According to CoinMeta, and as reported by The Washington Post, the US Department of Transportation held a press conference on Saturday morning local time regarding the nationwide flight cancellations that occurred the previous day. However, the conference was forced to be interrupted due to a technical malfunction. US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx began by saying, "First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for what happened yesterday and for the outstanding performance of the air traffic controllers." Subsequently, Foxx paused his speech because there seemed to be a microphone feedback noise at the scene. Foxx tried to continue speaking but then stopped again. He asked, "Can't we use this? This is just the way things are nowadays." A few minutes later, the live web broadcast of the conference resumed. It appeared that Foxx was testing the microphone, saying, "Test, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7." After that, the press conference continued as normal.