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okay we re going to call them on their phone lines. all right, we ll circle some more. we got a pretty sick patient. we just may have to land. reporter: the small plane wits sick patient continues to circle and circle the airport. finally the pilot of the lifeguard flight, a designation for urgent medical missions, cannot wait any longer. 16 minutes have gone by. we re going to need to land. lifeguard, you re tango november roger. at your own risk. this kind of outrageous, ridiculous behavior will not be tolerated. reporter: the government is ordering two controllers on the midnight shift at each of the 27 facilities that now have only one controller working overnight. some wonder what took so long. it turns out the reno mishap is the latest in a string of sleepy controllers on the overnight shift. last month at washington s reagan national, in february at knoxville airport, earlier this week at boeing field in seattle,
Single controller because they were reviewing their staffing. rob, peggy. and we ve also learned that two controllers at the airport in lubbock, texas, were suspended last month after a controller in ft. worth repeatedly tried and failed to reach them to hand off control of an inbound aircraft. and a controller in seattle was also suspended for similar reasons. scary for all of the folks out there flying these days. sure, you re wondering if you re landing in middle of the night. is anybody actually helping you get back on the ground? lawmakers on capitol hill are now expected to vote today on that 11th-hour deal reached last week to avoid a government shutdown. and now president obama has set the stage for a showdown over spending for the next budget year. john hendren is joining us from washington with white house plans to slash the deficit. john? reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. in strikingly strong language, president obama outlined his plan for curbing the nation s