nichole. >> nichole: thanks, sia. as high school football season kicks off tonight, we learn that the sport carries the highest risk among fall sports for concussions. >> we will see hundreds of young athletes at the high school or collegiate level in the fall months for evaluations. >> nichole: high school senior notah frederickson was cleared o play following a concussion a few weeks ago. that process of assessing athletes is aided by an ipad app clinic. 40 area high schools and colleges use it. it allows trainers to more accurately track symptoms, balance, recall, memory right in the locker room. it helps to answer the question of when an athlete is ready to get back into the game. >> we can make a much better, more informed decision. >> we don't really want to put the young athlete at risk for having life-long issues or issues that are persistent because we've rushed them back to play. >> nichole: symptom concussion are headache, neck pain, nausea and confusion. noah has had four concussions the past four years, a

good morning, nichole. i'm at granger road and windfall road, and now that the sun is coming up, you can see the storm left quite a mess. take a look right here in the middle of the street. you can see branches and trees, downed power lines. it's a little bit of a mess all morning long since we've been back power. this road is closed, and you can see the barricade right over this way as crews work to restore power in this area. now, we've been looking at social media and have seen a few people's videos of this storm. take a look at teggy247 and what she went through yesterday. listen to a little bit. it's about ten seconds. you can hear that of her going through the storm, driving through the storm in medina yesterday. and then also on the other side of town, our photojournalist dave kraska shot this video of downed trees that's over on finn road on the other side of medina. you can see crews also working in that area to restore power. so we are getting word that the crews are out here and they are trying t

nichole. >> nichole: there's a new report out showing just how successful airbnb was in the from july 18th through the 21st 1900 people used the service. airbnb says behind chicago and louisville, the cleveland area is the third most popular midwest city for airbn fw. >>> if you needed an excuse to get to chipotle today, here you go. if you visit any of the 26 cuyahoga county locations, half of the cost of the meal will be donated to the north union farmers markets. the only thing you have to do is mention north union market before you make your purchase. >> tia: >> nichole: i needed an excuse to go to chipotle. >> tia: it's good. time is 6:24. today may be the perfect day, though, right, jon to eat inside. >> jon: absolutely. simply because we have a risk of severe storms as we make our way through the afternoon hours. we'll head to 82 by 11:00, 87 midday, topping out around 90 and taking a slide back down to 86 and 84 as we head to the evening hours, the soup in the air is going to be humidity and through. hour-by-hour details on that coming up in a few. >> nichole: new information

. >> nichole vrsansky getting answers this morning. especially during the first week there's a lot to stuff in the backpacks. they get very heavy. >> nichole: very heavy. we'll show you how heavy. average book back is nearly 14 pounds. each of these -- i'm putting keep it piled in, brian. so each of those reams of paper weigh 5 pounds, so close to 15 pounds here. brian, are you done? >> tia: can you see it on the screen? >> brian: can you stand up? >> nichole: can it fit in the book bag. 15 pounds these kids are lugging around. they need to do some continuing in the summer to get used to it. >> brian: are you okay? >> tia: that's how they are. their backs. turn to the side so people can see down. >> brian: that's rough. >> nichole: that's perspective, right? >> brian: you doing the whole story with that on your back? >> nichole: i'm going to try to. if you see me sweating, you know why. the average book bag weighs 15 pounds and that's according to research. that's about 15% of the average student's weight. three reams of paper on my bo

>> nichole: time is 6:23. i continue to follow the situation in central italy right earthquake killed more than two dozen people. we know the death toll now at least 37 killed. it's been more than eight hours since this disaster happened, so the search for missing people, those who might be trapped in the rubble, is very intense right now. to get a better idea about how big exactly a 6.2 magnitude earthquake is, meteorologist sam roberts joins us. we had some earthquakes hire in ohio, 13 earthquakes in ohio this past year. >> samantha: s. noteworthy earthquakes when we talk about 6.2 and higher. these are pretty big quakes. let's look at that region. first, where it occurred, which is north and east of rome. this is a tectonically and geologically complex area. there's a lot going on under the surface of the earth. we've actually had several significant earthquakes in history in this region, especially back in 1915. thousands of people. in terms of last night's earthquake into this morning, when we've been fol

