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Africanamericans, fred. Natasha chen, thank you so much. Well check back with you. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for being with me. Im Fredricka Whitfield. It is noon in the east coast and 9 a. M. In the west coast as another powerful earthquake has hit Southern California, this one near ridgecrest with a magnitude of 7. 1 magnitude. This jolt 11 times stronger than the one that hit the same area the day before. Moments ago emergency officials warning residents that some homes and buildings may have been weakened or damaged by the quake and could be everyone could be in danger of experiencing morning strikes. We know through time that buildings are going to get weaker. A 6. 4, 7. 1. Maybe its not a 7. 1 next time but maybe its lower. With that there could be more damage just because structures are weakened. We just need to be vij lanlt gi the community of ridgecrest is. Theyre strong and vigilant people doing a great job and have a lot of perseverance. This major quake knocked out power and water to the area and sparked several fires. So far there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. The epicenter of the quake missed the major cities nearby. You see los angeles and even las vegas. Lets go now to cnns sara sidner in ridgecrest. Reporter it turned out the 6. 4 magnitude quake was just a foreshock. About 8 20 friday night the violent jolt from a 7. 1 magnitude quake traumatized the town again. Cars just started dancing. The dogs were freaking out. The cattle behind us were going nuts. It ruptured gas lines, caused fires. Everybody okay . Reporter knocked out power. Left some residents scraped and bruised and at the very least scared. Many of them are sleeping outside tonight. We are offering any services as noted earlier. We have places for people to shelter here, but many are choosing to just be with their neighbors, both in their sidewalks, in their driveways and some of them are in the streets. Reporter in the nearby city of bakersfield, the shifting earth sent rocks cascading on to a highway and created cracks along the highway. Across the california border in las vegas, the shaking sent a wave of panic in the stands during the Nba Las Vegas Summer League game. And more than 150 miles away in los angeles, tens of thousands of l. A. Dodgers fans felt the familiar yet unnerving jostling from the quake, though the game went on. Near the epicenter, seismologists say there is still a chance that the 7. 1 is only a foreshock, but the more likely scenario is strong aftershocks that go on for days. Its a very energetic system, sequence. So theres no reason to think that we cant have more large earthquakes. And the number of aftershocks are very apparent. We felt a few early this morning. So far according to u. S. G. A. s data, there has been since the 6. 4 earthquake on july 4th, there have been more than 2,300 aftershocks but to be clear, some of them are small enough that you dont really feel them, theyre closer to the epicenter, not big events. Some of them are large enough to make it rattle and roll around here. The residents here are simply tired of worrying about the fact that there could potentially, about a 5 chance or so potentially be a one earthquake that is bigger than the 7. 1. Everyone here hoping that is not the case. But one thing to keep in mind we heard from the fire chief a bit ago is that every time theres shaking that is significant enough, it can weaken structures even further. So far weve been driving around this town here in ridgecrest. Everyone says they have some kind of damage but we havent seen any major damage except for fires, four of them in the past 12 hours, the fire chief told us. Sara sidner, thank you so much. Joining me on the phone is sarah tanner. She lives in ridgecrest where that earthquake hit. How are you feeling today . A little tired. Nerves are rattled. So explain to me what it is you experienced last night. About i guess it was about 8 20 or whatever, we first had a i guess it was probably a foreshock at that point, and we had kind of gone to go outside then and one of the dogs got out and we went to chase her. Thankfully everyone went outside to do so because we were outside for the 7. 1. But it just amazing to see how the cars were rolling not rolling but moving on their axels and the ground looked like it was literally rolling. It was crazy. What about your home . How is your home . Did you see any visible fractures or anything like that . We have not noticed weve looked, we have not seen any damage whatsoever. Fortunately weve been able to we have become just the safe haven for family and friends and friend of people just people that needed somewhere to go to get out of their houses and somewhere safe to sleep for the night. So many people, their nerves were so rattled that, yes, they are taking up on the offers of going to friends homes, staying together. Describe to me what the psychology is for so many of your friends and family members who say, yeah, lets all stick together. Is it more comforting to be en masse in one place or are you finding there are some friends and family members who are even fearful about being indoors . Definitely fearful. A lot of us are fearful for being indoors. I think it was probably 1 30 or 2 00 this morning before we came back inside. And, you know, started getting some beds together. Some people slept inside and some slept outside because they were more comfortable with it. We all were terrified. Some of us are so tired at this point from not sleeping because its just been shaking pretty much constantly since thursday morning. So were only getting a few hours of sleep, you know, kind of here and there, in between significant jolts. So this will be like day three of anxiety. How long do you think youre going to feel on edge like this . Knowing that we live in ridgecrest, ive lived here my whole life. Weve been the earthquake capital before and we never had a quake of this magnitude but weve gone through periods of time where weve had shakers all the time. I know thats