Airlines pause departures, Biden “surprised” by documents, California floods

BREAKING NEWS: The FAA orders airlines to pause all US departures until 9am today amid a system outage. Plus, Biden says he was “Surprised” by the 10 classified documents found at one of the private offices he used as Vice President. And, relentless floods, mudslides and winds batter California leaving at least 17 dead, with further “Atmospheric River” events expected in the coming days.

Also this morning: The Uvalde police chief revels why he waited to stop the active shooter in the Robb Elementary School massacre, two Democrats file a House ethics complaint against GOP Rep. George Santos, and The Golden Globes returns to TV after its diversity controversy, with multiple people of color winning prizes. But has the scandal gone away?

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