there has been a stage collapse at the indiana state fair. you're look at live pictures there from our affiliate wthr. we're told right now, at least, a dozen people were injured. a dozen people injured in this when that stage collapsed. people who were there on the scene said a strong gust of wind came through. we're reaching out to sources on the ground to see exactly what happened and what contributed to this. the band sugarland was just about to play and here's what they're saying now on twitter. we are all right, they're saying. we are praying for our fans and the people of indianapolis. we hope you'll join us. they need your strength. again, that's our breaking news. there's been a stage collapse, a lot of people hurt. we're going to continue to follow it on cnn and we're going to talk politics now. >>> thank you, everyone, for coming today and thank you so much. what we saw happen today is this is the very first step toward taking the white house in 2012. and you have just sent a message that barack obama will be a one-term president.

there are now at least five people dead after saturday's tragic concert stage collapse at the indiana state fair. officials plan to reopen the fair today with a public memorial service. nbc is at the fairgrounds in indianapolis for us. good morning, wendy. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's a somber day here at the indiana state fair grounds. the pile of wreckage behind me is a sobering reminder of what happened here. as you mentioned a short service is scheduled here to remember those five people who lost their lives so unexpectedly. concert goers' worst nightmare turned to reality in just seconds. just minutes after the announcer warned that severe weather was p possible, a gust of wind, between 60 and 70 miles per hour sent the massive scaffolding crashing into the crowd. >> it just came down. i saw people running. the next thing you know, you look back and there's people underneath the stage trying to get up. >> oh, my gosh. i was scared. >> reporter: chris lost sight of his son and wife in the kayous. >> then the gust of wind came. the stage blew over. and i took off down there to see w

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this stuff really works. >>> the indiana state fair reopened today after deadly tragedy on saturday. we're seeing new cell phone video shot by witness recording a concert when the stage collapsed. we now know that fair officials did get high winds warning several minutes before it happened. scott gotberg has the latest. >> reporter: we come with hearts broken but full, governor daniels said. as the state fair reopened. i cannot tell you how proud i am. >> reporter: the fairs had been closed since saturday night when a deadly gust of wind tore down scaffolding from the main stage minutes before sugar land was supposed to play. >> people were laying on the grounds. >> chaos. chaos. >> david wood is one of the many who rushed in trying to free people pinned underneath. >> after i climbed back in there, people were hollering i'm a doctor and emt. it was astonishing. >> the national weather service was tracking the storm and 8:39 issued severe thunderstorm warning. at 8:35, announcer says storms are coming but there is no order to evacuate. winds moving faster than 60 miles per hour moved

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our story from nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: on that day at the indiana state fair, just before the sugarland concert was about to begin, sudden high winds lifted and then collapsed the stage. >> you just saw the stage swaying. so i grabbed maggie and i just said, run. >> maggie is 3-year-old maggie mullen, attending the fair with her mom, two sisters and grandma. she was wearing her new tutu for the occasion. maggie was crushed, bleeding and trapped in the rubble. but there were some guardian angels in that crowd too. lots of them. >> never in your wildest lifetime thought that something like this could happen. >> reporter: what happened next accidentally caught on cell phone video by david wood who forgot to turn it off as he tried to save the girl. several panicked concertgoers struggled to free her. a nurse, a state trooper, a county sheriff, a firefighter, a nursing student, a doctor, and david wood, a machinist who used his shirt for the tourniquet. all stabilized maggie's bleeding arm, freed her from the rubble and rushed her to the hospital. where maggie's chief concern was

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refills at advaircopd.com. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the indiana state fair reopened today after deadly tragedy on saturday. we're seeing new cell phone video shot by witness recording a concert when the stage collapsed. we now know that fair officials did get high winds warning several minutes before it happened. scott gotberg has the latest. >> reporter: we come with hearts broken but full, governor daniels said. as the state fair reopened. i cannot tell you how proud i am. >> reporter: the fairs had been closed since saturday night when a deadly gust of wind tore down scaffolding from the main stage minutes before sugar land was supposed to play. >> people were laying on the grounds. >> chaos. chaos. >> david wood is one of the many who rushed in trying to free people pinned underneath. >> after i climbed back in there, people were hollering i'm a doctor and emt. it was astonishing. >> the national weather service was tracking the storm and 8:39 issued severe thunderstorm warning. at 8:35, announcer says storms are coming but there is no order to evacuate.

