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that's is how i wrote the book by the era of texas. there is a lot of history but the main reason was to show the stand that women put on the spirit of texas which is so vibrant and so much fun much like what i did with the american women and a leading ladies. and by saying in washington sometimes people think texans are a little too loud and have too much fun and i'll be say it's not new they did not like texas and washington actually when we came in to the nation by a treaty you cannot get the votes in the senate to ratify. said president tyler had to introduce legislation so it waa lot of fraud in texas but it only passed by one vote in the house and one in the senate so i'll is try to mention we probably are but our hearts are as big as our mouth. [laughter] thank you very much. >> i am happy to take questions. >> somebody asked me at the san antonio book festival last weekend when i did a preview someone said which of those women would you trade with? i said nine. [laughter] all that they went through? we think we're on the cusp o

texas?.5 million texans will be denied -- not denied, but they would be able to have access to health care coverage if governor perry expanded the roles. if you look at how that affects certain sectors, 38% of the nonelderly latino population in texas is uninsured, compared to 17% of whites. this is coming at a time when rick perry is polls at 26%, which is to say 26% of texans would vote for him if he ran against in 2014. politically this doesn't seem to make much sense for him. >> he turned down race to the top money in education. 550 million of unemployment money, when we were in the middle of the economic crisis. he has a track record of doing this, but on this particular issue, people from all over the political spectrum, from the chambers of congress on the right, to the hospital association, doctors' groups, groups not especially liberal groups that can more conservative. and also catholic charities, religious groups, human rights groups have said this is what texas should do. so he'l

that's the way things half in texas. when a tragedy like this happens in a small town, small towns respond as well as large ones and that's what's happened in this case. right now the triage unit has very few patients in it. the state trooper who gave the briefing a while ago said all of the injured have been evacuated from town. right now they're concentrated on searching the debris in the blast area looking for more victims or survivors. >> as you mentioned, we're hearing they're going door to door looking for folks who may need assistance. the state official compared the damage from this explosion to the damage in the oklahoma city bombing. now, you were some 60 miles away at this time that this happened and you say you actually felt it. what did you feel? >> i was in kauffman county covering the d.a. death there and the arrest of the justice of the peace and his wife in connection with that case, and i was inside a building about, oh, five minutes till 8:00 central time. and there was a rumble in the glass of the bui

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probably from texas a&m, texas task force one. i called a friend in austin, i got through, and i said, please notify austin what's going on. i msd, we're going to need more than local. >> reporter: right now is god the only thing that can help you guys? >> yeah. we've got help. you there's an east texas ambulance, limestone, there's a whitney ambulance here. we've got everybody around helping us, but it's a true disaster situation. >> reporter: what are your prayers for today and tomorrow and the next few weeks? >> that we get as many saved as we can. and get them to hospitals where they can get appropriate care. i believe we have a total of six hell koermen helicopters on the way. there's one right there. >> reporter: you look like you're in so much pain. can you even feel that with your adrenaline? >> yeah, but i just know i've got a job to do. thank god i normally go to the scene. i would have got to the fire first. thank god i didn't. i'd probably be dead. my wife wanted to go with me. she's in the truck right there. even on t

he is in waco texas. mr. hopkins, just tell us,what sort of injuries are you treating people for after this explosion? right now, we've treated broken bones, head injuries and quite a few from respiratory distress from the an hydrous ammonia. >> we have to be very careful in terms of decon tam nalting these patients. we have also been put on alert that dpepding on how the wind blows, that it could affect us here in waco. they seem to be doing well. we have had tremendous physician support, nursing respiratory, all of those folks have been here. and we've been able to take care of the situation as best we can. >> i read somewhere that every ambulance in central texas is on the scene there. does that sound like a fair assessment? >> that sounds like a very fair -- a very fair statement, absolutely. and there's been people from the dallas ft. worth metropolitan area all over central texas responding to the terrible disaster. >> what are you expecting in the coming hours? >> well, we should have probably the majo