probably whats coming and isnt going to end any time soon. But the psychology of it is a lot different knowing that we just had this big one. It going to be interesting to see how we well, we are with you, we are wishing you and everybody there the best. Youre welcome. Thank you so much. A couple things i in thenoti the media if it can help, i noticed a lot of damage that hasnt been addressed on the east side of town, technically San Bernardino county. There was from what i know quite a few homes that were probably red tagged over there from being thrown off their foundation and all kinds of other problems as well. So i know people that have lost their homes as a result not from fire but as a result of the shaking itself. And i know that, you know, were not getting here where we live, were so secluded, we dont have our own News Networks or anything like that. So were really depending on l. A. Or National Media to kind of tell us whats going on. Theres a real shortage of information for us so we really appreciate what youre doing. Sara, hopefully that information that you just conveyed now can actually help get the assistance to places that may be harder to reach and folks didnt otherwise know before you shared that with us. Sara tanner, thank you so much for your time and information. Really appreciate it. Still ahead, the earthquakes in california are putting tremendous pressure on emergency services, including one hospital forced to shut down amid threats of new aftershocks. Plus President Trump keeps pushing his plan on the 2020 census, intending to add a question about citizenship. Could he use an executive order to finally get his way . Of savings and service. Whoa. Travis in it made it. Its amazing. Oh is that traviss app . Its pretty cool, isnt it . Theres two of them. Theyre multiplying. No, guys, its me. See, im real. Im real he thinks hes real. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Here are evenonere reasons to join tmobile. Do you like Stranger Things . Sure you do. Thats why netflix is on us. Two unlimited data. Use as much as you want, when you want. Three no surprises on your bill. Taxes and fees included. Still think you have a better deal . Bring in your discount, and well match it. Thats right. Tmobile will match your discount. Hi, do you have a travel card . We do the discover it® miles card. Earn unlimited 1. 5 miles on every purchase, plus well match your miles at the end of your first year. Youll match my miles . Yeah mile for mile and no blackout dates or annual fee. Nice i was thinking about taking a scuba diving trip i love that. Or maybe go surfing. Or not. Ok. Maybe somewhere else. Maybe a petting zoo. Cant go wrong. Cant get eaten. Earn miles. Well match em at the end of your first year. Plus no annual fee or blackouts. The discover it® miles card. Were continuing to follow breaking news out of Southern California. A 7. 1 earthquake hit last night and is the second to rock the ridgecrest area in just two days. Last night this chaotic scene at the regional hospital. Patients being wheeled out to the parking lot, some still hooked up to i. V. S, nurses having to tend to patients in complete darkness. The hospital closed after thursdays quake and were learning it could remain closed for at least another week. Outside they set up a Triage Center for emergencies. And thats where we find cnn correspondent stephanie elam. Tell us more about what people are experiencing there. Well, fred, i can tell you that we now know that the hospital has been restored with its power. Thats the good news. However, because of that shaking, because of the intensity of that earthquake here and think about it, people have some serious medical concerns inside of the hospital, they wanted them out of here. They went ahead and evacuated those people out to hospitals, most likely west of here towards the los angeles area. They have set up some cots that are out here and tents out here in the parking lot. Right now theres nobody in them and theyre really not planning on opening up. Theyre partially open. If someone came in with an emergency, they would help them as best they could but would want to transfer them to a different hospital here. Keep in mind, when an earthquake hits, youre supposed to drop cover and hold on, thats what youre supposed to do. You cant necessarily do that if youre at the hospital. Thats part of the reason they didnt want to take any chances here and they wanted to evacuate. The other issue is after a 7. 1 earthquake, any of the aftershocks could be sizable in and themselves. That could be more danger. Youve heard about the people who have been staying outside because they were afraid to be inside of their homes because of what could fall, let alone if a wall were to fall or anything like that. These concerns are also part of the reasons why theyre keeping people out of these buildings, especially if theyre already in medical need. They want to keep them safe, as we are still experiencing aftershocks in the ridgecrest area. Some of them you do take note of for sure. You mention, stephanie, power back on. Did they also have a chance to really inspect and see what kind of damage that hospital may have endured . Reporter thats what all of these precautions are about. Because with each earthquake a building could be compromised a little bit more. Think about if you had like a glass on a table and if you shook it and you shook it again and you shook it again and finally that third one might be the one that knocks that glass off the table. Its the same sort of idea. Because of that they want to inspect all of these if a sifac. When the earthquake hit, the sun was up but on its way down at the time. Because of that they arent able to get a really good idea of what was happening until now when the sun is up. Theyre taking a better look, making sure everything is okay before they open it up but it might not be until next week. Experts are warning that an even more powerful quake could hit Southern California in a matter of days. Cnn meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us from the weather center. 