trace: good evening, welcome to los angeles. i m trace gallagher in for bret baier. presidential candidates former president trump fights efforts to exclude him from some state ballots. california s population declines for a third straight year. tax documents reveal the surprising groups that are leaving the state. and as issue with the creeps. in energy experts are calling for updates to the power grid. bret baier looks at efforts to protect our most critical assets but, first breaking tonight, the u.s. and mexico say they will work together more closely in coming weeks to address the crisis at the southern border. mexican officials cleared what was once a large tent camp sitting near the border as u.s. officials agree to keep rail crossings open after temporary closures. but, republican critics say they are not convinced these efforts will alleviate the massive migrant crisis. fillian turner is in mexico city tonight. gillian, good evening mexican delegation going to tr
A school that was sheltering civilians. a survival tells cnn s sam kiley how he escaped from the rubble. i got slammed down by a slab, bent into a ball, another explosion, small rocks sprinkled darkness, then i looked and the dust settled and a ray of light appeared. sergey crawled out. then he dug me out. dug uncle tolia out. dug aunt ira out. we crawled all in a fog. and an incredible story of courage and survival. a 15-year-old ukrainian girl drives through battlefields to safety despite being injured and bleeding. cnn s isa soares joins us live from lviv. reporter: and this is yet again another example of what we have seen here of defiance, no matter the age and this story comes all the way from the east of ukraine, not far where the school shelter was reduced to