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
time, since before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they have heard a lot of things that didn t happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than what they thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever the reason is the american people are now skeptical that washington, including president obama, can do much to change things. i think that s what s reflected in the polls. everybody wants to see it before they believe it. those same polls show just three out of ten people feel they are better off today than they were ten years ago. we know congress has a lower approval rating than the president. these are one national polls. there s just one national election. if the economy doesn t improve, can the president win? yes, of course, anything can happen. that question, are you better off today than you were four years ago, i bet you hear
eyewitness. this is bes bessi murphy, a nur far west virginia. what did you see? i was further away. i was in the pits area. at the point i did not see the actual impact. what i had heard was all call for medical personnel as they were asking for people to leave. so i responded, and when i got on the scene, they were quickly within just a couple of minutes from my time to get to the area, they already had the people triaged, had the ambulances available, had the situation pretty much under control. they still had people looking for families and friends, people were still in shock, so they were still trying to get people out of the area but as far as emergency responders, they had the situation pretty well under control. that s why we wanted to talk to you because you re a nurse back home in west virginia. you came here on vacation to see the races. and you chipped in to help, essentially. exactly. they had asked for all medical personnel. there were others that responde
let me start with the imminent trial of conrad murray, dr. conrad murray. obviously, hugely significant for you and your family and for the world, to try to discover if through the process of this trial, we work out what really happened to your brother, michael. as we approach the start of this trial, what are your feelings? my feelings are, as well as the family, the truth will come out. it s something we ve been long awaited for. and it s up to the point now where it s been a lot of speculation and hearsay, but i think that we re all going to it s not going to bring closure but it will give us a clear understanding of what really happened. i think it s important that the fans and the public as well as ourselves, need to know what really happened. what took place. there s so many things that happened that we were not aware of as a family because we were kept away. do you think that conrad murray was solely responsible for your brother s death? my gut feeling is that
environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress won t even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing. testified that blacks and hispanics are more likely to commit a future crime. buck s attorney doesn t dispute that he shot and killed two people in 1995, a third woman survived. i forgave him, yes, sir, i forgave him in 1995. i feel that justice will prevail. duane buck was eating what he thought would be his final meal when the supreme court called off last night s execution. amnesty international plans 300 vigils and rallies across the country tonight for troy davis, the georgia man face