, texas. the horrifying moment caught on cell phone video. >> are you okay? >> i can't hear. get out of here. please get out of here. >> oh my god! >>gretchen: the fire explosion leveling dozens of homes and businesses within an eight to ten-block radius. here's what we know so far this morning. police believe 5 to 15 people may be dead. three to five volunteer fire fighters are missing. more than 160 others have been hurt. >>brian: after the fire comes an explosion. almost within two hours of the fire. and people instinctively go there. it's a small town. many people doing dual duty as volunteer fire fighters and residents or whatever their occupation is. the town is just 2,600 people, but the risk of going into a fire at a fertilizer plant is by definition dangerous. >>gretchen: you have to wonder how many people evacuated when initially the start of the fire. there was a 30 minute time span between when the fire started at 7:23 central time in texas and the explosion happened about 7:50 cen

the texas department of public safety had warned texas prosecutors in december the aryan brotherhood may have been plotting retaliation against law enforcement officials over a major indictment of dozens of members. the u.s. is continuing military drills and south korea amidst heightened tensions with north korean regime. on sunday, the u.s. air force deployed fighter jets to its main base in south korea, two days after north korea put its rocket units on standby for potential attack on u.s. bases. north korea also said it is entering a "state of war" was south korea, but few expected to conduct any aggressive action beyond verbal threats. at least one afghan child and a number of others were killed in -- other people were killed in afghanistan on saturday when a u.s.-led nato helicopter opened fire in an eastern province. the a dignities of the other victims remain under dispute, with conflicting reports of the death toll of either 15 civilians or 9 taliban fighters. india's supreme court has issued a landmark ruling rejecting a longtime effort to block production of cheaper generic

>>> tragedy in texas. a deadly explosion in a fertilizer plant injuries dozens, levels homes, and leaves a small town in a state of shock. >> just unbelievable, something you probably would not ever want to see in your life. captioning funded by cbs nlg >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, april 18th. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning all that's left of the texas fertilizer plant. destroyed by an explosion. last night's blast in the town of west was as powerful as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. dozens have been injure and an unknown number have been killed. a ten-block area has been evacuated due to toxic fumes. amateur video captured the moment of the explosion, which occurred while firefighters were battling flames inside the plant. >> are you okay? >> i can't hear. >> officials say up to 75 homes have been damaged and an entire apartment complex was completely destroyed. this morning the search continues for survivors. >> i walked through the blast area, i se

many of them to waco, texas. they also got a great deal of assistance in terms of emergency responders. and from as far away as dallas and ft. worth. they got so much assistance, that officials over the course of the evening, had to tell them to stop coming to stop sending assistance. we're hearing from some hospitals of the nature of the injuries we've seen in this. it ranges, everything from minor cuts and abrasions to burns. we're waiting to hear on the number of fatalities. we have david scott, who is live in west, texas, for more on the story. david, what can you tell us what's happening on the ground there? >> reporter: well, right now, the wait is for dawn in the next couple of hours. that will make the relief and recovery efforts a lot better. we're told that roughly 100 people are injured, more or less. most taken to the medical center in waco. they're not giving out fatality counts. rumors it's fairly high. they want to be sure of the numbers. and they have a lot of rubble yet to go through. >> david, a

in the murder of a texas district attorney, kim lee williams the wife of a former texas justice of thece has confessed that she and her husband were involved in the shooting death of koffman county assistant prosecutor and district attorney mark mcclellan and his wife. mrs. williams said her husband shot the two officials who prosecuted him for theft. >>> a suspect is under arrest today in mississippi accused of sending poison letters. federal agents arrested paul kevin curtis for allegedly sending letters contaminated with ricin to president obama and senator roger wick of mississippi. before the letters reached senate offices or white house they were found in mail facilities. >>> the investigation of the boston marathon bombings is focusing on the search for a suspect seen in a department store surveillance video. the man with the backpack was seen at the site of the explosions on monday which killed three people and injured 170. investigators say the suspect was seen dropping off a bag near the finish line but don't know yet his identity. >>> time now for a look ahead. president oba

outside of waco, texas. earlier there was an explosion at a fertilizer plant that happened around 750 two p.m., about 8:50 p.m. eastern time. we don't know the casualties of injuries or possible fatalities. we are hearing reports of possibly hundreds of injured and up to two dead. those are preliminary reports and are not confirmed. the blast was felt as far as 15 miles away and could be heard as far as 45 miles away. at this time, officials have a lingering concerns about air quality in the area. they are asking residents to stay indoors to avoid the possibility of coming into contact with toxic fumes. the fire continues to burn. it not only did damage to the plant but damage to surrounding buildings. reports that a nursing home and a middle school were also damaged in this explosion that occurred at a fertilizer plant near waco, texas. again, we don't have a number on casualties or fatalities, but the reports are that there could be possibly hundreds injured. officials have set up a triage area in a field