tum-tum-tum-tum-tums >> nichole: time is 6:44. a new report says airline complaints are down by 12% this year. that includes delays, cancellations and customer service. some categories did see an increase, though. more customers felt discriminated against because of their race, religion, nationality, or disability. >>> cedar point will get bigger and better once again. there will be an announcement today at 10:00 a.m. on their plans to expand the park. the announce will reveal the park's plans to add onto the soak city water park. as soon as cedar point makes the announcement today, you can find all the details on our cleveland 19 news app. tia. >> tia: lebron james is making his rounds. cedar point on tuesday and last night he appeared on the daily show on comedy central. >> brian: lebron's focus was on his family foundation and >> i know where i come from. growing up in the inner city of akron, ohio. i know the challenges that kids have. our society to become as great as it should, it starts from the ground up, and it starts in

in 2009 mark and carol bersic said nichols pilot third hot air. 20 minutes into the ride the nichols told the family he ran out of fuel. no one was seriously hurt. the family sued and settled out of court. >> he shouldn't have been flying, and we wanted to make him accountable for it. >> reporter: even though there were 16 people in the balloon, investigators say it was not overloaded. that type of balloon can carry 20 200-pound people. omar villafranca, texas. news," orlando shooting fallout, questions why the police did not confront the gunman sooner to confront the gunman sooner to carry out the biggest shooting in history. >>> and vice president biden >>> and vice president biden officiates a same-sex wedding. this is the "cbs morning news." it all stath a healthy routine. that's why i'm taking the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics every day. because when my routine is in sync, i can face any challenge. probiotic challenge! visit activia.com to learn more. take the activia probiotic challenge now. it works or it's free! ?

heart health. >> nichole: time is 6:44. about two children every hour are injured in stroller and carrier accidents according to a new study in academic pediatrics. most injuries happen when the child falls from the stroller or the carrier tips over. many are treated for bumps and bruises but a growing number are treated for concussions. fo automakers with ambitions to provide consumers with the first driverless car. he promise will hit the sales floor within the next five years. ford intends this car of the future to be fully driverless, meaning no steering or pedals and everything operated by a computer. >>> we check this morning. there are several flight delays for travelers flying from cleveland to john f. kennedy airport in new york. things are backed up because of 8. this is the same terminal that reported gunshots and had to be evacuated on sunday. tia. >> tia: we were just talking about that driverless car thing. you look over and see someone, and they're like hands like doing everything else. i would call 911 right

nichols ran heart of texas hot air balloon rides. the 49-year-old had a license to pilot the balloon, even though court records show nichols had been arrested several times for driving while intoxicated in missouri. nichols was not required to disclose those arrests to any aviation authority. n.t.s.b. lead investigator robert sumwalt. >> we the level of oversight and requirement, and we do not feel that the f.a.a.'s response to our oversight recommendations is acceptable. >> reporter: two of the victims, mother and daughter lorilee and paige brabson, took this video saturday morning while on board the balloon. paige had an 11-month-old daughter and had bought the ride as a gift for her mother. also on word were newlyweds matt and sunday rowan. they were married in february. say nichols piloted their hot air balloon ride near st. louis. 20 minutes into the ride, the balloon crashed into the mark twain national forest. nichols told the family he ran out of fuel. no one was seriously hurt. the family sued and settled out of court. >> he

we have it right after the >> nichole: time is 6:43. today we could hear a response from colin kaepernick. members of law enforcement in the san francisco bay area are not happy about colin kaepernick's comments. the 49ers quarterback compared a police officer's training to that of a cosmetologist. >> life right, and to have somebody slam them or to criticize them on their choice or the training that they get, i think, was unfair. are you going to be a person that actually goes out and does something about it, or are you going to be the proceed verbal monday morning quarterback and criticize and do nothing about it? >> nichole: the san francisco police officers association has offered kaepernick to experience their training. again, no word yet from the quarterback. numbers remain far lower than previous years. aaa says the average price for the gallon of regular, unleaded gas currently stands at $2.22, that's 6 cents more than a week ago but still 27 cents lower than the same time last year. aaa says if current trends hold, labor day ga

