jon: right now people are still talking about how frightening it was when a 10 ton meteor explode in the skies over central russia. you can see the fireball as it streaks across the sky at supersonic speed. the shock wave smashed windows, flying glass and debris injured almost a thousand people there. that happening just hours before a cosmic close encounter with an asteroid half the size of a football field. this thing is going to pass by earth later today. it will be closer than some of our own orbiting satellites. derek pitts is the chief astronomer at the franklin institute planetarium in philadelphia and joins us now. derek, are these two things related? kind of ironic you
more robust debate about the justification for the policy. we want a little more transparency. remember this is war fighting. there is a balance to be struck between letting generals and the executive branch, which has the ultimate commander-in-chief authority, of conducting the warfare and then a debate over some of the legalities of it and the terms that i think is fair game for transparency. but i don t think we want judges making decisions about who we can target, for example. that is not their expertise. jon: well, but critics of policy like our own judge napolitano here on fox, they say we don t have a king in this country and one man should not be allowed to make a decision on who lives and who dice. i disagree with the judge on that i think the constitution does give the ultimate commander-in-chief power to the executive. you can bring in congress here to look at the program, be able to discuss with the executive and make sure that all, that there is a process
both boeing and airbus insist they have faith in the technology. the batteries weigh less and last longer, but we ll have to see what happens with the ntsb s investigation. back to you. jenna: sounds good, harris, thank you. reporter: sure. jon: check your watches, because just about two hours from now a massive asteroid is on track for an extremely close call with planet earth, at least in planetary terms. the giant rock, half the size of a football field, is expected to fly between earth and even some of our communications satellites. this near miss will be the closest pass on record for an asteroid this large. phil keating is looking skyward, he was live for us in miami. [laughter] reporter: hey, jon. this asteroid names da14 is seeming towards the earth. it is roughly 35,000 miles away at this point, still getting closer, and that s a lot closer than the moon ever is to our planet.
there would be far more serious limitatioins put on drone use if they didn t do something like this. of course the details will matter whatever safeguards are put in place. jon: we know, that you know, american citizens, like al-awlaki, not a good guy, but still an american citizen they have been killed overseas in drone strikes. they have. but remember throughout history, americans who side with the enemy have been targeted. we did it in world war ii when americans joined the nazis for example. that is not that extraordinary. jon: all right. congress has got the details of these, you know, the parameters of this administration policy. right. jon: but only to my knowledge the senate and house intelligence committees. that s right. jon: that s a very small number of people on capitol hill. it is. jon: should there be more disclosure? should we all get a look at this policy. i don t think we want members of congress looking at target lists necessarily. jon: maybe not the lists.
commander in chief. leon panetta, who is retiring to california, says he will stay on duty until hagel is confirmed. we expect that to be sometime after next week s recess, jenna. jenna: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike, thank you. reporter: thank you. jon: we have a new update ahead on the controversial batteries that grounded boeing s brand new dreamliner. the proactive decision airbus is making to try to avoid problems plaguing boeing. jenna: and the gun debate goes to the president s hometown now. chicago dealing with one of the highest murder rates in the country. we have a live report ahead on that. jon: plus, brand new information on the fugitive cop investigation. what happened at big bear in california? you know my heart burns for you.