[Holmes:] All right. Keeping an eye on our breaking news and a situation in New York. That situation being the central shutdown of New York's LaGuardia airport, busy airport any day of the week, especially on a Saturday morning. But the shutdown has started. These are some of the pictures. You can just see how this thing is going, but it had to be evacuated. The central terminal, the main terminal because authorities found what they deemed a suspect package and now they have a suspect in custody, a man in custody. They are checking out that bag. We have no idea what's in it, what initially sparked this, why we're suspicious in the first place. But no planes are landing. No planes are taking off right now from LaGuardia Airport. This has been going on for the past, at least, hour hours, an hour and a half, maybe two plus hours that we've been watching this thing. But it is essentially shut down. The terminal was evacuated.
[Baldwin:] We've got a couple of folks on the phone. First one, we got to Ross Levitt. He is one of our producers in CNN in New York. Ross, are you with me?
[Ross Levitt, Cnn Producer:] Good morning, Brooke. How are you doing?
[Baldwin:] Good morning. I don't know if you are driving or if you already at LaGuardia but tell me where you are and what you see?
[Levitt:] I'm standing outside of the terminal here and it's a seen straight out of New York City with people with bags in hands literally standing on the overpass. Some of them have been here for as many as two hours waiting to get back into the terminal. A representative from the Port Authority recently pulled up and using a bullhorn told these people they would be back in the terminal within a half hour. Meanwhile, I've been watching employees stream back into the building, which tells me that whatever situation it was here is starting to clear up and so we've seen a steady stream of those airport employees heading back into the main terminal here, the American Airlines terminal, and but folks who have been waiting all morning, still are out in the hot sun watching and waiting and all with cell phones up to their ears and bags at their feet and just waiting to get back into this terminal and get on with their trips.
[Baldwin:] Yes, telling their loved ones to hang on, they'll be heading home late. Let me ask you, Ross, since this is live TV, I'm just going to put you on the spot and see if you have anyone on next to you, any of these passengers who have been delayed that we could talk to. We want to know where they're headed, how long they've been waiting outside. What the deal is? Is there anyone around we can chat with?
[Levitt:] Yes, I do. I have Christina right here. Christina, could you just tell us how long have you been waiting and Where you're heading?
[Christina:] I'm heading to Cleveland Hopkins Airport. I've been waiting since about 7:00 this morning.
[Levitt:] OK. And you've been here since 7:00, what time is your flight supposed to leave?
[Christina:] My flight is scheduled to leave at 10:15 and arrive at Chicago and then I'm supposed to fly from Chicago to Cleveland. So
[Levitt:] And how long have you be out here in the hot sun?
[Christina:] Almost an hour and 45 minutes. It's pretty warm out here.
[Levitt:] What's going through your mind right now?
[Christina:] Well, I'm pretty calm, actually, but I just kind of want to get home. My flight was delayed last night so I just want to be home already.
[Levitt:] Were you inside the terminal when it was evacuated?
[Christina:] No, I was not. I actually the cab driver had to drop me off seven blocks because all the roads are closed and all the exits on the freeway are closed. So I had to walk quite a bit to get to where I'm standing right outside.
[Levitt:] So there you have it, Brooke. Just people waiting, and hoping to get back in at the terminals and get on with their trip.
[Baldwin:] What a mess over this bag that who knows what may or may not be inside and this individual who's been detained by authorities there. Ross, we appreciate it. Thank Christina for us as well. Safe travels to her. We also have another gentleman on the line.
[Holmes:] Yes and she did sounded like she was in good spirits and she has taken all these in stride. Let's see how Jose Ojeda is doing. From the Bronx, Jose is we'll get him on the line here for just a second, another passenger, one of our i-reporters as well, who has been sending us information and pictures and things these morning. But these are some of the pictures this morning. You see that overpass there. Again, people don't have anywhere to go. They're essentially stuck at the airport. They've been dropped off and so on and so forth. I mean, where do you go at this point and a lot of people, they just, essentially, their travel day is done. It's not going to happen. A lot of them have already missed flights. And again even once everybody is allowed to get back in, you still, it's not like planes are going to be back on schedule and start taking off immediately. So this is just going to be an entire mess. And like you were saying, Brooke, this is a good point. Over a bag which may or may not have anything in it. May have something suspect in it or this just could have been just a misunderstanding and just a mess is just going to mess up people's travel plans, people's vacations in some cases as well. Jose Ojeda, you're telling me I have him on the line now, guys. He is on the line with me. Jose, we're looking at some of your pictures. Were you in the central terminal when it was evacuated initially?
