lucki luckily, no one was sitting where murray landed. this is generally where the players families sit during the game. even though no one was sitting right where he landed, a very traumatic experience for everyone. witnesses say paramedics immediately began performing cpr on murray. he was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. now, there was never any delay in the ball game. they kept playing as usual during this entire ordeal. this is not the first time a fan has fallen from the upper deck at turner field. in 2013, a man died after falling 85 feet. in 2011 in texas, firefighter shannon stone died after falling out of outfield seats. after that incident, the texas rangers, they did a complete review of the stadium s safety measures and made many changes to the railings around the ballpark in arlington.
old. nothing like it coming back to your hometown. it makes the 7 months andid 1 days seem all worthwhile as you are among family and frienegi. us> one can certainly understand that a group left back in february to provide humanitarian aid and come bad piracy. us> heat3 tr: and emotions running high for the ceremonial first goitch of the playoffs. cooper stone on the mound for the game between rangers and tampa bay rays. 50,er cooper is the son of the firefighter shannon stone, remember hif p he fell to his death in july trying to catch a ball thrown into the stands. the boy, a little six-year-old throwing his first pitch to his favorite basamoalltiveomed hami. us> kells. i great story. meantime, the killing of anwar al-awlaki setting off a fierce legal damoate right here
that s two months sooner than they had originally planned. now, you know the tradition here. iowa is usually the first state to vote. so it s also thinking about pushing up its caucus. our political reporter, shannon is in des moines for us today. is that going to be the plan? if new hampshire moves up, iowa has to move up. we re talking about december, mid-december, could we go as early as november sthp. possibly not november, but definitely potentially december. i have to tell you, t.j., iowa s republican party is not happy at all with what florida is intending to do by holding this january 31st primary. as you mentioned, iowa is always traditionally the first contest in the presidential nominating season that holds the caucuses. iowa is banding together with new hampshire, with nevada and with south carolina. those are the four states that normally go first, according to the rnc rules. they re banding together and saying, look, we re going to move up our dates together,
anthony home. hello to you all. this is your cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with new information and a new warning with about the killing of a leading al qaeda figure. the cia use add drone to kill an nwar al awlaki in yemen. they had been tracking him with drones for two weeks, much like they did with osama bin laden. al awlaki is blamed for inspiring the underwear bomber in 2009. the fbi and the department of homeland security warning about possible retaliation in the u.s. they say his death could provide motivation for so-called lone wolf attackers. another part of the story this morning, the question whether it s l it s legal to target a u.s. citizen. he was born in new mexico. that s a question erin burnett asked cia director leon panetta. this individual was clearly a terrorist, and, yes, he was a citizen. but if you re a terrorist, you re a terrorist. and that means that we have the ability to go after those who would threaten to attack the un
thousands expected to turn out for the funeral of firefighter shannon stone who died trying to catch a baseball for her son at last week s rangers game. stone fell 20 feet over the railing. you can reserve tickets on line for the new september 11th memorial. it opens to the public september 12th this year. only 1500 people will be allowed in the memorial at a time. steve? thank you, brian. we ve been telling you about media matters taxpayer funded war on fox newschannel. our next guest said he also was targeted unfairly by the leftie web site. they tried to shoot down a study he wrote with his peers on media bias. tim takes on her accusations in his soon-to-be released book called left turn, how liberal media bias distorts the american mind and he jonins us from los angeles. good morning to you. good morning. great to be here. good to have you as well. tell us how you wound up in media matters cross hairs.