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HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – There was a lot of energy at the Republican National Convention Thursday night as Former President Donald Trump accepted his nomination by his party for president.

Connecticut GOP Chairman Ben Proto was a delegate and is now under fire by Democratic leaders for his comments on current Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Connecticut public radio’s “The Wheelhouse,” Proto said she got her job because of gender and racial politics, not because she’s qualified to be vice president.

Democrats say Proto is attacking Harris solely because she is a black woman. Proto, however, says it was Biden himself who made it clear who he was looking for.

“Find his comments egregious, I do find them racial I do find them misogynistic but people have to judge that’s why we made this statement,” said Majority Leader Bob Duff.

“It’s not me or the republicans who have brough this into play, it was kamala harris and then vice president joe biden who did that. And the qualifications. He put on his vice president would be that they be a black woman and the qualifications should be whether are they competent to do the job,” said Proto.

There is increasing pressure for Biden to step aside, with Harris a candidate to become the Democratic nominee.

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In an update at 10:15 a.m. Bradley International Airport said flights have resumed back to normal.

Passengers are encouraged to check with their airline on the status of their flight.

(Original post) CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont said the state is in “the process of assessing any possible impacts the global CrowdStrike incident may be having on state computer systems.”

“We are asking state employees who may be experiencing technical difficulties to report them to their service desk or help desk as appropriate,” Lamont said in a social media post.

A top state agency said, “The State of Connecticut is managing through some effects of the global Crowdstrike incident. This is not a cyberattack. The State of Connecticut along with DEMHS will continue to monitor.”

CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity firm and the outage has had far ranging impacts across the world on Friday morning, which has impacted airlines, including Bradley International Airport, banks, and other offices. A software update is believed to be responsible for the mass disruption, according to national reports.

In a 9:15 a.m. update, Lamont said on X “Our state IT staff have been working since very late last night to address any outages related to the global CrowdStrike incident. We’ve been coordinating with the federal government, other states, towns, utilities, and hospitals on any impacted systems. Our top priority is always public health and safety. At this time, most CT state services are operational, however @ctdss Resource Centers will be closed to the public today as system issues in those offices are being resolved. We’ll have more updates as they become available.”

Here are some local impacts:

CT DMV

Hospitals/State Police/Trains/Bus Service

News 8 reported that no issues have been reported at area hospitals. (Read more at News 8).

NBC CT reported that both Yale New Haven and Lawrence + Memorials Hospital are operating normally, while there have been some minor impacts on UConn Health.

NBC CT also reported that state police were having some computer issues Friday morning.

Metro-North said some MTA customer informational systems are temporarily offline due to the outage but train and bus service is unaffected.

CT Department of Social Services

“Due to the global Microsoft outage, the Resource Centers will be closed to the public today. Statewide IT is working on the issue and we will use social media to update you on next steps. We apologize for the inconvenience,” they posted on X.

See Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights, Knocks Banks, Hospitals Offline

The Associated Press reported that “DownDectector, which tracks user-reported disruptions to internet services, recorded that airlines, payment platforms and online shopping websites across the world were affected — although the disruption appeared piecemeal and was apparently related to whether the companies used Microsoft cloud-based services.”