the indiana state fair. you've probably seen the video. concert goers running for their lives.ls knew bad weather was on the way. how did this happen? investigation is under way. we'll bring you the late details. those stories and the ridiculous at the top of the hour. >> see you in a few minutes, anderson. thanks. >>> the republican field has as many candidates now as it did when the sun rose saturday morning, but it's a different field. tim paw length se also a former candidate. texas governor rick perry is now officially in and aggressively so. >> that big black cloud that hangs over america, that debt that is so monstrous. >> so let's stack the gop field with cnn contributors erick erickson and alex cast ta lan oes. you have congresswoman bachmann who took the day off today. a lot of people saying this is a three-way race. >> i don't think it's a three-way race yet. it's a two way race, romney and governor perry. we're not sure that michele bachmann is yet a top tier candidate. she's got something to prove. she can win it inside a coliseum in iowa, can she show suburban vot

, the nation continues to mourn the five victims of saturday's tragic stage collapse at the indiana state fair. at a memorial service on the state fairgrounds yesterday morning, hundreds gather to remember family and friends that were lost. afterwards, the state fair did reopen. however, a fireworks display was scheduled and that was canceled. and it included concerts by janet jackson and lady ante bell up, all of those were canceled. officials continue to investigate whether the storm-related incident could have been prevented. >>> in kentucky, the fbi has arrested a man wanted in australia for allegedly strapping a fake bomb to the neck of an 18-year-old girl. authorities say the august 3rd attack was part of an alleged extortion event. nbc's dan shineman has the story. >> reporter: the fbi says paul douglas peters, a 50-year-old australian citizen has been arrested outside louisville. >> mr. peters was arrested by our louisville fbi s.w.a.t. team at the home of his former wife. >> police believe he is the man who entered a home in a city suburb when 18-year-old madelyn was home at loan stud

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we do need to start, though, with that deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair in indianapolis. the fair is closed today because of the accident. i do want you to stop and look at the television screen for a moment because we're about to show you 20 or 30 seconds worth of video. amazing video of the moment it happened. again, the video goes about 20 seconds. you can see it and you can also hear what was happening. let's watch. >> this video you're seeing is taken by a couple that was there at the concert. we're going to be talking to them in just a moment, we'll give you some of the details about this. at least four people were killed when the scaffolding around the stage collapsed. this happened because a powerful gust of wind, reportedly 50 to 60 miles per hour just blew it over. as many as exiting people were injured. all of them were under that twisted metal. people are actually using their seats as stretchers to try to help. take a listen. >> we saw a big wind gust. and you could see the entire stage come down over to the right-hand side. and you could see people underneat

remembering the victims of saturday's tragic stage collapse at the indiana state fair. >>> a chlorinek at a water park in california sent 20 people to the hospital, including nine kids. officials at raging waters park in sacramento say a high concentration of the toxic chemical was released into the wave pool on monday. >> little kids were crying. it was hurt being their eyes, their throats. they didn't have enough oxygen tanks for the people there helping, the workers, instead of little kids that were bawling, they're not refunding anyone's money. >> officials say the pool will stay closed until the investigation is complete. all the victims have been treated and released. >>> in san francisco, a noisy protest against the bay area rapid transit system. >> disband! >> the protesters swarmed a subway station yesterday. the hacker group anonymous organized the protest after b.a.r.t. officials turned off cell phone service during another protest last week. >>> and in southern california, police are trying to trace a stolen rembrandt. the pen and ink sketch called "the judgment" is worth

