george smith right there.want to go to patrick swanson right now who is on the phone for us right now. sergeant swanton is on the phone. we just heard a news conference. sergeant swar on tnton, can you us the latest right now? >> yeah, update what i basically did with the rest of the folks. at this point we are still in a search and rescue operation. we know that we have at least 160 plus individuals that have been treated at local hospitals for injuries ranging from minor cuts, wounds, to broken bones. some of the injuries have been described to me as critical type injuries. we know now that the fire call actually went out at approximately 7:29 p.m. local time. the west volunteer fire department responded to the scene. several firefighters were actually in the process of working the fire. they knew because of a seriousness of where they were they started doing evacuations. at 7:53 we got the first call of an explosion at the plant. that explosion was a devastating explosion for this community. it has leveled

george smith says, an atom bomb. he sees that and he works through the night to try to help people even while his own force of the ems workers are not all accounted for at this moment. texas ems director george smith. he was speaking just after the explosion. a little while later we caught up with him again by phone. he was being treated for his own injuries in the hospital. he told us more about what he saw. >> one little boy, i understand, got up and was thrown through a wall. and one child actually got thrown through the wall of his house into the yard. his family member picked his up and grandparents drove him by private party to a regional hospital. he was critical and the grandparents were critical. it was a volunteer fire department and volunteer ambulance service. most of them were blast injuries. the windows imploded. the ceiling fell down. the ceiling fell. and resulted in at least one broken leg, broken femur, upper thigh. and something fell on them. there may be as many as anywhere between seven and ten n

george smith there, the head of the ems in west, texas.he really gave us a good characterization of the conflict. of the many hats the town and those residents carry on. a town of 2,800. the mayor, for instance, is also a firefighter. he was there dealing with the situation. the concern right now, is where are some of the firefighters? as many as six we're hearing are unaccounted for. we'll have more on the ground. we go straight to the ground. for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. >>> local authorities there at the explosion site in west, texas, have been very careful about reporting the number of fatalities as well as injuries. our charles hadlock, following the scene there overnight. you have new information for us? >> reporter: yes, i do. and i'm also have a guest here i'm going to try to track down here real quick. let me give you the numbers o

george smith. the devastation is immense.t's how texas attorney general greg abbott summed up the damage from last night's blast. he described railroad tracks fused together by the force and heat of the explosion. the apartment complex, destroyed. little farther from the plant, windows and doors blown off houses, even miles away. the people inside had no warning. officials have cordoned off the disaster zone. our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, got inside for a little bit today and here's some of what he saw. >> reporter: as soon as you come into the community which we've been allowed to do, no one else has been in here, you see some of the obvious signs of damage. blown-out windows. and you know, we're about a half mile away from the explosion site. but this is a school over here that we've been talking so much about. that was a school and you can see the entire side of it sort of collapsed inside over there. come over here and take a look. you see some of the buildings still off in the distance. this home fir

george smith is in charge of the town's ambulance service. what did it sound like? evat did it feel like? >> it was the biggest bomb i've ever heard. >> reporter: what kind of damage oud you see? >> it looked like a bomb exploded. shere was an apartment complex basically blown apart. any house within probably half a mile, all the windows are gone. >> reporter: the force of the blast caused a collapse at a olighboring nursing home. dozens of area residents were injured by shattered class. >> firefighters down. erare reghown. an explosion. >> reporter: emergency medical firnicians helping firefighters overcome by smoke were also caught in the explosion. >> they saw some of their wniends literally get blown up. those were all friends of mine, not just-- not just e.m.s. people. >> we do have a lot of injured here. >> reporter: the fear of toxic fumes from the chemicals at the plant spread through town. >> guys, you need to get out of ere! >> reporter: five square miles were evacuated. the high school football field mecame a triage center. what caused the explosion is st

