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breaking class ceilings at work. for now, i'll just say the key is the boss' wife. we begin with the government trying to figure out why three planes at washington's reagan airport came close to crashing right into each other in mid-air. the incident occurred tuesday when air traffic controllers were making adjustments for landinand departing aircraft because of bad weather. athena jones at reagan national for us. so, how close of a call was this? >> good morning, kyra. it was a pretty close call. we're talking about seconds here. one of the airplane as was about half as far away as it should have been, the other one was a little bit further from that third plane. this all happened on otuesday afternoon after about 2:00 p.m. there was a heavy rain storm and air traffic controllers decided to change the direction of the planes were taking off and landing. they were taking off and landing on runway one and going from south to north and decide to

take off and land on runway 19 going from north to south. the thing runway one and runway 19 they have different numbers depending what direction they're going. we have a little bit of the recording to hear what was going on then. let's listen to that. >> what happened? >> stand by, we're trying to figure this out, too. stand by. >> muscle 1 approved as requested. >> we've got to get on the ground here pretty quick. >> everybody stand by. we have a couple opposite direction arrivals. it's going to be a little bit of a delay on your departures. >> and now the faa, of course, is investigating this. i'll read a part of their statement. during the switchover of operations miscommunication between the tracon, regional

approach facility and dca tower led to a loss of the required separation between two regional jets departing. they will take appropriate action to address the miscommunication. the national transportation safety board says they learned of the incident on wednesday evening and they're gathering information, looking at the recordings at radar to determine whether or not they, too, will launch an investigation, kyra. >> are we hearing anything from the airlines, from passengers? >> well, we've heard from usairways which, we believe had planes involved and they just said that they're investigating. they're cooperating with the faa. so, nothing further on that. we're hoping to get more from the faa as this goes forward, but i should add that back in march they instituted what they call a full embrace of nonpunitive reporting systems, which means they're encouraging employees, air traffic controllers to talk about the mistakes, to report the mistakes that they have made in the hopes of making the system, overall,

safer. so, that's really interesting here. very unclear at this point, number one, when these air traffic controllers first made this report and, also, really, whether they will be punished. the idea is to protect these folks from punishment in the hopes that much more information can enter the stream and the faa can make the changes they need to make to make the system safer. kyra? >> the incident will surely g the attention of lawmakers in congress because that's the airport that most of them will be taking as they head home for their summer vacation today. breaking news as we told you at the top of the hour on the diplomatic front. former u.n. secretary kofi annan has quit his post as special envoy to syria. a peace plan that annan worked out with both sides has been almost totally ignored. cnn's elise labt joining me from the state department with more on this. i guess a lot of people there on your grounds, elise, would probably say they're not too

surprised by this. >> not too surprised, kyra. it was just a matter of time before the international community acknowledged that the kofi annan plan wasn't going anywhere. i mean, basically, in the lack of any alternative, they kept saying, we need to stick to the annan plan, we need to stick to the an aen plan. but between not having a cease-fire on the ground and the opposition and certainly the regime not willing to talk to one another. kofi annan's mission wasn't going anywhere and those monitors put in place as a result of his mission weren't able to do their jobs. so, secretary-general ban ki-moon is very disappointed and have another envoy, have another envoy to work with the parties, but certainly that so-called annan plan is going no where fast. >> it's indicative of what we are seeing now in syria, as well. no end in sight to this war that is taking place. and these civilians that are killed daily. so, what, i mean, this is just,

i guess, one more, i guess, negative sign that there's no end in sight at this point. >> it's so true. and i think it's basically that the international community doesn't have any options. when they're not willing to intervene militarily when the regime certainly isn't willing to stop its violence. what do you do? the question yesterday on capitol hill, there were a lot of foreign policy experts, former ambassadors and syria experts saying, listen, maybe it's time now to arm the rebels and find out more information about them and see which groups we can arm because, as you said, this is really not going anywhere. more people are being killed. and basically the u.s. is saying it doesn't want to further militarize the conflict but the lack of the u.s. and other countries giving arms to the rebels, there is a chance that insurgents, al qaeda could perhaps be willing to work with them and if they don't have any better options, who are they