. >> reporter: the pilot alfred skip nichols was among the victims.e 49-year-old had a tlons pilot the balloon, even though court records show nichols had been arrested several times for driving while intoxicated in missouri. nichols was not required to disclose those arrests to any aviation authority. in 2009 mark and carol bersic said nichols pilot third hot air. 20 minutes into the ride the balloon trashed. nichols told the family he ran out of fuel. no one was seriously hurt. the family sued and settled out of court. >> he shouldn't have been flying, and we wanted to make him accountable for it. >> reporter: even though there were 16 people in the balloon, investigators say it was not overloaded. that type of balloon can carry 20 200-pound people. omar villafranca, texas. >>> coming up on the "morning news," orlando shooting fallout, questions why the police did not confront the gunman sooner to confront the gunman sooner to carry out the biggest shooting in history. >>> and vice president biden >>> and vice president biden officiates a same-sex w

>> nichole: i guess you could. usually it's ham and cheese in a pie thing. >> brian: can you just fry me up a couple eggs. >> nichole: meat and potatoes guy. >> brian: with sausage and egg and toast. >> samantha: that's why everything we brought today your birthday celebration is rather >> brian: i am a plain eater. what's wrong with that? >> samantha: a lot of people are picky. >> tia: you need some brain food. >> samantha: let's get a look at what we have going on weather-wise. >> brian: i need something. mrs. duffy just texted me and said, tell them you eat nothing. >> tia: i believe it. >> brian: even she's on me. leave me alone! >> samantha: we love mrs. duffy. time is 6:47 on this friday. i hope that your day is off to a great start. poor brian. that man can't catch a break. live look out over downtown cleveland. it is a gorgeous start this morning. we have a little cloud cover out there. of course, these clouds won't cause trouble. feels wonderful and the humidity is low. we're at 70 in cleveland, it feels r

nichole vrsansky is back with a look at other options we all have. >> nichole: absolutely. those camera systems are great to keep an eye on your house and nanny cams, too. if you want to scare someone off, you need an alarm system or siren. so do it yourself alarms like the ismart alarm, let you set it up for $150 with no monthly monitoring fee. another great option is get this. the $199 ring vito doorbell. you stick it next to the front door, and it rings your phone and shows you live video of anyone that coming to your door. this mom says it's to have some security in these insecure times. >> you can sit in your chair and watch everything going on. you don't have to keep going to the window anymore. >> nichole: online reviews say the pros of these diy projects are the costs, not expensive, and not having a contract cell or wifi connection and then some systems have a limited range. so a little more challenging with a bigger home. if a diy project is a little intimidating for you, there are security companies and cable tv companies now that offer alarm and surveillance pac

>> nichole: not yet, and it appears in this case it was a tragic accident. police say it appears to have been an accident. one person in serious condition this morning after a 74-year-old driver got confused with the gas and brake and hit the gas leaving an outdoor concert slamming into a group of people pearl road in parma heights. nine people in total were hurt and three people were treated at the scene and six people were sent to area hospitals. one person is in serious condition. we're told they have a brain injury and a spinal fracture. the five others that were hospitalized had broken bones. all are expected to be okay. those hurt were dancing on a smak makeshift dance floor. the investigators spoke with the driver at the >> she said she wasn't feeling well, and that's why she left a little early. we spoke to her for a little while. it appears to be an accident, and she made a mistake with the gas and brake. >> nichole: police said the victims were older in their 60s and 70s. this event caters to an older crowd. we are expecting more information includ

nichols told the family he ran out of fuel. no one was seriously hurt.ed and settled out of court. >> he shouldn't have been flying. and we wanted to make him accountable for it. >> even though there were 16 people in the balloon. investigators say it was not overloaded. charlie, that type of balloon can carry more than 20 people each weighing 200 pound. >> thank you, omar. >> when we come back along with notebooks and laptops, college students in texas may now carry concealed guns. >> a texas law that expands gun rights on college campuses took effect today. just as victims of the horrifying act of gun violence were being remembered. our report tonight from austin. >> reporter: a solemn ceremony at the university of texas-austin today marked 50 years since charles whitman opened fire from the campus clocktower killing 16 people. >> victims were cut down on the west and south side of the campus. >> reporter: on the anniversary of one of the first mass shootings, a controversial texas law allowing concealed handguns in public university classrooms went in