[Jose Ojeda, Cnn I-reporter:] Hi, T.J.. I was actually on the plane when the evacuation happened. Yes. We were all ready to go.
[Holmes:] What word did you get? What announcement did they make to you on that plane?
[Ojeda:] They didn't make any announcement other than you need to evacuate. You know, I thought it was a standard procedure, but then once we got out of the plane, they kept pushing us back and back, you know, out of the terminal, out of the actual airport, past the actual parking garages and then there's a whole mass of people here restless.
[Holmes:] Oh, well, I have to ask you this question, just out of curiosity, how close were you to actually taking off? Was the door to the plane closed?
[Ojeda:] I was mere minutes away, T.J..
[Holmes:] Oh, Jose. I hate to hear that, my man. Tell me where you are physically now and what you see around you at this point?
[Ojeda:] I'm at Terminal B LaGuardia Airport. The police are holding us back. They have let a few people in already. But you know, once we get in, we probably have to wait another few hours until they figure this whole mess up.
[Holmes:] And Jose, you brought up something there. We're trying to figure this out. You said they're starting to let people in. We had one report that they were just letting some employees of the airport in, but do you see them letting general population, general public back into the airport?
[Ojeda:] They let an upper tier of people go to the departing. So a few people are trickling in but they're starting to you know, they're controlling the flow.
[Holmes:] OK.
[Ojeda:] We're still stranded down here.
[Holmes:] Have they made an announcement? Have you heard any announcement, we understand some bull horns were going around? But did anybody made an announcement, did you hear what's happening now?
[Ojeda:] No, no announcement. They're not telling us anything. They say you'll find out later. We can't tell you anything.
[Holmes:] Jose, was it fairly orderly for the most part, and them shuffling people out? A lot of people confused and probably angry but for the most part, did you? Was it a fairly orderly process?
[Ojeda:] Yes, it's pretty orderly. I mean, on my plane, at least, we were issued a gray boarding passes. We were told to leave our stuff on-board and then come back to get it later. So, you know, I left all my stuff there. I hope it's going to be there when I get there.
[Holmes:] All right. Are you also being told that your plane is still going to take off?
[Ojeda:] I have no idea. Honestly, right now...
[Holmes:] Go ahead.
[Ojeda:] I was going to Chicago.
[Holmes:] Going to Chicago. What time was that supposed to take off?
[Ojeda:] It was supposed to take off at 6:10 a.m., T.J..
[Holmes:] Jose, our hearts go out to you and all the folks at that airport, my goodness. We thank you. We appreciate you sending in those pictures in but apparently like you said, your flight is supposedly to take off at 6:00. So this situation apparently started before the 6:00 a.m. hour.
[Baldwin:] Yes...
[Ojeda:] Of course.
[Baldwin:] I think the perfect word he used was restless. I mean, a lot of people just sitting and waiting and wondering and the problem is maybe Jose's final destination is Chicago, but think of the people who are connecting. Christina was connecting. And that's just bad, bad domino effect for those folks. Ross Levitt, still on the phone with us. New York producer, Ross, what do you have now? Who do you have for us? Ross, are you with me?
[Levitt:] Yes. Hey, Brooke. I'm back with you. So a large crowd of people now streaming into the terminal. They have been given the all clear and that big crowd of passengers that I was staring out and they were all just sort of standing around, now just streamed past me. And we still have a few more heading all the way back in the terminal. So just a large crowd of people all with bags behind them, all descending on the terminal. And I'm sure there's going to be a big back-up at the gates and all that kind of thing, and security, but for now, at least they are out of the hot sun and heading back into the terminal. So whatever it was, clearly, authorities have determined that it's safe enough for not just the airport employees to head back in, but for all the passengers to head back in now as well.
