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>> thank you to randy baldwin. we're going take you back to the quake's opepicenter, by the way for the damage and injuries at the bottom of the hour. we'll move on. a federal judge now ordering a case to go forward on whether a citizenship question can be added to the census. the judge is saying the lawsuit from immigrant rights groups will focus on whether the trump administration was steep in discriminatory motive, that was a quote here. this order issued after the administration that government lawyers are looking at all available options for adding the question to the 2020 census. ask. ...

Shut the water main off. a gas main off. it was a mess. made sure everything was okay. locked my dog up. >> is your dog okay? >> he's fine. he's locked in my vehicle. went to my apartments. i take care of about 14 units. i did welfare checks on every one of them. >> reporter: knocked on every door. >> beat on every door. >> reporter: do people answer? >> absolutely. i made sure everybody was okay. i got their dogs out in the cracks in vehicles. kids all loaded up. shut off the gas there. >> reporter: and what warren was doing is exactly what the mayor said everyone should be doing. make sure t...

Causing this home to go up in flames. you can see the thick black smoke. firefighters working to put it out. >> reporter: many residents sleeping on sidewalks after dozens of homes were severely damaged or completely destroyed. >> we're not going to leave. this is our home. but at the same time it's really scary to be in the house. >> i checked on my house and it was gone. so i lost my house today. i don't know if i -- >> reporter: grocery store owners had barely finish cleaning up after thursday before friday. >> i thought this is it. the end of the world. it shook like crazy. >> reporter: so...

Internal damage you can't see from the outside. they evacuated patients, brought them out. they were treating them in the parking lot here. they've since moved them back inside. officials will be going door to door, building to building today to look for that damage that may not be obvious to the naked eye. there is some damage, though, that actually is obvious to the naked eye. our crew was in a mobile home park and they saw all of those mobile homes it was practically unlivable. we spoke with another guy named warren cooper. i think we have sound from warren. >> everybody okay? >> reporter: ...

President trump. it will be people going to the polls to try to decide if they were better off than four years ago. i think to quote the old phrase, it will be the economy stupid. it was back in the '90s. i think it will be this year. it's a matter of voters saying do they think the economy is going well for them or not. >> all right. we'll leave it there. thank you guys. we're following breaking news out of southern california. the aftermath of last night's massive earthquake. why it could be hours before crews know the extent of the damage. he extent of the damage fact is, every insurance ...