and we ll go live to paris in a few minutes and talk to cnn s jim bittermann, who watched the entire interview. and now on u.s. soil, investigators in nevada may have found clues that could help them figure out what caused the deadly plane crash at an air race in reno. they recovered parts from the plane s tail and right now the death toll stands at nine. dozens of other people were hurt and today we re hearing more from witnesses. just happened so fast, just split second event so, you know, you think, is this it? am i going to die? dan simon is in reno. dan, tell us what investigators have found so far and how they re piecing together the puzzles of this mystery. reporter: fredricka, first of all, this was to be the final day of the event. there would be thousands of people in attendance behind me, but it is relatively quiet today. a few planes on the tarmac and they ll probably be leaving pretty soon. no doubt the economic loss to reno is in the tens of millions o
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stuntman named jimmy leeward was maneuvering his aircraft through the twists and turns of a national championship air race in reno. something and we don t yet know what but something went terribly wrong. as you saw, the plane left the course, headed for the grandstand and then crashed straight into the ground. leeward and eight spectators are dead. more than 50 others injured. there is early speculation based on witness photographs. look at the tail section of the plane. the photographs focus on a piece of the plane that appears to be missing. you see it right there. a piece that had a major impact on the pilot s ability to stay in control of the plane. let s get to the ground now where this went on. dan simon is live at the scene in reno. the ntsb held a news conference. we saw it here with fredricka. they talked about the photos. what did investigators say about them? first of all, don, the big headline this hour is that nine people have now been confirmed dead. they
try to pinpoint the cause of that deadly plane crash at an air race. t.j. has been telling you about it all morning long. the terrifying moment was witnessed by thousands of spectators. horrifying moment, it happened in an instant. at least three people and dozens more hurt when the plane slammed into the crowd. cnn s dan simmon in reno. dan, what more have we learned about how this happened? reporter: not much at this point, fred. i should point out that we ve already seen several videos like the one you just showed. we just learned there were actually 300 professionally credentialed photographers on site. so chances are we may be seeing a lot more video, a lot more pictures in terms of what happened right before the plane went down. what we know, according to the i witnesses. the plane pitched up and rolled and went down to the ground in a matter of seconds. we know that the pilot, said to be very experienced, 74 years old. been coming to the air show since 1975. so exper
they also met. what s also interesting, kyra, rick perry met with three of donald trump s children. you know, i spoke to michael cohen who is trump s top political adviser. i just got off the phone with him and cohen said he spent some time with perry, as well. they talked about the economy and jobs and talked about family. all topics we would expect to come up during the conversation with donald trump. what is the take away from trump? cohen tells me that trump likes him as an individual and also likes what perry has done in texas, as far as creating jobs and also to make it a pro-business state. but donald trump is not ready to make any endorsements yet. as i said, mitt romney will be in new york in a couple weeks to meet with donald trump. kyra? he hasn t ruled out his own presidential bid, right? no, he is leaving that on the table. donald trump, if he endorses in this presidential election and that person gets the nomination and, of course, he says he won t run. but