have probably waited a day or half a day. despite criticism others are coming to romney s defense. former defense secretary donald rumsfeld tweeted, attacks on our embassies and diplomats are the result of perceived american weakness. mitt romney is right to point that out. our next guest, rich lowery the editor of the national review , late tuesday night, romney thoroughly condemned the embassy press release. in rapid confirmmation of romney s wisdom doing so through the statement under the bus. it doesn t reflect the views of the u.s. government. some are asking whether the president should have gone to vegas to campaign in the immediate aftermath of the deaths of our ambassador to libya and the three others in the embassy. joining us rich lowery, editor of national review and fox news contributor. with us simon rosenberg, former clinton campaign advisor. rich you say mitt romney was
indicating record-breaking heat. triple-digit temperatures and severe thunderstorms are predicted for a big part of the east, south and upper midwest. hundreds of thousands still have no power because of last weekend s storms. nbc s tom costello has the update. hey, tom. richard, good day to you. the latest estimates we have, 850,000 people in a seven-state area plus d.c. are still without power and still dealing were eye this kind of a mess. a massive tree down. the tree crushed, and cable lines, power lines still down. and this has been the way it is now for five days, as the regions try to recover. meanwhile, last night in d.c., we had more lightning, and more severe weather. severe weather is approaching the capitol. you are destructed to leave the area. reporter: late tuesday night, another blow from mother nature. at the u.s. capitol, a strong thunderstorm forced the evacuation of a dress rehearsal for tonight s capitol 4th concert. we do have a garage that you
jon: fox news alert and live pictures of what appears to be a helicopter crash at the glendale airport in arizona. i m told this is actually video that we taped just a couple of minutes ago. you can see what looks like snow on the ground. that is actually the firefighting foam that was sprayed on this thing because of the fuel and so forth that was leaking from the chopper. they did get it put out. we are told there were no injuries, not a lot of other information available to us yet. this is glendale, arizona, a suburb of phoenix. right now the desperate search for a missing college student in boston. 21-year-old franco garcia disappearing without a trace on wednesday after a night out with friends. patti ann brown is on it for us. she has the latest. reporter: he was last seen at a popular bar near boston college, late tuesday night, early wednesday. the 21-year-old has not been to class or worked since then. last night friends and family
something else may be going on here. maybe a brain condition. today the few questions remain is sheen back on drugs and is he safe? who occurred was in fact completely and entirely illegal. i had to call my lawyer. late tuesday night, charlie sheen was back online in sheen s corner. ready to fight against the studio execs that fired him. now that i have your lazy [ bleep ] attention, sit back and rejoice. for the malibu messiah, the war lock of your jealousy sits before you. sheen gets personal lashing out at cbs president. i gave you an award and you give me nothing. it must suck being your mrs. sheen also railed against two and a half men exec tiff
vikings one. no winners at the airport. planes are flying again, but the bag log is staggering. lines wrap and the terminals and stranded travelers are still sleeping. late tuesday night, an nbc producer shot this cell phone video on board a turkish airlines flight, stuck for six hours. not much water left. not much juice. all the wine and booze is locked up because of customs. reporter: flights are canceled coast to coast. it was such a mess and there were so many people in there like screaming and crying. reporter: atlanta. call the phones and wait half an hour. reporter: they say air travel won t bounce back until after new year s. on the streets, growing anger