the fire on sunday in the siberian city of kemerovo. investigators believe the fire started in the cinema hall. the flames caused the roof for two movie heaters to collapse. about 47 people were injured. and that shopping center was packed when the fire started. more than 100 people were evacuated. witnesses say some people jumped from the windows trying to escape the flames. on to egypt now, where polls are open for the first day of the nation s presidential election. voters have three days to cast their ballots, but there is little doubt that president abdel fattah al sisi will win a second term as president. his posters are plastered all over cairo. critics say his opponent is a sham, he is a puppet of the government simply meant to legitimize the contender after other con tenders quit out of
been getting more antsy by the day. it seems as though they re uncomfortable with snowden s presence here. one of the things that is a big problem for putin at this time is that he can t hand him over to the u.s. because that would cause humiliation here in russia, but also, he can t really let this drag on for a long time and risk threatening the relationship that he has with the obama administration. so, the russians will be happy to see this come to an end, but we re still not sure how long it s going to take. all right, thank you so much. okay, now, on to egypt. we just reported a moment ago that now, we understand according to reuters reporting that the opposition leader there in egypt has been summoned to the presidential palace and that the interim president wants to lead some talks with him and apparently, he may be pinted the
reporter: from what we understand, rodney king s fiancee called police shortly after 5:00 this morning. she heard a splash in the pool. before that they had been talking. she called the paramedics. police arrived and took rodney king out of the pool and did everything they could to revive rodney king. cpr failed. they took him to a local hospital. all their efforts did not pan out. rodney king was not revived. we do know rodney king was an avid swimmer. it was part of his physical therapy. we talked to him at cnn recently and he explained how he went into the pool and kind of used the pool as a sanctuary. they didn t find anything around the pool. right now, the preliminary investigation is indicating it appears mr. king died of a drowning. however, the police department, the detective bureau is investigating the incident. there were no obvious signs of trauma. police also said there were no signs whatsoever, at least at this point, of any foul play. rodney king recentl
change the cost to you for a gallon of gas. if you don t think you re going to see $5 a gallon by summer, the iranians may be telling you to think again. oil prices rose monday to a nine-month high after tehran announced it was cutting off oil exports to britain and france, threatening the same to six other european countries. oil is iran s lifeline. it makes up for 80% of all its exports with the top customers being china, which gets 22% of the crude, the eu, which takes 18%, then japan, 14%. india, 13%. and south korea, 10%. so if those are the customers, why do we care? most of our oil comes from canada, saudi arabia, mexico, venezuela, and nigeria. we care in america because oil is an internationally traded commodity and when the supply is interrupted anywhere, it causes shock waves everywhere and iran knows it. outfront tonight, iran expert ashman of the new america foundation, and former military intelligence officer, paula broadwell. she s also the author of the all i
good evening, everyone. i m tom foreman in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, iran s big power play. the new threats, the new fears, and how they could dramatically change the cost to you for a gallon of gas. if you don t think you re going to see $5 a gallon by summer, the iranians may be telling you to think again. oil prices rose monday to a nine-month high after tehran announced it was cutting off oil exports to britain and france, threatening the same to six other european countries. oil is iran s lifeline. it makes up for 80% of all its exports with the top customers being china, which gets 22% of the crude, the eu, which takes 18%, then japan, 14%. india, 13%. and south korea, 10%. so if those are the customers, why do we care? most of our oil comes from canada, saudi arabia, mexico, venezuela, and nigeria. we care in america because oil is an internationally traded commodity and when the supply is interrupted anywhere, it causes shock waves everywhere and iran knows