a wake-up call. yet another air traffic controller is found sleeping on the job. now the faa is taking action. budget battle. president obama unveils his plan to cut the deficit, and unleashes a scathing attack on a republican proposal. and guilty. former baseball slugger barry bonds is convicted of obstruction of justice in a federal case linked to steroid obstruction of justice in a federal case linked to steroid use. captioning funded by cbs good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. the faa is putting more air traffic controllers on the overnight shift after another

controller was caught sleeping on the job, this time it happened at the reno-tahoe airport in nevada. the controller has been suspended. just last month, the faa put two controllers on duty for the midnight shift at reno but reversed the action just a few days later. wyatt andrews reports. >> reporter: this time, the air traffic controller fell asleep in the control tower in reno, nevada. and this time the pilot flying a medical flight with an emergency patient on board grew insistent as his urgent request to land met with only silence. >> we've got a pretty sick patient. we may just have to land. >> reporter: as the pilot then circled the airport he reached the faa in california, which advised he was on his own. >> roger, landing will be at your own risk. >> reporter: the pilot took that risk and airport officials argued that all was well in the end. but the safety of the skies is very much in question. the faa has now disclosed seven instances of sleeping

controllers, including one in reno, two instances in lubbock, texas, one controller caught napping three times in seattle, plus the infamous sleepers in knoxville and washington, d.c. in knoxville, the controller had made a bed in the tower while on duty. >> no one is answering on 23.9. >> reporter: in washington, two passenger jets landed unassisted as the controller slept at reagan national just across the potomac from the white house. >> the tower is apparently unmanned. >> i'm outraged. i'm disappointed. i'm disturbed. >> reporter: cbs news transportation safety analyst mark rosenkerr says that seven sleeping controllers is a sign the public is at risk. >> i believe with no pun intended this clearly is a wake-up call, and the faa is going to do something about it. and frankly, they're going to do something about it immediately. >> reporter: the administration did react immediately. ordering 27 new controllers to work the midnight shift.

but the faa will also investigate its own training and scheduling practices, which is a clear suggestion there may be management problems here that go beyond the seven sleeping controllers. wyatt andrews, cbs news, washington. now, to the budget battle. the house votes today on that 11th hour deal to fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year. president obama laid out his ambitious deficit reduction proposal yesterday. and republicans were quick to criticize. joel brown is in washington with details on this. good morning, joel. >> reporter: betty, good morning. president obama waded into what promises to be a drawn-out debate over how the government spends its money. but first, some long, unfinished business that almost shut down the government. after months of debate and delays, the house is set to vote on the long overdue budget for the rest of this year. >> the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: after a test vote wednesday, the measure which would slash $38 billion in spending, is expected to pass later today. the senate is likely to approve it before the weekend.

if they don't, the government runs out of money by midnight friday. while the battle over the current budget year appears to be coming to a close, the fight over long-term spending is just beginning. >> we have to live within our means. >> reporter: wednesday, president obama rolled out his plan for trimming $4 trillion from the deficit over the next 12 years. the president called for savings in defense spending, plus medicare and medicaid. at the same time, raising taxes on the wealthiest americans. he also slammed the gop's proposal, which aims to slash $5 trillion over the next decade. >> nothing serious about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars in tax cuts on millionaires and billionaires. that's not going to happen as long as i'm president. >> reporter: the author of the plan, congressman paul ryan, had a front row seat for the speech and was not impressed. >> rather than building bridges, he's poisoning wells. we're looking for bipartisan solutions, not partisan rhetoric. when the president is ready to get serious about it we're going to be here working. >> reporter: president obama

wants both parties to put aside their differences soon. he's calling on congressional leaders to agree on a long-term plan by the end of june. so some big names from both sides of the aisle are threatening to vote against that budget compromise today. but it is expected to pass the house and the senate. by tomorrow. betty? >> all right, joel brown in washington for us. thank you, joel. a report by the congressional budget office on the 2011 budget deal concludes we will not see that estimated $38 billion in savings. at least not this fiscal year. the cbo finding says it produces less than 1% of the savings promised by september 30th. the actual cut just $352 million. the reason, many of the cuts are in so-called slow spending accounts and won't have an immediate impact. north korea says it has arrested and is preparing to indict a u.s. citizen who has been held captive since november. the north koreans won't say what the crime was that was committed, but a south korean news agency reports the korean-american is being

detained in the north for allegedly preaching christianity. still more trouble this morning at japan's crippled nuclear power plant. engineers are trying to figure out how to remove the spent fuel at one reactor, where radiation is surging, and temperatures are rising. officials say radiation levels in the sea near the plant doubled last week to 23 times the legal level. in berlin today, foreign ministers from 28 nato countries are discussing what to do next in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton is attending. now a key issue, efforts to enforce the no-fly zone. the british and french are calling for a stepped-up air campaign, and more nato members to participate. in libya, today, nato launched new air strikes against gadhafi's forces. video shows a libyan tank being destroyed outside misrata. meanwhile the pentagon confirmed that u.s. jets have continued to take part in that nato-led air campaign. over the last ten days u.s. jets have flown 35% of the missions.