going to turn to. >> not only do we talk about this war and you mentioned the rebels becoming better arm aed and this only intensifying and now there's another battle going on and that is the hunger problem. >> it's true. hundreds of thousands of people believe the u.n. said will need food. you have tens of thousands of refugees teaming across the borders into lebanon and jordan and into turkey and the international community is really trying to do what it can to help these people, but certainly countries like jordan are overwhelmed and they don't know what to do. there are certainly hundreds of thousands of people displaced inside the country. in aleppo people are fleeing their homes and it's really becoming not just in terms of casualties and death, but certainly humanitarian crisis. >> elise, thanks. government forces have cut off phone and internet service now in aleppo, that's syria's most populous city and that's

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let's talk more about the olympic showdown. doesn't get much better than seeing two rivals go head-to-head for olympic glory and today we have two of them to watch. aly raisman and gabby douglas. the two stand-out stars that helped the u.s. grab gold. and now they're going head-to-head in the individual all-around final. in the pool ryan lochte and michael phelps are looking to lock horns. zain verjee, once again, joining us out of london. zain, some folks are calling this the greatest rivalry in american swimming history.

we're talking, of course, about phelps and lochte. >> it's phelps and lochte part two. i think it's fair to say that this is the greatest rivalry in american swimming history. this is the last time ever you're going to see those two go head-to-head because phelps is going to be retiring after this. so, a lot of people are looking at this and analyzing really closely like who is going to get off the fastest? who has the strongest underwater kick? who has the best turn? who is the strongest in which strokes? ryan lochte is going to be doing the 200-meter backstroke just a short while before he has to compete against phelps and phelps has this huge pressure on him because the last time they raced each other, he was fourth. if he would win this race the only person to win three consecutive golds in an olympic in an event like this. so, the pressure is on, kyra. we're all waiting to see what happens. >> oh, yeah. the pressure also on the women's gymnastics. let's talk about aly raisman and

the flying squirrel. >> what do we call aly raisman? she has to have a name, too. the magical maneuverer. >> it sounds perfect. you just named her. the magical maneuverer and the flying squirrel will compete in the individual all around today. and, yeah, you know, kyra, they do have a really good shot. the u.s. women's individuals for the all-around have won the last two golds in the last olympics. so, we'll keep our fingers crosd because they're looking in amazing shape. >> now, leave it to you to find the most, one of the most interesting individuals. you are always able to charm the older folks, shall we say. so, this involves two things that you love -- >> the lot older ones. >> tell us about the 71-year-old olympian. >> yes. the 71-year-old olympian, he's from japan. his name is hiroshi and he's

competing in the equestrian. and this is true, the horse is called whisper and i know you're going to roll your eyes when i call him the horsewhisperrer, but he is competing and the first olympics he appeared in was back in 1964 in tokyo. so, he's been to so many since then. he is 71 years old and he was asked, what is your biggest motivation you keep coming? he says it's because i want to improve each time. isn't that great? >> wow. he looks very dapper. zain, thank you very much. >> he does, doesn't he? >> yes, he does. all right, did you know that when olympians win medals that they get a cash prize and actually pay taxes on it. here's their take. a gold medal, a $25,000. silver, $15,000 and bronze, $10,000. so, what do you think about our olympians paying taxes on their medals? some members of congress have now introduced legislation that

would ax the tax on those olympic prizes. renee joining me out of washington. renee, paying tax on the prize money and their medals, too. >> i know, kyra, uncle sam gets a cut of everything, including the raw value of the medal, as well as the cash prize. the commodity prices gold right now at $675. that's about how much the gold medal would be worth and in silver medal, $382 and the bronze medal, a whopping 5 bucks. so, you have to add it all up and at the end of the day, it's the bottom line, the overall income is what these folks are going to be taxed on. whether you're a high school student like missy franklin or a big-time mega millionaire athlete like kobe bryant or michael phelps, you're going to have to pay the irs a piece of whatever you get. so, according to american taxpayers for reform, a gold medal winner could pay nearly

