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Murdered and see if there was a connection? >> mark hasse was the federal -- was the chief felony prosecutor in kaufman county. he reported directly to district attorney mike mclelland, one of the people we just talked about who was murdered over the weekend. mark was on his way to work at the kaufman county courthouse when he was gunned down in broad daylight by one or two assailan assailants. witnesses conflict in their description of exactly what they saw, but it was a brazen killing that shocked everyone and now two months later it just feels like a body blow up. in kaufman county and in d...

The 136 million dollars. >> the three have been shut down. what about the balance, we've shut down as well? >> it's a pros cess not starting until the 7th. >> there formula how they shut them down, pull it out of the hat? are these the three we definitely don't need towers at? >> the f.a.a. drew a line in the sand and 54 flights per year and control towers are manned by contractors and not federal employees and looked at state commerce, traffic, air traffic, passenger lists and tried to make the best decisions they could. >> that ings they don't need at the f.a.a. across the board cut, that's ...

Pensions they might have in other communities? >> other communities in california? probably not. but other communities, other parts of the country, definitely. and we, you know, greta, we have some of the most generous pensions in the country here in california. >> if there's no way to sort of renegotiate these pension programs and are these pensions just untouchable? >> that's what's going on right now in court. and the bond holder will lose a lot of money in the bankruptcy and they're the creditors now and won't get paid everything they're owed are saying well, the city should actually stop ...

Friends. >> greta: and the neighborhood they lived in, it looks like a neighborhood that doesn't have terrific amount of crime ever? it's a nice area. >> it's a beautiful neighborhood, yes. >> greta: i wish i had the right, you know, words to say to you, like i say it's always so profoundly awkward for us to interview family and friends at these times, you know i very much appreciate you joining us tonight to tell us about your two friends. >> thank you for the opportunity and let the world know that they were a good, loving couple. >> greta: and i hope that their killers are found very soon a...

Stories about air traffic contollers falling asleep because they were so over worked and the conditions were bad, worked long hours, has that problem been resolved. how do we balance that nagging problem in addition to cutting towers. >> that problem hasn't come up in this debate. and now the airports ar fighting to keep their towers. >> what about the communities? are they backing them up. >> the communities are backing the airports, he they want to keep the towers because it's a safety issue and everyone wants safe flights. >> greta: the first ones shutting down are bloomington, illinois. sp...