. >> on the phone with me now, george smith. he's from the west ems duration. mr. smith, can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. >> can you tell me what your assessment of this disaster is in terms of injuries and potential fatalityties. >> when i heard the fire, i had the residents move to the oh side of the building. i was there when the explosion went off, so i got trapped in the glass and stuff that fell on me. >> there's been hundreds of people taking to local hospitals. they're trying to help the firefighters that are deceased from the explosion. i've heard very substantial rumors that there are three volunteer firefighters that have deceased from the explosion. and i'm with the county justice of the peace with another position in town. we've been told to expect heavy deceased people that we will help pronounce dead. like, right now, they're trying to get the fire under control and trying to get into the building there. >> dr. smith, do you know how many buildings have collapsed to this moment? >> no, because i really can't get to it. my son lives on one of

i want to go to george smith now in west texas.onflicting reports on fatalities, what are you able to tell us? >> there's rumors of a large number of fatalities. the fire is still going on. we have rescue going on. we have to help people, if they're in those houses, they -- it's still a very fluid situation. >> and george, of course, you talk about the rumors of the large number, again, we don't at this point know either. but what about the first responders. i know a lot of people rushed to the scene trying to help, there was the fire, the heat, the chemicals. do you know anything about the status of the first responders? >> well, i understand that there's been two fatalities. we don't know for sure. >> george, thank you very much. we'll be checking back in with you, try to get more information as you understand it. all of you watching, just talking to george and glenn, you have an understanding how quickly this is developing and how fluid this situation is right now, all we know at this point was that there was a massive explosion

george smith, are you there? >> yes. >> sir, i have to tell you, you are a hero. we are watching you in action here. i heard you say that you were bleeding. somebody's trying to get you to sit down but you can't because have you a job to do. so, my first question to you is, how are you, sir? >> they didn't see us and i calmed down. i got all sutured up. >> sir, it seemed to me that you were having difficulty breathing. was that just because of the stressful situation or were you having some reaction maybe to the chemicals in the air? >> there was some toxic smoke in the air. >> and how did you end up at the scene? >> medical director for west ems and i'm also medical director for the nursing home. when i saw the fire, i knew there were chemicals there, so i went to the nursing home to try to move people to the side closest to the other side of the nursing home. we called all the personnel from the nursing home. i think we saved some lives getting people to the other side of the nursing home. then all of a sudden we had that massive explosion and the windows and th

department says the four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose to just west texas ems director george smithays as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured last night when a fertilizer plant exploded in the small community near waco, texas. x-tv.is according to kwt the explosion measured at 2.1 magnitude on the sizing chart. the seismic chart. officials are still evacuating homes at that point. the pope sent a tweet asking people to pray for the town. extends are reacting of cautious optimism -- mexicans are reacting with cautious optimism to the immigration reform bill in the senate. it at least gives records a stable path, according to the associated -- at least gives migrants a stable path, according to the associated press. a group of senators is holding a news conference today to talk about the bill. c-span will be covering the afternoon event. those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> she was very bright, very political, which is why she and lincoln sort of got together in the first place. she spoke several languages fluently. he was extremely well-educated and s

girls were picking florence nightingale and all the boys were picking george washington and thomas jefferson. i picked bessie smithere was a piano in the classroom. they're still talking about that in sacramento. there was something about that music. even though the music that icing on this album is more modern -- that icing on this album is more modern than my father's taste in music, that is my first love. tavis: windy recall the first time you performed publicly with your father -- when do you recall the first time you performed publicly with your father? washe first performance speed -- was the california state fair at 3.5. i remember it vividly. when you developed all ive of jazz -- my mom and were talking not too long ago. we were talking about the fact that when you a child, we were a very spiritual family. it is one thing to lean on your mom and dad's relationship with god. at some point, you have to develop your own relationship when you start going to things on your own. it is one thing to be introduced to jazz by your father. at some point, you develop your own love for it. evolution of the developing y