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investigate the deadly stage collapse that killed five people and injured 40 others at the indiana state fairfindings public. >>> in l.a., a quarter million dollar rembrandt, remember the story we told you about last night, the one stolen from a luxury hotel? well, it has been found. it was parentally too hot for thieves to handle. they dumped it and someone tipped off authorities. >>> and this story for you. this massachusetts pizza parlor recently filled an order for 150 pies. pretty impressive. but another number is even more impressive. that number is 1400. that's how many miles david schuler, the man who placed the order, drove to bring the pies home. he lives in mississippi. but he carries a torch for his hometown pizza joint which is just outside of boston. >> so do you order all the pies and then freeze them? >> yeah. but here's the thing. i went online to check out the pizza place. and you can get overnight delivery by mail. >> doh! so we mentioned turtle man earlier. i didn't know -- you said you didn't see turtle man. let's just show a little bit of it. >> let me hear it. >> you ha

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a new twist in the tragedy of the indiana state fair.nother victim. more when we continue. >>> crime and punishment tonight, a big development in the so-called west memphis three murder case. three young men who were convicted of murdering three 8-year-old boys in west memphis, arkansas back in 1993 walked out of prison this afternoon. how they got out involves a tricky legal maneuver which i'll explain. but 18 years ago you may remember the bodies of three second graders were found in a watery ditch, mutilated, hog tide with their own shoe laces. three men, teenagers at the time from left to right on the screen, jason baldwin, damien echols and jessie misskelley were convicted and sent to prison. baldwin and misskelly were -- there have always been questions about the convictions. the three men have argued that no direct evidence linked them ever to the murders. now to the rare legal deal that set them free. it's known as the alford plea which claims though they say they're not innocent but they acknowledge the state has enough evidence

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indianapolis tv station, wish, is reporting that officials with the indiana state fair admit they did not follow the fair's own severe weather procedures during the storm saturday night. investigators now looking into how fair officials responded and why they might have ignored their own policy. couple other items we're learning today from saturday's disaster. the band that was set to take the stage when those winds hit, sugar land, they have announced it is planning a private memorial in honor of the fans who died. no time, no date is set yet. but sugar land says they will wait until the families have had their own time to hold their own services and memorials for their loved ones. also, an amazing story of how the band narrowly missed being on that very stage when it came crashing down. the manager of the band made a last minute decision to not go on the stage, to form a prayer circle. that decision kept the band off stage for those few crucial moments and is now being credited with saving their lives. the stage collapse has forced the cancellation of other concerts at the indiana s

. >>> there was a moment of silence to start the indiana state fair today. it happened after this over the weekend. if you had not seen this. it's incredible. a gust of wind from a thunderstorm bringing the stage down and crushing people and killing five people. our meteorologist, chad myers, is going to try and explain what caused this deadly accident. we will continue to follow the president as he will hold his town hall meeting. we will be back right after this. dle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. what makes us number one in motorcycle insurance? we love bikes. we love riders. and most of all, we love to ride. perfect hair every time. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> well, the most anticipated town hall meeting ever, it seems, is about to be held in cannon falls, minnesota, with the president. we're expecting it to start anytime we're

by security forces in the city of latakia >>> new questions about the stage collapse at the indiana state fair tells indiana station wish that the crowd should have been told that the national weather service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the fairgrounds area. the collapse killed five people and injured dozens more. >>> for the second time since sunday, hackers have struck a san francisco bay area transit web site and published personal information about 102 transit officers. a group known as anonymous claims responsibility on twitter. it's the latest controversy surrounding the bay area rapid transit system after an officer shot and killed a homeless man last month >>> and take a look at this. a scary scene in queen queens, new york. a driver was pulling a salt truck into a repair bay in a depot when it smashed through a second floor wall. and as you can see, dangled over a group of parked cars. >> wow! >> six hours later, cranes pull the truck back into the building. thankfully the driver is said to be fine. but as you can imagine, anderson, really shaken up. >> was the driver

