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around the world reporting live from mexico city where almost 36 hours now rescuers have been trying to locate survivors. there has been a frantic search for a little girl who they think may still be alive. in its wake the storm has left puerto rico completely in the dark. stopping a 100% of power on the island and it could be months before the electricity is back on. we will start now with the latest from the et quake here. rescue cruz say they have made contact with a little girl strapped under a school. it collapsed in the force of a earthquake on tuesday. they've been using everything they can, hands, shovels,

actions, hand by hand passing from one person to another. amid this sign of hope there is also this desperate, grim realization that at least 21 other children were killed when the school came toppling down. this rescue effort here at the school has been a scene repeated not just here in mexico city but also across the quake zone. the government says at least 230 people have been killed. that number is expected to rise. for the very latest now, we, here is cnn's ed 11 dar row. >> it's not until you stand this close to the collapsed school building that the horrific reality of this scene sinks in. we we've our way in and around hundreds of rescue workers who have descended on this elementary school to save anyone who might still be trapped in

the are you able. cruise have been working for the last 24 hours trying to pull out survivors. look at the impact of the building. crushing that car there and you can see all of the workers that have been here for more than 24 hours now trying to find survivors. this is the school where several dozen children were killed as the building collapsed down to the ground here. speaking quietly because a lot of cruise have been working and they're trying to hear for sounds of people inside the building. we're told that there might be a young girl they believe is still alive inside, and that's what these efforts are for right now. >> in the courtyard area of the school, hundreds of workers are moving debris away from the school under a banner that reads unity creates strength. then a whistle cuts through the air and everyone stops, total silence. this gives rescue teams crawling through the collapsed structure the chance to listen for

survivors. >> you can hear the muffled sound of rescue workers as they work inside that collapsed part of the building. >> the work inside the building is treasure rouse, wooden pillars have been brought in to fortify what's left of the school. hector mendez is part of a volunteer brigade of rescue workers known as the moles. he said his team arrived on scene an hour after the school collapsed and the 70-year-old volunteer believes more people will be pulled out alive. >> do you think you'll be able to find children alive in there. >> yeah, because the children most times they got more chance to live than we old people. >> you think so? even a day after? >> yeah. they want to be alive. and i know that. >> dramatic scenes are unfolding on the streets surrounding the school grounds. that's where we found a collection of names strung together on paper and clear tape. this is where daniel and a small

team of volunteers help keep track of the names of the teachers and students who were inside the school. >> this papers, the blue one and the white one was the people death. and that's for opportunity. >> most of the buildings surrounding the school with stood the force of the earth kwalk. only this portion cratered in on itself and rescue workers vowed to continue the search as long as it takes. >> joining me now clin reporter simon. you've been here for most of the day. obviously the focus now is on not just rescuing these little girl trying to get her out of the school, but in the meantime just trying to keep her alive and there have been some incredible efforts to make sure that she is alive when they get that debris off of her. >> absolutely. what i can tell you about it is it has been grueling. they've been work on the ground this since at least 7:00 in the morning of the literally thousands of people have been involved. we've seen them passing oxygen

tanks into the are you able trying to get it through holes that they've actually created themselves throughout the day and the main effort right now is focused on widening that hole so it's big enough so they can start to pull people out but at the same time so that the structure doesn't collapse and hurt anybody who still might be alive over there. >> and the mere fact that they found here alive, therm alimaging equipment and some reports that there were text messages being exchanged, the kids being trapped under the are you able. >> weapon haven't gotten confirmation about the text messages, but the therm alimages did seem to show that there may be at least three people alive. they're focusing primarily on the nine-year-old girl. up until now because the education minister has come out and said specifically that their rescue efforts were focused around her today. they rescued 11 people yesterday. today it's been much worse. they haven't been able to rescue anyone yet, and we're already coming close to midnight. they're probably going to continue through the night.

