that happened just 24 hours ago. overall the death toll has topped 200. nancy: look at that. meantime, hurricane maria hitting puerto rico as a category four hurricane. but slightenning weakening now to a three after crossing back to open water. reports now that the entire island is without power. alison: we are covering both of the disasters this afternoon and we begin with mexico city where we now know 225 people are dead. nancy: rescues at school that collapsed from the shaking continuing now after a child was located alive inside that rubble. crews from all around the world are now arriving to help. alison: carlos grande shows us what is happening in mexico city. carlos: in a fran sick search for life -- frantic search for life, rescue workers are going through what was once a wing

raising the arms above their head to silence the crowd as they listen for sounds of survivors. 21 children and four teachers died there. the building pancaked as the earthquake hit. some students and at least one teacher still among the missing. the 7.1 quake sending fireballs in the sky. and people scrambling in the streets. the shaking lasting for minutes. all around mexico city, buildings are now in ruins, rescuers clawing through the wreckage, sometimes with their bare hands. injured carried away on stretchers at times to makeshift hospitals on the street. she is looking for her sister-in-law at the textile plant. volunteers doing all they can. the epicenter of the massive quake striking 75 miles southeast of mexico city. >> i still don't feel safe. carlos: in that city alone, at least 44 buildings

and nearly half of the city of millions remains without power. carlos grande, abc news, mexico city. alison: meanwhile, amidst the chaos look at this. teachers singing to young children after the earthquake there in mexico city. this touching video was posted to twitter and it shows teachers trying to keep the kids calm as the buildings are just crumbling nearby. you can hear the helicopters flying overhead. nancy: virginia task force one is among the elite search and rescue teams. we covered them quite a bit. they have been performing rescues following the hurricanes this month. the crews handle earthquakes like the massive one in nepal a couple of years ago here. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is in fairfax as crew members answer the call to go to mexico city now, jeff. jeff: well, what you are looking at here is a trailer full of materials that will be

these are caughts, beds, office equipment -- cots, beds, office equipment and whatever is needed for the mexican government from virginia task force one to come and assist the effort to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake. seven individuals from the virginia task force one will be going down to mexico here today to help in assisting with the government in terms of dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake. seven individuals are in a logistical capacity and will help coordinate efforts, whatever is needed to help the teams in mexico. entire team here in fairfax county was ready to go. but they did not get the call. a larger team of urban search and rescue individuals are going down from california. but again, seven coming from fairfax and they are ready to go help. now as you might mention, as nancy mentioned, urban search and rescue team from fairfax has been extremely busy in the past couple of weeks. not only assisting harvey in texas and hurricane irma in florida, but a team is

80 individuals from virginia task force one in san juan, puerto rico, dealing with the aftermath of hurricane maria. they did successfully ride out the storm and they are now going to be going into the streets to help people in puerto rico as needed. back here live again, this warehouse active with activity. we'll have much more on what the efforts and what the jobs will be doing down in mexico are coming up at 6:00. until then life in chantilly, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: we'll see you then. thank you. we heard a lot about the 1985 earthquake that hit mexico city. it did so on the same day as this one. september 19. it's actually the reason the entire city paused to conduct earthquake response drills earlier in the day yesterday. back in 1985, at least 5,000 people were killed. alison: abc7 is tracking hurricane maria today. you can see the branches flying through the air there

it has crossed back over to open water as category three hurricane only slightly weakened. the reports this afternoon the entire island power grid is down. only those who have generators are online right now. our meteorologist josh knight put latest track. it's just so tough for them. josh: it is. even now that the eye is back over open waters they are still blasted with the hurricane force winds and tropical storm force winds. we have max sustained winds around 115 miles per hour. it is moving out of here but the gusts around the eye still up to 165. let me show you the latest track. we are going to put this in to motion. this is expected to remain a category three for a bit longer before ramping back up to a category four over the open water sending tropical force storm winds to the dominican and closer to the bahamas as well. this is expected to make the northward turn as a category two hanging out off the coast of the caro