nichols was not required to aviation authority. ntsb lead investigator, robert sumwalt. >> we see this disparity in the level of oversight and requirements. we do not feel that the faa response to our oversight recommendation was acceptable. >> reporter: two victims, mother and daughter, laura lee and paige brabson took this picture on board the balloon. she had an 11-month-old daughter an february. in 2009, mark d said nichols piloted their hot balloon ride. 20 minutes into the ride, the balloon crashed into the mark twain national forest. nichols told the family he ran out of fuel. no one was seriously hurt. of court. >> he shouldn't have been flying. and we wanted to make him accountable for it. >> even though there were 16 people in the balloon. investigators say it was not overloaded. charlie, that type of balloon can carry more than 20 people each weighing 200 pound. >> thank you, omar. >> when we come back along with notebooks and laptops, college students in texas may now carry >> a texas law that expands gun rights on coll

>> keith nicholls: i know-- the gods, the gods. >> alfonsi: keith nicholls is an expert in drilling in, this would be really hard to beat. it feels like you're on another planet. >> nicholls: take a walk around here and you can be expecting scotty to beam you up. it is extraordinary. >> alfonsi: nicholls and a team of scientists were drawn to this remote sliver of greenland, in part, by these satellite images. in 2010, a chunk of ice four times the size of manhattan broke off. then, two years later, another large chunk came down. the glacier has receded by 20 miles in five years. nicholls and his team are trying to drill beneath it. this is a lot of work in difficult conditions. what do you hope to learn? >> nicholls: what we're trying to learn is how the oceans are interacting with the ice, how they are melting it, trying to predict how in the future that melting might change. >> alfonsi: to drill through the ice, they heated melt water from the glacier to make a hot-water drill to pierce through the 300- foot thick ice. there has to be serious challenges to running equipment like thi

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nichole says whoever broke into her home-- thought she was on vacation. the whole thing-- has her scared to be inside her own home. my daughter was crying, i was on the phone with 911, i had taking my daughter and jumping out the window, i was so terrified i didn't know what to do she was able to give me a description o she says there were three-- all of them teenagers-- and one of them wore his hair in a ponytail. mk-- 13an. video now out of kern county, california of one of the wildfires responsible for putting the valley under an air quality advisory. this is the cedar fire near bakersfield. with more on what it's doing to the air.. let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan bryan. low pressure that brought the late night rain has moved on and drier conditions will not takes it's place. mainly sunny skies are expected with some residual humidity but not enough for rain chances within the city. high temperatures will shoot back up to normal values; ranging between 99 and 105 degrees valley wide. we will hold this pattern into thursday but pick

in an interview last year, nichols talked about how he got hooked on flying. >> you crew, you get your first flight and that point it's are you going to pursue being a pilot or be a passenger on the crew? and i pursued being a pilot. there we go taking off. >> reporter: steve brudniak shot these pictures- just two months ago- riding with nichols' company, heart of texas. he says the pilot put safety first. >> how >> reporter: steve brudniak shot these pictures just two months ago, riding with nichols' company, heart of texas. he says the pilot put safety first. when you went up several time, how was he? was he passionate about it? >> the guy seemed very relaxed, like he really enjoyed his job. and he was constantly looking around. he was definitely checking for power lines. >> reporter: now investigators are gathering evidence that may explain what led to the worst hot air balloon accident in u.s. history. robert sumwalt is with the n.t.s.b. balloon hit the high voltage lines not the towers. >> it was like a big bomb fire that all of a sudden got going and just poof! went up. >> report