desde west texas. marta flores. de los tanques, en uno de ellos habÍa nitrato de amonio, muy poco explosivo. seguramente lo vio. tiene esta presentaciÓn, una presentaciÓn que se parece a fertilizantes que comprÓ para el jardÍn de su casa. desde los 210 grados centÍgrados, se descompone en nitrato y amoniaco que provoca una reacciÓn en cadena. >>> como dice luis la planta de fertilizantes usaba una sustancia responsable por numerosos accidentes industriales. >>> la gran mayorÍa de fertilizantes que usa la industria, contiene nitrato de amonio, lleva nitrÓgeno a raÍces, la misma sustancia tiene un uso menos benigno en explosivos, como una bomba en el 1995 que destrutÓ un edificio. >>> el nitrato de amonio, es un sÓlido cristanino de color blanco, estable, si se lo camienta, detona con gran violencia, en la planta de texas, habÍa una gran cantidad de esta sustancia, dicen que es crucial saber cÓmo fue almacenado. >>> se menciona en lo poco que se conoce, no se conoce mucho detalle tÉcnico, sÍ existe un incendio previo

first, truly disastrous morning, up near waco, texas. explosion there in texas.

you might remember in 1947, in texas city, texas, a very similar thing happened. there was a fire on a board that was filled with 2300 tons of that stuff. it blew and it killed over 500 people. so this is what we're dealing with in west texas. >> wow. todd, thank you so much for joining us. todd starns from fox news the radio. you've been bringing us perspective there and the latest details. thank you so much. >> thank you, the elizabeth. >> for our folks at home, we heard from a trooper who said that it looks like iraq, and that the murray building in the oklahoma city building is a good comparison, showing you how much devastation we're seeing in west texas. stay with us. we'll have more information after the break. >>> this is a fox news alert. we continue to monitor the situation out of west texas where we heard earlier there are more than 100 injuries in that plant explosion, and we also know there have been fatalities. we're hours away from a press conference where we're learn more. a large team of federal investigators are heading to central texas to invest

city texas fire and. which killed twelve hundred people that was at a monsanto chemical plant that was in a town very near to houston so very significant timing and very eerie as well when it comes to the day we heard from the people that we've spoken to tonight about how these are their friends their colleagues the people they know they've grown up with it's a town of less than three thousand people and a very strong spirit and this is when things like this happen these people rally together so that they can help each other get through this the social media sphere is now bursting with comments on the tragedy md i would this is have been posting some of their footage and snapshots of the blast seize these images from twitter which of course is a lot i do with the discussions of the disaster the massive smoke cloud from the blast was pictured by several people and the images of the mayhem in the area surrounding the plant also be made available collapsed and burning buildings as well as survivors. say with

state of texas with hundreds more left seriously injured. fire is still raging after the explosion in the texan town of west with many buildings leveled and local residents advised to evacuate from the area. and i welcome you watching our take with me andrew from. now a reminder of our breaking news this hour seventy people have reportedly been killed in splosion at a fertilizer plant in the u.s. state of texas hundreds more injured and local residents have been advised to evacuate from the area in the time of west just north of waco why fighters ambulances and helicopters supporter at the scene eyewitnesses say fire took out apartment complex's schools and houses as this material teams have been dispatched to tackle the aftermath of the explosion the cause of the blast is not yet known we'll bring you more information on this developing story as we get it the social media sphere is now bursting with comments on the tragedy eyewitnesses have been posting some of their footage and snapshots of the blast seen these images from twitter which us

that breaking news is out of texas. there have been at least two explosions at a fertilizer plant in the city of west, texas. 80 miles south of dallas. there have been mass casualties. explosions hit before 8:00 central time. we first broke this story at the 6:00 news. hospitals are treating up to 100 people injured. i have heard reports that as many as 40 of those people have very serious injuries. the injured suffered what doctors call blast injuries. injuries to their legs and arms and cuts and bruises. a hazardous materials team is at the plant. there is an evacuation order for the area which includes a school and nursing home. there are reports the nursing home and apartment complex are on fire. a witness says he saw smoke and then the first explosion and it was like a bomb going off the witness says. right now, first responders are on the scene to treat the injured and deal with the damaged plant. investigators will continue to try to figure out what happened but the immediate priority is to treat the injured and

