tearing apart homes and businesses and soaking and flooding rain. swallowing neighborhoods. >> this is going to be the most devastating storm. >> reporter: devastation scattered across the caribbean, ravaged by the monster storm as it made its way to puerto rico. one of the strongest to hit landfall in nearly a century. thousands pushed into shelters across the strike zone. >> we have people in flooded areas and those houses had no chance. >> reporter: puerto rico and the san juan that we knew yesterday is no longer there. >> reporter: for survivors to have a chance once the storm clears, officials say they'll need help from the mainland. an emotional plea. >> remember that you are part of us even if you're not here. don't

>> reporter: in the face of an unforgettable storm. >> i'm concerned that we won't get to everybody in time. >> reporter: jay gray, nbc news. >> for a closer look at maria's path and the potential impact on our area, we go to doug in storm center 4. what do you think, doug? >> we're continuing to track this storm as it makes its way off the island of puerto rico. only a category 2 now weakening just before landfall producing up to 20 to 30 inches of rain. they will still see rain here for days and flooding for days as the storm system moves off towards the north and east away from puerto rico. it did come in with winds of 150 to 155 miles per hour at that time. winds now down to 1 10 miles pe hour. it's going to head towards the bahamas and nen

late next week. that's when it interacts with jose. it's still off the coastline. he a it's a tropical storm with 70 miles per hour. it's moving out and expect it to move back towards the coast. maria could interact with jose and pull it into parts of new england. either way, both storms will be much weaker. we continue to watch that from the storm center. >> i'm erika gonzalez. there are live pictures from mexico city taking place to rescue people and make sure nobody there is needing tending to one bucket at

and it's pushing out from the area that they are searching. this is one of the disaster zones in the roman zone. the buckets by buckets is what you see. earlier president trump extended his condolences. and it's been difficult because of the widespread destruction. investigators are being looking at infrastructure and building safety and the city was built on land that was once the bottom of the lake. that soil has amplified the quake's shaking and destructive force doreen,

>> erika gonzalez, thank you. a second woman is now accusing a local massage therapist of sexual assault. the woman says that this man inappropriately a inappropriately atouched her at the massage envy in tenleytown. our pat collins will have the latest ahead in the next half hour. now to a threat near a local college campus. the same man may be responsible for attacks in maryland. what's the reaction that you're hearing from students? >> a lot of students are upset and afraid. they have a number of apartment houses in the 4500 block, these are the paces that are being targeted and they are taking

>> we have a baseball bat in our room in case someone breaks in. >> reporter: this is at the 4500 block of gilford road. someone tried breaking into tracy collins apartment. >> i saw someone with their fingers through my window and i sat up and i said what are you doing i'm calling the police. >> reporter: 30 minutes later, someone did break into jack shubert's place. >> we lost two computers and xbox and a pair of $300 headphones so pretty expensive stuff. >> reporter: and then on the same block, a student was sexually assaulted inside of her campus apartment. >> around 3:00 a.m., someone broke into the window. it was unlocked but closed and some one snuck in. >> police say

female tenant saw him and screamed. >> overall, the conversations don't center around what has happened. >> some of the neighbors here are taking matters into their own hands. >> we're talking about it as a community and how we can really help the students do what they need to do to take basic precautions. >> reporter: this is how serious the situation is for the department. they are again asking students to lock their doors and windows and asking them if they have any information that could help in this investigation to share that information. >> tracee, thank you. >> a lot of outreach. now to politics, they shook

tonight president barack obama is blasting efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. mr. obama delivered a keynote dress in new york today. >> across town, trump was meeting with leaders in the u.n. general assembly. blayne alexander is joining us now. >> day three for president trump up at the u.n. he met with a number of world leaders oh and today he's turning those words into action. one day after calling the iran nuclear deal an embarrassment, he's made up his mind on whether to end it but would not say what that agreement

here with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, president trump sounding upbeat on middle east peace. >> stranger things have happened. but i think we have a great chance. >> we must all stand together and be accountable in implementing sanctions. >> repealing obamacare with the fight over pre-existing conditions once again center stage. >> so we're going to give plex guilt to cover six people but six people will be covered. >> today, president obama weighed in with rare comments on his namesake policy. >> when i see people trying to undue that progress, it's aggravating. >> democrats vowing to stop the new plan at all

