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We know where earthquakes occur. we know there is a hazard to the u.s. and so the challenge is what's your quality of life afterwards, everything depenldz on what you do beforehand. >> david applegate, the senior advise for earthquake and geological hazards at the u.s. gee l geological survey, thank you for coming. we appreciates it. >> thanks so much. in haiti survivors are trying to regain any kind of normalcy and now learning how long the road to recovery will be there. the haitian government has worked with the united states and the u.n. to create a rubble d disposal plan that will take ...

Of people have been reported missing. in the meantime an estimated 2 million people are homeless. there is major damage in the capital of santiago but the worst damage is 200 miles to the south in the city of concepcion which is 70 miles from the epicenter of the quake. some towns near there are almost obliterated. shaken by the quakes and slammed by tsunami waves. chile's president is promising deliveries of food and water and shelter for those living on the street and says chile welcomes international aid especially rescue teams and field hospitals. how prepared would the united states be if...

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the death toll topped 700 after one of the world's most powerful earthquakes hit chile on saturday. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, aftershocks continue to rock the country. we get the latest from santiago and look at how this quake differs from the one that struck haiti in january. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the deal by insurance giant a.i.g. to sell its asia unit to a british company and repay some of what it owes the u.s. government. >> woodruff: tom ...

try to do it alone? we'll ask former dnc chair governor howard dean. but we are going to start with the powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck chile on saturday. the official death toll is now at least 708 but that number is expected to climb. at least half a million homes have been damaged or destroyed leaving some 2 million people homeless. rescuers are risking their own lives as they search for survivors in the unstable rubble because already there have been more than 90 aftershocks. with food scarce in some areas and desperation intensifying, looting has begun. police us...

Coming from it. this earthquake, to put it in contrast, this earthquake was released about 500 times more energy than the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck haiti, just a month earlier. >> incredible. >> david applegate. thank you for providing context on this story. >> sure thing. >> coming up, speaker nancy pelosi trying to wrangle up the votes to pass the president's health care bill using perhaps reconciliation, does she even have the votes in the house among her own party? we'll discuss with chris wallacements chat roulette, the late e-craze on the internet, lets you chat with the strange...