Are battling to reach people still trapped in rubble, following fridays earthquake. Nearly than 2,500 people are known to have died. Four nations britain, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to keep digging by hand. We can now bring you live pictures from the scene in marrakesh. These images show you long lines of people waiting to give blood in the wake of the earthquake. Of course, many Field Hospitals are also being set p Field Hospitals are also being set up in the remote areas, and there are many people injured as well, thousands injured in the earthquake, so people there, as you can see, long queues of people, waiting in the heat there, in marrakesh. They are ready to donate blood for those who need it. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in the atlas mountains. Atlas mountains. Miraculously, in this vill
Are we bring you news and interviews on bbc news. We begin with the latest from morocco. Teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped in rubble following fridays earthquake. Nearly two and a half thousand people are known to have died. Four nations britain, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to keep digging by hand. 0ur middle east correspondent is in the Atlas Mountains and sent this report. Dont lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco s most remote hill site has become encampments for survivors. This lady has lost contact with her son who fled the village to get help. She was already grieving, her husband had been sick and died before the earthquake came. Translation we and died before the earthquake came. Translation translation we are staying in the street, i translation we are staying in
Could hear shots fired as they arrived. Jeff police say the gunman held up a big five Sporting Goods store in san bruno and made off with a rifle and shells. Police say he came to the contruction site next to the hospital after that and began shooting. When Police Arrived on scene the suspect was on the top of the building under construction. Officers were forced to shoot the gunman out of fear for the safety of the public. the rifle was directed at the hospital. Officers directed their firearms at the suspect who then lowered the riflepointing it down below. Three officers fired, neutralizing the suspect. The suspect is deceased. Jeff that police threw a distraction as you can imagine, all of this around the hospital at the time. People were scared and running away. Tim lawson i thought they were running needlessly and one of the bigger security guys said no, turn around and i heard a shot that i thought was construction noise and when i heard the second shot the big guy told me to tu
Right. We were there friday where this problem is most acute. We heard from the folks on the ground that are doing this work that they can process within the first 20 hours or so. Then the rest of the time that theyre in our custody is waiting for suitable space to send them to. Are the children entitled to protect under the prison act. They are. That is your understanding . Yes. Chair recognizes the gentleman from california for five minutes. Chief vitiello, let me ask you a couple of questions following up on bobby scotts questions if someone tells you a name, do you have any way to verify it for a 13yearold who simply says this is my name . Agents will use their experience. If a person has documents or some. If they have no documents, they simply say, im joe. So unless they have a prior history in the u. S. So if their prints arent on file, they tell you a name, you have to accept the name. Do you know their age other than guessing it because they tell you their age, is that correct
It cant come from the press person. Usually when you say that, by the way, half of all requests go away because theyre not quite willing to ratchet it up that high. So i always insist that they ratchet it up that high, offer very, very specific proof. And i would say still most of the time we go with the story. But if somebody offers are there stories we have held over the years, stories that met that standard . Yes. A brief portion from tonights look at the relationship between the press and the government. See that starting at 8 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, c san. Cspan. Now, more from the series of author interviews that make up cspans latest book, sundays at eight. This is a conversation with historian and author David Mccullough from our q a program. This is just under two hours. Cspan David Mccullough, where did you get the title for your new book, the greater journey . It happened on november 15th, as a matter of fact. I somehow or another know exactly when i suddenly