her brunch, get away from the school life. it was probably the family, the solid family she never had. she had so many different marriages and you were sort of the family. yeah, i mean, she had you know, she had her own family and things like that. but it was it s interaction. richard and elizabeth in our household, they were such a force. part of the family. they were part of the family. i mean, my father was always jetting off to be with them in rome or wherever and they were part of the family. but you re right, it s always richard and elizabeth. never dick and liz. gary springer, thank you very much for sharing your memories. thank you. elizabeth taylor yesterday died of congestive heart failure at 79. uh-huh. thank you, sir. thank you. all right, let s talk a little bit about what s going on in the weather and there s some extreme weather this morning. look at this, a tornado has destroyed six homes and part of a school in western pennsylvania. there s a
massive and dangerous fire burning out of control at one of the busiest airports in the country. we re talking miami international. this video into the fox newsroom shows flames raging at a fuel tanks farm. it broke out around 11:00 p.m. last night, teams of firefighters racing against the clock now pouring water on the flames to keep more tanks from going up. good news in some of this, a short time ago, they put the fire out. travelers can expect delays today as investigators trying to figure out how this all happened. we re getting our first look now inside the plant in japan. the photos show workers trying to make repairs there. three workers were exposed to radiation while doing electrical work there. two of them now in the hospital and in tokyo, shops are now rationing milk, toilet paper, rice and water after officials admit that iodine is in the tap water and is twice the level considered safe. after urging a calm transition in egypt, defense secretary robert gates is l
to step in after a diplomatic back and forth, all early this wednesday morning, march 23rd, back and forth, all early this wednesday morning, march 23rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. i m erica hill with chris wragge. we begin with this breaking news. dame elizabeth taylor has died. screen legend and a hollywood icon, long considered one of the most beautiful, most talented women in all of hollywood lore. just a sad day for hollywood. a woman whose life will be celebrated that s for sure. there s much to celebrate in that life. her publicist saying the three-time oscar winner, just as famous for her life off screen including the eight marriages and her very important humanitarian work, her publicist says she died of congestive heart failure this morning at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles. she had been treated there, checked in about six weeks ago. taylor s four children were with her when she died peacefully. she was 79. cbs news correspondent