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New video shows the explosions from a neighbor apartment. more than 50 people were rescued from the rubble, including one firefighter who described the scene. >> translator: we hid ourselves behind containers which were deformed by the blast wave. we walked through the containers but couldn't find a way out. smoke and fire were everywhere. i found it hard to believe. >> translator: were you afraid? >> translator: a little bit but i focused on how to get there. >> steven jiang is there and joins us with the latest. we learned that 700 tons of sodium cyanide was in the blast site. why would ther...

Access to this advanced system, they did it. it was a mistake. they were aiming at a military target, they thought. they hit an airliner. what would be the repercussions? >> there is a new blast wave of pressure to hit with more. >> would the world blame him for putting the weapon in the hands of those who used it recklessly? >> absolutely. there are reports that the separatists captured missile systems. >> did they have the buks? >> in late june a television station reported that the separatists captured a ukrainian buk missile system. it's possible they didn't get these directly from moscow....

Five airline passengers are in critical condition, that san francisco general hospital. out of 34 total transported there. san francisco general got three waves of patients whose conditions range from critical to good. the trauma center set up tents outside emergency room to help deal with the crush of patients. a spoke woman says spontaneous wave of off-duty staffers showed up to help, doctors, nurses, social workers. want to bring in new york, dr. debbie with us. held us understand injuries patients could have sustained. >> we don't have enough information to about specific injuries about ge...

>> reporter: yeah, i certainly can, jake. we're having trouble with the line here. but i think we're good now. >> what are you hearing from damascus? what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that over the past couple of days, the syrian regime is angry, first of all, at these air strikes that went on. one of the things that happened is we were basically sleeping from tuesday -- from saturday into sunday night. and then all of a sudden, the night just absolutely e ruptded. and it was several initial explosions and there were secondary explosions that went on for well over an h...

Away. when you think about that distance and just how much that primary blast wave, how powerful it was, how far it went, it's pretty significant, especially when you're comparing it to boston, which is also a significant blast, both in terms of the force but also the shrapnel, but even buildings across the street, you know, you didn't see windows blown out. here a quarter mile away, doors ripped off the frames. that was pretty significant. also, anderson, remember with katrina and other natural disasters, some houses were presumably spared and then other houses next to it really devastated. s...