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Were looking for all the big major hits here. wind, destructive, the storm surge will also be destructive. thats why what theyve been saying here -- and the rain will be flooding. thats why what theyve been saying, many people were hearing evacuation kind of voluntary. no, mandatory. if youre on the east coast of florida and if youre from palm beach to jacksonville, i need you off the coast. really do. i need you to grab your family, think about protecting your family and get them away from this...

Your typical outside of a building doesnt burn like that. whether there was some material on the jot side of that building that was unusual, much more flammable. so you you had a really difficult job. and then the primary concern is what kind of damage is it doing inside. is it getting into the fapt? is the striengler system putting it out? >> and they seemed to move quickly, at least in some opinions, in dealing with that fire affecting those 20 floors. you brought up the issues of flammables. ...

Summer. and number two, the other thing that -- every death is tragic, but when you consider that we have had six tornadoes and there were only nine deaths, that means that building codes, that evacuation procedures, warning systems, all of those, are doing what theyre supposed to do and saving lives. so, now the issue is, how does fema come in? right now all of these folks are going to descend on the areas and doing initial damage assessments and then theyll make a report to the governor, the g...

This is the one i mentioned. this will the the first them supreme court itself has tackled this issue in any way since 2007. this particular dispute is about a law in the state of texas that would close the majority of the states abortion clinics, and the question for the supremes is whether that places too much of a burden on a womans constitutional right to an abortion which was re-established under roe v. wade. lets get the details from trace gallagher. explain the arguments. >> texas passed ...

Think we have images we can pull up of this freight train. 64-car train gets knocked off the tracks because of this flooding. when you look at people who live in these low-lying areas in texas, around the dallas-ft. worth area, what are you saying to them right now about what theyre supposed to do? >> well, it really begs a different issue and needs to talk about is our building codes and allowing to look back. look at sandy, weve got $30 billion sitting there in hud and department of transporta...

Many people are crediting new warning systems and updated building codes for saving many lives, and as you mentioned, francis, there were several aftershocks overnight including one that measured a 6.3, but thankfully no major damage or injuries reported. geologists say the aftershocks could continue for month. >> scary for those that lived through that one and the work still being done behind you. thank you very much. coming up on the run down, donald trump, what he didnt say that is stirring...

At a magnitude of 8.3, this was the strongest earthquake this year. more than a million people evacuated. fearing a tsunami, parts of the coast saw waves up to 15 feet. the quake was centered 175 miles from santiago, chiles capital city, and a tsunami alert expired here in chile. but advisories were issued as far off as hawaii and southern california. thousands of miles from the quake and much smaller waves were expect there. after the initial jolt, several strong aftershocks here and this unite...

The strongest earthquake on the planet for this year, as you mentioned, tamron. about a million people evacuated, fearing a tsunami. parts of the coast saw 15-foot waves. for you, the quake was centered off the coast about 175 miles or so from chiles capital city, santiago, where buildings could be seen swaying. many people took cell phone video. now, the tsunami alert has expired here in chile. but as you mentioned, there were advisories for hawaii and southern california for much smaller waves...

Capital city. and a tsunami alert has expired here in chile but warnings as far off as hawaii and southern california, thousands of miles from the quake. much smaller waves were expected there. there were several strong after shocks here. this is a country that is prone to earthquakes. the strongest one ever recorded on earth happened in 196 o here. a magnitude 9.5 on the richter scale. since then, there have been changes to building codes and warning systems and that may have saved lives in thi...

Tsunami. parts of the coast saw waves of up to 15 feet. the quake was centered about 175 miles from santiago, chiles capital city. and a tsunami alert has expired here in chile, but advisories were issued as far off as hawaii and southern california. thousands of miles from the quake. and much smaller waves were expected there. now, after the initial jolt, there were several strong aftershocks here. and this is a country that is broken to earthquakes. the strongest one ever recorded on earth hap...