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In an on-ed this morning, he's, large corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials. officials cowered among the shrieks of big business and the radical left. governor jindal acknowledges that american opinion is changing on the issue of gay marriage but says i will not change my faith-driven view even if it becomes. >> it's time for corporate america to ache a decision. this allows with popular conservatives to alie this is what makes freedom's defense possible.

It's growing increasingly likely the blast caught on camera, was the result of criminal activity. investigators now pursuing reports from tenants who say in the hours before the explosion they were told if they smelled gas not to call 911 or con-ed but to let the landlord know. prosecutors say that could be an indication the building's owner knew the gas piping wasn't up to code. >> there's certainly a possibility of impropriety. until we get to the site we can't determine the next steps. >> reporter: the landlord and his general contractor who suffered burns, being questioned by authorities. ...

Inspection. >> as i understand it, very preliminarily gas was introduced to the head of service just inside the wall of the building and it was locked with our lock. >> that means the new line was not yet active but the old line was still feeding gas. con-ed and fire marshals are trying to piece together what the plumbers were doing seconds before second avenue shook. hours after firefighters managed to knock down the flames they finally knocked down what is left of the buildings too. a two to three story pile of wood and bricks and people's charred belongings. countless people lived in those ...

Investigation of a powerful blast at an apartment building in lower manhattan. this surveillance video across the street shows the moment of yesterday afternoon's explosion. 19 people were injured, seven critically. this morning a young man is still missing. we have more on the scene. >> just boom. the first few minutes the only sound was the fire alarms. and the screams of victims and those trying to help. people were panicking like nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: the search for victims became a search for a cause. >> the initial impact appears to have been caused by plumbing and ...

Unaccounted people. a 23-year-old man nicholas figueroa, his parents looking for him. he may have been having lunch in the japanese restaurant on the ground floor of the building that collapsed. one collapse two partial collapses here. 25 people injured. 4 critically. eyewitnesses say when the explosion happened they could feel it. they could hear it. people running on to the streets with whatever clothes they had, some people jumping from lower floors. other people coming down the fire escape. one eyewitness described people walking around dazed and confused and bloody. now, about an hour bef...