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Welcome back to cnn's continuing coverage of the investigation into the terrorist attacks here in boston, and, of course, the incident in texas last night with the explosion near waco. i want to give you two looks at the blast that rocked that small town in texas. these go by fairly quickly. here's the first. it's slow motion. then the shot we'll freeze. the second view occurs in realtime. just watch. enormous power behind that blast that set off seismometers. they registered 2.1. joining us now from atlanta is doug mulford, a chemistry lecturer at emory university. thank you for joining us. w...

People are now believed to have died in the massive explosion at that fertilizer plant near waco, town of west, texas. police are also dealing with several firefighters who are missing. people who responded. first responders, about 160 people have been sent to local hospitals, the mayor of west, texas, said it was like a nuclear bomb going off in this town. many people say the blast felt like an earthquake. it actually registered as a 2.1 seismic event. that's an earthquake, up to 60 houses around the fertilizer plant were damaged. now officials are deeply worried that people may have been exp...

Visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. welcome back. i'm anderson cooper live in boston. we're following a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant outside waco, texas, you're looking at the pictures -- video we're showing you on the left-hand side of the screen. on the right-hand side that's a helicopter shot, i can't quite make it out. we've been showing you pictures of a triage site that's been set up on a football field about a mile away from the explosion. that's a still photo you're seeing. that's now video of the triage field that's been set up. we...

Impact, if that's the correct wording, literally destroyed homes in and around that plant. >> half this town had to be evacuated because of the threat of leaking ammonia. a second fertilizer tank they were worried that might possibly explode. >> it's a complicated situation because it's not just the massive fire but chemical propelled and these chemicals can be poisonous. used as -- we will teach them about you later on. we will have people come in to tell you what anhydrous ammonia is, how it's comp my t indicating their i for tefforts. we have live reports from texas. we have cnn's george ho...

Okay to this special edition of "starting point" live here in boston. >> we want to welcome our viewers watching us both in the united states and all around the world. >> a big day of news this morning. we begin, of course, with the breaking news from texas this morning. search and rescue teams working through the night in west, texas, which is near waco, following a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant. leveled homes and buildings was felt up to 50 miles away. an explosion so powerful it registered as an earthquake. right now they do believe there's loss of life. they cannot tell how much....