[Baldwin:] We saw some video of folks heading back into the airport. My question is, if you were right there with the crowd heading back in to the airport, what kind of guidance did they receive from authorities? What were they...
[Levitt:] They didn't receive any. They were just told, hey, it's clear now, you can go back in. And for most of these people, they went ahead out to wherever they were planning to go this morning, they really didn't have too many questions. They just wanted to get back into that terminal and back on their way.
[Baldwin:] Following the orders, whatever they may be I guess at this point in time.
[Levitt:] Exactly.
[Baldwin:] What a frustrating Saturday morning for all these folks. Ross Levitt, great job. Thank you.
[Levitt:] Thank you.
[Holmes:] We also have another person on line who is heading to Chicago. But if you're just joining us, we want to keep you updated. What we've been watching since at least 6:00 this morning, as we heard from another passenger a short time ago said that was on a plane at 6:00 that was supposed to take off. Yes, he was all set. They were all set to take off when they were told to evacuate that plane and that's when the entire terminal was being evacuated because of the suspicious bag and now, a man is in custody. This is at LaGuardia Airport. So this has been going on for several hours. That main terminal there at LaGuardia had to be evacuated. Planes were not landing, were not taking off for a short time this morning, probably for a couple of hours. Now, we're getting word from our people there, from our passengers there, from our producer on the ground, that in fact, people are starting to flow back into the main terminal. So maybe this situation has been resolved, but still is going to be a big mess for the rest of the day. We do have another passenger on the line with us here though.
[Baldwin:] Right. We have Siri-Hari on the line. Siri-Hari was headed to Chicago this morning and Siri-Hari, I don't know if you are part, hopefully, you are of this massive group heading back into LaGuardia and toward your flight, Siri-Hari, are you walking and talking with me this morning?
[Siri-hari Sundararajan, Cnn I-reporter:] Yes, I am and who am I talking to actually?
[Baldwin:] My name is Brooke.
[Sundararajan:] Oh, hi, Brooke. Yes, like everyone is slowly going back into the airport. I'm at the tail of the file pretty much.
[Baldwin:] And we've been asking there seems to be this frustration over lack of information. What are police or what are some of the airport personnel telling you as far as what's happening?
[Sundararajan:] Honestly, Brooke, I have not been told anything about what's been happening. I've been finding out from other people who have been going online and getting it from other news sources. But my story is, I had a 7:00 a.m. flight, so I tried getting into the airport by 6:00 a.m.. At around like 5:55, my taxi was about to enter into the entrance of the airport, it was already sealed up by police cars. I thought, OK, maybe there's just some construction stuff going on. So I asked the cabbie to take the next exit and backtrack to the airport but then that entrance was also, and it looked like blocked. And so I saw a couple of people walking in. So I'm like all right, maybe the roads are just still under construction. I wasn't sure what's going on. I just followed a bunch of people And as I was about to enter into the terminal fees like main departure gates, a police officer stepped out and said nobody is allowed into the airport, you have to step outside into the curb. I asked him what the problem here and he really didn't really give me an answer, he just said just go there now. And so I've been out here ever since 6:00 a.m. I tried calling the New York City police department. They declined to give me any information. They just told me to just literally just sit tight and wait until anything happens. They didn't give any reason why I was outside or how long this will take, I even tried calling the 311. Metropolitan Transport Agency.
[Baldwin:] Right.
[Sundararajan:] And yes so nobody bottom line is nobody told me what was going on. I was out here for two hours and roughly 40 minutes and now we want to get back in.
[Baldwin:] Well, sure, I bet you are not the only one who was dialing 311 and dialing the New York Police Department trying to get some answers, perhaps all of this was simply precautionary because they have detained someone in custody. Encountered apparently some bag that that person have. We don't even know what was in the bag...
[Sundararajan:] Yes.
[Baldwin:] If there's anything, even possibly dangerous in the bag. So you're supposed to head to Chicago early this morning, where are you being told as far as your flight status now?
