is said to be in stable condition. police are investigating the cause of a nighttime explosion that took place at a magnesium plant in venice, illinois. people in the surrounding area were forced to leave their homes for a couple of hours. there were no reports of injuries and they re still trying to determine a cause this morning. well, after a beautiful summer, the weather has literally gone, you know where in the last few days in the northeast. let s get a quick check of the morning headlines to see where we re going today. rob marciano is in atlanta. jour stuck in it for another day, day and a half. but everyone south of you is enjoying good weather, including folks in the carolinas. but in some spots, eastern parts of north carolina, they re still dealing with the flooding. a number of rivers still in flood stage. we thought they d be down below flood stage by now, but swiss creek, cape fear river, these are all areas that are still seeing flooding. and some of the statement
experts are telling us. nationals from a country, going to pakistan, being trained, and being sent back home. reporter: yeah, it possibly would be. if these were indeed five germans killed in that drone strike, that would be something that european and american authorities would be very concerned about. we re still looking into that information as you said to pakistani officials have confirmed, indeed, it was five germans. but you know when a missile hits a building, it s hard to determine who was inside without dna evidence. we re still waiting to get further information. as you said, if these were indeed five germans, then it could be related to that plot in europe, which apparently also originated in germany. and when thing we know from u.s. officials is one of the reasons the drone strikes were stepped up last month was in relation to that terror plot in europe. this could be the case, we re not sure, but we are looking into it, john. and do we know how many foreign n