going to touch electrical wires. it is fanning over half the size of the state of rhode island. it has grown 720% in size the past week alone and now it is threatening to cut the big power transmission line. that s why we have casey steigel here. these numbers are alarming. half the size of the state of rhode island? reporter: yes, you talk about the power lines that of course is a threat that a lot of people are talking about today. they belong to el paso electric, and they actually bring energy all the way from near the phoenix area, about 220 miles east of where i m standing now, it brings the energy through this region, and then services customers down in southern new mexico, and in western parts of texas, and the lines that are in jeopardy that are essentially in the path of this fire make up about 40% of that utility s supply and if they blow or if something is compromised roughly 372,000 of its customers could experience rolling block outs. meantime the u.s. forest s
limitations. alisyn: you know the namely. you were their attorney. what do you think is going through their mind as they sit in the courtroom analyst tone this? i don t want to speculate on that, because they do have counsel right now. but i ve got to believe that they were more shocked than anybody else in the courtroom. there is not even a grain of truth to this. and i ve got to believe that they are just incredibly disappointed. alisyn: brad conway thanks so much for coming in with your personal insight into this family. we appreciate it. you re welcome. alisyn: good news moments ago from kansas city as emergency management teams tell us that they dodged a bullet from the dramatic storms that you can see right now that are passing over the city. but there is a new threat shaping up for the eastern part of the state, and new heartache for the folks cleaning up in oklahoma. we are live on the storms next. and democrats are cheering a win in a special house vote in new york, but th
drowning death of caylee in the swimming pool in the backyard of his house which unfolded like a bombshell yesterday, also he denied ever sexually assaulting his daughter casey, as was also alleged by lead defense attorney jose baez yesterday. this is just day two and it s going to be a long one, six to eight weeks, and it is living up to the sensational reputation that this case has had for the past three years. back to you. alisyn: sure is, every day is a bombshell in that case. phil keating thanks so much for the update. yes there was this huge bombshell as the defense attorney for casey anthony said that the child drowned, and he went onto suggest that the family knew what happened to the toddler, yet never said anything. brad conway is a former attorney for the anthony family. we want to get him to weigh in on this. hello, brad. what do you make of this defense bombshell that in fact this was an accidental drowning and the family helped cover it up? it s ludicrous. any criminal
we are getting right now, and this is from wdaf. we re going to go to another live shot that we have of the region, kansas city, missouri. do we have that, guys, producers? there it is. okay. this is kctv. thank you to our affiliates who are helping us cover this story. the clouds are obviously very ominous. you have the rain showers coming in, the possibility for hail and very damaging winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and not only do we have a report of this tornado but we also have reports of tornadoes with the same supercell in parts of central missouri, so jackson county, also clay county, southeastern platt county, again part of the same system. we are going to continue to monitor these pictures. i want to show you the storm system that is creating all of this severe weather, our low pressure system that came out of the rockies, you can see that spin, and it continues to move eastward but it s just lumbering, taking a very longtime. tornado watches in effect for the
seem to be closer. there s been a lot of speculation because caylee has been gone now they are coming to the aid of their daughter the basically all they know how to do right now. david wasn t there a time right now when they were talking about sipped de the gra cind granddaughter getting custody? she indicated she was going to seek custody of her grandchild. brad, do you really think they can pick a fair and impartial jury for what the judge himself calls the trial of the century? i think o.j. simpson con could get a fair and i and imp jury she can as well. i heard there s a juror who