weather. as you say, a very bad winter storm moving through the area at the time of takeoff. low visibility. an inch of snow falling an hour. one local official tells us that weather was a factor in this, but that is just one local official. and of course ntsb will take a lot longer to come to any sort of determination. but the tragedy here, fred, nine people dead in this plane crash. back to you. terribly sad. nick watt, thank you so much. we re going to talk more with theresa mall-russo on this. she is the state s attorney for brewell county, south dakota where the plane crash took place. theresa, you had a number of first responders, law enforcement responding to this terrible accident. what have you learned about the victims or survivors, the circumstances? reporter: thank you, frederic fredericka. right now i believe it is inappropriate for me to disclose any names because of family members and just common
event here. they ve just arrived. so there were big celebrations in the crowds for those marathoners. frederic fredericka? oh, my gosh. two popes with two very different styles to be canonized. was this intentional by pope franc francis? oh, absolutely. i mean, he is a big fan of john xxiii. john paul ii was pretty much scheduled to be canonized and pope francis wanted to add in john xxiii. he has a lot of admiration for the pope who started the second vatican council and i think, also, sees some similarity in his style. you know, john xxiii came in after pius xii and he is the son of farmers and he had that easy style that i think pope francis also has. so, you know, in the 2005
hey, fredericka. the losses are holding steady. the dow down about 436 points. they re off their lows of this session where we saw the dow down as much as 500 points. this is coming after morgan stanley kind of set off an alarm bell saying that the u.s. and europe are looking like they re getting close to going into a recession. morgan stanley also downgrading its growth forecast globally for this year and next. also not helping we got a bunch of economic reports here in the u.s. one on jobless claims showing a rise in jobless claims, the jobs area something that this economy really wants and needs at this point and not seeing. we also got a very weak regional manufacturing report showing contraction and a weak housing report showing sales declined about 3.5%. see what you do when you olympic all that together you get a big sell-off and that is what we re seeing right now. frederic fredericka? that as it looks for the dow. let s check out what the nasdaq issing looking ou
fire works from that vehicle. they also removed a locked metal box that has not been opened that we know of, the license plate on the car came from a connecticut junkyard and there s been no claim of responsibility. cnn s mary snow is in times square. she s joining us right now. mary, give me an idea of the scene. has it resumed back to normal as best it can in times square? reporter: yes, fredericka it would appear to be any other sunday on a warm spring afternoon. there s no unusual amounts of security, none that would not ordinary loy be here. this is a busy time on sunday afternoon with shows having matinees, tourists say they will not be deterred from their plans, moving around the city, this is such a crowded area. as you mentioned, investigators try to find out who is behind this potential bomb. and as investigators examine the car that was taken away, it was
to the people of new york, what do you want to tell them? what do you want them to know from lance? your message, lance from the people of new york. reporter: last word, he went to a police officer who then alerted police and several blocks of times square were frozen, locked down. they are reopen now. also wanted to point out that a federal official who was briefed on the investigation tells cnn that it was not a professional operation, and at this point it does not appear to be affiliated with a terrorist network, and as you mentioned, the folks at the nypd and fbi are conducting this investigation, and there will be an update within the hour. frederic fredericka? senator charles schumer said he believed or they have reason to believe that this may be an act carried out by a lone wolf. what more might be said about