california could become the first state to baead animals in pet stores. >> mason: the ground s buildings fall. a powerful earthquake hits the death toll is rising as the search goes on for victims. also tonight, potentially catastrophic hurricane maria takes aim at the virgin islands and puerto rico. oshi t >> mason: at the u.n., president trump threatens to destroy north korea and its dictator. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> mason: and... ( gunfire ) is this the answer to school shootings? teachers carrying guns. >> reporter: do you have the mindset to actually shoot a shooter, and what if it's one of your students?

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our western edition. i'm anthony mason. a disaster is unfolding south of the border. a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central mexico today, southeast of mexico city. panicked residents poured into the streets as buildings crumbled. many others were trapped in the rubble. they've just begun to count the >> the death toll quickly reached triple digits and the frantic search goes on for lives that can be saved. >> we begin our coverage with adrian bard in mexico.shake at d felt like it would never stop. >> this one seemed like the big one. >> lost all communication, to cellphone, no land line, no internet, no electricity, in other mexicoborhoods

at least two dozen buildings ghcaved in.ty n >> crashing to the ground while and ran, the roofs of two elementary schools caved in, children are still trapped inside. >> rescue workers and ordinary citizens are trying to remove the rubble. >> many, many people are injured here, and even more still feeling panicked, everywhere there are people on the streets and small piles of concrete and debris, this quake was not as neulwes arf the o hexactly 32 years ago today, killing 10,000 people, but this time the epicenter was much closer. >> we are getting word, anthony, there are dozens of children trapped in a school which collapsed, there are rescue ary ers there and just ordinary people, neighbors coming out on the street digging. we are just getting the full picture here. we don't know the extent of the damage but as ik down the mexico main avenue tonight,al w reform ma avenue i can tell you there are thousands of people out on the street gazing up at

>> mason: adrienne bard in mexico city. thank you, adrienne. a newscaster in mexico was on the air when the earthquake hit. when the studio started shaking, he left quickly in search of a safe place. the station's cameras caught what was happening outside. sideback in the studio, heavy lights shook wildly-- a good reason not to be under them. dr. lucy jones is a renowned seismologist who spent years with the u.s. geological survey. dr. jones, this was a smaller quake than the one that hit mexico earlier in the month, but it appears to be doing significantly more damage. >> this earthquake, it's smaller, but it's closer to many more people. so where the 8.2 was offshore and at a depth of 40 miles down, ths lycoon c iomy, andmi about down, and with a lot of people nearby. proximity makes a big difference. >> mason: i noticed on twitter that you said that part of the

problem here is that mexico city has what you called bad soil, that the soil in mexico amplifies the shaking. what do you mean? >> well, that's right. well, so, mexico city is built on an-- a dry lake bed. so, there was a lake there. it dried out. it left behind these sediments that are very, very loose. and so when the seismic waves come through them, the loose soil slows them down, but they still have all that energy. so they have to get bigger to carry that loose soil. here in downtown los angeles, we have about a factor of five amplification because of soils. in mexico city, it's over a factor of 100, so that they have had huge damage, even from earthquakes that are hundreds of miles away. ois one is much closer than the '85 earthquake that did so much damage. >> mason: dr. lucy jones, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> mason: a potentially catastrophic hurricane is heading for the u.s. virgin maria is a category five with

maximum sustained winds of 165 miles an hour. some caribbean islands in its wth, including tortola, were rothweorf,o weeks ago by irma. at least five were killed. now, they're defenseless, as maria takes aim. >> reporter: just two weeks after hurricane irma sideswiped the islands, the governor walked through the streets today, making sure no one was taking any chances. "please, let us help you," ricardo rosello told this family. irma knocked out power here in guaynabo, and to 70% of the rest of the island, including the home of 68-year-old hector pena- gomez. he is bedridden with parkinson's disease. "we're going to do our best to take you to a safe place," the governor told him. the fear here is fueled by maria's wallop of dominica and guadeloupe just before midnight, causing severe flooding and

