Network that is running on a Microsoft um Network looks like they are experiencing some sort of problem right now uh crowd strike uh issues is what is happening here uh tonight I'm just being told in my ear so this is a large network uh problem we we're told our stations through the Disney uh ABC Group in San Francisco in Fresno are having similar problems as well as stations here in Los Angeles uh we have dealt with issues like this before or similar outcomes we had a bomb threat about a decade ago and we were forced to pull operations out of this building and go onto the lawn across the street we've had problems where our system wouldn't run any tapes and that is a similar problem to what we're experiencing right now but this is just tap dance to try and get you as much information as we can while dealing with the limitations that we are experiencing here Mark and you've been here a long time I'm guessing you've never seen anything quite like what we're seeing right now never seen anything quite like this and it's an indicator really of how much technology has taken over not only this business obviously but so many other others and in this particular uh business television uh a lot of things that used to be done by human beings are now done by computers and software and it's great when it works not so great when it doesn't we've never had a system the entire system fail in this way we've been able uh we've had all kinds of computer problems everybody does at times uh in in whatever business you're in but it's never been as wholesale as this where literally nothing works editing printing scripts uh getting stories on the air even to be able to re research and look up information we are unable to do that at this point but it is important that we bring you the news of the day and that's why we're on the air right now because we are required to do that that is our mission and we're going to do our best to carry out that mission for the people of Southern California and Beyond Eyewitness News will continue right after this break