Gas main here. They believe once gas started leaking from that crack, a spark in the homes basement triggered the blast. My house is trashed. Reporter lynn thomas came back to her stafford township home today to find walls and ceilings cracked the damage caused the this massive explosion a few hours away. I cant stay. Theres enough structural damage that i cant stay here. Reporter 911 calls shed new in light on the intensity of the blast. This man lives on another street. I heard an explosion. I dont know what the hell is going on. You heard an explosion . Investigators say what they believe caused the house to blow up, gas leaking from a twoinch main went from the water line along the street and into the basement. You have your furnace, hot water heart that sent out sparks. One of those u tilts caused the explosion. Reporter the blast injured 15 people. Two p gas workers with most seriously hurt. One is critically hurt and the other is stable. We have seven employees going to the hosp
Nation. Heidi ewing talked about detroit. A andaron woolf on Corn Production in the u. S. This president s day on the cspan networks, on cspan at 10 00 a. M. Eastern to prove that leadership is our challenge in 1992, and that is why i announce my candidacy for president of the United States of america. [applause] a special presentation on Campaign Announcements from Ronald Reagan in 1979 to barack obama in 2007. We will reenter the announcements later in the evening at 9 00 p. M. On book tv. Finalist for the book circle Critics Award starting at medical eastern. David brion davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery, focusing on emancipation. At 1130, Elizabeth Kolbert argues we are undergoing a sixth as extension. And that senator Elizabeth Moran talked wealth and economic inequality on American History tv at 8 00 eastern. Cartoonist Patrick Oliphant draws residential candidates. At 7 00 eastern, a 1960 nbc interview with Herbert Hoover discussing his life be on the
Mason good evening. Scotts on assignment. Im anthony mason. The f. B. I. Confirmed today that the communist north korean government was behind the hack attack against Sony Pictures entertainment. At his yearend News Conference, the president promised the u. S. Will respond. He did not say how or when. He did say sony should not have pulled the movie the interview in response to the hackers terror threat, suggesting it set a bad precedent. Major garrett at the white house begins our coverage. We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Reporter the president said he understood sony faced serious financial and liability issues but said the company should not have caved. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. I wish they had spoken to me first. Reporter in an interview with cnn, Sony Pictures schettino Michael Linton said sony had been in direct contact
I think they made a mistake. I wish that they had spoken to me first. The president weighs in on sonys decision to shelf the interview. We cant change our pattern anymore any more than if we were going to football game. We have not caved in or backed down. Like many people they have no idea what hes talking about. Now hes in a real cat fight with rand paul. Heartbreaking moment for james holmes parents. Holmes parents have asked that their son be confined to a mental institution. A warning about a prepackaged carmel apple related to two mysterious deaths and related illnesses. Michael fence has pleaded guilty to drunk driving. 90 million refund are the customers of tmobile charge for services they did not order. All that nba grizzlies showing a little holiday insurance. They ale chip in to replace an interns car after it was stolen. And all that matters Robin Williams on the latest. On cbs this morning. Oscar winner Craig Ferguson says goodbye to the late late show. That was very excit
Now suing. Nbc 10s drew smith is live in center city. Courts have closed early. One school had early dismissal. What are protesters an police tell you we should expect . Reporter unless youre planning to come down here for the protest, you might want to avoid this area. Take a look, protesters lining up. Getting ready to start in a half hour at dilworth park. See bicycle officers from philadelphia pd getting ready to deal with the situation. This is supposed to be contained to this park but police say based on their past experience, its likely people will madge out into the streets and disrupt traffic. Its not supposed to look like this. The violence earlier this week in baltimore. But organizers are calling it the philly is baltimore protest. Their Facebook Page has 2,000 people listed as attending. Philadelphia Deputy Police commissioner says hell have a significant amount of officers out here to do three things. Protect the people marching. Protect the people that work here. People