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The first place, and if you look down you look at the garage underneath. this is their focus. they have some 40 people or more who they believe are trapped inside. >> reporter: on the side of this building in concepcion, you can see the numbers, 1 through 15. 15 floors, toppled sideways into a heap of rubble. the numbers on the chart of these rescue workers, even more grim. 48 missing and the count of the dead goes floor by floor. of the 48 people who are inside, whats the likelihood theyre aliv...

Casualties, too, from the sue nameny. the chilean defense minister blaming the navy for not issuing a warning. soledad obrien is on the ground of concepcion and has our report. >> reporter: on the side of this building of concepcion, numbers 1 through 15. 15 floors, toppled sideways into a heap of rubble. the numbers on the chart of these rescue workers even more grim. 48 missing and the count of the dead goes floor by floor. of the 48 people who are inside, whats the likelihood theyre alive? >>...

Of the 48 people inside whats the likelihood theyre alive? >> i dont know. we are looking. there are some spaces there that, perhaps, we can find some persons. but in these floors down here, theres not too much chance. >> reporter: these rescue workers were heros in haiti weeks ago digging out survivors of that earthquake. now theyre in their homeland doing the same after an earthquake estimated to be 800 times more powerful. a block away crowds watch a massive fire spread out of control. it was...

And rescue, which is what they also do. this building in the middle of a big search and rescue, and its a real problem as they try to make progress here. on the side of this building you can see the numbers, 1 through 15. 15 floors toppled sideways into a heap of rubble. 48 missing, and the count of the dead goes floor by floor. of the 48 people who are inside, what is the likelihood they are alive? >> i dont know. we are looking -- there are spaces there that perhaps we can find some persons, b...

Looting is the major problem right now. our soledad obrien is live there in the city. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they extended the curfew, so not many people out on the streets right now. we have seen the rescue workers, and they started to work. really they were here through the night, and aftershocks kept them from making a lot of progress. one of the saddest things to see, family members are starting to come by and when they get a sight at the building, this is a building topple...

Soledad obrien is on the ground of concepcion and has our report. >> reporter: on the side of this building of concepcion, numbers 1 through 15. the numbers on the chart of these rescue workers even more grim. 48 missing and the count of the dead goes floor by floor. of the 48 people who are inside, whats the likelihood theyre alive? >> i dont know. were looking. there are some spaces there that perhaps we can find some persons. in this floor down here we -- i think theres not too much chance. >...

And then is this a right time to take a stand on deficit spending. and a winter storm on the move, and it could dump several inches of snow across georgia. already flights are canceled. our rob marciano is keeping an eye on all of it for us. breaking news out of dallas, texas, this morning. a four-alarm fire burning. lots of thick smoke rising according to reports there. as many as four businesses, including two restaurants -- there is the burning video we were talking about. those businesse...

Part of a larger package, but right now they think they have a political winner. >> proud patriot, or pain in the butt? we are asking you what you think about the senator. i will read some of the comments on the air next hour. from pennsylvania avenue to main street usa, president obama focusing on the economy and its sputtering recovery. he will talk to small business owners and workers and local leaders. lets get to the shaky recovery effort under way in chile right now. three days after t...

The affects could last for years. we have the latest on the aftermath on the quake in chile. the death toll expected to climb. rescue workers still trying to reach survivors in the hardest hit areas. lines are long at gas stations and in front of banks. but in the capital of santiago, things are starting to return to normal. returning to normal is still a challenge in haiti, but aid does continue to poor in. coming up in the next hour, something you wont want to miss. ♪ >> grammy winning sin...

Need tellp died when the plane went down on the town to concepcion. it was one of the hardest hit from the massive earthquake. aid workers were on the way down to organize relief efforts and they are certainly needed. also good news in that area. not only in the town of concepcion, but north of the constitution, which lost 350 people due to a 14-foot tall tsunami after the earthquake. ras cue -- rescues are still happening. rescue workers hear taps from underneath concrete pile of rubble and peo...