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Leading to the deaths of hundreds of citizens. an air traffic controller near cleveland has been suspended after watching a movie while on the job. the controllers open microphone sold him out when it transmitted three minutes of the movies audio to planes in the air. the controllers manager has also been suspended. and by the way, the movies with called "the cleaner" with samuel l. jackson, not "snakes on a plane" which might have been scarier to pilots. and residents in north carolina are ...

Topping the headlines now on "andrea mitchell reports," there is a new tornado threat for several midwestern states today. there could be severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, hail and heavy winds in illinois and indiana. a texas wildfire is raging within 100 miles of the dallas/ft. worth area. 32 homes have been destroyed by the blaze in the last 24 hours and has spread to 120,000 acres. hot temperatures, strong winds are expected to complicate firefighting efforts there today. and a...

Mcchrystal. there is too little evidence to show he violated the defense departments standards and is calling into accuracy some of the "rolling stone" reporting. last week first lady obama supported mcchrystal, who was named co-chair for a council on american military families. >> he is the best choice. we wanted to find someone who had the respect of the community, and he does, who understands the issues, and he does. general mcchrystal has served this country well. he knows these issues, and ...

Faa too. but this didnt just start. things like this dont just all of a sudden, theres an epidemic of controllers falling asleep. its a little disconcerting to wonder what else is going on out there that hasnt been addressed? >> thats why the administrator and the head of the controllers union are traveling the country this week. started in atlanta today. theyll be all over the country over the next week talking to controllers, trying to find out if there is something systemic about this, trying...

Responsible, but safety comes first. and of course, more changes may be in store after they complete looking at this issue. also, babbitt told us that one of the controllers involved in one of these incidents has now been fired. hes the controller in knoxville, tennessee. thats where it appeared that he had intentionally fallen asleep on the job. suzanne, back to you. >> jean, it may and little early, but do we know if there are going to be additional rules? are there any other ideas or things t...

Miami, when a controller was caught sleeping on the job. transportation secretary ray lahood expressed his outrage as of yesterday. >> we have taken steps to change schedules for controllers and managers and make sure controllers cannot switch in and out of their schedules in order for the convenience of them if theyre not well rested. i also want to emphasize this, chris, kol -- controllers have to take responsibility for the very important safety jobs they have. >> its hard when you only have ...

Talk about a close call in china. take a look at this video here, and cameras were rolling as a semi, and look at this, comes barreling down and this is a crowded intersection and you see that motorcyclist in the middle. rerack it and watch it again. a couple of other different ways, and it was just about overturning here, and this truck there speeding toward the four-way intersection and just about hits the person you saw on the bike. here is a different vantage and just barely misses that guy ...

Hour home, and half an hour back, conceivably he has eight hours inside his home before he might have to come back for a shift. you would have to assume that that controller walked in the house and went to his bed and went to sleep, got eight solid hours and got up again and left home. you know that doesnt do it. do you think nine will do it. >> if it doesnt, well increase it. >> well, controllers are the ones, i believe that thought that eight would be enough, and thats why it was included in t...

75. >> we are investigating and it is clear that hue man error was a factor this. >> human error for the pilot or the controller? >> i dont know, chris. i dont really want to speculate on that until we get the interviews and get into the weeds on it. >> while all of this is going on at airports, the transportation security administration decided to pat down a 6-year-old girl in new orleans a few days ago and she got upset understandably and started crying. i know you dont control tsa but as a go...

Place between the regional radar controllers and the air traffic controllers at local airports. here is randy babbittt, the faa controller speaking this morning in atlanta. >> we also take to responsibility in the management side, in terms ever scheduling. we are going to work together. weve found through modern medicine and studies -- we are going to eliminate some of the things that can be fatiguing, change the way we schedule so it doesnt happen. again that accountability starts with all of u...