Killing more than 130 people. The 7. 1 magnitude quake brought down dozens of buildings in the capital, mexico city, including a school, where children are believed to be trapped. The Emergency Services, helped by hundreds of volunteers, are sifting through the rubble by hand, searching for survivors. Well have a report from james cook in a moment on the damage in morelas and pueblo sates, but first heres bbc mundos Juan Paullier in mexico city. This is the scene here in mexico city, just a few minutes after an earthquake of 6. 8 magnitude struck the capital. I have been without signal on my phone since then, so i dont know the extent of the damage. What i do know is that dozens of people are desperately removing rubble here, because they believe someone is trapped. Mexico city is one of the most densely packed places on earth. This is one of the most densely packed places on earth. More than 20 Million People live here and this earthquake has hit them hard. Translation we left, and wh
Republicans who oppose even modest reforms. Governor scott has also launched a state investigation into the Broward County Sheriffs Department and its response before and during the massacre. Cnns Kaylee Hartung is in parkland, florida, with that fallout. But lets begin at the white house with kaitlan collins. Till with be interesting to see if the president gives more clarity on what he wants done when it comes to gun control. What is the level of confidence . Reporter yeah, fred, it will be interesting. As a new poll shows, 70 of americans are now in favor of stricter gun laws, especially in light of that tragic shooting in parkland, florida. So the president has made several proposals so far, including improving background checks, expanding that system, raising the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21, something that has been endorsed by Florida Governor rick scott, but rejected by the nra, who campaigned on behalf of the president during the election. Hes also proposed ending the sal
more assertive in everything he s doing in the region and around the world, we have to do two things. we have to somehow avoid these twin shoals on the one hand of confrontation in no one s interest and abdication, we can t let china set all the rules and the norms in the region. so somehow steering the ship with cooperation where we can and competition where we have to is where we have to go. i think the danger for xi jinping is as this power is consolidated, he overplays his hand, to say there are no checks on his power. no checks on his decisions. and if he makes a wrong move there is no one to tell him, stop, that s not a good idea. that could leave china in a difficult direction. this is going to be very interesting to navigate over the coming years. let s talk about relationships between mexico and the u.s. it wasn t good, and now it seems to have worsened after reports that the mexican president enrique pena neto canceled his
trip after that very fiery 50-minute phone call with the president. all over who is paying for that wall. so now what? this is another case where america first really is america alone. he could not come to the united states and visit without getting president trump to make clear that mexico would not be paying for any wall. public opinion in mexico is dead set against president trump and the united states. the paying for the wall, the brow beating, bullying, renegotiation of nafta, all of that created a toxic public environment. so pena neto couldn t come here without getting that backdown from president trump on the wall. president trump made clear he wasn t going to get it. the relationship with mexico is arguably one of the most important. 350 million legal crossings, every year, our second largest export market, and, of course,