it was thursday inside the walls of the marin county prison this woman, 47-year-old terry nichols, was visiting this man, bruce mill sam, sitting on death row -- millsap, sitting on death row convicted of eight murders in southern california. the pair was visiting when a guard noticed a ziploc bag in the trash. >> it was consistent with things we allow individuals to purchase from our vending machines. >> reporter: nichols and millsap were separated and she allegedly fessed up. prison officials found 18 smartphones, chargers and 84 grams of heroin inside nichols' clothing. >> there have been some indication she may have looked pregnant coming into the visiting room and subsequently when she removed all the items, she was no longer pregnant. >> reporter: to get inside the plexiglass visiting room, visitors must go through metal deckers and their personal effects must be scanned just like at airport. >> she was able to get all those items through there. we are evaluating how she did that and what exactly came into play that all of our mechanisms that we have in place did not catch a subs

nichole vrsansky is getting answers for us this morning. >> nichole: a lot of questions we still have this morning, but we know that we are waiting for the cleveland teachers union to issue a statement. they will do it later today. teachers have worked without a contract since june 30th, and a spokesperson from cleveland schools told us late last night that's where we stand right now. we're working to get new details on where the negotiations stand and what will happen next. guys. >> brian: thank you so much. if your child still needs a back-to-school haircut, you can get one for free. remington college in cleveland is offering free haircuts to kids 17 and under for the whole month of august. this is nice. and even adults can get a free haircut, mani or pedi. you have to donate school supplies. pretty soon you'll see your facebook time line flooded with first day of school pics. we want to see them, too. e-mail them to us. we're putting together a slide show of students of all ages on their first day of classes. >> tia: including our own. oh, boy. you got to submit. i'm not submitting

investigators say nichols spent time in prison for those convictions. according to the associated press, nichols his driver's license at lease twice. an attorney that represented a passenger who sued nichols in 2013 said he couldn't drive a car but could pilot a hot air balloon. that passenger was hurt when nichols crash landed a balloon in solution. over the weekend 16 people including nichols were killed when the hot air balloon he was piloting hit power lines, caught on fire and crashed in lockhart, texas. pilots, but the faa as you mentioned have not adequately responded. >> a balloon pilot is not required to hold an a -- a faa medical certificate. i was an airline pilot for 34 years. flew airplanes for 32 years and i had to have a faa medical every six months. >> daniel: the spokesman for the balloon federation of america say when pilots apply for a ballooning certificate with the faa, they are not tired driving con rink es only drug convictions. they are not saying whether he disclosed any his convictions. according to the faa web site, if he had,

whether nichols disclosed any the convictions. according to the faa website he could have lost the license. daniel miller, fox25 news. >> elizabeth: man rescued by strangers after driving car into michigan lake. man experienced medical condition when he lost control of his car. jumped median and crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic and crashed into lake st. clair. two strangers saw it was happening and tried to break the >> jumped off machine and ran toward the water and wallet in phone and jumped in. >> police officers showed up in minutes and used ax to break the window and able to get driver out of water. >> gene: former casting agent on child rape charge. matthew feeney behind bars in minnesota for sexual assaulting boys. serving nine years for molesting two brothers clients of casting agency. accused of relative in 2010. teen's family says they have been waiting five years for justice year, whatever matthew feeney has to serve he will seven and get out, but my son will seven a life sentence. >> gene: teen's mother says her s

. >> nichole: this saturday hundreds will lace up. pat played basketball and peanut they called him because of his small size. he died suddenly in 1991 during his freshman year in college. doctors think a genetic heart condition caused his death. his family uses this race to remember patrick but to tell their story to raise awareness and funds for research. saying something isn't right. >> reporter: about three years ago she sensed her daughter meredith's shortness of breath was something serious. >> i thought about pal trick in my mind. >> patrick is marlene's brother-in-law. she never met him. he died suddenly shockingly in 1991 in college. they believe he had long qt syndrome. it can cause sudden danger changes to the heart rate with exercise or stress. don't know it, so it's something that's relatively silent. >> nichole: it's a genetic condition, and testing revealed that young meredith and her father jerry, patrick's old brother, both had it, too. doctors said meredith's days exerting herself with sports had to end. >> at first

