finally winding down, how people on the east coast are dealing with the cleanup from a powerful blizzard. police in texas have changed the status for gabriel johnson. nasa scrubbed this morning s takeoff for the endeavour when the space agency will try again. hln news and views. we do have breaking news for you. at least two people were killed today in a gas explosion and a fire at a power plant in middletown, connecticut. that s about 18 miles outside of hartford. the blast happened around 11:30 at the clean power plant. more than 100 emergency service units are on the scene. rescue workers are reporting mass casualties and expect the number of dead to rise. black smoke from the explosion can be seen for miles. people in the washington, d.c. area are cleaning up from a massive snowstorm today and they ve got a lot to do. a record 32 inches of snow fell around dulles international airport which is severely limiting flights. maryland s governor is asking people to keep
an explosion rocks connecticut. emergency crews race to a gas-fired power plant, preparing for the worst. for the second time in two months, the mid-atlantic states are buried under a mountain of snow. we re going to show you what people are calling snowmageddon or the snowpocalypse. and the bright lights of super bowl xliv are shining on miami. but in the shadow of the big game, volunteers are trying to save young lives. find out why they re hitting the streets right now. hln news and views, i m holly firfer. here s the latest on the breaking news from connecticut. at least 14 people have been injured and multiple people have died in an explosion and fire at a power plant in middletown, connecticut. that s about 18 miles outside hartford. authorities have not given a firm death toll yet. that blast happened around 11:30 this morning at the clean power plant which is under construction. the deputy fire marshall says about 50 people were purging gas lines in the plant at the
is it s a really challenging situation for an institution that s been so conservative for so long. it mattered because of the situation that you put them in. close quarters. frnchts the nation street corners to the hall of congress, the debate is on again. should gays and lesbians serve openly in the military? a grim drama about soldiers in iraq that wasn t done at the box office. could the intense reality of the hurt locker beat avatar on oscar night. and how teenagers learn about sex may determine whether they have s what a controversial new study claims about the just say no approach. i just want to say hello to you. welcome. i m christi paul. defense secretary robert gates is launching a process that should allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. but not any time soon. here are live pictures as he testifies before a senate committee right now. he s outlining his plans for ending the current don t ask, don t tell policy. the pentagon review could
breaking news tonight. live, windermere, florida. tiger woods drives out of his compound barefoot, 2:00 a.m. after thanksgiving day celebrations and has a head-on collision with a tree and a fire hydrant. his young wife, the mother of his two children, says she hears the crash from inside, runs out to beat out both back windows of woods cadillac. woods refuses to speak to police, pulls out of his own golf tournament. taz alleged mistresses hit double bigts, including a swim suit model, two porn stars and a waitress at a pancake store. cops told woods was drinking before the crash and prescribed painkillers and vicadin. bombshell tonight. in the last hours, woods wife elin nordegren goes public. caught on video making a point to show the world she has shed her wedding band. with the full staff, this woman never needs to leave the home so why send the message to the world? and tonight, we learn terms of an alleged payout to reported mistress number one. a new york party hoste