making news in america this morning -- breaking yigt now, a powerful fful earthquake hits l italy. a mayor has described his town as no longer there. we're live with the latest. donald t stance on a controversial policy. what he said at a late night rally about immigration as he steps up attacks on hillary clinton. ager makes a rare recovery. surviving a brain-etting infection. a seal jumps on a boat. we'll tell you why that was a

good morning, everyone, on a very busy wednesday morning. that breaking news in italy. a powerful earthquake striking overnight while people were asleep. >> at least1 people are now dead. that number is expected to rise. we have video just in showing rescuers trying to reach people under a collapsed building. moments ago, a woman and her dog were pulled out alive. that 6.2 quake's epicenter was in the central part of country. it's made buildings in rome sway. >> here's a live picture of amatrice, roughly about 100 miles from rome. that gives you a sense of how powerful the quake was. rescuers there using bare handsing looing for survivors. abc's jennifer eccleston is live from london. jennifer, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. it's been several hours since

rescue crews are still trying to reach the most hard hit areas. at least 21 people are dead. the aftershocks continue to rat this will community now on edge. this morning, a town in ruins. central italy rocked by a powerful earthquake in the middle of the night. witnessens saying people are trapped under rubble. new video showing collapsed buildings, residents searching roads. local red cross officials saying a bridge into the town had collapsed. the terrain making it difficult for rescue crews. >> i've certainly seen police trucks race by me. so there is a sense that authorities are headed for that area. it's a very mountainous area. the roads are not easy. it's not an easily accessible

for rescuers to get there. >> reporter: the mayor of amatrice telling state-run radio, quote, the town isn't here anymore. the shaking felt many rome, 100 miles away. pildings there shook for 0 seconds. the italian red cross are reporting that air ambulances are evacuating people. a young child has been rescued alive from one of the buildings. >> you're well familiar with the terrain. megan mentioned it is quite mountainous. what do you know about this area? >> reporter: it is in the central part of italy, in a province of umbria. some historic towns are in the area. it is extremely mountainous. it's landlocked. the mountains run right down

this is why we see so many earthquakes. thousands of earthquakes take place each year. most of them go unnoticed because they're not very powerful. this one certain to make a lot of damage in the region because of the historic towns there, ancient villages, with old buildings. as we saw in 2009 with an earthquake, it was some of the new construction that fell and trapped the people. not the older buildings. after that earthquake lot of money was put into recovery efforts and making sure the smaller villages in inaccessible areas have the equipment they need to rescue people and to be prepared if an earthquake takes place. the problem here is that the roads and bridges have collapsed. they may have the necessary items within the village. they won't be able to get extra help because they can't get there. >> it will be hours and days

people. jennifer eccleston, live in london, thank you. the pope is at the vatican and has just talked about the quake this morning, thanking volunteers and civilian security men. he said, i invite everyone to join in prayer. the pope speaking for the wednesday mass. >> we'll continue to follow the developments taking place right now at this hour in central italy, where you have this life and death effort taking place as people try to rescue those buried after that powerful for now, we want to get to other breaking news that developed overnight. turkey has entered syria to attack isis forces. the turkish special forces are supported by u.s.-led coalition air strikes. turkey has vowed to cleanse its border region of the islamic state. it blames isis for a dbomb attak at a wedding last weekend.

north korea. there's been a successful test launch of a missile capable of reaching much of south korea. it traveled about 300 miles before crashing into the sea of japan. officials say it is a significant improvement over previous attempts by the north. the fbi is investigating a cyberattack against "the new york times." haerks targeted the moscow bureau. there's no evidence that the system was compromised. sources say blaming the same russian hackers who recently infiltrated the democratic national committee. donald trump has indicated for the first time he may be willing to shift his position on deportation. he said, there could be a softening on the idea of mass deportation. he made it clear he's not backing away from his promise to build a wall along the border with mexico.

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we're tracking some especially ablgtive weather in the caribbean right now. tropical storm gaston is likely to become a hurricane overnight but is not likely to make landfall. another system is headed for the u.s. coast by the end of the week end thp that system is likely to become tropical storm hermine. and to the northwest and out-of-control wildfires.

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we're looking at a live picture now of rescue efforts under way in central italy after a powerful earthquake hit. many people are thought to be trapped under the rubble. crews are there desperately trying to save anybody trapped inside. we're following this breaking news for you the this morning. that powerful quake 6.2 hit in the middle of the night around 3:30 in the morning. at least 21 people are now >> italy being six hours ahead of us, that's about the time it took place. 21 people were -- are dead so far. that death toll is expected to rise. this is the same region where a 1997 quake damaged the basilica of st. francis of assissi. there is no damage from this morning's quake there as yet. here at home, doctors in florida are crediting divine

miraculous recovery from a brain-etting infection. >> reporter: he's recovering from a rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba that kills 97% of those infected. >> i had to tell the family to say their good-byes. >> reporter: doctors spekt sebastian, a camp counselor, may have been exposed to august 3rd. he was placed in a medically-induced coma for a week. >> we woke him up and within hours, he spoke. >> reporter: there have been 138 cases in the u.s. between 1962 and 2015. sebastian is the only fourth to survive it. >> we're so thankful for the gift of life. >> reporter: mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> more on the divine

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deadly earthquake, rescuers in italy combing through the rubble hoping to find people alive. what is hampering rescue efforts? >> donald donald is headed back to -- donald trumped trump headed back to tampa today. >> good morning. i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. residents at first thought it was a drill and then saw the flames. >> it looked like a bonfire except the sticks and material