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
the scorched earth partisan politics in washington could push america over a fiscal cliff and quite possibly into a recession if congress doesn t act. economists now say that the so-called fiscal cliff has now overtaken europe as the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. in other words, our home-grown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane that s blowing our way from europe. i ve been berating congress on this show to pass legislation now to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts mandated to take effect on january 1st. because congress couldn t come up with a better deal to raise the nation s debt limit last year. i am not alone in my calls. the federal reserve chairman and the international monetary fund are warning congress to act before it s too late. if you get hit by another recession, you ll join me in pointing my finger directly at the political partisanship that sr. has poisoned your path to economic stability and t
colorful, controversial and powerful. he has changed a nation. and now what you ve got are the super fangs funded by elections. and that cannot be what the founding fathers suggested. tonight, justice skelea on the right to choose. that was the theory used in rowe versus wade. the highest court in the land where the issues who died america are decided. this is piers morgan tonight. . good evening, it isn t often a supreme court justice invites a journalist to come and sit down with him. i m here to interview the longest serving justice. they just rolled on and are pending. that still left a lot of ground to cover. his thoughts on campaign finance and politics. and his colleagues, it s all on the table tonight on my exclusive interview. the new book, reading law: the interpretation of legal texts. justice skelea, welcome. ron, welcome to you, too. the book is very much a template for the way that you conducted your legal life. you are a man that believes fundame
some public comments in a few minutes and we will have that for you live of course on cnn. the president is going to speak not long before a citywide gathering of people here in aurora. they will pray, they will honor the people killed, and they will be together. at the scene where the people of aurora are beginning to gather right now. take us there. what is expected to happen where you are later? reporter: well, in about 90 minutes, this prayer vigil will begin. we re already beginning to see people gather in this rather large square. if you look behind me, you can see there are chairs set up and people are standing around this area. there is a stage set up. a podium. what we are expecting to hear today is a community trying to come to grips with what has happened. trying to moveeyond the actual shooting and work on becoming a community of healing. we re expecting to hear from the governor, the mayor, as well as victims. victims families, people who were inside there. sh
from a navy notification team. alex sullivan s friends called him a gentle giant. the young husband loved to cook. he was celebrating his 27th birthday at the theater where he also worked. he would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. also in the audience, jessica ghawi, the aspiring sports reporter narrowly escaped a mall shooting in canada just last month. now the country is grieving the loss of their lives and the deaths of seven others whose dreams were cut short. somebody shooting in the auditorium. 315 and 314, there is at least one person that s been shot, but they re saying there s hundreds of people just running around. as soon as we heard the first shots, my sister immediately grabbed my arm and wanted to leave as quick as possible. it was terrifying. i just remember thinking, i m not going to die in here. me and my kids, we are not going to die in here, i need to get them out. everyone was kind of in an ethereal state, just puzzled, won