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Amazing. im not using this word lightly. apparently he was able to move around. his arms, his legs, his toes. he had his clothes on. even had socks on. he looked like he was okay. he was speaking to rescue workers throughout the operation. he was in verbal contact with them the entire time. so as you mentioned there, don, almost 12 days after the earthquake struck. as i stand in utter devastation in port-au-prince, at least one positive story emerging. back to you. >> unbelievable. thank you so ...

I would imagine that even after theyre brought out of the rubble, they would still have a long way to go because they still are dehydrated. they need fluid. they need nutrition, and they have to be restored to their baseline health, which is going to take a while. >> dr. panchali dhar, thank you very much and our hala gorani. youre looking at a man buried for 12 days under that rubble. the weight of the concrete steel, wood. hes under there. were told he did because it was a market somehow that ...

Philadelphia. we begin with breaking news out of haiti. a man buried 12 days was pulled out alive just within the hour. he was trapped inside a huge pile of bricks and concrete which used to be a hotel in port-au-prince where he worked. incredibly, he does not have any serious injuries. can you believe it? cnns hala gorani on the scene. hala, whats going on? >> reporter: hi there, don. just a few minutes ago the crowd just erupted into spontaneous applause. journalists, rescue workers, ordinar...

The danger lies is not being able to drink water. everybody has minimum fluid requirements on a daily basis, on a narrowly basis. but when youre in that kind of heat, you need more water because youre perspiring and youre under rubble. what happens is, without access to water, your urine outpit decreases and kidneys begin to shut down because want to conserve fluid in your body. most of these people that are buried under the rubble i would imagine have some kidney failure or kidney injury going ...

There can ultimately be no justice without peace and no peace without justice. >> that does it for us tonight. stay tuned now for an msnbc special "obamas america 2010 and beyond with chris matthews and tom joyner" live from houston, texas. stay with us. live from texas southern university, here now is chris matthews. we have a huge crowd. for all you people up north in the snow, its nice down here. its about 70 degrees. its a beautiful night here in houston, texas. its great to be here at t...

Please join us for the live edition of "countdown" every week night at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific. >> out of many we are one. >> obamas america, 2010 and beyond. live from texas southern university, here now is chris matthews. we have a huge crowd. for all you people up north in the snow, its nice down here. its about 70 degrees. its a beautiful night here in houston, texas. its great to be here at texas southern university.

>> we got somebody. we got -- we hear somebody. >> reporter: believing theyve heard a faint cry the firefighters insert a listening device into the rubble. vlad is told to tell the victim to tap three times on whatever is nearby. >> tap, tap, tap. >> theyve heard a faint tapping sign so they think shes alive, but theres so much noise around, its very hard to tell. now theyre bringing in one of the dogs to see if the dog will pick up a scent. jasmines dog is named maverick, specially trained to p...

Tap, tap, tap. >> theyve heard a very faint tapping sound so they think shes alive. theres so much noise around. its hard to tell. now theyre bringing in one of the dogs to see if the dog will pick up a scent. jasmines dog is named maverick, specially trained to pick up the smell of a living human trapped in debris. what happened with the dog? >> showing some interest but not a strong alert of a sign of live human -- he wasnt giving that to us. >> reporter: it is possible for a living victim to ...

Stabilize her enough so that they can transport her to a better hospital. shes a college student named maxey fallon and her sister says shes been looking for her all week. we think its over. but, no, they load another quake survivor in our flatbed. both need to go to a better hospital. the first one cant take them, so we drive another 40 minutes and its dark by the time we get to this french hospital where the paramedics finally get her inside. >> wow, chris lawrence, pretty powerful. >> reporte...

Live human -- he wasnt giving that to us. >> it is possible for a living victim to be so deeply buried the dog cant smell them so the team decides to go further in. what theyre doing right now is painstakingly difficult and dangerous. its like moving around pieces of jigsaw puzzle but a jigsaw puzzle that can fall on top of you and kill you or crush the person youre trying to save. they have to be very careful about what blocks they remove and what order they remove them. >> were always thinking...