expecting it to stay to sea. what is one we'll watch closely. let me show you the bigger picture. we are looking at jose as well. that is something we'll be watching and still spinning off the coast to bring rain to massachusetts. for us just far enough away it's nice and quiet. still feeling like sum every, though. we are looking for temperatures to hang in the mid-80's. we have more coming up. nancy: the body of a missing kayakers found in massachusetts with a small boat washing ashore. a 72-year-old man died in a fishing trip yesterday and tropical storm jose making that recovery operation more difficult as it spun big waves and the rough surf of off the new england coast. alison: stormwatch7 is tracking the tropics and you can get updates even when you're away from the tv. download the weather app to get updates on your specific location. nancy: university of maryland student groped inside her home but that is one of several incidents only steps from the campus that has the university

maryland bureau chief brad bell has the expanding investigation. brad? brad: nancy, look, there is only six houses on the block of guilford road. three of them now have been victimized. we were here monday and we told you about one incident. wile we were here, students who live here were filling us in on additional problems. now police are issuing a broader alert thinking that perhaps a series of crimes may be connected. police now think the incidents on this block of guilford road started two weeks ago when a woman woke up to find a man standing in her apartment doorway. this past saturday a man was spotted peering through a woman's window. a short time later someone broke in a house here and inappropriately touched a maryland student while she slept. justin is a housemate. >> the window is unlocked but it's closed. someone opened the window. she was rattled about it but the res

now. brad: police are looking at burglary at another house on this block saturday morning. someone stole two computers and video game from jack and his roommate. >> we have a baseball bat up in our room to stay safe in case someone breaks in again. it's crazy that it happened. brad: this is the time of year people like to leave windows open to get fresh air. but at night, that just can't be, police are saying. we'll be back at 5:00 with more of the stories we have heard from more of the victims. in college park, brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. it is now day three at the united nations for president trump with high level talks continuing to today with the counterparts from across the world. he also attended a working lunch with african leaders. issuing coming up throughout the day are iran, north korea and trade. alison: meanwhile, former president obama is also in new york. he spoke at the bill and melinda gates

at times touching on healthcare. he defended the affordable care act and even lent support to universal healthcare. >> those of you who live in countries that have universal healthcare are trying to figure out what the controversy is here. i am, too. alison: the senate could vote in days on a plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. we'll have an update from the hill in 40 minutes. nancy? nancy: at home, d.c. calling for a moratorium on crumb rubber fields. "7 on your side" has been following health concerns about the turf material for more than a year now. john gonzalez is in northwest with what was announced in a news conference. john: it is easier to maintain, easier to clean, it's cheaper. you can use it year round in all kind of weather. that is not where the discussion ends. it's crumb rubber so 70% of it is small pieces of old

recycled tire. and oyster adams bilingual school uses it at the school in woodly park. you can see it right there. now the school is trying to install it over at the middle school in adams morgan. but concerned parents are saying not so fast. they want more testing. they are worried about possible health effects linked to the turf. parents met with an engineer last night to voice concerns about possible cancer problems. concussions. bacteria. all were addressed. the current field over at the middle school actually failed a safety test over the summer. it was the old astroturf, the old school patio turf if you will. >> the kids do come home with all the pebbles in their shoes. and they just get all over the house. >> we are not going to use the crumb rubber. what we are using is an envirofilled. it's really coated

silica. >> after extensive research and studies this afternoon we are told that the city decided to put a moratorium on the crumb rubber. so they will not replace the field over at oyster adams with that material. but now parents want both oyster adams to do without the material. reporting in northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: thank you. "7 on your side" has been following the potential dangers with the crumb rubber fields for more than a year now. if you want to see the original report gog to our website wjla.com and search "crumb rubber." nancy: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- wal-mart's holiday staffing plants won't include expanding the workforce. we'll explain. alison: coming home from the county fair sick. children falling ill after coming in contact with pigs. this is the wrong video, obviously. we'll tell you more about the county fair and the swine flu. >> now to this video. good samaritan stopping an

shop. now he is being sued. >> he has 17 total stab wounds, lacerations and defensive wounds. nancy: she is talking about the suspect's injuries. police chief weighs in on this next. alison: still ahead, the job fair in d.c. with an age limit. we will take you inside to show you the young men and women hired on the spot. that is

