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Single engine, the apache has four blades on the rotor. and it has two engines. this ones made by boeing. its been around since the 1970s. heres another one. keeping with the inexplicable american practice of naming all our attack helicopters after native american tribes. this ones called the comanche. i dont think they make this one anymore. but at one point it was going to be the next generation attack helicopter. the cobra has two blades on the rotor. the apache has four blades. this one has ...

Again, this is the cobra attack helicopter. now, this is another attack helicopter. a different kind. this is the apache. instead of two blades and a single engine, the apache has four blades on the rotor. and it has two engines. this ones made by boeing. its been around since the 1970s. heres another one. keeping with the inexplicable american practice of naming all our attack helicopters after native american tribes. this ones called the comanche. i dont think they make this one anymore. but a...

im don lemon. youre in the cnn newsroom. want to get you up to speed on the days news. towering flames sending colorado families fleeing for their lives. just a week after igniting the waldo canyon fire is already colorados most destructive. thousands of people are holding their breath nervously waiting to see if their home has been spared. >> im leaving my house. for probably the last time. oh, my god. theres splomoke in the air so . see if i can pull through here. this hill was on fi...

good morning and welcome to this friday edition of early start nice to have you with us. >> were bringing you the news, 5:00 a.m. in the east. so lets get started. up first, renewing the war with just about four months until election day, republicans with a rallying point. they are promise to go do what the supreme court did not do, toss in the trash the health care reform law. sarah palin with a bit of sar kachl even thanked the supreme court in a facebook post. here it is. thank you,...

Wave of republican tea party governors and legislators theyve actually been eliminating jobs in the public sector five times as many jobs as are being shed in the public sector in democratic governed states. we need a balanced approach that includes investments and also more education so that we can expand our economy. >> marylands governor martin omalley. thanks for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> here is a look at other stories topping the news. new amateur video out of syria showin...

Russia is a great country. i understand that. they talk about defeating america and american missile defense, how ridiculous. why would we react if we lack confidence. >> they are pushing rhetoric because they want to make a show of force for domestic policy consumption. sending attack helicopters is beyond rhetoric. >> i agree with charles. on that point we have to impose arms embargo. february they provide it as provocative there is a line that has to be drawn. >> attack helicopter is not rhet...

I want to bring in captain fur. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you fly this bad boy. tell me a little bit about it. >> this is the marine corps primary attack helicopter. this thing is designed to go in and support the -- ground guys on the ground, and just whenever they have a bad day, thats what were there for. youre sitting in the gunners seat right here. primary purpose is to work the weapons system for the aircraft. >> gotcha. you had to help me get in here and youre like dont pus...

Aviation forces capable of of deeing anywhere in the world on short notice. military officials are not saying much in materials of how this happened. they are only saying that two choppers collided. one was a cobra, and this is a picture of what that aircraft looks like, it is the backbone of the marine corps attack helicopter fleet and can hold a crew of two, the other was a supraho ewey, a twin sized helicopter capable of holding ten passengers, one or two pilots and crew chief. the pentagon s...

gasoline prices jumped 3 cents a gal just overnight to a national average now of $3.61. that makes 16 straight days of higher prices. and experts say were heading for $4 a gal gas by summer if not sooner. president obama seized the political warning signs and knows the attacks already coming. this afternoon in florida he tried to stay ahead of the curve. >> since its an election year, theyre already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and ill save you the suspense. step one ...

miguel marquez is joining us. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: it sounds like an accident. they were training late at night. it may have been a live fire exercise. it sounds like there was fairly intense training. these are two that provide close air support for marines on the ground. they were training for afghanistan, as you said. and they trained very, very hard at night and its possible that it was just an accident. the marines are saying that they collided in the air. obvio...