that was pretty close. a massive asteroid headed toward earth and barely misses earth. in russia arc meteor exploded injuring over 1100 people. is it a matter of time till this happens to the united states? brian, i know we ve been lucky but in 1908 in sigh bieber, we present to lucky. had that hit london it would have wiped out london. do we keep dodging bullets here or what? well, you could say yes. it is inevitable that something like this is going to happen. things hit the earth constantly. every time you see a shooting star or something tiny,
most economists say they will have a hard time make back its $15 billion investment. it claimed as many people who come it london will stay away. those who do come will stay close to the sports. a lot of people that s something traditional tourist attractions are worried they won t draw. while there may be a money spent, it s worried it won t be a marathon. the impact will be short lived and probably relatively small. closed traffic lanes means a hassle of getting around might put off visitors and cabbies. it will be very difficult. still, one taxi firm claims his drivers are staying at the wheel in part due to official olympic business. no down side at all? i don t see any down side. a bit of traffic, but that s a small price to pay. at least the games will give some momentum to the london economy. maybe not the billion dollars surge of one prediction, but enough to keep some firms in the rung. at the london olympic park, greg palkot, fox news. bret: do you thi
if it was few hours late it might have hit london, or washington, d.c.. jon: a private foundation, not nasa doing this work. that is interesting. they will raise the funds privately, philanthropicly to buy us all asteroid insurance policy and donate the results to nasa and other space agencies. jon: interesting. tom jones, thanks. you re welcome. jenna: certainly is a big election year. already a big election year for mexico. mexico elected a brand new president. the winner, part of the country s former ruling party. very interesting dynamic. we ll tell you about him and what it may mean for the growing drug violence south of the border of course so close to our home. iran making new threats against israel. new missile tests and new war games. this as an oil embargo kicks in within the last 24 hours. we have more on all of this coming up next. [ male announcer ] let s say you need to take care of legal matters.
this astroid isn t moving slowly. it s careering towards earth at unimaginable speed. it s got astronomers across the world very excited. this is the closest approach by an astroid that large. reporter: this is the path traveling inside the moon s orbit coming within just 200,000 miles from earth. it will be moving straight at us from one direction and go straight away from us in the other direction. reporter: the dense carbon rock has been tearing around space for thousands of years it will be a rare chance to view such a beast from the ground. radar telescopes are preparing for the fly by on tuesday night. if it hit earth, it would have the power to hit london or create a 70 foot tsunami.
international also answered questions from the same committee and she was arrested sunday in relation to the phone hacking and bribery aleses. miss brooks was released without being charged. both sections receiving major media coverage in the u.k. and here in the states and we should note that news corporation is the parent company of fox news channel. rich, let me start with you. we heard the sound bite from rupert murdoch during the testimony, saying, hey, this is getting the attention it s getting because of our competitors who would love to see us fail. does he have a point. yeah, i think it plays into it. to me reminds me of the valerie plame flap, disproportionate primarily driven by politics. especially the coverage in the united states. the new york times the other day had two front page side by side lengthy stories about something going on in britain. to do that otherwise, you would need the queen to abdicate and the plague to hit london. clearly there s a political agenda a