Amazing mystery. And we have liftoff the first stage was seconds into a fourminute burn when the antares rocket stalled, fell backward and exploded. Nearly threequarters of a Million Pounds of thrust went haywire and spectators across the bay say the blast shook the ground even there. We felt the concussion, it was a huge blast. It hit us, it sounded like a sonic boom. It also clearly shook virginiabased Orbital Sciences, the private contract that are built the rocket under a 2 billion contract with nasa now needs answers. The investigation will include evaluating the debris that we will find around the launch pad. If you find anything that washes ashore in the local area or came down in on your farm, definitely do not touch it. No one was hurt in the explosion, but gone in a flash 1600 pounds of science experiments on everything from meteors to human blood flow. More than 1600 pounds of hardware, computers, space walk equipment and 1400 pounds of food for the iss crew. That does not c
Terror threats forcing the department of Homeland Security to sound the alert. Well tell you what were learning. About that threat and how specific it is. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Its wednesday, october 29th, its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We do have breaking news from ferguson. Theres word that the police chief there could soon step down. Officials tell cnn that chief Thomas Jacksons departure would be part of efforts to reform the Ferguson Police department, that, of course,le following the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Darren Wilson. Chief jackson and the mayor both flatly deny the reports. There are reports to having chief jackson step down. No. Are there i mean, to step down, we stood by him this entire time. Nothing theres no change on that. There is growing concern in ferguson this morning about what might happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the Michael Brown shooting. School officials in st. Louis county hav