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Exactly caused this. its the williams companys olaphins plant. one official on the ground doesnt know how many people were hurt but he does see ambulances taking folks away from the plant. we are trying to work on how many people worked there and what caused the explosion. we talked a lot about weather, jon in the country today. we checked on that, weather is not a factor here but we know there are chemicals being made at this plant. as we get more information w tht of louisiana. jon: i see blue...

minutes, but first, we are getting kwoword of a u.s. milit crash in oman which happened 15 miles from the countrys capital. five crew members were on board, and the condition is not clear. military officials dont know what caused this crash, but they say it was not attacked. in northern columbia, a 3-year-o missing for an entire day was finally rescued from a sewer. you have to watch this. the boy had been playing in a construction zone with his brothers when he disappeared, and now ...

Politicos top stories. and dont miss -- well, well miss it because we miss him, dont miss willies year-end review. find out who he names person of the year. plus a special holiday performance by carol king right here onset. but first, bill karins with a check on the holiday forecast. we didnt get too many people snow last night, but it is snowing this morning up in northern new england. where the ground doesnt have a lot of snow, youre getting a little bit more. specifically areas from burli...

Severe weather season gets back down into the plains again. the last time weve had so many tornadoes and not as many people died was 2004. i spent 12 long storms on beaches waiting for huge hurricanes in 2004. lets hope that correlation between a lot of tornadoes and a lot of hurricanes doesnt go through this year. but i think that might correlate just the way its gone in the past. >> the that sounds ominous. lets hope it doesnt. thanks very much, chad. excellent work this week as always. apprec...

Then to the south in the gulf of mexico, the gulf of mexico is two degrees warmer than normal. so its colder on one side of the jet, warmer on the other. that makes a stronger jet stream. stronger winds in the jet makes more sheer, more sheer will make more wind will make bigger tornadoes. thats where i think the theory comes in. there will be other peaces and parts put in there but thats the basis for what we believe has happened so far this year with more killer tornadoes than ever before. >> ...

>> its hard to put into words the sheer force of the monster tornados that have hammered the midwest this week. look at this amazing twister caught on tape in chick cache, oklahoma. >> its crossing the road white where we were [ bleep ]. >> slow down. get out your window. get out your window. >> i am. that i can that shed. >> watch behind you. youre good. dont push. oh, my god! back up. oh, no. stop. oh, no, what did it destroy? running back. slow down. no, slow down. debris. >> and ne...

suicide bombers, one on a motorcycle, one on foot, targettarget ed cadets in northwestern pakistan. that happening today. the two explosions killed 80 people. the academy is near the border with afghanistan. now, sources say that bin ladens widows, theyre not giving up a lot of information. the three women are described as hostile to their american questioners. the interview took place with pakistani intelligence officers in the room. and a source says only the oldest wife spoke. def...

For a break, the ground doesnt seem willing to give it. >> that was nbcs lee cowan reporting from tokyo. we want to take an early look at the marks as we get all up in your business this friday morning. steve sedgewick is live in london for us. >> fascinating story in the financial times. bernie madoff interview. he basically is try iing to sprd the blame for his $65 billion ponzi scheme, saving his fire for jp morgan. he says its something that should alert you to something being wrong. jp mo...

Why. notice were seeing what we refer to as the training effect in an area like lexington or richmond. theyve had plenty of rainfall. you look farther back downstream, you see more intense rain on the way. what happens when you have the heavy rain, the ground gets saturated, then the additional rainfall comes through and the ground doesnt have time to absorb. the runoff causes flooding. thats an issue thats going to be a tremendous deal for people, millions of americans, across parts of the midw...

For the authorization use of military information. you have the foreign affairs committee, homeland security committee, amped edarmed service committee, a lot of people looking in to the threat understanding if we dont defeat them oversea were facing a threat here at home. the president is trying to say what best serves his own domestic politics. he will say there are no boots on the ground. at the same time the 82 pd airborne division is on orders to go to iraq. the two star general in charge o...