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Pilots weren't clear exactly how they got themselves in that position. we can tell you this is the fourth incident in recent weeks you have passenger planes getting too close in the skies. just to give you a little bit of perspective here, the latest numbers from the faa from 2012 show planes got too close nearly 4,400 times a year more than 12 times a day. kate? >> that is a sobering number. rene, thank you very much. let's discuss this further. cnn's safety analyst and former faa inspector and the author of "why planes crash." apublicab you've heard rene, the fourth incident in recent weeks....

Is investigating. for some perspective, the big picture here how often this happens in the skies, we know from faa numbers from 2012 that about 4,400 close -- or too close for comfort situations in the case involving passenger planes per year, about -- if you look at that and really crunch down the numbers, that works out to be more than 12 times a day we have a situation planes are getting closer than they should be in the skies. back to you, john. >> and only once could be enough for a disaster. thanks to rene amarsh covering from washington. two high-profile democrats are calling for eric...

Iceberg. cnn's michelle kosinski is live at the white house. good morning, michelle. >> reporter: cnn broke the story, trade for six months to get an interview with secretary shinseki. now he did answer one press question to say he has not offered his resignation and now has addressed veterans across mek but in writing. while the tough talk comes from capitol hill. >> men who served our country and we haven't just let them down. we've let them die. this is awful stuff and someone ought to be held accountable for it. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner in his strongest statement speaks on b...

Is iko, what he had to say to me that was most striking, really, the fact by september they will have flight tracking systems but he also said in the next 20 years this airspace will double. the number of airplanes will double. so this problem is not going to go away unless we do something. >> that would be great news for people who want to see what's happened ever happen again. >> that satellite tracking and control. that is the only thing to prevent these kinds of things. >> they've been talking with about it for years the maybe, finally, we'll see progress. he would be able to push it. than...

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