didn t help to solve crime. but did capture this rare natural phenomenon. this is something really extraordinary that happens to regular people who don t happen to be actors. it s not hollywood produced. that s why people find it more interesting and real. the meteor blast was one of the most watched videos. the explosion causes $33 million of damage to the city. more than 1,000 people are injured, mostly by flying glass. but there are no fatalities. the fact that we re capturing these things on video is kind of a reminder we re very small people in this big galaxy, but it reminds us just how vulnerable we can be. coming up don t bat an eye or you ll miss this. good. and a crash you have to see to believe. this collision is intense. it s fast.
did capture this rare natural phenomenon. this is something really extraordinary that happened to regular people that don t happen to be actors. it s not hollywood produced. that s why people find it more interesting and more real. the meteor blast was waun one of the most watched dash cam video. the blast causes $33 million in damage and more than 1,000 people are injured mostly by flying glass but there are no fatalities. the fact we re capturing these things on video is kind of a reminder that we re very small people in this big galaxy, but it reminds us just how vulnerable we can be. coming up don t bat an eye or you ll miss this. and a crash you have to see to believe. this collision is intense. it s fast. it s almost over as soon as it
airport. stay here with candy starting here at 9: 0 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. 0 a.m. eastern righ here on cnn. -0 a.m. eastern rigt here on cnn. : okay. remember this video from back in february? watch this. [ gunshots ]. yeah, that was a meteor blast over russia that released a blast equal to 300 tons of tnt. a thousand people were injured including 200 children. in september an even larger astroid zipped close. it s believed some day a massive space rock somewhere out there will, in fact, hit the u.s. and reek halve vok everywhere. i sat down with the one and only neil degrass tyson to talk about the looming threat out.
good morning, washington, d.c., our nation s capital. little hazy there this morning. rise and shine white house conditions looking a little foggy over there on pennsylvania avenue, but d.c. later today, you re looking at a high of 79 degrees with scattered thunderstorms. good sunday morning, everyone. pretty amazing image to show you. remember that russian meteor blast in february. that took out buildings and injured more than 1,000. now just one month later a boulder-size meteoroid slammed into the surface of the moon, igniting into the brightest lunar explosion ever recorded. it was the equivalent to five tons of tnt. that s what experts are saying and anyone here on earth apparently could have spotted this with their bare eyes. according to nasa, the moon s been hit more than 300 times
remember? we have gold for independence. brian: now it s going to be for real without the choir in the background. researchers at johns hopkins university plan to launch a rocket to smack an asteroid when it approaches earth. how dare you, asteroid, get out of here. if successful, the decade long project would mark the first time human intervention diverts an asteroid. if not successful, it will be the first time we ve been hit by an asteroid. the new focus comes after the meteor blast in russia which left hundreds hurt. it s not expected to pass near earth until 2022. gretchen: it s the happiest place on earth, right? one family s disney trip took a turn for the worse. watch this. [ laughter ] your turn. let him have it. whoop. [ laughter ] gretchen: as you can hear, a father telling his daughters to have a little fun with alice in wonderland s white rabbit at disneyland. after they pulled on his tail, he chased after one of them,