7. 1 earthquake, thats pretty significant. People felt it hundreds of miles away. No question about it. A major earthquake, we only get about 15 worldwide throughout the year. What you said already happened, right . The 6. 4 was supposed to be the main quake. It was a very small percentage we would get a stronger one and 34 hours after the 6. 4, a major quake at 7. 1, another shallow one. As you get further away from the epicenter, the shaking is not as significant. Youre looking at 20 Million People that felt light shaking in l. A. , but close to the epicenter about 30,000 felt severe and that was not felt with the 6. 4. Look at all the aftershocks that continue, were talking hundreds and hundreds and eventually thousands of aftershocks. Were not all going to feel those but theyre still going to be there. This is the big question everyone is asking. 7. 1, could we get something that is higher . Could this be another foreshock . Well, thats a possibility. Its very low, though. Were down to three. Yesterday we were at four. The point is that this probability of getting something higher than a 7. 1 will continue to go down. Were down to two tomorrow and the furst away we get from that 7. 1, the greater the chances that we are done, at least with the major part of the quakes. But well continue with hundreds and eventually thousands of the aftershocks of this 7. 1 major earthquake which we havent seen in california in 20 years. The smaller earthquakes or aftershocks will continue to provide problems. We could have additional gas line breaks, additional power outages. Look at the forecast here over the next few days. Were looking at temperatures in the upper 90s to low 100s. So on top of that, rescuers, folks trying to get their businesses and homes back in shape, theyre going to be doing it with sweltering heat over the next few days. Chad myers takes over our coverage beginning the next hour. For now back to you, fred. Thank you so much. Coming up, the fight over a sencensus question takes anothe sharp turn in court. The u. S. Has a new strategy following the u. S. Supreme court weighing in. That next. From the floor plan. Free wifi. And the price match guarantee. So with hilton there is no catch. Yeah the only catch is im never leaving. No im serious, i live here now. Book at hilton. Com and get the hilton price match guarantee. Wireless Network Claims are americas most reliable network. The nations largest and most reliable network. The best network is even better . Best, fastest, best. Enough. Sprints doing things differently. Theyre offering a new 100 total satisfaction guarantee. I mean i think Sprints Network and savings are great, but dont just take my word for it. Try it out and decide for yourself. Switch to sprint and get both an unlimited plan and one of the newest phones included for just 35 a month. Din this clif bar isst brown rice syrup . Which is just another name for sugar. This kind bars first ingredient is almonds. Which is just another name for. Almonds. Look inside this kind wrapper and youll see wholesome ingredients like heart healthy nuts. With the taste of delicious dark chocolate. And only 5 grams of sugar. Thats 75 less sugar than the leading clif bar. So you can be kinder to yourself. And others. Be kind to yourself. Wanna take your xfi now you can with xfi advantage. Giving you enhanced performance and protection. When devices are connected to your homes wifi, theyre protected. Helping keep outsiders from getting inside. And if someone tries, well let you know. So you can stream, surf and game all you want, with confidence you can get coverage where you need it most. Thats xfi advantage. Make your xfi even better. Upgrade today. Call, click or visit a store. The u. S. Justice Department Lawyers have told a federal judge in maryland that they are still looking for a way to add a Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. The judge allowed an immigrant rights group to move forward with their lawsuit against the Trump Administration. An Administration Official says right now the census will be printed without the controversial question, but the president says he is considering one option in particular for adding it back in. Reporter are you going to do an executive order on the census . Were thinking about doing that. Its one of the ways. We have four or five ways we can do it. Were doing well on the census. Sara westwood is traveling with the president as he spends the weekend at his golf resort in new jersey. After the citizenship census question was criticized by the Supreme Court, what is the president s argument for trying to revive this issue . Reporter fred, President Trump is arguing its Still Necessary to include that question in the census to determine whether a person answering is a citizen or a noncitizen. Hes still fighting for this despite that ruling, that setback, from the Supreme Court. Even though the Commerce Department has said theyre starting to print the census without that Citizenship Question included, sources tell cnn the president has expressed frustration with the way this has been handled. President trump is arguing its necessary for districting and to determine the al occas allocati taxpayer dollars. You need it for many reasons. Number one, you need it for congress, for districting. You need it for appropriations. Where are the funds going . How many people are there . Are they citizens . Are they not citizens . You need it for many reasons. Reporter now, justice Department Lawyers told a court yesterday that theyre still exploring options for moving forward with the citizen ship question. The Supreme Court told the administration they needed to find a new rationale for the Citizenship Question if they wanted to include it but they didnt rule out including it altogether. President trump said hes considering four or five different options. One of them is that executive order. Of course, he created some confusion earlier this week when he said he was not ready to give up the battle over the Fredricka Whitfield<\/a>. It is noon in the east coast and 9 a. M. In the west coast as another powerful earthquake has hit Southern California<\/a>, this one near ridgecrest with a magnitude of 7. 