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>> reporter: the u.s. coast guard is on the ground bringing medical supplies and personnel to some of the hardest-hit regions, then they're expected to transport critically wounded patients to port o prince. haiti's prime minister has declared a state of emergency after one of the most powerful earthquakes this country has ever seen. this morning, a country in crisis. people tearing through rubble to find any signs of life, after a monstrous 7.2 magnitude earthquake on saturday devastated southwest haiti. the death toll now soaring to nearly 1,300, with more than 5,000 people hurt, many seriou...

People hurt. many seriously. >> people started screaming everywhere, on the streets, out of panic and fear. >> reporter: the massive quake flapping buildings across the southern peninsula, triggering land slides that cut off access to smaller communities. families who lost their homes are sleeping on nearby soccer fields. hospitals already pushed to the brink by the covid pandemic, people in need of aid, evacuated by air to port-au-prince. an international effort to help is under way, u.s. sending 65 person search and rescue from virginia at the request of the haitian government. the coast gua...