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What they're proposing to date, and i think you'll see greater remedies coming out to make it even safer for people to fly. >> michael goldfarb, thank you so much for your time. let's go to tom foreman in your washington bureau. tom, you'll show us exactly how this happened. >> we've been looking at our own reporting today. "the washington post" reporting on this, look at the sequence of events and what happened here. new york city, the first lady takes off from here. she's headed down here to andrews air force base. coming around here, here's maryland up here, here's virginia over here, war...

Clearly, they're trying to downplay it here at the white house and suggest that mrs. obama's life was not in danger. >> thank you. >> please bring us more details when you get them. tom foreman is standing by with more on this breaking news. clearly a bad week for air traffic controllers. what can you tell us? >> well, we can break down a little more of the details of what ed was talking about from our own reporting and "the washington post." the first lady was leaving new york and headed to andrews air force base. the flight in was being handled by a facility out in warrenton, virginia. a r...

That means she's not home when the kids get home. >> if it's as simple as that, that's a great explanation. >> what's more important than being with the girls? nothing in the world. >> especially at the -- >> by the way, people who say, you know, why don't you just get on the plane, she can fly to new york and do it. no, it's never that simple. people don't understand sometimes. they think a first lady can just go. no. it is an all-day eventif somebody does something like that. she's prepped to make sure she doesn't say the wrong thing. it's difficult. you miss the kids at breakfast, when they...

Jackson and broadcast for three full minutes over the frequency, over the radio. it had to be a military plane that called in and said hey, you're clogging up the radio with a movie. that's -- >> that's different. >> circumstance, that's ridiculous. >> look at our reaction. maybe it will serve a greater public good here. it's so ridiculous and the examples are so ridiculous, that's why i think administrator babbitt and the faa have done a good job digging out of a hole they inherited. they've made some changes but i think what the wake-up call is, it is important to take a comprehensive look a...

Mcchrystal. there is too little evidence to show he violated the defense department's standards and is calling into accuracy some of the "rolling stone" reporting. last week first lady obama supported mcchrystal, who was named co-chair for a council on american military families. >> he is the best choice. we wanted to find someone who had the respect of the community, and he does, who understands the issues, and he does. general mcchrystal has served this country well. he knows these issues, and we're proud to have him on board. >> "rolling stone" magazine issued a statement yesterday saying i...