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nancy: all right. now to a by soy story. california -- bysary story. california man could face legal charges of his own. the masked man pulled out a gun at starbucks. the good samaritan drinking coffee nearby hits the accused robber with the chair. so during this violent fight, both men ended up stabbing each other. and the suspect's mother called her son a victim as well. >> the guy in my opinion went from a good samaritan to a vigilante. stabbing somebody that many times. it doesn't take that many stab wounds to get somebody to succumb to you. >> now to say that he is going to be sued for intervening in an armed robbery and being stabbed in

ludicrous. nancy: the accused robber plans to sue for excessive force. "7 on your side" consumer alert now. an apology from amazon. you may have gotten one of these random amazon customers received e-mail notices telling them a gift from the baby registry has been purchased. the problem, most resilients neither had a registry nor a baby. big surprise for everyone. amazon blames a glitch for the e-mails but some customers are fuming calling it insensitive. alison: wal-mart is telling the workers not to worry this holiday season. the hours won't be cut short because of new seasonal workers. in fact, the opposite. wal-mart is offering extra hours to the current workers because it won't be doing large scale holiday hiring like many other stores. nancy: abc7 tracking hurricane maria

alison: this is when it was still a category four hurricane. the northern side of the storm slamming into san juan. you could see the roof blowing away. it's excellently crossed the island now and it has knocked out power to the entire u.s. territory. maria is back over the open water now at a category three. which is, of course, still a major hurricane. it's hard to imagine without a generator there, basically nobody has access to power. josh: the entire island. i watched the radar this morning and the radar stopped working as it got close to making landfall. devastating there. now the storm is expected again to get back to category four status. it's back over the water and continues to strengthen. alison: we'll see what happens next. josh: bringing storm surge and issues closer to the dominican republic. we have san jose a tropical storm. maria on the bottom of the screen. that is onc

three right now. but we will get another update in 40 minutes from the national hurricane center. it does rook like in the last -- look like in the last couple of frames from the satellite it's getting more organized again. be watching closely. you can see the clouds to the dominican. working back closer to home, jose. tropical storm at this point but still battering the new england coast with the rain, heavy seas along with that, some storm surge as well. fortunately for us we are far enough away we don't have a lot of effect from jose as of today. just a few showers that popped up in the shenandoah valley. especially getting closer to stanton. maybe light showers around hagerstown but more so as you go south. a lot of sunshine around d.c. that is allowing the temperatures to warm up dramatically today. 88 degrees for your feels like temperature in d.c. 89 in annapolis. 88 for fredericksburg. only place we get relief is working to winchester. most of us really hanging on to the summer like feel for today and that is going to be the rule for the next sever

days. the commute is not a problem weatherwise. we have to have windows completely down. sunset at 7:08. then we get relief. working our way to tomorrow. the feels like temperature again approaching 90 degrees. we will start off comfortable. start off nice and mild. 71, 72 around 8:00. 89 by 4:00. this is more of a summer type of day than what you expect for late september. 86 on saturday. mostly sunny. a lot of sunshine again getting into sunday. the temperatures are ten degrees above average. looks like we are finally going to get a break from some of the heat as we get to the very end of the extended outlook. so your first day of fall on friday. 85 degrees for the high temperature. for games this weekend we have d.c. united on saturday. then, of course, the redskins on sundays evening. it looks great for that. late to next week we will finally see the temperatures down back to the 70's.

the time we get to next friday and saturday. nancy? nancy: thank you. still ahead at the bottom of the hour, a new device that can confirm pneumonia diagnosis inspired by kids. we tell you why children were the driving force behind this. sam: a job fair in d.c. that makes sense. i'm sam ford. that story i

