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Morning, emergency search and rescue teams are following cries for help in washington state. and they're taking, as they describe them, extreme risks in hopes of digging survivors. look at this. digging survivors out of this wreckage. a massive land slide happened northeast of seattle. now, at least three people have been killed. three others, including a 6-month-old baby are in critical condition. and the deep and deadly mixture of rocks and trees and mud and all the wood you see there. it means this is still a very unstable situation. we'll continue to follow that breaking news there in wash...

Any other survivors. >> only safe way right now with the water building behind that big mud is to rescue people on top of the mud that are alive with helicopters and hoists and actually get them out of there. >> reporter: well, some people were rescued, others are still trapped under the tons of earth and debris. >> we have people that are yelling for our help and we are going to make, we're going to take extreme risks to try to get them out of there. >> new information this morning from the national weather service, guys. there was a potential for a catastrophic flood, initially overnight we ...

Affiliates in seattle. this photo you're looking at, this puts it all into perspective here. that landslide coming down from the top of the mountain here. right in the middle of the photograph, that is the big concern right now. officials still don't know how many people are trapped under the debris. captured this video of the mudslide that came down right in front of his car. >> i was coming down the hill and i just saw the darkness, like somebody wants to grab you and everything was gone. >> reporter: falco says the debris buried cars and trucks in front of him. >> we heard a woman and a bab...

What these poor people are going through. >> three people dead and the oldest person 81 years old rescued and the rescues continue. people trapped in the mud and dirt there screaming, calling out for help. we'll continue, of course, to follow this breaking news out of washington state. >> yeah, jen, thank you so much and thanks to nick, as well. we do still need to talk about the crisis in crimea. stormed an air base there and further strengthening its hold over that peninsula. we'll talk about it in a moment. [ male announcer ] frequent heartburn? the choice is yours. chalky... not chalky. ...

It's nice to have you here. >> it's so good to be here. >> can you explain in layman's terms whether a snowstorm disproves global warming. >> well, first of all, it doesn't, no. but we remind you that global warming was the first term for this phenomenon that we now call can climate change. so it's very reasonable that a snowstorm in washington that's this severe is a result of climate change. >> is it consistent to have extreme weather conditions, like big storms, or even seasonal appropriate storms, and to have the kind of climate change that's been forecast and discussed by most of the repu...