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And news bill tinl. an update on a story youve been following closely. a severely brain damaged woman has won the right to see her children. a judge has dismissed her ex-husbands concern that seeing their mother would be harmful. show suffered brain damage after giving birth to triplets in 2006. the faa ordered a nationwide review of the air traffic control system. this after controller in washington admitted to sleeping on the job. two planes were forced to land without clearance at reagan ...

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Indefinitely. didnt want to make any comments when news cameras caught up with him. the transportation secretary ray la hood issued a statement it is not acceptable to have one controller in the tower managing air traffic in this critical air space. two controllers on the overnight shift. joining us now, from south carolina a woman well known for advocacy for tougher aviation standards. mary sciavo. we printer y we appreciate you hopping on the line. ever a case where its critical air space wher...

Have this well-publicized incident here. will this be enough and give us enough of a will to get the money to make sure theres not just one controller in a tower? >> no. i can tell what you probably will happen, they will look at the staffing at the major airports. what they call the major international airports. reagan is not one but obviously its right next to it nations capital. what will probably happen the strategic airports and reagan national, not a category x, like the big ones, probably...

Theres no room left for deadlines or conference calls. not a single pocket to hold the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs pick up the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. 18 minutes after the hour. asleep on the job. have you been there before? you certainly dont want to be sleeping on the job if youre an air traffic controller. this reportedly happened wednesday morning. two pilots unable to get a respons...

Work unfortunately. we dont know his particular situation. do we have controllers falling asleep left and right and do you think work load is an issue? >> work load is not an issue. we do have controllers falling asleep. they get stuck on the midnight shift but also have to come to work prepared to do the job. had i was secretary-general, many cases we investigated, some left the tower and took a naps in their car. thats worse than this. what usually happens, they do not get fired. disciplined a...

Were not testified to make sure there is not a per serious situation. >> first thing traption subject ray lahood did was add another controller. >> peter, thank you. there is a hostaguation and a dramatic surrender and all broadcast life on television. they emerged from the athulence apartment and agreed to give up. after promised he would not be hurt if he freed the hostages

Huge political dollars. so if we want something different, we have to do something different. we have to tell our president, this is not acceptable. congress, we have to tell them. we have to tell our senators, this is not acceptable. change it. >> rick: patricia powell says dont blame ge. theyre following the law. blame the government, blame the law. founder and ceo of the powell financial group. always good to talk to you. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> arthel: the faa now giving ...

Televised address monday night. the live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. on to japan where concerns over radiation levels in the sea water. tests shows the levels have spiked off the coast of the fukushima daiichi plant. they are trying to figure out if there is a leak at one of the reactors damaged by the earthquake and tsunami two weeks ago. the faa in this country has ordered a review of the air traffic control system after a controller fell asleep at reagan national airport. i...

To people in the plane to make sure it lands and everyone is in control and they can look at the radar and do all of those things but what needs to happen in the case of washington, dc is to figure out why the department of homeland security, why the department department of defense, why reagan national airport police were not notified to go and check on the tower to make sure there was thought a more serious situation. putting another controller in the tower to act as a snooze guard is not the ...