>> yeah. seeing so much of a national focus right now on this one little girl and this rescue. it seems to become a symbol for all the other rescues taking place across the country. >> absolutely. just in mexico city there's about 40 buildings that have collapsed and there's people trapped underneath so many of them. and this scene is playing out all across the city. this is the third or second largest city in the world, so there's so many people who had wanted to volunteer to help and if you drive around town and you see the are you able, you'll see crowds of people doing whatever they can. just as you were describing before, passing are you able out, bringing equipment in, carrying food around. it's really brought mexico together, and it's amazing to see the unity that this has created here. >> and there have been people pulled out from under the are you able. i think the mayor said as of midday there was more than 50 people had actually been pulled alive from the are you able in various parts of the city. but clearly as time continues the president himself said, you know, this is a race against time. they need to get to these people. the longer this goes on, the

less chance these people have of surviving. >> we're getting close to 40 hours and standard operation after an earthquake like this is to give up the rescue efforts after 72 hours. so they've still got a long slog ahead of them and for the people trapped below their last hope is the people trying to get them out. >> this is a call for silence right now because they may have heard something. not far from our location here trying to listen for any signs of life beneath the are you able where this little girl is trapped right now. we'll lower or voices a little bit as they continue with that. with regards to the other buildings, which have come crashing down, the mayor revised that number downwards which is good. but there's also concern, and at this point, i guess, no way of knowing how many other buildings have been compromised, what the damage has been sustained, how many of these builds may not be safe. >> yeah. there's buildings just on this street that you can see that the

fa sads have come down. there are cracks straight through the front of them. their residents are sitting on the curb opposite the building afraid to go back inside because they don't know if it's still structurally sound. there's going to be a lot of engineering work, assessments to tell people if it's even safe to go back home. remember, just a little over a week ago there was another 8 magnitude earth wake, so mexico has been dealing with kwaks now for quite a few days. >> absolutely. simon, thanks for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> let's go now to the cnn international weather center for more on the aftershocks because that has been one of the big concerns. so far no significant aftershocks. >> absolutely. and none reported. and, you know, that's really impressive too. extremely rare not to have an after shock some 36 hours almost after this quake. typically you would expect to see one. have not seen that. same goes for the other ones

down to around 3. and part of the reason for that as well, when you take a look at mexico and mexico sits at the intersection of three plate boundaries that essentially fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and they dive right underneath the north american rate at a rate of 60 millimeters per year. this plate is in constant motion and as it goes under it occurred right in this region. but it's about 400 or so miles away from that plate fault boundary. so that's part of the reason why we think there has not been any aftershocks yet. the one a few weeks ago, that has produced a few dozen aftershocks as well. typically speaking you would see that initial 6.1 or so within the first 24 to 48 hours. beyond that, the equates and aftershocks can continue for weeks or months, but the intensety would drop down.

and of course, we have not seen one yet but part of the reason is because it is so far away from the main boundary. within think about human survival within these conditions, three to five days without water, assuming no injuries or head trauma, you can't digest food without water and factors like your metabolism, fat stores, the temperatures outside, which by the way are presenty cool here over the next couple of days as we have a tropical disturbance trying to form, so some rainful. so the weather element certainly not going to be helping out, john. >> thank you for the update there. and of course, there is a lot of concern about these buildings which may have been badly damaged by the force of the quake and there being no aftershocks. that does not mean there won't be future tremors if not tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe

next month. let's get an update on what many of these communities are facing in terms of the safety of these buildings. it's a densely populated city. antonio architect joins us now. how badly compromised could these buildings actually be? >> they found the girl. >> they found the girl. they're looking for the family. >> okay. >> we will try and get a confirmation on that, but antonio is saying that they said they found the girl and they're looking for her family. that would be very good news. so hopefully we may have some good news here that at least another sign of life beneath the debris here of the school not far from where we are. >> or screams or something. >> okay. well, wait and see what happens there. in the meantime, let's talk about the danger being posed by these buildings which may not be

structurally sound. >> after the et quake in 85 the standards has been really updated and right now in mexico city if you were trying to build like a new building, you must be into the -- which i think that it's been like -- it help in this condition for having like a lot of buildings coming down. if you go to the neighborhoods which were the main neighborhoods in 85, it hasn't been the same situation right now. >> which there have been some new buildings. a hospital which was constructed just four or five years ago collapsed. >> yes. >> are these codes, standards not up to dealing with a quake of this magnitude. >> yeah, sometimes. you know, the thing is like the underground in mexico city is very soft because it was a lake. if you try to drop something

into a bathtub -- >> it's like building on jelly. >> sometimes. >> right now in this case, if you tried to go like deeper to cave, you can find water 50 centimeters underneath the surface, which is very soft. so that is why one of the -- the underground is very unstable, soft. >> the tech tonic plates which mexico city is built on, very susceptible to earth wakes. and i was reading that a 9 earthquake is not out of the realms of possibility. >> the new sky skarp, there was supposed to be a sign to tolerate this kind of earthquakes, but let me tell you something, last week we had an earthquake and it was like 8.4. >> 8.1, i think. >> yeah. which is higher than the one in

