Wildfire Raging Out of Control in Alberta, Canada
MARQUEZ: A devastating wildfire is now burning some 300 square miles of Alberta, Canada. And hot dry conditions this weekend could make a widening crisis even worse. A state of emergency in place for Fort McMurray or what's left of it with more than 85,000 people evacuated and hundreds of structures destroyed. Reception centers for a growing number of evacuees is now being set up in Edmonton. That's where we find CNN's Dan Simon.</s>DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Christine and Miguel, we are in the town of Conklin. This is one of the areas that has taken in evacuees. People who, right now, are in an indefinite holding pattern because the fire seems to be showing no signs of abating. The weather on the fire line remains terrible. We're talking about windy, dry conditions, so firefighters are going to have their hands full for quite some time. In terms of the numbers, they remain staggering. Canada has never seen anything like this before. Eighty- eight thousand people evacuated, 1600 homes and businesses destroyed, and 200,000 acres charred. In terms of how this fire started, right now we don't know that, of course, but there's a lot of curiosity. But the operating theory is that it was in a forested area and that it was caused by a lightning strike, but authorities still have to investigate. In terms of where people are now, a lot of people have gone to shelters, they've gone to high school gymnasiums, things of that nature. The Red Cross is here. They're providing food and water to these folks. But so much agony because this fire continues to rage and nobody knows when they'll be able to go home, and people are still waiting to find out if they'll have a home to go back to -- Christine and Miguel.</s>ROMANS: Just unbelievable. All right, thanks so much for. You know, the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew about sex abuse allegations against assistant coach Jerry Sandusky as far back as 1976. That's according to the university's insurance company. That claim emerged from a dispute between school and the insurer over who should pay $60 million in settlements with 26 men who claimed Sandusky abused them when they were children. Paterno's family called the insurance company's claim an unsubstantiated smear.</s>MARQUEZ: And the medical examiner's office in Minneapolis is furious about some media reports claiming the powerful pain killer Percocet was found in Prince's bloodstream after his death. They say the chief medical examiner is the only person who has seen the preliminary test results and she has not shared them with anyone.</s>ROMANS: Another victory in court for the Sandy Hook families as it appeared a court judge in Connecticut ruling they can gain access to internal documents and depose employees at the gun manufacture Remington. The families claimed in a lawsuit that Remington's marketing strategy deliberately targeted young men like Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza. The gun maker has filed a motion to stop the discovery phase and is asking the judge to throw out the case.</s>MARQUEZ: And a terrifying ordeal for passengers and crew members on a Pittsburgh bound flight from the Dominican Republic. Severe turbulence forcing the plane to make emergency land in Ft. Lauderdale yesterday afternoon. Four flight attendants and three passengers on the Allegiant air flight hospitalized for injuries that are being described this morning as non-life threatening but everyone on that plane said it sure felt like a near-death experience.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm telling you, I thought it was over. I thought we were all going down. The plane just dropped. It was like it nosedived and just dropped out from underneath of us.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was like in the movies. Like when you see in the movies when it crashed and everyone just slides up. It was like.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It just dropped. And everybody flew in the air that wasn't in a seatbelt. So, I mean, people, the flight attendant in the front of the plane, I saw her go up and hit the top of the plane.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two attendants in the back really got -- their faces were smashed. One got a really cut nose, a big forehead. And the other one got -- had blood coming down her face.</s>MARQUEZ: Gosh. Nothing like having that feeling of not having any control whatsoever.</s>ROMANS: Terrifying.</s>MARQUEZ: Two nurses were among the 137 passengers on board. They were able to start treating the injured flight attendants while the pilot was landing in Florida. Amazing.</s>ROMANS: All right. Severe weather ahead for the weekend. Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has more for us.</s>DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Happy weekend, Miguel and Christine.</s>VAN DAM: Back to you.</s>ROMANS: All right, Derek. Thank you for that. North Korea with a once in a generation political event. CNN takes you there next.