[Sundararajan:] I am actually still outside, like walking in. I still have to go inside and I should look at the monitor to see what my flight status is but I can hopefully tell you in like another 30 seconds while I'm actually entering the airport now. So I'll take a look at the screen and see what it says but...
[Baldwin:] So actually, as you're entering the airport, are people rushing in? What's the sense you get from folks wanting to get on their flight?
[Sundararajan:] People are just concerned. Everyone's like mass crowd is I think the first thing they're headed to are the booths and right up the stairs to go and check out the screens. So I'm still behind a huge mass of people right now. It's not panicking or anything but everyone does seemed concerned and a little irritated that they been our here. Some people have apparently been out here much longer than I have. Other people just came in recently. I'm not even sure how the other people who are coming in we're coming in but the numbers kept piling up and up.
[Baldwin:] Sure.
[Sundararajan:] I mean from when I was there like from around 100 people were outside. It's probably almost like 300 or 400 people outside by the time they let us in. So...
[Baldwin:] That's amazing but at least the tone, it sounds like it's not fearful, it's just frustration.
[Sundararajan:] Yes.
[Baldwin:] Siri-hiri, Thank you. Thank you for calling us and safe travels whenever you are able to finally get on that flight and head on out to Chicago.
[Sundararajan:] Yes, definitely. Thank you for calling me, Brooke, and take care.
[Baldwin:] Sure.
[Holmes:] You know, every passenger we talked to this morning has amazing has been in pretty good spirits and sometimes, air travel is not fun and sometimes you just know that you deal with things. But this something beyond just a flight delay. Every flight essentially is delayed at that airport this morning. A lot of flights were not landing at the airport as scheduled because it was essentially closed down for a time, but it sounds like at least passengers are being let back in. So that means that the situation has been taken cared off. At least to the authorities liking. Elise Miller is one of our associate producers from "AC 360," on the phone with us here as well. Elise, I'm not sure where you are. So you tell me where you are and what you know?
[Elise Miller, Cnn Associate Producer "ac 360":] Hi, T.J. Yes, I'm actually inside LaGuardia right now. They let me come in, but my driver had to drop me off probably about a mile away from the airport. I had to walk with all my stuff. But I was able to come in and actually go through security and everything and I'm just sitting at my gate, just waiting. I mean, nobody really looking to have answers right now?
[Holmes:] So, wait, Elise, you're telling me you have made it through your gate and through security already?
[Miller:] I have. I'm in here. That's a good sign.
[Holmes:] How were you able to do that because we've been watching these pictures of people standing around on the streets essentially or just all around the airport and it sounds like they had to get everybody back in to the airport. I assume a lot of those people had to be screened, re-screened. So, again, how is this working inside when you got back in there?
[Miller:] You know, I just walked in and security was really quick, actually. Everything seemed somewhat normal. But you know, really, more of the chaos is at the actual gate. People are just waiting ion line, trying to figure out what's going on. So many people are delayed. A lot of people are just sitting on top of the baggage claim areas, trying to say, when is our bag going to come in that kind of thing. So it's nuts. The news follows me wherever I go,
[T.j. Holmes:] Elise. Where were you trying to go? Were are you headed, I guess? And is your flight on time? What do you know about your flight?
[Miller:] I'm headed to D.C., actually. So it's going to be a quick flight, but you know, at this point, I don't know. It says on my, you know, at the terminal, it says it's on time, but we all know that's probably going to change. So I'm sorry if it's loud, I'm hearing some stuff over the intercom right now.
[Holmes:] Are they making announcements to the passengers about what's happening there? Have you heard anything? Anything official?
[Miller:] Honestly, I haven't heard anything official. I've asked probably five people, just because I wanted to know what's going on and trying to see when everything is going to be back to normal, when flights start taking off again and when the planes would come back in to the airport. But nobody seems to have any answers right now.
[Holmes:] Well, Elise. It's just to D.C., you know, you should have taken the train.
[Miller:] I know.
[Holmes:] You should have taken the train.
[Miller:] The flight was cheaper than the train.
[Holmes:] Yes, what do you think about that now? Elise, one of our friends here and one of our associate producers of "AC 360." Elise, good luck getting to where you're going, but thank you for checking in with us here. All right.