>> reporter: steve bridniak shot these pictures two months ago, riding with nichols' company, heart of texas. he says the pilot put safety first. >> how was he? was he passionate about it? >> the guy seemed very relaxed like he really enjoyed his job. he was constantly looking around. he was definitely checking for power lines. >> reporter: investigators are now gathering evidence that may explain what led to the worst history. robert sumwall with ntsb says they are examining the high-volt along power lines. >> there is some evidence to indicate some component of the balloon hit the wires themselves and not the tower. >> it was like a bonfire that oufs got going and went up. >> reporter: margaret wily lives near the crash site. >> it's just horrendous. >> reporter: matt rowan and his wife were among the passengers, according to n' rowan researched burn treatments for the u.s. army. he was a stepfather to his wife's 5-year-old son. the pilot's roommate and co-worker says there were no children on board the balloon. investigators have not released any of the victims' names. omar villafra

talk to your doctor or pharmacist about >> nichole: time is now 6:42. rapper chris brown is out on bail this morning. he turned himself in after a standoff with los angeles police and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. the "l.a. times" reported that a woman inside brown's home said it started when brown pointed a gun at her. several videos of social media saying he was innocent. eventually he surrendered and agreed to turn himself in. >>> apple has to pay more than $14 billion in back taxes to the european union. an investigation found ireland had been giving the company illegal tax benefits for the past 11 years. apple paid tax at less than 1%, which is well below ireland's 12.5% tax rate. tia, brian. >> tia: that's crazy. thank you so much. brian's stomach is over here growling. i realized it wasn't mine. it's yours. >> brian: no, it was yours. that's okay. it's both of us. >> tia: this is perfect. the united way is calling all pancake lovers to public square this morning. >> brian: start flipping now, my stomach and the pancakes. it's a g

nichols had been arrested four times for drunk driving and served in prison twice. friends said he had been sober for years. all 16 people including nichols died saturday in the crash effort to send paying customers to space has been given the go ahead to resume test flights after a fatal accident 20 months ago. the accident injured the commander and killed the second pilot back in 2014. virgin was forced to reassess its safety policies after coming under intense public scrutiny. if those go well the aircraft could eventually carry passengers to the edge of space. >>> fewer and fewer people are buying tablet computers. new numbers say shipments tablets like apple's ipad and samsung tab dropped more than 12% in the second quarter compared to last year. sales of tablets with detachable keypads are seeing some growth but represent a small percentage of the devices being sold. >>> mcdonald's is removing artificial preservatives from its mcnuggets and some breakfast items, as well. it's also replacing high fructose corn syrup in its buns, the company says the changes inc

alfred scates nichols had at least for drunk driving convictions and spent time in prison twice. the former growth and described nichols as a recovering alcoholic and was sober for at least four years. the national transportation board confirming the balloon struck power lines before catching fire on saturday. >> the aircraft did have a current annual inspection. the annual inspection was done at the annual inspection is current. >> the ntsb interviewed numbers yesterday. we will be waiting for more on that. lea: would begin with a shudder. the shanghai composite index was up half a percent. as we told you that cost the down half of 1%. that is the lowest on record in fact. and look at the european markets. all-time sack tears, banks are lower and waiting for bank of england later this week. the cac and the cac in france and one and three quarters%. and the london ftse where construction numbers came in lower down three quarters of 1%, bringing a break here at home the market we saw yesterday. s&p did hit lifetime highs. s&p futures down 5.5. the key commodity of oil moves into b

police say teri nichols tried to sneak contraband to a death row inmate. nichols was visiting a man convicted of eight murders in southern california. nichols and the man were talking, when a guard noticed something strange. when guards searched nichols, officials say they found -- inside the woman's clothing -- 18 smartphones, several phone chargers, and 84 grams of heroin. ((( lt. sam robinson / san quentin state prison ) "there have been some indications that she may have looked pregnant coming into the she was no longer pregnant." )) ((paul joncich)) >>> prison officials say visitors have to pass through metal detectors. their personal belongings are also scanned -- similar to what you would see at the airport. it's not clear how the woman would have gotten passed those security measures. check out this incredible dashcam video showing the chilling moments of a ten-car pileup near binghamton, new york last week. after a semi trailer plows through the line of a woman from a burning vehicle. amazingly, the woman escaped with only cuts and bruises. 10 peo

