much trailing in the wake of the leader, who was last year's runner-up, remember, as he helped bradley williams the overall classification title. but he is very much the main man now. >> let's return to san francisco international airport. you are looking at the latest pictures coming in now, which show the runway at the airport where that 777 airliner belonging to asiana airlines from south korea crash landed. you are looking at the remains of the aircraft, which burst into flames on crash landing. we are not quite sure of the cause of the crash. we know that one person has been killed, according to south korean diplomatic sources. scores of others injured. we know now the nationalities of the passengers aboard -- 141 chinese people, 77 people from south korea, and 61 u.s. citizens. the balance of the passengers' nationalities not yet known, although we do know there were 291 passengers aboard that lane, which burst into flames when it came into land at san francisco international airport. you are looking at aerial pictures there, which is where we will leave you for this news update. we will

paul grangaard, ed williams, amy bradley, thank you. you're all terrific. made in america, how about coal? it's made in america, but unfortunately, president obama is waging war on it. one big winner is going to be china. head of natural resources is about to join us next on kudlow. . ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> why is the obama administration waging war against king coal? the u.s. is the saudi arabia of coal. gigantic job creation, by the way. why in the world would obama want to shut this industry down? let's talk. joining us now is mr. kevin crutchfield, he's the chairman and chief executive officer of america's third largest coal producer, alpha natural resources. mr. crutchfield, welcome to the show. to study this issue, which ma

. >> mayor tony williams jennifer bradley and bruce katz. [applause] thank you very much. you have copies of the book. they will sign them for you right here. thank you all very much. >> give glenn a big hand everybody. [applause] >> thank you. up next on encore booknotes harry stein author of "how i accidentally joined the vast right-wing conspiracy and found inner peace". recounts metamorphosis from 1970s liberal to 1990s conservative. mr. stein began to question the tenants of politically correct thinking with the birth of his daughter. the program first aired in june of 2000. c-span: harry stein, author of "how i accidentally joined the vast right-wing conspiracy and found inner peace," where'd you get that title? >> guest: you know, it just came to me one day. i'm--i'm usually terrible at titles. and the genesis of this book was an editor of mine, with whom i was having lunch, who said--we were talking about politics and she said the usual thing--i'm--i was used to hearing from my liberal friends, 'how did you become such a'--she was polite, so she didn't say fascist;

go back to big picture rubble join me tonight marc harrold nicole williams and adam bradley let's get back to it on wednesday the washington d.c. city council officially approved a bill that would require retailers with sales of over a billion dollars in operating spaces of over seventy five thousand square feet to pay their employees at least twelve fifty an hour in this that wal-mart which so they're going to pull out of town but it's not like they're hurting they make thirty five thousand bucks in profit every minute seventeen billion dollars in sales last year but this raises an important question and that's about a federal living wage in the united states affected like you take it a step beyond that over one hundred economists recently signed on to a this is the name of the legislation catching up to nineteen sixty eight act of twenty thirteen this is alan grayson's piece of legislation is a petitions we sponsored by alan grayson that would raise the minimum wage from seven twenty five to ten fifteen an hour which is where it was in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight america a

bradley manning, who admitted to sharing classified documents with wikileaks awaits word of his fate. >>> plus, an arrest in the d.c. green paint vandalism case. >>> ravens get their just desserts. >>> and brian williams' markie-mark moment. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for tuesday, july 30th. >>> good morning. i'm richard lui. breaking news overnight, several people are injured after a powerful explosion at a florida propane plant. seven people were taken to the hospital. three of them in critical condition. officials say a crew of up to 26 were working an overnight shift when that blast happened. the explosions began at around 11:00 p.m. at the blue rhino plant in tavares. that's about 40 miles northwest of orlando. the plant houses about 53,000 20-pound propane cylinders. a half mile evacuation zone is in effect this morning. the of that explosion is being investigated. >>> it is being called the largest-ever operation against child sex trafficking. more than 100 teens are safe this morning after being rescued in a sting that span 76 u.s. cities. the youngest victim, just 13 years old. the fbi has taken 159 adults into custody for allegedly running that operat

bradley manning who admitted to sharing classified documents with wikileaks awaits word of his fate. >>> plus an arrest in the d.c. vandalism case. >>> the ravens get their just desserts. >>> and brian williams' marky mark moment. good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. breaking news overnight several people are injured after a powerful explosion at a florida propane plant. several people were taken to the hospital, three of them in critical condition. officials say a crew of up to 6 were working an overnight shift when that blast happened. the explosions began at around 11:00 p.m. at the blue rhino plant in tavares. the plant houses about 53,0 53,0053,000 53,000 0-fund propane cylinders. the cause of that explosion is being investigated. >>> it's being called the largest ever operation against child sex trafficking, more than 100 teens are safe this morning after being rescued in a sting that spanned 76 u.s. cities. the youngest victim just 13 years old. the fbi has taken 159 adults into custody for allegedly running that operation that included truck stops, motels and casinos from san francisco to miami. officials say the group was involved in the commercial exploitation of both adults and ch

