People are digging through debris of collapse buildings looking for any victims. Some of the digging is going on with their bare hands. We are following the latest on this story in the newsroom. Reporter videos and images depicting the moments when that 7. 1 earthquake rocked mexico city is giving us a look at how frightening it was when buildings collapse just feet away from where people were standing. Look at the video we are showing you. Oh my goodness. The powerful chilled calls many buildings to crumble to pieces while other buildings swayed back and forth shattering windows. Inside of the buildings, people work holding onto each other as they watched the worst. On the ground, some streets were littered with rubble and debris. Many Community Members joined forces with rescue workers and swept into action to start the recovery process. Many lined up along the street, passing down rocks and pieces of concrete in an effort to clear the rubble as they search for survivors. So far the
Streets. [ screaming ] reporter dramatic video of an entire building imploding after a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake jolted mexico city and its surrounding areas. [ sirens ] reporter at large forced thousands to flee nearby buildings only to watch streetlights sway overhead. Meanwhile, others huddled inside clenching each other for comfort fearing the floor could crumble below them. This video posted on twitter shows the side of another building collapsing to the ground. As onlookers screamed and cried in horror. Streets were littered with rubble and debris. Thousands of Community Members joined rescue workers as they worked to start their recovery process. Finally, a positive sign. Someone had been found in the rubble alive as crews rushed to carry survivors away on gurneys to seek treatment. As the hours pass, more people were pulled from the wreckage with many more still likely trapped. The u. S. Geological survey says it was centered near a central state town 76 miles of mexico city. A
He sure freeway 70 minute bright thats a good is the time that some people get up so early and get on the road. Its not crowded, but theres certainly a lot of people on interstate 80 at the bay bridge looks like malaise of the pole plaza. Definitely people coming through on San Francisco. Clearing up an accident that is there on the shoulder, not a big delay from temperatures go to daly city. At 4 32 am lets go back to the desk. Getting word that the deadly Apartment Fire in the city of oakland, the information just coming in as happened in the 400 block of fairmont. These are life pictures. You can see the firefighters up on the roof at least one person has died. The flames have been contained to one apartment unit. But again it has been a deadly fire. The cameras are there up on literally up on the roof with the firefighters battling the flames, putting out whats left of the Apartment Fire. This is in the city of oakland the 400 block of fairmount at least one person has died. As we
Dow close to segment lows. Lets get to it. We know the president will be speaking in the diplomatic room at 11 306789 we are getting new details from the White House Press pool about how the president has spent his morning. We are told that the president and vicepresident were notified of the situation in alexandria this morning the president has already spoken to the speaker of the house, the Senate Majority leader and the wife of congressman, Steve Scalise, the congressman that was apparently bad will you injured in that attack we are also told he has spoken to congressman Steve Scalise and the chief of the Capitol Police, which would norm will you not be under president ial jurisdiction but the president clearly reaching out to all of those individuals to offer his support and condolences an also to coordinate the federal government response. We will find out more from the president at 11 30 about what the government knows about this gunman, the attacker, his possible motive. You sa
Cancelled. Major garrett is at the white house and joining us with the latest on that. It was a short agenda today. Only one public event for the president , a a 3 30 speech at the department of labor to highlight his efforts to expand the workplace apprenticeships. That event has now been cancelled. And the white house is contemplating where and how and if the president will give remarks about todays tragic events. I can tell you that the president has telephoned House Speaker paul ryan and is making other calls to members of the House Republican conference and leadership and the white house is reviewing the president s schedule for the remainder of the day gathering more information and contemplating when or if the president will make public remarks on todays tragic events. One of the things we do not know what the motives were, but if this was terrorism, this is exactly the kind of impact that they want to have. They want to scare people, create disruption and that kind of thing. Th