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alison: dozens of juror seekers hired on the spot at a job fair in d.c. but this one is unique. d.c. bureau chief sam ford takes us inside the job fair with an age limit. sam: a job fair like no other. thousands of young people ages 16 to 24 in a place of light and sound and even free food. a popular local d.j. angie ange blasted on video cheering as young people got jobs. >> you walk in and you feel like okay, i'm ready. sam: some hired on the spot. >> did you get a job? >> i did. chipotle! sam: job fair organized by corporate america. more than 5,000 youth preregistered. others showed up and filled out applications online. the target both in and out of school. >> we know that there are over 4.9 million

unemployed. we have got to do something about that. sam: did you work anywhere before? >> no. sam: first job? >> yeah. sam: what about you? >> no job yet. sam: it originally started by starbucks that wanted to hire 100,000 young people. the starbucks c.e.o. was there and former attorney genre -- attorney general eric holder. they even taught job interview techniques. they have done this so far in l.a., phoenix, seattle, dallas, chicago and now d.c. sam ford, abc7 news. alison: wow! encouraging. nancy: remarkable. what a great resource. alison: sam tells us of the 5,000 people who went to the job fair, 1,800 of them got at

spot. nancy: some of them got jobs on the spot. a really great day all around. alison: there we go. nancy: coming up, or meantime, "7 on your side" health matters report about a new device that can save lives. the university of california berkeley and san francisco students have teamed up to figure out a better way to diagnose pneumonia. the diagnosis is often made with a chest x-ray but in some countries those can be hard to get. so this is why they created tabla. the inspiration here, the many children they say killed each year worldwide by pneumonia. will they would turn the tablet device on and place it on the patient's chest. >> process it in real-time. nancy: diagnosis lets the doctors give scarce and often potent antibiotics only to patients who truly need them. alison: still to come, it's not just wind. extreme flooding in puerto rico as hurricane maria starts to pull away from the island. we will take you ac

historic storm slammed in the u.s. territory. nancy: still ahead, you will meet the coach of the week who kept dematha rolling as a po

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: you hear the sound of the wind. so powerful. a direct hit for puerto rico. hurricane maria arriving. nancy: this was a category four storm when it made landfall. now it has weakened slightly but it's a category three. still extremely damaging. michelle: the damage is not done yet. we take you back to the moment of landfall. team coverage from across the u.s. island in the caribbean. >> this is becoming ferocious. these are winds that are taking down debris. take a look around me. you can see limbs of trees that have come down, part of roofs that have come down. i want to take you up a little bit so you can see the palm trees that are stripped of their leaves.

as you are hearing, it is likely that the eye of the storm is upon us now. >> we are here in san juan, over 110 miles per hour. experiencing now the eye wall of the storm. incredible storm surge. incredittal wavers that are pounding the shoreline. >> that is an apartment complex. you can tell that the windows will not sustain these winds and this rain. i can hear, i can hear the roofing of buildings here in san juan coming off. as i look in the distance, it's hard to see beyond several feet in front of me. but you know, one of the things that i think is very telling. we are surrounded right now at this hotel by first responders. i asked one of them if he could compare it to others. he was here for gorgina and huguely

has never seen anything like this now. michelle: back in the weather center with josh knight. josh, it seems like every two weeks we are facing a new storm and another disaster on tap. josh: maria still going to have to work its way past the dominican and bahamas and not done yet. puerto rico taking the brunt of the hit. it's still category three. max winds around 115 miles per hour. now looking more organized. michelle: that is fuel for it. josh: exactly. back over the warm, open waters. that is maria. i want to talk about what is going on locally because for us it feels more like summer out there. feels like is 88 in d.c. 87 for quantico. 88 in culpeper. sunshine across the entire area. have to get to the shenandoah valley to pick up on any cloud cover. if you are enjoying the summer like temperatures, take a picture and send them to me. this one i to

bridge. just outside rosslyn going to d.c. you can see we have temperatures that stay comfortable for you all night long. highs in the mid-to-upper 80's and feeling like 90. we look at the weekend in a bit. nancy: josh, thank you very much. turning back to maria as it pounds through puerto rico. families with ties to the area are left in suspense, saying all they can do is pray. amy aubert joins us live in springfield, virginia, where a food truck shut its doors today. keep a close eye on puerto rico. amy? amy: well, this food truck right here has been moved from this spot all day. take a look down here. it's still sitting plugged in and charging during what is normally a busy time for workers. that is because the owners of living lavita loco are focused on the family in the area of puerto rico. her hus