$9,000 in taxes. the silver, nearly 5,400 and the bronze medals, 3,500 in taxes. now, to be clear, these numbers are based on the tax rate for an athlete that makes nearly $400,000 in income. we know that most of these athletes don't make that much money, kyra. so, that's how it's breaking down. uncle sam gets a piece of the pie. kyra? >> always does, right? even for our hard-working olympians. this has been the case for years now, now, why all of a sudden this talk about a tax break? >> well, kyra, dear we say it is an election year and all eyes are on the olympics. we keep that in mind, with that being said, i did put a call into senator marco rubio's office and he is one of several lawmakers who introduced that bill and asked this very question. why now? why now is this an issue you're paying attention to and the

press officer telling me that, you know, senator rubio has just made aware of this issue that olympians face taxes when they return home based on the research from that group and we're talking about american taxpayers for reform. so, he wasn't aware of this until now and that is why they say they're pressing for it now. kyra? >> all right, and congress is on vacation for the next five weeks or so. so, with the athletes this time around get a break? >> well, if i were to bet, i would say it is highly unlikely. but, again, speaking to senator rubio's office, he says that by this afternoon, they hope to put this bill through senate. they're hoping that's what happens. that it will sail right through without any objections and they hope the same would happen in the house some time this afternoon, but i'll tell you at least in the house at the very least, we think that is highly unlikely. they have some business to finish up. it doesn't look like they plan on taking up this bill and, of course, they will be leaving for

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this? no, he never saw that chic-fil-a as busy as he saw yesterday. the lines were packed and the parking lot, you couldn't find a spot. >> now, chic-fil-a. what does it say? it doesn't want to release how much money they made. how do they feel about all this? >> they did give us a statement. some buzz that started on twitter about this day and they gave us a statement, we are very grateful and humbled by the incredible turnout of loyal chic-fil-a customers on august 1st at chic-fil-a restaurants around the country. why we don't release exact numbers, remember, this is a private company, why we don't release exact numbers, sales numbers, we can confirm it was a record setting day. a record setting day and you find that at chic-fil-as all across the country. >> we're not just talking about the bible belt. chic-fil-as in california and texas, right, chicago. i mean -- >> we even saw video. we saw these pictures in houston, texas. even in dallas, texas, but these lines outside the door. people waiting trying to get

into this chic-fil-chic-fil-a. we saw some of that in smyrna. >> what did you find when you were talking with folks. was it more about gay marriage. hey, here we are in a political season, right, and people want to make this into a big political issue. was it about free speech? what was your sense? >> you know, sort of a mix of those things, kyra. it was interesting, though, to talk to customers. no one wanted to talk specifically about gay marriage. people, instead, wanted to talk about supporting chic-fil-a and supporting this company that has taken a stance on traditional marriage. so, no one talked specifically about same-sex marriage. there was no disparaging words to that regard. people were focused on the company and the stance that it took. >> what's interesting, that's what started this whole situation. was when -- >> the remarks by the leadership. >> right. >> but, yet, you couldn't find anybody that wanted to talk about that in depth. >> no one would go there. no one would talk about it. in fact, we saw this church, there was a church across the street from the chic-fil-a and

