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It comes down again to john mccain and lisa murkowski. thats what it looks like. >> harris: cant wait to bring you guys back. thank you. >> thanks, harris. >> harris: the dire situation in mexico. search and rescue teams frantically combing through the sea of slab for survivors. children trapped under a school. theyve been momentary listening, then silence, then trying to get to those signs of life they have with at least three children. were live at the scene. stay close.

Though there is a crane there, they simply cant lift these slabs. it is like a puzzle. every piece thats pulled out -- >> and theyre brittle. the idea of knowing that there are at least three people alive in there changed the dynamic entirely, because now you have to make sure that every little thing you move doesnt cause a collapse. >> and its also a risk for the rescuers themselves. any one piece, which you cant engineer. you dont know how these large plates of cement -- the fact that these ki...

Jones center for science and society. lucy, what do you make on the information you have got on this quake so far? >> what we are seeing is an earthquake within the slab below mexico. so its relatively close to mexico city. as your previous reporter was saying, mexico citys soils amplify shaking and make every earthquake quite a bit worse. it is a not very far away. its only about 80 miles from the center of mexico city. its deep. so its about 30 miles below the surface of the earth. but it -- a...

Around here. maybe that explains this. ♪ ♪ ♪ l.a. may have low-riders, but houston has slab, its own car culture, with its own accompanying sound. its own chopped and screwed hip-hop style. ♪ ♪ >> slim thug: this is pretty much, like, one of the most classic signs of a slab. its the cadillac. see i got the insides custom with the stitching and all that, so you know this is a complete slab, you know. >> anthony: full reclining is, uh -- >> slim thug: full reclining. its a lay back thing...

If youre gonna do it, what do you have to have? what are the rules? >> slim thug: candy paint, gotta have these type of rims, these are the elbow swingers, a fifth wheel and grill is mainly, like, for slab. thats what make it a complete, you know, and the music, you know how they got the popped trunk with the custom music, you gotta have that -- [ loud bass ] ♪ >> bone: you hit the block, its not a bunch of dudes just standing up. its a bunch of everything. >> slim thug: you know, take the old...

>> slim thug: i think its gonna forever be a work in progress. i think that slab, you know, they have to be doing something -- >> david: theyre always changing them. >> slim thug: they get expensive, real talk, like, all these cars out here, they probably spent the bankroll on all of them. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: youre not eating pizza hut in the back of that car either, are you? >> bone: really, you barely see people in the backseats of somebodys car out here. >> anthony: hes shaking his head, hes ...

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Yes, that says gone with the wind. >> it looks like you had a crew with sledgehammers in here angry at somebody. >> mother nature does what she wants when she wants to. were focusing our primary search efforts here. >> reporter: another house blown off its slab and collapsed. a search dog gets excited. the saws and anxious looks come out. thankfully, nothing worse than spoiled meat this time. each block can take hours to clear, shouting, sawing, searching, sweaty, sleep deprived saviors. everywh...

Now just down the road, theres a trailer park, one of many, on the 100-plus mile strip between key largo and key west. 80% of the park completely demolished. a wall of 68 feet of water pushed everything out. trailers off their foundation. we ran up to one of the residents, that well, used to live there, billy quinn. >> my front porch came to here. my trailer started at the other side of this slab. so i started here. thats how far the frame actually moved. >> wrr -- where is the frame of the trai...

Look how it up rooted this massive tree. whats more astounding than this if my camera man backs up, youve got to check this out. it pulled up this six-inch slab of concrete as well. water main break here. just a multitude of issues associated with the cleanup efforts going forward with hurricane irmas aftermath. talk about electricity, 75 percent of miami dade without power. 850,000 people. its all because of trees that have done damage to electricity wires like this. you can above me, this tree...