the senate floor yesterday, senator harry reid from nevada urged congress to reauthorize the faa funding for a longer period of time than just the three-month extensions that we have been seeing. so we need to see a comprehensive program for the federal aviation administration, so that we can make sure that the staffing is adequate. and, again, that s why when this happened in reno, we immediately made calls to our congressional delegation, and to the federal aviation administration administrator to make sure that there s some action taken. so this doesn t happen again. marily, thank you so much. my perspective today is does the system of scheduling air traffic controllers need an overhaul? you can reach out and let me know what you think, on facebook, twitter, my e-mail address is contessa@msnbc. mary schiavo is the former inspector general of the department of transportation. one thing they have said is, look, if it you ve got people who are scheduled days one day,
i don t think we should just say we can toss the rights based on an accusation. further, i think the system as it s set up is very aggressive. gets information out of these people and is working towards protecting this country. again, i think that s focusing on the wrong area in terms of what we need to do to make us safer. congressman, i appreciate your time and your perspective today. thank you, sir. thank you. in this reignited debate about what rights terror suspects like faisal shahzad should have as an american citizen, my big question today, shouldn t we uphold the laws and the very constitution we re fighting to protect? share your thoughts with me on twitter, on facebook and on e-mail. i ll try to get to some of your responses later this hour. a breaking story out of huntsville, alabama, right now. at least one person has died. three others are seriously injured in an explosion at the army s redstone arsenal this morning. there s the map of huntsville and where it s ha