william at golden gate national cemetery on thursday. >>> the man accused of the biggest leak of classified information in u.s. history will learn his fate today. private first class bradley manning is accused of sending more than 700,000 government documents to the website wikileaks. today a judge is expected to announce whether or not private first class manning is guilty of aiding the enemy. if convicted he faces life in prison without parole. supporters here in the bay area are anxiously awaiting today's verdict. >> we've done everything we can to give bradley every fighting chance inside and outside the courtroom. we're hopeful, but we're also dealing with an uphill battle. >> the 25-year-old manning has already pleaded guilty to lesser charges, and for that he is facing 20 years in prison. >>> two women face off in a special runoff election today to replace former disgraced former supervisor george geravo. teresa alvarez and cindy chavez are vying for seats. both of democrats. chera cowa resigned in march. polls are open today from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. a low voter turnout of about 20% is expected. >>> new this morning, open city councilmembers say they're working

bradley she has worked so hard and co-authored turner and strategies for ohio and michigan. she worked hard to affirm the constitutional powers of local government. and former mayor of washington dc, anthony williams. he is now the federal city council head, which focuses on creative and administrative talents of washington's business and getting them to focus on the major problems and opportunities facing the district. he restored the city's finances as mayor, improved governance, lowered taxes, invested in infrastructure. but we will get back to that. he served as the independent chief financial officer for the district. so this is an important channel, a lot of people thinking about the things that we will talk about. the book, as you will see as he walked in, it touches on a lot of interesting points. and i want to read one paragraph that caught my eye and ask bruce to address it. the metropolitan revolution is not only about the local and traditional, but it is also about a nice account of metropolitan life spawned by technology and globalization. we are living in this moment that worshiped speed and extols collaboration and rewards customization and demands differentiation. i love all of tha

bradley manning who admitted to sharing classified documents with wikileaks awaits word of his fate. >>> plus an arrest in the d.c. vandalism case. >>> the ravens get their just desserts. >>> and brian williamsmoment. good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. breaking news overnight several people are injured after a powerful explosion at a florida

bradley manning's lawyers are trying to get some of the charges dismissed. manning admitted to leaking documents to wikileaks. he said he did it to expose what he considered wrongdoing. >>> today we'll see what prince williamounty is doing to make sure it's never stuck with a budget blunder again. according to "the washington post," a county employee accidentally typed the wrong year in a code that projects the county payroll budget. that turned out to be a $5 million typo. because the county's budget came up about $5 million short. a company that looked into the matter will present its findings to the county board of supervisors today. >>> now to the race for virginia governor. we just received new fund-raising totals for each candidate. democrat terry mcauliffe continues to outraise republican ken cuccinelli. he raised more than $1.9 million in june. mcauliffe is also more than $6 million in cash on hand. his opponent has less than half of that. >>> coming up on 5:51 right now. it's one of those days, tom, when people need to carry around a towel because you're going to need to wipe sweat all day long. >> do you have yours with you now? >> it's at my desk. >> and eun has her shawl at her desk. >> that's

bradley at the brookings institutions metropolitan policy program argue that american cities are to devising solutions to political and social issues at the federal government won't address. the authors discuss their ideas with anthony williams former mayor of washington d.c.. on a panel moderated by gwen ifill senior correspondent for the "pbs newshour." this is just under one hour. [applause] >> i welcome you tonight and i thought to myself i know i've been to this building before and i'm trying to remember why. my father was an african methodist episcopal preacher. i attended this church when it was an ame church and now he turned it back into -- and that's just fine. i was telling jennifer advance that this kind of thing is my sweet spot. as you can tell by my resume and i don't know who started that. i covered the white house, congress and all these big-time beats but the sweet spot for me is covering local and state government. that is where the work i've done and that is where people answered your questions when you ask them as opposed to what happened to washington so frequently and people were accountable and simply for what they did and did not do to the people who elected them. that is something that doesn't seem

kim williams confessed to being a getaway drivers and implicated her husband as the triggerman. >>> the defense delivers closing arguments in the court marshal of bradleye prosecution said he gathered information in iraq with the goal of sending it to wikileaks. they called him a traitor, not a whistleblower. >>> finally a touching duet. ♪ don't need the money, money, money ♪ ♪ we just want to make the world ♪ >> that is university of memphis quarterback jacob carom sharing a tune with an 11-year-old cancer patient. the school's star quarterback his regular visitor with the kids at the hospital, this little girl has an aggressive form of leukemia and they did some ten songs together. i'm getting goosebumps. >> ten songs? >> ten sokngs. >> powerful medicine. >> yes, sure is. >> takes very little to do that, right? >> good stuff. >> thanks, michaela. >>> time now for our political gut check all the stories you need to know coming out of washington and around the country. first up president obama this week selling what the administration calls his new economic message but is it more of the same? is it working? is it resonating? that's where cnn's chief na