governor rick perry said, everyone knows someone affected by this. everyone s lives were touched by this disaster. as the mayor said, it s not clear how many people have been affected directly, how much survivors or how many have been exposed to this anhydrous ammonia, that s a gas used to make fertilizer at the plant, and its fumes can be very dangerous. they can be suffocating and cause blisters and chemical burns. according to the dallas morning news, a report said the worst-case scenario at the facility would be a ten-minute gas release that would not hurt anyone. cnn affiliate wfaa reports the plant was fined in 2006 for having an inadequate risk management plan. back here in boston, we have now just gotten word the fbi, who we know has been leading
scroll through, as i will with you right now. here s some of the livestock we ve been talking about. this is going on right now in texas from our dallas affiliate wfaa. they re going wall to wall with this information, and we re going to try to do the same for you. in a moment, we re going to return to that breaking story we ve been telling you about in west texas. how our affiliates are scrambling, the latest details from the fertilizer plant explosion outside waco, texas. stay with us. this is breaking news. you re watching world news now.
we do begin with breaking news. out of the dallas area at least two people have been killed in a bus accident. this is on president george bush turnpike. it s a charter bus heading to casinos in oklahoma when it overturned. you can see it there just a dramatic picture, tragic there. two people have been killed. dozens now taken to the hospital. 30 people that were passengers on the bus, we have two that are confirmed deceased right now. the passengers have been taken to various hospitals throughout the metroplex. we re very lucky to have a mutual aid agreement with several different fire stations, fire, police, ems, that kind of thing. they re working to get the folks triaged. the big yellow tarp that s out there, they re assessing injuries, determining who has the most serious injuries and shipping those folks off to various hospitals depending on the severity of the injuries. and as we look at live pictures there coming from our affiliate wfaa, we ll continue to monitor the sit
giving up. later on this half hour, after justin bieber successfully angered his neighbors he is now in trouble for something else. this time at an airport. wait till you hear the rest of this story. downright bizarre. oh, boy. coming up in the skinny. we begin with the double-murder in texas, the district attorney and his wife killed in their home. just weeks after another prosecutor was gunned down there. the police are standing guard at the homes of other law officials who may be targets. abc s john schifrin reports from kaufman county, texas. reporter: kaufman county district attorney, mike mclelland and his wife cynthia were gunned down in their home. alarming to the community at large. that s why we are striving to, you know, assure the community that we are still providing public safety. reporter: it was a brazen attack. according to abc affiliate wfaa,
in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, we ll bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing doubt about his message and his chances come november. big donors are sitting tight with their money. for mitt romney, several things appear to be going right. he is raising a lot of money and his poll numbers have been getting better. a little more than two hours from now, both men take to the stump in the battleground state of ohio with dueling key economic speeches. they won t be face to face, but you can bet that they won t mince words about each other either. so, cnn s jim acosta joins us