i m leaving my house for probably the last time. oh, my god, there s smoke in the air so bad. let me see if i can pull up through here. the hill was on fire just a second ago. there s flames. [ bleep ]. my goodness. i can t even imagine that. the fire has destroyed 350 homes and killed two people. millions of people are suffering through record high temperatures with no electricity this evening. a line of powerful thunderstorms killed at least 11 people and knocked out power across nine states. president barack obama has called several governors. more on the heat and on the storm in just a minute here on cnn. who knew what and went whether? new questions this evening on the jerry sandusky rape case. cnn recovered an e-mail thread that seems to indicate officials knew they had a problem with sandusky dating back to 2001 but decided to handle the issues internally. see the complete report coming up in moments on cnn. an historic moment in cairo, egypt as they inaugura
they were just enjoying, you know, what they hoped was a beautiful weekend when the storms that had raged through from washington, maryland, and up hit south jersey. the storms, the winds came through, heavy rains. the family told our police that they were a bit afraid. one family went and huddled together with the other family in their tent. tragically this is right under a tree that broke due to extremely severe winds. a pine tree that literally snapped in a pretty severe gust and literally fell directly from that, from above them right on to their camp and killed the two boys. what can you tell us, larry, about the other family members? was anyone else injured? this is not that far outside of new york city. this is a popular site for fishing, for boating, for camping. i assume a lot of people were there this holiday weekend. what about the rest of the people and the family members? well, the rest of the family members miraculously were virtually unscathed. a couple scr
time, right now what they are calling an emergency meeting. the president is demanding an explanation from lawmakers as to why republicans walk wied away m talks yesterday. we ll take you there live in just a moment. and also still developing this morning, the death toll from two terror attacks in norway continues to live. a suspect is under arrest. more information is emerging as well about who exactly he is and what his intelligences may have been. also, this triple-digit heat in the u.s. millions of people are trying to deal with this deadly heat wave. we ll tell you which states are suffering the most and when we can ever expect some relief. but, again, i need to go back to that still-developing story in norway. the death toll is now up to 92 after a pair of terrifying attacks have sent this entire nation of norway into shock. people are questioning, or, rather, police are questioning a man accused of planting a bomb in downtown oslo, and then opening fire at a youth
exploration vehicle will launch into orbit. a crew of four can live in this spacecraft. it s 16 1/2 feet in diameter. it s designed to travel to asteroids, the moon, and even mars. we haven t seen anything like this, so it is a big deal. reporter: kirk black took the opportunity to see the craft with his wife and three children. his brother worked for nasa in the 80s and 90s. black said he s most impressed this vehicle promises to be safer than the space shuttle. safety alone is a big key thing. it s like we don t have to lose anybody else to that. the spacecraft is slated to launch into orbit for its initial test flight in 2013. reporter: lockheed martin engineers say a special abort system will propel the spacecraft far away from a malfunctioning launch. that system was tested successfully in new mexico last year. in the test the spacecraft hit 445 miles per hour in three seconds then parachuted safely back to earth. by building this system we can improve the safety and
in cairo s central square. in yemen a key ally against al qaeda said he would not run against. it would end his three-decade rule when his term runs out in 2013. reporter: what is difference 24 hours makes. we were seeing good news in the early going because there hadn t been the open warfare between the rival political parties. what a difference a day makes. pictures we re seeing coming out of cairo and alexandria are nothing short of incredible. that charge that the mubarak supporters made on the anti-mubarak demonstrators, riding in on horse book, horseback never seen anything like that before. that will deepen divisions with the parties. it will create fractures that would last all the way through this entire transition process from mubarak to whoever comes next n this chaos if it continues potential power