a court settlement tied to america's opioid crisis as a pharmaceutical giant files for bankruptcy. oil prices surge after crippling attacks on saudi targets disrupt global supply. donald trump has a warning for the culprits. and in israel a final scramble in the campaign ahead of tuesday's crucial election.

we are live on cnn u.s.a. here in the u.s. and cnn international around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and we begin with a massive development in the fight against america's opioid crisis. >> late sunday oxycontin maker purdue farm ma filed for bankruptcy protection in new york. the company facing more than 2,000 lawsuits that allege that it helped fuel america's deadly opioid epidemic. that's claim to nearly 400,000 lives in the past decade alone. in a statement purdue pharma said the settlement is supposed to supply $10 billion worth of value. the company's legal battles could be far from over.

reuters points out two dozen states remains opposed or uncommitted. >> the lawsuits claim they misled doctors and patients about potential addiction and overdose lists. they have denied the allegations. stay with cnn. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you developments as we learn them. well, this weekend's attacks on saudi oil sites could be fueling even more conflict in the middle east. president donald trump tweeted the u.s. is locked and loaded but still wants verification of who's to blame. his secretary of state blames iran for the attacks which the country denies. >> iran's houti allies say they are the ones responsible for the attacks. the yemeni militants say they hit the site with drones but the u.s. officials say the angle of strikes could be difficult from yemen and that the attacks likely came from iran or iraq. iran may say it is not involved

but it is locked in a proxy war with saudi arabia. the iranian president hasan row rowani is slamming the united states for their part. >> the americans are supporting the uae and saudi arabia. they are transferring weapons. they are providing intelligence and part of the war operations is being run by the americans and we see that every day innocent people are killed in yemen. there is an ongoing insecurity to the region. >> regardless of who's to blame, the strikes have crippled the saudi oil industry. this image from nasa shows the damage from space. that's a key part of the global oil supply on fire and the markets are feeling the burn. >> oil prices are soaring and fears of more conflicts are not helping. you see the numbers here. brent crude right there around

9%. 7% as well. so the numbers we're keeping an eye on those. and just moments ago we got this update. iran saying it has no plans for president hasan rouhani to meet president trump on the sidelines of the upcoming u.n. general assembly coming from a spokesman. >> cnn's nick peyton walsh is tracking that story from tehran. he said before the attacks there were talks that tensions could actually ease between the united states and iran. >> reporter: an extraordinary development, frankly, where just a matter of days ago with the departure of john bolton many were thinking that the ultimate iran hold was gone, maybe they would get a chance. after substantial attacks on the saudi oil facilities, no doubt about it it is really a game changer in terms of tension in the region. iran woke up to find u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo had in fact accused them

directly of being behind the attack. in the two tweets he provided no evidence but he set the idea that diplomacy would be back a pace or two. the world is really waiting for the details of who carried out this attack. now the notion is put forward by the houthi rebels. they were adequately technologically advanced to fly through tens of billions of dollars of saudi air defenses. it hit ten oil refinements. the houthis have the capabilities and some say the geography where these attacks were puts it a lot closer to southern iraq and even possibly iran across the persian gulf there. iran has categorically denied any involvement in this attack at all. their foreign minister said the

u.s. is practicing max deceit. what's notable is the victim of the attacks, saudi arabia, has yet to directly accuse iran as well. is that because they fear if they did so they may be forced into retaliation? is that because they're not clear themselves? we'll find that answer out possibly in the days and weeks ahead, too. some analysts are saying maybe now the ultimate iraq takt is out. mike pompeo is trying to sound tough as well. they're trying to corner iran into some negotiation at the u.n. assembly. that's unclear, too. but we had a sea change where a matter of 48 hours diplomacy seemed the likely option, now we're in an entirely different world with the oil fields still

burning. saudi oil production remains crippled. let's get a look at the markets, how they're doing with our emerging markets editor in abu dhabi. what are you seeing so far? >> reporter: the markets don't like risk, george. hitting the largest exporter in the world delivers it at a level we haven't seen in decades when it comes to the energy market. let's get to the headline numbers and i can provide some context around it. we're looking at gains at just under 10% for both the international benchmarks at the open and in asia we saw a spike of $71 a barrel. we've come back down. we're looking at hovering at $5. we are almost at the highs we saw in april when donald trump got very nervous about prices going above $70 a barrel and slowing down growth in the united states and around the globe. now there's some context here in terms of where do we go next. saudi arabia has, according to

