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Plume of dust, debris and smoke covering part of an area in surf side. rescues are trying to move equipment and get that scene cleared. you can see pictures of what it has looked like in the last little bit this morning. i want to bring in somebody who ran in to help people when this collapse happened. nicholas balboa is joining us on the phone. actually, you're here with us. do you have me okay? >> i do. >> we just, our viewers just saw what happened right around 2:00 this morning when part of this building came down. can you walk me through where you were at the time, what you saw and what y...

Walking my animal. i was on hardy, which is south of collins. it is just about half a block. i felt the ground shake and then i heard what sounded like thunder. and so it didn't quite register to me, what might have been going on, just it happened so suddenly. thought it might have been a storm. but then it happened again at about 30 seconds to a minute later and then it was like something is wrong. so i brought my dog back up stairs and then went back downstairs and went to collins because i could see that people were already coming outside to get a view of the what had happened. so i walked ...

Street. actual collapse was not visual. i couldn't see it from my vantage point but i could see the plume of dust and everything that came billowing out as the air was displaced. but otherwise i could feel the ground shake. it sounded like thunder. i thought a storm was coming until literally i felt the ground shake a second time when the other half of the building fell so it was definitely like something you see out of a movie. >> dana: i know you took your dog home and then returned to the scene. what did you see then? >> so when i got back downstairs i saw that emergency crews were moving i...

Event initiating, we knew there was an earthquake happening, and that gave about 40 seconds of warning time for l.a. now, as you may have heard, that's a separate issue from the earthquake early warning app that the city of l.a. put out. >> right. >> which is only -- was set out to only release alerts to cell phone users if it was damaging ground shaking. we didn't have damaging levels of ground shake in l.a., which is why people who had the cell phone app didn't get an alert. but the system did work as it was designed. and my understanding is that in future updates in the app, even if you fee...

>> trump and sanders re-wrote that. they ad libbed more. >> fair. one of the spots to watch is when the debate starts. i think that's the key moment i'll be watching for is the debates. >> what lane do you put him in. is he a true blue progressive? he seems to be a record that proves he's a centurist. what is he? >> i think he's what people want to see. it reminds me of obama '07. there's a lot of ka rcharisma lacking on this campaign. you can feel the ground shake as he comes in a way that was different than previous candidates entering. >> did you feel like you were covering a presidential w...