Captain announces nationwide ground stop to passengers during midair flight

Ground stop throughout the U.S. They're saying due to frequency issues. So that's all we have. Right now everything's on time. We're still heading to Fort Lauderdale, planning on landing there in about 50 minutes. So right now the only word we have is that they're not allowing departing aircraft to get up into the system. So that's the only information we have, but nothing right now that we have further. We should be on the ground there in Fort Lauderdale here in about 45-50 minutes. I'll come back here in about 10-15 minutes when we start down, give you the arrival information. Appreciate you being with us and I'll update you if I have anything more. We're just getting the latest updates right now as the gates are full, but they're in the process of towing them off the gate. They say we are number one, actually, to get a gate. But they say it could be 30 to 40 minutes while they coordinate with ground and moving the aircraft. The latest word that they have at ATC has given us that communication system is in several sectors. Not in Florida, at least not Jacksonville or Miami, but around the rest of the country that they lost communication channels. So right now, anything departing the ground anywhere in the U.S., an update is not coming until 11 p.m. So no aircraft are taking off or moving at the absolute earliest, 11 p.m. So just wanted to pass that along that we are holding here, waiting on the gate. We have moved into first place to get a gate, but it could be upwards of 30 to 40 minutes. I won't keep you up to date giving any updates as they come into us, but that's the plan right now. We hope to be here in 30 to 40 minutes towards the gate.