[Baldwin:] So, could we talk to Reynolds. Let's talk to Reynolds Wolf. Reynolds, are you tracking some of these delays?
[Wolf:] Absolutely. Let's also share with the rest of America, I mean, for us, I mean there are a lot of people on the eastern seaboard who really know why this is such a big deal, but if you're tuning in from Dallas, or maybe out in L.A. or maybe Denver, you're wondering what's the big deal about LaGuardia? Trust me, LaGuardia is a tremendous deal. Take a look at this what we have. These is our flight explorer. You'll see three of the big major airports you have in the New York area. And if you're flying into New York, you're going to go one of three spots. You're either going to go to JFK, going over to Newark over at New Jersey or you're going to go to LaGuardia. At this time in the morning, you would see a lot of activity at all these airports. There are some planes about to land, and actually taking off JFK, same deal over at Newark. But it is a standstill at this time at LaGuardia. It is a very popular airport because it's the easiest way to get into downtown Manhattan. I mean, it's a quick drive across the East River and you're in good shape. This morning, as Elise has been telling you, it is just been a standstill. What's interesting we're seeing right now from the FAA is only one big delay. That big delay, of course, LaGuardia. They need to update the ground stop, But obviously 8:45 is the last release they gave us. But 8:50 is when this was updated. So again, we're going to be seeing this delay. And what's interesting, this is going to spring board to more delays coast to coast. This is just one small clog in a huge wheel that's going to cause a lot of delays, a lot of issues, a lot of frustration for many people. We're going to have more coming up in the next hour. You're watching CNN SATURDAY MORNING. Be patient.
[Holmes:] All right. Well, hello. Yes, you are on the CNN SATURDAY MORNING. We're coming up on the top of the hour. 9:00 here in s the East where we are. Welcome to you all and welcome back. I'm T.J. Holmes...
[Baldwin:] Good morning.
[Holmes:] ...along with Brooke Baldwin, sitting in. We appreciate you being here.
[Baldwin:] Hey, thanks for having me. Yes, I know, busy, busy first day of August. We thank you for staying with us. We're going to continue to follow the story and let you know what's shaking out at LaGuardia. But at least the good news is that people are back inside the terminal, the central terminal had shut. They had to evacuate a lot of people out because of a suspicious package because of this person who's been detained. We don't know who he is, what's going on but as soon as we get more information, we'll pass it along to you.
[Holmes:] We absolutely will. That story wont'be far from us but again, the key there, even though it's been shut down for a few hours, no flight taking off, no flight landing. It's going to cause a mess for flight schedules today across the country, not just the people there. But yes, the key there is that people are being let back in, so who knows how long it takes before they get back to normal. But don't worry, we'll go over that story. We'll continue to update you on that breaking news, but we still want to tell you about this morning as promised, about health care. We're dedicating this half hour to healthcare. You've been hearing about this for weeks. You've seen the president talk about it for weeks, but when it comes to how and how much, do you really know the details of President Obama's plan to fix the health care system that's on the brink? Over the next half hour, we're going to lay this all out for you. You'll also get some answers about if and when you can expect any changes, whether your health benefits through work could end up being taxed. Also, how thousands of desperate and ailing Americans aren't waiting for reform. They're getting help now and they're getting it for free. Let's start though with exactly what the president wants. Here is what the president wants. Three scenarios really on the table here. One of those is a Medicare-like plan, in which the government oversees premiums and services. This is the old, the government option, the old public plan that you've been hearing so much about. Another something that the president wants. He wants to impose rules on insurance companies to make health care available to everybody. He wants to expand that coverage. Also, this is something else that has been put on the table at least. We'll have to see if the president's going to go along with it, but some in the Senate, some Senate democrats say this may be a only way to get it done, possibly create various regional non profit insurance cooperatives. Co-ops, you've been hearing that, to compete with private companies.
[Baldwin:] And as president, Mr. Obama has focused more on health care goals and said little about how the actual overhaul will work, but that has changed this week. He decided to promote his plan by dispelling people's worst fears and what better way to do that than town hall meetings in die-hard republican strongholds like Bristol, Virginia.
