this asteroid came so close to earth today that our gravity actually altered its orbit, so d.a. 14 now will return to earth in the vicinity of earth at least, in the year 2046. again, in 2080. either one of those events could be another close call. there are about a million space rocks in the vicinity of earth s orbit. so today s events could help save the planet in the future. they won t be hazardous for many hundreds of years. that gives us plenty of time to really be able to study the population, understand how it s structured and come up with mitigation strategies. and that could involve some futuristic asteroid deflection plan, ala hollywood blockbuster type of a deal. all, of course, to save humanity. the dinosaurs, bill, did not have such a plan and they were wiped out. bill: we got to get on that plan fast. thank you. phil keating. this just in to fox news, an ex kahn cop accused of killing four