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🗓️ 7 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 0:07.0 | The Sound of War. Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We begin with breaking news in our world lead. |
| 0:17.0 | India says it is launching a military operation against Pakistan, hitting what India |
| 0:22.5 | calls terrorist infrastructure in both Pakistan and the Pakistani-administered region of Kashmir. |
| 0:29.6 | This comes after a deadly terrorist attack last month on the Indian-administered part of Kashmir. |
| 0:35.8 | We're going to have much more on the news from this region |
| 0:37.9 | just ahead, but another compelling story in our national lead. Chaos continues at Newark Liberty |
| 0:43.6 | International Airport for the ninth day in a row after the air traffic control system meltdown |
| 0:48.6 | last week. A new analysis by Flight Radar 24 says a total of 885 Newark flights have now been canceled. |
| 0:57.5 | Travel disruptions are always a headache, but what led to this one rages larger questions |
| 1:02.1 | about the safety of our nation's air traffic control system, which is outdated anywhere from 25 to 50 years old. |
| 1:08.1 | As passengers flew in and out of Newark last week, air traffic controllers |
| 1:11.7 | briefly lost radar and all communications with pilots. This is the moment the FAA says |
| 1:18.8 | led some controllers to have to take trauma leave. No, you do not have a Bravo clearance. |
| 1:25.3 | We lost our radar and it's not working correctly. Radar service terminates, Block B.F.R. Greenspan, approved. If you want a Bravo clearance, you do not have a Bravo clearance. We lost our radar and it's not working correctly. Radar service terminates, Block Biafar, Freed Change approved. |
| 1:30.3 | If you want a Bravo clearance, you can call the towers when you get closer. |
| 1:34.3 | Okay, I'll wait for that frequency from you, okay? |
| 1:37.3 | Okay, no, this squawc be afar, look up the tower frequencies, and we don't have a radar, so I don't know where you are. And now given the controllers on trauma leave, bad weather, and ground delays, there appears to be |
| 1:48.2 | no near-term solution for a return to normal operations. And this raises many questions and |
| 1:55.1 | concerns for travelers far beyond Newark, as we're just weeks away from the busy summer travel |
| 1:59.6 | season. CNN's Brinjinginggrass is at Newark Liberty International Airport, where we're going to start here in studio |
| 2:04.9 | with CNN aviation correspondent Pete Monteen. And Pete, these travel impacts could reach beyond |
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