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New video shows the explosions from a neighbor apartment. more than 50 people were rescued from the rubble, including one firefighter who described the scene. >> translator: we hid ourselves behind containers which were deformed by the blast wave. we walked through the containers but couldnt find a way out. smoke and fire were everywhere. i found it hard to believe. >> translator: were you afraid? >> translator: a little bit but i focused on how to get there. >> steven jiang is there and joins u...

Access to this advanced system, they did it. it was a mistake. they were aiming at a military target, they thought. they hit an airliner. what would be the repercussions? >> there is a new blast wave of pressure to hit with more. >> would the world blame him for putting the weapon in the hands of those who used it recklessly? >> absolutely. there are reports that the separatists captured missile systems. >> did they have the buks? >> in late june a television station reported that the separatist...

Five airline passengers are in critical condition, that san francisco general hospital. out of 34 total transported there. san francisco general got three waves of patients whose conditions range from critical to good. the trauma center set up tents outside emergency room to help deal with the crush of patients. a spoke woman says spontaneous wave of off-duty staffers showed up to help, doctors, nurses, social workers. want to bring in new york, dr. debbie with us. held us understand injuries pa...

>> reporter: yeah, i certainly can, jake. were having trouble with the line here. but i think were good now. >> what are you hearing from damascus? whats the latest there? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that over the past couple of days, the syrian regime is angry, first of all, at these air strikes that went on. one of the things that happened is we were basically sleeping from tuesday -- from saturday into sunday night. and then all of a sudden, the night just absolutely e ruptded. and it w...

Away. when you think about that distance and just how much that primary blast wave, how powerful it was, how far it went, its pretty significant, especially when youre comparing it to boston, which is also a significant blast, both in terms of the force but also the shrapnel, but even buildings across the street, you know, you didnt see windows blown out. here a quarter mile away, doors ripped off the frames. that was pretty significant. also, anderson, remember with katrina and other natural di...

>> authorities releasing more information on that blast in west texas where a chemical plant caught fire and turned into a giant bomb. a blast and ball of fire so strong it shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake and blew out doors and windows several miles away. the scope of the damage, its hard to get your head around but tom foreman is in the virtual studio with a look at how widespread it is. >> hey, jake. the simple truth is weve been analyzing the shock wave that went out ...

This again, is who we are. >> it is. nbc news has obtained photos of what remains of a pressure cooker which was used as the delivery device for the explosives. law enforcement official tell nbc news the bombs were made to work like homemade ieds. they were in a black powder. experts say the device was not capable of creating a massive blast wave. instead its main purpose was to maim and injure. lets bring in for the latest on the investigation nbc news national security analyst and former direc...

>> kevin, lets move on. looking at photographs of investigators, in specialized suits, combing through the scene. you have taken an extensive look at the pictures and your expertise on some of these. bring to light what you may see go on in some of these pictures. >> the investigators in bomb suits that are 100 layers of kevlar, weigh about 100 pound apiece. they are searching through remnants of the device with the idea that there still may be explosives in the area. thats why theyre fully enca...

>> kevin, lets move on. looking at photographs of investigators, in specialized suits, combing through the scene. you have taken an extensive look at the pictures and your expertise on some of these. bring to light what you may see go on in some of these pictures. >> the investigators in bomb suits that are 100 layers of kevlar, weigh about 100 pound apiece. they are searching through remnants of the device with the idea that there still may be explosives in the area. thats why theyre fully enca...

simply seizing firearms purchased from mexican drug cartels by so-called straw buyers throughout the southwest. instead, says the report, fast and furious was part of a plan to let those buyers and the guns walk in hopes of identifying and busting entire gun running networks. instead, fast and furious guns began turning up at crime scenes in mexico and here at home, including the killing of u.s. border agent brian terry in 2010 right before christmas. his death came at the end of a lon...