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U.s.? or are they weaponizing text? we have that story. first beyond our borders tonight, the dominican government mitigating new safety measures in the state of tourist deaths at resort facilities. include strengthening inspections on food and beverages. the state department says it welcomes the news and is closely monitoring the investigations into those deaths. a powerful bomb exploded outside the gates of kabul university in the afghan capital today killing at least eight people, wounding 33. that's according to police. no group claiming responsibility for that attack. germany is marking t...

this private hospital. it happened in the heavily visited area of agra where the taj mahal is located. the bomb went off in the reception area blowing out the windows. last weekend a briefcase bomb killed 11 people in new delhi. former senator charles percy is dead. the republican served in the senate for nearly 20 years and eventually became the chairman of the powerful foreign relations committee. in recent years he was battling alzheimer's disease. he died today at the washington, d.c. hospice. he was 91 years old. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly plane crash a...

good morning. i'm ali velshi joining us live from new york. let's start with the fast and furious wildfires wrecking land and property in texas. they've killed four people and destroyed more than 700 homes in the past few days. the biggest fire is just outside austin. firefighters have been struggling to contain it. let's go right to cnn's chris welch. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, you just mentioned four death so is far at this point associated with these fires. two of those came from here in bass rtrop county. we assume they occurred yesterday. we don't know for sure becaus...

Explosives like this briefcase bomb can do. >> more damage to the seal. this is going to be a rich environment and we want to make sure we protect that. >> reporter: we spent the day with the class that had law enforcement from d.c. and atlanta and other places. most of the teaching is in a classroom setting. seeing the explosions and after math is what really hits home. >> three, two, one! [ explosion ] >> you can see the circular blast. you can actually see it. >> right over here we have spring hangers. by that we can tell exactly where the explosives were placed in the vehicle. >> reporter:...

Explosion, it would have probably been a very big fire. >> the federal government has trained more than 300,000 first responders. they see firsthand what explosives like this briefcase bomb can do. >> obviously, it has done more damage to our manican. >> reporter: most of the teaching is in a classroom setting. seeing the explosions and the aftermath is what really hits home. >> three, two, one. . >> you can see the blast. >> right over here, we have spring hangers. just by that, we can tell exactly where the explosives were placed inside this