storms. now all that heat. here is the bad news, a lot of folks not getting their power back until after the 4th. ginger zee, abc news, arlington, virginia. here is your tuesday forecast. in addition to the heat, look for hail, gusty wind, and a chance of tornados from d.c. to the carolinas. stormy from the dakotas to detroit. thunderstorms in birmingham, nashville and st. louis. showers from seattle to portland. 60s in the pacific northwest. 90s from salt lake city to baltimore. and 80s here in the northeast. well, crews battling the huge western wildfires need all the help they can get. but actually they now have just lost some crucial equipment in the fight. seven military air tankers are now grounded after a c-130 cargo plane with a crew of six went down sunday night while fighting a fire in south dakota. the crash killed at least one of the crew members who were based in north carolina. president obama has already offered his condolences. new details are emerging about the
into a virginia beach apartment complex in april. investigators say for the first time ever, both engines on the f-18 hornet failed. the right engine stalled. and the left engine also malfunctioned. they re still trying to figure out exactly caused the event. the pilots did manage to eject safely and miraculously. no one on the ground was killed. with that we turn to the largest health care fraud settlement in the nation s history. prosecutors say drug maker, glaxosmithkline promoted a culture of greed with profits more important than patient safety. now the british company is paying up big time. abc s matt kosar is joining us this morning with more. good morning. reporter: prosecutors say the sales teams influenced physicians to prescribe medication for uses not approved by the fda. cardiologist steven nissen with the cleveland clinic was among the first to link glaxo s diabetes drug to an increased risk of heart attack. this was a case where profits were place add head of the
brooke baldwin, sitting in for erin burnett. breaking news tonight, george zimmerman has just launched a website to plead his innocence and ask for donations in his defense. the website has been going offline all day because presumably it can t handle all the traffic. a statement from zimmerman, as a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, i ve been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family, and ultimately my entire life. he goes on, i have created a paypal account solely linked on this website, as i would like to provide an avenue to thank my supporters personally, and ensure that any funds provided are used only for living expenses and legal defense in lieu of my forced inability to maintain employment. and on this website, is signed george zimmerman, multiple sources have told cnn this is his website. in the meantime tonight, all eyes are on the special prosecutor in florida, angela corey. she made news today announcing she would not conven
respects fidel castro. ozzie guillen apologizing. making millionaires pay. it s called the buffet rule. the numbers may nod add up. a picture worth a billion dollars. you ve seen the headline. facebook buys instantgram. this morning we ll tell you three things you don t know about the photo sharing company. and puffy face, pounds and plastic surgery, the rumors have sparked an internet guessing game. ashley judd coming out swinging. just within the last hour we learned more about the winning mega millions lottery ticket sold in maryland. lottery officials say the winners are, no not that mcdonald s lady but three public school employees. each will pocket $35 million after taxes. as you can see they want to remain anonymous. but they don t plan to retire. one of the win serious an elementary school teacher. another winner is a special education teacher. and the third winner provides administrative support, all in the public school system of maryland. again, one of th
george zimmerman has just launched a website to plead his innocence and ask for donations in his defense. the website has been going offline all day because presumably it can t handle all the traffic. a statement from zimmerman, as a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, i ve been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family, and ultimately my entire life. he goes on, i have created a paypal account solely linked on this website, as i would like to provide an avenue to thank my supporters personally, and ensure that any funds provided are used only for living expenses and legal defense in lieu of my forced inability to maintain employment. and on this website, is signed george zimmerman, multiple sources have told cnn this is his website. in the meantime tonight, all eyes are on the special prosecutor in florida, angela corey. she made news today announcing she would not convene a grand jury in the shooting death of the florida teenager. she s sa