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Plume of smoke just rocket up into the sky, followed shortly by fire and spares of light, and just debris falling all around. >> cameraman jeff nichols captures the yellow-orange fireball. the explosion blows dangerous chunks of concrete and other debris into the air. >> you can see in the left corner of the screen that this panel of debris just kind of floats down from the sky and hits one gentleman in the back. >> nichols arrives at the scene 20 minutes before the blast, expecting to capture u...

A week ago. >> nowhere near the $5 gallon doomsday we were talking about a few weeks ago. silver lining is there, folks. well, its now almost a week since the destructive storm hit the states in the mid-atlantic. thousands, believe it or not, still do not have their lights back on. many in maryland and west virginia. utility companies are now promising that almost everybody should have power by the end of today. but the heat is making everything, of course, much more difficult. three utility w...

Busiest holidays. the food is going bad at this deli. >> today is holiday. all our customers get off today. so, we lose a lot of money. >> reporter: utility workers in ohio spent their holiday trying to get the power back. >> it is insane. like all the crews, all the cranes. >> reporter: so get this. for places like chicago, its been 17 years since they have seen two 100-degree-plus temperatures. thats just this summer. we have more to come the next couple days the heat wave staying in place for...

Philadelphias july fourth parade, they sweltered as they passed independence hall. similar scenes in downtown st. louis which hit triple digits. the oppressive temperatures with highs near 100s from the plains to the atlantic are a result of hot air stalled over the nations midsection. >> typically, we dont see it this hot. st. louis, seeing 100 degrees seven days in a row. that is something we dont normally see. >> reporter: if that werent enough, nearly 1 million people in ten states in the di...

fireworks to start you off on wednesday morning, its lee greenwood, god bless the usa, happy fourth of july to all of you. traditionally today i know and hopefully for many of you, will be filled with barbecues and fireworks. but unfortunately for a lot of people, that is not going to be the case. our "starting point" here this independence day, less about celebration and a lot more about patience, about 1.1 million people all across the country, they are waiting, waiting for the elect...

boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didnt want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning to you. im carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. thats equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles....

mayberry. griffith played a single bad who kept the peace and doled out advice in a country town. in the 1980s he found fame again in the courtroom drama "matlock." he was a member of the tv and christian music hall of fame. want to bring in our own larry king who joins us by phone who knows mr. griffith well. you interviewed him several times. give us your impressions, your sense of who he was. >> well, suzanne, he was an incredible person. not only as a talent but as a friend and as ...

at least 12 deaths are being blamed on the storms. those deaths caused mostly by falling trees and some power lines. athena jones is live in forecast, virginia, this morning -- in fairfax county, virginia, this morning. virginia is one of three states declaring emergency. how many people are without power there? >> reporter: good morning. well, hundreds of thousands of people are without power still in virginia. and across the d.c. heart area. were in springfield, which is just outside...

Around. >> cameraman jeff nichols captures the yellow-orange fireball. the explosion blows dangerous chunks of concrete and other debris into the air. >> you can see in the left corner of the screen that this panel of debris just kind of floats down from the sky and hits one gentleman in the back. >> nichols arrives at the scene 20 minutes before the blast, expecting to capture utility workers fixing the leak. >> as a news videographer, youve done these stories before. its usually nothing much. ...

Around. >> cameraman jeff nichols captures the yellow-orange fireball. the explosion blows dangerous chunks of concrete and other debris into the air. >> you can see in the left corner of the screen that this panel of debris just kind of floats down from the sky and hits one gentleman in the back. >> nichols arrives at the scene 20 minutes before the blast, expecting to capture utility workers fixing the leak. >> as a news videographer, youve done these stories before. its usually nothing much. ...