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>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i am t.j. holmes. we're getting there. today is going to be a better day. not going to cough only maybe once. twice in the next hour and a half. >> no choking up? >> not today. >> you're feeling better? rainy here today. the weather hasn't helped. >> a day of 60s, 70s and then dropped down to the 30s. the rain we're getting, nothing like they're getting out in california. we start this half-hour with the extreme weather they're seeing. >> torrential rains triggered a mandatory evacuation order after a mud flow swamped a neighborhood north of los angeles...

Not cubic yards, not tons. they are doing it painstakingly slowly, and it is a huge task. the rain only makes it worse, because over the last few days, it's been light rain, just a little drizzle, a little mist. the sun has come out, there have been rainbows, and the mud has been drying. it's drying concrete. when rain comes like this, it causes a slippery mud flow on top and crews described it as walking on ice. it's going to be a horrible day. it's been bad enough, but this is just making it that much worse, chris? >> you can't say enough about the folks doing this difficult work. jennifer, ...

Location at the location of the lost today. the devastation, of course, is overwhelming. and i got a sense that we are going to have some hard news here. but i can tell you that there are very vigorous search efforts under way. >> it's been very surreal. the tragedy is unthinkable. but the community, as stated before many times, comes together and friend helps friend and family helps family. even people you don't know you stop and help. >> the state highway has been blocked by the mud flow and a local river is partially dammed by the debris. >> u.s. president barack obama arrives in the nether...

Now a developing story out of washington state. rescuers are hoping to hear more voices calling for help after a deadly landslide yesterday. at least three people were killed but several more were pulled from that site and rushed to the hospital, including a baby boy, who's in critical condition. first responders believe others are still trapped, but in a press conference moepts ago, responders said the mud flow is like quicksand and the search effort is extremely risky. >> reporter: it came without warning. a wave of crashing mud, trees and rocks 20 feet high. the debris field the size of thr...