regional sources i've been speaking to, about 200 million barrels in storage in amsterdam, japan and china. with that lost production of 5.7 million barrels, they could last 35 to 40 days without shocking the market. in fact, saudi arabia last night said we're going to do everything to protect the consumer, but the multi-billion dollar question is is it a matter of days or weeks? a senior saudi source said it is the latter. if they can get it done in four to five weeks, it doesn't rattle the market a great deal. i got a tweet from the secretary general of opec who said he's in dialogue with the international energy agency which represents the consumers and producers. they're satisfied that the situation has been brought under control in saudi arabia. we're not getting pictures of whether they extinguished the fires or not. i know they have engineers on the ground so it's a very delicate situation, but so far not a real shock. we can live with 5 to $6 on the up side. >> john, before this attack

there was talk that there was too much oil around. is it easy to replace the oil that saudi arabi lost here? >> reporter: yeah. the simple answer is, no. boy, have we changed the whole narrative in a week. we've turned it upside down, george, because of the lost production in saudi arabia better than 5 billion barrels. let's bring up a graphic. this is often overlooked in the international community, but the five major opec producers outside of saudi arabia, of course, have lost better than 6 million barrels a day. take 6.2, at 5.7 and you lost 12 million barrels out of the opec supplies. the good news is that the u.s. expansion in shale has filled that first void of 6 million barrels a day. the question going forward who fills the saudi arabia supplies if they can't get up in 40 days? the answer is we can't. there's 1.5 million barrels a

day. the u.s. can't flip a switch and open up the spigots and let the wheel come out. they're running near capacity. the last thing i would suggest is watch the strategic petroleum reserve. 645 million barrels. president trump said he'll release them, how much, when and for how long is what the markets are watching. there's a lot of negotiations going on behind the scenes. we see the spike up but it's not out of control at this stage. >> a lot of protective measures as well. john, thank you. another big story we're following. members of an american labor union have decided to strike against a major automaker. just a few hours ago workers of 31 general motors plants and other facilities walked off the job. the united auto workers union had given gm until midnight on monday to meet its demands but apparently they failed to reach an agreement. >> the union's contract with the company expired on sunday. gm says it made a strong offer

but the union argues the workers' needs are not being met. this is the largest strike against a u.s. business since a 2007 gm strike. we'll take a short break here. still to come, israel's prime minister fighting for his political life. when we return, a close look at benjamin netanyahu's close election race with his adversary, benny gantz. back in a moment.

in israel polls show that tuesday's election is tight between the prime minister of the nation benjamin netanyahu's party and the former israeli military chief benny gantz's party. >> mr. netanyahu promises to annex parts if he wins the election. this pledge has sparked international condemnation and threatens prospects for peace. the prime minister remains focused on appealing to his base. >> translator: we will apply the sovereignty when the next government is formed, in the next kinneset. i am proud to convene in the jordan valley. it's not only the eastern state, it's the defense wall from the east since the jordan valley along with the territories that

control it, which will be a part of the state of israel, assures that the israeli army will be here forever. >> and our senior international correspondent sam kiley is covering the elections from jafa, israel. he joins us with a look at where the race stands. sam, polls suggest it is a race that's too close to call. what are voters telling you about the issues motivating them and how influenced are they by netanyahu's pledge to annex parts of the west bank? >> reporter: it's very interesting in terms of that idea of playing to the base. from the netanyahu perspective he's got a solid support base from the lakud party but then almost inevitably whichever party come out ahead in the elections if the polls are to be believed, they're often inaccurate, if they are to be believed, there will be coalition negotiations. from the right wing perspective

what we've seen is a steady drum beat of him dripping out these claims to grab chunks of the west bank starting with the jordan valley, then after that cabinet meeting he tweeted saying he would annex the jordan valley and the settlements inside the west bank and then this morning he also repeated that by saying he'shebron. that's all an attempt to t scoop into his camp to get people on the very far right to vote for the laqoud rather than the jewish power party. they could get four seats andul. similar problems apply to the center left looking like they're polling 30, 32 seats in the

