crossing the san francisco bay bridge. four of the women and the driver escaped. before the car was overcome with flames. the rest lost their lives. investigators say the limo was carrying one too many passengers but it doesn t seem at that point that was necessarily related. some said the reports are obviously as can you see there the fire started in the trunk and they re trying to determine what caused the fatal blaze. our dan simon is outfront with the story. reporter: erin, we re still trying to get answers tooz why that limousine burst into flames and why everyone was not able to escape the vehicle. but we are getting firsthand information from the limo driver himself who talked about those horrifying moment ozzen that bridge behind me. visib visibly distraught and tired, he set the scene how he picked up that group and was to take them to a bachelorette party. i picked up nine women, began in alamita. we were driving. everybody was, you know, joyous, beautiful ladies, beaut
beginning. how many women did you pick up saturday night and where did this whole limo ride begin? picked up nine women, began in alameda. we were driving. everybody was joyous, beautiful ladies, beautiful occasion. i was happy for them. we turn on we get on the bridge and everything is fine. we re going over the span where it is elevated and one of the ladies knocked on the partition and said smoke. and i figured that she was asking if she could smoke a cigarette. how loud was she? let me stop you. this tapping, and then hearing smoke. was there music in the back of the limo? how well could you hear her? there was music on. but i heard her. she was right up by the partition. i figured that she was asking if she could smoke a cigarette. i said, we only have four more minutes. and, you know, the boss doesn t
twitterment senator rubio left the water battle speak for itself. he personally tweeted this photo of the bottle with #gopresponse after his speech. last night we did real reporting work. we stopped about it sports illustrated swimsuit launch party to celebrate the 2013 swimsuit issue and find out about the sacrifices necessary to adorn the coveted pages of si. take a look. are you bummed you re missing the state of the union tonight. i didn t actually know. i got the cover of sports illustrated. i don t know anything else that is going on. so sad. i actually dvr d it. have you now? super bummed. that s tonight. that s tonight, really? i m so sad. i m so heart broken. quite sad. you know, i might go to the bathroom and listen to it. i m super bummed. why would i want to be with all these beautiful ladies in vegas partying? he ll call me later and we ll go over it.
next it is halloween costumes that are problematic. keep your political correctness out of my lingerie, please. it is already a halloween costumes. but there is nothing weird about this. it is ridiculous. bloggers are the worst. they don t get that this is not like if you said to a japanese person, did you know there is geisha lingerie in america? this is cool. it is one of the most popular books in america. the geishas in that book were put on a pedastool. it is always good when it is white people of the you shouldn t do that. it is offensive. and now asians are going what are you doing? we love geishas. you would think if they hadn t called this sexy little geisha would anybody have noticed? nobody. i might have a problem with catholic schoolgirl uniforms. that s getting kind of gross. but geishas are supposed to be sexy, beautiful ladies.
what are you wasting your time doing something in the arts? when i said i wanted to major in musical theater, they knew i could dance and sing and act and they they wanted me to be skilled at it. they didn t see, you know what? be an accountant. do something real. they encouraged me. arthel: that s what s great about the way you raised your children and you were a music teacher and a pianist extraordinary. i don t know about that, but i enjoyed it. i was very good. i am very good. arthel: i love it. listen, we really appreciate having you here and good to see you again. thank you. arthel: nice to see you as well. this is vanessa and helen williams. their book is you have no idea. rick: beautiful ladies. arthel: so beautiful, so smart. rick: and you, too. arthel: thank you. i love her mother. she s 72 years old and she s proud of it and i love the way she raised her kids. actually their relationship reminds me a lot of my relationship with my mother. i m very close t