investigate the deadly stage collapse that killed five people and injured 40 others at the indiana state fairr officials say they'll make the findings public. >>> in los angeles, a $40 million rembrandt stolen from a luxury hotel has been found. it was apparently too hot for thieves to handle. so they left it in a church and someone tipped off authorities. >>> abercrombie and fitch says they will offer a substantial amount of money to the cast members of "jersey shore" to stop wearing its merchandise. the clothing retailer says it's worried any association between its brand and the cast members could damage its image. in a statement, the company mentions mike the situation sorrentino specifically >>> and this massachusetts pizza parlor recently filled an order for 150 pies. pretty impressive. but another number is even more impressive. 1400. that's how many miles david shuller, the man who placed the order, drove to bring the pies home hechlt lives in mississippi but he carries a torch for his hometown pizza joint outside of boston. now back to anderson. >> so we mentioned turtleman earlier.

by security forces in the city of latakia >>> new questions about the stage collapse at the indiana state fairfair spokesman tells indiana station wish that the crowd should have been told that the national weather service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the fairgrounds area. the collapse killed five people and injured dozens more. >>> for the second time since sunday, hackers have struck a san francisco bay area transit web site and published personal information about 102 transit officers. a group known as anonymous claims responsibility on twitter. it's the latest controversy surrounding the bay area rapid transit system after an officer shot and killed a homeless man last month >>> and take a look at this. a scary scene in queen queens, new york. a driver was pulling a salt truck into a repair bay in a depot when it smashed through a second floor wall. and as you can see, dangled over a group of parked cars. >> wow! >> six hours later, cranes pull the truck back into the building. thankfully the driver is said to be fine. but as you can imagine, anderson, really shaken up. >>

it happened in between musical acts at the indiana state fair tonight. is video posted on youtube, the fair, was being evacuated because of a strong weather when the state collapsed, the band sugar land was set to take the stage. not today the band was--the weather was nice. tens of the people rocking at the state parks. >> house science is taking part. >> it is interactive. >> event organizers are proud to said that 2011 is the best yet. >> for the first time we will sell all three days. people embraced the arts, they love music in this town, theater, comedy. we have all of that in this festival is really an honor to everything that is good about northern california. >> the weekend festival is in full swing catering to a crowd of 180,000. >> the truth is, the act that they recruit to come here are some of the best in the world. it is one of the most amazing festival to attend. >> while music is at the core, it makes it all the thick san francisco. one of the things that makes this festival so you take is be on hot dogs and beer, you can get locally sour

a huge gust of wind collapsed the whole stage at the indiana state fair. 40 other people were hurt. > a violent thunderstorm blamed for this. knocking down a concert's fence and tents and stages. the scaffolding there. this was at a music festival in belgian. that toll is up to five already. more people died overnight. more than 100 others were hurt. concert goerers you can see them -- goers you can see them they ran for their lives when the wind and hail rolled in. the remaining performances have been suspended. >>> hewlett packard is getting out of the personal computer business. it wants to sell its pc business which is the world east largest. they will stop making tablet computers and smart phones. they will continue to sell servers and other equipment to bisquesers and plans to spend $10 billion to buy a british software. >> the evolutionary process is ongoing. and the ones that survive like hp are the ones that can catch the wave. >> hp won't say if the change in business focus will mean layoffs. the company employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. >>> time now 6:48. sal, any

a huge gust of wind collapsed the entire stage at the indiana state fair. 40 other people were hurt. >>> fear and greed are said to move the stock markets. there is a lot of fear about the u.s. heading back into a recession. carter evans is on the floor of the nasdaq this morning. what are traders saying about the volatility? will we continue to bounce like this? could we see a really big slide? >> reporter: you know a lot of people are saying this is the new normal as we muddle through this. we are in a period now where stocks are trying to basically find some sort of direction here. you know these companies especially the big successful ones are sitting on piles of crash right now. the future is not so bright. take look at numbers from yesterday. just a less mess. it get much worse than that does it? maybe today. let's take a look our futures. our futures are off their lows of the morning. these are dow futures on the cnnmoney.com page. nasdaq off about 19. s & p down about 9. let's take a look the european markets. this is giving you an idea where you are heading. it fell 4% yeste

