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Industry in america is the safest in the world. but we can do better. and we will do better. >> faa officials and air traffic controllers union are starting a nationwide tour in atlanta to talk to controllers to hear their concerns, but to also hammer home the issue of safety. sandra endo, cnn, washington. a short time ago transportation secretary ray lahood met with controllers at a regional radar facility just outside atlanta talking to them about those new rules. part after nationwide tour by lahood and the head of the faa to personalcy deliver their safety message. earlier suzanne malvea...

When we come to talking about marking out the early 2012 map? >> absolutely, thomas. in fact, south carolina has decided the gop nominee going back to 1980. it's a crucial state. but michele bachmann is in south carolina today meeting with south carolina's republican governor nikki haley. if palin doesn't run, if trump doesn't run, there would be this tea party void and michele bachmann would be someone who would seem prime to really move into that territory and she certainly could mix things up in the republican race. >> all right. it will be one to watch as we get going leehere. new rules ...

Themselves would not be more responsible on the job. >> we're blaming the controller but here is the root of the problem. let's take the new york tray caan, the radar facility, one of the busiest in the world. they're supposed to be staffed at 270 fully capable controllers in that facility. they've never been able to staff that, and late last year they had 148. so what does that mean? that means that they have to manage shifts, they have to do double shifts, they have to do overtime. they have to work around a chronic shortfall on staffing. that's the nationwide problem. what's ironic and i ap...

Controller caught sleeping on the job. this time at a busy regional radar facility that handles high alisy altitude air traffir most of florida and the caribbean sea. it is forcing the f.a.a. to acknowledge that there is widespread problem with controller fatigue. and to promise different rules within 72 who ares. >> it is obvious that some action has to be taken. it is still miss serious as to what the f.a.a. is contemplating doing. i would like to say right up front, though, that had this not come to the attention of the public through the incident that happened at washington regan a couple ...

Controller caught sleeping on the job. this time at a busy regional radar facility that handles high alisy altitude air traffir most of florida and the caribbean sea. it is forcing the f.a.a. to acknowledge that there is widespread problem with controller fatigue. and to promise different rules within 72 who ares. >> it is obvious that some action has to be taken. it is still miss serious as to what the f.a.a. is contemplating doing. i would like to say right up front, though, that had this not come to the attention of the public through the incident that happened at washington regan a couple ...