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How many fatalities exactly, the report is five. we don't know if ted stevens was among them, jon. jon: dan springer reporting live from alaska. dan, thanks very much. it bears repeating, nine people we believe on that plane, five fatalities, as dan told you they have medical personnel on the ground, apparently the local emt's are on the ground, were will fairly soon after the plane crashed around 8:00 p.m. local time in alaska last night. they've been through the victims throughout the night and attempting to give what aid they can. so far no other rescue aircraft have been able to get in the...

As you mentioned the secretary of defense approved the use. c130s. you have talked about the weather, i just got word they will likely not be able to fly today. they hope to be able to fly tomorrow. those two aircraft will do three flights a day and cover 250 acres per flight, 1500 acres a day. that comes on top of the assets the navy deployed, oil control pollution equipment, including 60,000 feet of oil boom. and of course governor jindal of louisiana has asked us for title 32 status, to deploy his national guard troops. >> shepard: is there a realization with the weather the way it is, the ...