figure out exactly why a stage collapsed during a wind storm and killed five people at the indiana state fair. >> terrifying site and tons of steel crashed on the performance area where sugar land was scheduled to perform. the manager says he held the band backstage seconds before it was toppled. the storm did not damage any other parts of the fairgrounds. ♪ ♪ >> nathan berg. >> the fair reopened after a memorial service to honor the victims. indiana's governor saluted concertgoers that helped the injured. >> complete disregard of their own safety. it was a hero every ten feet. >> the tragedy injured dozens of people, 25 of them remain in the hospital. >>> president obama kicked off a three-day bus tour of small towns in minnesota and iowa today and experienced a tea party positive moment, a party leader asked him about vice president biden calling tea party members terrorists during the debt ceiling debate. >>> tomorrow the president will host a rural economic forum in iowa. he will hold a total of four town style events. >>> the number of americans paying credit cards on time is now at a 17

. ♪ >> indiana's lieutenant- governor opened a memorial service at the indiana state fair for five peopleilled saturday when a stage collapsed. governor mitch daniels was amongst the 500 people who attended. wind gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour blew the stage over as thousands waited to hear the band "sugarland." 45 people were injured. some critically. >>> breaking news. oakland police have just announced the arrest of a second person in the shooting death of 3-year-old carlos nava. 22-year-old willie torence was captured in las vegas on friday night. investigators say he and lawrence denard were shooting at two other men when a stray bullet hit nava when he was eating pizza with his mother. again, another arrest in the killing of a little boy in oakland. >>> and we're getting new information about the rising death toll in iraq. at least 63 people are dead after more than a dozen bombings today. most of the victims were killed in a crowded marketplace in the city of kut. the police say the first bomb went off in a freezer. then as rescuers gathered at the scene, a bomb in a parked car, a

investigate the deadly stage collapse that killed five people and injured 40 others at the indiana state fair officials say they'll make the findings public. >>> in los angeles, a $40 million rembrandt stolen from a luxury hotel has been found. it was apparently too hot for thieves to handle. so they left it in a church and someone tipped off authorities. >>> abercrombie and fitch says they will offer a substantial amount of money to the cast members of "jersey shore" to stop wearing its merchandise. the clothing retailer says it's worried any association between its brand and the cast members could damage its image. in a statement, the company mentions mike the situation sorrentino specifically >>> and this massachusetts pizza parlor recently filled an order for 150 pies. pretty impressive. but another number is even more impressive. 1400. that's how many miles david shuller, the man who placed the order, drove to bring the pies home hechlt lives in mississippi but he carries a torch for his hometown pizza joint outside of boston. now back to anderson. >> so we mentioned turtleman earlier. a

, the nation continues to mourn the five victims of saturday's tragic stage collapse at the indiana state fair. at a memorial service on the state fairgrounds yesterday morning, hundreds gathered to remember friends and family who were lost. afterwards, the state fair did reopen, however, a fireworks display and scheduled concerts by janet jackson and lady antebellum were canceled, officials continue to investigate. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. surveillance cameras rolled a as group of teens looted shelves inside a maryland store. the flash mob robbery was carried out without any resistance from store employees, they watched as approximately three dozen teens snatched and stuffed items away. police have not made any arrests, but have identified some of the suspects. >>> mother nature sparked a massive fire in southern idaho. fire crews have been stretched thin battling at least nine fires since sunday night. the largest blaze has charred approximately 40,000 acres. along with triggering fires, the storms in the area have also knocked out pow

