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Hoyer are saying when it comes to the vote count. we are watching it on capitol hill. as soon as we know something, we'll bring it to you. a new jersey woman is setting a lofty weight goal for herself. but she is not looking to trim down. she is looking to beef up. to we half a ton. she tips the scailts at over 600 pounds. internet followers are trying to help her become the heaviest woman alive. >> reporter: she is 42 years old. she tips the scailts at -- she tips the scales at 602 pound. her goal is to get to 1,000 pounds. to do that she has to eat 12,000 calories a day. that's the equivalen...

Could get a small camera or eye contact into apartment 602. they say apartment 602, according to the records that they have, there could be up to three people inside that apartment, and they say that is good news, because they say potentially, there are another 40 or 50 people inside that building, and right now they have no clue as to whether or not they are alive or dead, kyra. >> keep us updated. we want to follow the rescue efforts live and get as much information by the minute. thank you so much. this is what it looks like and sounds like when an 8.8 quick hits, whenever second feels li...

Santiago. let's get to the rescue effort in concepcion. minutes ago carl penhall told us the voices were so faint the cnn crew had to turn off their truck's engine to be able to hear better. carl, firefighters trying to send a small camera now into the rubble? have they done that yet, have they heard anything more? >> reporter: absolutely. what they're trying to do first, kyra, is to drill a hole probably about an inch in diameter inside the apartment building where they've heard the tapping coming from. let me just locate you there a little bit. you can see two firefighters standing there b...

And let you see what's going on. there's a lot of people coming past, a lot of those associated with the rescue itself. this is a 15-story building. that building just literally fell on its side during the earthquake. that is the focus of the rescue operation right now. there have been holes that have been cut into every single story there. they' the focus on the attention right now is on the sixth floor of apartment 602. that's where the head of the firefighters says he heard a tapping sound from. according to administration records it's a building that could be three people inside there. the...

They then have to burrow in, get to apartment 602 and drill a hole in. and that way they will be able to see through about an inch diameter hole whether, in fact, people are still alive there and how many people are alive there. according to administration records of the building, there could be about three people alive in that spot. somebody also was saying to me, why are they triangular holes they've cut in the side of the building? that really is for speed. they make three cuts rather than four cuts for a square. each cut is about a meter long. what that means is if there are survivors in t...