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At reagan national, this was at miami international, where a massive fire raged for hours. we're live with the the breaking news desk with an update on that incredible video there. jon: let's call miami worse, shall we? from real estate mogul to reality tv star, donald trump eyes his next big challenge. is he really running for the white house in 2012, does he have what it takes to trump the competition? we want to hear from you. >> reporter: trump the competition, that's a good one, thanks a lot. we know a lot of people are online while they're watching us as well and a home work assignment...

>> american 1900, so you're aware, the tower is, apparently, not manned. jon: that was the conversation between an american airlines flight and a controller who is responsible for a wider geographical area, potomac control. apparently, the only air traffic controller in the actual tower at reagan national airport was not locked out. reportedly, that controller was asleep. luckily, that plane and another one actually landed safely. how could this happen at a major airport serving our nation's capital?

Protestors are taking shelter in a mosque. that's when security officials cracked down with ammunition and tear gas. reports say that the 25 bodies that came in in the past day, they were all riddled with gunshot wounds. the syrian government must be worried about this recent threat. the protests have moved on to smaller towns. at least four nearby villages. the question is will asad follow in his father's footsteps. in 1982, his father cracked down on a sunni rebellion in the town of hemma, when he cracked down, 20,000 people at least were killed in those attacks, so people are wondering exac...

Happen -- "happening now", for the first time a to be cabinet minister warning residents 20 miles from the crippled thank you clear -- nuclear plant to stay inside with the windows sealed. this is the farthest the warnings have reached as smoke continues to rise from one damaged reactor. jon: now getting a look at conditions inside the plant, we hear three more workers have been exposed to radiation, pushing the total of injured workers at more than two dozen now. and some new help from abroad, australia rushing in high tech equipment to try to cool the reactors, remote operated water canons...

Everybody is suspicious that the government would try to ascribe blame for civilian deaths to the coalition pom bardments -- bombardments. there's really not an easy way to know how those people died, is there? >> reporter: actually, i've been in the middle east for many, many years. i can't tell you the number of funerals i've gone to in afghanistan, in iraq, in lebanon for people killed in western or western -- in air strikes by western countries and so on, and it's always been the same thing. there's a funeral tent. there's a big portrait of the martyr. you go, you talk to the mom, you talk...