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tomorrow using high-tech surveillance planes and helicopters. now to the hudson river tragedy that left a mother and three children dead on tuesday night. investigators say the woman from newburgh, new york, was angry with the children's father when she drove a minivan into the river. the vehicle was found tuesday about 25 yards from the shore. 25-year-old lashandra armstrong died along with three of her four children ages 5, 2 and 11 months. only a 10-year-old son managed to save himself. >> before she hit the water, she went into the back seat and held the kids, all of them at once and said, if we're going to die, we're going to die together. so, lashaun, you know, managed to get free. >> the woman who found the boy said he escaped out a window as the minivan sank. a follow-up now on last fall's mexican border death of a colorado man david hartley. hartley's wife tiffany said the couple was jet skiing on a lake

on the texas mexican border when gunmen attacked killing hartley. now a texas sheriff says two new witnesses are supporting her story. the sheriff also released a photo taken just after the attack, showing six men in a boat, two matching tiffany hartley's description of the killers. on the "cbs moneywatch," asian stocks are mostly down today. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, betty. a mostly down day for asian markets, hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent while tokyo's nikkei index bucked the trend closing up a fraction. oil is up just a bid trading at just over $107 a barrel. today, wall street gets the very latest on inflation, and another round of corporate earnings. on wednesday, positive economic news gave stocks a small boost. the dow tacked on seven points while the nasdaq gained 16. home foreclosures are picking up again. realty track says between february and march the number of homes repossessed by banks jumped 13%.

that's the highest increase in a year, and homes receiving their first default notice rose 16%. foreclosures had dipped in recent months, largely due to processing delays by lenders. meantime, the federal government has ordered 16 of america's largest mortgage lenders to reimburse homeowners who were improperly foreclosed upon. bank of america, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, and others will also have to overhaul their foreclosure processes. regulators say major lenders cut corners with paperwork and lacked sufficient staff to properly handle homeowners who fell behind on their payments. we'll find out later on this morning how many people filed for unemployment last week but there is some good news to report on the jobs front. the labor department says employers had more than 3 million job openings in february. that's the most in nearly 2 1/2 years. 4.4 people were competing for every 1 available position, but that is down from 7 for every 1 in july of last year.

and the government is trying to correct one of the great injustices of air travel. as it stands now, airlines are not required to refund the fees they charge for checking a bag, even if they lose it. those fees range anywhere from $15 to $35. the transportation department is now trying to force carriers to pay up if they lose your stuff, or even if it's delayed for a significant time. last year, more than 2 million bags didn't arrive on the same flight as their owners. and, betty, that makes sense to me. >> yeah. >> they lose your bag, they charge you to check your bag, they lose it, and they don't refund you the money? that doesn't make any sense at all. >> me either. >> that's why i never check a bag. ashley morrison joining us live here in new york. straight ahead your thursday morning weather, and in sports, kobe bryant comes up clutch against the kings. but, pays for something he said. [ sighs ]

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southeast, and the northeast is mild, with lots of sunshine. in sports, extra innings in anaheim. in the bottom of the 12th inning, jeff mathis of the anxious hit a sacrifice fly, vernon wells tagged up at third and beat the throw. l.a. beat the indians 4-3. in atlanta, josh johnson of the marlins had a no-hitter until the eighth inning and in the ninth chipper jones hit a home run. that gives him 1500 career runs batted in. but florida won it 5-1. in the nba the lakers clinched the second seed for the playoffs in the western conference. kobe bryant scored 36 points, and tied the game to force overtime in what is probably the last game for the kings in sacramento. los angeles beat the kings 116-108. meanwhile, kobe bryant was fined $100,000 by the nba. bryant was punished for using a derogatory term for gays after being frustrated over a referee's call in tuesday night's game. last night, he apologized.

sort of. >> well, i mean, you know, you have to own up and take responsibility for it. i said the comment. we use so many kinds of words throughout the course of the game it doesn't even mean that you actually mean what you're saying. >> gay rights groups have denounced bryant's comment. and the nfl and its players open mediation talks in minneapolis today. the mediation was ordered by a judge in a hearing april 6th. these will be the first face-to-face talks since the nfl lockout began in march. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and barry bonds was just convicted of obstruction was justice. so, why is he smiling? sports, sponsored by odor-eater insoles. powder and spray. absorb sweat and destroy odor on contact. at and destroy odor on contact.

