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Man shot himself and anchor shepard smith apologized. this followed by a statement. he said, quote, we took every precaution to avoid any such live incident by putting the helicopter pictures on a five seconds delay. unfortunately this mistake was the result of a severe human error and we just a few for what viewers ultimately saw. >> more. our embassy at benghazi was attacked and ambassador and three americans were killed. as the days passed. story is getting a bid bit more clear thanks to a jo...

Ourselves. we watched a man kill himself after a car chase. a suspect stole a car and led cops on a long high-speed chase. it ended on a dirt road where the suspect got out and ran, moments later he shot himself. fox channel showed where he shot himself and shepard smith apologized to viewers at the time. this was followed by a statement by vice president of news channel. we took every precaution to avoid every such live incident by putting helicopter pictures on five seconds delay. this was a r...

>> shep: did you ever have shoes without shoe strings? how about a car without a driver? another state says okay, go ahead. californias governor jerry brown approved legislation that establishes safety regulations for self-driving cars. nevada and florida have already -- florida, thats all they need. nevada and florida passed similar laws. today governor brown signed his states bill outside san francisco. google has been developing its own fleet of cars that use sensors and global positioning to...

Folks. this is crazy. they kept going. after two minute, they went to a commercial break. >> the out of control graphics are the result of a computer malfunction. >> i was the weather anchor and also the news anchor. right before the show started the weather computer completely crashed. i had to run back and reload everything. thats when the graphics started popping up on the screen. >> and the laughing? well, thats an understandable human error. they swear its nothing to do with the incident, b...

"the wall street journal," there are reports of another midflight near miss on the east coast between an american airlines 777 and a military cargo plane. >> yeah. >> last year two planes were both flying at 22,000 feet towards each other at night when their wing tips missed by 2,000 feet. on board collision avoidance systems prompted the crew to make basic maneuvers avoiding disaster. the report blames tower miscommunication. >> steve rattner, youve been a pilot for 25 years, how common are the...

Miscommunication that occurred in dca on thursday? that was the root of the problem with between the regional and local tower. what caused the miscommunication? >> there were weather circumstances, but again, it is it human error what we have in place in our air traffic control towers in the country is post world war ii ground based radar system. and theres a delay in putting in place a space based system. so we dont rely on just the human tracking, we have high technology that can tell us where...

Within two miles of each other while landing. planes are supposed to be kept at least three miles apart. the faa issuing a statement saying this, quote, because the controllers head set jack was operating intermittently, the pilots did not hear all air traffic instructions. however, the pilot of the regional jet saw it. the two aircraft landed safely and the head set jack was fixed immediately after the incident. thats a guerdoning. this comes three days after a near collision between three jets...

who is the best? spits or phelps. >> the peak of both of you, who would win? >> selfishly maybe i might beat him. >> spitss inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. >> mark spits is a true olympic legend long before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. >> my pleasure. >> whats it like being an american icon? >> probably more...

>> i could not see going out on stage and having a party without first finding some sort of peace with what took place. >> he also reveals why hes rapping again. >> im a bit of a king in the rap world, sir. >> you really are. theyre talking about you in every club. >> this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening, big story tonight. truth, power and the media, colliding like never before in the "newsroom." alan sorkin gave us the west wing and social network and now taking on cable new...

youre in "the situation room." another weak jobs report is raising new concerns about the pace of an already sluggish economic recovery. only 80,000 jobs were added in the month of june, significantly fewer than economists were certainly hoping for. the unemployment rate is holding at 8.2%. it all comes as president obamas trying to kick his campaign into a higher gear with a major bus tour through some critical battleground states. >> its still tough out there. you know, we learned ...