Everything we know about the FAA ground stop | Latest details

First got here, the idea, the instinct was, let's just go in and see what's going on, Steve, Natasha. So first, I went to the departure section. We're at Terminal 8. Then I went down to arrivals where baggage claim is. And what I saw was a lot of confusion, number one. Number one, number two, Also, on the boards, nothing unusual. What do I mean by that? You walk into an airport, you're going to see some delays. And there's some delays. There's some flights still scheduled on time at last check, just about 15 minutes ago. Now I've been able to get out and get in front of the camera. But the mood inside the airport, in terms of what I saw and I'm able to report to you, is either confusion or just basically nobody not really knowing what's going on, let's say, in a group of travelers. So you got some people, maybe feminists, Families traveling together, maybe an individual, and I'm the first person that told them, Steve, Natasha, as you know, look. There's a ground stop. Did you hear anything about it? And I was doing that because I wanted to know specifically when I got here if airlines had informed travelers about this. I didn't talk to anybody. I've talked to over a dozen people. I didn't talk to one person who was able to tell me that they've been notified by their airline. Now, we do have some information from a source. This is a source specifically that works at air traffic control. We're being told international departures are allowed from JFK and from Newark now. trying to land everyone, but airports are running out of space. Now, we did hear from officials that those international flights would be judged on a case-by-case basis, but when it comes to space, I don't know what's happening on the tarmacs, but I can tell you inside the airport what I saw between 5 o'clock, I got here right before 5 o'clock, and now what time is it? It's about just after 6.15. Just in that stretch of time, I saw more and More and more people sort of finding a place. place to sit on the floor, trying to grab something to eat if they could, the airport filling up, the bathrooms, the lines busy. Of course, we're going to see, we heard Kelly Kennedy talking about people getting rental vehicles. So we're going to see pressure as this stretches on those different elements from people staying in the airport, potentially having to stay overnight or waiting for long stretches of time to people who can afford to do it. And look, in the tri-state, it's not easy. Thank you. for people. There's always that heightened concern. Something like this happens, you're going to get the extra concern. You're going to get the extra fear. I've heard so many people talking about travel anxiety. So that's something that can be heightened at a time like this. We're here, of course, to give you the information. And what I can tell you is that if you walk into... JFK. And that's where I'm reporting live. I'm right outside the inside section of Terminal 8. I'm in the Terminal 8 area in the parking garage, actually. What I can tell you here is that, look, there's cars coming in and out. There's people parking. There's people showing up with luggages. And it seems to be moving like usual. There's only small indicators. A big thing. And I know, Natasha, you were specifically shocked to hear no indicators of a ground stop inside the airport. Not that I've seen, and that's what I've been... Reporting.