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There is a lot of local farmers, but something this magnitude being so close in the urban setting is very unusual, and i think that it is probably going to the be trend setting. 18 minutes past the hour and time for top stories. minutes ago in montgomery county, maryland, emergency workers rescued a woman desperately clinging to a tree in vie lots lock road. you saw the rescue here on cnn. the woman was a kayaker who lost control of her boat and grabbed a hold of the tree. no word yet the woman's condition. and the top leaders of an faa controller union and director are here to talk about ...

Switch out in their positions in their job positions so they can have a long weekend. we are going to eliminate that and we talked with the controller union, the president about this, they have agreed to go along with this. so those three things along with a top to bottom review of training and other scheduling things but we think more rest time, more managers on duty and making sure that controllers are not looking out for their own schedule rather than the safety schedule that we think needs to be put in place. >> chris: let's look at the schedule of an air traffic controller and this is wha...

Switch out in their positions in their job positions so they can have a long weekend. we are going to eliminate that and we talked with the controller union, the president about this, they have agreed to go along with this. so those three things along with a top to bottom review of training and other scheduling things but we think more rest time, more managers on duty and making sure that controllers are not looking out for their own schedule rather than the safety schedule that we think needs to be put in place. >> chris: let's look at the schedule of an air traffic controller and this is wha...

Based on all of the studies we have done but, if it's not right, chris, we will change it. we will not sit back and say that because somebody says this, we are going to... the administrator and the head of the controller union, are going to travel the country, this week, and they'll be in atlanta tomorrow morning and interviewing controllers, talking to them about rest time and about workplace rules and, also, reminding them, personal responsibility is part of their job and safety has to be number one. >> chris: secretary, you say safety has to be number one, the ntsb, national transportation ...