they had a big sign up saying we support chic-fil-a and right around noon, around the lunch hour, we saw people from that church, a big group go over and take a picture on chic-fil-a appreciation day. >> now, tomorrow, this will be interesting to watch. this is what everyone is paying attention to now. there's supposed to be a big kiss-in. so, what are you hearing? what do you think we should expect? >> so, it was sparked by the gay and lesbian alliance against defamati defamation, glaad. they started their own facebook page asking people to get together around 8:00 eastern time to go into chic-fil-as and to kiss, just to show that they are in opposition to what this company stands for. >> interesting. i wonder if, what sales will be like tomorrow. and, also, too, they're saying they want to go inside the facility. >> inside, yeah. >> is there a concern about security? has chic-fil-a mentioned anything about what they're going to do if they get flooded

with all these folks coming inside the restaurants? >> you know, it's interesting there also because chic-fil-a since the first remarks came out, they have not really gotten into these issues. they did not endorse yesterday's event and they're not endorsing tomorrow's event. they're not getting into the specifics of what is or what will not be accepted. but, this is planned for tomorrow. >> stay tuned. i know you're going to be there. we'll be talking tomorrow. george, thanks. >> yeah. you know what's exciting? graduation. when i look up into my students faces,

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psychiatrist who treated the man accused in the colorado theater massacre said she knew something was off. 24-year-old james holmes was charged with murder monday in the july 20th rampage that killed 12 people. now, affiliate kmgh is reporting that psychiatrist lynn fenton was so concerned about holmes' behavior in the weeks before the attack that she notified a

threat team that deals with potential problems on campus. but because holmes began the process of dropping out of school around the same time, sources say that an assessment never happened and it was never reported to police. kmgh investigative reporter spoke to cnn's anderson cooper last night. >> the team thought they had no jurisdiction or control over him. there was nothing they could do ve visa vee this concern she had. through our sources and through our reporting, we have been told that no one contacted the aurora police department with any of these concerns? >> let's bring in our cnn legal analyst paul callan. what do you think about the fact that this assessment was never done and that fenton actually helped create this threat team that apparently needed to be notified about this. >> very interesting question.

and it's hard to know the specifics. ia know, psychiatrists have a legal obligation if there is a specific threat articulated in a therapy session against either a group or an individual to turn that person into law enforcement and warn the potential victim. now, this suggests to me that fenton, who is a director of student services at the university, was very worried about holmes, but it must have been a borderline case because she wanted to consult with her colleagues on it. you know, if it was a clear-cut thing, she would have had to pick up the phone and call the police right away. i'm betting this was sort of a borderline thing. he had said something odd in the therapy session and she wanted to talk to the team and get some help, but, apparently, they didn't show up for the meeting or the meeting wasn't held. we'll have to hear more details about that. >> could this threat team be held account aable in any way? >> well, there is that

possibility. if fenton communicated to them a clear need for a meeting so that something could be decided about holmes and they didn't actively participate in this, yes, they could be held libel. the defense that he already dropped out of the university, so the university threat team had no legal obligation to report it. fenton, however, might still have had a continuing obligation to report to the police, depending on how specific the threat was. >> so, let me ask about lynne fenton, again. looking at when she was reprimanded. you know, more details are coming out with regards to her prescribing drugs to her husband and to fellow employees and, apparently, colorado's medical board in 2005 reprimanded her for this. how could this play out with regard to her credibility and what she says going forward in all of this? >> well, you know, to be fair to the doctor, i read the document

pertaining to the case that was brought against her and she got herself into a bind that a lot of physicians get themselves into. a family member sometimes is suffering from a condition and they just say, could you prescribe for me? kronning headaches, allergies, an employee, a friend and sometimes the doctors do that. they don't have proper medical records and they're not supposed to. her case was not even as bad as that because she was suffering from anxiety herself because of her mother dying and she took three xanax pills, something supplied to her office. that is what she was charged with. a friend was flying or an employee was flying to europe and had anxiety about flying and she gave three pills to the employee and she gave a couple pills to her husband, who was suffering from, i can't remember if it was headaches, but some sort of minor condition and she was sanctioned by medical authorities by that. it doesn't look like a big deal, we would never know about it except for her involvement in

