hiss rival office holders killed. the lead starts right now. one city, four homes, each one shot at. police say who the man was who orchestrated the attacks, they say he wanted to cause injury or death and the apparent targets were his democratic rivals. plus, trading in on the biden family name, house republicans ready to investigate presidential son hunter and presidential brothers jimmy and frank biden for trying to use their access to the now president to try to make money. where does the investigatory trail begin? well, cnn is investigating. and, how did two passenger planes end up on a collision course? could this very serious question impact your next flight? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the white house counsel s office desperately trying to explain why the biden white house has repeatedly given the american people incomplete, late information about president biden and his staff s handling of classified documents. both
collision course friday night. hold position. reporter: air traffic control recordings detail how the american flight was told to go to the end of jfk s runway 4 left, but instead crossed that runway, in the path of the delta flight that was taking off. a mistake caught by air traffic controllers with just seconds to spare. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plan. reporter: the delta pilot slammed on the brakes, stopping approximately 1,000 feet before where the american airlines flight had just crossed the runway. it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. reporter: former ntsb managing director peter goals thinks investigators will now dig into whether the fault lies with the pilots of the american flight, apparently confused over directions from air traffic control. the last class we were given, we were cleared to cross, is that correct?