85. even though it was very high because it was really far from here. in this case it was like very -- >> right away from here. 40 kilometers away from here. >> and it's also about the depth. >> yes. in this case with the girls and the school, it's a really sad story, but there are some more neighborhoods and cities and towns around the area in the central of the country that has been damaged. there's been like two towns that has been having all of the potential because they're really, really damaged, but there are some others that haven't been helped by the government. there are a lot of volunteers trying to help that, but when trying to prevent this kind of situation because if the government is not doing the right thing.

and it's like we're -- >> we're trying to find out more about that about the government response not just here in mexico city but elsewhere to find out what is going on in those regions and if you say the government is not doing enough, we'll find out. anthonio, thank you so much. good to see you. take a short break here from mexico city. when we come back, we'll have more on the major breaking story of the day, hurricane maria weakening but still very dangerous and right now the dominican republic is being hit right hard. we have reporters standing by in the region. also, we will look at the devastation left behind in puerto rico which took a direct hit from maria. i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm live in mexico city. our earthquake coverage continues in just a moment. but first, the latest on hurricane maria. its lashing the dominican republic right now with dangerous winds and rain and the storage surge is also a concern. the deadly storm has weakened to a category 2 but it's still powerful with sustained winds around 110 miles. maria slammed into puerto rico as a category 4 early wednesday, knocking out power to much of the entire island. well, on puerto rico that is

where we find our reporter. so paul first to you, what are conditions like right now and what are you expecting in the coming hours? >> reporter: we are expecting this wind to continue, john. it's important to point out that the center of hurricane maria -- many of whom are hunkering down here for the night because some of them couldn't get out in time because the airport shut down earlier tonight. it's important to point out, though, after we heard from officials a little while ago in their latest briefing that's what's concerning is not necessarily the winds that tend to kick up here and there as we get those outer bands, but it is a potential for rainfall. they pointed to puerto rico, for example, experiencing ongoing rain long after the storm swept through. that's a very similar situation that they expect here in the dominican republic. what we've seen here in the last

several weeks from irma is that much of the ground even the rivers are saturated. they're swelling up. so the rain that maria will bring to this country certainly has potential for -- to bring about devastating flooding. so that is really the point that officials are stressing right now. yes, those winds are certainly high. yes, its something that we haven't seen here in awhile, but it is that rain that we expect to see in the come hours, perhaps in the come days that officials are closely watching. but again, we are want expecting a direct landfall here. however, that storm is about 70 kilometers away just offshore, but those severe winds are being felt about a hundred kilometers from the center of the storm. so, again, just because we're not in the direct path of the storm is certainly not a reason for people to their guard down here in the dominican republic, john. >> okay. from where maria is heading to where it has been, in san juan,

puerto rico. it tack a lot of the sbes it out of maria, but they're now paying a heavy price for that. >> reporter: yeah. no electricity across the entire island. and they continue to say that resources here, at least in terms of electricity, might not be restored for months, let alone weeks. definitely not days. the infrastructure has been heavily, heavily destroyed. and it's not only the electricity that's an issue. it's communications. in fact, we are virtually the -- the ire island is virtually cut off from the southeastern parts of the island in terms of communication. we've talked to some of the resident staff that work at the hotel that we are staying in right now and they told us that they can't get in touch with some of their family members because communications are done. the governor actually saying that this is the most devastating storm in this ken industry for puerto rico if not

modern history. so that kind of puts in it in context about how incredibly devastating hurricane maria's true force was, especially where it made landfall in the southeastern portions of puerto rico. airports are closed until friday if not saturday at the earliest. they're still assessing the damage here completely. there are 10,000 people still within shelters. that 10,000 or more. difficult to get an accurate number there with that. but the thing that they're trying to do now is to clear the recognize. they're trying to help clear that so emergency personnel can get to home. rescue people are in need of that. the forecast still calls for heavy rainfall tonight. even though maria took a knock from the mountains here in puerto rico there was still a significant amount of rainfall that led to flooding and landslides. those are going to be on ongoing

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they first made contact with this little girl. sadly, though, at least 25 others were killed when the school collapsed. 21 of those deaths were children. throughout the day here there have been scenes like this. rescuers raising their fists for silence so they can listen for any signs of life beneath the are you able. hundreds of buildings across mexico city have collapsed. at least 230 people presumed dead. among them is 1 worshippers who died when their church collapsed on them. there for the christ eng of a two-year-old girl. mexico has declared three days of mourning and the president calls this a national emergency. well, joining us nowry card oh ram owes is a tv producer from los angeles. he was out here on assignment before the quake hit. he joins me now by skype. you're out here on another job. when the quake actually happened on tuesday, you were at a cafe. so what was your first thought? what did it feel like?