rico and they still have nieces and other family members still leaving there. they spent all morning making phone calls. she says at first they couldn't get through to some family but were able to finally hear from them through facebook. >> it causes a lot of shock. it causes a lot of stress. the fact being in the island for a long time, it's home. amy: she says they plan to donate a portion of the proceeds to help out the victims of hurricane maria. coming up at 5:00, how she says the family is making out as the hurricane came through. live in springfield, amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. abc7 continues to monitor the disaster in mexico. as of right now at least 225 people are confirmed dead. dozens of buildings across the area have collapsed. floors falling on top

crews are frantically digging through rubble, hoping to find survivors. we learned moments ago some members from the elite rescue squad virginia task force one from fairfax are heading to mexico city this evening. some concerns that the children might have come back from the county fair with swine flu. officials maintain that is not the case. but some bigs have been diagnosed with spine flu. richard reeve is in leonardtown with a "7 on your side" alert. rich? richard: health officials officn st. mary's on urgent search looking for families that may have had contact with pigs at the charles county fair because the entire swine population there has been quarantined after they found at least five pigs there have swine flu. take a look. sources tell us one of the pigs became ill on sunday night around same time a couple of youngsters got sick. apparently th

health officials aren't telling us how many children fell in. but if that flu was transferred to the youngsters it would be called variant flu. authorities concede they may have picked up other animal born malady. to be on the safe side they ordered pigs at the st. mary's county fair and calvert county fair to be shut down. to complicate matters worse, some st. mary's panelly travel to the charles county fair so they may have to check those families as well. >> telling them if they have a fever or sore throat or cough or flu-like symptoms we are asking them to connect with the local healthcare provider to be appropriately tested and treated if necessary. richard: so aside from the fact you have kids that are sick this is a big deal in this part of maryland. a lot of folks work all year long raising these a

bringing them to the fair. that will not happen in two counties now. we will bring you to one of the fair grounds at 5:00. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: we will see you then. thank you. important information from the c.d.c. about swine flu. variant virus inflecting pigs that can be transferred to people who come into contact with a sick pig. there has been limited cases of person-to-person transmission of the virus. so keep that in mind. here is the thing. in 2009 mutated version led to widespread cases. vaccine made against human flew flew is said to be no good when it comes to swine flu. still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the first daughter ivanka trump opening up about postpartum depression following the birth of her three children. her biggest challenges. plus -- >> i don't think i truly understood the magnitude of the job. michelle: it was a big one. a daunting task, in fact.

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michelle: elijah brooks had big shoes to fill when he was hired as the head football coach. he was only 27 years toed when he took the job and he continued the winning ways for the story book program. robert burton has more with the coach of the week. robert: brook, not so much an up-and-down year. more like a down and way up year so far. >> we start off the season slow with a loss in las vegas but we bounced back and we won three straight games. robert: of course they did. the football power house dematha and they are even stronger this year thanks to coach brooks. but it wasn't always that way. he said he was in over his head when he first took the job at 27 years old

understood magnitude of the job. one of the top programs in country and pressure to win. i wanted to win as a player but as a coach it's a whole different animal. robert: february 2017 we saw brooks send off 11 seniors all division i scholarships. don't forget a handful of state titles. >> they won't remember the fourth and one call i make 20 years from now but hopefully they will remember some of the things that i tried to teach them off the field. how to treat people. how to grow as a person. always to give back when you are in a position to do so. robert: with the coach of the week, i'm robert burton. nancy: friday dematha holds friendship collegiate in the high school game of the week. scott abraham will be live at hyattsville and coverage begins here at abc7.

next on abc7 -- >> it was a very challenging emotional time for me. nancy: ivanka trump opening up about postpartum depression for first time. the first daughter describing her biggest challenges in becoming a mother. michelle: a few weeks ago jimmy kimmel shared with the world his son's heart condition and made a plea to preserve the affordable care act. last night he did it again. >> i am politicizing my son's health problems because i have to. [applause] michelle: his direct message to one senator and the renewed health debate on the hill. that's next.

