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Here in islamabad. people are sleeping out in the cars. the aftershocks comesing in every 20 minutes or so. and people are sleeping out in the streets. interestingly, india has offered aid to arch rival pakistan but the country's rejected that offer very politely saying that pakistan will be able to deal with this crisis on its own. >> so about ten years ago, that other devastating earthquake you mentioned, so many people died. were buildings repaired and rebuilt to better code, to better standards? do you expect maybe this time around we won't see hopefully quite as much death? >> yes. there ...

The afghan side hasn't come up with any such number. interestingly, pakistan's arch rival, india, had offered pakistan help. but islama bad politely refused, saying it will sort this mess out on its own resources. most of the affected parts of the country are cut off already, and we just heard from the army that the major highway there, the major route cara cuream highway, one of the highest roads in the world, has been broken in three different areas. so that's going to slow down rescue efforts even more. for context, the last time there was a quake of this magnitude, over 70,000 people died....

Helping. >> one, two, three --. >> i think the lesson is that this is way more important than football. people. and i think that we have an opportunity here to teach our kids something that transcends the sport. >> reporter: within minutes, they found themselves in the house of the athletic director, from their crosstown nemesis. >> this is the arch rival to your team and here you are doing this. >> we're still -- we're all from columbia. so, even though they're arch rivals they're still family. they're still our family members. this is our brothers, our sisters. we need to help in any way we ...

Mentioned the 30,000 people who had been plucked out of the water who had been rescued initially in those days afterwards, not those that lost their lives, and many of the bodies we had seen in the days that followed immediately. you talked about the $120 billion spent on the recovery efforts. really trying to emphasize the positive here. one thing that is going to happen, john, is later tonight, there's going to be a big concert, a sbags if you will because these are my people and they know how to party, harry khannic jr. and other performers. new orleans natives and tomorrow, we're going to ...

To be the investigative reporter on the story. the nbc affiliate which is normally their arch rival in town has told them anything they get, they will share with them. >> stephanie gosk, thank you very much. lots ahead on this friday edition of "the rundown." we're just getting word that rick scott has declared a state of emergency in the state of florida. all in preparation of tropical storm erika. as we have been reporting, we have two brothers, two live events within the same hour. just minutes from now, in new orleans, former president george w. bush will be live maik marking the tenth...