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Sparkels of light and debris falling all around. jeff nichols captures the yellow-orange fireball. the explosion blows dangerous chunks of concrete and other debris into the air. >> you can see on the left corner of the screen, this panel of debris floats down from the sky and hits one gentleman in the back. >> nichols arrives at the scene 20 minutes before the blast. >> as a news vidographer, youve done these stories before. you might smell gas or propane, it doesnt really amount to anything. t...

Some of the airline personnel these days. they have difficult jobs but, you got to customer service comes first. jenna: thats what were about here. thats why we have a great story next. the priceless treasure found beneath the streets of new york city. there are some discoveries and these are just a few of them, these dishes, when utility workers were installing a steam pipe in lower manhattan. thousands of artifacts. some of them right here in our studio in fact. were asking the question who di...

♪ . jenna: well, its a fascinating treasure found beneath the streets of lower man hat and raising the question what else we could find underneath our cities today. take a look at this. utility workers are installing a new steam pipe near new york citys south street seaport and they discover a basement foundation dating back to the early 1800s. a team of archeologists is working down there digging up thousands of artifacts like fine china, appellate plates, goblets, potterry. they are literall...

By fire and sparkles 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 utility workers fixing the leak. >> as a news videographer, ...

electricity. volunteer crews from other states are helping utility workers clear frozen limbs from power lines. and we have a clearer picture today of that deadly attack in kabul. military officials in afghanistan now say five nato troops were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into their armored bus. four of them were american. one a canadian. the taliban claims responsibility. australias qantas airways says it could be again flying again tomorrow afternoon....

believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. its southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? >> caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, ...

Out of the ground. utility workers say it will take at least a week to restore electricity. we are getting a close-up look at the twister that causes all this damage, this video showing just how fast it ripped through the coleman area. jenna: unbelievable. virginias governor touring a county hit hard by the tornadoes there, five people were killed in that state. four of the fatalities happening here in washington county. take a look at the damage to this truck stop. 40 tractor trailers tossed ar...

And shoulder stripes. homeland security officials say this is a new one. theyve seen illegals dressed as construction workers and utility workers, hidden in car seats and dashboards and cement truck, theyve even tried painting border patrol insignias on the suv. didnt do anything. the services are looking into whether this was an inside job or whether these guys bought the uniforms off the internet. marines have also put out an advisory, jenna, that they should watch their vehicles more closely....

Jon: new and very disturbing details about that deadly gas explosion in a northern california neighborhood last fall. eight people died, more than a hundred homes were damaged or destroyed in the town of san bruno. now newly released phone records show more than 30 minutes passed from the time utility workers realized they had, quote, a major, major problem, until the explosion. so now many people are asking, why didnt pacific gas and electric tell residents to get out before that pipeline actua...

Utility workers are on the scene before the explosion after folks in the neighborhood complained about a strong odor of gas. firefighters battled flames for three hours and forced dozens of people from their homes. julie banderas in the newsroom in new york. is there any definitive word on what caused, this julie? >> the simple answer is no. however, the explosion, which you mentioned, followed a 12-inch high pressure gas main break. that happened at about 7:00. now, we are told though that leak...