the holmes' case. i don't think that ll hurt her very much. the one other thing i wanted to mention is that psychiatrists get caught in a tough spot in these cases because someone comes in in therapy and says, you know, my husband is driving me crazy and sometimes i feel like i want to kill the guy. well, they don't really mean that and the psychiatrist has to sit there and say, am i supposed to turn her into the police because she said that? is that a real threat? the psychiatrist can be sued by the patient if they're wrong for breaching medical confidentiality. they're caught in a tough spot when they're giving therapy to disturbed people like holmes and others. >> point well made. paul callan, thanks. >> nice meeting with you, kyra. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities,

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he's young, an ivy league grad and not really known on a national level, but that will soon change. >> being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor i don't take lightly. i have some big shoes to fill. two years ago, the keynote speaker was barack obama.

i remember watching his speemp in 2004 and being inspired. >> that is julian castro and democrats have chosen him to give the keynote at their convention. when you hear his back story it will remind you of that virtual unknown who castro just mentioned who became our president. rafael is here to tell us more about this rising star. what do we know about this young mayor of san antonio? >> he has got one of those only in america kind of stories. he's only 37 years old and already served in the city council in san antonio for five years. he's an ivy league grad and he went to stanford and then he went on to harvard law school and he has been very successful as mayor. his city was recognized as the top local economy last year by the milkin institute and by all accounts he's saying the right things, he has the right charisma and media savvy and he's not shy in front of the cameras and he has a right tone

according to most analysts. >> and the first hispanic to be a keynote speaker, right? >> that's significant because as you mentioned before in 2004, barack obama, then a virtually unknown senator from illinois did the same thing and what many people are wondering are is this the beginning of a national career for julian castro. >> could he be the country's first hispanic president? if you look at what happened to barack obama. they have very similar back stories. >> that's right. probably too early to tell. he's only been the mayor and barack obama was a senator. maybe if he were to run for governor of texas and more political experience, that's a possibility. but it is definitely right. i mean, he's definitely seen as a rising star in the democratic party -- >> the dems want this latino vote. that's obvious. >> and he was invited by the president to sit by the first lady during this year's state of the union address. so, that's got to tell you

something and he's also a co-chairman of the obama political campaign for this, for the re-election campaign for this year. >> we have to throw in the other interesting part, of course, i found this fascinating because i am the mother of twins. he has a twin brother and very hard for me to tell them apart and he's in politics, as well. >> that's right. >> and the story of the castro family is quite significant. his grandmother came from mexico at age 6 which when she became an orphan. she only had a third grade education and was able to raise by herself, castro's mother, ros rosie, who went on to run for politics for city council in san antonio and was not successful because hispanics were not allowed to enter politics. the city made it very difficult and, now, two generations later, he is going to give, deliver the keynote address for the dnc. >> we should also point out because a lot of people have asked about this, absolutely no

relation to the castros of cuba. we better point that out. >> none whatsoever. >> all right. rafa rafael, thank you so much. to find out more about julian castro, all you have to do is go to s sanantonio.gov/mayor.

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well, if you're a working woman and you're still waiting for that big promotion, a new study find if you really want to get ahead, you'll have to find a boss whose wife has a career. alison kosik joining us from new york. we should know that, right, behind every strong man is a stronger woman. it makes perfect sense. >> does it? i don't know. this whole thing kind of makes me a little uncomfy, but here you go. let's give a crack at it here. the idea behind this study is that men with wives who work outside the home, that these men are more likely to promote women. now, the study, by the way, was commissioned by a management professor who teaches at unc and

harvard. she talked to 1,200 men over six years and what the study found is that men whose wives don't work outside the home, these men looked unfavorably at the presence of women at work. meaning, they're more likely to deny qualified ladies a promotion and have less respect for companies that are led by women. why is this? the study says our home environment shapes the way we behave at work. it's tough to completely set aside that mindset when they're in the office. kyra? >> it's so true. does this mean at every time we go for a job interview now and we're interviewing with men we have to say, we have to meet with your wife first and find out more about her? >> i don't know if that will really get you the job, but, you know, the interesting thing is, you look at this study, it says that these men don't really realize they're doing this. it seems to be mostly subconscious that the study says many of these men, they weren't trying to deliberately hold back women at all. the study says these are nice guys, not jerks.