1 magnitude. This jolt 11 times stronger than the one that hit the same area the day before. Moments ago emergency officials warning residents that some homes and buildings may have been weakened or damaged by the quake and could be everyone could be in danger of experiencing morning strikes. We know through time that buildings are going to get weaker. A 6. 4, 7. 1. Maybe its not a 7. 1 next time but maybe its lower. With that there could be more damage just because structures are weakened. We just need to be vij lanlt gi the community of ridgecrest is. Theyre strong and vigilant people doing a great job and have a lot of perseverance. This major quake knocked out power and water to the area and sparked several fires. So far there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. The epicenter of the quake missed the major cities nearby. You see los angeles and even las vegas. Lets go now to cnns sara sidner in ridgecrest. Reporter it turned out the 6. 4 magnitude quake was just a foreshock. About 8 20 friday night the violent jolt from a 7. 1 magnitude quake traumatized the town again. Cars just started dancing. The dogs were freaking out. The cattle behind us were going nuts. It ruptured gas lines, caused fires. Everybody okay . Reporter knocked out power. Left some residents scraped and bruised and at the very least scared. Many of them are sleeping outside tonight. We are offering any services as noted earlier. We have places for people to shelter here, but many are choosing to just be with their neighbors, both in their sidewalks, in their driveways and some of them are in the streets. Reporter in the nearby city of bakersfield, the shifting earth sent rocks cascading on to a highway and created cracks along the highway. Across the california border in las vegas, the shaking sent a wave of panic in the stands during the Nba Las Vegas Summer League<\/a> game. And more than 150 miles away in los angeles, tens of thousands of l. A. Dodgers fans felt the familiar yet unnerving jostling from the quake, though the game went on. Near the epicenter, seismologists say there is still a chance that the 7. 1 is only a foreshock, but the more likely scenario is strong aftershocks that go on for days. Its a very energetic system, sequence. So theres no reason to think that we cant have more large earthquakes. And the number of aftershocks are very apparent. We felt a few early this morning. So far according to u. S. G. A. s data, there has been since the 6. 4 earthquake on july 4th, there have been more than 2,300 aftershocks but to be clear, some of them are small enough that you dont really feel them, theyre closer to the epicenter, not big events. Some of them are large enough to make it rattle and roll around here. The residents here are simply tired of worrying about the fact that there could potentially, about a 5 chance or so potentially be a one earthquake that is bigger than the 7. 1. Everyone here hoping that is not the case. But one thing to keep in mind we heard from the fire chief a bit ago is that every time theres shaking that is significant enough, it can weaken structures even further. So far weve been driving around this town here in ridgecrest. Everyone says they have some kind of damage but we havent seen any major damage except for fires, four of them in the past 12 hours, the fire chief told us. Sara sidner, thank you so much. Joining me on the phone is sarah tanner. She lives in ridgecrest where that earthquake hit. How are you feeling today . A little tired. Nerves are rattled. So explain to me what it is you experienced last night. About i guess it was about 8 20 or whatever, we first had a i guess it was probably a foreshock at that point, and we had kind of gone to go outside then and one of the dogs got out and we went to chase her. Thankfully everyone went outside to do so because we were outside for the 7. 1. But it just amazing to see how the cars were rolling not rolling but moving on their axels and the ground looked like it was literally rolling. It was crazy. What about your home . How is your home . Did you see any visible fractures or anything like that . We have not noticed weve looked, we have not seen any damage whatsoever. Fortunately weve been able to we have become just the safe haven for family and friends and friend of people just people that needed somewhere to go to get out of their houses and somewhere safe to sleep for the night. So many people, their nerves were so rattled that, yes, they are taking up on the offers of going to friends homes, staying together. Describe to me what the psychology is for so many of your friends and family members who say, yeah, lets all stick together. Is it more comforting to be en masse in one place or are you finding there are some friends and family members who are even fearful about being indoors . Definitely fearful. A lot of us are fearful for being indoors. I think it was probably 1 30 or 2 00 this morning before we came back inside. And, you know, started getting some beds together. Some people slept inside and some slept outside because they were more comfortable with it. We all were terrified. Some of us are so tired at this point from not sleeping because its just been shaking pretty much constantly since thursday morning. So were only getting a few hours of sleep, you know, kind of here and there, in between significant jolts. So this will be like day three of anxiety. How long do you think youre going to feel on edge like this . Knowing that we live in ridgecrest, ive lived here my whole life. Weve been the earthquake capital before and we never had a quake of this magnitude but weve gone through periods of time where weve had shakers all the time. I know thats probably whats coming and isnt going to end any time soon. But the psychology of it is a lot different knowing that we just had this big one. It going to be interesting to see how we well, we are with you, we are wishing you and everybody there the best. Youre welcome. Thank you so