the devastation with daylight. blue rhino is a company that supplies those small propane tanks used for backyard barbecues. thanks for the update. there was a similar frightening scene we want to tell you about this morning, a gas explosion destroyed three philadelphia row houses. the explosion september at least eight people to area hospitals monday including one man who is now in critical condition with severe burns. fire investigators say the contractor working in a vacant home was having trouble with a hot water heater just moments before the explosion. that is terrible. luckily nobody seriously injured there, in fatalities. all right. well, the segue here almost writes itself. from a massive explosion to a massive implosion. new york mayoral candidate anthony weiner says he s still in to win it, but his polls say not so much. now several powerful politicians are having their say about his most admission of inappropriate conduct with women online. you know you are in trouble wh
[ speaking mandarin ] reporter: making it clear he s fighting for every vote he can get. now, weiner has also been sending his supporters e-mails asking if their vote and of course for their money. because as we all know, campaigns are very expensive. now, i of course asked him about huma yesterday and he only said she s doing great and then moved on on to answering other questions. he would love to move on on, that s for sure. absolutely. put it in the background. voters are starting to come out for him. but when eliot spitzer enters in, it creates energy around this and keeps on going. the good news is there is actually a real race there. and later this morning, kate will talk with weiner s opponent, christine quinn. she s in the lead and she ll be here at about 8:05 eastern time. definitely talking about those latest polls for one thing. lots to talk about there. now to the nation s capital. someone is vandalizing great american landmarks in washington, d.c..
but like i mentioned, enjoy that. nothing lasts very long around here. i m getting used to this. keeping you you on your toes. seriously. to washington, d.c. now where police have arrested a woman for allegedly splattering green paint all over the national inside the national cathedral. the arrest of the 5-year-o8-yea suspect comes after several similar incidents including one at the lincoln memorial. pamela brown is live in washington outside the national cathedral where the latest incident happened. what s the latest, pamela? reporter: we can tell you that this one person was taken into custody, a 58-year-old woman in connection with only one of the crimes. so this bizarre vandal even at d.c. landmarks remains very much a mystery at this hour. we have just learned from a d.c. law enforcement source that the clothes from the 58-year-old woman have been september aeeen forensics it see if the paint
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through more states. what do we know? and it s been going on since mid june, as well. so people hearing about this maybe now for the first time. but it s been out there for some time. and it s been a little bit slow in terms of figuring this out. having covered a lot of these types of outbreaks, usually you have a better handle on this. but right now they don t have a clear idea what is causing this. you put up that map there, three of those states have the most cases. iowa, nebraska, texas. but there is about 353 people who have been sickened. probably more people that have symptoms but haven t gone to their doctor. and then you have some who have been hospitalized. no one has died yet, but this is of significant concern. a bit of a whodunit. these are how the medical investigations often work and it s not really morning show kind of stuff to describe, but the symptoms are pretty awful. there is a treatment for this. so if people have symptoms and they re worried about it, they can