n pving at lea ososter . rtola adis bracing for the worst. where to take shelter, on an island where almost every building was damaged and the roofs ripped off? storm debris from irma could be turned into potential lethal missiles as maria's winds move in. in puerto rico, food is being rationed. there are lines to buy fuel and to get into shelters. are you going to get out? >> si. >> reporter: yanieka valerrama is headed for shelter after her generator broke down. her daughter cannot sleep in the insufferable heat as a monster hurricane approaches. most places are boarded up tonight as the wind is picking up. you know, the last time a category five hurricane de landfall here was 90 years ago. maria is expected to hit tomorrow morning, early. rlthony. >> mason: david begnaud in san juan, thanks. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston isation wbz and he has the latest. >> hurricane maria has a veryt ,

the most destrtiuctighve ones ae thght around the eye. e t that eye, bearing down on y oieastcry s onx,. a a wednesday morning, just before daylight, crossing the island as a catastrophic hurricane. after that, it tracks off to the north and west, just to the east of the turks and caicos, andstao the end of the weekend. >> mason: eric, thanks. tesident trp made his debut before the united nations general assembly today. .e told the leaders of the world orld he will always put america first and said they should put their countries first, too. mr. trump vowed to work with them for peace, but threatened to wipe one nation off the face of the earth. major garrett was e.thhe scoge of our planet today is a small group of rogue hemes lagi v wiohirychat eheve d nations is based. simpdentrur:epre and north korea must be stopped. he said the u.s. is not afraid

to use military force if necessary. st the united states has great strength and patience. but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> reporter: the president then used his newly coined nickname jon. dtom >> rocket man is on a suicide mission fohimself and for his regime. >> reporter: the president accused iran of financing terrorism in the middle east and repeated calls for the world to unite against islamic extremism. >> we will stop radical islamic terrorism because we cannot allow it to tear up our nation and, indeed, to tear up the entire world. rep mmpimpld he me mama-era deal to halt iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.reem.

>> frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the united states, and i don't think you've heard the last of it. believe me. >> reporter: closer to home, mr. trump called cuba and venezuela "failed socialist states." denehazua scs eld elections. >> we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people. >> reporter: not surprisingly, the president's u.n. speech highlighted divisions in the middle east. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it the most courageous and bold in 30 years. iran's foreign minister, javad zarif, called it hate speech, better suited for medieval times than the 21st century. anthony. >> mason: major garrett. thank you, major.long before thl russiarrnestigating ianyone in the trumpelection campaign was involved, pheaulan etd wh wnafort was the target of an f.b.i. investigation.

it included electronic surveillance of the one-time trump campaign chairman. here's jeff pegues. learned that the surveillance on paul manafort occurred during last year's presidential campaign. according to a former u.s. official, the intercepts picked up conversations between manafort and russian individuals about the campaign. the intercepts potentially include conversations between manafort and mr. trump. the recordings are now part of special counsel robert mueller's investigation, which appears to be intensely focused on manafort. e i have answered questions and i've been dismissed. >> reporter: just last week, manafort's spokesman, jason maloni appeared before a grand jury. in july, agents raided manafort's condominium in virginia, by reportedly picking e e locks to get in wh.ilhe uld yo u charepacteriasze whalet you see happening with paul manafort? >> very aggressive. >> reporter: peter zeidenberg is a former federal prosecutor.

he says investigators may be pressuring manafort to give up information in exchange for haniency. what do prosecutors do to pressure someone to cooperate? >> doing exactly what they're doing now. >> reporter: search warrants. >> search warrants, interviewing everybody around him, and then bovising him that he's about to be or will be indicted. >> reporter: in a statement, a spokesman for mr. manafort called on the department of justice to "release any inrceptsnvolvi himnd any thn-americans," claiming that "there is nothing there." manafort has been under legal pressure before. in 1989, he was accused of being part a scheme to steer millions of dollars to well-connected anpublican party operatives through a ng project.new hrseysiou during a congressional hearing, the well-connected lobbyist was pressed to describe what his job entailed. s asou could character this as influence pedaling. >> thank you. >> reporter: also today, senate detelligence committee leaders abruptly canceled a closed

meeting between trump attorneyo henae for releasing a public statement e mmite inlateter hearing next month. anthony. >> mason: jeff pegues, thanks, gff. while the u.n. general assembly is in session this week, former new york mayor michael bloomberg is hosting a busess forum for c.e.o.s and government leaders. among other things, i asked him today what he thinks about president trump's warning to north korea. litahere's no military option that is attractive, where you tin win. everything is going to be lose. it's just a question of how much. but the lesson of all of this is that you can't deal with a rogue state like korea by yourself. you have to have great, tight relationships with all-- or lots of other countries, particularly the surrounding countries. eric unfortunately, america is going in the other direction. >> mason: one of the first things the president said in hin says, is that the stock market re at a cord high. >> it's up today.