much. A couple things i in thenoti the media if it can help, i noticed a lot of damage that hasnt been addressed on the east side of town, technically San Bernardino<\/a> county. There was from what i know quite a few homes that were probably red tagged over there from being thrown off their foundation and all kinds of other problems as well. So i know people that have lost their homes as a result not from fire but as a result of the shaking itself. And i know that, you know, were not getting here where we live, were so secluded, we dont have our own News Networks<\/a> or anything like that. So were really depending on l. A. Or National Media<\/a> to kind of tell us whats going on. Theres a real shortage of information for us so we really appreciate what youre doing. Sara, hopefully that information that you just conveyed now can actually help get the assistance to places that may be harder to reach and folks didnt otherwise know before you shared that with us. Sara tanner, thank you so much for your time and information. Really appreciate it. Still ahead, the earthquakes in california are putting tremendous pressure on emergency services, including one hospital forced to shut down amid threats of new aftershocks. Plus President Trump<\/a> keeps pushing his plan on the 2020 census, intending to add a question about citizenship. Could he use an executive order to finally get his way . Of savings and service. Whoa. Travis in it made it. Its amazing. Oh is that traviss app . Its pretty cool, isnt it . Theres two of them. Theyre multiplying. No, guys, its me. See, im real. Im real he thinks hes real. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Here are evenonere reasons to join tmobile. Do you like Stranger Things<\/a> . Sure you do. Thats why netflix is on us. Two unlimited data. Use as much as you want, when you want. Three no surprises on your bill. Taxes and fees included. Still think you have a better deal . Bring in your discount, and well match it. Thats right. Tmobile will match your discount. Hi, do you have a travel card . We do the discover it\u00ae miles card. Earn unlimited 1. 5 miles on every purchase, plus well match your miles at the end of your first year. Youll match my miles . Yeah mile for mile and no blackout dates or annual fee. Nice i was thinking about taking a scuba diving trip i love that. Or maybe go surfing. Or not. Ok. Maybe somewhere else. Maybe a petting zoo. Cant go wrong. Cant get eaten. Earn miles. Well match em at the end of your first year. Plus no annual fee or blackouts. The discover it\u00ae miles card. Were continuing to follow breaking news out of Southern California<\/a>. A 7. 1 earthquake hit last night and is the second to rock the ridgecrest area in just two days. Last night this chaotic scene at the regional hospital. Patients being wheeled out to the parking lot, some still hooked up to i. V. S, nurses having to tend to patients in complete darkness. The hospital closed after thursdays quake and were learning it could remain closed for at least another week. Outside they set up a Triage Center<\/a> for emergencies. And thats where we find cnn correspondent stephanie elam. Tell us more about what people are experiencing there. Well, fred, i can tell you that we now know that the hospital has been restored with its power. Thats the good news. However, because of that shaking, because of the intensity of that earthquake here and think about it, people have some serious medical concerns inside of the hospital, they wanted them out of here. They went ahead and evacuated those people out to hospitals, most likely west of here towards the los angeles area. They have set up some cots that are out here and tents out here in the parking lot. Right now theres nobody in them and theyre really not planning on opening up. Theyre partially open. If someone came in with an emergency, they would help them as best they could but would want to transfer them to a different hospital here. Keep in mind, when an earthquake hits, youre supposed to drop cover and hold on, thats what youre supposed to do. You cant necessarily do that if youre at the hospital. Thats part of the reason they didnt want to take any chances here and they wanted to evacuate. The other issue is after a 7. 1 earthquake, any of the aftershocks could be sizable in and themselves. That could be more danger. Youve heard about the people who have been staying outside because they were afraid to be inside of their homes because of what could fall, let alone if a wall were to fall or anything like that. These concerns are also part of the reasons why theyre keeping people out of these buildings, especially if theyre already in medical need. They want to keep them safe, as we are still experiencing aftershocks in the ridgecrest area. Some of them you do take note of for sure. You mention, stephanie, power back on. Did they also have a chance to really inspect and see what kind of damage that hospital may have endured . Reporter thats what all of these precautions are about. Because with each earthquake a building could be compromised a little bit more. Think about if you had like a glass on a table and if you shook it and you shook it again and you shook it again and finally that third one might be the one that knocks that glass off the table. Its the same sort of idea. Because of that they want to inspect all of these if a sifac. When the earthquake hit, the sun was up but on its way down at the time. Because of that they arent able to get a really good idea of what was happening until now when the sun is up. Theyre taking a better look, making sure everything is okay before they open it up but it might not be until next week. Experts are warning that an even more powerful quake could hit Southern California<\/a> in a matter of days. Cnn meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us from the weather center. 7. 1 earthquake, thats pretty significant. People felt it hundreds of miles away. No question about it. A major earthquake, we only get about 15 worldwide throughout the year. What you said already happened, right . The 6. 