tonight, abc's brian ross investigating. brian?bill, for many airline pilots, the hardest part of the job is staying awake. fatigue is the dirty little secret of the airline industry. and today, the federal government announced new rules to deal with the issue. but many say they fall far short of solving a problem exposed in an abc news investigation earlier this year. a night flight over washington, d.c., seen from the cockpit of a jet airplane. it's no time for a pilot to be struggling to stay away, but all too often, that is the case. >> there's a code for it. one pilot will reach over to the other and say, hey, listen, i'm going to examine the overhead panel for a little while. >> reporter: it's the result of a system in which poorly paid pilots report to duty hundreds or thousands of miles from home and have to scrounge at night for a place to sleep. ending up in secretive so-called crash pads, as seen in this abc news undercover video. stacks of bunk beds in a crowded house just blocks from laguardia airport in new york city.

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the tough choice facing the u.s. tonight. >> for my beautiful, my loving, my loyal wife christine. >> reporter: american officials thought levinson was dead until this proof of life hostage video was sent to his wife in an anonymous e-mail and posted today on his family's website. >> i am not in very good health. i'm running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> he has probably lost about 75 pounds and the shirt he was wearing is actually the shirt he wore when he disappeared. >> reporter: the former fbi agent was working as a private investigator when he disappeared in 2007 on the iranian resort island of kish, where americans can go without a visa. and it remains a mystery as to who in iran kidnapped him or why. on the video, recorded at least a year ago, levinson purposely avoids naming his captors in his plea for help. >> 33 years of service to the united states deserves something. please help me. >> reporter: the levinson family says it posted the video and its own statement, with mrs. levinson wearing a hea

abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross checks it out. >> reporter: the new pilot fatigue rulesidents like this one. the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from new york to buffalo in which 50 people died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules would also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot. but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: and some say the new rules fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, fly in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well-paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads like this one abc news found near laguardia airport in new york. with stacks of bunk beds, 24 to a room.

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has reported extensively on pilots too tired to fly. >> reporter: today's new fatigue rules for pilots are meant to prevent accidents like this one. the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from newark to buffalo in 2009, in which 50 people died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules will also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot, but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: and some say the new rules fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, flying in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads, like this one abc n

there are going to and move on to the next but let me respond to our last comment here was from brian ross who tweeted out this at the ilona show lauren lyster and some innate are really enjoying your work and. forward to reading seeing hearing more nice add to the evening and s n b c line up i'm glad to hear that you're enjoying the show lord knows you won't find anything like happy hour on m.s.n. p.c.'s or maybe just replace you know us with them on your life just getting to thanks for watching anyway that's my rant today and i'll be back with more as usual next week. now nine hundred ninety seven history was made when thirty seven nations committed themselves to the only binding climate agreement to date kyoto protocol and december twenty two of that agreement is going to expire so beginning this monday representatives from one hundred ninety five countries began gathering in south africa for the two week german climate change conference and yes they did also gather and coo last year with just very little results copenhagen before that with even fewer results so could this conference wi

abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been following the problem of pilots too tired to fly. >> reporter: the new pilot fatigue rules are meant to prevent accidents like this one, the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from newark to buffalo almost three years ago, in which 50 people had died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules will also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot. but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: critics say the new rules also fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, flying in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads

october 26, 2001 brian ross the chief investigative correspondent of abc news came on the air to offer apparently in the answer and he asserted in his exclusive report on world news tonight this material mailed to senator daschle had been chemically treated with the knife which we knew was a signature of saddam hussein's by a warfare program. you can imagine the impact of that story. similar reports persisted throughout the run-up to the iraq war mack and i just want to make clear it's not just mainstream news accounts purveying this information if you can call it that. there were also articles in the scientific literature on may 5th, 2002 the journal of the american medical association published an article called the consensus statement on anthrax which reported that the material to senator daschle had been chemically treated. in other words what the - to enhance its dispersal. no footnote was cited for this claim. my research for this book found there was no credible basis for these assertions all of which regrettably fuelled the rush to the war read the book also provides the first

brian ross on the tough choice facing the u.s. >> for my beautiful and loving and loyal wife christine. >>reporter: american officials thought he was dead. until this paragraph of life hostage video was sent to his wife in anonymous e-mail and posted today on his family's web site. >> i'm not in very good health. i am running many very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> he has probably lost about 75 pounds. and the shirt he was wearing is actually the shirt he wore when he disappeared. >>reporter: former fbi agent was working as private investigators when he disappeared in 20 07 on the iran resort island where americans go without a visa and it remains a mystery as to who in iran kidnapped him or why. on the video recorded at least a year ago he purposely avoids naming his captor in his plea for help. >> 33 years of service l to the u.s. deserves something. please help me. >>reporter: the family says it posted the video and its own statement with her wearing a head scarf and her son david next to her in an effort to start negotiations with whoever has him. >> please help us. we tried

abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been following the problem of pilots too tired >> reporter: the new pilot fatigue rules are meant to prevent accidents like this one, the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from newark to buffalo almost three years ago, in which 50 people had died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. >> this new rule will afford pilots the opportunity to get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep before a flight. >> reporter: the rules will also reduce the number of on-duty hours for a pilot. but only from a maximum of 16 hours a day to 14 hours a day. >> i'm very distressed over these rules because they don't go anywhere near far enough. >> reporter: critics say the new rules also fall substantially short of dealing with the problems of pilots who commute to their base, flying in from distant cities to begin their duty. younger, less well paid pilots end up sleeping in so-called crash pads, like t

will have sports and more news coming up. ,, angel pagan, giants general manager brian sabean says that outfielders cody rossnd ca >>> on the heels of the trade for angel pagan, brian sabean says outfielders ross and beltran will not be re-signed. the marlins shopping spree keeps rolling on. today, miami signed left-handed pitcher mark buehrle to a four- year deal worth $58 million. the buehrle signing means that the marlins are probably out of the running for albert pujols. if you have been keeping track the marlins have spent $191 million since december 1. that's a lot of money. >>> now, maybe the biggest news to come out of the baseball winter meetings outside of albert pujols is about the league's new stance on a dress code for the media. >> what? >> that's true. baseball is the first to do this. among the things banned, no visible undergarments, tank tops, anything with a team logo, ripped jeans, dana you're out of the clubhouse, bare midriffs. >> is this high school? some are upset about this. >>> the raiders will need everyone this sunday when they take on the undefeated super bowl champion green bay

beltran gone, cody ross is gone according to general manager, brian sabean. >>> miami is taking themselvesrunning for pujols. they went ahead and signed mark buehrle. he's a 4-time all-star, and is looking forward to reuniting with ozzy gehan who was his manager in chicago. we have barry zito, wedding pictures. a lot of talk about those uniforms don't work. you know, no, no, you know what i mean? you get a hit, oh, thowz uniforms -- those uniforms look good. you lose ten in a row, they look stupid. >>> barry zito wedding pictures. always try to see the kids. look, he's got that slicked back hair. one of those deals that he just wanted to keep private. and then he sent out the pictures. so anyway, there he is. his wife who's 25 years of age. amber marine sire. former ms. teen missouri, and a former ms. missouri u.s.a. good luck to the kids from all of us here at kron4. [ laughter ] >> well, you weren't at the wedding. >> why weren't you at the wedding? >> i was very busy. and i'm one of one of these guy, i don't have to go to have my picture taken with z. >> just send your gift. >> i don't

brian bolter. that gunman identified as 22- year-old ross ashley from spotsylvania county. police are trying to figure out what made him drive to the university and shoot the police officer. >> a dean's list college student turned armed robber of his landlord's office and then cop killer. that is how virginia state police are describing ross truett ashley, but what set him off is still a mystery. >> reporter: this is the face of a killer, 22-year-old ross truett ashley. he was a part-time student at radford university in virginia and now we're learning a day before the deadly shooting on the virginia tech campus ashley entered a real estate office in radford and at gunpoint stole a white mercedes suv from an employee. he later dumped it on the catch us of virginia tech sometime -- campus of virginia tech sometime before his delivered confrontation thursday with virginia tech campus police officer 39-year-old deriek crouse. so far police have not been able to determine a motive for the crime. >> the motive is the crux of the investigation right now, piecing together based on

. >> where's dave ross, a nonpartisan scorekeeper? >> last week brian thank you. >> ready to take the trip to the big apple, fox 5 sport director dave feldman is getting another player prepared for know your opponent. >> it's not about you, laura or shawn. it's about durrell young. he's coming ready to play today. durrell young used to live in new york. he's a fullback, not a household name. he's a good guy, good personality and was up for the challenge of a little thing we like to call along with laura and brian, know your opponent. >> it's time for another exciting episode of know your opponent. now here's your host dave feldman. reporter: know your opponent with durrell young from amityville long island, new york. >> that's me. reporter: were you the amityville horror? >> when i was in college. reporter: were there scary things going on? >> i haven't been in that house but i don't want to. reporter: why are the new york giants sometimes referred to as the new york football giants? >> no idea. reporter: because there was a baseball team there called t

