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lady michelle obama is part of it. hear how the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls is impacting her. first up, a grim search is under way right now in a wooded area north of richmond, virginia. crews are looking for one of the victims of a fiery hot ire balloon accident. three people were onboard when the balloon hit a live utility line and burst into flames. two of the victims are confirmed dead. here is an i eyewitness describing the tragic scene add flames engulfed the balloon. >> you could hear them screaming, "please, dear god. sweet jesus, help us. we're going to die. oh, my god, please help us. please help us!" >> more now from cnn's erin mcpike. >> reporter: fred, virginia state police wrapped up a news conference just a short time ago, and they said they've located the second victim, of course, earlier in the day they said this has moved from a rescue mission to a recovery operation, so now they are still

looking for the third victim, and will continue the search until that turned victim is found as well as the basket, and all of the debris. you know, here is the spokesman for the virginia state police describing how the entire community has been helpful in the process. >> we've had probably anywhere between 30 to 40 calms from people who witnessed it, from here at the festival on friday to neighbors, to people driving within the vicinity, and it's been a tremendous help. we've been following up with those folks and truly appreciate them taking to time and call, us their names and contact information. there are scientific steps taken that help us to kind of tria triangulize where the semp points could be. almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. when they standing at the time they saw things where videos and photos were taken has helped us in concentrating our search and excited the process.

>> the search has been somewhat difficult because the balloon separated from the basket during the fire, and we've heard from several witnesses that two of the victims jumped out of the basket during that fire. i want to play for you some dispatch calls last night so you can hear what happened. >> possible mass casualty incident, reported multiple hot air balloons have crashed into power lines and the balloons are now on fire. >> do you have visual of the airborne hot air balloons, appears to be still smoking, still pretty high there. >> a report that the basket has come off. so we're trying to find that right now. >> advise all units, the airborne isn't the issue. locate the basket. >> a hoar risk and chaotic scene. we've heard from a number of eyewitnesses today who described how awful it was. one man telling me he could hear the explosion from about two miles away, fred. >> all right. thanks so much, erin mcpike.

let's bring in our safety analyst, david soucie in new york and mary joining us via skype from charleston, south carolina. begin with you, david. officials say the balloon's pilot tried to contain the fire by letting the hot air hout. anything else the pilot could have done when in trouble like that? >> at that point, no. actually, there wasn't anything he could have done, but leading up to the accident as well. there are surprises. we don't know at this point whether he had run low on fuel and wasn't able to climb back up to get over the wires, or what exactly what happened. it's too early to tell, but this certainly is a tragic situation. >> yes, and mary, how are investigators trying to collect data, evidence, trying to piece together what went wrong here? >> well, they'll be looking at a number of things and there are so many things to look at in a balloon accident. whether they can consolidated the charts and knew where the wires were. the skill of the pilot is always a very, the balloon pilot's,

highly significant. more fatal accidents happen with inexperienced pilots. if the weather played any type of activity, and the things that david already mentioned as well. what's interesting is about 80% of fatal balloon accidents happen when the balloons hit wires. so this would be kind of, i don't want to say any accident is typical, but this kind of accident happens with some frequency. >> and mary, you've said that, you know, a lot of people take hot air balloon rides, and it's more riskier than flying a plane, but to what degree? >> yes. well, actually, quite a bit. it's more risky than general aviation. we know general aviation is many times riskier than commercial aviation, but about 35 accidents per 100,000 flights making it roughly three times riskier than fixed wing general aviation. >> and david, how is this industry regulated? or is that part of the problem? that it's not regulated? >> actually, it's very

regulated. i used to do this with the federal aviation administration in colorado. there's a lot of planning that goes into these festivals, nar advance, mary mentioned, maps where the wires are, what to do. we have meetings ahead of time with all of the pilots, make sure they're familiar with the drafts and where the weather might be coming down, through which valleys. peculiar to me, in all the ones i've done, never a night or late evening balloon rally or rides beforehand, other than tethered rides. i'm a little confused why this was happening then. >> you're saying visibility usually an issue? is that why? visibility? >> not only visibility but a lot going on with the weather and temperature inversions and things like that at this point during the day. so it's -- it's an exciting ride, because you get to go faster and in different directions and things like that in the eveningings, but it's just -- with the festival, not something i think i would have approved when with the faa. >> david, mary, thank you so much to both of you. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thanks. the faa says a major

domestic airliner flew dangerously close to a drone, and now there are new concerns today about the growing number of unmanned aircraft in the skies. an official says a pilot of a 50-seat jet reported a near collision with a camouflaged drone over florida on march 22nd, and an inspection of the plane turned up no damage. there was no contact between the two. looking at at graphic here. the u.s. defense department is not commenting on eth whether this was a government drone. government officials say not usually are there drones painted in camouflage. the faa is investigating the incident. birds striking planes can also cause problems for planes. a us airways flight struck a bird just yesterday afternoon. the plane was flying from laguardia airport to ronald reagan in d.c. it turned around and then landed safely. none of the 96 passengers and five crew onboard were hurt. the plane is now being

inspected. this is reportedly the second bird strike this week involves a laguardia flight. all right. there's a new boss in the l.a. clippers front office. and he wants to turn things around, in the middle of the donald sterling controversy. what that new ceo says about the whole thing, next. across america, people like basketball hall of famer

