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And his fellow washington, d.c. firefighters got trapped in. their only way out of the house, back through the flames. i did say to myself, you know, you can stay up here and try and put this fire out and probably die, or you can get out of here. reporter: they made it. but with devastating burns over much of their bodies. the official cause, according to the fire department, linseed oil. back at our experiment, it s been an hour. and we check the linseed-soaked rags with a thermal imageer. those glow in the dark spots are where the linseed oil is beginning to grow hot. obviously you re getting heat buildup. reporter: exposed to air it combines with oxygen molecules. this chemical reaction creates heat. if the linseed oil is on something like a cotton rag it can catch fire at a low as 120 degrees with no outside spark. ....
reporter: taylor is charged with fomenting a vicious west african war, trading weapons with rebels for so-called blood diamonds. campbell s in court currently due to what movie star mia farrow told abc s brian ross a couple of months ago. she said after a dinner at nelson mandela s house in 1997, taylor gave the supermodel a diamond. you don t forget when a girlfriend tells you that she was given a huge diamond in the middle of the night. it was representatives of president charles taylor. and that they had given her a huge diamond. reporter: campbell denied the allegations to abc news. since you received this diamond from charles i didn t receive a diamond and i m not going to speak about that. thank you so much, good-bye. we re not answering those questions. reporter: under oath she told a story very similar to farrow s. i opened my door and two men were there and gave me a pouch and said, a gift for you. i m used to seeing diamonds. i m used to seeing diamonds shiny, ....
Off the land. just like any normal american teenager and there are certain hooks they can draw people into. and they ve been used. reporter: seven of these defendants have been charged with terror-related violations before. some of their whereabouts are unknown. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. new supreme court justice elena kagan will be at the white house today to celebrate her confirmation with president obama. kagan won senate approval yesterday by a vote of 63-37. five republicans voted for kagan and one democrat voted against her. she will be the fourth woman ever to serve as a supreme court justice when she is sworn in tomorrow. bp says its blown-out well in the gulf of mexico is now sealed. engineers pumped cement into the well shaft to reinforce the mud that s pushing oil back into an undersea reservoir. now they re waiting for that cement to dry. bp says it will also be pumping mud and cement through a relief well. they hope that will shut off the ....
Nelson. i m vinita nair. it started as a day of fun for a missouri high school marching band. instead they ended up in a mangled wreckage of a freeway pileup. the crash killed two teenagers and the ntsb has put together a team of 14 investigators to find out why. robert pinto shows us what happened in gray summit, missouri. reporter: it happened in a matter of seconds. a school field trip took a tragic turn. it was all very, very quick. really quick. reporter: more than 50 students from john f. hodge high school were rushed to area hospitals. interstate 44, a tangle of mangled buses and crushed trucks. the teens were celebrating the end of band camp with a trip to six flags. the girls in one bus, the boys following in another. police say the crash happened when the driver of that first bus changed lanes to avoid another car. as she was looking into her mirrors, either to the left or right, she took her eyes off the ....
Adviser to leave the white house this summer. elena kagan will be sworn in as the supreme court justice tomorrow. when the confirmation votes were counted kagan won the senate s approval by a wide margin. but as jonathan karl reports, critics kept up the fight to the very end. the tally is 63-37. reporter: elena kagan was easily confirmed in a vote the president hailed as historic. for nearly two centuries there wasn t a single woman on our nation s highest court. reporter: kagan faced last-minute attacks from republicans who branded her a liberal activist with absolutely no judicial experience. her lack of judicial experience, striking. is not suited. does not have the gift. she is unlikely to exercise judicial restraint. reporter: it was highly partisan. all but five republicans voted no. all but one democrat voted yes. with kagan, the court will now have for the first time three women serving at once. one-third of the justices. it s a huge sea change for an insti ....