4 was supposed to be the main quake. It was a very small percentage we would get a stronger one and 34 hours after the 6. 4, a major quake at 7. 1, another shallow one. As you get further away from the epicenter, the shaking is not as significant. Youre looking at 20 Million People<\/a> that felt light shaking in l. A. , but close to the epicenter about 30,000 felt severe and that was not felt with the 6. 4. Look at all the aftershocks that continue, were talking hundreds and hundreds and eventually thousands of aftershocks. Were not all going to feel those but theyre still going to be there. This is the big question everyone is asking. 7. 1, could we get something that is higher . Could this be another foreshock . Well, thats a possibility. Its very low, though. Were down to three. Yesterday we were at four. The point is that this probability of getting something higher than a 7. 1 will continue to go down. Were down to two tomorrow and the furst away we get from that 7. 1, the greater the chances that we are done, at least with the major part of the quakes. But well continue with hundreds and eventually thousands of the aftershocks of this 7. 1 major earthquake which we havent seen in california in 20 years. The smaller earthquakes or aftershocks will continue to provide problems. We could have additional gas line breaks, additional power outages. Look at the forecast here over the next few days. Were looking at temperatures in the upper 90s to low 100s. So on top of that, rescuers, folks trying to get their businesses and homes back in shape, theyre going to be doing it with sweltering heat over the next few days. Chad myers takes over our coverage beginning the next hour. For now back to you, fred. Thank you so much. Coming up, the fight over a sencensus question takes anothe sharp turn in court. The u. S. Has a new strategy following the u. S. Supreme court weighing in. That next. From the floor plan. Free wifi. And the price match guarantee. So with hilton there is no catch. Yeah the only catch is im never leaving. No im serious, i live here now. Book at hilton. Com and get the hilton price match guarantee. Wireless Network Claims<\/a> are americas most reliable network. The nations largest and most reliable network. The best network is even better . Best, fastest, best. Enough. Sprints doing things differently. Theyre offering a new 100 total satisfaction guarantee. I mean i think Sprints Network<\/a> and savings are great, but dont just take my word for it. Try it out and decide for yourself. Switch to sprint and get both an unlimited plan and one of the newest phones included for just 35 a month. Din this clif bar isst brown rice syrup . Which is just another name for sugar. This kind bars first ingredient is almonds. Which is just another name for. Almonds. Look inside this kind wrapper and youll see wholesome ingredients like heart healthy nuts. With the taste of delicious dark chocolate. And only 5 grams of sugar. Thats 75 less sugar than the leading clif bar. So you can be kinder to yourself. And others. Be kind to yourself. Wanna take your xfi now you can with xfi advantage. Giving you enhanced performance and protection. When devices are connected to your homes wifi, theyre protected. Helping keep outsiders from getting inside. And if someone tries, well let you know. So you can stream, surf and game all you want, with confidence you can get coverage where you need it most. Thats xfi advantage. Make your xfi even better. Upgrade today. Call, click or visit a store. The u. S. Justice Department Lawyers<\/a> have told a federal judge in maryland that they are still looking for a way to add a Citizenship Question<\/a> to the 2020 census. The judge allowed an immigrant rights group to move forward with their lawsuit against the Trump Administration<\/a>. An Administration Official<\/a> says right now the census will be printed without the controversial question, but the president says he is considering one option in particular for adding it back in. Reporter are you going to do an executive order on the census . Were thinking about doing that. Its one of the ways. We have four or five ways we can do it. Were doing well on the census. Sara westwood is traveling with the president as he spends the weekend at his golf resort in new jersey. After the citizenship census question was criticized by the Supreme Court<\/a>, what is the president s argument for trying to revive this issue . Reporter fred, President Trump<\/a> is arguing its Still Necessary<\/a> to include that question in the census to determine whether a person answering is a citizen or a noncitizen. Hes still fighting for this despite that ruling, that setback, from the Supreme Court<\/a>. Even though the Commerce Department<\/a> has said theyre starting to print the census without that Citizenship Question<\/a> included, sources tell cnn the president has expressed frustration with the way this has been handled. President trump is arguing its necessary for districting and to determine the al occas allocati taxpayer dollars. You need it for many reasons. Number one, you need it for congress, for districting. You need it for appropriations. Where are the funds going . How many people are there . Are they citizens . Are they not citizens . You need it for many reasons. Reporter now, justice Department Lawyers<\/a> told a court yesterday that theyre still exploring options for moving forward with the citizen ship question. The Supreme Court<\/a> told the administration they needed to find a new rationale for the Citizenship Question<\/a> if they wanted to include it but they didnt rule out including it altogether. President trump said hes considering four or five different options. One of them is that executive order. Of course, he created some confusion earlier this week when he said he was not ready to give up the battle over the Citizenship Question<\/a> after commerce secretary wilbur ross had said that the Commerce Department<\/a> was going ahead and printing those forms. Fred, its clear the Trump White House<\/a> not giving up on this citizen question just yet. Sarah westwood, thank you so much. Coming up, former Vice President<\/a> joe biden facing tough questions on Race Relations<\/a> following his latest debate performance. But first, from the first silent film to the current blockbusters of today, the history of American Cinema<\/a> is sometimes beautiful, occasionally controversial but always inspiring. Tomorrow night our brand new cnn original series the movies, will delve into the stories behind the movies that you love. 