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They are sitting right on top of the nose gear and the mains are 50 feet behind them. the vibration is completely different. my biggest concern is we are all talking as if it is a blown tire. we don't know that for absolute certain. we don't know when that tir ripped out -- when that tire ripped out, we don't know it hasn't done some other damage along the way. it may be absolutely routine. but nobody in the left seat or right seat of that airplane is going to be thinking like that when they make that final approach. megyn: i called you a former pilot. you are currently a pilot. >> thank you. ...

To the airplane. 8 miles an hour not a big problem. if it's more aligned with the runway it helps the pilot bring that plane in because you can have a slower air speed. the wind is helping lift the wings. megyn: do they foam the runway? >> they used to do that but they found it did more harm than good. they will have the foam trucks ready in case there is some kind of a catastrophic problem here. in case it goes off the runway and were to break apart. that kind of thing has happened. recent continental airlines accident a year and a half ago in denver. a plane was trying to take off in a sever...

Do not have an exact number of passengers. we have gotten very little information. atlanta first set they thought this thing had landed. that's from atlanta hartsfield airport. then they called back and said we were tracking the wrong plane, it's has not landed. the faa said sit will land at 15 after the hour, 50, now they are saying the top of the hour. so while this plane is circling burning off some fuel the communication went agencies involved and the media has not been fabulous. we still don't know yet exactly which wheel it is. megyn: their priority is not to keep us updated. >> a big co...

And all of the action stays in the midsection. if you're going to be traveling, we have a cross wind so possible delays in new york as well as newark, d.c. and charlotte because of low clouds and minneapolis because of the winds and rain but temperatures looking good across much of the eastern coast. >> we'll take it. thanks. you can call it a space smackdown at 7:13, first man to walk on the moon issuing a challenge to president obama. why neil armstrong believes america is sending the space program into a spin. >> at 7:20 eastern, twitter's plan for a profit. finally selling advertisements...

To get power back on. >> the first ban was like this, the power outages just take off. we probably need to talk to people a little about the trees coming downright now. you know, seven hours -- >> we continue to -- >> repeat what you said again, we just lost that. >> we have been on seven hours of constant soaking rain right now. the root balls will saturated so they will not old trees up in wind like this. downed trees all over the area, and down come the power lines. we'll start to see wig damage in this. i think right now, i just felt a little spin of wind.