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Improve overall working conditions but with word of mishaps one at regan national and one in detroit is the program creating much needed transparency or giving controllers a free pass. joining us is the of the transportation subcommittee on aviation. thanks for your time today. >> happy about to be here. >> shannon: the good news is the tragedy was averted in those cases. >> and over the past five years there have been 52 million safe flights in the united states. there was one that resulted in ...

Of the holly frontier refinery thats on file. there was a louding bang and immediately flames shooting several feet in the air. no word on what caused it. we will continue to follow it as soon as information becomes available. a major scare at reagan international airport where three planes came within seconds of crashing in midair. a commuter jet carrying 192 people. traffic controllers became confused after bad weather caused several flights to be rerouted. they reportedly two planes to take...

Accomplished. lisa stark, abc news, houston. >> lucky that other plane was in the area and helped out with that too. i never knew it had the parachute contraption. >> me neither. i mean, there was so much in that piece. >> we have been hearing bad stuff about traffic controllers, it is good to hear a success story. >> scary to fly these days. we always think -- air traffic controllers. i like the guy woke up and was agitated. im not incapacitated. >> im fine. im fine. >> just taking a nap. im al...

The rotating shifts that these guys work is a killer on your body. the body rhythm is totally thrown off its course. you know, again, this is a very, very small segment, 99.9 percent of the traffic controllers are doing their job perfectly. >>neil: my point exactly, captain, but this is something i am sure that affects a lot of hospital residents and doctors and nurses, and so many, firemen and policemen who work hellish hours and a lot of overnight hours and they are in the given much slack the...

And said you expecting a phone call from the president. he smiled, he said, look, if i get a call, ill take it. it doesnt appear that the president is angry. but it gives you a sense that the transportation secretary is on the hot seat right now. he appears to be getting on top of it. but theres an angst out there across the country when you hear about traffic controllers falling asleep. some sort of a miscue that they put the first lady in danger. it obviously raises questions about the soochlt...

Early actions that we can all take part in along the gulf to restore it. >> administrator jackson, thank you for being with us. >> jessica, thanks for having me. coming up, the latest news headlines, including more faa traffic controllers fired today after sleeping on the job. some . but i was still over the edge with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise werent enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. ive been eating healthier...

In the meantime, speaking about tone deaf at 6:00 p.m. should air traffic controllers not lose their jobs, at all, not at all? did you hear about this? first it was sleeping and now two controllers were watched watching this movie instead of watching the planes and they are note getting fired. find out why at 6:00 p.m. on fbn, its the show air traffic controllers watch. boots on the ground, libya is not wrapping up, not by a long shot. ♪

They have the lives of thousands of people in the job that they do every day and so they need to be well rested and well trained and they need to just say theyre going to do this. >> the faa and national air traffic controllers association are holding the first in a series of meetings about air traffic control safety as well as professionalism. our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve is at the session in atlanta. bring us up to speed here. what is the purpose of this meeting. what hav...

From china. it could make investors nervous were told. also in the spotlight today, johnson & johnson is said to be in talk toes buy swiss medical devicemaker sin thees for $20 million. >> gas prices continue to drive the economic worries politically on capital hill and at the white house. coming up, former providence mayor buddy from what he learned along the way. hell share them. >> plus, its official. uncle luke is running for mayor in miami. he says he is completely serious. >> and new rules...

Andy bab bibabbitt also began a nationwide tour today to meet with eric traffic controllers. >> the whole system doesnt need to change. theres 15,000 controllers. seven have been -- were caught sleeping, seven have been suspended. there are seven investigations going on, but in looking at the workplace, we decided we needed to make these changes, but theres 15,000 controllers who go to work every day controlling planes in and out of airports very safely. >> that was ray lahood speaking with cont...