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Over 70 injured. on the upo positive side at least. we are hearing in early reports, and this can change, these are initial reports. that most or all of those 70 hurt have minor journalist. nonlife threatening. he was mentioning derrec becker did some cuts and scrapes. broken bones. we don't want to minimize it but hopefully not a climb in the number killed. rachel: he also mentioned and you brought that up, ed, that they were having trouble accessing some of the passengers because of the damage to the car. one of the things i was really impressed with this past week in my experience was how p...

Non-life-threatening injuries. >> derrec, what can you tell me about the fuel spill? we had the gentleman on talking about the hazmat team securing two leaks and there was fuel, is this gasoline? what is leaking on this train? >> sure. approximately about 5,000 gallons of diesel leaked from these trains. our hazmat team is, the state department of environmental patrol is on the scene right now working with the csx crews and the hazmat team. they are ensuring that everything in regards to the diesel fuel is safe at this point, everything is contained. >> derrec becker, thank you so much for you...

They telling people in the area? how is this being taken care of with people in cayce right now? >> the area it happened is not very highly trafficked on a sunday morning. so traffic is cordened off on one small road. it's actually very near our main office, emg headquarters at the state emergency center operation center. so right now traffic impact is minimal and no threat or danger to residents in this area at the time. there was a leak of diesel fuel from the trains, but our state hazmat team is working closely with the amtrak hazmat team to make sure everything is contained. >> derrec, we ...

Members are on duty. crews in blackhawk helicopters leading statewide rescue efforts. >> sad because people have lost their businesses. they've lost homes. and it affected everybody across the board. it does not discriminate. >> reporter: the devastation prompting president obama to declare south carolina a major disaster area. ordering federal aid. with the rain easing up, state and local government have a better sense of the damage here. early estimates put the cost of the cleanup in the hundreds of millions of dollars. chris? >> thank you very much for the report. let's get the latest fro...

Far as we know, traffic is fine in south carolina. >> derrec becker, thank you for joining us from south carolina this morning. wall street edging higher after a solid jobs report this morning. 288,000 jobs were added last month, much more than expected, and it pushed the unemployment rate down to 6.1%. this is now the lowest level we've seen in almost six years. cnn money's alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange this morning. alison, are we going to touch that 17,000 mark today do you think? >> reporter: stocks have already touched it and crossed it so for the first time ever y...