is expected to climb even higher as night continues to grind on there in morocco. sam kiley joins us from morocco. i think perhaps you saw the ceiling above you giving way just a touch. how are things where you re at? reporter: well, jim, you put your finger on what everybody here is most afraid of here in the medina in the old city of marrakech. an environment that certainly not in living memory and for many people, not even in the history books has any recollection of being worried about an earthquake. here you have the direct results of it. it is the collapse of a roof, that blank space there is the night sky above it. you have a roof, a floor, two ceilings, all collapsed down on to the ground here where i m standing. if you look at these buildings, we re in these very narrow streets, these very, very narrow streets. all of these buildings have enormous cracks down the side. the concern obviously is, if any of these cracks give way as a result of future tremors, then the
That happens as the wind is getting closer and closer in that area, and folks are having to decide at this very moment if they are going to stay or get out of harm s way. with every hour mattering. the police chief said that you have until now until about 4:00 p.m. to make your preparations, and so every moment matters. and now, coming up next, we have new cnn exclusive reporting. a smuggler with ties to isis helping migrants come into the united states from mexico. we have more details when we come back. so they can stop ththe spread of wildfires. now s the time to see what america s largest 5g network canan do for your business.