people trapped. i think we need to say to ourselves and to america, indiana is a special place. it s not everywhere that we would have seen that response and that reaction. reporter: it took just 20 minutes for onlookers to jump in and save all the people trapped under the stage covering. meanwhile we are learning more about the victims, ages 23 to 51. three women and two men killed, including a 23-year-old manchester college graduate who wanted to be a high school teacher, according to her profile page. all the victims were from indiana except for one who was from chicago. four of them were killed instantly at the scene of the collapse, while the 51-year-old died saturday night at the hospital. 45 others suffered minor to severe injuries. more than 150 were treated at a makeshift triage unit at the fairgrounds. eyewitnesses described it as terrifying when the massive rigging above that stage, bearing light and sound equipment, even one crew member was up there came crash
doug mckelway, live at the russell rotunda on capitol hill. doug? reporter: it remains to be seen how much support this plan has that was crafted overnight. we know it has the support of the full leadership. it also has something else that the wall street journal editorializing is important for any good compromise. and that is, that it makes everybody unhappy in some way. senator mike lee of utah suggested that he is a no vote. here s why. the reason i still don t support this bill is because it doesn t solve the underlying problem. i said before i was sworn into office this is permanent problem. it is a long-term problem and for that we need a long-term solution. the only way we can bind future congresses to stand by the cuts we re discussing is through an amendment to the constitution that will actually restrict permanently congress s borrowing authority. reporter: on the other house representative peter defazio the democrat from oregon excoriated the plan for lack
months later it appears we could see some action. shannon bream is live in washington with more on this. reporter: for now it s a bit of a mystery exactly what the white house is planning on the issue of gun control. sources tell fox news the president will take some type of, quote, executive action. white house press secretary jay karen me says there has been a lot of work going on leading up to this point. the president directed the attorney general to form working groups with key stake hole tkers to identify common-sense mess burst that would improve american security while respecting second amendment rights. that processes well underway at the department of justice with stakeholders on all sides working through these complex issues. reporter: it s been six months since the horrific shooting in tucson which left six people dead and congresswoman gabrielle giffords injured. he outlinethe pressure is mounte
so we expect the president to set the stage, if you will, for today s meeting, which is set for 2:00, and to try to take his case right to the american people, to say you know, we need to get something done, august 2nd is coming. and we need basically people to come out of their respective corners to find some common ground, rick. rick: mike, both sides sort of digging in their heels here, their positions are pretty far apart. what could they possibly do to get enough votes to get something passed? that s the tricky question at this point, because we ve heard the republicans say time and time again, we re not for raising taxes, the economy is too fragile, you ve heard some democrats say don t touch the entitlements, medicare, medicaid, social security, and the president doesn t want one of these short term fixes, so he has to go back to the drawing board again. he has said, you know, pass something that will last us until 2013, until after the presidential election. so each
who was missing. this body may be that of miss heard. investigators are trying to determine exactly who has been found. lauren s parents are appealing to her school friends urging them to come forward with information about what happened to lauren. several of those friends have hired attorneys to help them in the event that they one day face charges in this case. again, those autopsy results could come at any moment. we ll keep you posted as soon as we learn anything. jon: thank you, rick. and a good tuesday morning to you, post 4th of july holiday. i m jon scott. patti ann: and i m patti ann brown in for jenna lee. we are on verdict watch in the casey anthony murder trial. the jury deliberating for its first full day. the seven women and five men spent six hours discussing the case yesterday. jon: of course they are charged with deciding whether casey anthony, the woman you see there, killed her 2-year-old daughter, or if, as the defense claims, little caylee drowned in the