>> mason: what is that a reflection of? >> i have absolutely no idea. i cannot for the life of me understand why the market keeps going up. our economy has some real challenges. its infrastructure is falling apart, we're destroying jobs with technology, we are keeping the best and the brightest from riound the world from coming to america to create new jobs and create new businesses. ses.of those things would give you pause to worry about the worre. >> mason: you've said immigration reform is probably the most important issue in the u.s. how much do you think it's costing us? >> well, i don't know how you put a number on it. what is clear, if you look at who starts new businesses, people that are innovative and risk takers. when you look at immigrants, you really have to be an innovator and a risk taker to leave everythingou kw oinnohe tld people that come here, come here to work. >> mason: if we slow immigration, restrict immigration... >> yes.

>> mason: what's the price of that? >> we are hurting ourselves. we are hurtingobs. jbuness formw ideas. >> mason: you're afraid we're falling behind? >> not afraid. we are. you think about china. china used to be "made in china," a joke. cheap stuff. i didn't want to use it. today, "made in china," quality. as mason: you think they're doing it better than we are? >> in some places, yes. i still think there's no reason we have to fall behind unless we stop reaching out to the world, bringing the best and the brightest here, building good trading relationships with everybody. and you can't do it alone. ve yason: have you had any at aets at all that you chose not to run for president? >> no, i think it would have been a great job. i would have loved the challenge. i don't think there's any question about that. but we did the work and we decided in the end an t aiesmeout cannot win. >> well, you know, i joked that i'm going to run for the president of my block association.

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>> never in a million years would i have guessed that one response to what happened in our town would be to arm teachers. it's absurd. god, you can imagine if more-- if children were hurt by you in onuahotiw suld yo?u live with yourself? >> reporter: in fact, we saw just that scenario play out in this simulated classroom. during this training i saw one person shoot what would have been a student in this scenario. when you see that, does it make you second guess this choice to have guns in schools? >> no. it's an accident, we might take be, but we might have saved 30, 40 other kids. >> reporter: who carries a weapon on them in their classrooms or in their schools? for this group, carrying a gun in school is optional. some parents don't know their acild's teacher is armed, but others do. for parents who might support this idea, if you could speak to

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>> mason: in our los angeles bureau, jamie yuccas is initoring developments in central mexico after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake today. jamie? >> anthony, the situation keeps we now know at least peoplche.ging have died, overwhelming widespread damage is being reported after the 7.1 quake struck about 70 miles south of mexico city in the state of puebla. new video shows rescuers digging through rubble, more than two dozen buildings have collapsed and cars are crushed. throughout mexico's capital millions are without power, smoke is in the air, andand is n glass is all over streets and urdewalks. td, of course, we'll continue to follow the aftermath of the devastating earthquake near mexico city. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh ac

streets of mexico city. a massive quake strikes for the second time this month... other test of the country . kpix 5 news begins a building crumbling in mexico city. a second que ak second time this month. early warning system. good evening. i'm veronica, the earthquake was centered less than 100 miles southeast of mexico city. the quake toppled dozens of buildings. mexico city's mayor says between 50 and 60 people were pulled out alive but state officials say the death toll is rising. at last check more than 120 confirmed dead. inincredibly it was on this date nearly a deck dedeago that killed. >> allen and veronica, this is the highest death toll that

mexico has seen from an earthquake since that 1985 earthquake. mexico city's mayor said at least 30 of those 120 deaths incurred. 44 buildings either collapsed or. suortrd in buildings. r the earthquake was at 11:35 pacific time and sending people seeming into the streets. it comes on the anniversary of mexico city's earthquake that took the lives of thousands. moliticians held a -- this pu inrn in place an early warning system the moment shakst