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And by 7:45 they realized the fire was out of control and the fire chief ordered all of his men out of the burning plant. it was too late. seven minutes later the plant exploded. the explosion could be felt up to 70 miles away. i was in kaufman county covering the d.a. murders there and i was inside a building and the windows shook. we thought it's not supposed to be raining. the thunderstorms aren't supposed to be here for several hours. that must have been a big gust of wind. a few minutes later the cell phones started going off and we knew it was much worse than that. a terrible explosion h...

So, bill, weather obviously on one hand is cooling things down and we know that means there won't be new explosions but it will set back search and rescue. >> it already has. they didn't have power so there wasn't much lights. they're debris fields trying to go through homes which isn't safest for first responders any way. they have been working for first light to come but unfortunately they've had rain all morning long and they haven't had ideal conditions there either. let me show you the town itself. this is the northern portion of west, texas. a small town roughly over 2,500 people. no mor...

Community. i spent a good bit of yesterday in dorchester, which is the community where the youngest victim, just 8 years old is from. it's not surprising how much they are hurting and reality of what happened here is setting in after the shock is wearing off. it means a lot to them that the president will be here today. it is an interfaith service. there will be representatives from christian faiths, the chief rabbi here and cardinal o'malley. people are waiting for the words from the president, chuck. >> all right. chris jansing, we'll have that live here on msnbc at 11:00 a.m. when you talk ...

It won't be that long. and it did happen. >> reporter: you think someone should go to jail? >> i think a lot of people should go to jail. >> the justice department investigated that texas explosion, what came of that? was anybody ever held accountable? >> no one from bp was held criminally accountable. the company ended up paying a criminal fine of $50 million. pleaded guilty to one felony violation. of course we, have talked to many people who said top managers at bp should have gone to jail for what happened. campbell? >> the hearing today, you had more than one congressman bringing up the e...

How there were kick jabacks andw they have those to approve the leases and did not have proper oversight. unfortunately, that's what it looks like here. unfortunately, we're stuck with this catastrophe, it really is from an economic point of view. >> on that point, is the relationship between the oil industry and government too c y cozy? >> yes, there's no doubt about it. as chairman, we've been investigating bp for the last three years, everything from the texas explosion where 15 people were killed. to a large spill on the north slope. the large strategic pipeline and now here in the gulf. a...