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On the mud there. we laid the baby on that. i ripped off my jacket i had on and wrapped him up in that. the baby and his mother are survivors. 150 rescue workers, countless volunteers and heavy machinery are up against mother nature. tons of toppled trees and scraps of scattered homes. dozens are still missing and the death toll expected to rise. >> we were cutting pieces off of cars and removing steering wheels. she was sitting right in her drivers seat. we -- we got her out enough and then i w...

Ive talked to fema. ive talked to-- to be out in the safety of the rescue workers also has to be taken into account. so one of the most difficult disasters that i have ever seen -- and my heart and prayers go out to everyone whos been involved and impacted and on the ground who are searching. >> and i want to follow up on that point, the assistance that federal, state officials are trying to give to the communities whove been hardest hit. i know the federal highway administration has given $1 mi...

Now silent with crews approaching their sixth day of searching. >> we can report definitively that 90 people, 90 are currently missing or unaccounted for. >> reporter: that pain is quickly turning to grief. emotions of searching for the dead weighing on rescue workers. >> we are humbled beyond belief in this county. it is very humbling and we are very respectful, very grateful. >> reporter: the sorrow is shared at prayer services and vigils here and stories about the victims. christina jefferds,...

The nsa collects and holds metta data. the presidents plan would transfer the storage of millions of phone records to the phone companies, instead of letting the national security agency hold it for five years. also the government would be court ordered to access phone records, except for cases involving national security emergencies. coming up, as the rescue workers continue to comb the site of that massive mudslide in washington state, new evidence indicates what may have contributed to the ...

Unchanged in the past 24 hours, but officials werent likely to get new numbers this morning. while the search effort remains, you can feel the weight of this tragedy starting to take its toll. a mothers unspeakable pain. >> my heart is broken. its broken. >> reporter: summer raffo was driving on a state road at the time of the slide. rescue workers continue their mission five days after the side of this hill came cascading down on snohomish county. peter salvig on the response team knows this co...

Yesterday on this program. she said two reasons that she was speaking out. one, she wanted to thank publicly all the volunteers and all the rescue workers who are out there. in many cases risking their own lives because the conditions can be very treacherous still for those searchers. and also to let people know just of the impact this one landslide has had on this whole community. this a very small close-knit community, george. >> reporter: absolutely. and thats really the reason they came here...

>> and thats very important to point out. that number, 176, those are 176 reports, anderson. so basically it could be a family that put up a website looking for their loved one. that could be a report. it could be a twitter query looking for a relative or a vague description, something like havent seen paul at that house. thats where he lived. that could be a report. investigators are trying to compile the reports and narrow them down. we started with of a dozen. that went up to 108 and now with...

Lack credibility. 92 "new york times" reports the panel will clear chris christie of any involvement in the political payback scheme that led to passive traffic jams on the george washington bridge. >> the prospect of finding survivors are not gz a the search continues for as many as 108 people still missing following the deadly mudslide north of seattle. dan springer has an update for us from arlington, washington. >> theyre up on the slide -- >> rescue workers comb through a square mile of mud...

>> please get me water. im thirsty. i really thought they must be dying. >> rescue workers desperately try to dislodge people one by one from the crush. and is pinning them down with incredible combined forces. >> think of it like dominos. its the momentum of the entire thing. it only takes five people pushing against one to break a rib or smash a childs head. >> they had to start at each end and untangle people. pull them out one at a time. >> trying to free up vital room on the bridge, many de...

And i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any faster. it could have been much worse. >> and in the southeastern united states, another train enthusiast gets the shock of a lifetime. november 21s...