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Toll has now climbed to 286 with the majority of those deaths coming from mexico city. crews are using dogs, cameras, motion detecters, heat seeking equipment to try and find those who may be still alive trapped under the rubble. joining us outside a collapsed factory where rescue crews found two survivors last night, steve patterson. steve? >> reporter: you mentioned the dogs and the heat technology to try to get in there to find anybody who may be alive. they're also using basics. behind me this scene is just teeming, one of the most active sights in mexico city. trying to find anyone who is...

Island. massive evacuations under way there. folks, we have to realize, we have to figure where in the mainland we'll house hundreds of thousand us of displaced folks from puerto rico's something coming, i think quickly. rescue efforts in mexico following tuesday's powerful earthquake. the death toll, 286. and civil protection agency says 200 people still missing after the 7.1 earthquake destroyed dozens of buildings in the central part of the country. in the rubble, signs of hope. [ applause ] >> that's right. two people rescued alive from a textile company in mexico city late last night lift...

Volunteers at the site working nonstop hoping desperately to find more survivors. at least 286 people have died. that number, of course, can change as events are unfolding. mexican navy officials did clear up the confusion we saw at an elementary school on thursday. what crews said was not correct when they said students were caught beneath the rubble. all students and teachers are accounted for, but they say they're still picking up signs of life. mariana, what are we seeing today? >> reporter: i'm in a corner right now to not disrupt the efforts on the ground. there are hundreds of people he...

And alive look in mexico city where there have been some success in the rescue and recovery experts there. crews rescued several people from collapsed buildings yesterday, imagine over 36 hours of these people trapped and still alive. mexican officials say so far the death toll stands at 286. >> jon: we will continue to watch that story. sean spicer accused of threatening a journalist with legal action as we get a look at alleged messages from the former white house press secretary. plus, thousands of political ads from a russian agency ran on facebook during the 2016 election. now facebook ha...

It has slowed down a little bit. each time we get an update, it is slower. just by one mile an hour, but that's only bad news for areas that continue to get battered by this savage track of hurricane maria. national hurricane center will update at 5:00. so we'll have new information then. back to you guys. all right. karen thank you. >> now to the disaster unfolding in mexico. rescue teams pausing to sing the national anthem to honor the dead. the death toll rising to 286 three days after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake devastated mexico volunteers and first responders still racing to save surviv...