kinessette. if they wanted to form a government they would have to incorporate a wide group of supporters including arab israeli voters who may, according to the opinion polls, end up with 12 seats. that would make them a very significant coalition partner ruling out of course their participation with the right wing coalition, possibly participation with the left wing. what we can be sure about all of this is no matter how much people motivate their bases, all of the polls indicate that there's going to be the first stage of the process which will be the elections and then a rather drawn out process as one or other side try to put together a ruling coalition. it was netanyahu's failure to do that back in april tha led to this round of elections. looming over this country is a fear of a third round of elections. >> yeah, indeed. of course, it has to be asked how different is benny gantz's

vision of israel to that of benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: yeah, there isn't a great deal between them. for example, when i asked the co-leader of that blue and white party what his reaction was to the claims that he would annex the jordan valley from benjamin netanyahu, he said, well, they would do the same except that it would be a consequence of negotiations with thehole kind palestinian issueenetanyahu's attempts to try to scoop in these far right elements. really does not resonate much with other centurist voters with preoccupations in terms of long-term security and much more about economic stability and also a degree of discomfort, i have to say, those opposed to netanyahu over the currently unn

in three criminal cases and may well seek immunity from prosecution were he to come back as the prime minister of this country, rosemary. >> sam kiley keeping an eye on all of that from the city of jafar. the election is tuesday. many thanks. in the united kingdom liberal democrats are making a bold promise if they come to power in the next election. they have approved a motion to cancel breks fit they get a chance. that was passed by a majority of members at the party's annual conference that was held sunday. meantime, prime minister boris johnson will soon meet with european commission jean claude yunker. he promises to get the united kingdom out of the e.u. by october 31st deal or no deal. now to scotland where citizens voted to remain part of the u.k. and their independence

referendum five years ago. >> that was before brexit. how do they feel about independence now? cnn's nic robertson went on a tour of scotland to find out. >> reporter: this is edinboro in scotland, and i am beginning a road trip around the country asking is brexit driving scotland and england apart? >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> well, for a start scotland voted to stay in the e.u. and the majority of england have voted to leave. >> reporter: his angered scottish judges boris johnson lied to the queen. >> i don't think they're going to put up with the fiasco going on much longer especially after this incident. >> reporter: do you think another independence referendum is more likely? >> yeah, i think so. i think a lot of people who said no in the first round say actually they're scared now. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees. >> people voted clearly in 2014 to remain part of the glorious

union of westminster. quite a decisive vothe u.k. and i voted for brexit and i still would. >> reporter: in this capitol city the scottish national party, the smp, have three of five mps, but does it represent the country? we head north to find out through the spectacular hi highlands to elgin. i met the smp mp. he lost his seat to the conservatives. this lady helped vote a conservative candidate in but not again. >> including boris johnson in charge and they're also making mess of brexit and that's turning people like me off. >> reporter: in elgin johnson's loss could be the s mp's gain. >> their argument is yeah pushi

and more towards attendance. >> reporter: but the smp lost last election? >> if boris johnson gets his way and there's another election, smp will dominate. >> reporter: across scotland today smp have 35 of 59 seats but can they hold what they've got? i head west to the coast. the third stop on this road trip, gateway to scotland's western isles. it's big on fishing here, big on tourism and they have an smp member of parliament. brexit is a problem here. >> there's a lot of people in the do you remember rimp touris worried. there's a lot of unknown. >> reporter: these fishermen export to the e.u. fear their catch will get tangled in further delays and rot. most here like that the smp

looks out for their local interests but not everyone wants independen independence. >> local election, a local project, things like that. >> reporter: after close to 500 miles of driving we're back here in edinboro again, and after all of that travel, it's clear the union is under strain. the smp does seem to be gaining strength, but that alone does not translate simply into an independent scotland. nic robertson, cnn, edinboro. votes are being counted in tunisia's presidential race. the election was held early due to the death of the president back in july. >> voters had to choose from a crowded field of 26 different candidates. if no one gets more than 50% of the vote there will be a runoff. this is tunisia's second free

presidential election since 20911 uprising which led to the arab spring. the grassroots movement that toppled autocratic leaders in north africa. a welsh rugby legend has made a stunning revelation about his health. >> garrett thompson said he is hiv positive and now he's vowing to break the stigma. >> i am living with hiv. now you have that information, that makes me extremely vulnerable, but it does not make me weak. i choose to fight to educate and break the stigma around this subject. i'm asking you to help me to show that everyone lives in fear of people's reactions and opinions to something about them, but that doesn't mean that we should have to hide. but to do this i really, really need your support.

