u.s.? or are they weaponizing text? we have that story. first beyond our borders tonight, the dominican government mitigating new safety measures in the state of tourist deaths at resort facilities. include strengthening inspections on food and beverages. the state department says it welcomes the news and is closely monitoring the investigations into those deaths. a powerful bomb exploded outside the gates of kabul university in the afghan capital today killing at least eight people, wounding 33. that s according to police. no group claiming responsibility for that attack. germany is marking the 75th anniversary of the most famous plot to kill adolf hitler. trying to kill hitler with a briefcase bomb on july 20th 1944. hitler escaped to the full force of that blast when some of the move the briefcase next to a table leg deflecting the force. his fellow plotters were executed. just some of the other stories
this private hospital. it happened in the heavily visited area of agra where the taj mahal is located. the bomb went off in the reception area blowing out the windows. last weekend a briefcase bomb killed 11 people in new delhi. former senator charles percy is dead. the republican served in the senate for nearly 20 years and eventually became the chairman of the powerful foreign relations committee. in recent years he was battling alzheimer s disease. he died today at the washington, d.c. hospice. he was 91 years old. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly plane crash at a reno, nevada, air show. they are trying to determine what caused the vintage p-51 mustang to lose control and slam into the ground, killing its veteran pilot and six others. dozens of people were injured. our dan simon is in reno. what are you learning about this crash, dan? reporter: well, fred, there is a press briefing going on now. the death toll has climbed considerably. three people we
good morning. i m ali velshi joining us live from new york. let s start with the fast and furious wildfires wrecking land and property in texas. they ve killed four people and destroyed more than 700 homes in the past few days. the biggest fire is just outside austin. firefighters have been struggling to contain it. let s go right to cnn s chris welch. what s the latest? reporter: well, you just mentioned four death so is far at this point associated with these fires. two of those came from here in bass rtrop county. we assume they occurred yesterday. we don t know for sure because officials aren t providing more details. what we do know is this morning search crews will finally be going in for the first time over the past three days, look for anymore fatalities, look for any bodies. they hope obviously that they don t find anymore, but these fires have been very massive. we re talking these fires are 30% contained. that honestly is a big step from what we ve seen in the la
explosives like this briefcase bomb can do. more damage to the seal. this is going to be a rich environment and we want to make sure we protect that. reporter: we spent the day with the class that had law enforcement from d.c. and atlanta and other places. most of the teaching is in a classroom setting. seeing the explosions and after math is what really hits home. three, two, one! [ explosion ] you can see the circular blast. you can actually see it. right over here we have spring hangers. by that we can tell exactly where the explosives were placed in the vehicle. reporter: worth it? absolutely. the people that will go to any type of event, they are going to be your first responders, your police officer and firefighters and paramedics, they need to
explosion, it would have probably been a very big fire. the federal government has trained more than 300,000 first responders. they see firsthand what explosives like this briefcase bomb can do. obviously, it has done more damage to our manican. reporter: most of the teaching is in a classroom setting. seeing the explosions and the aftermath is what really hits home. three, two, one. . you can see the blast. right over here, we have spring hangers. just by that, we can tell exactly where the explosives were placed inside this