it is set up in texas. and they will need to come up with a larger game plan using dogs and other techniques for perm accountability -- for personal accountability tomorrow. obviously they will have to try and find out who was in these homes i have. i can see the residential area that is in close proximity to the site. fortunately -- if you can call it fortunate the school next to the site was empty at 8:00 at night. they did catch a break there, but they will have a secondary operation that will last days in terms of large areas searched. >> we are hearing that homes have literally collapsed and that sides of apartment complexes have been blown off. there has to be so much done to get through all of these different buildings. >> that's right. it is no different than a hurricane that comes in like we saw in katrina in the gulf area where it is going to blow the buildings over. so whether there are people -- i'm assuming at 8:00 at night there are people in the homes. whether they can evacuate that is questi

happened on april 16th if that is ironic to you way back in 1947 in texas city texas at a fertilizer plant. it exploded similar to what is happening here today. in that explosion 581 people died making it the deadliest industrial accident in american history. of course the number of deaths not being confirmed here so far. we do know there are deaths. we also know hundreds of people injured. >> obviously the investigation into how exactly this could happen is going to be ongoing. a large team of investigators from the u.s. chemical safety board the csb has been deployed to the scene. they are going to be looking into the cause. it's an independent federal agency and their whole job is to look into this type of industrial chemical accident. they say typically they are looking for physical causes, equipment failure, also regulation issues, et cetera, as casey mentioned this plant was sited in 2006 for a violation. that is many years ago. right now more questions than answers. >> as we wait to hear more information on all of that and the damage the mayor of west texas asking for prayers

we're live in west, texas.ontinue to follow the explosion. >>> it's a changing situation on the ground in west, texas. we had a news briefing over an hour ago. we'll update you on the latest information coming from local authorities there. >>> we're in the seventh hour of this catastrophe. this is pictures of the triage close by they have enough resources on the ground to help. the question is how many fatalities are there at the moment? we'll get the latest on the ground there in town. that is right outside of waco, texas. west, texas, where fertilizer plant exploded about seven hours ago. local officials updating us on hour ago. all that information and more. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes.

tragedy in texas. >> treating the wounded and >>> that breaking news is in texas in the city where a fertilizer plant exploded. >> hundreds of hurt taken to a football field turned into a triage center. >> several people have been killed in this massive blast and fire that raged for hours. >> this blast has rocked the sound of west, a community 80 miles south of dallas. john alston is monitoring the latest developments from the newsroom. >> the danger has not passed as fumes are lingering in the area and an emergency room doctor said earlier at least two emt firefighters had been killed. officials expect many more fatalities. are more than a hundred people have been hurt and taken to local hospitals. the flames were already raging and firefighters were pouring water on the fertilizer plants when disaster struck. the massive explosion could be felt more than 40 miles away. in the immediate area the results are devastating. the mayor of west texas believes 60 to 80 homes are leveled or seriously damaged. >> i can tell you i was there. i walked to the blast area and searched some houses

it is set up in texas. and they will need to come up with a larger game plan using dogs and other techniques for perm accountability -- for personal accountability tomorrow. obviously they will have to try and find out who was in these homes that they have. i can see the residential area that is in close proximity to the site. fortunately -- if you can call it fortunate the school next to the site was empty at 8:00 at night. they did catch a break there, but they will have a secondary operation that will last days in terms of large areas searched. >> we are hearing that homes have literally collapsed and that sides of apartment complexes have been blown off. there has to be so much done to get through all of these different buildings. >> that's right. it is no different than a hurricane that comes in like we saw in katrina in the gulf area where it is going to blow the buildings over. so whether there are people -- i'm assuming at 8:00 at night there are people in the homes. whether they can evacuate that i

this is happening in the town of west, texas, 20 miles from waco.sive explosion and fire at a fertilizer plant in west, texas, left flames leaping in the night sky. the blast could be heard if miles. it registered as an earthquake because it was so strong. there were 180 injuries and numerous deaths. (inaudible). there was shrapnel flying everywhere. (inaudible). >> the explosion leveled up to 75 to 100 homes and businesses around the laboratory. officials are going home to home looking for victims. >> the most devastating thing that has happened to this community, a big old cut we have across our heart. >> the blast damaged the nursing home forcing evacuation of 130 patients. >> some were in wheelchairs and others were trapped in their rooms. authorities set up a triage center on the football field of the school but concerns of chemicals or another explosion forced officials to gather at another school. >> devastating. our house is destroyed. i was standing outside on the street watching the flames when the explosion hit. >> the city mayor says the