>> they hope to vote on this next week. and just within the past hour or so, we got new comments from president trump on that renewed effort to replace and repeal obamacare. republicans have only until the end of the fiscal year. that's just next week to pass this and that would essentially make that impossible to pass. back to you. >> blayne alexander, thank you. the former va medical director has been fired. hawkins was in charge of the va when the news4 i-team revealed problems inside like supply shortages and surgical problems in

va secretary david shulkin said it's the right move for veterans. now to the pictures that have angered just about everyone who has seen them. two women who worked as navy corpsmen are off the job after images show them mocking newborns in their care. there is a snapchat woman where she makes an infant dance to a rap song and make as profane gesture calling her mini sat tans. they say the situation is unacceptable. possible punishments include court-martial. >> more breaking news here at the live desk. seven fair goers in maryland have tested positive for a strain of the flu after coming in close contact with pigs at the charles county fair. the maryland health department says that same strain has popped up in more than a dozen other cases across the country.

are asking anybody experiencing flu-like symptoms and maybe you went to this fair, too, to head to the doctor. back over to you guys. >> erika, thank you. new concern about artificial turfs. why your kids could risk getting concussions or worst if they play on local fields. it's a moment you didn't see on tv. what happened in the commercial break during the debate last night that surprised seasoned politicians and analysts. got a big game here at fedex field sunday night. but if you plan on taking metro, yo

ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requiring concussion standards for school sports. the smoking ban in restaurants. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him.

just in, maryland task force one. montgomery county fire says it is getting ready to head to the caribbean for hurricane relief. this is a bleak picture from the small caribbean islands of don't minu dominica. there have been seven deaths on that island. doug will have an update in a few minutes. kids from prekindergarten to college level play on it but tonight artificial turf is raising concerns for parents in the

as aimee cho reports, parents were not notified until august. >> reporter: she's worried about it. >> i'm worried about toxicity. >> reporter: her oldest son is in first grade and their turf field is one of 16 in d.c. that failed recent safety tests. >> we haven't had any information in terms of follow up in terms of what they are planning to replace it with. >> we understand their concern. >> reporter: d.c. general says they will fix the field in the next few weeks but some parents wonder why they weren't told sooner. >> when we give over our kids to the school every day, we put a lot of trust into the

>> reporter: another issue is the material in them. some turf field are made from recycled tires and they say these particles cause obesity, early puberty and she's found these particles in her son's hair. >> sometimes his hair would rub up against it. >> reporter: when it comes to her children's safety and those hard surfaces, she and many others aren't softening their stance aimee cho, news4. many are asking about the latest attempt to repeal and replace the affordable care act. julie carey asked each candidate whether it would hurt virginia. listen

>> virginia cannot be punished for not being an expansion state and for being fiscally prudent with our dollars. >> i would ask you to join the two republican governor who is have said this is a bad idea. >> i just said that we can't punish virginia. >> julie is joining us with more on the exchange between the two candidates. >> that was one of the few mildly contentious moments. interestingly, though, the candidates agree that cassidy graham is the wrong answer. in fact, our debate was the first time that he had he had gillespie took a position on it. he says virginia could lose out financially in a replacement plan but gillespie says he wants some sort of a repeal and replace plan.

care act and northam thinks he knows some ways to fix it. what struck me was just the civility in this debate. >> a lot of people were watching and i said i expected there to be maybe some aggression but more civility than that. you saw that. there were pictures taken from inside the hall during the commercial break where you saw these two men talking, joking, smiling, laughing during that time and they were both very aware of the political climate that we're in right now and how civility hasn't been the key word or what people really engaged in and knowing that this was going to be a nationally seen and scrutinized and they wanted to make sure that the virginia way was front and center. i think you got that. >> huge contrasts between the debates and what we saw in virginia. >> i think that was their goal. >> julie, thank you. >> thank you both. nice work last night. >> thanks. you can wch

our facebook live conversation with nbc's chuck todd still on the nbc washington website. there are over 500 comments. democratic senator tim kaine in virginia is making a strong showing in an early poll on the 2018 u.s. senate race. more than 50% of voters preferred kaine in hypothetical matchups against three republican candidates from the university of mary washington poll. kaine gained a point when matched against dave bratt and scott taylor cut the margin a little but votes still preferred kaine, 52 to 37%. our area facing a potential threat from not just one but two hurricanes.

