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>> gregg: time for the top of the news, southwest airlines cancelling 300 flights today after a midair emergency friday. airline and federal safety officials want to know why a gaping hole opened up in a fuselage of 737 midair. >> heather: from planes to buses n.t.s.b. launching an investigation of the low cost tour bus industry. sparked by a crash that killed 15 people in new york city last month. >> gregg: and strong winds kicking up a wildfire in the hills west of fort collins, colorado. emergency crews says the fire has spread up to a thousand acres. hundreds of homes are evacuated. >> hea...

That is a little bit higher to shoot over the fence. we're going to switch to that now and show you that vantage point. a live look as n.t.s.b. investigators working closely with southwest maintenance personnel. what they are doing out there, they are removing a large portion of the plane's fuselage around the area that split open as the jet cruised along at 36,000 feet on friday, 18 and a half minutes it took off from phoenix. that skin as they call it will then be sent to washington, d.c. where it will be tested. n.t.s.b. officials also saying they have noticed preexisting fatigue and fractu...

It's concealed. that is the reason the aircraft under goes heavy maintenance. it was a year ago when the airplane is disassembled and every part is looked at. that most likely have been the last time that anybody would have looked up under here and seen this. it is a concealed part of the aircraft. >> reporter: for a second day in a row, southwest airlines has cancelled about 300 flights nationwide as a result of this after 79 boeing 737 series planes have been grounded for inspection. that accounts for about 15% of the carrier's fleet. other major component of this investigation is, of course...