along with the 44-year-old pilot alfred "skip" nichols.ng to court reports, nichols was quicked of drunk driving at least four times in missouri. one in 1990, six years before he received his pilot's license but because balloon pilots are not required to hold aine faa license, nichols did not have to disclose. >> that goes back to oversight of commercial balloon operators. should they be held to a different started than somebody who is flying an airplane? they do see this discontinuity. and we do not feel that the faa's response to our oversight recommendation was acceptable. >> reporter: the better business bureau gave nichols' company an unsatisfactory rating following dozens of complaints from customers like mark and kara brcic, she say nichols piloted the balloon that crashed in the forest. >> i remember my daughter and i taking a picture. i remember reaching over and pushing her back down in the basket. >> reporter: the family claims nichols claims he ran out of fuel. no one was phones and cameras to see if they hold any clues to what

. >> reporter: 49-year-old skip nichols was the pilot of the balloon that is now flattened in this field. in an interview last year nichols talked about how he got hooked on flying. >> you crew your first flight, at that point it's are you going to be a pilot? are you going to be a passenger and crew? i pursued being a pilot. >> there we go, taking off. >> reporter: steve bridniak shot these pictures two months ago, riding with nichols' company, heart of texas. he says the pilot put safety first. >> how was he? was he passionate about it? >> the guy seemed very relaxed like he really enjoyed his job. he was constantly looking around. he was definitely checking for power lines. >> reporter: investigators are now gathering evidence that may explain what led to the worst hot air balloon accident in u.s. history. robert sumwall with ntsb says they are examining the high-voltage power lines. >> there is some evidence to indicate some component of the balloon hit the wires themselves and not the tower. >> it was like a bonfire that all of a sudden got going and went up. >> reporter: margaret w

back in 2009 a couple says they took one of nichols rides near st. louis. 20 minutes in the balloon crashed into the mark twain national forest. no one was seriously hurt in that incident. the family is bereaving at this time. >> he should not have been flying. we wanted to make him accountable for it. >> the family sued and settled out of court. nichols former girlfriend says despite the dwis he had been sober for four years. it is unclear if alcohol was a factor in this crash. >>> we are following breaking news out of merced. at least five people are dead after a bus crash on highway 99 in livingston. it happened near the hammet avenue exit a short time ago. we are told many passenger, about 30, were on the bus. many are injured, some criticalically injured. the bus was enroute from sacramento to southern california when it crashed. of course, as we get details we will let you know more about this deadly crash. >>> well, it is 6:08 right now. comcast has been slapped with a huge lawsuit claiming the cable company is scamming its customers out of te

alfred nichols moved to texas and that happened before that. he later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor dui. the better business bureau warned consumers not to do business with nicoles. saturday's crash killed 16 people making it the worst hot air balloon crash in u.s. history. they believe the balloon hit power lines before it plummeted to the ground. >> we're here to find out what happened so we can keep it from happening again. that's really our purpose in life. >> two of the victims matt and sunday rowan were a young couple from san antonio. they married less than a year ago. >>> there are more concerns out east. deadly flash flooding already left behind a path of destruction. the flood water swept two people to their deaths in maryland. more than six inches of rain fell in the town in just two hours. that would be what they would normally get in a month. much of the historic town's main street now ravaged. here is video that is watched around the world this morning. dramatic video catching the raging flood waters and people forming a human cha

taking my daughter and jumping out the window because i was so terrified i didn't know what to do nichole knoepfle she was able to give me a description of the suspects-- she says there were three-- all of them teenagers-- and one of ponytail. mk-- 13an. low pressure that brought the late night rain has moved on and drier conditions will not takes it's place. mainly sunny skies are expected with some residual humidity but not enough for rain chances within the city. high temperatures will shoot back up to normal values; ranging between 99 and 105 degrees valley wide. right now-- a family dealing with a wet soggy mess in their and they can't get ahold of anyone at the complex to do anything about it. parker collins is live inside the complex near boulder where water is still leaking! parker adlibs you can see water dripping standing water on the ground a hole in the ceiling the family says a water line to their toilet busted overnight. and they had to turn the water off themselves, but it's still leaking. they say they've tried calling management... but no one answers. it like living here?