smith. then current and former president take part in the ceremony for the george w. bush library. then the life of mary todd lincoln. us from capitol hill is adam smith, the ranking democrat on the house armed services committee. >> thanks for having me on. >> joining me is jim michaels of usa today. with the situation continuing, we want to turn to jim michaels for our first question. >> the administration says it is likely that the assad regime has used chemical weapons against their own people. previously the obama on said it is the bottom line. >> that is the question. they are trying to decide you use the weapons. there is a bit of a divide on that. is seems likely that by whom and under what circumstances we will have to determine. what do we do about it backs the president said it was a red line. my thing is how we are conscious of how we respond. i do not want to commit u.s. forces to syria. i think that being able to secure the weapons is difficult. but our international partners about how we proceed. what has not been said beyond the red line is what that means. what will

smith, al jazeera. reelected newly president george napolitano has threatened to resign if politicians continue to rely -- react irresponsibly. he warned politicians about the country's economic crisis and urged them to form a new government without delay. the paula abdul said he would only accept a second term and office because of the -- napolitano only accepted a second term because of the dramatic alarm. >> i have the duty to be frank. if i find myself once again facing the kind of deafness ran into in the past, i would not hesitate to throw the consequences before the country. we cannot any longer in any field escape the duty of proposals to look for the solutions, to make clear and prompt decisions towards reforms for the italian society withhe marcus he was -- no further delay to progress. let me tell you, let someone who enter this house at the age of 28 and hasn't day after day ever sense made a little -- has day after day made a little step forward for the development of the democratic life of this country. >> rain has slowed efforts in china to clean up after saturday's magnitude 6.6 earthqu

associates in new york we have george said newly he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in washington we crossed to fred smith he is founder and chairman of competitive enterprise institute and if that means you can jump in anytime you want george says capitalism state today well i think capitalism is indeed in crisis it's been five years since. the crash of two thousand and eight and the multiple bailouts and the unemployment remains.

associates in new york we have george said newly he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in washington we crossed to fred smith he is founder and chairman of competitive enterprise institute. that means you can jump in anytime you want george capitalism state today. well i think capitalism is indeed in crisis it's been five years since the the crash of two thousand and eight and the multiple bailouts and the unemployment remains high and there's no real prospect of recovery and what is really becoming clear is that we're now but we're not having to live with a situation of very high unemployment high rates of poverty and capital which is supposedly the unit of capitalism essentially going to exclusively for one purpose which is finance and always just simply makes money off itself ok rachel jump in the state of capitalism today. you know capitalism was doing just fine until it was hijacked by socialism and what i think george is seeing and what we're all seeing and what occupy wall street has been protesting is really the socialists a version of capitalism and not capitalism itself and george just touched on o

. >> i had a chance to sit down with george wendt, norm, and cory michael smith and talk about their e, you've been on broadway before what it was like jumping into this iconic work that's really a new project? >> well, i was floored by the script, because i was only familiar with the movie. and the script is so different in many key ways, a lot of it is the same, but there are some really key differences. and i also was just floored by the -- i read the novella at that point, and it's so beautiful. it's just an elegant, eloquent, just tragic love story, so -- i mean, i never understood the fuss about truman capote before. i knew he was sort of cute on the chat shows and everything, but i never read anything, and now i can't wait to read "in cold blood." >> flat little bottom, any skinny girl that walks fast and straight. you think i'm around the bend? >> no, i just didn't know you had been in love with her. >> cory this is your first broadway show. you got this part after one audition? >> i did, yeah. >> what did you do in this audition to get the part so quickly? >> i don't know. i

