police negotiations used the media to get the message to hood to surrender. they actually went on television last night and put out a plea to him to surrender and he was in fact watching news coverage of the standoff at the time. >> all right. thank you, sir. >> he didn't have much to say. but, hey, at least he's awake. that's the suspended air traffic controller in that car. you know, the one who fell asleep in the tower at reagan national airport this week. in response to that incident now, the faa administrator is ordering radar controllers. no rules that radar controllers are now required to check in with towers during overnight hours. that's essentially making sure that somebody is in that control tower, that air traffic control tower. make sure they're there, make sure maybe that they're awake. they're also calling for a nation-wide review of staffing and backup procedures at the nation's airports. also today, several