caused by a brush fire. at least ten people were killed. many more injured in this accident. i-75 shut down in both directions. at least 12 cars and 7 tractor-trailer trucks involved in this accident. one of the survivors joins us on the phone. his name is steven camps. we re glad you re okay. obviously, sorry about the others. you watched the driver in the car next to you die in this chaos sadly, didn t you? yes, sir. it was quite a life-changing thing because, you know, growing up you never really go through anything like that, and seeing someone s life taken so easily, it really makes you bring a lot of things into question, and it was really something that just really blew my mind. how are you doing? it s a day by day thing. i m not going to lie to you. as much as the mental if not really the physical, but really just the thought of going through that and actually surviving is still, you know, it still, you know, it gets to me a little. yeah. and you know just how
brockovich gathers soil samples from the neighborhood. eight months after a monster tonight ripped through a missouri town destroyed homes, lives and even a hospital, today, renewal, hope and healing. all right now in the cnn newsroom. big developments in a medical mystery in upstate new york. environmental activist erin brockovich is joining others trying to figure out what s going on in the town of leroy. more than a dozen students from the same schools are suffering from uncontrollable verbal outbursts and twitching. brockovich discussed a possible cause, but dr. drew pinski friday night on our sister network hln. there was a very serious train derailment that caused one ton of cyanide to spill and 45,000 gallons of tce. the actual location of the site of the derailment is four miles from this school. four miles from the school, a massive train derailment with spectacular exposure of known carcinogen s and toxins. there is a map. how did that then become an issue f
poll. ron paul and rick santorum lag far behind. i want to go now to a cnn exclusive. you re looking at what happened to romney. but let s go to herman cain joining us on the phone. mr. cain, you are endorsing newt gingrich. tell us why you made that choice. i m endorsing newt gingrich tonight for several reasons, but the two biggest reasons is, number one, he and i talked about him being open to 9-9-9, which you know i happen to believe is a critical solution that we need to embrace. and as a result of that, he has asked me to co-chair his economic growth and jobs advisory council. the second reason i m endorsing him is when you look at replacing the tax code, energy independence, regulatory reform, sound money, all of the things that i ve talked about, he and i are 100% in lock step in terms of what we need to do. so when you find a candidate that basically is running on the ideas and the ideologies that i was running on, along with him embracing 9-9-9, then it was a no-b
gingrich. a surprise announcement by his former rival, herman cain. i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president of the united states! that was just last hour in palm beach, florida. a new poll shows that newt gingrich could use the help right now, because mitt romney leading gingrich 38% to 29% in a new poll, in a new survey. ron paul and rick santorum lag far behind. i want to go now to cnn exclusive. you re looking at now what happened to romney in the panhandle. before we go there, let s go to herman cain on the phone. you endorsed newt gingrich. why? number one, we talked about him being open to 9-9-9 which i happen to believe is a critical solution to embrace. as a result of that, he has asked me to co-chair his economic growth and jobs advisory council. the second reason i endorse him is when i look at replacing the tax code, energy independence, regulatory reform, sound money, all of the things that i talked about, he and i are 10
repeated blows to the head, the kind that you get on a football field can have lasting reprecussions. especially for young people. some states are writing new laws. in fact, one just took effect this month here in california. any player on a high school or middle school team who gets a concussion must be cleared by a trainer or doctor before going back on the field. even then, though, the risk is hard to gauge. you can t really see damage to the brain unless you actually look inside. of course, by then it s too late. reporter: football is a violent game, full of big hits. what are all those collisions doing to the brain inside those helmets? i met with kevin, a research esh from the university of north carolina. he can actually measure the intensity of those hits. so i m going to give a moderate hit and see what happens. so it s recorded up here at 23.6 g s of acceleration. he recently won a mcarthur genius grant for his work on concussions in football. he is going