here is what the sheriff said in this investigative documentary. reporter: they believe the hartley s not only wandered into a war but at the exact time that a mexican cartel was about to move a large amount of marijuana. up on the bluff, the spotters, his sources told him, saw the first glimpse of a glitch in a drug deal. that area is notorious for crossing or storing thousands of pounds of marijuana. we ve known that for a long time. that information is what i have relayed to federal officials, local official. we are all aware that that area is used as an area that they hide tons of minute. based on your sources and your intelligence, when they began to encroach on what would be a drug deal, they were looked upon as potentially
threats. threats. and that is why they were given instructions to go ahead and shoot at them. reporter: the sheriff tells cnn that eyewitnesss have come forward to him, witnesses he says who claim to know what happened here that day. they describe a military style attack. three boats, several shooters, and hundreds of rounds being fired at two jet skiers. the shot that killed david hartley was an unluckily shot. you don t believe that the hartleys are drug dealers? no. you don t believe that tiffany may have executed her husband? i don t think so. a surveillance photo taken that very afternoon, one hour after the attack. you notice in front of the boat, you see bundles of marijuana there. it shows a small boat and a group of men, one with a green
buildings sustaining significant damage. that includes one of the city s main hospitals. the national guard on patrol with a state of emergency in effect. andres cue teams they keep searching today, this afternoon, all through the day for survivors. joplin, missouri, the latest victim of a volatile wave of turbulent springtime weather. brian todd in the thick of it. reporter: drew, rescue teams are combing through grid by grid, house by house in this city. the houses that are left are severely damaged, but frankly in this part of the city not many houses are left. you mentioned about 1/3 of the houses in this downtown area were severely damaged. by that you can take to mean flattened. behind me you can see the wreckage of some of them that is left. now the weather is complicating things as these teams go through the grids of this city on foot mostly and pick through this. the lightning has been rolling in. thunder, rain, all day long. it has made their job, much, much diffi
still exceeds $1 trillion for the second year in a row. and three of those rescued miners in chile are out of the hospital and home their families today. more, perhaps all of the rest of the 33 men who spent two months trapped are expected to head home perhaps today. other stories making headlines, a u.s. consulate official says the murder of an american may have been a case of mistaken identity. officials say david and tiffany hartley were mistaken as drug members of a rival mexican cartel as mexico as we understand the search for hartley s indefinitely. and ever wonder where airplane food is so bland? well, in-flight background noise can actually affect how food tastes. the louder the noise, the less sweet or salty foods taste. well, go figure. and a big typo on electronic voting machines across chicago. rich whitney, who is running for governor on the green party
latest on a reported pirate attack in mexico. what s going on here? mexico says it s stepping up the search for the missing american citizen. the government denies it s not doing enough to find them. david michael hartley has been missing since a reported pirate attack september 30 on falcon lake. hartley s wife, tiffany says he was shot and kill bid pirates during a sightseeing trip. but, since no body has been found yet, some are now questioning her story. tiffany said she might take a lie detector test. the supreme court is delaying the execution of a texas man. the supreme court issued a temporary stay of execution gaylord bradford. his lawyers say he s mentally deficient with an i.q. of 68. bradford was convicted of the 1988 murder of a convenience store security guard. as for the guessing game about sarah palin sarah palin says she ll run for president, quote, if the american people want me to, unquote. palin reportedly talked