presbyterian hospital. his daughter, chelsea, is with him. she s told a friend he s ago, and secretary of state hillary clinton left washington to be with him as well. our dr. jon lapook is a number of the hospital staff. jon, what s the latest? reporter: the procedure mr. clinton had today is one of the most common in this country. more than a million are done every year. more than five years after his first heart surgery, president clinton developed a new blockage in one of his arteries. today, pain in his chest forced him back to new york presbyterian hospital columbia in new york city. doctors first opened his artery with a balloon. then two stents were placed inside to keep the artery open. the goal is to restore normal blood flow to the part of the heart supplied by the blocked artery. in 2004, doctors performed a quadruple bypass. they relieved blockageages in fr arteries by using blood vessels taken from other parts of his body. the hope was diet, exercise, and medi
you. we ll be back actually, we ll be back at 7:00. couric: tonight, breaking news former president bill clinton is taken to the hospital for an emergency heart procedure. i m katie couric. we ll have the latest on his condition. also tonight, the winter of discontent. our new poll find widespread cynicism, even anger, with what s going on in our nation s capital. and your life is in their hands, but are they up to the job? where america stands on aviation safety. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. couric: good evening, everyone. he s a member of a very exclusive group, one of just four living former presidents of the united states. and he s in the hospital tonight. bill clinton has just undergone an emergency procedure to unclog an artery. the 42nd president, who has a history of heart disease, had complained of chest pains. his surgeon inserted two stents to increase blood flow. th
grandfather of two, i can t begin to imagine the pain that comes from a so tragically losing a loved one. it speaks very highly of all the families here today that you are working to take what must be such a deep sorrow and focusing it on improving airline safety and helping other americans. i m looking forward to hearing your testimony, maurer, and the recommendations this morning and to both the chairman and i and i be to everyone on the committee. we thank you for the sacrifice that you re making to try to improve the system for others. senator demint, thank you very much. let me ask others if they would limit openingcomments to two minutes and we will have seven minutes of opening round when we hear. after chairman, very quickly, thank you for calling this hearing because they ll are flight safety record is so outstanding, when we look at the total of the aviation, it services, the situation with her colbrunn flight is one that shook our bodies, our minds, the plainti
senator dorgan, senator demint, members of the committee, i m president of the regional airline association. i want to express our deepest sympathies for the lives of the passengers and crew of flight 3407 that were lost and for the families affected by the crash. we deeply share in their grief. i also want to express today not only for our member airlines but for our 60,000 highly trained professionals our total, unwavering commitment to safety. as we work towards ensuring this let s make sure this post-accident process does not have to be repeated. we will take whatever steps are necessary so that our flight crews and our aircraft are as safe as humanly possible. the safety of our nation s skies is a shared responsibility. at monday s faa summit, five of our regional airline ceos and other leaders five of our ceos joined with federal agencies, major airlines and union representatives to explore all the issues making headlines over these past few months. regional airline
out of every four commercial airports in this country are served exclusively by regional airlines. our airline as you have indicated largely operate in seeing this partnership with the major airlines. regional airlines provide the crew in the aircraft a major airline said the flight schedules, the fares, and the customer service policies. .. and address any issue that can even be perceived as a contributing factor to an accident. second, we will conduct a thorough review of fatigue, looking at all the human factors in the scientific field to minimize the risks associated with fatigue. third, we will implement a fatigue awareness management program so that our airlines keep this issue top this issue top of the mind for both our flight crews and just as importantly, airline management at fourth, we will reach out in partnership with you in congress, across the government and in our fellow stakeholders and throughout the aviation industry to explore the full range of issues wh