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Control the problems when all discipline must be padded by union requirements, nothing gets done. >> its interesting to point out, how did this guy get busted? because accidentally, the microphone from the movie was being transmitted to the pilot. so pilots are now listening to "cleaner" the movie instead of, you know, whatever travel talk they have coming from the controller. oops! >> if you dont know how it ends, it can be distracting. >> heard three minutes of it. i hope it was a good three m...

Steve centanni is in washington with this story. steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. bill: what more do we have to go on with the latest incident? what happened? >> reporter: well, this was at a radar control center outside cleveland that is sometimes very busy. an air traffic controller there on early sunday morning was watching samuel l. jackson in the movie "cleaner" on his portable dvd player when he accidently left the mic open so planes trying to contact him for instruct...

Absolutely right. i think when hollywood gets ahold of an air traffic controller, its usually working traffic in some of the busiest sectors in the world, new york air space or maybe down in atlanta. you have situations like that. but overall, i think it is a relatively boring job, where they are looking at a screen, and maybe talking to a controller, and i think its a struggle for a lot of these guys to stay engaged for the amount of time theyre at that screen. alisyn: listen, obviously, this i...

Minutes when -- or the radio when the controller left a mike open. a supervisor was also suspended. joining me now, michael smerconish, who is also a msnbc contributor. no dis to sam jackson or ed harris. it would make you laugh, with all the scrutiny right now, this person would try to watch a movie on the job. >> come on. you got to fire this man or this woman for stupidity. as you say, you have the eyes of the world focused on air-traffic controllers. i mean, if someone tonight should fall as...

Sleeping on-the-job. a miami controller got caught sleeping during his midnight schiff. the faa prior to the start of that schiff the controllers were given a lecture about professionalism. >> transportation secretary lahood is making changes. what does that mean? joining us transportation reporter for the "washington post". i understand we have news out of ohio tonight? >> we do. sunday morning a controller was watching a bad movie call cleaner and he happened to leave his mic open. a military ...

Controller was watching a movie on a dvd player on the job. the incident happened sunday in cleveland. it comes just one day after a miami controller was suspended for falling asleep at work. the white house this morning will announce new safety measures aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse in america. its a problem that has become more and more prevalent among teens and young adults. and more protests in syria this morning. thousands of demonstrators have reportedly flooded a major cit...

In this country. >> thats a "wall street journal", abc story. major story thats happening over the weekend that weve been looking at for the past six weeks is the problem with our air traffic controllers staying awake. today, a new challenge and a new suspension. >> im surprised that they did not have the dvd player in there. thats the accusation. now theyre watching movies. this happened in cleveland. apparently, brought in the dvd player there. theyre watching a movie starring samuel jackson, ...

For information in the students disappearance to $75,000. police began using underwater imaging to search ponds and lakes. bobo was last seen being led into the woods by someone wearing camouflage near her house six days ago. new embarrassment for the u.s. aviation system today, the faa suspended an ohio air traffic controller and his boss because the controller was caught watching a movie instead of watching the radar. the controller was watching a samuel l. jackson movie. i thought when i he...

Dangerously close to a cargo jet in front of it. the reason? a mistake by an air traffic controller. doug mckelway on fox top story live from d.c. doug, what happened? >> the first lady had just finished that appearance on "the view" yesterday. she was headed back to andrews air force base in suburban washington when military controllers there noticed that a civilian f.a.a. controller at the regional radar facility had allowed the first ladys 737 to get within three miles, far closer than the fi...

Facility was aware of the incident after the microphone came on while the samuel jackson "cleaner" was on. the controllers manager has also been suspended. tins accident follows at least six cases of controllers falling asleep on duty since last month. >> if youre going to be letting two planes crash into each other, at least be watching "old school" or "anchor man." >> a real classic. >> i never heard of it. >> really, this wont happen a lot, but e-maim begging you fo sports, please. >> it has ...