berman. nice to have you. i m zoraida sambolin. up first, the shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, takes a dramatic step this morning. jared lee loughner now facing a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that killed six people and almost killed a former member of congress, gabrielle giffords. under the plea deal loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no parole but will avoid the death penalty. the u.s. attorney prosecuting the case says loughner s mental state was a big factor in this decision. the doctors who have treated and observed mr. loughner since the shooting agree that he suffered from a severe mental illness. that is severe schizophrenia. at the time of the shooting and before the shooting. the fragility of his continued competency to stand trial was taken into account. we re live in tu san. we re used to seeing loughner s picture we just showed on the screen. you saw him in the courtroom yesterday. how did he look to you? report
of the holly frontier refinery that s on file. there was a louding bang and immediately flames shooting several feet in the air. no word on what caused it. we will continue to follow it as soon as information becomes available. a major scare at reagan international airport where three planes came within seconds of crashing in midair. a commuter jet carrying 192 people. traffic controllers became confused after bad weather caused several flights to be rerouted. they reportedly two planes to take off in the flight path of a third plan coming in for a landing. they are now investigating. we will have more in about 30 minutes. the nuclear complex in oak ridge, tennessee now shut down after three protesters managed to sneak in.
where a sky west airline pilot attempted to steal a plane from a small airport. he crashed the empty commuter jet while taking off. he was found dead in the plane after apparently shooting himself. kerry kennedy pleaded not guilty when she crashed into a tractor-trailer last friday. the 52-year-old daughter of the late robert kennedy says the accident was caused by a seizure stemming from an old brain injury. any doctor said this is the only seizure i ever had and they assure me that with robust investigation and treatment, i ll be able to live symptom free. police have not released blood tests, but kennedy say the doctors test show she was alcohol and drug free when the accident happened. it is the most effective weight loss drug in a generation. the fda has cleared qsymia for
intercom, and it is all caught on video. three major stories we are watching right now. record heat, millions without power, and a massive wildfire in colorado. we ve got it all covered. rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jones is keeping an eye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across the east coast. you re looking at the fierce winds and heavy rains that pounded indiana. and in virginia, falling trees killed two people and over a million people are without power. there are widespread outages from indiana to new jersey. athena jones is in rockville, maryland, this morning, where the power is out and triple-digit temperatures are expected. athena, what kind of progress are crews making to try and get this power back on? reporter: well, good morning. it s happening slowly bu
clipping the american airlines jet which is 2 1/2 times smaller. there were 20 people aboard the commuter jet at the time. i ll pause. i was three seats back, the front of the airplane just went to the right like this and nobody knew what happened. no sound, no panic. no one was hurt. steve? all right, brian. take a look at the severe weather damage in north carolina caused by a twister spun off from tropical storm beryl. 110-mile-an-hour winds completely destroyed three homes and caused damage to dozens of others. the system bringing with it three inches of rain. it made landfall in jacksonville, florida overnight on monday dumping 10 inches on parts of florida. senator rand paul looking to cut off all aid now to pakistan in a bid to free the locked up doctor who helped find usama bin laden and bring him to our country. rand paul wants to bring that doctor to our country so he can