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weekend strikes. iran denied any involvement while its houthi allies in yemen say they are responsible claiming they hit the sites with drones. >> but some u.s. officials are skeptical about that. one shared these satellite images. they say the angle of the strikes would have been difficult from yemen and that the attacks likely originated in iran or iraq. u.s. lawmakers have been weighing in on the saudi oil attacks. >> that's right. they have mixed views on whether there should be any type of military response. listen. >> i think it's safe to say that the houthis don't have the capability to do a strike like this without iranian assistance. iranian know how around technology think was certainly involved. whether the iranians directly engaged in this or through the houthi proxies is yet to be seen, but i think it underscores just what we really, frankly, came to expect from this unending war in yemen, that it

would escalate tensions in the region but also our withdrawal from the jcpoa -- >> the nuclear deal with iran? >> exactly. it's driving us apart from our allies but also to increase iranian leverage to try to bring about an end to sanctions. >> i think an escalation of the war would be a big mistake. this all comes from the yemeni civil war where saudi arabia's heavily involved in another country indiscriminately bombing civilians, killing children and then the houthis are supported by the iranians. it's back and forth. the answer is to have a negotiated cease fire and peace in yemen. bombing iran won't do that. this is a regional conflict. there's no reason the super power needs to be getting into bombing mainland iran. it would be a needles escalation of this. those who love the iraq war, the chinese, the boltons, the

crystals are all clamoring and chomping at the bit for another war in iran. >> secretary pompeo's statements from yesterday, i think particularly now in the aftermath of this attack, we have to be absolutely clear that the iranians are isolated and we're going to build an international coalition of support for putting back the sanctions that ought to be in place against them. joining us now is cedric leighton. he is a cnn military analyst and former air force colonel. thank you, sir, for being with us. >> it's my pleasure, rosemary. thank you for having me. >> we do want to start by getting your analysis on these commercial satellite images showing the aftermath of the drone attacks on the saudi oil installations. the trump administration says the attack came from iraq or iran. is that what you see when you look at these images? is it even possible to make a determination on that? >> it's not 100% possible. it is certainly probable that the attack came from either

southern iraq or iran, but there are a lot of circumstances that could actually change where the attack came from so if these were drones, as we are reporting right now, these drones could have conducted their basic maneuvers and they could have come from a number of different places. one of the things that limits where the drones come from is the range of the dwellings and the fact that they generally don't have a range that would allow them to fly all the way from yemen makes it more likely that they came from either southern iraq or iran, but it's not 100% certain that that's the case. >> interesting. of course, we know that u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was very quick to initially blame iran outright but has not yet provided evidence to support that and at the same time houthi rebels in yemen are claiming responsibility for the drone attack. then the trump administration said the drone attacks came from

iran or iraq. what do you make of all of this and how pompeo was so quick to point the finger at iran? >> well, i think we have to be very careful in our assessments as to, you know, whether or not it did come from iran. i think what's pretty clear is that it is most likely that it came from either iran or an iranian proxy force but that could mean that the geographic point of origin of the missiles or of the drones could be anywhere in the middle east. it could even theoretically be within the kingdom of saudi arabia, but that does not mean obviously that the saudis conducted an attack on themselves. there are a lot of covert activities that the iranians engage in that involve agents and sleeper cells as they're called that are in both iraq and the eastern province of saudi arabia, which has a very large shia population and they of course have a lot of iranian

sympathizers in those areas. that could very well be the place where the drones and/or attendant missiles came from. >> right. of course, you have to ask the question who benefits, who profits from an attack like this. what do you believe is the motivation behind this precision drone attack, whoever is determined to be behind this? >> well, when you look at the motivation aspect of this, you know, it's pretty clear that the iranians and their proxy forces by extension could benefit more from it than any other group that we're considering right now. there are no other groups besides those that are associated with iran that would want to wreck saudi arabia's economy to the extent that this drone attack apparently has been able to do. you know, when you lose about 5% or so of daily oil production, that's a pretty significant factor, that's global oil production, and that's a pretty

huge deal. so iran would benefit from that and it also plays into the narrative of the shia/sunni conflict that iran and saudi arabia are basically -- have between them that has been going on for a number of years right now. >> how sophisticated is this attack? >> this is a very sophisticated attack, rosemary. one of the reasons i say that is when you look at the imagery, you can see in some of the oil tanks that are shown in some of the images, you can see very thin point strikes that have gone into those oil tanks. there is no damage beyond where the missile actually penetrated the tank and it shows that not only did it have fairly sophisticated, explosive missiles with the attendant warheads, but they also have very precise intelligence. the fact that they have that precise intelligence indicates that there is some kind of a