deron williams of the brooklyn nets, and george wendt and cory michael smith. >> "cnn newsroom" with fredricka whitfield begins right now. >>> happening now in the "newsroom," shock in our aria. brand new details of what was found in james holmes' apartment. ammunition, drugs, and a batman mask. >> also -- >> no explanation for what's on the film. no excuse for it. i was wrong. >> then why is rutgers giving fired coach mike rice a $100,000 bonus? >>> plus, light up. a majority of americans now favor legalizing marijuana. >> if you want a glimpse of what it might look like if marijuana is legalized, drive down south broadway in denver, colorado. check out all the medical marijuana dispensaries. >> teams in atlanta, the courts are ready, and you are ready in the "cnn newsroom." >>> just learning this morning, a federal judge in brooklyn ordered the fda to make the morning after pill available over the counter to anyone, that means no age restrictions and no prescriptions. the ruling reverses the obama administration's position that girls younger than 17 need a prescription to get the m

george bush's relationship? "hardball" back after this. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me.t appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the same time. using data to connect patients to software, to nurses to the right people and machines. ♪ helping hospitals treat people even better, while dramatically reducing waiting time. now a waiting room is just a room. [ telephone ringing ] [ static warbles ] [ beeping ] red or blue? ♪ >>> we're back. it's no secret that george w. bush and dick cheney had a strained relationship during w.'s second term. especially after bush filed cheney's long term pal and mentor, donald rumsfeld. now on the eve of the opening bush presidential library, the bush/cheney relationship is still frosty. here's what the president said about his relationship with cheney in an interview with steve skully. >> it's been cordial. but he lives in washington and we live in dallas. i people i work with much, and it's kind of sad. >> david corn is the bureau chief of mother jones and msnbc pol

smith. then the dedication ceremony for the george w bush presidential center.eadlines inday's your calls, tweets, and e-mails, followed by former fbi investigator david williams on the fbi's investigation into the boston bombings. then a roundtable discussion on news from the week from capitol hill, the white house, boston, and syria. later, a look at the u.s.-russia relationship with william pomerantz of the woodrow wilson center. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on this sunday, it will 28, 20 13. last night washington media, politicians, and celebrities gathered for the annual white house correspondents association dinner. we would like to get your thoughts this morning on the relationship between the press in dc insiders. here are the numbers to call -- you can also find us online. send us a tweet by writing @cspanwj. or join the conversation on facebook by looking for c-span. you can also e-mail us journal@cspan.org. the white house correspondents dinner. this is one of the headlines -- here are some other hea

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smith. then current and former president take part in the ceremony for the george w. bush library. en the life of mary todd lincoln. us from capitol hill is adam smith, the ranking democrat on the house armed services committee. >> thanks for having me on. >> joining me is jim michaels of usa today. with the situation continuing, we want to turn to jim michaels for our f

joining karen hunter and ezra klein at our table, george mcquarter, lecturer at columbia university. oregon state representative jefferson smithclared a candidate through the mayoral race. jefferson, here is the thing. we agreed to have you on the show before your declaration. you can stay here you about don't get boring. okay? >> i will try really hard. >> my heart sank when i got t announce. >> mine, too. >> the president last might was talking to the congressional black caucus and this comes amidst a lot of news about his relationship to the congress am black caucus, african-american basis specifically. there's polling out. i will look at this poll and we will get his clip. polling out showing that the amount that the support among african-americans was strongly favorable in april, 83%. it is down to 58% in september. this is the president -- what he had to say last might to the congressional blacks caucus. >> i don't know about you, cbc, but the future rewards of those that press on with a push and firm determination, i'm going to press on for jobs. i'm going to press on for equality. i'm going to press on for the sake of

richard norton smith whose biography of george washington is called "patriarch."nd patricia brady. why does martha washington matter? >> she was the first and she was one of the best. those things always count. she was able to help george washington make it through the american revolution and than two awful terms of president. she was his helpmate, always. >> this concept for this service was something that you championed early and were a guiding light into how cspan might do it. what was your thought as a story about why studying first ladies should matter in this society we live in today? >> first of all, we don't know enough about them as individuals. we don't know enough about them for the windows that open. we don't know enough about them as individuals. we don't know enough about them for the windows that they open upon their particular periods. individually they are fascinating. it seems to me they provide a way of tracing women's history but also the history of the country and any number of political and other institutions as well. ultimately, i suspect ou