the feltonville section of philadelphia. 12 people are hurt including a child. this blast was so intense cars driving caught fire. tonight, the focus is on propane tanks inside that truck. nbc 10 s denise nakano spoke to eyewitnesss who saw and heard the explosion and also one of the victims. denise? reporter: well, jacqueline, the street here just re-opened in the last five minutes but flames and debris shot across the street from the explosion injuring 12 people, 2 critically. among them, a mother and daughter working inside this truck when it exploded into flames. a ball of flames and flyi ining debris covered wyoming avenue near third street in feltonville. big boom, smoke, screams. something i ll never forget. reporter: surveillance video from a nearby business shows cars passing the la parrillada chapina food truck and flames shot 200 feet into the air shaking homes, businesses and injuring 12 people, two critically. a girl was walking by from the line and her w
every taxpayer becoming somewhat of a nonreality tonight. it s being described as a pep rally, the president speaking in front of a group of middle-class americans about the impending fiscal cliff. he reassured liberal democrats that he hadn t given away too much but irritated republicans when he took a job. one thing we can count on with respect to this congress is that there is even one second left before you have to do what you were supposed to do, they will use that last second. i guess i have to wonder and i think the american people have to wonder whether the president really wants this issue resolved or is it to his short-term political benefit for us to go over the cliff? and some respecttempers are flaring at this stage in the game. the deal as we know is so far is this individuals making $400,000 a year and families making over ford and 50,000 will see their taxes rise to 39.6% i have families who are worried about unemployment benefits and i have friends wh
cris: another hit on the tail end of this one. give the guy credit, pretty amazing. just flat-footed, looks at the last second to get that ball in there. he is going to have a little trouble getting out of bed tomorrow morning. they haven t always sacked him, but they have had plenty of hits on him. al: a flag thrown as jonathan dwyer makes the catch. referee: holding, number 73 offense. ten-yard penalty, remains first down. al: ramon foster. well, the bears will go to detroit next week. then they have back-to-back home games against new orleans and the giants. it would behoove them to build up early currency. when you look at their schedule down the line, four of their last six games of road games. cris: i d say 3-0 is a little currency. al: it s a little currency. that s what s upcoming for them. and the season will end in soldier field against green bay. from the 48. and roethlisberger fires deep downfield. that s caught. that s brown. to the 26 yard line. and
that i just picked up has less than that but this conversation comes as some powerful lawmakers are taking a closer look at our beverage choices. it is a question that has a lot of people talking downtown tonight and that s what the all the men behind the energy drink ideas says he is looking for open dialogue he has seen the studies in state don t look good for the people who drink this stuff. these energy drinks if they re consumed in large amounts especially by kids they have serious health implications i think it seems extreme. no doubt about it we have heard that all the time that it is big brother- ish. we all know how that story and is still energy drinks high levels of sugar chemicals caffeine unhealthy certainly but very likely a much tighter squeeze past the city council not to mention public i wouldn t get rid of energy drinks maybe make them not as big i will be drinking this all day. it is then passed it would make chicago the first in the nation to do so we defi
beheadings. more than 800 police officers in sydney were involved in that operation. and then back at home, it s now up to the senate when it comes to isis. today they take what the house passed wednesday, a measure to approve arming moderate syrians in hopes of taking down terror group isis. president obama thanked house lawmakers at the annual congressional picnic. he urged the senate to take up the bill without delay. some lawmakers, though, remain concerned. on the house floor, representative loretta sanchez saying, we don t know if somehow down the line they will turn our guns right back on us. here s senator joe manchin with msnbc s chris hayes. we ll give them the air support. i m all for that. this doesn t make any sense for us to go in and embolden them, the isis, and use it as a recruiting tool against us. the navy has released this video showing different aircraft supporting strikes, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over iraq. nbc s tracie potts is in