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When it comes to here, the Plantation Fire Department<\/a> saying there have been multiple patients here at this location. And this view shows some extensive damage, which is certainly something that will be highly concerning here for authorities. Youre looking at a portion of what is an l. A. Fitness there. I was looking at sort of a street view look at the area here and, as we said, there are multiple locations there, including that gym. At this point authorities are simply asking that people stay away from the region. They have been working the scene now for close to an hour and a half or so. But it really is quite dramatic scenes, live scenes, coming out of plantation, florida. Authorities reporting an apparent gas explosion at a shopping center. This again in plantation, florida, just west of Fort Lauderdale<\/a>, fred. Were going to stay in touch with authorities. As soon as we hear more about what is actually happening, well bring that information along to you. Did i hear you correctly, you said working this for an hour and a half . Meaning authorities have been on the scene for an hour and a half . Or is it being reported at all that authorities that this explosion happened an hour and a half ago . Reporter the initial tweet, fred, was posted about three hours ago by the Plantation Fire Department<\/a>. And they said a gas explosion on the southern block and that there would be street closure, mainly university drive. That is one way of telling when this likely happened, but authorities have been there on the ground for quite some time. Can you tell this investigation will be quite extensive because the damage is very extensive itself. Yeah, this is very unsettling. Thank you so much. Well check back with you. Of course were pressing authorities in order to get some information as well. Appreciate it. Well be right back. Of savings and service. Whoa. Travis in it made it. Its amazing. Oh is that traviss app . Its pretty cool, isnt it . 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But the intensity of some of, it did you see the questions about your past positions from the perspective of race being as relevant as they are . No, and i dont think theyre relevant because theyre taken out of context. What i didnt see is people who know me. They know me well. Its not like somebody who just came out of the blue and didnt know anything. Its so easy to go back 30, 40 and 50 years and take a context and take it completely out of context. I get all this information about other peoples past and what theyve done and not done, and, you know, im just not going to go there. If we keep doing that, we should be debating what we do from here. For example, this whole thing about race and bussing. I think if you take a look, our positions arent any different as were finding out. It was senator harris who says she sees it as a tool, not a must in all circumstances. Well, look at my record. I dont think bussing is about policy, mr. President. I think its about principle. When you look back at your record on it, you were not in favor of bussing. It was a different time, there were different applications. Why not just own it and say i was against it but now ive changed. I was in favor of bussing that was if the court ruled there was a law passed or a circumstance that a county, a city, a state did that prevented black folks from being somewhere, thats wrong, you should bus. I went so far as saying id use helicopters if that was necessary to make the point. And we really got in a town meeting that got very hot. But what the issue is now is, for example, and it was then, voluntary bussing, we supported it. We supported it then. And by the way, barack obama and i as president and Vice President<\/a> , we provided money for voluntary bussing if cities wanted to do it. Im not questioning any of that. When you look back in the 70s, you said i think bussing doesnt work, its an asanine concept. Bussing does not work. My state is the eighth largest black population in the country as a percent of population. They do not support it. How do you equalize education in every area . I put forward the most aggressive plan to do that and ive been pushing it for a long time. For example, title i schools, schools for disadvantaged, i proposed we go from 15 billion a year to 45 billion a year. Preschool from 3, 4, 5 years ve old, before kindergarten. Look, every child out there, every child out there is capable but they live in circumstances that make it difficult from the time they get to school, they heard 3 million, 4 million fewer words spoken. Theyre at a disadvantage. Right now the idea that 65 out of 100 jobs point out you need something beyond a high school degree. So what are we doing . Were sitting around here as if its an insoluble problem. I get it on the policy. I never have viewed the bussing back and for the on that debate as about policy or application and how to affect civil rights. Its about consistency and proving youll be better than what we are in the white house right now, that people dont tell the truth about things. If bussing didnt work and you werent for it, why not just be straight about it and move on . Number one, i was for voluntary bussing. I was for bussing where the court showed that in fact a legislative body took an action preventing black folks from going to a school. That is du joure segregation. The third one one is do you have an administration through their nonelected officials, the department of housing, decide every school should be equally balanced across the board . Thats a different issue. And the way to deal with