and general manager, brian sabian, telling the media, they maxed out their $130 million payroll for next season. what does that mean? what means carlos beltran and cody rossill not be returning to san francisco. saying that ross and the giants were never really on the same page. and beltran would have been a long shot. that leaves just one decision. whether to tender jeff keppinger and fontenot. the giants are on the verge of resigning giguere. >> be sure to join us tomorrow. we'll have more live reports from the final day of the baseball meetings in dallas. you can get the latest info from our website. >>> as we reported earlier, chris johnson left the team after learning his 33-year-old sister, jennifer johnson, was murdered in ft. worth, texas. now, police arrested a 46-year-old suspect who is jennifer's ex-boyfriend for suspicion of murder. the suspect also shot chris johnson's mother, della johnson. she is expected to survive. our condolences, once again, to the johnson family. >>> darren mcfadden and jacoby ford were sidelined at practice today. it is unlikely they will be ready for green bay on sunday. hue jackson says they're getting closer. >>> a

brian. >> here are the breaking details just into the newsroom a short time ago. just to recap. that is the virginia tech gunman involved in yesterday's shooting. he is 22 years old. his name is ross ashley of spotsylvania, virginia. he was a student at nearby radford university. there was an armed robbery that took place in the town of radford, where a mercedes-benz is stolen. no word on whether or not those two are connected. the dead gunman was involved in the shooting on virginia tech campus. more details as we get them. chaos at a store in anacostia. police released this information last week. three men wearing black ski masks, took cash from the register. looking for those suspects. >>> newly released video of an american held captive is leaving more questions than answers. disappeared in 2007. as fox's molly reports, we still don't know who is holding robert against his will. >> this still image taken from the video shows retired fbi agent worn and ragged, but alive. the family releasing the video they received from his unidentified captors. while issuing a plea to his kidnappers. >> i'm making a plea to the people holding my father. my mother has received your messages. pl

ross perot? he seems to have -- he seems to have followed the mantra of william jennings brian, harry s. truman, the buck stops here. >> douglas brinkley has written a biography about teddy roosevelt. you'll take that question. >> when i got to talk to mr. perot he has two evergreen heroes and it's theodore roosevelt and winston churchill. and he takes a lot from them. we forget now that both of them were considered in t.r.'s case a damn cowboy when roosevelt became president, he was just -- mckinley was assassinated. and the republican party of mark hanna and the old mckinley machine didn't trust t.r. he was considered an iconoclast and individualist and the cowboy notion. ross perot, his father was a cotton broker. but also was a -- broke horses, went to cattle auctions, considered himself a bit of a texas cowboy. and everything about theodore roosevelt is impressed ross perot. and i think gave him courage, if t.r. can do a bull moose party, why can't i run in 1992? and churchill it gout woes saying, anybody who loves -- it goes without saying, anybody who loves grit, winston churchill

the profile of ross perot starts at 8:00, c-span.org, "the contenders." warren, michigan, thanks for holding on. brian, independent line. caller: how you doing this morning? host: fine, thank you. caller: i want to delve into what the other independent guy came in and talked about, but i'm going to get more into that. all right, you got these hearings going on, these judiciary hearings trying to get information from these public officials. why is it that the structure limits them to five minutes to where it's almost like m.m.a. fighting, to where the guy just tries to hold out for five minutes saying nothing but um, er, uh, but. and then when they ask him to reiterate, to actually answer the question, their time's up. and then it's sent on to the opposition guy, who basically praises him for all the good work he's done and doesn't even come back to the question that the guy didn't answer. so then it's put off to the next guy. finally another guy on the opposition gets in there, and then starts giving him questions that he will refuse to answer for five minutes. why is the structure based like that whe

ross perot? he seems to have -- he seems to have followed the mantra of william jennings brian, harry s. truman, the buck stops here. >> douglas brinkley has written a biography about teddy roosevelt. you'll take that question. >> when i got to talk to mr. perot he has two evergreen heroes and it's theodore roosevelt and winston churchill. and he takes a lot from them. we forget now that both of them were considered in t.r.'s case a damn cowboy when roosevelt became president, he was just -- mckinley was assassinated. and the republican party of mark hanna and the old mckinley machine didn't trust t.r. he was considered an iconoclast and individualist and the cowboy notion. ross perot, his father was a cotton broker. but also was a -- broke horses, went to cattle auctions, considered himself a bit of a texas cowboy. and everything about theodore roosevelt is impressed ross perot. and i think gave him courage, if t.r. can do a bull moose party, why can't i run in 1992? and churchill it gout woes saying, anybody who loves -- it goes without saying, anybody who loves grit, winston churchill