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now to the impact of hurricanes jose and maria and what they could mean for our area. >> what's the

do for the next week or so because the interaction between maria and jose, that's what we're looking to see if it comes ashore next week. >> it's off the coast of puerto rico and entering warm water once again. >> it could strengthen again. let's show you how we're doing things as we look off towards -- we have these backwards. beverly, if we can do max 1 and then 2. i apologize for that. this is max 2 right here. what this is showing is the computer models that lauryn is going to take a look at in just a second. we have what you were looking at next with jose. jose off our coast, this is what we'll watch. this storm is going to be sitting here for days and not really doing much at all. today it's bringing high surf and flooding along the coast but that's about it. winds of 70 miles an hour moving northeast at 8 miles an hour. it moves back out and then back towards the u.s.

up and catapults back into shore. it's only a depression, if it's that, at that time. notice the eye looking well defined coming into the island. upwards of 150 miles an hour winds. a lot of flooding even around the u.s. virgin islands, including st. thomas and st. john. those are the islands that got hit by irma two weeks ago. so still tracking the system very closely. the latest advisory has come out with winds of 110 miles an hour making it a category 2. it's industryitrying to strengt. we talk about the cone of uncent

hurricane center and it's a wide area. why do we have that cone? lauryn ricketts has more. >> we have computer models that we watch constantly. and we've actually put this into our system and this is what you get, maybe the track that it might take. it gives us a boost of confidence, especially if a lot of these agree on where maria might go. it heads just off the shoreline a couple of out liars trying to bring it into the mid-atlantic. it's a little too early to tell, but the water temperature is so warm, especially down to the south. water temperatures in the 70s. once you get to around the d.c. area, and to the north, the wear water temperatures are dn

jose is weakening because it's in cooler water. doug? >> the ten-day forecast we have it tracking jose and maria, text tuesday, wednesday and thursday. we have to watch both of them. still not sure where it's going to go but until then, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, absolutely gorgeous. and to think we're close to 90 degrees and fall begins on friday. >> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. devastation from mexico city. the death toll is rising as bodies are pulled from collapsed buildings after the powerful earthquake and the worst may not be over. these are live pictures just coming in t theo

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mother nature's power is on display as two devastating disasters continue to unfold. >> buildings in the caribbean shattered by a category 4 hurricane and mexico city leveled by an earthquake. >> we're going to start in mexico where they are not giving

survivors. in this video, you'll see people with their fists in their air. it's a call for silence. it means that searchers are listening for breathing or tapping under the rubble. a young girl was found alive today under a collapsed school. the government in mexico city says more than 50 people have been rescued from the crumbling buildings. i want to go back to these live pictures from this roma neighborhood that we've been watching this afternoon. just moments ago, there was an erie silence that fell over the crowd. there were a lot of rescuers there and people stopped pulling debris and then the crowd erupted in applause. signs of life, perhaps? across the country, though, the death toll stands at more than 220. it is too soon to say how many lives hurricane maria took in the caribbean. still, she's storming across puerto rico. hundreds of homes there destroyed. torrential rain is causing widespreaded

power. and minute is a major concern. puerto rico already has more than $70 billion of debt cleaning up from hurricane maria and irma will only add to that. back to you guys. >> erika, thank you. now to an update that news4 broke earlier this week. new allegations against a local massage therapist. a second woman accusing him of sexual assault after seeing him on our newscast. both women say the massage therapist touched them inappropriately inside the massage envy shop in tenleytown. that's where we find news4's pat collins. pat? >> reporter: doreen, first there was one victim and now there are two. could there be more? the crime scene is massage envy. charged in two sex cases, this

