good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us here in the newsroom. i m don lemon. we begin with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, nos spectators have been killed. here s what happened. one witness called the sound of the impact unbelievable and you can certainly see why. veteran pilot and hollywood stuntman jimmy leeward was killed. eight people in the crowd also died. photographs taken right before the crash show a piece of the plane appears to be missing. a piece that would have had a major impact on the pilot s ability to maintain control. cnn s dan simon is in reno, nevada tonight and he has more on the pilot and the investigation into the crash. he was an aviation all-star, at least here in re
the newsroom. i m don lemon. we begin with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, nos spectators have been killed. here s what happened. one witness called the sound of the impact unbelievable and you can certainly see why. veteran pilot and hollywood stuntman jimmy leeward was killed. eight people in the crowd also died. photographs taken right before the crash show a piece of the plane appears to be missing. a piece that would have had a major impact on the pilot s ability to maintain control. cnn s dan simon is in reno, nevada tonight and he has more on the pilot and the investigation into the crash. he was an aviation all-star, at least here in reno where jimmy leeward had been competing in races since
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250,000 gathering in israel s three largest cities, angry over the rising cost of living. the rallies marking the end of a protest movement, initially targeting soaring housing prices quickly evolved into a wide range of economic issues, including the cost of food, gasoline and education. negotiations taking a dangerous turn in libya. rebel leaders say talks for a peaceful surrender has failed at one of the last pro-gadhafi strongholds. tribal leaders in the town had until sunday to surrender. they refuse to back down. now rebels are said to be waiting for the green light to launch what may be a final attack. dominic natale is in tripoli with the latest. reporter: that could be happening any moment now. rebels waiting to move,
being shot at. we ve shown you photos, many photos of children being slaughtered in the streets by the assad regime or taken, tortured and killed their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition. i know it s all difficult to look at but it is what s happening in syria. it is the truth. now, all the while, in spite of all these videos and all the evidence, members of that regime all the way up to the top, to bashar al assad, they ve been telling us that what is tragically, brutally, murderously plain to see isn t what s happening at all or it isn t what it seems. the denial is systematic and staggering. but tonight for one member of the assad regime the denial is over. translator: i, the attorney general of hama, announce my resignation from my position in the state that is shadowed by assad and his gangs. adnan albakur videotaped rezzing nation surfacing on you tooubs. he says he can no longer stomach the brutal treatment of protesters in hama and refused to lie ant what