fox news correspondent bill keating has our report. ♪ >> this * is going away. >> reporter: asteroide a 14 is more than 55,000 miles from earth moving away from us not to return for decades. this * came very close to earth in fact another close as astra flyby in recorded history. 17,000 miles. in the world is down -- astronomers response on predicting we would all be fine from the century, now worth impact. at least not this time. there are an estimated one llions base rocks near earth orbit. >> we have seen and tracked about 9,000 of them right now. and about 1,000 of them are potentially hazardous. >> and mr. astronomers discovered ge won for just last year. too small to be seen with the naked eye, g14 was visible with binoculars and telescopes. so excited next -- excited astronomers were able to up follow the path. disaster is about half a football field long or roughly the size of a 12-story building like this. they believe that as roads abou the same size left this message meteor crater in northern arizona, with 50,000 years ago probably detonated like a 20-megaton nuclear bomb.

dinosaurs, bill, did not have such a plan and they were wiped out. >> bill: we got to get on that plan fast. thank you. phil keatingthis just in to fox news, an ex kahn cop accused of killing four people during a nine-day rampage throughout southern california likely killed himself. that word officially from the officials in southern california. officials say they need more tests before they can confirm christopher dorn were shot himself, but that he did die of a single gunshot wound. yesterday they identified the charred body inside that burned out cabin as dorner's body. while they say the intense manhunt is finally ended the investigation is far from over. adam housley live outside what is left of the cabin in big bear lake in california. what else did those officials tell you, adam? >> yeah. when dorner came here, he abandoned that truck that he carjacked and the officers were ambushed, like he did the other officers earlier in the week, the week prior in riverside. they were hit unsuspecting. they knew dorner was in the area. they didn't know exactly where he was. they also showed us a number of weapons that t

bill: let's hope it hits the ocean some time. phil, thank you. phil keating in miami on that.ts out as an astroid, becomes a meter when it hits the atmosphere and a meteorite if it hits the ground. the stories are pouring out after the carnival cruise ship triumph makes its less than triumphant return to port. details on what life was like there, coming up. writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection.

bill: local governments love them, drivers not so much. red light cameras are busting drivers in 24 states. florida alone raising some $200 million from tickets alone last year. phil keating story in miami. the critics say, actually the cities say the cameras are all about increased safety. is that the case, phil? >> reporter: well, that's what mayors and police chiefs from new york city down to miami all insist is true, that they are about safety. for example miami beach police chief telling me yesterday that in the two years the city has been using the red light cameras injuries and accidents at those intersections have dropped by 50%. florida lawmaker daphne campbell doesn't buy it. she and other lawmakers around the country have submitted bills this year to get rid of the cameras and expensive tickets all together. >> this is madness. this is, you know, there is no name for something like that. hundreds of dollars, i would be so upset. it's about money driven, seufpl pell asimple as that. >> reporter: the money is divided up between the cities and the camera suppliers. bill: what about the accuracy of these cameras, is that challenged? >> reporter: that has come under

keating it seemed would be overrun. that's when clint romesha decided to retaining that camp. clint gathered up his guys and they began to fight their way back. storming one building then another. >> billinted out also that there were -- the families of eight americans who lost their lives in that battle were there in the east room yesterday as well as some of the comrades and colleagues of clint romesha. the president said they all deserved a medal of honor. >> obama: these men were outnumbered, outgun and almost overrun. looking back, one of them said i'm surprised any of us made it out. but they are here today. i would ask these soldiers, this band of brothers, to stand and accept the gratitude of our entire nation. [ applause ] >> bill: president obama in the east room of the white house yesterday. congresswoman jan schakowsky is going to join us later. senator sherrod brown from ohio will be our guest in studio at the top of the next hour. we'll talk about the pope and what's ahead for the catholic church with father thomas reese former editor of america magazine. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. trouble at maker's mar