garments for exports like the u.s. president obama attending a memorial service in baylor university today in honor of the 14 people killed in a blast in the fertilizer plant in a town of west, texas. at the devastating site, investigators are trying to piece together exactly what happened. they still don t know what caused the fire or what triggered the deadly explosion last week that leveled the plant, leveled nearby buildings and many homes. it will be a sight to behold, five living u.s. presidents to the in the same place for the dedication of the george w. bush presidential library. it begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern in dallas. these days the nation s 43rd president is preoccupied with being a new grandfather and aspiring painter. he says the new library is all about laying out facts. and he tells our john king he doesn t feel any need to defend himself or his presidency. i know this, that laura and i gave the presidency eight years
the boston marathon, and where the first explosion happened on boyleston street happened. runners up and down here, also hallowed ground. investigators tell cnn and other news agencies at least one of the home made bombs was triggered by remote control, possibly a crucial clue. were the devices based on a blueprint in al qaeda s english language magazine inspire or similar to ones in camps run by dagestani militants. he and tamerlan tsavraev ever met, now one part of the massive worldwide investigator. he was born to be a police officer, and he lived out his dreams. thousands in attendance for
begin their investigation here in the next couple of minutes where they hope to learn exactly what caused the incident. new this morning, president obama attending memorial services in waco, texas, today in honor of the 14 killed in the fertilizer plant explosion in west, texas. investigators trying to piece together exactly what happened. they don t know what caused the fire or what triggered the dwedly explosion last week that leveled the plant and nearby homes and building. this morning, rhode island one step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. the state senate approving a bill that extends marriage rights to same-sex couples and supporters are very happy. we did it together in solidarity with such phenomenal people. you never know what something will feel like. and it feels amazing. once finalized by the statehouse it will be the tenth
firefighters are expected to attend the memorial service today for the 14 people who were killed in that explosion. this coming the day after we got our first up close look at the explosion site. a bomb has went off inside here. it s pretty bad. we ve got a lot of firemen down. captured from firefighter radio transmissions, those were the frantic homes just after the west, texas, explosion sent a deadly shockwave through this central texas town. h is the first up close look at the blast site. this is the blast site here. you can see the crater which is 93 feet wide, 10 feet deep. that was part of one of the buildings that was on the ground here. investigators say they still don t know what caused the fire or what triggered the explosion about 20 minutes after firefighters were called to the scene. it s like putting a puzzle pieces together. reenacting that fire to see what transpired to cause the explosion. reporter: the damage is so
images of the bush library in a tour with former first lady laura bush. it is thursday, april 25th, in this special edition of starting point beginning right now. i m christine romans in flork. we begin with breaking news. two fuel barges on fire this morning after a mass i ve explosion. it all happened in mobile bay, alabama. the explosion and the fire still burning so intense firefighters have set up a one-mile safety radius. firefighters at this hour unable at this point to get near the flames. the first explosion happening just before 11:00 eastern followed by at least five more and heard up to 20 miles away. the barges are reportedly loaded with gasoline. and that s why it s keeping the fire going at this point. firefighters, the fire so fierce, firefighters can t get in there to fight it.