and i m john berman. huge crowds at chick fill a s all across the country. they weigh in about the national debate about gay marriage and free speech. some people wanted a sandwich. another thrilling finish leads to gold for team u.s.a. this is cnn breaking news. breaking overnight a frighteningly close call in the skies. three commuter jets came within seconds of a mid-air collision. we re talk 12g seconds after confused air traffic controllers dealing with bad weather launched two flights at another plane that was coming in for another landing. the two closest plains were less than 1.5 miles apart and they were closing in at 400 miles an hour. they were operated by u.s. airways. they had a combined 192 people on board. listen to how it unfolded on the radio. 3329 stand by. hold on. we re trying to get a copy. stand by. okay, we really we ll get back to you as soon as i can. we ve got to get off the ground here pretty quick. everybody stand by, we ve got
take a stand and speak out. why do the voices of hatred and bigotry and terrorism step up in the unamerican behavior? i can tell you why? because they win. when corporations and colleges raise the white flag of surreppeder instead of the red, white and blue flag of freedom. liberty loses and intimidation wins. chick fill a was bullied about the support for natural marriage. and the mayors of boston and chicago threatened to keep their restaurants from opening despite the actions utterly unconstitutional. i urge people to show support for free speech by initialling chick- fil- a. and lines in cities like la and chicago stretched around the block and people waited as much as four hours in line.