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
nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. you ve just got to see it. when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romney s horse. cnn newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. just in this morning, a collision narrowly averted at reagan national airport near washington, d.c. it involved three jets carrying a total of 192 passengers. two planes took off tuesday afternoon heading toward a third plane, which was already cleared to land. the planes were seconds away from crashing. when an air traffic controller realized a mistake had been made. 3329, stands by. hold on. we re trying to figure this out too. stand by. we have a temporary stop on a
hour. it could regain tropical storm status. if it remains on shore in north carolina outside of the outer banks. it is really the flooding that is a major concern out here. we can be seeing amounts of over half of the rain out here. otherwise the big story is how hot it will be again across texas, tennessee, memphis expecting a hyatt 95 into the upper 80s in new york city. stop of the top temperatures will be firing up strong to severe storms. we will be keepeniing an eye on that. it is certainly hot outside here. thank you maria. it is a whole lot more than another brick and wall in world war ii era bomb forcing david gilmore to evacuate his mansion. they found the 5 foot long device while doing renovations. it was removed but no one was
electrified fences until they die. extreme words from a pastor yes, a pastor in north carolina. we re going to play the tape for you on cnn this hour. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. look who s here. i m christine romans. zoraida sambolin is on assignment today. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get you started. it could be a day that brings a brand new era in the middle east, but we re not sure what kind of era it s going to be because this is election day in egypt. millions of people going to the polls for a historic vote. their first chance to cast a free vote for a leader in that country in its 5,000 years of existence. this is what they fought for last year in tahrir square. remember these images, the people toppling their leader, hosni mubarak? there s so many unknown ins this story? will women have more freedom? will egypt go to the islamists? will the attitude toward israel change for the better or the worse? and one of t
position to come into the acquisition here at fox channel where we bring ph hundreds of satellite feeds from all around the world. take a look at remote 269, still working to get out that man who was trapped in a grain silo. they have sent in a rescue, a medivac helicopter. let s hope they are close to getting him out. these are live pictures from that scene. over here on ra meet 293 tropical storm ophelia regained tropical storm status after crossing some of the islands. it is expected to possibly glance bermuda might affect canada but not expected to hit the united states. on remote 249 that is outside the trial of dr.~conrad murray, michael jackson s physician. he is on trial fo for manslaughter in connection with the death of the king of pop. aur man adam housley is there.