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>> reporter: two significant events. one, of course, is daylight. which will have a huge impact on the search and rescue. and very stormy weather moving through. patrick swanton, the public information officer, the face of the disaster, speaking to the media. let's talk about the impact of weather what is it on the search and rescue effort? >> obviously, we will continue through this. it may slow us a bit. it could potentially help us with environmental issues, help with the fire from different homes that were ignited during the blast as well. it won't stop us. it will slow us down this will s...

Brown. he shares with us the impact of the boston community and its strength and its resiliency. so senator brown is my guest here in a moment. patti ann: meanwhile texas governor rick perry will be talking about that deadly explosion south of dallas in just a few hours. one witness saying it was like a nuclear bomb went off. more than 160 people have been taken to area hospitals. we have this from sergeant patrick swanton from waco just moments ago. >> they are continuing their search-and-rescue efforts. they have not changed anything that they have been doing because of weather, because of r...

Center. and in terms of who is sent to area hospitals to get a sense of how many people may have been injured, from minor to see veer, area hospitals have treated 160 people right now. the neighborhood surrounding this fertilizer plant remains shut down. we're told that utilities are turned off, as well. and authorities are going house-by-house to, assess injuries and who may still be in their homes and to encourage them to remain in their homes until daylight and they can secure the area and make sure it is safe. of course, there was concern about ammonia in the air. sergeant swanton said rig...

My guess is going to be, at daylight, once we're able to assess a little more, we'll see the casualty rate rise or the injury rate rise. we would like to say we hope not. we're going to hope for the best. and prepare for whatever we come across. yes, ma'am? the officers that were searching the areas were using that. i understand that they're color-coded. that symbolizes they have found homes that they have cleared, searched. they've -- >> if you're just joining us, you're listening to sergeant patrick swanton, talking about the aftermath of an explosion of a fertilizer plant. he did say that r...

0 united states, president obama, he's about to arrive here in boston, as we get ready for a memorial service, honoring the victims. those who died, as well as those who suffered in this horrible boston marathon bombing. that will begin shortly. we're following also the investigation behind this terror. >> how are you, wolf? good to be with you today. we'll start with what's going on in west, texas. west is the name of the town, about 20 miles from waco. a very desperate situation since about 7:30 local p.m. a fire broke out at a fertilizer factory there. about 15 minutes later, a massive expl...