week later. inside the search for dozens of people still missing after that deadly mudslide in washington

state. turning point, ships finally retrieve some of the floating objects in the indian ocean. are we closer to an answer in the mystery of flight 370? out of nowhere. southern california shaken by an earthquake that damaged homes and businesses, knocked out power and rattled a lot of nerves. game changer? after a ruling that college athletes are employees what does that mean for big-time college sports? and the long road home for a dog named sassy. thanks to a big assist from a little piece of technology. good evening, more unsettling rumbles this afternoon shattering nerves in southern california less than a day after a 5.1 earthquake shattered windows, emptied store

shelves and caused power outages. scientists in california say more than 100 aftershocks including a magnitude .1 quake occurred. while damage from last night's quake was mild, it was powerful enough to remind us of what lies underneath. >> reporter: it was a 5.1 earthquake that lasted as what residents described as a very long four seconds. >> and all of a sudden you could feel the seats start to shift, it was very scary. >> reporter: a quake that caused nearly 100 aftershocks. lamps swayed, bottles and glasses broke, this surveillance video shows a store collect running for cover as the wall of items hit the floor. it felt like it shattered. >> i felt like a building came down, i never been inside a building where i was so scared. >> reporter: the quake struck at

9:00 local, just along the line between chino hills. it was centered around los angeles, and neighbors felt it as far south as san diego and as far north as ventura county. at a bowling alley in lahabre, the employees scrambled to get out. here, the boulders overturned this car. elsewhere, the water mains forced closures. some people lost power. >> it was not soft-rolling. it was pretty violent and the lights went out and that was it. >> reporter: at a dodgers exhibition game in los angeles, the cameras shook, and the announcer, vin skully, made the call. >> we certainly felt it here in press box row. >> this is an earthquake that was not terribly damaging but should be taken to heart that we

can have larger more damaging earthquakes. >> reporter: and experts caution that aftershocks could continue for days into weeks. >> and now we're having an aftershock. >> reporter: with more aftershocks this afternoon, many fear there are worse quakes to come. experts say there is a 5% chance that yesterday's quake is a sign of a stronger quake ahead. but authorities say it should be a warning for people to be prepared. lester? >> rehema ellis tonight in los angeles, thank you. and one week after a rain-soaked hillside crashed down into a quiet neighborhood in oso, washington, the reality is setting in that some victims may be inside the mud and debris for a very long time. a moment of silence this afternoon at the exact time of the mudslide, an area that has pushed crews to their edge.

miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: lester, good evening, much of the day here we saw steady rain, and anything but ideal conditions for search teams, today there is real concern for their safety as they push on. >> please join us in a moment of silence. >> reporter: at 10:37 a.m., one week to the day that much of the area buried oso, search teams paused to remember the victims and those they have yet to find. in small towns not far from this tight-knit community, heartbreak and tears. >> it will take a long time to heal. >> reporter: tonight, the official death toll stands as 17, while more bodies have been found but not identified. 90 people are still missing. every day search teams make more grim discoveries. >> you say crews are identifying bodies in the field, do you expect your victim total to rise over the next several days? >> it is a very, very slow process, it was miserable to begin with, and as you all know

it has rained heavily the last few days. it has made the quick sand even worse. >> reporter: this is what it looks like for the crews on the ground, a world washed away and flipped upside down. search teams are exhausted suffering from hypothermia as chaplains stand by. the volunteers salvage what they can, for some, this is all that is left. >> this is a very emotional event for these family members, we have them digging for loved ones along side us. >> reporter: today in the rain, a flash flood warning and worries that this could trigger another slide. this is a danger he knows all too well. >> then turn around and come home and it is all gone. neighborhood, wife. yeah. family. >> reporter: the volunteer oso firefighter helped find his wife, christina, and his

granddaughter, sanoa, in the rubble. >> i'm going to miss my wife. and my granddaughter. i love them so much. >> reporter: tonight, he shares his grief with families who have lost loved ones and with so many others who are still waiting for someone to come home. a week ago today, seven survivors were rescued from the mudslide, tonight, five of them remain hospitalized. they are slowly recovering. lester? >> so much sadness there, miguel almaguer, thank you. today for the first time in four weeks, floating objects were recovered in the indian ocean that were suspected to be related to the missing malaysian jetliner. nbc's kerry sanders has more from washington. >> reporter: it is the first time anything has been fished from the ocean since this investigation began, but almost as quickly as the chinese shared news that their naval crews had located something officials announced it was not debris,

rather, just ocean garbage. ten planes from a half dozen countries are again airborne today, chris-crossing the area about half the size of mexico. orange, green, and white items all spotted in the last 24 hours but experts say yellow is the color to find. >> looking at this debris you would expect to see anything that is bright yellow, whether it is the emergency escape slides or the life preserver or life rafts. >> reporter: 22 days into this mystery, political analysts say china's government is under extraordinary pressure. >> they wanted to make clear to china's citizens that they are doing everything conceivable to find out what happened. >> reporter: tonight, at least 50 families are headed to kuala lumpur where there is yet more confusion. six days ago, the prime minister broke hearts when he announced there was no hope of any

survivors. >> flight 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: but this today from malaysia's acting minister of transportation. >> no matter how remote, hope against hope, please, we will continue to find survivors. >> reporter: american philip wood was on board flight 370. >> i am totally confused. i honestly don't understand why the government has behaved the way it has, the whole way through i haven't. >> reporter: tonight, high tech boats will be towed to listen for the flight recorder's pings, the pings which are right here is supposed to send out a signal for about 30 days. that means there are about eight or nine or ten days left before the battery dies. >> all right, thank you. more on the crisis in ukraine with reports of tens of

