jacki schechner today and tomorrow, very, very exciting. yes it s very exciting to be sitting in. stephanie: thank you. now here is david shuster with the real news. cnn [ inaudible ] began with an accidental fire which sent off at least one fertilizer tank. the blast leveled at least 50 homes nearby and caused the roof to collapse at a nearby nursing. the vast wreckage has made it difficult to come up with a precise number of victims. and the mayor said on camera he said i do not have an exact number. federal authorities are assisting authorities in trying to determine the exact cause of the fire. the obama administration is trying to figure out what if anything it can now do about gun control. the senate gutted legislation that would have approved background checks. four democrats joined republicans in blocking the bill, afterwards an infuriated president obama spoke and described it as a shameful day in washington. in boston today the fbi is considering a possible ph