here. according to court documents, a woman says that he tried to sexually assault her on august 28th. on september 5th, she says she met with the manager and owner of massage envy to report the events that occurred. apparently, he continued to work here. because on september 17th, 12 days later at the same massage envy, another woman says she was sexually assaulted by him. this woman called the police. and he was arrested. he told police that he's done nothing wrong and he has no criminal record and he's never been in trouble before. he's been fired from his job at massage envy. tonight he's in jail and there's a court hearing scheduled tomorrow. now, this is how

to management here. she didn't go to the police right away. she saw a story our mark segraves did on monday about the second victim and that's what prompted her to go to the cops. so the question tonight is are there more victims? will more women step forward? investigators are waiting. back to you. >> pat, thank you. another success story for new eyes in the sky in stafford county. a drone owned by the sheriff's office helped locate a missing special needs student. the boy disappeared after leaving mountain view high school and evidence suggested that he was nearby but it was dark outside. so deputies launched a drone equipped with night vision. >> one of the benefits you have with the drone technology is the thermal imaging capability and it's able to see at night when humans cannot. >> earlier this summer, the sheriff's office used

wanted felon. the sheriff's office now deploying the drones several times a week. >> news4 is working for you with a heads up for you about the redskins game on sunday night. our transportation reporter adam tuss found out metro has no plans to stay open to accommodate thousands of fans. it means you may have to leave before the final score. >> sunday night football here at fedex field. the redskins and raiders. if you plan on taking metro to the game, don't plan on taking it home because it's not going to be open. but will the same thing happen here at nats park when playoff baseball comes in october? will the nationals pay to keep metro open late? metro now has a special events policy where an event organizer has to pay $100,000 per hour to keep the system open late. metro then pays back what it makes during that hour to the organizers. but metro insists that the event has to lead to

the system. metro tells news4 it will be up to decide if they want to keep the system running late. he made history on the u.s. supreme court. the untold story of thurgood marshall and his deep roots in our area ahead of a new movie. it's the advice that you give your kids but they don't always take it. this may have your children racing for a bar of soap. >> and i've been telling you about the interaction between jose and maria next week that could bring one or both into our area. we're going to talk much more about this and go into deta i'll have ilthe langoustine lobster ravioli. for you, sir? the original call was for langoustine ravioli. a langoustine is a tiny kind of lobster. a slight shellfish allergy rules that out, plus my wife ordered the langoustine. i will have chicken tenders and tater tots. if you're a ref, you way over-explain things. it's what you do.

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following up on a story that has northern virginia divided. protesters were told that nothing can be

confederate flag flying high above interstate 95. it's protected by the right to free speech. even if the board passed an ordinance regulating the size and height of the flags in the counsel tea, this flag would not be affected because it would be grandfathered. you see a flash of light in your rearview camera. you're out 50, maybe 100 bucks. it's happened to me. chances are good it's happened to you, too. d.c. took in $171 million last year from speed camera tickets. now councilmember mary jay is asking the department of transportation to review each camera in the district. residents say that some are set up on hills where speed limits are too low. statistics show that it makes our streets safer and she wants to ensure that drivers being

>> if it's at the bottom of the hill, you have to ride your brake or accelerate at the top of the hill to make it up and a ticket coming from there. >> and $11 million on just one of the cameras. so that's kind of crazy. a civil rights icon is coming to the big screen and his story has significant ties to our area. >> marshall tells the story of thurgood marshall and before becoming the first black u.s. supreme court justice, he was a young naacp lawyer on a mission. >> i only represent people accused because of their race. it's my mission. >> i never touched that woman. >> both agree that if history is not remembered, there's a chance that it could be repeated. >> yes, he did it. he won it against overwhelming odds and if that's being threatened, then we have to come together as allies and do

again. >> the film opens october 13th but you can see more clips and reaction from the cast. tonight on news4 at 11:00. puerto rico took a direct hit from hurricane maria. homes destroyed in minutes. the entire island left in the dark now. a live report from ground zero of this disaster, next. this is creating a lot of attention i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general.