. >>> and the indiana state ferry opened with a memorial fair.y on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jr. memorial. take your seat at the table on august 28th. >>> the indiana state fair re-opens with a memorial service. as you can see in the video, a wind gust took down the stage saturday night minutes before the band sugarland was set to perform. many rushed trying to help those trapped under the stage. five were killed and 40 others injured. the stage collapsed minutes after a warning about the storm. >>> and then officials for the san francisco bay area rapid transit system are warning riders of a protest later today. members of the group anonymous are organizing that demo. they hacked the website on sunday. they said it reacted to b.a.r.t. cutting cell phone stations last week. and b.a.r.t. said t

at least four people are reported dead and dozens hurt after a stage collapses in the indiana state fair. the storm swept through the fair ground and caused the stage rigging to give way. thousands of people were evacuated when the tage fell on an area where people were seated. some people could still be trapped. here is an eyewitness who watched all of the tragedy unfold. take a listen. >> it was horrible. i was rying to get my kids . even if it was higher than pem on the ground. i didn't know what to expect. it was coming right at tus . the stage fell over. people underneath and trying to get away from it. it was crazy. watching them run. it was horrific and not anything i want want to see again. >> what did you do after that. >> preparations are underway to inflate large air bags to lift that stage. sugarland said we are all right and praying for the people of indianapolis. we hope you join us . they need strength. >> and four people were dead and others injured. we'll have the latest as new details returns. back to news watch. >> places the downgrading on republicans. >> there were r

. >>> a newly released cellphone video from the indiana state fair shows the warning announcement thatas made moments before saturday's the stage collapse. >> presidency to the west, there are some clouds but we are hoping for the best at the weather is going to bypass. >> later they announced her is her describing what to do in case of an evacuation but goes on to say that the ban chevrolet would take the stage soon. you're looking at to whether the audience should have been evacuated storm at a san francisco attorney is in jail tonight, accused of raping three women. a strange twist, the lawyer is now using his own craigslist ad to defend himself. >> reporter: robert michael hoffman says these were the acts that he posted on craigslist looking to play out rape fantasy rape and a defense that she went to police after happened in march the man from what i understand, she went on to the house for her keys and he sexually assaulted her and beat her. she grabbed her keys and she ran out and went out to the elevator and other vendor of this complex naked. >> reporter: is and they're pretty

the director of the indiana state fair commissioner has said to employees, those who erect the stage and put it back up has been built to specs and safety is priority number one, and investigators are going the see if the design, itself, was flaw ed. i spoke to a photographer here on the ground saturday night as the concert was going on and he said he covered one of the fe festivals all over the country, and he said this is one of the more structurally sound, because it has a concrete grounding and scaffolding, and one of the technicians up manning the spotlights as the dust storm as the photographer described showed up at the fairgrounds and within seconds he said ail you could see is the tarp fall off or pulled off of the roofing structure, and then the whole stage went down. he said it took four or five seconds before the brain could calculate what you saw and then you heard the horrifying screams from people here. and so the investigators will be looking to pinpoint a cause, and in word of how soon they will determine one. >> thank you, ron mott. >> and also joining us is jessica

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. >> now to the strategic accident caught on video at the indiana state fair. you can see wind whipping tarps covering the stage, and then that canopy toppled on to the performance area and the first several rows of seats. it happens moments before sugarland was set to take the stage. fans jumped into action trying to rescue people. >> people trapped inside and the first person i came to was laying down and her and her daughter, there was something on top of her, and -- everything happened so fast. >> alan: the stage collapsed while the audience was being evacuated to a nearby building because of the storm that brought on those high winds. >> in the bay area, thousands packed golden gate park tonight for the fourth annual outside laps -- lands music festival. we're live at golden gate park. >> reporter: the concert is over for today, and it's the last -- last note was played at 10:00. organizers say they're thrilled. they sold 60,000 tickets for each day of the concert. but the concert's success has been a nuisance for local residents. ♪ >> reporter: the group,

least four people are confirmed dead after a stage collapsed tonight during a storm at the indiana state fair. watch here as the drama unfolds. you can see people after the stage collapsed, they begin to panic and the wind comes up. part of the stage as you see there comes crashing down on fans. at least two dozen people were injured. many of them trapped under that stage wall you see there. the opening act had just finished and the crowd was waiting for country duo, sugarland to take the stage and that is when the strong winds kicked up. >> i mean, i was up in the stands and all of a sudden just the wind blew and the whole stand went tumbling down, just like you would see a domino effect. >> i saw people coming to the scene trying to lift the upright, the tresses that hold the entire canopy and all the structure. they ran over and there was dozens that were trying to lift the tresses up off the people that were under them. >> it was a disaster area. it was horrible. >> details on the condition of the injured were not immediately available. a statement on the sugarland website said we were al

