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Approached the tent. it took out trees on a river bank and spread out across the field and ultimately took down the tent and there was no damage behind you on the other side of the road. >> brendan isham was in the tent when it collapsed and his son was injured. he joins us now by phone. thank you sir. i was wondering if you cannive us an update on your son. i understand he was injured as a result of that tent collapse. and tell us about your experience. what happens when that tent came down? >> caller: well, when the tent was coming down our biggest thing was to get down as fast as we could. ...

That's where ron allen is for the latest on the deadly tent collapse. we're getting new information about the identity of the victims? >> we believe, jose that the deceased are a father and young daughter who were there amongst the spectators. now, we're getting a first look at the actual scene close up. you can see, the camera zooms over there, how the tent the big top is just flat as a pan cake lying on the fairgrounds. there's investigators there. they have been there all night. they're going to continue all day, trying to figure out how this disaster happened. how a circus essentially beca...

The wind loading. >> ultimately you're saying it's the operator's decision whether or not to cancel the show because of weather? there's not some state or -- it's not a state or a county oversight? >> there was no state or local officials involved with this setup. >> sir, they had 17 minutes prior to the warning and the actual incident. i mean, that's an alarming element amount of time. is that warranting any possible charges or things along those lines. >> the investigation is a fact-finding mission, and at this time there's no -- >> all right. we're going to step away. that was the new hamps...

Not so on this comet yet, but we know the organics are there. >> yet. i love it. understood most of what you said because there are a lot of technical terms, but i did get that there is this whole possibility of creation with dna stuff and something about sugar. >> you did well, jose. >> thanks. good to see you. coming up on the rundown, any minute we expect a live news conference from new hampshire at the scene of that tent collapse that killed a father and daughter during a circus performance. it's a morning of fast moving developments. stay with us. plus the man accused of gunning down a ...

Wind gusts will burn about 20 to 30% higher jose. we have one more dangerous day today, and then we start to cool things offer gradually. what they really need is some rain, and that's not coming any time soon. >> bill thank you very much. we're also following a deadlystory about a deadly tent collapse. one person died another one injured at a festival when wind whipped through the city. john has more from gray's lake illinois. >> reporter: severe weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse in suburban chicago. >> we have one death and about 20 injuries. >>...