thousands of russian troops massing near the border and their intention is not clear. there are renewed diplomatic efforts tonight and a surprise announcement by secretary of state john kerry. nbc's kristen welker has more at the white house. >> reporter: good evening, secretary kerry was heading home from saudi arabia today when he quickly turned his plane around and headed to europe to meet with his russian counterpart in paris tomorrow, this on the heels of an hour-long call between president obama and russian president putin yesterday about a possible diplomatic resolution. while a senior administration official wouldn't provide details past approvals have included encouraging russia to pull its forces back from the bases. now, tensions have been mounting in recent weeks after russia annexed crimea. but russia says it will not invade other parts of ukraine. the white house says it has to

wait and see how serious putin is about diplomacy, so far he has been defiant. all right, kristen, thank you. and taliban militants carried out an attack in kabul toda today. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more. >> reporter: there were dozens of election officials inside when suddenly they started to receive in-coming rocket fire and machine gunfire. the officials were rushed down into the safe room, the attack lasted for several hours, eventually, afghan forces set up a cordon around the area, and set up an area where four taliban members had taken up position.

the afghan s.w.a.t. team cleared the building and killed the taliban militants. in some indications this is what the army is leaving behind, the taliban is increasingly bold and increasingly carrying out more frequent attacks right here in the afghan capital. lester? richard engel in kabul. and more damage control from governor chris christie who spoke today in las vegas a day after he tried to put the george washington bridge scandal behind him. today he spoke of his own leadership. >> how do you get better? how do you make your people better? and so for me, i think, it is about me being a lot more questioning about things that are going on. it is about sending very clear signals but certain conduct and actions are acceptable, and certain are completely unacceptable. >> our political director chuck todd has more. chuck? >> reporter: well, it has been

fascinating to watch christie in the last four days, let's put into context where he was. this was a 2016 republican cattle call if you want to call it that. a bunch of 2016 potential candidates were there. so let's look at the remarkable 72 hours. chris christie comes out with his own investigation that clears him of wrongdoing, there was a massive press conference where the bravado comes back, he is trying to attack reporters, saying you don't know what you're talking about, and proclaimed his innocence and quickly gets on a plane because he wants to jump start his political campaign. he wants to jump for president. he wants out of this political purgatory. but as we saw today we had new photos released that came at the september 11th commemoration that took place at ground zero. and look at what he is with, all the key players from the new jersey port authority. and lester all of those guys, samson, wildstein, baroni, all

of them with the governor while the bridge tie-up was happening in realtime. and again, of course, governor christie claims he knew nothing of it. but again if somebody says they told him, he says he doesn't remember. all right, chuck, thank you. there will be more on "meet the press" tomorrow. and the growing debate on whether college athletes are and the growing debate on whetheas a woman withtes are overactive bladder, i knew how it felt to be trapped with no restroom in sight. and what it was like having to get out of bed again and again. that's when i decided to take control with the oxytrol for women patch. i did my research. i found the patch is safe and effective when used as directed. it reduces my symptoms of frequency, urgency and accidents. and it's fda approved as otc. my life has changed for the better. yours can too. take control with oxytrol for women.

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is also many more houring than the students spend on their studies. the decision could lead to pay to play. >> ultimately it will lead to some money decision because the players know how much money their schools and covers are making as a result of the fact that they play. >> reporter: the university said that unionization and collective bargaining are not the appropriate venues to raise this. northwestern plans to appeal the ruling to the full national labor relations board in washington, and no matter the decision reached there, some experts say that colleges would be wise to negotiate with players sooner rather than later. if i were the labor board, the way you win this is not to negotiate but to concede beforehand. >> reporter: the polls suggest the majority of fans don't support paying players, even as fans spent big money on the bonanza known as march mad nene

>> i think to them it will be lost compensation for the sport. >> it is fair that they take home some of the benefits for the university. >> reporter: now training to land a job with an nfl team, coulter will join a union with a powerful voice having just helped the college athletes with theirs. >> this action and movement is not about whether or not we're competent or not, this is about whether or not we should have a voice in the things that govern them. >> reporter: a legal touchdown for players, perhaps, although the score is far from settled. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. the score is far from settled. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. and ♪ oh-oh, oh, oh, la, la-la, la-la, la-la ♪ ♪ na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na some things just go together, like auto and home insurance. bundle them together at progressive, and you save big on both. ♪ oh, oh-oh, oh, oh hey, it's me! [ whistles ]

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there has been a lot of tough news today so let's end tonight on a happy note. took a year and a half but a dog named sassy that walked away was reunited with his owner. the result of a chance encounter with a vet who asked the right question. >> when you think that there is no hope at all, there really and truly is hope. you never give up. >> reporter: it has been a terrible 17 months for cindy, since her beloved beagle,

7-year-old sassy, who she raised as a puppy, walked off. >> we drove up and down the road, nothing, you come to terms with the fact that she is gone. >> reporter: but sassy did survive, first dodging death from a severe injury. then she was sent to a kill shelter. but fate had other plans. sassy went to ashland, to west virginia, and eventually to brentwood, pennsylvania, covering more than 400 miles to find her way into a foster home. >> as long as your petting her and giving her attention, she is happy. very low maintenance. >> reporter: but at last week's vet visit, a question. >> they say she was micro chipped. before that, we were calling her jenny. they say she is micro-chipped and her name is sassy. you could tell right away she reacted to that. >> reporter: and that micro chip

was the missing piece to sassy's past? >> thousands of owners are being reunited with their pets because of this. it is a small device implanted in the animal, scanners detect the chip and link it to the data base that links them bk to their owners, this was a reunion the romans have prayed for. >> hi, baby! i have missed you so much. yes. >> reporter: jill rappaport, nbc news. that is our broadcast for tonight, i'm lester holt, i'll see you right back here tomorrow evening. have a great night.

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