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while the air force investigates the deadly crash of an eighth plane. one of these based in charlotte, north carolina. we expect to learn more in a news conference this afternoon. we know that four of the six crew members were killed, including this man, lieutenant colonel mike mckiel who spoke to one of our affiliates on saturday. lizzie o leary with the latest out of washington. what s the latest? reporter: latest is that they are investigating the cause of this crash while the other c-130s are grounded, grounded by the air force right now, and that essentially really diminishes the ability of the forest service to fight a lot of wildfires. the way the service does this is they use a number of different planes, but some of the big guns, as you said it, are the c-130s that are on loan from the air force as part of this fire fighting fleet. this is not the first time a c-130 has crashed, a relatively horrific crash in 2003 when essentially a c-130s wings folded up ward and
first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say they believe they will be good compared to only 39% who say conditions will be poorer. last fall when we asked the same question, those numbers were very different indeed. only 39% saying things would get better in the year to come. we sent our own joe johns to the key battleground state of ohio for a closer look at these new numbers. joe is joining us now from his old hometown of columbus, ohio. what s going on there, joe? reporter: that s right, wolf. well, things are starting to look better here in the buckeye state, but i have to tell you that cnn orc poll indicates that nationwide one thing is clear, the number one issue on voters minds happens to be jobs and the economy. the november election ma
entire professional career covering her as an olympian. that s an amazing story to cover. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. hi, everybody, nice to have you with us. we re bring you the news from a to z, it s 5:00 eastern. let s get right to it, shall we? this is unbelievable, unrelenting, unforgiving, it is a heat wave, and it is devastating from k.c. to d.c. and it s going to continue today too, tomorrow, as well. all the way through the july 4th holiday. in some places, it s going to feel like 115 degrees, particularly in parts of the midwest today. and for millions of people without power, sorry to report this, there is not a whole lot of relief coming your way. at least 19 people now have died in the last week after deadly storms swept through the nation. about 1.7 million people still haven t gotten any power. this is days after the storms went through. many expect possibly it s going to take until friday to get their power restored. take a look at th
chynna phillips on life, love and getting the band back together. we never dreamed it could be this good the second time around. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. i ll get to my interview with wilson phillips in a moment. first wael hear from actor and lawman steven seagal on this week s big story. the outspoken actor takes on the trayvon martin tragedy and he s not holding back. later on i talk to hollywood star and ceo jessica alba. you can invest in health care and you can invest in education, which at the end of the day how can any society drive if they re not healthy and if they re not educated? they won t be able to compete in the world. steven seagal isn t just an action movie star. he s also been in law enforcement working as a reserve deputy chief. he s with us tonight talking hollywood life, keeping america great, and trayvon martin. let s start, let s talk about trayvon martin briefly. this case that s gripped america at the moment. this young