like this time where it has been utterly devastated. there are buildings collapsed, and the roads are in a complete state of disrepair. it s just hard to describe what was a vibrant city a few hours ago now has just been brought to its knees. well, as the aftershocks continue to rattle, already shaken residents, thousands of people are now homeless. apparently the welfare centers are filling up with more than 1,200 people bunking at a horse track in chift church for the night. let s get an idea of the size of the area we re talking about. rob marciano has been tracking about this. rob, i m going to try to find this on line. it is the hub for the national science foundation, the foreign operating base to get to antarctic, and people come 32 there. that s the stop on the way to the south pole. you re familiar with it. it is also the second largest
all right, zain, we will continue to follow this breaking news story throughout the morning. we appreciate your insight because you have in there covering how they operate for a few months now. let s head to new zealand, a 6.3 earthquake that hit just before 1:00 p.m. tuesday, 7:00 p.m. on the east coast. that centered just a few miles from christchurch. we re told 65 people have died, hundreds more people still trapped in the rubble. it cracked roads, toppled buildings and knocked out phone lines. the prime minister went to chift church to survey the damage. it s hard to put words around this. this is a city that suffered an enormous earthquake six months haeg and we were lucky it hit at a time that lives were spared but that s the opposite this time. the central city last time bore some of the brunt but nothing