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People dig through rubble through the night. they don't stop. they keep going. they bring out lamps and lights and anything that they can to make sure they can keep looking for signs of life. but that's one of the big challenges at this hour, is just daylight will be so helpful and cooperate in trying to find signs of life. once we do get daylight, of course the delicate almost dance of trying to get as much rubble out of the area of that building without hurting the people that are trapped below. that's always one of the biggest challenges because of course people want to make human chains an...

How long it was shaking for? >> at least 20 seconds i would say, 20, 25 seconds before the top of our building calmed down. >> and i understand you've been trying to help people forming human chains at collapsed buildings to try to do what you can. what have you been doing? >> yeah, we came down because some of our guys have training in counseling, we have a nurse on our staff. we thought let's go down there, it's most effective and see where we can help. as we got here they were forming human chains and taking down debris and putting it down in the road. getting away from effected areas. that...

Earthquake. what we're seeing is essentially neighbors helping neighbors. they're forming these human chains to remove the debris, passing slabs of rubble and concrete from one to the other, to get to the people who are trapped underneath that concrete in one of the many collapsed buildings across mexico's capital right now. this is happening across mexico city. they're using whatever they can. there you can see they're using a trolly, a shopping cart to try and move this debris out of the way. this earthquake happened 32 years to the day after a devastating earthquake back in 1985, which left...

Welcome back, everybody. i'm john vause live in los angeles. it's just coming out to 9:29 here. our breaking news, mexico's president has declared a national emergency after a powerful earthquake. the rising death toll now stands at 149. dozens of buildings just like that one were destroyed by the magnitude 7.1 quake which hit near mexico city. residents are joining the search for survivors digging through piles of rubble with their bare hands, forming human chains to remove debris piece by piece. victims have been pulled from under buildings. and while the quake brought destruction, it also b...

>> a lot developing as we hit the top of the next hour, a desperate search for survivors after the deadly mexico earthquake. human chains being formed to quickly remove the debris. we are live in mexico city. the governor of puerto rico's office now saying they are 100% without electrical power. we will talk to the army base on the island about what u.s. troops are doing to provide critical care now and in the days ahead. it martha maccallum will be right here with me, she will weigh in on the health care battle that has heated up on capitol hill. "america's news headquarters" at the top of th...