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Loved ones that this community lost, and it's just been heartbreaking, because as the grim search continues today in the slide area, what you have is volunteers and firefighters and others literally looking for bodies to bury. looking for someone so somebody can have some comfort in being able to put that person to rest, and imagine the heartbreak for a young mother. she lost both her own mother and her baby daughter. let's listen to what she had to say. >> and i got to hold her and i -- maybe dropped but a couple tears, because i was so excited that we found her and all i could do was grin, b...

>> we continued our search and recovery operation on the entire slide area. unfortunately, we didn't find any signs of life. we didn't locate anybody alive. and so that's the disappointing part. our condolences go out to the families who have lost people here. i say that on behalf of every single person that is working this scene and putting in a tremendous amount of time and effort and hours and they're doing a great job. >> before this announcement today, the death toll was 14. they say they covered to more bodies which brings the total death toll to 16. the true terrible news, though, is th...

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>> barbara, it must be an agonizing time for all of you. thank you so much for sparing some time to come on the show tonight and talk about bill. our prayers will be with you as a family that he has managed to survive this and that you will be reunited with him. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> again now live to the press conference in arlington just about to start. >> the things that i've seen, the love and support for this community will sustain me for many years to come. and with that i would like to invite chief hodge to the microphone. >> thank you sir. hello, my na...

Most effective tool at finding the victims and crews have to dig by hand. they have not had signs of life since saturday evening. and they said there is a possibility there will be bodies they will never get to with all of the mud. >> these people knew they lived in a potential slide area. did they not? >> absolutely. that particular area has been analyzed by multiple agencies throughout the year and identified as a potential disaster waiting to happen. we talked about the army core report that identified it as a catastrophic event. and it was ranked as one of the highest risk area for a deadl...