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The cause of these frightening close calls. >> reporter: the close calls involve air traffic controllers on each end of the country. may 9th in houston, united flight 601 was departing from vancouver on runway 9 as united flight 437 was leaving from mexico city on runway 15. the controller apparently made a serious mistake. >> 601, thank you, heading 340. >> instead of telling the vancouver flight to turn left he told him to turn right into the path of the other plane. the controller then quickly realized his mistake. united 601, stop your climbing and stop your turn, united 601. >> reporter: ...

Arizona is threatening hundreds of homes and forcing families to evacuate, this as nature's fury slams us in the east. tornadoes, heavy rain, even hail, big hail leaving a trail of destruction. welcome back to "early start," everyone. great to see you today. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, and we are all thankful for that, and it is 32 minutes after the hour. breaking overnight, this is happening again. for the fourth time this week, the fourth time this week, we're learning of a frightening near collision involving passenger jets with hundreds of people on board. thi...

Turn, united 601. >> the faa claims it's taken steps to prevent this from happening again. it's not just republicans calling for the firing of eric shinseki, the embattled va secretary is promising to fix the deadly treatment delays that are costing veterans their lives, but now some high-profile democrats are saying the scandal should cost shinseki his job. here's chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: christine and john, va secretary eric shinseki was summoned to a closed-door meeting on capitol hill yesterday afternoon, not to meet with a republican but a frustrated dem...