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pets at bars, coffee shops, restaurants, chances are you've seen them or maybe you've taken your pet. >> a pretty popular thing around here and a growing trend, too. in some parts of our area, it's al

news4's mark segraves has learned that after a crackdown at a d.c. restaurant, the regulation is now under review. >> reporter: some people prefer not to have dogs at restaurants or bars where they are eating. people we talked to today loved the idea. >> there are birds in there and it seems like they are way dirtier than the domestic animals. >> reporter: this tore is partially owned by tom sherwood and andy pants the dog was as much of a part of the business as the beer. yesterday, a d.c. health inspector ordered andy and every dog off the patio. today, tracy and her dog suze q. found themselves shut out of one of the favorite restaurants. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. >> reporter: many businesses encourage people to bring their dogs. so much so, some restaurants host yappy hours but the d.c. department of health says

against the law and they've been telling establishments to keep dogs out or face a $500 fine. other jurisdictions have found a way around the health code. bar bars and restaurants can get a permit to allow dogs. in montgomery county, restaurants can get a permit there as well. late today, the d.c. department of health changed its position on dogs at bars and say they are reviewing the regulation and a d.c. councilmember is considering emergency legislation that could allow some dogs in restaurants. mark segraves, news4. >> so what do you think about this? should dogs be allowed into restaurants and bars that serve food? look at our flash survey. the results are split here but most think that it is okay. and on outdoor patios mostly. >> on the

it's advice you've heard before, don't under estimate the power of washing your hands. you've probably said that to your children. one teacher did an experiment to show how important it really is. take a look. she used three-pieces of bread. she wore a plastic glove to put the first piece into a plastic bag and washed her hands before using them to put the second piece of bread in its bag but then she let every student in the clash touch the third piece without touching their hands before putting it in the bag. kind of speaks for itself there, doesn't it? >> you almost don't want to know this, but at the same time, yeah, there's a reason, wash your hands. >> >> and for kids, it takes half a minute to do. >> kids are like, mommy, can i have sanitizer? >> here's a dinner pairing that you may not have

taco bell is planning to open new locations with alcohol on the menu. food and wine magazine reporting that they will offer food, wine and spiked slushies. it's designed to attract a hip urban clientele. there won't be drive-throughs as well. >> now we go back to hurricane maria. there's a potential to impact our area. doug is pratracking its path. >> reporter: gabe gutierrez, we saw you this morning on the "today" show. the wind has stopped howling there. but the power is still out. >> that's exactly right. it's difficult to get around san juan tonight, doreen and aaron, and this is some of the

cars, many roads are flooded and others simply impassable. the governor has imposed a curfew and the full extent of this damage is still being assessed. we were there as the storm made landfall in southeast puerto rico and then passing over just to the southwest of san juan as a category 4 storm packing hurricane-force winds, extremely dangerous. the concern, of course, was not just a wind but also the storm surge and, yes, many areas are flooded tonight. now, the question remains is that how the full extent of this damage, the mayor says that the search and rescue missions are starting to get under way and that the curfew is in effect but now the question will be how long this recovery will take on an island that already has weak infrastructure and so many people are without power. back to you. >> gabe, we saw you this morning being

it took your breath away at some points. how are people doing and feeling now that the storm has passed and they are having to deal with the aftermath there? >> reporter: well, to give you a rundown of our day, we started, yes, in a hotel in an upper floor and then had to evacuate that floor when things got -- when the winds got so strong, that wind ended up taking in some water. we went downstairs and were able to keep broadcasting but communications are extremely difficult. most of the cell phone carriers are not working. we got a first look when the worst of it had passed. residents described roofs being blown off and parts of buildings collapsed. no firm numbers now on how many dead or injured. that's still being assessed. many people here are stunned. this is the strongest storm to slam into puerto rico in nearly a century. back in 1932 is the last time they had a category 4 or 5 storm. the extent of this massive hurricane is still bei