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in a new recording released yesterday, a man alleged to be sterling says it was jealousy that drove him to make racist remarks. and the nba has named a new interim ceo to the clippers. former city group time warner chairman richard parsons. here's alexandra field. >> reporter: clippers players still playing. donald sterling, still talking. >> i'm talking to a girl. i'm trying to, to have sex with her. >> reporter: the latest recording released by radar online is believed to be sterling offering some kind of explanation for his racist rant. >> what the hell, i'm talking to a girl. the girl's black. i like her. i'm jealous that she's with other black guys. i want her. >> reporter: sterling could be forced through a vote by nba owners to sell the team. this week his estranged wife shelly sterling is saying she's a partial owner and wants to keep it. clippers coach, doc rivers. >> i think it would be a very

hard situation, i'll say that much. very difficult. i guarantee you, every person would be onboard with that. >> reporter: protesters of donald sterling turning shirts inside-out. that he could turn to social media, too, beyond that, there are consequences. >> everybody is so quick to say what players should do when they have 2340 skin in the game. players have to be cognizant of this contract and when they don't show up to a game when they have an obligation to appear, they run the risk of termination. >> reporter: contract dus pu disputes but a team rarely goes up against its owner. an extreme example. eight players including the infamous shoeless joe jackson on the 1919 chicago white sox team accused of conspiring with gamblers to lose the world series. an apparent act of refataliatio against an unpopular owner. >> shows what could happen if

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feeling right now. many of them may have been h hesitant to send their daughters off to school fearing that harm may come there way, but they took that risk because they believed in their daughter's promise and wanted to give them every opportunity to succeed. >> go to vladimir guttier in niger nigeria. >> reporter: right, the president saying everybody should be all and on deck to bring these girls home. they're acting as advisers, providing logistical analysis, going to look at aerial reconnaissance, providing some hostage negotiation techniques with law enforcement officials if it ever gets to that stage. today, fred, as a protest. a sit-in going on 11 days and we

talked to a young mother who very much echoed the sentiments of michelle obama. take a listen. >> if 23 years ago somebody had abducted me, taken me away, it would have killed my dreams. i might be dead today. and for those kids, for nobody to care, the parents, some of the parents were here yesterday and one of them said they have nothing. all they have is the hope in the children. >> reporter: and there you go, fred. very much echoing the sentiments of michelle obama saying for these people in northeastern nigeria going through this without their children, their lives have no meaning. fred? >> and amnesty international in a report saying the nigerian government knew about this plot in advance by way of, like, four hours, but you know, the government didn't act. what kind of response is coming from the nigerian military on that specifically? >> reporter: fred, they

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welcome back. the identities of the victimsing in that hot air balloon accident taking place yesterday, still not revealed but we are learning more about two of the three

victims in that hot air balloon accident. worked for the university of richmond, and may have been involved in the women's basketball program. that's all that we're being told about their identities. again, the search continues for a third victim. officials reported just moments ago that two bodies have been found. they continue to scour a very treacherous area looking for the third victim from that hot air balloon accident, explosion, and that balloon may have hit power lines. that might be part of the pu culprit of why it went down. we understand a live press conference will be taking place. a picture of the live podium there. when someone steps to the mike we'll take it live for an update on the hot air balloon disaster there in virginia. all right. on to new york now. unidentified remains from the 9/11 terror attack have been moved to the national september 11th memorial and museum. it happened during a solemn

procession. you see right there. the decision to place the remains in an underground repositer repository at the site, some say is disrespectful to the dead. the deaths of four people leasing the home of tennis star james blake have been ruled as murders and a suicide. police in tampa say darin campbell shot his wife and teenage children in the head, and then set the home on fire before shooting himself. police do not have a motive. and the texas rangers are investigating why police in the town of hearne, texas, shot 93-year-old pearly golden. it happened tuesday 150 miles south of dallas. the shooting sparked protests. the city attorney says when police arrived at the house, golden was holding a firearm. he says officer stephen stemm asked her to put the hand gunn

do handgun down, when she refused he shot her twice. she died at the hospital. a routine traffic stop in iowa was anything but. as you see in this dashcam video, a centerville police officer pulled over an suv when a large tree fell and -- right there -- oh, my gosh. fell and hit him and the suv as you saw. somehow. the officer suffered only minor injuries in all that. the police chief says it was an old, rotting tree that just snapped. a freak accident at that moment. the driver -- did not get a ticket after all of that. all right. we've got much more straight ahead in the "newsroom." don't go away.

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