[Obama:] I'll be specific. We will stop insurance companies from denying you coverage because of your medical history, because you got a preexisting condition. I'll never forget watching my mother on her hospital bed dealing with cancer, trying to argue with health insurance companies, even though she had been paying her premiums, saying her cancer was a pre-existing condition even though it hadn't been diagnosed when she first got her insurance. And I said then and I continue to believe that that's not right.
[Baldwin:] Hours earlier, President Obama reassured a crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, that he is not interested in a government takeover.
[Obama:] First of all, nobody is talking about some government takeover in health care. I'm tired of hearing that. I have been as clear as I can be under the reform I've proposed, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. These folks need to stop scaring everybody.
[Baldwin:] They are tele-town town meeting, the president reminded seniors that the U.S. already has the equivalent of a government-run plan.
[Obama:] That's what Medicare is. It's a government-run health care plan that people are happy with, but I think that we've been so accustomed to hearing those phrases that sometimes we can't sort out the myth from the reality.
[Holmes:] The president isn't the only one making some contradictory statements some would say. After two weeks of haggling and delay, the blue dog democrats came to an agreement late last night. Key House committee approved it's version of a health care plan. The vote was 31-28 in committee. It was the last piece of business representatives took before leaving on their month-long August recess. The vote is much needed for the president, a much needed win, a much needed step forward. This was the energy and commerce committee. They were the last holdout of the committees. Two other house committees had already approved their own versions of a bill. You can look for a vote in September, October. So you hear about three different committees, three different bills there in the House. They're going to have to bring those together in some way and then the House would then vote on it. Now over to the Senate. Well, got a bill in committee there as well. It's not likely to move that quickly. The Senate breaks next week, begging the question of just how many proposals are on the table. Well, according to Kaiser Foundation, the answer is 11. Four of the 11 plans including the president's prohibits someone from being turned down for coverage due to preexisting conditions. The president could use some good news right about now. He took a hit in the polls this week. According to the latest CNN poll of polls, the president's approval rating is now at 54 percent. A month ago, the digits were seven point higher. Public support is also slipping for his healthcare plan. Almost half of the country right now is not on board. 43 percent are behind the plan.
[Baldwin:] And the president has really pushed for this reform and he says he wants the bill on his desk when? Before year's end. But the question, is that actually realistic and if so, how far off are the actual changes. Let's go to CNN's Elaine Quijano, live for us at the White House this morning. And Elaine, we're hearing about recess, which obviously pushes some of these back a little bit. If you can just break down for us what kind of timetable we're talking here.
[Quijano:] Yes, well, T.J. went through it a little bit there, Brooke, but we know, of course, this is President Obama's top domestic priority, and so he's really been trying to ratchet up the pressure on Congress. We've seen lawmakers keep this issue very much on the front burner. Now where do things stand right at this moment? Well, as T.J. went through, last night, the House energy and commerce committee did pass its version which now has to be basically merged with two other versions of this legislation that are out there. And it's looking like it will be September or so before the whole House takes up this issue, but the problem is there are some deep divisions within the democratic party on this. So that is the house side of things. Over on the Senate side, T.J., also noted this as well, the finance committee put off a vote, this is a much anticipated vote on a bipartisan compromise plan now set to take place after the August recess. So big picture here, Brooke, what we're talking about, is this the time frame the White House originally wanted? No. We know that President Obama had said he wanted to have both, each House basically pass its own version before congress headed off to its August recess. That's not happened. Now, does that mean though that there isn't progress? Well, certainly White House officials say, look, things are progressing along slowly but surely. But the big question, can this get done before the end of the year? Still very much an open question right now Brooke.
[Baldwin:] All right. Elaine, thank you. I know the president taking a little trip to Camp David over the weekend and then he'll be talking economy, heading to Indiana this coming week. Elaine, thank you for that.
[Quijano:] Sure.