>> that's right. yeah. we were doing a location scout. we were on a lunch break and there was no sirens, no alarms. so the first instinct was to just grab our things and walk outside as soon as we could. we were definitely making sure we were not under trees or electricity cables. it lasted for about a minute, so it was a minute of just making sure we were safe and everyone else was as well. >> almost immediately after the quake happened it seemed this sort of civilian army swung into action with this massive civilian rescue effort. it seems stunning to watch it in the last 24 hours. >> yeah. i mean, the response was so quick by everyone, whether it be local police, federal police, volunteers, firefighters, the red cross. i'm really proud of everyone here in mexico doing an amazing

job. in fact, we could not get out of the area where we were in, which was -- we could not get out by car because a loft streets were already being blocked to make sure that people could leave my foot. so we ended up having to walk to where i'm staying at and it was about an hour walk so i got to see a lot during that walk. >> i'm just curious because this civilian response clearly is the result of the 1985 earthquake when thousands of people were killed and the goth's response was lacking, to say the least, and the responsibility of saving lives was just left up to neighbors in their own community. given that response and what we're seeing now, clearly it was a lot better organized. people clearly knew what to do. in fact, some of the children who escaped these schools, they've done an earthquake drill just that morning and they say those earthquake drills had in fact saved their lives.

so all this preparation that has gone on for, you know, the last 30 something years, almost, i should say, has obviously paid off. >> yeah. i mean, i live in l.a. i'm not from mexico city, but you can definitely tell that people are prepared and they do this every year, this drill. in fact, when it happened, i thought it was the drill itself for a second, but i'm like wait, no. this is actually happening. so, yeah, people were absolutely prepared. especially we went through that earthquake, the 8.2 two weeks ago, so the reaction, people were more efficient. also as far as like looking into a lot of these buildings that were demolished and trying to rescue people as fast as they could. >> okay. thank you for that. we appreciate you being with us. and clearly this was not the assignment you thought it was going to be, but obviously this is now going to be a very big story for a long time to come.

thank you. one of the concerns right now, of course, is the condition of so many children here, their mental health, their physical well-being because often children are the most vulnerable after this type of natural disaster. joining me now is the communications and advocacy officer for save the children. and she is here in mexico city joining us by skype. so evon, for the children who are now looking back at what happened and in particular with so much focus on this one rescue at a school for this little girl, what impact does that have on them? >> yeah. thank you so much. and good night to everyone. well, the children we are really concerned about especially the rescue for the girl. we have recommended to our population in mexico do not -- they have through really really

stress after an earthquake. we have now that many families have been displaced and the buildings are really fragile right now. so we are visiting shelters and provide help for the children who have been displaced from their homes. and also we know that many schools and houses are affected. and we will try to reach some of the schools as much as we can. we don't have many people. we will try to reach some schools in order to provide children -- >> one of the problems that we're seeing with this earthquake, though, is that a lot of the schools have been damaged and remain closed and all the experts say what's most important right now is for children to return to as normal a routine as possible, and that's not going to happen for a while. >> yeah.

actually, right now all the schools are closed. we don't know when until the mexican government is evaluating. so thousands of children right now are out of school. and the second thing we know more than 2,000 schools are damaged. we don't know the level of the damage. they are still evacuating. and maybe some schools should close because we have really old schools in mexico, especially downtown. the third thing we need to start to open these education places in order to help and to bring children to recover from these stress they have -- so it's really important to start to open spaces where they can express and where they can continue their learning.

>> okay. so clearly a lot of challenges ahead. not just in finding the survivors, clearing the debris but also looking after the emotional well-being of children who obviously have suffered a lot of trauma in this earthquake. thank you for being with us. take a short break. when we come back, there are new developments in the russia investigation. the focus now seems to be on donald trump's activity after he became president. and iran's president slams trump's speech at the u.n. the white house is watching how the u.n. deals with two nuclear programs. helping keep shoppers safe. this is a financial transaction secure from hacks and threats others can't see. this is a skyscraper whose elevators use iot data and ai to help thousands get to work safely and efficiently. this is not the cloud you know. this is the ibm cloud. the ibm cloud is the cloud for enterprise.

