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You know, has now become ground zero in the fight over public unions. it is a fight that is getting even tougher than it was in wisconsin, when you look at what this law includes. so why a union president says this bill is the one that public unions need to be watching very closely. it is stricter than ever. rick: also new concerns about aborted landings at one of the countrys busiest airports. find out which one, next. >> -- extended period of time, certainly any more than five or ten minutes, ...

Vehicle. rick: it happened again. another air traffic supervisor suspended after a scare in the sky. this time in florida. a southwest airlines jet and a small private plane got a little too close for comfort over the weekend, the controller asked the southwest pilot to check on the smaller plane because it had been out of radio contact. now both of these planes landed safely, no problems, but the faa said the incident put both planes in danger and this, of course, comes as we get new word about...

Southwest flight carrying 137 passengers that was allowed to fly too close to a private prop plane over orlando. you might remember the other suspension, it happened after a controller fell asleep at washingtons national airp t ch been brought in after a bullet hole was found in the fuselage of a us airways plane. investigators believe the plane was hit by a stray bullet. that it was not a terror target. well, right now republican leaders john boehner and eric cantor are briefing reporters on ...

A veteran air traffic controller at reagan national airport admitted that he was snoozing on the job early wednesday morning. thats when two pilots were unable to get a response from the tower he was supposed to be manning and both planes were forced to land without clearance. the flights did land safely, however. but the fda is now conducting a review of the air traffic control system and new backup procedures are in place. earlier i spoke to mary schiavo. i started by asking her whether its ev...

Faa just may be the controller be the supervisor. you dont have an extra set of eyes. we do have an air traffic controller shortage coming up. everybody remembers when the air traffic controllers got fired for striking. all of those hired are just about ready for retirement. >> will this be enough to get the money thats necessary, everything costs money, but we have this well publicized incident here. will this be enough and give us enough of the will to get the money to make sure theres not jus...

Their mother would be harmful to the kids. she suffered brain damage after giving birth to triplets in 2006. the faa ordered a nationwide review of the air traffic control system. this after a controller in washington admitted to sleeping on the job. two planes were forced to land without clearance at reagan national airport wednesday when the controller failed to respond. while the controller seen driving away here was later suspended. on wall street, stocks rose for a third straight day, t...

>> american 1900, so youre aware, the tower is apparently not manned. weve made a few phone calls. nobodys answering. so two airplanes went in in the past 10, 15 minutes. so you can expect to go in as an uncontrolled airport. >> is there a reason its not manned? >> well, im going to take a guess and say that the controller got locked out. ive heard of this happening before. >> thats the first time ive heard of it. >> fortunately, its not very often. yeah. it happens about a year ago. im not sure...

The controller failed to respond. while the controller seen driving away here was later suspended. on wall street, stocks rose for a third straight day, the dow added 50 points, the nasdaq gained six points and the s&p four points higher. and baby jessica turns 25 tomorrow. she is now a stay at home mother for two. and jessica will now have access to a trust fund of up to $800,000 donated two decades ago. the money comes from thousands of strangers who stayed glued to their tvs as rescuers s...

Capital, but to answer the question in the u.s., no, its not acceptable for washington, d.c. because the controller has other duties. the controller does have national security duties to keep a lookout as well as make sure the plane knows where they are in the lineup to land. >> you said it is what we do, if not what we should do. so why do we do it? >> money. the bottom line is, it comes down to money. we have about 13,000 air traffic controllers, and the faa saves money on the graveyard shifts...

The kids. she suffered brain damage after giving birth to triplets in 2006. the faa ordered a nationwide review of the air traffic control system. this after a controller in washington admitted to sleeping on the job. two planes were forced to land without clearance at reagan national airport wednesday when the controller failed to respond. while the controller seen driving away here was later suspended. on wall street, stocks rose for a third straight day, the dow added 50 points, the nasda...