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>> all of a sudden the pilot hit the brakes very hard. we weren't given an update at first. eventually the pilot came on. he said we were doing about 130 miles an hour. >> reporter: the pilot pulling off the runway to deal with a brake issue before trying again. >> we're going to have to go somewhere and sit for 60 minutes. >> reporter: this on what may be the busiest flying day of the entire year. tsa predicting by later tonight it will screen 2.7 million passengers. 100,000 more than the sunday after last thanksgiving, often considered the busiest day of the year. >> it might not go out on t...

Burners to elevate himself. >> in his video you can hear the pilot hit the burn desperately trying to get the balloon to fly higher. the passengers on board to celebrate a birthday, waving seemingly unaware of the danger. >> when it reached me right above me, it pulled away. it exploded the high voltage wires. >> sparks rained down. that's when dennis mcdonald rushed to pull people from the bucket. >> lucky no one was killed. >> the f.a.a. was in his yard investigating and taking pictures. the owners of the balloon company were there too wrapping up the balloon and then loading it and the bask...

From the jet shortly before the crash. >> as soon as i saw the pilot hit the pavement, he hit really hard. at first when i got there, he was unconscious. they told him not to move. >> reporter: the marines say the pilot is currently being evaluated at a local hospital for minor injuries. we should also add that this is the second time a harrier jet has crashed within the past month. in the previous crash, the pilot also ejected successfully and no one was hurt. now the cause of this crash is still under investigation. michaela? >> that could have been so much worse, although the families that ...

-- the web. we begin in south carolina this evening with a fast-change republican presidential race. fast as in overnight. our new cnn time orc poll tonight shows mitt romney leading here by 10 points. 33% for the former massachusetts governor to 23% for the former house speaker newt gingrich. but, and this is important, the final 24 hours of our polling suggest a gingrich surge. my sources in several republican campaigns tell me tonight their numbers, too, are detecting a significant shift, a shift that benefits gingrich heading into the final hours here. want proof? a senior romn...

Spectators noticed something odd. >> i see him coming around the hangar as he was doing his maneuver. and then i saw, well, i got to look on the other end. he might turn it on and get it. i looked around. >> he lost speed and started going down. >> all of a sudden, hear pop, pop, pop -- sparks came out of the engine. >> this is what they witnessed -- the cf-18 bursting into flames. the pilot barely escaped, shooting out with his parachute just moments before the jet dove nose-first into the ground. the pilot is lucky to be alive. but he had a rough landing. >> that's probably less than 100 met...