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michelle: more rest this morning following the london train bombing last week. the men are from wales. this brings the number of people in custody related to this incident to five. 30 people injured when the device in a bucket went off but never fully exploded. some were hurt in the rush to get out of the train. >> another trump official out. the president's long time aid and the former bodyguard keith shiller left the position at the white house.

john kelly and shiller but shiller reportedly told associates this is all about the money. his salary has been cut by more than half as a white house employee. michelle: happening today, president trump says he has come to a decision on the iran nuclear deal. hours after saying this to world leaders at theup general assembly. >> iran deal was one of the worst and the most one-sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. michelle: this is from hours ago when he told reporters gathered with the photo op for palestinian president mahmoud abbas he would let us know, that is a quote, the decision but he didn't say when or provide other details. secretary of state rex tillerson and ice iranian counterpart are participating in a european union hosted meeting. that is reportedly a contentious affair. nancy: ivanka trump sharing her stories with postpartum depression.

after the birthed of all three of her children. she made the revelation in upcoming episode of dr. oz show. and this is a condition millions of women face that could include extreme sadness as well as anxiety. >> it was a challenging, emotional time for me. i felt like i was not live ugh up to my potential as a parent or as an entrepreneur. i had such easy pregnancies that in some ways the juxtaposition hit me harder. nancy: she felt it was time to take the private struggle to the public sphere. michelle: and jimmy kimmel wading in the healthcare debate making it perfect clear he is politicizing his son's heart condition. speaking passionately against senate version to repeal and replace affordable care act. listen to his remarks directed as one of the

bill cassidy. >> this bill they came up with worse than the one thank god republicans like suzanne collins and lisa murkowski and john mccain torpedoed over the summer. it seems like you are a decent guy but nobody outside of your buddies in congress want the bill. only 12% of americans supported the last one and this is worse. michelle: in response cassidy says that kimmel doesn't understand the bill. a vote could happen in a matter of days. scott thuman tells us that means there are new players involved. >> what seems a dead end has a new past. push to repeal obamacare found unexpected resurgence in the graham cassidy bill that would send money to states to let them decide healthcare coverage instead of washington. but the new chance is met by new opponents. >> this guy bill

to my face. there is a new test for you. lie detector test. >> late night comedian jimmy kimmel whose son suffered from rare heart defect said it would fail those most in need. that is countered by president trump's early morning tweets in support of it. >> if it seems like the republicans are in a mad dash to rush this through now it's because they only have until september 30 to get the votes. after that, they need 60. some call it a virtual impossibility. suzanne collins is on the fence concerns it may not be analyzed by the congressional budget office until monday. >> i'm disappointed to hear however that it is going to be a partial announcement that will not include the intact on coverage. >> distrust on capitol hill on both sides that bils

always deliver as promised >> if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. >> with the insurers leaving the system republicans must decide if they will ignore the critics and choose what is passible even if imperfect. >> we have families that can no longer afford the insurance. once they cancel that policy, there is nowhere for them to go. >> scott thuman, abc7 news. michelle: the republicans get 50 votes vice president pence would serve as the tie-break. speaker paul ryan said he would get it to the house to president trump's desk. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." coming up, a taste of rome in the district. hear the sistine chapel choir as it visits the beltway. and tolls are not the only project coming to virginia. we tell you what else governor mcauliffe has planned. ditching the dog to share bikes another way. the new option when allison and i join you at 5:00. nancy: thank you. sad evening

jake lamatta the former middle weight channel is dead. you might know him from "raging bull." he was the bronx bull and he died yesterday in a miami hospital where he was treated for complications of pneumonia. michelle: abc7 is tracking hurricane maria as it crosses puerto rico. this is the view from the international space station. as a hurricane strengthened. reaching one of the most intense points. just before hitting the island. a stunning view but scary to know what we have seen from the first round of pictures released. for more pictures we turn to social media and a lot of the images. nancy: lindsey mastis has more on images and the videos being shared now. lindsey: what we are seeing on social media shows the power of the storm. take a look at this. this video is showing that rain and the wind coming through. just pounding the palm trees. take a look at

there is a lot of flooding throughout the region. a lot of people are showing devastation that is causing. take a look at the picture. this person writing everything surrounding my home is destroyed. at least my home is still fine. this is so dangerous right here. you will notice this balcony has been damaged. there is a huge drop off right there. take a look at this. this is some of the debris all through town that people are sharing. and more debris here as well as trees down. people showing the power of the storm. and what it is leaving behind. then this. this woman writing the eye of the hurricane passed through here, our home is destroyed. my heart is broken. i hope everyone is safe. there were a lot of images we are not able to see. with power out a lot of people are not able to upload what they see the social media. back to you.

