CBS Evening News - 2007-11-08
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[0:00] Tonight,
[0:03] close calls.
[0:05] >> STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP.
[0:07] >> WITH dozens of them on America's runways
[0:09] this year alone. The NTSB calls for an
[0:12] early warning system before it's too
[0:15] late. I'm Katie Kurrick in Nashville,
[0:18] Tennessee. Also tonight, a warning from
[0:20] the chairman of the Fed. The economy is
[0:23] heading for a slowdown as consumers put
[0:26] the brakes on spending.
[0:28] I want to shock the American people in
[0:30] reality.
[0:31] >> One man's plan to stop childhood obesity
[0:34] in its tracks.
[0:40] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:43] Kurrick reporting tonight from
[0:45] Nashville.
[0:46] Good evening everyone from the volunteer
[0:49] state. America's runways are more
[0:50] crowded than ever and they're dangerous.
[0:53] In fact, the National Transportation
[0:55] Safety Board today said close calls on
[0:57] those runways are the number one threat
[1:00] to the safety of air travelers. So far
[1:02] this year, there have been two dozen
[1:04] close calls serious enough for the NTSB
[1:07] to investigate. There were 31 last year.
[1:10] The agency says only luck prevented
[1:12] these incidents from turning into
[1:14] disasters, and it warns that unless
[1:17] action is taken, that luck could run
[1:19] out. Here's our transportation
[1:21] correspondent, Nancy Cordis.
[1:25] >> Listen to the panic in the controllers's
[1:27] voice in this new animation of a close
[1:30] call in Fort Lauderdale in July.
[1:33] >> 44. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
[1:35] >> It was released today by the NTSB.
[1:38] >> 307 people uh dodged a bullet that day
[1:41] by 230 ft.
[1:43] >> That was 459 watching the ground. Push
[1:45] spot two. With busy controllers trying
[1:48] to keep track of more planes than ever
[1:50] before,