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A justice department lawsuit accused bp of willful negligence, which it denies. a congressional hearing, the faa said its taking steps to fine the air traffic controller who slept for five hours during his shift at a knoxville, tennessee airport. during the nap, a fellow controller working alone landed seven aircraft, all safely. the incident happened in february. according to reports, a 24-year-old pilot who landed a single engine plane on a new york city beach two nights ago was rushed to ...

Everything is agreed to. >> every time we agree to meet in the middle they move where the middle is. >> reporter: if they cant find a middle by midnight on friday the clock runs out leaving only so-called, essential workers on the job. >> what would be affected should the government close up shop starting saturday morning? tax audits would be suspended. welcome news to some, no doubt. but returns filed on paper would pile up at the irs and refunds would be delayed as a result. >> and also, milit...

Welcome back. well take a look at some of the morning papers. the federal aviation administration is firing yet another air traffic controller who was sleeping on the job. knoxville, tennessee controller willfully napped on the job, they say. this morning we said seven planes that flew into airspace during that time landed unassisted. the faa says that in fact another controller working at different facility in the airports tower was able to monitor those seven aircrafts so they werent totally f...

More on that coming up. mexican officials have uncovered 59 bodies in a mass grave just 80 miles south of brownsville, texas. investigators now trying to figure out if the victims were my grants trying to reach the u.s. or drug traffickers executed by rivals. can you believe it, another air traffic controller was caught sleeping on the job, this time in tennessee. he reportedly napped for five hours on his overnight shift while seven planes were trying to land. a controller in another tower ...

Several hours leading a controller with a different job to help seven planes land. the agency is taking steps to fire that air traffic controller. and now to a disturbing road rage attack outside atlanta where the victim turned out to be a preschooler. >> just horrifying. police are looking for a gunman that opened fire on a car filled with children, all because the mom behind the wheel of that car was too slow to take off at a stoplight. heres eric phillips from wsb. >> were truly blessed. th...

It was that regional controller who fell asleep on the job. the other controller took over his duties. seven planes landed. were told all of them landed safely, don. >> what is going to happen to this controller now? >> he is going to lose his job. it was willful and termination proceedings are under way. why he called it willful, we asked, we havent gotten an answer about that yet. >> and probably renewed questions about whether staffing is adequate. >> reporter: thats right. that is what happe...

A short while back? well, it turns out that another controller at another airport fell asleep. the faa told the congressional committee that in their investigations they found another comptroller catching zs. and it happened in knoxville, and the faa is taking steps to fire the controller. and also, trying to get a handle on the crippled fukushima daiichi reactor in japan. a chemical mixture known as chemical glass did the trick of stopping the flow of the highly radioactive reactor from leaki...

Sleepy controllers, bun bunga bunga parties. we have it all in todays reporter roulette and jeanne meserve is in washington. >> reporter: this is another case of a controller falling asleep on the job. there was one at reagan national a couple months ago and there was another one on february 19th at knoxvilles airport. a controller on the midnight shift fell asleep for five hours. now, this is an airport where theres a tower that serves two functions. theres someone on one floor who controls the...

Getting up in the faas grill at jfk. this was talking to controllers. he asked if it is okay to land on the beach, the controller says, in an emergency. and the totally chill axed pilot said maybe there is a teensyly problem wi little problem with his engine. then he landed on the beach and he got the idea from "flying wild alaska". madonnas reps saying the charity is changing for the positive to serve more children. but that it is not being investigated by the fbi nor the irs. newsweek report...

Turn these problems around. he joins us live from d.c. good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning. and im awake this morning. >> good to know. >> were almost there. >> we have a backup guy in case you nod off to step up. >> you need to double up. you need to double up. >> we are. >> what do you make of the guy who was asleep? he was on -- he was on duty by himself. he was there for an hour and 28 minutes before he was caught snoozing on the job. >> well, what concerns me is when you have ...