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And they have been setting up a vigil here today to try and to find some peace in this terrible process, writing messages on the boards. one person writing, "son, dads waiting for you," another, "were waiting for you to come home for dinner." even through this process and the unlikelihood of any hope, people have been clinging on to hope that their loved ones are alive, john. and certainly today, theyre not saying much, but hanging on to every detail since that new information that australian au...

Buried just a few feet below the car, gas reservoirs hold hundreds of gallons of fuel. if fire travels down the pump to those reservoirs, it could blow the gas station and everyone around it sky high. >> my heart was beating a thousand miles per hour. i turn around and push the emergency shutoff button, which shuts all the pumps down for safety, everythings underground, and youre just like, you know, did i push the button in time? >> an interior camera records ashley hitting the button. a few cu...

Well creep up into the 40s and 50s tuesday and wednesday. so again, the threat for severe weather continues for the gulf coast states. and then well watch it across portions of the mississippi river valley in towards the southeast and that snowstorm well continue to monitor just a never-ending winter, gregg. >> gigts its going to snow int and august, thats my prediction. >> dont say that. >> at least into april, okay? >> were almost there, you get this topsy-turvy forecast, but were almost there...

That seems to be moving ahead at full steam. so, a tense weekend here, alex, as we prepare for the referendum tomorrow. >> if its a done deal, ian and crimeans vote to join russia what happens? >> caller: things could happen quickly. it depends on vladimir putin. he could pass the necessary laws in russia in order to bring crimea into the russian federation or he could let it stay in limbo for awhile as a pseudoindependent state. its difficult to tell which way hell go. all the signs are, he see...

Welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." were looking at the gas explosion that killed eight people in new york city. check out this video taken from cameras mountz aid cross the street. the blast happens on the right side of your screen but the two buildings were destroyed in wednesdays explosion there. emergency workers still removing debris from that site in harlem. the skyline of paris is looking more like that of beijing as a blanket of smog covers the city of lights. its so bad people ar...

You know, high school sports, thats what its all about. theres no money there. just pride and fun. sacred heart 49-47 over fulton, and everyone is happy. >> those guys are kings on campus. all right. thank you. a late winter storm just tore through the midwest and northeast wednesday night. the heavy snow caused a deadly pile-up on the ohio turnpike. at least 50 vehicles involved. three fatalities there. the traffic and snowy roads, emergency workers struggled to meet motorist whos had to sit ...

Cnns rose arcy. anything else? >> reporter: just about five minutes ago, about ten of them are furiously trying to remove the police from a particular central area of where the collapse happened. they have allowed more emergency workers in the section where they are. so i presume they are trying to work on the gas piles here. also, they have started to pour water from the towers that have come in. they are focusing on the central question of this fire that seems to be continuing. the firefighter...

This gas was coming from, am i in a safe area. >> despite his uneasiness, nichols stays where he is and goes to work. >> i had a close-up shot of the two gentlemen walking out of the building and all of a sudden, you see this flash of light hit them in the face. >> right in front of his camera, the street blows sky-high and emergency workers start to scramble. >> theres just this sense of chaos that just immediately erupts from this explosion, from everyone around. >> as the fire rages in front ...

>> he is focused on the racers below, not the position of the helicopter. >> thats when the helicopter started to lose power. we started dropping quick. thats when the rotors starting clipping the top of the tree. i didnt really have time to think. i just held on to my camera until we hit. >> the impact is surprisingly gentle, but theyre not out of danger. fuel is leaking and the fear is it could blow any minute. >> i was worried something was going to catch on fire. >> the pilot instructs every...

Newly released 911 tapes show how bad the traffic situation was when they cut down access lanes to the gorge washington bridge. we have more. >> reporter: time for traffic in ft. lee. thats what a staffer from governor chris christies office ordered and what ft. lee, new jersey got. school buses, emergency vehicles and thousands of drivers were caught in an intentionally created, intentionally politically motivated traffic nightmare. ft. lee officials released 28 hours of 911 and police radio ta...