rene is in washington, robert francis is in washington as well. rene, still the press conference has not started. it was supposed to start about 13 minutes ago. hasn't happened yet. are you getting any word? >> right. we did get some word that they've pushed that back to 6:00, but that's not even a hard time. that could change again as well. i would imagine they are gathering their go team, they're getting ready to go over there as well. but the last check we got was that this press conference will happen at 6:00, but, again, that could change. and, you know, one of the folks on our air, one of the experts, they hit it right on the head, we don't expect anything groundbreaking to come out of the press conference. nevertheless, it will be information that we will hear directly from the ntsb who is leading this investigation, so we will be listening very closely to that. and, don, i just want to talk a little bit about that recording that you just played there. i mean, it was a little hard to hear the pilot, but you could clearly hear the tower lett

also robert francis, an ntsb investigator and the former vice chair of the ntsb. mr. curtis, to you first. i spoke to mr. francis about the people fanned out on the air field looking for he said parts of the airplane and other things as well. standard operating procedure. >> that is. there is no telling what piece may be critical for the investigation and you want to go out and collect as much as you can before weather, winds, water, what have you makes those pieces hard to find. >> mr. francis, we just heard from san francisco that two runways have been reopened now. does that seem pretty par to you that something of this magnitude, many people would be surprised that the airport would be back up and running even if it's just two runways at this point? >> i think that's normal. they've got delays, major delays already. the runways are separated enough so that they'll be able to use the runways that are, that remain to them. probably the capacity of the airport will be down somewhat obviously they've lost a major runway. but it's not surprising that they start up again

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roberts way look at headlines. >>> good morning, everybody. we lead with a major ow nounsment from the vatican. pope john paul ii, passed away in 2005 elevated to sainthood. pope francisay for his canonization. the vatican says pope john xxiii would be made a saint. the ceremony is expected by the end of the year. >>> a fireworks accident caught on tape injured at least 28 people last night in simi valley, california. most of those injuries were minor, but four victims did suffer moderate to severe injuries including burns and cuts. witnesses say just seconds into the celebration some of the fireworks appeared to launch horizontally towards the crowd instead of soaring into the sky. >>> the annual fireworks display in prescott, ars, began with a tribute to 19 firefighters who died last weekend battling a wildfire. each man's name was read aloud accompanied by a single star burst. >>> we turn to the turmoil in egypt. the country's army announcing a state of emergency in parts of that country. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in cairo. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. there is still a great deal of tension in this country follo