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Consider this island of 3.5 million people, a u.s. territory, its virtually entirely without electricity. they have put in a curfew starting from right now until 6:00 a.m. that curfew is scheduled to go through saturday. there have been no reports of looting but certainly a potentially combustible situation where you have the entire island without power, no visible sign of police or guards on some people and very desperate situations with damaged houses and short on food and water. the situation...

Again, this coming, the most powerful earthquake theyve seen there since, of course, thousands of lives were lost after that 1985 earthquake. >> one of the things we have heard from the mexican president is he wants citizens to stay home if they can today. why? because he wants the rescue crews -- look at that entire team working to dig through that building right now. he wants this crew to be able to get onsight and address the situation as unencumbered as possible. not to mention that these st...

Fallen on one another. >> and bear with us on this shot. going in and out. communications dicey with mexico city right now after everything theyve been through. the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. one other piece of reporting we did get from gustavo, while theyve been searching through this building, the parents of the students inside kept in a separate place. obviously, the emotions running so high. and by now, you could assume that most of them have received the news that 21 children are believed to...

And tax credits at this point. we were hopeful that senator alexander would be able to talk some sense into republican leadership to say, hey, just because you are on a time limit and trying to jam this thing down by september 30th, please dont mess with my process. let this go forward. it was very discouraging to see him last night say the bipartisan process has broken down. that was really partisanship over the process. >> democrats say they have made concessions including allowing states to t...

Consider this island of 3.5 million people, a u.s. territory, its virtually entirely without electricity. they have put in a curfew starting from right now until 6:00 a.m. that curfew is scheduled to go through saturday. there have been no reports of looting but certainly a potentially combustible situation where you have the entire island without power, no visible sign of police or guards on some people and very desperate situations with damaged houses and short on food and water. the situation...

There. crews frantically searching for survivors if death toll is mounting. we now know it stands at 225, with many of those still missing. youre seeing some video, obviously, of them searching for any swiurvivors. people lining the streets with buckets to clear debris, moments after the quake struck. >> also just in to cnn, this emotional moment first responders see a traditional mexican song as they sifted through debris last night. liste listen. ♪ >> so many people out to help. cnns rosa fl...

This. this is a scene that were seeing across mexico after the deadly 7.1 earthquake. mexican government says 225 now died. that number will unfortunately rise. miguel is outside in the city. youve been at that school all day. theyre still hoping they can save children including that little girl who they believe is alive. >> reporter: yeah. we believe the 8-year-old girl is alive and the pace is necessary nettic. the heavy machines are trying to pull out a lot of the bigger debris. no longer are...

Mexico yesterday. at least 225 people have lost their lives in this disaster. the second major quake that hit mexico, the other one was down near the border, and just the last couple of weeks. these numbers sadly are expected to rise as they continue to come through the rubble. jonathan following all of this for us today. the rescue efforts continued tonight. jonathan, good evening. >> martha, we are at a staging post for the official rescue workers and the many hundreds of volunteer civilians w...

Signs of life. rescue teams dug through rubble and crawled into crevices to search for survivors. more than 200 people are confirmed dead. adam housely is live from los angeles. i have been talking about the little girl who is trapped where 25 teachers and students have died. this is playing out over and over in town after town. i know they expect the death toll to climb. what are you hearing? >> yeah, they do. right now its 225 officially. were still not getting information from some of the sma...

Industry. >> whos going to pay for that and plan it? puerto rico didnt have the money beforehand. >> so the federal government through not only fema funds but other sources and through the federal government provides a large portion of the call share. everything is done by call share basis. in some cases, you know, like, we may pay for the first 100% of the first, you know, 30 days of emergency expenses depending on how the declaration comes up and whats approved. >> brock long, were going to ju...