some men said they knew some male managers were bias but they didn't consider themselves among them. many also said they considered women their equals. what do we do? is that what we do at job they was a male bias, but many consider themselves equal, so what should we do, make sure that they have a strong woman by their side, kyra? i don't know how to change their mind. >> i am glad i have female bosses. thank you. alison. >> i won't say anything. i'm speechless. >> thank you so much. >> well, how is this for a transition? we are looking for today's travel insider. >> it is twice the size of texas and fewer than 1 million human residents and one area code, but alaska has great national parks and we visited two the of them. getting there, planes, trains, no automobiles. the alaskan railroad will take you to the koor step of denali national park and it is not just another train ride, but a front

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struggling back home. >> reporter: when nsync singer lance bass rocketed to fame with the band, he was making his state proud in mississippi. he was a small boy made good. >> and every time i came home, i was welcome and my family was treated so good. >> reporter: but he says that was changed to scorn after he revealed a long-held statement, he was gay. >> the state reject ed me by tht issue. all of that taken away. >> reporter: he got death threats and the family back in mississippi was heaped with abuse. >> everyday of people making comments to them saying that they want to kill me. you know, patting them on the back and saying, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry, like i had died. >> reporter: in the time of "i am" he said -- >> everyone wanted to forget i

existed. >> reporter: bass produced the film, but he is not the main subject. it is about gay teens in mississippi who struggle coming out in a conservative state. >> if you are different in any way, they kind of turn their back on you. >> reporter: the documentary includes interviews with anti-gay mississippians and a audio from tupelo radio station. >> our god and savior would not make someone a homosexual, and it is a dangerous behavior that is killing children. >> we all forget that it is so easy to be in new york and l.a. and chicago and miami and places where it is easy to be yourself and be gay and everyone accepts you. we forget about the small town usa. >> reporter: i met up with bass at the red bury hotel in los angeles and seemingly a world away from his hometown and he remembered the feeling of dispration as a child when he became aware of his sexuality. >> i knew i was gay at 5 years old and i knew it.

>> reporter: that young? >> yes, i knew it at 5 years old and you tell me it is a choice. but i knew i had to hide it from everyone. >> out of fear or shame? >> both, shame and fear. yeah, i just knew it was not right. i knew it was wrong and something was wrong with me. so every single day i prayed to god that he would change me to be straight. every single night i would cry and say, please, let me wake up tomorrow and be straight. and i hear that from so many kids. >> reporter: kids like jesse and audrey who appear in the documentary, and they are among a growing number of gay young people in mississippi who embrace their sexuality. audrey is part of the mississippi safe schools coalition, a group formed by gay kids and the allies which puts on an alternative prom. bass returned to mississippi in 2010 to support the event. >> about 400 kids came from all over the state, and such, and i get chill bumps thinking a bt it

it. >> i learned so much from the kids. i gave up on my state, but i would go back home to visit my family, but i thought nothing would change and everybody was so hard-headed like myself and you would not change people's minds, but these kids taught me that at any age, you can change people's minds. >> reporter: the documentary "mississippi, i am" may change minds, bass says, even among his closest relatives. >> my family is very right wing and conservative and religious, and they are the people that we want to see this film and for their reaction to be like this, is one of the most beautiful things that we have seen. they learned a lot of things. that is the reaction that i definitely wanted. >> reporter: kareen wynter, cnn, hollywood. "mississippi i am" has picked up awards on the festival circuit and the film's director says that she hopes it is seen as far and wide as it possibly can. thank you for watc