doing to help the chulaen government and ambassador simons, thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you very much. >> so, we're now 48 hours since the initial earthquake hit chile. tell us what the latest is and what it is like especially in the areas closest to ground zero. >> well, first of all, i thimg it's important to note the government has really done an outstanding job in these first 48 hours assessing the magnitude of this tragedy. and beginning to deploy assistance to the defected areas. in our area here around santiago two earthquakes as life has largely returned to normal here. the government is up and running and the newspapers are out. we're functioning. we've been able to, fortunately, locate and found safe all of our approximately 300 american and chilean employees.