it is. breaking news out of northern california. a giant fire ball there, just around dinner time. dozens of homes destroyed after a huge explosion last night. it was apparently caused by a broken gas line. it happened in a san francisco suburb, very close to san francisco international airport. priya david clemens is in san bruno this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. we re right at the edge of where the fire stopped. i want you to take a look at this devastation behind me. you re going to see burned out cars. the firefighters still working to make sure all the smoldering flames are out completely. we re seeing little pockets of flames still pop up here and there. see this home has been completely flattened. this is a scene that s been repeated dozens of times throughout this neighborhood. parts of san bruno, california, were turned into a raging inferno. around dinner time thursday evening. flames roared some 60 feet into the air as block after block
oh, you made it. good friday morning. good to have you with us. i m erica hill. i m harry smith. a busy news day. it is. straight to our breaking news this morning, out of northern california. a giant fireball there last night just around dinner time, dozens of homes destroyed after a huge explosion last night. it was apparently caused by a broken gas line that happened in a san francisco suburb, very close to san francisco international airport. priya david clemens has the latest. priya, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. we re right at the edge of where the fire stopped. look at the devastation behind me. you ll see burned out cars, the firefighters still working to make sure all the smoldering flames are out completely. we re seeing little pockets of flames still pop up here and there. see this home has been completely flattened. this is a scene that has been repeated dozens of times throughout this neighborhood. parts of san bruno, california, were turned
accident at a california racetrack that killed eight people and injured a dozen more. the tragedy unfolded last night when an off-road truck plowed into spectators at track in the mojave deserts. bill whitaker is in los angeles tonight with the latest. bill, good evening. reporter: good evening, russ. off-road races like the california 200 are growing in popularity. tonight investigators are questioning witnesses, trying to figure out how things at such a popular spectator sport could go so terribly wrong. fans who flock to this off-road race say getting in close to watch trucks careen through punishing twists and jumps is thrilling. last night was deadly. a driver spun out of control and plowed into the crowd. his truck just flipped. reporter: the white truck landed upside down, crushing people, killing eight and injuring two others. it hit. it rolled right on top and it just hit people. people flew. it was psychotic. people were screaming everywhere. one girl we
support for that mosque planned near ground zero. mr. obama says the issue is religious freedom but a lot of americans see it differently. tara mergener has more from washington. good morning, tara. reporter: good morning, emily. what started as a local issue is now a national and a political one with the president at the heart of the debate. republicans say they have new ammunition against democrats in november s midterm elections. the white house, the administration, the president himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of america. reporter: the gop slammed president obama sunday for comments he made about a controversial plan to build a mosque near ground zero. i believe muslims have a right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. reporter: he appeared to clarify later saying while muslims have the right to build a mosque, that doesn t mean they should. you can t change your position from day to day on an issue which does go to
this wednesday morning, august we ll have the latest early this wednesday morning, august 11, 2010. captioning funded by cbs a good wednesday morning to you. i m erica hill. thanks for being with us. a little bit of a humid, kind of back to august hot, uncomfortable wednesday morning. your favorite kind of day. i m harry smith. good morning. we have a lot to get to, including more on, you saw there, steven slater, the now famous former flight attendant at this point from jetblue. we learn what he s facing, a possible charges, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. rather serious. would he begin this morning with that tragic plane crash in alaska that claimed the life of former senator ted stevens. president obama praised stevens yesterday saying he devoted his career to serving the people of alaska. andrea gusty of our cbs affiliate atva in anchorage has the latest on the crash and the investigation. reporter: good morning. you know, if alaska had a mt.