earth for a group of japanese scientists to study. >> nasa had its eye on the sky for another reason. a newly discovered astroid zipped by earth around 10:00 p.m. >> i missed it. i blinked. >> it was about 270,000 miles away, which is pretty close when you are talking about space. the astroid was actually small compared to other comets and space rocks. scientists caution, we were never in any danger. >> we are not going to go the way of the way of the dinosaur. speaker news gingrich called president obama the most radical president in history. much more was said at the southern leadership conference. our own candy crowley is there. she will join us with more on what was said and what's going on and talking about the rnc chair, michael steele. a rough week. is he on the road to recovery? >> ten minutes past the hour.