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mexico was rattled by an 8.1 quake two weeks ago, it took the u.s. president days before contacting the mexican president. apparently the white house said donald trump was in the hurricane zone and cell phone service was spoty. but on wednesday donald trump contacted the president and expressed condolences for the victims and offered u.s. assistance including search and rescue teams. meanwhile there's breaking news on the ongoing russia

investigation. robert mueller is requesting white house documents on the firings of fbi director james comey and national security adviser michael flynn. one source also says mueller's team wants information on the oval office meeting with russian officials the day after comey was fired. in addition to that, "the washington post" reports during the 2016 race then trump campaign chairman paul manafort offered to give private campaign briefings to a russian billionaire with kremlin ties. >> this vast traunch of e-mails that's been turned over to investigators by the trump campaign and the trump organization, there are a series that paul manafort had with a former aide of his, the guy who ran his office in key he have and as part of their discussions he asks how are things going with oh lig, he asks about former clients in the region who may owe him money and specifically he says if it would

be helpful, we can offer him briefings. >> and there was also a tense focus right now around the world on how the white house grapples with two nuclear related confrontations. there is political fall out over president trump's fiery warning on north korea on tuesday and there is concern if he'll pull ut u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal. details now from jim acosta. >> listening to president trump talk about the iran nuclear deal, it sounds as if he's setting up another reality tv style cliffhanger. >> i'll let you know. i'll let you know. >> all weeklong at the united nations the president has signaled he may be on the verge of scrapping adding to the rising tensions iran's president condemned before trump's speech to the u.n. >> the ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric filled with

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his success or by name, but he seemed to call on the world to reject the divisive politics that launched mr. trump into power. >> the rise of nationalism and zbleen oh phobia and a politics that says it's not we but us and them. >> across town the first lady was giving a speech about children being exposed to the dangers of bullying on of all places social media. >> we must turn our focus right now to the message and content they're exposed to on a daily basis through social media, the bullying, the sperps online any person. >> critics wonder whether those pleas to stop bullying should be directed to the president who just last night slammed the emmy awards weeting i was sat end to see how bad the elm ratings were on the elm any last night. smartest people of all are the deplorables. >> perhaps the president wasn't a fan of the late press

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. welcome back, everybody. we have the latest now on hurricane maria. the storm's massive eye is close to the dominican republic. the category 2 hurricane is heading west hitting the island with winds of 120 miles. the hurricane center say it is weather is getting worse as it moves towards the turks and caicos islands. the news gets worse for the tiny island of dominica. the death toll stands at 14. there is widespread looting, no

running water. we have a bird's eye look of the destruction maria brought to the nation. >> reporter: hurricane maria brought dominica at full category strength and showed no mercy. plowing through villages and towns not a tree untouched across the islands. no greenery left. there was spectacular rain forests here mp no more. there is as close as we or anyone else can get to dominica. we can see from up here this island has been hit and hit hard. we pass low bufted by the remnants of maria, our pilots unable to land on the ground before safety checks deemed safe. where there is a town or village, there is debris, houses

ripped open were torn apart. we saw some cars moving, but no people. we did see evidence of numeros landslides on this island. the usual blue/green sea brown in some places. they have an agriculture based economy, and most of that is exported from what we can see up here, that is gone. and the loss of those resources and that income is going to be devastating for this island and its people. of course, the meimmediate concn is the 73,000 residents here, fresh water, shelter the immediate priorities. officials beginning for aid flights to begin in force on thursday. and hoping for clarity on just what has happened to the island of dominica.

michael holmes cnn, over dominica in the caribbean. >> nick valencia is one of our reporters right in the middle -- he joins us now. >> reporter: and the entire island and things are a far cry from normal here, john. it may look that way from our live shot location but that has to do wour accessibility to a generator. there are tens of thousands of people not so lucky. we had a chance to survey the damage yesterday driving with our crew. it gives you a sense of how damaged things are. it took an hour and a half to go three miles. the problem is the flooding, the downed trees. several trees were blacking our access to to get onto the

highway. there were some parts under water, ankle deep or skin deep. still we saw the resilience of the people here. after the storm had passed there was people out surveying the damages, looking at their properties, their businesses, and there were other businesses open powered off generators. trying to get a semblance of norm normalcy, even under these conditions. though there are troubles that people are having right now and trying to get in contact with their family members, those that we've spoken to, residents here are maintaining hope things will get better but that might take months. john. >> it will be a long time for sure. thank you, nick. thank you for watching cnn "newsroom," i'm john vause live

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause live in mexico city, where it has just turned midnight. we are following two big stories this hour. here in mexico rescuers racing to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble. and hurricane maria is on to her next target after a day of pounding puerto rico. mexico's president says