reknew the constitution. in four and a half months, if it goes smoothly, we could have a nationwide vote for a constitution. shortly there after, parliamentary elections. you have to wonder, what s going through the minds of the supporter, morsi, the muslim brotherhood. a week ago, their president was in place. egypt is on its way to establishing a new government. this conflict is far from over. michaela? a plan in place is good, reality is different. we ll be watching. thank you. now to the death toll from the run away train explosion in a canadian town near the border. the death toll stands at 13, more than three dozen people remain unaccounted for. the 73-car train loaded with crude oil exploded and destroyed the downtown area in quebec over the weekend. an engine shutdown may have caused the brakes to fail
canadian town are still missing after a run away train disaster. it was hauling 70 tanker cars full of crude oil. it derailed and exploded over the weekend. five people were killed in quebec province, near the border. an engine shutdown may have caused the train s air brakes to release. the town looks like a war zone. you can see it for yourself there. the death toll could rise there dramatically. i know there s going to be waves of emotion over the next few weeks as the extent of this and this is a very big disaster in human terms, as the extent of this becomes increasingly obvious. more than a third of the town s 6,000 residents were evacuated. deadly protests outside the republican guard headquarters
there s chantal, talk about a busy season, a couple of clusters coming off africa as we get into this busy season. we could have 20 named storms. hurricane center says it s going to be a very busy hurricane season. is seeing that already. you bet. chad, thank you so much. there s a lot of news developing at this early hour. let s get straight to michaela for the early headlines. an engine shutdown may have caused the train derailment that led to a massive explosion in quebec. saturday s blast in the canadian town of lac-megantic left at lea least 2 people dead. 40 more are missing. an engine shutdown could have released the brakes that held it in place. teresa heinz kerry is in a hospital this morning. we ve learned her symptoms are consistent with some kind of seizure, accord to go a source close to the family. the 74-year-old wife of secretary of state john kerry was rushed to a hospital in
group, the nur party, there was a coalition to establish the interim government. they ve already said, we re out in protest of what happened today. uncertain times, guys, in the days to come. chris, kate? reza, thank you so much. a lot going on today. now we want to take you up to quebec where an engine shutdown may be the cause of a freight train derailment and massive explosion. at least five people were killed, about 40 people remain unaccounted for this morning. cnn s paula newton is live in lac-megantic, quebec. paula, what do we know? reporter: the main thing we know is those tankers full of crude oil are finally being extinguished. that means investigators can move in and unfortunately start the grim work of looking for the missing. for too many there was simply no escape. an inferno so intense it incinerated everything in its path. minutes before, the unmanned runaway train pulling 72 tankers filled with crude oil went careening into the town of
want to begin with this afternoon s scary situation on board this air liner and i am sure it was equally frightening for drivers on the ground who say parts of the plane were hitting cars. we can tell you the jet landed safely. i want to bring in lizzie o leary, our aviation spore kond ent. what do we know? what happened? we can take it from sort of two sides. what was happening on the ground, those parts of the plane, potentially the debris field and what was happening in the air. there you see pictures from our affiliate cb-24 in canada, pieces of did he pree they say fell from the ski. the blackberry is to i have give you a sense of comparison. now, switching over to what we know from the air side, we are talking about an air canada plane, a boeing triple 7, a twin engine plane, a large pass engineer judget that left toronto at around 2:10 this afternoon carrying 318 passengers and 16 crew members according to air canada. after take off there was an engine shutdown. this