that is a zebra on the lamb. look for the stripes. thanks for joining us. i m will ripley, new day begins right now. they re very dishonest people. the victims, we re grateful that the president came to dayton. i m very concerned about a president that plays to race in his rhetoric and is racist. we cannot allow one minute of one day to go by without it being about him. he s not the consoler in chief, he s the victim in chief. there s no one size fits all response. we are going to try to come up with some consensus position. this is not a democratic or republican thing, this is every good-hearted american who s ready to say enough is enough. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john ber min. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it s thursday, august 8th. 6:00 in the east. 4 a.m. here in el paso. alisyn is off. erica hill joins us from
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