A powerful earthquake striking overnight while people were asleep. The damage is widespread. At least 21 people are now dead. That number is expected to rise. We have video just in showing rescuers trying to reach people buried under a collapsed building. Moments ago, a woman and her dog were pulled out alive. That 6. 2 quakes epicenter was in the mountainous central part of the country. Its made buildings in rome sway. Heres a live picture of amatrice, roughly about 100 miles from rome. That gives you a sense of how powerful the quake was. Rescuers there using bare hands, looking for survivors. Abcs Jennifer Eccleston is live for us in london. Shes been following the developments all night long. Jennifer, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. Its been several hours since this 6. Earthquake. Rescue crews are still trying to so far, a number of dead. At least 21 people. The aftershocks continue to rattle this community now on edge. This morning, a town in ruins. Central
Nobody gives a hoot if youre a democrat or a republican. They care about making sure theyre getting the drywall out. Reporter the drywall is already out at karls house in denim springs. He says its time the president showed up. Youre our president. You should be here getting things moving. Reporter with the fema inspector assessing his damage, his neighbor says anything that keeps the spotlight here is good. As long as theyre here, thats all that matters. Matters. Reporter more than 110 people have asked for assistance. Officials estimate it will take three months to clean up the debris, and schools are delaying opening until next month. Abc news, phillip mena. Now to wildfires in the northwest. About 50 campers were forced to evacuate in northeast wyoming. Another fire in yellowstone that goes into the park. A similar story in Eastern Washington where several fires are burning. Firefighters have made progress, but the dry weather and rough terrain are posing problems. Theyve declared
That breaking news in italy. A powerful earthquake striking overnight while people were asleep. The damage is widespread. At least 21 people are now dead. That number is expected to rise. We have video just in showing rescuers trying to reach people buried under a collapsed building. Moments ago, a woman and her dog were pulled out alive. That 6. 2 quakes epicenter was in the mountainous central part of the country. Its made buildings in rome heres a live picture of amatrice, roughly about 100 miles from rome. That gives you a sense of how powerful the quake was. Rescuers there using bare hands, looking for survivors. Abcs Jennifer Eccleston is live for us in london. Shes been following the developments all night long. Jennifer, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. Its been several hours since this 6. Earthquake. Rescue crews are still trying to rural umbria in central italy. So far, a number of dead. At least 21 people. The aftershocks continue to rattle this communi
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Police brutality. Heres a man held on the ground by l. A. Police officers. He is not armed and appears to be kicked in the head. Officer Richard Garcia faced up to three years in prison for felony assault but received a plea deal that keeps him out of jail. Ed a to cats for the deaths and victims family are wanting a full accounting for what led to the death in north carolina. Linsey davis with reporter officials are searching through Police Dashboard and body camera video to find out why an unarmed deaf man was shot to death by police feet away from his home. Police say they were trying to pull him over for speeding. But he didnt stop for seven miles until he made it home and got out of his car. Why harris didnt stop is unclear. Eyewitnesss suggest he may have been using hand gestures or soon language with police. He was deaf. He didnt hear anything. Reporter harris, the father of a threeyearold was killed by a single gunshot, according to authorities. His brother who is also deaf say