just for the coming days but for coming months. guys, back to you. >> a very long day and night for you, gabe gutierrez, in san juan, puerto rico. thank you. >> you can imagine that people are feeling numb. they don't know what hit them. >> yes. what a season we've had here. people are asking, is this what is going to come next, are we going to see it all the time? the answer is no. we saw one like this back in 2005 but it takes a special set of ingredients to create storms like these and unfortunately these storms were hitting areas that are highly populated. this storm moving over puerto rico which has over 3 million people every single one of them without power. you saw generators are on in some of the hotels and here's the eye of the storm. watch it move inland and degrade a bit and make

offshore and you can see the eye starting to take shape again. there are trees down across the boston area from what is jose now and that's a tropical storm with winds of 75 miles an hour. it's bringing flooding and there is rainfall and flooding down towards the coastline and including our coastline. right along the potomac here, too. these are areas that are normally flooded around king street. you know the starbucks, it always gets flooding. we could see some of that tonight. here's what i want to talk about. we have jose and maria. these two do a dance here. here's maria moving up. it's going to weaken by this point. this is good news, maybe a category 1 or 2 storm. and then it interacts with jose. this is

watch what happens. watch where jose goes. right into the east. maria catapults it back into parts of the mid-atlantic and new england. this is what we'll wait to see. does that happen? is maria allowed to come even closer? a lot to talk about. that's why for the past few days we've been tracking jose and maria and we've got in the middle of next week. beautiful weather. 88 tomorrow. a very warm day. first day of fall on friday and the weekend, guys, looking superb. >> all right. better enjoy it while we can. thank you, doug. "nbc nightly news" is just ahead with new reporting on hurricane maria and the impact of the

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a nice win for the redskins last week. we need to keep it going. >> the first home win of the season for the redskins. sunday night football is at fedex field. hosting the raiders. it's going to test this team on both sides of the ball. the redskins are ready to perform on the biggest stage this weekend. jordan reed was the only player sitting out at practice suffering from a shoulder sprain. and there is concern that he's not healthy. as for rob

participated in a limited fashion. the throwing back had a great game against the rams before having to exit early. the team hoping to be at full strength for the big primetime game at home. >> we're excited. i think losing our home opener is hard. derrick has been very efficient with the football and doesn't get sacked very often but we're going to need our home crowd support, so to speak, to make it loud and hard on them and hopefully we give them something to cheer about. >> the player is to keep your eye on is chris thompson after he scored two touchdowns against the rams, three total touchdowns in two games. more importantly, the spark to this redskins offense. and his team knows how important th

success sdpr he's got a great demeanor and very composed and intelligent and great teammate. i said you're the kind of guy you want in a huddle and the moment is not too big for him. >> a lot of things we do, we wouldn't be able to do without him. he's one of the biggest mismatches that we have. he's outstanding talent and he'll continue to perform. >> a recap on football night in america at 7:00 followed by the raiders and redskins facing off at 8:30 p.m. all here on nbc 4. the washington wizards shelled out big bucks to keep the court together. tonight we're working to confirm multiple reports saying that one of the wizards starting five might be out.

markeif morris will most likely miss all of the training camp and could miss more. the time frame is unclear right now. a big piece of the wizards puzzle averaging 14 points a game for the wiz. >> just walk behind me and soon you'll see everyone is afraid of me. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., an elementary school gets a treat. that was bradley beal and sheldon mack taking part in a reading circle. players gave out autographed books for every kid. this is part of the nba read to achieve program. >> it was crazy. i didn't think i was going to do that well and the kids put me in a spirit to be in the character and keep them entertained. you have to. >> silly old owl, doesn't he know there's no such thing? >> can youee

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breaking news tonight. double disasters unfolding as we come on the air. hurricane maria hammering puerto rico with a direct hit. still a monster storm. the strongest to slam ashore on that american island in nearly a century. power reportedly knocked out to 100% of the island. torrential rain, as much as two feet. life-threatening floods turning roads into raging rivers. our team is there, and al roker is tracking the danger. while in mexico, a race against time after that powerful earthquake. first responders and volunteers digging to rescue survivors in the rubble, including children trapped when their school collapsed. the death toll soaring into the hundreds from the quake that leveled buildings and sparked explosions. tonight we're live from both disaster