his country. investigators are still on the scene after a gas line exploded yesterday in central california injuring 11 people, three of them critically. the explosion caused a massive fire with flames reaching feet into the air. a front-end loader was at the scene but it s not clear if it was in use at the time of the explosion. pacific gas and electric company crews hope to have repairs completed tonight. i m patricia stark. and now for my second opening statement. this week the house oversight committee held hearings on something so crazy it sounds like it s ripped from the pages of a bad spy novel. drug enforcement administration agents engaging in sex parties paid for by the very drug cartels that they were investigating. and not only were they not fired, some of them got bonuses and promotions. now, dea chief michelle lionhart
first-hand look at the wreckage. if any of those leaders speak we ll bring it to you live. also new this hour, we have new pictures of the black box that s been recovered. the voice flight data recorder is badly damaged. crews hope to have it working for hours. key in the investigation, the last eight minutes of that flight. we re covering all of the angels of this story. our correspondents are at the site and in the countries mourning the loss of all of those aboard. let s begin with the breaking news. the two americans are among those killed in the crash. cnn s diana magnay is in germany this morning to tell us more. reporter: hi carol. well that s all i can tell you about these americans, just that two have been confirmed as having been on board. as you said we don t know their names, where they came from. we will be following up on that information, but we do have fresh numbers from the ceo of german wings as to the numbers of people from which country
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with our base auto policy. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance responsibility. what s your policy? the underwater search for malaysian airlines flight 370 should resume soon. crews hope to send the bluefin-21 drone back into the ocean. the first search yesterday was cut short after the vehicle encountered waters deeper than it was programmed for. officials now say the initial search didn t find anything of interest. they say the aborted mission was disappointing, but the drone performed like it was supposed to. malaysian authorities responded to the question of who will get
helping in the latest searches for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. it search area extends 135,000 square miles. crews hope to find the missing jet before the black box stops pinging and its batteries run out. back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. just the beginning no denying that it s all in your position trying to tell me that the devil went down but that s a lot because i seen him walking by my cell the [ bleep ] got to call the policeman we on a whole other level yeah, yeah, yeah joseph johnson, serving ten