COSTELLO: Checking top stories at 15 minutes past the hour. A 25- year-old man under arrest after police say he caused a Greyhound bus to crash overnight near Phoenix. Police say the man got up and started punching the driver yelling, quote, "I'm going to flip this bus." Now the 41 people on board, about half were sent to the hospital. Police are still trying to figure out what angered that passenger. A fire at a bio diesel plant in Mississippi continues to burn this morning after a huge explosion Wednesday afternoon.</s>KELLY COLTHARP, RESIDENT: Like boom, boom. Real close together. I live -- I was in my house in the bed and heard it so it was very loud.</s>COSTELLO: Firefighters waiting for the blaze to burn itself out where stationed a mile away with fears a tank may explode. Fifty homes nearly have been evacuated so far no reports of injuries. This just in to CNN, existing home sales were up 1 percent last month heading higher after falling for three straight months. That pushes sales in 2013 to their highest level in seven years. The Obama administration is proposing new safety guidelines for kid's car seats trying to make sure that kids are kept safe if they involved in a side impact crash. Rene Marsh has the story from the Washington. Good morning.</s>MARSH: Good morning, Carol. Well, this is a frightening thought. As we speak, car seats are not required to be designed in a way to protect children from a certain crash. We are talking side impact crashes. Now for the very first time the federal government wants to change that. Take a look at this video. Let's say another car T-bones your car with your child in the back seat, the impact could be deadly. The doors could collapse on passengers. The government is now proposing rules to mandate in the next three years car seat makers design car seats in a way to protect children, adding more cushioning to protect the child's body.</s>COSTELLO: It sounds like a good idea to me. Rene Marsh, many thanks to you. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, public opinion may be changing for President Obama, but is it enough to get people on board with his agenda? We'll talk about that.
Fire Rages On After Plant Explosion; Call For New Safety Rules In Car Seats