[Holmes:] And like we told you we will continue to update you about what's happening in New York at LaGuardia Airport, where it was shut down for a time this morning because of a suspicious package there, suspicious bag that a passenger apparently was carrying and that person, that man now in custody. The airport was shut down. No flights landing, none taking off, for a couple of hours, at least. Just a mess there in New York. But it appears now that people are being let back in and the terminal, the central terminal is reopening. Our Ross Levitt, a producer of ours is on the ground there at LaGuardia. Go ahead and set that scene for us again. Does it look like everybody's pretty much getting back in that terminal, Ross?
[Levitt:] Yes. Good morning, T.J., hopefully you can see my camera phone shot right now as I am inside the terminal and folks are starting to line up to head up a skinny escalator. And at one point, this room was completely packed with people, but in a sign of how things are returning to normal, just the line is getting shorter and shorter. But plenty of people still trying to figure our where they're going, where their gates are and we'll they be able to get back through security. Now I'm going to back up and hopefully be able to show you...
[Holmes:] And yes, we are seeing your picture right now, Ross. By all means, use that camera again. This is a live picture inside the terminal from our Ross Levitt. You go ahead, you show us what you can show us, buddy.
[Levitt:] Now here, I'm showing you the board here and as you can see, now it looks like a lot of the later flights are on time, but as I move over here, you can see that some of them are canceled and delayed and all that kind of thing. Hopefully you're seeing that right, T.J..
[Holmes:] And yes, Ross, all these people that had to leave the airport, did they have to go back through security? I would assume so.
[Levitt:] Absolutely. Everyone who has been on the outside and has to get back inside will have to go through the entire screening process once again. And a little later on, maybe I'll move over to that CSA terminal. But here you can see a guy giving a lot of the directions as people are just trying to figure out where they're going, how they're going to get there. You know, some of them are even at the wrong terminal right now. They've got to figure out how to get around this large airport that was literally shut down completely and is now, only now, starting to return to normal.
[Baldwin:] Hey, Ross. It's Brooke here. We're looking at these amazing pictures, live pictures from your camera phone. And you showed us that the board and a lot of those words, saying canceled. Do we have any idea what some of these airlines will be doing for folks whose flights have come and gone, have been canceled? What's next for them?
[Levitt:] You know, we don't know that yet. And that's the question that a lot of these passengers are asking, too. Will I be on my original flight? But for the most part, because no one was on those flights, you can assume that those planes are going to have to get refilled and go to wherever their destination is. But now at this point, it's still pretty chaotic down here and so folks are just starting to figure out where their gates are and whether their flight is actually going to leave and at what time and when they'll actually get to their destination.
[Baldwin:] We're looking at this guy in a red jacket. Some sort of airport personnel, what guidance is he giving folks coming in the airport?
[Levitt:] Pardon me, Brooke? One more time on that?
[Baldwin:] The gentleman in the red jacket we're looking at who is looking at you. Who is he and what is he asking people to do?
[Levitt:] He's an airport employee and he's doing a great job here of directing people to where they need to go and how they're going to get there. And all that kind of things, just really something, helping people out and pointing in different directions. As you can see, a man here is here right now with his ticket out, trying to figure out where he's going. So a little bit of a chaotic scene but returning to normal. Actually If I swing back to that shot I had earlier, where there was that long line as you can see pretty much gone.
[Baldwin:] Great.
[Levitt:] Hopefully, getting back to normal for many of these passengers.
[Baldwin:] Finally. You've got to hand it to some of the people who are working at the airport. Got to have patience on a morning like this with all these frustrated and you know, justifiably so, frustrated passengers. Great pictures, Ross, with your camera phone, your cell phone, inside LaGuardia. Those lines start to diminish.
[Holmes:] That is amazing. That picture. Like he said, things are starting to get back to normal. Amazing to think that you can empty out that terminal, one of the biggest airports in this country and then in a matter of minutes, get everybody back in and what he says appears to be getting back to normal. We've all been through that airport a lot and it is no pretty picnic on a normal day. But to think that it might be getting back to normal and people see that employee working hard?
[Baldwin:] Helping them through.
[Holmes:] So, wow, we are not going to be too far away from that story, we'll continue our coverage here of that breaking news. And also of the health care reform debate going on in this country. We'll leave you going into break here but that live picture from our producer inside LaGuardia airport as things are trying to get back to normal after the terminal had to be shut down this morning.