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Jim and rachel evans of florida. fortunately for them, they were in their suv, but jim ended up in the hospital after some of that debris went right through their sunroof. >> we were trying to outrun it. it was like, go, lets go. and at the same time, my husband reached up, and he was like, oh, my head, my head, because it was bleeding profusely. it hurt him. >> reporter: the couple caught in a rock slide from the day before was not as fortunate. 32-year-old andrew foster and his wife lucy were ...

Fall and no way to protect one is about to happen. >> each event is a learning opportunity and we are studying the events in detail to try and understand the sequence and what happened. >> again, geologists say when slabs of granite detached it is all part of the natural life of the rock. moisture gets in the cracks and forces the rock to expand and contract with hot and cold temperatures. eventually, something will give. >> rock falling is something i will always be there. you can minimize it b...

Optimist, of course, that you can come together in a wisconsin partisan way. -- bipartisan way. i do believe the framework that was presented will absolutely help middle class families, working families. kelly: we will be watching this, representative scott taylor. by the way, thanks for attending that fundraiser in virginia beach to help people in puerto rico. obviously, a lot of hearts and minds are out there for the people there. >> proud of my community coming together. thank you, sir. kelly...

Same. they are trying to defend the indefensible which is making so many americans pay more to get less coverage. >> as you describe it, those are sweeteners given to holdouts, murkowski and collins. do you think that will help tip them over into the "yes" column? >> i hope not. i mean, this whole idea of trying to pass a health care bill which is about holding down premiums and protecting our people and turning it into a park parade where you just give out huge slabs of pork in order to try to ...

Also victims at that location. now, where im standing here, its after 3:00 in the morning here, as you can see, the operation here is working round the clock with teams that have come from all over the world, from the u.s., israel, japan, spain and of course mexico as well, and we believe there are some other countries that have been involved here at a six-story office building that collapsed with scores of people still believed to be missing inside. all around this location, there are families ...

Right now in mexico city, an imp vi imp viced army are under taking a heroic task trying to find anybody that might be alive in the rubble. its been more than 55 hours since the 7 .1 quake collapsed dozens of buildings in that ma -- ma. this school is made of concrete, thats a blessing and curse. big chunks of concrete could survive and may have created air pockets and on the other hand, no small task to cut through giant slabs of concrete when youre trying to avoid a secondary collapse at the s...

What they say happens in mexico. this is a part of their dna, when a crisis like this hits, people drop what they are doing selfishly to help the greater good. i can tell you, thats been evident since we got here. >> ron mott in mexico city. thanks. i want to keep the pictures up and go back to marianas location. this is a live look as we watch these workers hammering, as you can see there, you know, by hand there, trying to break through the rubble. we saw slabs of concrete being hoisted into t...

Running thin. chief correspondent live in mexico city, as one such rescue operation takes place. hi it, jonathan. >> hey, leland, we are at the site of one of those search and rescue operations right now, as i step out here, this was once a four-story textile factory. 100 women were working here when the earthquake has, and as you can see now, the search for potential survivors is going on. eight women, we are told, are reported to still be missing. so there is some hope that they could still be...

Since the 7.1 quake collapsed dozens of buildings. one of the buildings that collapsed, this school is made of concrete, thats a blessing and curse. big chunks of concrete could survive and may have created air pockets and on the other hand, no small task to cut through giant slabs of concrete when youre trying to avoid a secondary collapse at the site of the collapse, rescue teams were lowering microphones and lowering motion sensors into the rubble to try to find if any kids were still trapped...

And weve been seeing arc wel r ers. does it make sense to you and what does it add up to in your mind? >> two things. equipment -- three things. equipment to be used for. that is breaching and breaking, lifting and shifting and shoring. so the shoring is probably the timber and maybe other metal products used for to hold the structure up and so that it wont move any further in the case of an aftershock, as you start to cut away things. the breaching and breaking is the fact theres not going to b...