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thats the same type of aircraft and missile that shot down the chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. one of the questions we asked at the pentagon briefing was if there was so much intelligence to gain by letting the previous balloon fly across the united states and being able to observe it, why was this one shot down so quickly especially when the senators were furious it wasnt shot down earlier. was the pentagon wbowing to political pressure. >> the decision to shoot it do...

Across, not roads, but more like rivers with a few bags in their hands. Th they just grabbed a few snacks, pillows. In many cases they were carrying pets. As we talked about last night, still one of the big issues is power. 100 of the island not having power right now, only those that can get to generators, also, the first thing people still ask me is, do you have signal. People desperate to find out the condition of loved ones who they cant get to because of flooding many because of debris . An...

That gives us some hope and optimism that the work were doing is meaningful and that theres the potential to still have victims alive in the rubble. >> your team has rescue dogs specifically trained to find people in the rubble who are still alive. how vital are the dogs to your operation? >> yeah, theyre essential. along with the tactical search component that we have such as listening devices and search cams. so the dogs are one of the first assets we deploy on a rubble pile. well send one dog...

Unaccounted for. recovery efforts intense five after the crews knocked down the remainder of the building. the timetable before they find everyone is still unknown. >> were expecting the progress to move at a faster pac with our recovery efforts, but theres a search component as well. there are certain aspects as were going through. unfortunately we dont have an exact time frame date-wise how long this is going to take. >> families who lost loved ones were brought to the collapsed site to meet w...

Hands better? >> well, they sent us down to haiti, we had a search team looking for worksites with rescue teams to follow us up. and rescue those victims. we break it up into a search component and a rescue component. as one site is being worked on, well have a small team out looking for other worksites for our guys, so were not wasting any time. >> i was with your team when a woman came up to your team on a street, a mother who said her daughter was trapped and were showing some of the video fr...

Angeles search and rescue team. one of the people we talked to on the ground as they worked, was captain jason vasquez, part of his team is now in mexico. he joins me now. thanks so much for being with us. when you see the destruction in mexico, and you see the huge crowds of people working on a site. is it -- is it -- obviously, is there a challenge with having so many people on one site? is there benefit to having fewer people or is it -- is just more hands better? >> well, they sent us down t...