state actor behind these attacks. >> justifiably, president trump has hinted that he will respond with military action. how likely is it that that is the answer to this attack at this juncture or is it perhaps too premature? >> i would say it's a bit premature. the reason that i say that is we really need to make sure that we get the attribution piece correct and, you know, we've had the experience with iraq, we've had the experience with several other things that have gone on in our past, both in the middle east and other places around the world, where attribution becomes key. the iranians have a history of going after saudi arabia. they do it through kinetic means like this attack as well as non-kinetic means like a cyber attack that happened in 2012 which involved the placement of a virus on saudi aramco computers that killed 39,000 of their pcs that didn't affect oil production at that time, it affected the administrative

operations of aramco, but that's the kind of thing that leads us to believe that it may be iran but we have to be very certain that that is, in fact, the case and it goes beyond just knowing where the missiles came from. it goes to who placed those missiles and what their purpose was and that's what the intelligence community has to find right now. >> absolutely. cedric leighton, it is always a pleasure to chat with you and get your analysis on these military matters. appreciate it. >> thank you so much, rosemary. it's great to be with you. and the markets after this attack seeing oil prices spike. let's go to hong kong. andrew stevens is keeping watch on how markets are reacting across asia. andr andrew, what do you see this hour? >> reporter: it's been a fairly muted response on the equity response, george, to this big spike you're talking about. one stage just as the oil markets opened after that attack, the price of crude oil, the benchmark crude was up some 19%. still come back a bit.

down as you see. it's now up 8%. still a very big jump. investors no doubt are raising significant concerns about what this could mean longer term, the high cost of energy, especially when you factor in a weakening global economic outlook. saudi arabia has about 35 to 40 days worth of reserves. that's according to aramco, the main producer there. so they can smooth things out, but if the repairs, if they can't get to these two major production centers up and running within that time, that's going to put a squeeze on supply, which will keep oil prices high. so take a look at the equities. the equities so far have been fairly new. here in asia the hong kong was "the biggest loser" down. it had to do with economic news coming out of china itself, particularly a comment from lee

ko chung. the economic czar in china if you like, george. it would be very difficult, quote, for china to hit 6% or more growth this year. that is the chinese own government's target. the low end is 6%. so there's concerns economically about china which are rattling markets, not just here in asia but also in europe they're down a bit. the futures market for the u.s., the dow, down around half of 1%. certainly not panic in the markets but it really is watch and wait. how do the saudi deal with the supply shortfall. how quickly can they get things back online and what it means to raise geopolitical tensions which we've been talking about and also the vulnerabilities now about the giant oil production centers that saudi arabia has, george. >> andrew stevens, we look at the numbers. andrew, thank you. new allegations surfaced against a controversial u.s. supreme court justice.

find out who's calling for brett kavanaugh's impeachment and who's coming to his defense. back with that in just a moment.

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welcome back, everyone. donald trump is leaping to brett kavanaugh's defense. the president urged kavanaugh to sue for liable and suggested the department of justice rescue him. >> in contentious hearings, kavanaugh denied allegations from sexual assault of three women. the authors say they confirmed with two sources a new allegation by a former classmate. the report said the classmate notified senators and the fbi about the incident but the fbi didn't investigate. >> well, now several democratic presidential candidates are calling for kavanaugh's impeachment. kamala harris said she sat through the hearings and kavanaugh lied to the senate and american people. >> senate majority leader mitch

mcconnell brushed aside any concerns and said that he looked forward to many years of kavanaugh's service. we're one month away from the next democratic presidential debate and you can bet undecided voters at a crucial state, iowa, they will be watching. >> so far they have been paying close attention to the first three debates and they shared their thoughts with cnn's gary tuckman. >> reporter: eight iowa democrats all undecided about who to support in the first in the nation iowa caucuses. they've watched all eight. the consensus winner the first two times, elizabeth warren. this time who do you think did the best? >> warren followed by booker. >> warren and booker. >> oddly, warren and booker. >> booker and warren. >> in that order? >> i think buttigieg and booker tied for me. >> buttigieg and booker. >> warren and klobuchar. >> warren and booker. >> how many said warren as your first choice? so that's one, two, three, four,