storm has been downgraded to a category two and the hurricane force winds are just off the edge of the island of puerto rico. so, what we have at this point, 110 miles per hour winds gusting up to 130. significantly downgraded but a strong and a powerful storm. in the yellow we have the tropical storm force winds so the entire island under those and a lot of the dominican as well. under the tropical force storm winds. orange color are the winds up to 60 miles per hour. that is still happening on the forth west side of puerto rico. in the red, that is where we have hurricane winds what are just over the water. a little good news there. we have an updated track with the category two storm. it's expected again to still strengthen back to cat three as it works its way just past turks and caicos and working farther north. i want to point out as this gets off the coast of georgia and the carolinas, it does weaken. but still that cone gets wide. so exactly where the storm is and the cone is still up in

we have to watch it closely as it works its way north. start at home and rehoboth beach, prettier picture than yesterday now that jose moved a bit farther north and east. but still gusty winds at the beaches closer to home. then sunshine for most of us. so for the rest of the evening the temperatures are slowly falling. about 73 by 9:00 for you. feeling comfortable overnight. similar to last night. little patchy fog but that is it. tomorrow is hot again up to 85 degrees. feeling closer to 90. nancy, over to you. nancy: thank you. next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- this is interesting. tearingtearing in a new being of chips and it seems like there is more air than food sometimes. the top three packaged foods we

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john: did you ever open a bag of chips or cereal and wonder if they fill the darn thing mostly with air? some consumers are getting so upset they are starting to file lawsuits. do you notice anything unusual about the bottle of body talc powder? joseph riley says this is what it looked like before he opened it. >> i got home, sitting in the window sill of the bathroom and the sunlight, i could tell it wasn't halfway full. >> the dollar store body powder looked as if someone used half out. "consumer report" maggie: call this packages full of air.

others they cite, one a day vitamins, lays potato chips, uncle ben's rice and post shredded wheat. but from the doesn't that stink file, more and more brands accused of underfilling packages. the east coast brand wise have been accused of deliberatery underfilling the bag. her i have's is the subject of a similar class action. claiming under filled candy boxes. doesn't that stink? in both cases the companies blame slack fill. leaving air so the product doesn't become damaged. most of the cases the package does contain the exact amount of weight listed on the label. so while frustrating it's perfectly legal. john matarese, abc7 news. larry: right now at 5:00, puerto rico taking a direct hit from hurricane maria. the new images just in of the storm's frightening power. also happening now a race

ravaged mexico to save a little girl trapped under the rubble of her school. local school system takes action on the so-called toxic turf. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: frantic efforts right now to reach children trapped inside a school after the massive earthquake in mexico. crews throughout the night and into the day digging to find anyone still alive as the building collapsed. at least 225 people were killed. if number could go higher. larry: a rare image of hope amid a mountain of despair. the second major earthquake to hit mexico in the past two weeks. collapsed buildings and left people scrambling as everything around them crumbled. >> to the street to make sure we were away fro

crews are desperately trying to reach as many as 30 kids that could be trapped in the rubble of the collapsed school. >> they think they hear something and they are trying to listen to see if they can hear a survivor in the rubble. a few hours they think they have been communicating with a girl. they don't know exactly where she is inside the building. >> the girl has been communicating with the friends and family via text message. >> every few minutes we hear a whistle. someone will raise their hand in the air. everybody down here and hundreds of people, everybody stops. and listens. and waits. it's all to give first responders a chance to maybe pick up a tell-tale sign of where this child is. >> mexicoee president declared three days of mourning but the life or death work leaves any time for grief. larry: these are live pictures of the rescue efforts going on right now mexico. if we get any word on the girl rescued in this hour we will let you know. al