not. the argument these cuts had to come, a number of these towers were slated to close anyway. some were taken off the list and new ones added. bottom line, how is it going to affect us? well, it s not going to affect the passengers on a commercial flight. nat going to affect the regular fare paying passenger. there are 513 control towers in the country and 250 contract towers. the reason they re contract tower is because they re very low activity towers towers and a contractor could run. the contractors ran the tower at one-fourth the cost of an faa tower and had far less mistakes. these are towers the inspector general and myself said there s not enough activity to justify it. low activity, should be closed or farmed out to contractors. so this has been known for 15
most of these employees who will be affected aren t actually employed by the faa. they re contracted to do this work, right? actually hires a third party, another party to hire and staff these towers. it s a way of gets around some basically government hiring and union rules and saves the general public money in general by putting contract workers in these towers. as safe as an faa tower. miles o brien, thanks for breaking it down. appreciate it. you re welcome. first, yahoo! now, best buy. the retail company allowed nonstore employees to work from home and set flexible schedules, but not anymore. whatever business you re in, that s the business we re in.
ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend former homeland security advisor for george w. bush. on the phone, analyst peter berg again. last night we thought at least one person was a u.s. citizen of the three. now we re hearing two, fran. that s right. which adds to the amount of information we have on that. but the question is, how much more do we know? not that much. what we are hearing a
new terror plot from down at one of the busiest construction site on earth. if that s all it were, a construction site, it would be remarkable. it s much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers up behind me, there s a remarkable memorial, the 2,606 people killed here almost ten years ago. and ten years later, all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echos of that terrible day. police and troops and the assault rifles and the train stations, the same as it was. check points and roadblocks pulling over trucks and vans and the anniversary to breaking news tonight. new developments of the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti working her sources. she joins us now. and a volunteer for george w. bush, and national security analyst, peter bergen. last night we thought it was just one person was a u.s. citizen, now we re hearing two.
news on an if you terror plot down at one of the busiest construction sites on earth. if that s all it were a construction site it would still be remarkable. we all know it is much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers going up behind me there s also a memorial to the 2,206 people killed here almost ten years ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend