supermarket. lots of injuries, but amazingly, no one killed. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s begin with breaking news just coming into the situation room right now out of afghanistan. word of a military crash. let s go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i know there are casualties. what are you hearing? wolf, a u.s. official tells us a u.s. army black hawk helicopter has crashed in southern afghanistan. at this point they believe it crashed during bad weather, but the official tells us they cannot yet rule out enemy action in this incident. sadly, they do believe all four crew members onboard perished in this helicopter crash. there were a number of soldiers on the ground at a combat outpost waiting to be picked up by the helicopter, transported to another area and they report seeing the helicopter go down. so it could have been significantly worse, but the m
right back. and north korea at this moment getting ready to fire a long-range rocket. why that launch could set up a powder keg in one of the most dangerous corners of the world. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s begin with the breaking news in a case that has gripped the entire nation. a senior law enforcement source says george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot dead an unarmed teenager trayvon martin will, in fact, be charged. florida s special prosecutor has scheduled a news conference two hours from now. of course, we ll bring that to you live. let s go to cnn s martin savidge. he s in sanford, florida, watching all of this unfold. set the scene for us, martin. what do we know right now? reporter: we know that sanford is, of course, the epicenter and right now there is a lot of tension in this town in the leadup to that special announcement that will come from the special pr
and d.c., is this rick santorum s last stand? can he convince republicans that the race isn t already over? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s begin with the breaking news. tornado emergencies right now in the dallas-ft. worth area. look at these pictures that have been coming in. this was the scene in the dallas-ft. worth area just a little while ago as the sky turns dark. we see a massive funnel cloud draw closer and then this monster tornado descends on a truck park, picks up giant trailers as if they were little toys and sends them flying. look at this. flying through the air. that s just one of the twisters on the ground today. let s go straight to our meteorologist chad myers. chad, for viewers who are just tuning in, update them on what has happened over the past hour or so. what has happened as two tornadoes, one going up 35w and one going up 35e. you have to understand, from san antonio to austin there s
ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. let s go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we don t know the final number, but we know it s very positive. it is. the numbers are settling. we re seeing the dow up 340 points. the nasdaq s&p up more than 300%. the bulls busted out of the opening bell and never looked back. this is what investors have been waiting for. these debt problems plaguing greece. and besides plugging greece s debt hole, this plans to safeguard against future shocks. it s a step forwards in instilling stability in the marketplace. being there is such a powerful positive reaction, do investors see this as a done deal? is this crisi