after a stop in marseille, they flew to the yemeni capital center. from there, they boarded the yemeni air bus a-310300 flight i.y. 626 which crashed off the coast of the comoros islands after making one attempt to land at a nearby airport. the man who pulled the teenager from the water said she had been too weak to hold on to the life ring that was thrown to her and he had dived into the water to save her. back in france there were mixed emotions for her father, overjoyed that his daughter had survived but mourning the loss of his wife. he learned about his daughter's miraculous escape after a phone call from her hospital bed. >> i asked her what happened. she told me. i saw the plane crash in the water. i found myself in the water. i heard voices, but couldn't see anybody as it was pitch-black, and you know, dad, i cannot swim well. but i managed to cling on to a piece of debris and the rest i cannot explain. >> although the crash happened in bad weather, there have been concerns over the safety of the aircraft. in paris today there were demonstrat

madonna visited the marseille hospital where some of the injured were taken. tonight's scheduled "sticky and sweet" concert were scheduled because of thursday's accident. >>> pulitzer prize winning author frank mccourt has died. best known for his memoir "angela's ashes," he came to fame later in a life after a career as a public schoolteacher. "angela's ashes" earned him the pulitzer. he'd been suffering from meningitis and died of skin cancer. he died this afternoon at a man hat hospice. >>> now is the time to book -- by car or plane, prices are going down. you can fly round trip to dozens of cities from d.c. for less than $100. >>> an end to this beautiful july weather, sorry to say. steve's in with the work week forecast. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com. it's the all new sesame street forest of fun... at busch gardens in williamsburg. with four family-friendly

it collapsed in the french city of marseille.d a statement saying she is devastated by all of this news. she was due to play the first of five concerts in sunday. according to the latest report, that show has now been canceled. >>> iran's government says the head of the country's nuclear agency has resigned. he has long been close to the leader mousavi who claims to have won the election. iran's foreign minister says he does not believe the move will change the country's nuclear policy. >>> an all female crew today on president obama's helicopter known as marine one. it marks the last day of rotation for major jennifer grieves. she was designated a marine one pilot 14 months ago and has flown former president obama george w. bush as well. good job to her. congratulations! and let's see what she does, what's next for her. she is a young lady. >> she has a huge future ahead of her. marine one, a great little helicopter as well. >>> there may have been a dlich during the shuttle "endeavour's" long-awaited launch. you saw it 24 hours

stage three is monday, a 121.8 mile ride from marseille to he grand mott, another good opportunity for the sprinters. >> let's get you caught up on some of the national league disors around makes today. the phillies up 1-0 right now on the mets. jimmy rollins seeming to be slowly coming out of his slump, solo shot, his seventh home run on the season. that took place in the first. the marlins right now holding a 5-0 lead over the pirates. jeremy hermida r.b.i. single. chris cog lynn r.b.i. single and dan uggla r.b.i. single for cog lynn and uggla, that took place in the third. the braves and national, nationals holding a 3-1 advantage right now. ronnie belliard with an r.b.i. double and scott olson with an r.b.i. single in the second. you take a look. the cubs leading the brewers right now. the cardinals holding an 8-0 advantage over the reds. colby rasmus with a two-run shot. in the fifth, four runs were scored, two runs on an error and two sacrifice flies in the fifth. that's in favor of st. louis. well, we know that albert pujols is in. manning first base at busch stadium tuesday jul

. >>> well, there's tragedy in marseilles, france, where a stage was being built for a madonna concert. the stage fell apart on top of workers, killing one and injuring six others, including an american worker. no word on the cause yet. madonna is scheduled to perform in the french port city on sunday. we don't know yet if the show will still go on. >>> captured on camera. the incident that may have changed michael jackson's life forever. "us weekly" magazine got ahold of pretty disastrous footage from the pepsi shoot back in 1984. cnn's ted rowlands reports. >> reporter: the video obtained by "us weekly" shows michael jackson's hair on fire. but you see, jackson doesn't seem to notice until people surround him. the first one there, was jackson's longtime friend miko brando, son of marlon brando. >> i went up to him and put my hands, shook his head. threw him down on the ground and tried to do the best i could. >> reporter: you can see as jackson gets up, his head is significantly burned. down to the scalp. >> he initially felt a very hot area and couldn't distinguish whether it was th