that problem is what i did from the time i was a kid. I got out of law school, came back, had a great job, became a public defender. I fought for putting housing lowincome housing in suburbia. I talked about eliminating red lines and that School Districts<\/a> should be consolidated. Why didnt you fight it like this in the debate . In 30 seconds . What happens most in the debate, people blow their time queue. Youre the only person in a debate where i heard say im out of time. Do you think the American People<\/a> looked at that debate and thought take me out of it, i like the way thats being conducted. Theyre showing themselves to do really well. But theyre going to come after you. Sure theyre going to. Were you prepared for them to come after me . I was prepared but not the way she knew beau, she knows me. Anyway, heres the deal. What i do know and its the good and the bad news. The American People<\/a> think they know me and they know me. Since that occurred, i had the most soughtafter endorsement for the mayor of atlanta, a black leader, endorse me. Ive had numerous members of the black caucus endorse me. Are you worried about the polls slipping after the debate . No, no, these folks just came. Im making the point to you, i dont see it. 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Democrats and activists have put the Trump Administration<\/a> under pressure saying the facilities are overcrowded and unsanitary, but President Trump<\/a> said the facilities are being run, his word, beautifully. Meanwhile, facebook is stepping in and has removed content that contain vulgar and sexual lifly explicit video and images. What is the impact that these social media groups have on c. B. P. Operations now . It shows the power now. C. B. P. Has over 60,000 employees that are dedicated to the mission. Theres a small group of people, when you talk about the total numbers, its a small group of people that have posted these derogatory statements online in a closed group on facebook. From an operational standpoint, there really is little impact today. Its more of a reputational impact. Immigration activists are going to try to seize upon this as a moment to undermine the credibility of c. B. P. At a time when theyre already under scrutiny. That puts Senior Leadership<\/a> in a very difficult position on how do you address this issue for people who may or may not be actual employees of the agency itself . How do you correct the narrative and make sure the mission of c. B. P. Is folk focused and we do have this reputational issue . Does disciplinary action become difficult . How an agency zero in on responsibility . Leadership from both the agency and the department of Homeland Security<\/a> are taking the appropriate steps to make attribution to see if there are current employees who are making those statements within the group. Then you move into a potential adverse action position where that speech online is not protected. Its not fully protected as free speech when youre a government employee. So there are ramifications for making biasbased and derogatory statements online. This will set a precedent moving forward on how these types of groups are addressed within Law Enforcement<\/a> broadly and the c. B. P. Jonathan wackrow, thank you so much. We continue to follow the news out of plantation, florida, the images are tremendous. Officials confirming there was some kind of explosion at this shopping center. We have not been told about the extent of any injuries, but a twitter account from one of the authorities down there did say there were multiple injuries. We have cnn teams on the way. Well update you as soon as we know more. Still to come, shes not even old enough to drive, but shes already taking the tennis world by storm. The improbable wimbledon win streak from 15yearold coco gauff right after this. Discover card. Hi, do you have a travel card . We do the discover it\u00ae miles card. Earn unlimited 1. 5 miles on every purchase, plus well match your miles at the end of your first year. Youll match my miles . Yeah mile for mile and no blackout dates or annual fee. Nice i was thinking about taking a scuba diving trip i love that. Or maybe go surfing. Or not. Ok. Maybe somewhere else. 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Throughout this past week weve admired her infectious enthusiasm, her undeniable talent and her class on and off the course. Now its time to admire another, her resiliency and sheer will to win. She dropped the first set to her opponent. Her body language giving little indication of the sensational comeback that was to come. She saved not one but two match points, went a set and 52 down and coco, who had been afforded centre court billing no less and would level the match by winning a tiebreaker. The reaction by her and her devoted parents absolutely priceless. If hercog was expecting her to fold, forget it. Gauff showing nerves of steel and maturity way beyond her years. She now faces simona halep, who simply does not know the meaning of defeat. The crowd was behind me and thats something i appreciated during the match. Its just crazy. I remember before i played venus. When you walk to leave the practice courts, there are people waiting. One little kid asked me for a picture and then after the next day after i played venus, everybody was screaming my name so its pretty surreal how life changes in a matter of seconds. It is indeed all to play for then for coco gauff at this years wimbledon as the story continues. Next up in action on monday against simona halep. Cant wait to see more. It all starts right now. Hello and welcome again to our viewers in the United States<\/a> and around the world. Im Fredricka Whitfield<\/a> at cnns World Headquarters<\/a> in atlanta. We are following breaking news out of plantation, florida where police are responding to a gas explosion in a shopping center. These are live pictures right now. It appears to show part of in a plaza devastated there. Polo sandoval is following the developments for us. What more are you learning . 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