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what's next for barry bonds and why his defense may try to throw the verdict out. the new luxury way to fly at s-f-o. an inside look at the terminal that's making airports around the country green with envy. and three more air traffic controllers fall asleep on the job. this morning.. the wakeup call for air safety. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, on the "cbs morning news,"

here's a look at today's weather. on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. sunny skies return to the northeast, as the southeast remains warm and humid. a complex storm brewing in the plains will deliver thunderstorms to the south, plains and heavy snow to the north. dry and gusty winds continue in the southwest. here's another look at this morning's top stories, extra air traffic controllers are being assigned to the overnight shift at 27 airports nationwide. this, after another controller was caught sleeping. this time at the reno, nevada, airport. and president obama unveiled a plan he says will cut the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. the president wants to cut health care costs in medicare and medicaid, and end tax breaks for the wealthiest americans. security will be tight tonight at dodger stadium in los angeles. the dodgers will be playing their first home series since a san francisco giants fan was severely beaten there last month.

the team promises a large police presence, both inside and outside the park. lawyers for former giants slugger barry bonds are asking that his conviction on an obstruction of justice charge be thrown out. a hearing is set for next month. bonds was found guilty yesterday. but jurors were unable to reach a verdict on other, more serious charges. laura mclaughlin reports. >> reporter: barry bonds signed autographs, and smiled, minutes after the verdict in his perjury trial. the baseball superstar was convicted of obstruction of justice. the jury deadlocked and could not reach a verdict on charges that he lied about using steroids. his attorney seemed happy with the outcome. >> we want to thank the jury for its hard work, and its diligence and its attentiveness. >> reporter: when bonds was setting home run records, he was also using products made by balco labs. in 2003 he told a grand jury investigating balco that he never knowingly took steroids. and only thought he was given natural supplements. after four days of deliberations, the jury could not agree on whether or not bonds lied.

>> the evidence that he did steroids might have been there. but did he knowingly do steroids was the question. and we couldn't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: the prosecution called 25 witnesses during the trial, including current and former ball players who said they received steroids from bonds' trainer greg anderson. the jury also heard from bonds' former mistress kimberly bell, who testified that bonds admitted taking steroids. >> you know, she wasn't as sure in her answers, and she seemed to be attacking barry. >> reporter: the obstruction charge basically says bonds attempted to mislead. he could face ten years in prison. but federal guidelines call for 15 to 21 months. and there is a chance he could spend it in home confinement, instead of jail. laura mclaughlin for cbs news, san francisco. in other news, not many of us could do the things world class gymnasts do. but take a look at this guy. he's a polish gymnast, and this video has gone viral on the internet. his high-speed series of handsprings, flips and multiple twists, followed by a nearly perfect landing, is dazzling

even the experts. which may account for the title it's been given on youtube. is this even human? leave it to you to decide. that is impressive. this morning on "the early show," yet another air traffic controller caught sleeping on the job. i'm betty nguyen. with being fed on. we demand k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we all get k9 advantix ii. join us at poochprotest.com. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii.

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when people get sick, family members are often the only ones that they can count on to help. but one very special boy has more support than that. mark strassmann has the story. >> reporter: on this church soccer field outside atlanta -- >> a little bit more. >> reporter: you're watching a nation rise up. chip's nation. an army of hundreds rallying around chip madrin and his family. last august the 14-year-old was suddenly in crisis. leah and ken madrin's son had aggressive stage iv brain cancer. >> that is devastating. it's all you can do is stand. we fell down, in the street. >> screaming, yelling.

>> and rolled in the street. >> reporter: right away, chip had two brain surgeries. but this homecoming stunned his family. so many wanted to help. not just close friends. complete strangers. >> they say, what can i do for you? i'll do anything. what can i do for you? >> reporter: now volunteers do it all. cook the family's meals. do their laundry. the shopping. the cleaning. everything. every day. >> well, thanks for lunch. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: when did you guys get here? >> well, really, the day that he was diagnosed we were in the hospital. >> reporter: neighbors jen and sarah watched chip's nation grow -- >> within days there was a care calendar for meals. >> reporter: and grow. volunteers line up to sign up on the family's website. no open slots through the end of may. >> we're just doing what we hope someone would do for us in that position. >> reporter: leaving chip's family with only one focus, chip's recovery. >> what is this one? >> ready, go. >> reporter: they're optimistic

he'll get better. but his rehabilitation, like relearning how to walk and talk, will take time. >> i miss him. he hasn't spoken in eight months. >> good. >> there we go. >> reporter: but he knows all about chip's nation. >> watch out, buddy. what's up? >> reporter: at this camp-out they raised $12,000. other than hospital visits, it was chip's first outing in eight months. >> here's the nation, chip. >> reporter: he saw what his family already sensed. his nation, chip's nation, has become a movement. >> this mesh has just woven more and more closely with every person that we meet. it's a terrible disease. but, communities can really impact disease like this. and disease like this in the future. that's the story. that's chip's nation. >> reporter: mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> what a story there. coming up a little bit later on "the early show," the president's plan for cutting the debt, and why republicans are not buying it.

plus, more americans are taking more vitamins and other dietary supplements. do they really boost health? and she's rich, famous and beautiful. so, why is catherine zeta-jones in treatment for depression? that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. ,,,,,,