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Truck ladder. she was placed in a net brace. her husband was there. he was in tears. he wasnt able to speak to her but she was in good spirits. she hid under a chair which is just amazing to think that she managed to survive it. but rescue workers are just hoping, praying that there will be more stories like that. andrew. >> okay, anna. thank you very much for that. anna coren joining us on the line from christchurch. now, deep into the second night since the quake first stuck. emily, another ...

Still checkpoints and military personnel there taking sim cards out of phones and cameras and making sure that any evidence of human rights abuses or violence is destroyed. thats what we can tell and say with confidence at this point, brooke. >> thats libya. what about new zealand, the earthquake, death toll, what at 75 now? >> 75, and its a very sad story, because as in every earthquake you still have people trapped. hundreds at this point in new zealand in christchurch, as weve seen, the cathe...

Onto the teachers union health insurance program and if they switched to the states program it would save 6 milli$8 million is a fact and would go straight into the classroom. martha: i hear you and thanks for your time, we are up against a hard break. thanks for your time. bill: more than 300 missing after a devastating earthquake, rescue workers say it is a race against time, to save them. well talk to the agency, in charge of finding survivors, right after the break. [ female announcer ] its ...

They will return. to new zealand, christchurch is in ruins this morning and 75 people now confirmed dead, but about 300 are missing. in all of the despair, there was a bright moment when rescue workers were able to pull an office worker from the rubble of her building. >> in the midst of what is by and large one of the bleakest days in the story of our city, the sun came out at the same moment as they removed anne from that building. we actually -- you might have seen the guys down there laugh...

So-called union busting vote by the end of the day but democrats trying to stall it with long floor speeches. the u.s. is working to advocate americans from libya today as the violence continues to escalate. we just received a report that a libya newspaper says a crew had orders to bomb the town of benghazi but refused to carry them out. in new zealand, rescue workers are searching through the rubble hoping to find more survivors from tuesdays earthquake. at least 75 people died and rescuers...

Biggest customer. and other opec members will have to come in to offset the volume decline. there is speculation, saudi arabia has between 3.5 million and 4 million barrels a day of spare oil. the concerns not as bad as some might have feared. back to you. >> steve cedric, thank you very much. rescuers are racing against the clock in new zealand, scrambling to find survivors trapped after yesterdays powerful earthquake. the death toll stands at 75 with some 300 still missing. officials in chri...

Bit more strongly, this definitely resonates and gets people concerned about what it means for them and their 401(k)s as you mention. >> you will be back. much more to talk about in this hour. we want to let you know that the clock is ticking as hundreds of troops, police and rescue workers have been desperately searching for survivors of the devastating it earthquake in new zealand. the rescuers have been using heat seeking cameras to poke through the rubble. officials believe that at least 300...

A woman was pulled from the debris of a building today after being trapped for 24 hours. obviously, other people not been as fortunate. >> just heard from my friend that my -- our school collapsed. and i saw on the telly and i heard that my friend, they didnt come out. >> nbcs sarah james joins me live on the phone from christchurch, new zealand. youve been on the ground almost 24 hours. what do you see there as people race to try to save anyone who might still be alive? >> well, tamron, just no...

To. >> he says he wants to be a martyr. libyan people will probably give him his wish. hopefully soon. this is not egypt. this is not tunisia. there are no tribal cleavages that gadhafi could exploit them. the situation does not exist in liby libya. its going to be nasty. the transition in libya will be nasty and everyone should be ready for it. it should not be allowed to fester for days and weeks because the transition then will be not only nasty but extremely bloody and everybody will be payi...

In a situation like this, every minute counts. it -- people cant stay under that rubble for too much longer. and in addition, the rescue workers face the most daunting conditions because aftershock after aftershock continues to rock through this island. making the already unstable debris incredibly perilous for the work ersz. in fact, yesterday the police commissioner said that it was time to say no more at one particular site. the ctv building, and that was very distressing for some japanese ci...