Tumor treatment say hes now free of cancer. Hello and welcome to the program. Tributes are being trade to one of asias most influential statesmen, lee kuan yew, who has died in hospital in singapore. He was 91 years old. Lets take a look at the scene live in istana, the president ial palace, where people are paying their respects. Theyre laying flowers and tribute boards have been set up for people to write their messages of condolence. Well, mr. Lee led singapores transformation from a small port city to one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Although his authoritarian zero tolerance approach attracted some criticism. His son, durnt Prime Minister, lee hsien loong, said he built singapore and the country would not see another man like him. Lets crossover once again to singapore. Our correspondent ali moore is outside the president ial palace. And ali, people very much wanting to pay their respects. Reporter they are indeed kasia. It is the end of the working day here in singapore
Im suzanne malveaux. Cnn newsroom continues now with Brooke Baldwin. Happy friday. I woke up in mobile, alabama, talking to Cruise Ship Passengers and right now i am back at cnn World Headquarters in atlanta because if you watch the show enough you know i am a space geek and we are minutes away from this flyby that will make space history. This is the first time an asteroid of this size will get this close to earth. So watch the clock with me. Im talking eastern time. It is supposed to happen at 2 25 p. M. To be precise. As we know, scientists are Scientists Say at this time it will be no closer than 17,200 miles from earth. I know, you hear 17,200, yes that is considered close. I know it sounds like a long way away, but in space terms, thats actually a razor thin distance and this video actually shows the asteroid, it is the bright white dot, i know there are a couple on your screen, but the main one moving around in the center, up close. It is actually bigger than a space shuttle, to