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during a protest. there are burn marks over his body, scars, signs of beatings. his genitals are mutilated. again, this was a 13-year-old boy taken off the streets, held for nearly a month, defiled, and dumped on his justifiably horrified and terrorized family. i want you to see what bashar al assad said when asked by abc news's barbara walters about hamza. a portion of the interview airing today on "good morning america." >> you have seen these pictures, have you not? >> no, but i -- >> is this news to you? >> no, no, no, it's not news. i met with his father, with the father of that...

Extremely busy over the last few weeks and exhausted at this point. one firefighter was killed friday afternoon in the fire where everything had become so smoky and so much fire that visibility was zero. and that firefighter was hit by a truck. it kind of goes to show you just how dangerous these situations are. not just because of the fire but because of all the manpower that's being used to put out the flames here. another day of low humidity, high winds gusting 20, 30, 40 miles an hour, depending on where you are. and that's just a recipe for a dangerous situation, carol. >> boy, you're not...

The control tower and now suspended. randy babbit is telling all of his colleagues what to do. while we review overnight staffing in selected airports, i have directed all radar controllers at those airport to confirm that there is a controller prepared to handle the incoming flight. i reminded them proper procedures ticket that they must offer the ability to divert to another airport. that came days after the incident. some experts say the government should have acted right away. from a safety perspective put two people in the plane to make sure it is in control. figure out why the department...

Away from flying. the f.a.a. reports the number of errors by air traffic contollers have doubled in the last year. >> clayton: that's shocking. more than 1800 operational failures from september of '09 to september 2010, just two years ago, there were roughly after that. bob richards was an air traffic controller for 25 years and he's the author of the book "secrets from the tower" and joins us this morning from significant. what is going on here? >> well, first of all, it's a few factors that contribute to these. i don't think that in one year, all of a sudden, it's doubled. you've got to kin...

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