germany were closed as a precaution. almost 500 flights, mostly in northern britain, were canceled yesterday. fewer flight disruptions predicted for today. the head of the faa revealed two more cases of air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job. he told a senate committee that both incidents took place in january at major airports. a napping controller in los angeles was suspended. and another in ft. worth was reprimanded. and that brings the total instances of sleeping controllers to seven just this year alone. a government watchdog says that the surge in controller errors is real not just a result of better reporting. a major development in the case against former presidential candidate john edwards. abc news learned that the justice department has now green-lighted the prosecution of edwards for violation of campaign laws while he was seeking to cover up an extramarital affair with rielle hunter. edwards is aware that an indictment could come within days. israeli prime
family and his fiancee as they receive this difficult news and are preparing to bring chris back to his family and friends in the united states. he will be sorely missed. coming up in 25 minutes we ll be speaking to free lance journalist greg campbell. he traveled to libya with chris hondros. he s been friends with him since they were teenagers. dangerous incidents involving air traffic controller. the faa firing two for sleeping on the job. one worked at the miami air traffic center. the other was caught sleeping while on duty at mcghee tyson airport in knoxville, tennessee, back in february. five other cases of sleeping controllers are being investigated. michael goldfarb told cnn the system is stressed beyond its limits. it remains the safest system in the world, but that does little justice to the kinds of problems we re seeing. the system is under enormous stress. the controllers are fatigued. there s not enough bench strength. they don t have the reserves to
staying the same. another air traffic controller suspended along with his manager, this time because he was watching a movie on the job. it happened in cleveland, ohio, over the weekend. and right after the incident of sleeping controllers in washington, in knoxville, tennessee, seattle, reno, nevada and miami. the controller was watching the movie the cleaner starring samuel l. jackson but inadvertently left his mike on sending the movie s soundtrack over the radio for three minutes. the faa released the statement this comes as top faa officials are touring airport across the country observing control centers and discussing policies after several controllers were found asleep while on the clock. here what s transportation secretary lahood said to our candy crowley last night. this didn t just start.
controller was watching a movie on a dvd player on the job. the incident happened sunday in cleveland. it comes just one day after a miami controller was suspended for falling asleep at work. the white house this morning will announce new safety measures aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse in america. it s a problem that has become more and more prevalent among teens and young adults. and more protests in syria this morning. thousands of demonstrators have reportedly flooded a major city square and they say they will not leave until they bring the government down. today s gathering comes after reports that security forces killed as many as 19 protesters in the past two days. more problems for the faa and air traffic controller and his manager are suspended. instead of watching the skies they were watching a movie. this time it happened in cleveland, ohio, on the heels of incidents of sleeping controllers in washington, knoxville, it tennessee, seattle, reno, nevada, and m
there at kriv fox 26 in houston were saying wonder if they legalize where is he and what this neighborhood is all about. clearly if you take a left down a street with a cul-de-sac at the end, you probably don t know a whole lot. guns a drawn, weapons are pointed at the vehicle. somebody is getting out of that vehicle. and now the police are hot on and that s probably the end of this, if this person doesn t do anything ridiculous. so it s a car chase going down southwest houston there is a lot of news tonight as this wraps up. we will let you know if there are any high jinx ahead. no official nap times in america s air traffic controller towers. controllers will get an extra hour between shifts so they can get more rest. new word between the transportation secretary ray la hood who outlined a new plan to prevent a rash of recent controllers falling asleep on the job. as you are will, several cases of sleeping controllers at airports over the last few months.