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in brief this hour and a whole people have died after a stage collapse during a tour of the indiana state fair in the united states it happened on sunday night at the fairgrounds in india now less strong winds caused the stage rigging for the outdoor concert hall trapping injuring around forty people. three people have been charged in several more arrested in connection with the sectarian violence that flared up in northern ireland clashes erupted as protesters . continue to their annual marching season in the predominantly catholic sissy of london dairy please visit the public to avoid the area. hungry as journalists fear that freedom of speech is taking a major step backwards after the government push through a new media control they see it will seriously stifle reporters from holding hungry leaders to account. view shared rather at home and abroad who also implies massive layoffs and that's our first opposing the initiative our first in the firing line. speak at least not about the hunger government acquaintance of hungary's new media low claim journalists are being silenced. it's about hid

fair organizers still >>> the indiana state fair re- opened today after this grandstand blew over saturday by heavy kids killing five people. fair organizers still can't say whether that stage had been inspected or not. the weather service had warned of strong winds before the concert started. another concert nearby was cancelled because of the weather, in fact. there was a prayer service at the fair today for those who died. >>> it's a manic monday on wall street thanks to good news from japan and europe, stocks rallying. the dow has now regained all of its losses since america's debt was downgraded on august 5. today the dow closed up 214. the nasdaq was up 47. >>> google surprised many by announcing it is buying smart phone-maker motorola mobility for 12.5 billion dollars. motorola phones already use google's android operating system. and this could help google better compete with apple. our partners at cnet say the real bounty is motorola's 17,000 patents on phone technology. >>> bay area drivers getting a break. gas prices have fallen 9 cents a gallon over the last three weeks. at the

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. >>> in indianapolis, a stage that collapsed at the indiana state fair last night killing five people and injuring dozens others. witnesses say they were waiting for the band sugarland to take the stage when the massive rigging was suddenly caught by a strong gust of wind and toppled onto the crowd. people started running, some to help and some to escape. but some of victims were just trapped underneath that huge stage. >> i'm a nurse. i went back to help. a lot of people unconscious, broken legs, broken arms, pretty scary. >> the state is now investigating. and oddly enough other tents nearby and the ferris wheel were not damaged by the wind. >>> one republican has stepped out of the presidential race after yesterday's iowa straw poll. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty announced that he is giving up his campaign, but iowa has also propelled tea party candidate michele bachmann into the top tier along with texas governor's rick perry who wasn't even in the race two days ago. brian moore with the latest. >>> you've done it, iowa! thank you! >> reporter: after wing the iowa straw p

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sugarland is once again taking the stage after the tragedy at the indiana state fair. >> in honor of those people that were wounded and those beautiful lives that were lost we ask that you stand us in a moment of silence. >> sugarland started its concert in albuquerque last night in honor of the five people killed on saturday. that is when a huge gust of wind collapsed the stage. sugarland is planning a private memorial for the victims. >>> the ultimate fighting championship has a new television home starting this november the ufc will air right here on fox and ktvu channel 2. seven year deal is reportedly worth $100 million. both fox and the ufc say it will bring in a larger audience. >>> a man behind bars after a swat team lays seize on a home in san ramon. how the man's mother was caught right in the middle of the intense situation. >>> definitely shaping up to be another rough day on wall street. we'll tell you what happened overnight and the big bank that could be cutting thousands of jobs. >>> it was another negative day on wall street yesterday. coming up we will explain why t