Newark airport latest: What is happening there?

Well, after more than a week of constant flight disruptions at Newark Airport

the federal officials are stepping in. They sure are. The FAA says it has a new plan, the details of which will be announced this

afternoon. Good Days Haley Fixler is live at Newark Airport this morning. A lot of finger

pointing going on this morning as well, Haley, about who's to blame here

Good morning, Tina Dan. Yeah, a little bit of finger pointing. And I want to tell you this

This airport has been busier than we've seen over the days past

You can see there's some people here behind me. It's a little bit of a lull right now. But let me tell you, we're also dealing with minimal problems this morning

We're talking eight delays, 38 cancellations. Those numbers are significantly lower than we've been seeing over the past week, week and a half

Now, as for that announcement, we're told that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy

is going to talk about a multi-billion dollar plan to upgrade what he's been calling

is an antiquated air traffic controller system. And meanwhile, the FAA says they're already working on some technology

and staffing problems here at Newark. So take a look at this

This is the video announcement made by Duffy on social media. It's a video with clips of former Secretary Pete Buttigieg

saying travel had improved in years class. And then it's clips from this most recent travel headache here at Newark Airport

And then this final message, President Trump and Secretary Duffy have a solution

Their plan is set to roll out at 1.30 this afternoon. Meanwhile, the FAA released this statement yesterday, saying in part, quote

the FAA is taking immediate steps to improve the reliability of operations at Newark Liberty International Airport This includes accelerating technological and logistical improvements and increasing air traffic controller staffing Now the FAA says it also been slowing down

the arrivals and departures here because of that ongoing runway construction project

and the issues at the Philadelphia Air Traffic Controlling Center. Again, some of those

controllers in Philadelphia actually manage some of the air traffic here in New Jersey

And reports indicate the FAA plans to add three high-bandwidth communication connections between the New York area system and the Philadelphia system

And the agency believes that this is going to help with speed and reliability. We're also told there's going to be replacements for copper wires with fiber optic technology and then the installation of a backup system

There's also now a big focus on hiring to combat all of the staffing shortages

Duffy says this overhaul is needed and long overdue, and he says that air traffic will be decreased at Newark in the meantime

When you lose your scope or you lose communication with airplanes, automatically you're going to slow down

We are going to fix it. We are going to build a brand new system for all of you and your families and the American people

All right, now earlier this week, Duffy said the entire upgrade project should take

about three or four years to complete. But he did acknowledge that there are things that need

to be worked on and solved sooner than that. Now, a lot of travelers, of course, are looking

forward to hearing the announcement later today because people want to travel easily and without any problems. Live at Newark Airport, Tina, Dan, back to you

Haley, thank you so much