his life story is facing new pressure from his own party to resign. republican leaders in new york are calling for him to step down, saying his campaign was filled with deceit. santos lied about his education, lied about his work experience and lied about his religion. he's also under investigation for alleged campaign finance violations, but he remains defiant. santos, for your design will matter. republicans are calling you a disgrace. you will not resign. pardon me. what is your response in new york? the elevator at abc s rachel scott. they're asking those questions. she also caught up with house speaker kevin mccarthy, who says

despite the controversy, santos will receive committee assignments. take any action against him at this point, or any of these allegations acceptable to you. what are the charges against him? well against him. you know, in america today you're innocent till proven guilty. and there's this south carolina congresswoman nancy mace now appears to be the first house republican outside the new york delegation to call for santos to resign. the phd student accused of killing for idaho college students is due in court today. brian co. burger has not entered a plea since being flown back to idaho after he was arrested at his parents' pennsylvania home last month, and prosecutors have not said whether they were going to seek the death penalty. today's hearing comes a day after classes at the university of idaho resumed the school is offering counseling and other support services. tentative deal has been reached in the new york city nurses strike. 7000 nurses have been demanding better staffing levels. a deal has been reached to boost those levels. union leaders have said their members are overworked and

burned out. there are plenty of nurses to go around what there is a shortage of his nurses that are willing to put them selves, their patients and their license on the line. we're going to see more stripes larger strikes because it seems that that is the only way that we've been able to deal with this issue. details on the deal are still being finalized now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, ft x says it will begin repaying customers and investors after recovering $5 billion in assets . company lawyers say those assets include cash, liquid crypto currency and other investments. but they weren't most of that crypto will be tough to sell without hurting the market time now for a look at your thursday weather. morning, a stormy day on tap from the tennessee valley to the gulf coast could be some delays

at the atlanta airport. even a few tornadoes can't be ruled out . stay safe out there. meantime over the next couple of days, a big storm moves east rain and snow. for some, we're gonna see some thunderstorms in the south and cold air flowing in behind this major storm. speaking of major storms, california has another one this weekend renewed flooding roads could get washed out power outages. this is a big storm for california accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. coming up the unusual scene as a bare ends up on the roof of a california home. also ahead, egg prices skyrocketing to $11 per dozen. what's to blame and when prices may finally come down, and later the big move in the and later the big move in the cell phone industry that could i think we're on to something big here. -just the two of us. -standing together as one. -ready for an adventure? eee! life's more fun when you join forces. woo! team up.

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for the new year this week on good morning america. well here's something you don't see every day bear pacing around on the roof of a house. it turns out the heavy winds in california knocked over a tree where the bear was sort of hanging out and the tree hit the roof. bear eventually came down , rummage through some trash and walked away. all right. well, if you've been to the grocery store lately, you've likely noticed the high price of eggs. so prices are so high that some people are calling eggs. the new luxury item comes as wall street awaits a new report on inflation today. here's a b cs andrea fuji. this morning with grocery prices, especially eggs, putting a bigger dent in americanswallets. analysts have high hopes for the new government report on inflation due out today, it's expected to show consumer prices last month rose 6.5% compared to a year ago . that's encouraging when compared to the 7.1% increase in november, but not nearly enough relief for most shoppers. it's just too much. it's too much i

don't want to buy any can't afford it. overall food prices rose about 12. sent in the last year. but eggs have been a whole different story, with prices more than doubling, even tripling in some areas. shoppers at one store in new york reporting a carton of eggs now costs more than $11 restaurants say they can't keep up. we figured a case for about $27, and now we're getting them for about $150. it's not just inflation. the worst bird flu outbreak in years has taken a toll on the industry, coupled with high demand during the recent holiday baking season, leading to shortages in some areas. the agriculture department says bird flu has reduced the egg laying hen population by more than 40 million. if the actor price still so high we will have to increase the price again last week. i did a lot of custards and stuff like that. so i didn't do any muffins because we have to find that that toss up between what are we going to be able to offer? the good news is,

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>>building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. delays on flights. what we learn about the glitch that caused -- >> evacuations now in effect. and residential's saying -- why they say that flooding could get so bad that the monterey peninsula could become a island. >> taking a look outside we have a brief rake in the rain. there is more on the way. >> we are laying a lot down for you. >> more delays and cancellat at the airport, a break in the rain. >> we had 10 straight days rain. we get a break today, and then the rain returns tomorrow. here is live doppler 7. we see that most of