people dead after saturday s tragic concert stage collapse at the indiana state fair. officials plan to reopen the fair today with a public memorial service. nbc is at the fairgrounds in indianapolis for us. good morning, wendy. reporter: good morning to you. it s a somber day here at the indiana state fair grounds. the pile of wreckage behind me is a sobering reminder of what happened here. as you mentioned a short service is scheduled here to remember those five people who lost their lives so unexpectedly. concert goers worst nightmare turned to reality in just seconds. just minutes after the announcer warned that severe weather was p possible, a gust of wind, between 60 and 70 miles per hour sent the massive scaffolding crashing into the crowd. it just came down. i saw people running. the next thing you know, you look back and there s people underneath the stage trying to get up. oh, my gosh. i was scared. reporter: chris lost sight of his son and wife in the kayo
we re not going to do it. the president of the united states has a pin. it s called a veto pen. i will use it until the ink runs out if that s what it takes to get the message we are not spending all the money. i have always been extremely proud of being a social conservative. we need to have social conservatives in our tents and not kick them out. without social conservatives, it will be tough to beat barack obama in 2012. welcome to morning joe on a monday morning. still dark outside after a deluge here in new york city. it is august 15th. with us, mike barnicle. pat buchanan, wes moore and joining us in chicago, msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. joe and mika enjoying well-deserved time off from a big, big weekend. pat buchanan i was fifth in 1999. i didn t want to bring that up. i was out right away. so michele bachmann wins. we ll talk about that in a moment. rick perry jumping into the race is the big story. what do you th
we begin this morning with a death trap. there are now at least five people dead after saturday s tragic concert stage collapse at the indiana state fair. officials plan to reopen the fair today with a public memorial service. nbc s wendy woolfolk is at the fairgrounds in indianapolis for us. reporter: it s a somber day here at the indiana state fairgrounds. as you mentioned, a short service is scheduled here to remember those five people who lost their lives so unexpectedly. concertgoers worst nightmare turned to reality in just seconds. just minutes after the announcer warned that severe weather was possible, a gust of wind between 60 and 70 miles per hour sent the massive scaffolding crashing into the crowd. it happened so fast. just came down and you saw people running. and people the next thing you know, you look back and there s people underneath the stage trying to get out. oh, my gosh. i was scared. chris brenneman lost sight of his son and wife in the chao
70 mi. per hour and the outdoor stage scaffolding collapsed on to some of the 12,000 people gathered for a concert headlined by the country group sugarland five people were killed including a chicago woman and a resident of northwest indiana and dozens more were injured indiana gov. mitch daniels called a freakish accident forecasters had predicted for at least two hours that a storm could hit the area when concertgoers and officials warned that severe weather was on the way . the storm had first put the state fair closed for a day to focus on the investigation . affair reopen this morning with a public memorial for five people killed in the stage collapsed hundreds of people turned out for this morning service at the state fair grounds flowers were presented and the names of some the five victims were read mourners also honor the dead and injured with the moment of silence and later sank amazing grace . a woman from chicago was one of those killed in the collapse christina
we ll explain what s going on there. plus, not since hall & oates have two men made sweeter music together. herman cain on lead vocals. mike huckabee on base. all the candidates weekend at the iowa state fair. news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. with the 2012 presidential race beginning to take shape, republican candidates campaigning in some key early primary states today. this comes after a huge political weekend where texas governor rick perry officially announced his candidacy for the republican nomination. and fellow presidential contender minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann won a key early test in iowa. last night perry and bachmann both spoke at the lincoln day dinner. the congresswoman s hometown of waterloo, iowa. sometimes it kind of takes me awhile to get into something like this presidential race, but let me tell you, when i m in, i m in all the way! we got to have courage to walk into washington, d.c., and say, folks, we re not sp