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Rubble. >> well tell you exactly what room number it is, and you know exactly where youre at. >> reporter: this is all thats left of what was once the posh five-story montana hotel, a place frequented by foreigners and diplomats. professional rescue teams have started arriving here from chile, france, and the u.s. david bar low from fairfax, virginia, says his squad made contact with a woman named sara, trapped somewhere near what was the hotel bar. >> she indicated to us she was just trapped, n...

Displaced. many people kind of simply wandering around tonight trying to find a place to stay. we want to check in with the american red cross, who we talked to last night. you came from the airport. whats the situation there? >> i dont have the information on the actual commercial flights, but certainly it is a bottleneck there. there are planes, cargo planes unloaded. >> youre seeing -- i havent been over there. youre seeing relief, like large planes coming in? >> absolutely. >> great. >> enor...

The still photos are still just amazing to watch as all of them coming into us, and from around the world, just incredible out of haiti. its a race against time for emergency workers out of haiti. survivors still trapped underneath mounds of rubble. we have a firsthand look at some of the success stories. >> sarah, can you hear me? >> reporter: rescue workers call out to a woman trapped under rubble. >> we will tell you what the room number is, and you will know exactly where you are at. >> repo...

Things now is coordinating efforts between the red cross movements and making sure our staff are coming in from santo domingo. as planned we received a number of our experts on our emergency relief teams. were waiting for the rest to arrive tomorrow, establishing base camps to get operations up and functioning. >> one of my concerns is coordination of how all these groups are working together and prioritizing what needs to be done. how is that working out? i talked to one relief worker who said ...

We think. a group of people pulling him out and rushing to get him some medical help. again, this shows the strong sense of spirit as people try to help themselves until that international aid starts really pouring in. kyra? >> that is remarkable. you would expect nothing less from your own people and your friends and your family to try and save your life, but we are finally seeing more rescue teams from around the world trickle in, right? have you seen any of those teams arrive tonight, any mor...

Diplomats. david barlow of fairfax, virginia, says his squad made contact with a woman named sarah, trapped somewhere near what was the hotel bar. >> she indicated to us that she was just trapped. she was not pinned by anything. she was nothing holding her down. she was trapped in a void and she was okay. so its just a matter of us getting to her. >> reporter: how critical is this period right now? >> obviously the first 24 to 48 hours is critical for any incident. >> reporter: all too often, or...

Toner, spokesman for the state department. mark, what is the latest, effectively? >> reporter: you gave a good rundown on what the latest is. today has been a lot about assessment. trying to assess the situation. when the earthquake struck it was right at night fall. we are just beginning to get a better assessment of what the damages are on the ground. at the same time our embassy is, obviously, suffering through this terrible catastrophe. our embassy personnel. today, again, has been about ass...

Sometimes the numbers changed, but the message was consistent. >> the goal here is that were going to create or save 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days. because of the bold and coot nated action that we took, millions of jobs have been saved or created. >> reporter: the $787 billion stimulus program would save jobs for police officers or create new ones for idle construction workers, but the term "saved" or "created ways controversial, because calculating the jobs not eliminated wasnt an exact ...

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But how long will they put up with it? alan chernoff standing by with an "a.m. original." we heard about canada not allowing carry-ons or restricting them. people having to restrict where theyre allowed to go to the bathroom and when. how are they dealing with this tougher security? >> reporter: kiran, passengers are dealing. in fact, this morning youve got lots and lots of passengers here way early for their flights, more than three hours here in advance. fact is, most of them are resigned and ...