five, six of you. so once again, elizabeth warren did very well among this group. how many said cory booker. >> tied. >> two. it seems like cory booker came in second place among this group. nkts everyone in this group tells us they like the fight of elizabeth warren. >> she's done this and she's done a lot in the past successfully and she wants to be in the fight and shea's ready to go. >> she's very clear. she's articulate. she has plans and she gives details. >> reporter: names con specific cue lousily absent when we asked who else they wanted to praise? >> joe biden and bernie sanders. >> to me bernie seems like he's yelling at you when he's articulating what he's trying to get out. >> reporter: everyone in this group disappointed by julian castro taking a poke at joe biden's memory. she met castro and advised him against that. >> i told him we didn't like it when there were personal attacks

but we liked it when they were talking about issues and elevating the conversation. >> do you think he wasn't listening to you? >> apparently, and it made me sad. >> reporter: final thing i want to ask you. any of you ready to make a decision about who you're going to support after this debate? anybody? you are, temple? >> yes. >> okay. who are you ready to support? >> i'm going to caucus for elizabeth warren. >> you are no longer an undecided voter? >> correct. >> reporter: among this group in johnson county, iowa, the debates have been very good to elizabeth warren. well, democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke and pete buttigieg are clashing over the mandatory buy back program. >> here's buttigieg's opinion. he appeared on "state of the union" with jay tapper. >> your fellow candidate beto

o'rourke said, hell, yes, we're going to take your ar-15, ak-47 at the debate. chris coombs responded by saying this, quote, that clip will be played for years at second amendment rallies with organizations to try to scare people by saying democrats are coming for your guns. do you agree? did beto o'rourke say something that's playing into the hands of republicans? >> yes. look, right now we have an amazing moment on our hands. we have agreement among the american people for not just universal background checks but we have a majority in favor of red flag laws, high capacity magazines, banning the new sale of assault weapons. this is a golden moment to finally do something because we've been arguing about this for as long as i've been alive. when this president and mitch mcconnell being open to reforms, we know we have a moment on our hands and make the most of it and get these things done. >> well, o'rourke swiftly responded to buttigieg's attack. >> he tweeted when candidates

say at least donald trump and mitch mcconnell are pretending to be interested, that's not enough. neither is poll testing your message. gun violence is a life or death issue and we have to represent the bold ideas of people all over the country. we'll be right back after the break.

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in the state of new jersey at least 22 people were hurt when several decks collapsed at a condo building. >> the decks fell on top of one another trapping multiple people in the wreckage. cnn's paula sandoval has the details. >> reporter: those decks collapsed in southern new jersey in wildwood where first responders rushed to the scene saturday evening. among the injured, firefighters. the state's firefighter convention was being held there at that time in the city. as a result, there were several of the injured that were firefighters, including their families as well. they had to be taken to nearby hospitals. we're told a majority of them have already been released from the hospital, however, it really is incredible when you see the pictures here. authorities are saying that this building was a seven-unit multiple family dwelling, a condo building, that as authorities described it

experienced a pancake-type collapse trapping multiple people. you've seen the pictures. listen to how one witness describes what happened. >> the first floor deck pulled away first and people started sliding off and yelling, you know, and falling, and it came off in pieces, the second floor. you know, both decks, most of it came off but there was a far section, like a corner of the deck was still on the building and there was a 2-year-old little girl on the one deck all by herself on that little corner and another lady on the third floor and we were yelling to the little girl to stay away from the edge and thank god, but then that one came down but it went slowly, thank god, and they -- as it went down she slid off and there were men there to grab it. >> just to give it some perspective, see this image. cnn found an image on google street view. it matches images that we have seen from our affiliates. gives you a sense of what it looked like before saturday's collapse. now structural engineers will

look at it and try to determine if there were perhaps too many people on the deck or a structural issue. the hottest part of the titans versus colts football game sunday was not on the field. it was the fire that broke out on the sideline near the tennessee titans end zone. the blaze was the result of malfunctioning pyrotechnic equipment. >> look at that. this happened before the game started as the titans got onto the field there while the fire shot out high into the air. the fire's quickly extinguished. the team reports there were no injuries. my goodness. >> good to see all ended well. thank you so much for your company this hour. i'm rosemary church. >> thank you. i'm george howell. "early start" in new york's hudson yard stays with us. >> have a great day.

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