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She hit the warehouse while trying to land, and was killed instantly. the faa confirming that death to us now. we are working as many details as possible on how exactly it happened. and who exactly this female pilot was. of well keep on top of this story for you and bring you the information as it develops. other top stories happening now. police saying a man shot and killed eight people at his job yesterday and then turned the fwun on himself. it happened in manchester, connecticut. authoriti...

Good news that the static kill operation is working and depending on how you view it, it certainly sounds like good news if its true. in fact, 75% of that oil has now been accounted for. 50% of it gone altogether from the gulf. just some dispersed thats left over. moving on to todays "sound effect" and the aftermath of yesterdays carnage in connecticut is todays "sound effect". >> it was pure hell. just walked away. pure hell. im sure it was. >> there was no reason to expect that this would ha...

That was kind of an astonishing number to hear. the report we just got out today is getting some criticism right now. some are saying, how in the world can you account for that? how in the world can you say that, in fact, all of that oil is gone? but, still, the government right now sticking next to their numbers. also the president came out today and made some comments and some of the strongest comments. the president has been careful, i guess you could say, over the time of this gulf oil disas...

Has been skimmed. but kind of an amazing figure to get from the government today in that 5 million barrels, we are told, hundreds of millions of gallons have spilled into the gulf. but now were told that three quarters of that has gone away in some form or fashion. had a lot of people scratching their heads, how could this be possibly? but the government saying, yes, in fact, thats the case. so it leaves a lot of people wondering about, did we know, or were the predictions about just how bad thi...

About, the permanent solution, still has to come in a couple weeks. everything seems to be on schedule so one part of the disaster seems to be wrapping up. so many other implications for the people of the gulf, the wildlife in the gulf, the fishermen, the shrimpers, oystermen, all those folks still have things to deal with, but still, this is good news to have this out of the way. now, several questions and things to address about the static kill operation, which, again, were told the briefing w...

Would like it to be. we have to keep an eye on that. >> rob, you spent a lot of time down south lately, in the gulf of mexico. you know it is hot down there. it is day 106 of the gulf oil disaster and that could mark a turning point in shutting down the ruptured well. bp plans to carry out a test to decide whether it can move ahead with the static kill operation, the first phase of a two-step process to permanently seal the well. lets get the late interest david mattingly joining us live from ...

Down into the relief well through the static kill process. one thing weve learned in the last 24 hours listening to briefings from both bp and thad allen, there are a lot of variables in this. yesterday during a technical briefing one of the top executives for bp, kent wells, talked about this static well perhaps being the end-all/be-all of this process. they hopes static kill kills this well once and for all and that the relief well thats being drilled as part of the bottom kill procedure is so...

Door. in less than 30 minutes well be live with our rafael romo. lets get a quick check of this mornings weather headlines. rob marciano is in atlanta this morning. weve got something brewing down there in the atlantic ocean, rob. >> yes, sir. tropical depression number four, upgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 40 miles an hour. the name is colin and it continues to move west-northwesterly toward the u.s. right now over the open atlantic. about 2,200 miles from miami so way out there. a...

New york city just ahead. wanted by the feds and hiding out overseas, radical cleric anwar al awlaki is an american, he uses the internet to preach his hate giving sermons in english. deb feyerick is back with part two of an in-depth investigation. new developments in the gulf of mexico. weve been told this is the beginning of the end but this morning were still waiting for the so-called static kill operation to get under way. the first shot for plugging the well for good could begin some ti...

That will decide whether it can move ahead with the static kill operation that is the first phase of a two-step process to permanently seal the well. the static kill operation was delayed yesterday when a small leak was found. scientists now say some 4.9 million barrels, 4.9 million barrels of oil poured into the gulf of mexico that new estimate is pretty close to what had been called the worst-case scenario. mexico says it will sue bp and possibility u.s. government even though no oil has been ...