from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening and thanks for joining us. the small south american nation of ecuador is recovering from its most powerful earthquake in 40 years. last night's massive 7.8 magnitude quake was centered near the town of pedernales on ecuador's pacific coast. but it could be felt in the nation's capital, quito, 105 miles away. the quake caused damage across the nation of 16-million people. the mayor of pedernales said, quote, "the entire town collapsed. there's nothing much we can do." ecuador's president, rafael correa, says at least 235 people have died in the quake, and 15- hundred more people were injured. thousands of police and troops have been mobilized to keep order and to help rescue people trapped in the rubble. venezuela, chile and mexico are sending relief workers and supplies, and u.s. military aircraft are assisting the mission. in japan, rescue efforts following powerful back-to-back earthquakes continued today amidst dozens of small aftershocks. authorities said eleven people were still miss

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, and thanks for joining us. emotions ran high today on the greek island of lesbos, as pope francis visited a camp where 3,000 migrants and refugees await deportation to turkey under a deal with the european union. pope francis shook hands with hundreds of the migrants, many weeping and begging for his help, some chanting the word freedom. the pope asked for unity in helping people fleeing conflicts in syria, afghanistan, iraq, and elsewhere. >> ( translated ): we need to eliminate the causes of this dramatic situation: it is not enough to limit ourselves to responding to emergencies as they arise. instead, we need to encourage political efforts that are broader in scope and multilateral. it is necessary, above all, to build peace where war has brought destruction and death. >> stewart: pope francis and other religious leaders tossed wreaths into the aegean sea, to commemorate the hundreds of people who have died trying to reach europe in dangerous crossings on flimsy boats. in what he

in tonight's signature segment, special correspondent alison stewart went to texas to see how that law is working. >> i grew up with him from a baby. and i adored him. he was kind of eccentric. he had his flaws. but, oh my god, he was a good man. >> reporter: sonia cacy is describing her uncle, bill richardson. in the early 1990s, cacy lived in fort stockton, texas with her uncle, who was in his seventies and suffering from a form of dementia. on the morning of november 10th, 1991, everything changed. >> the night before we watched a movie together. burt lancaster was in it, and that was my favorite. and then when that was over, it was a late movie, i went to bed, and we were both alive. >> reporter: around dawn, a fire broke out in their home. the then 44 year old cacy escaped through a window and ran to a neighbor, who called 911. when emergency responders found richardson, the 76-year-old man was dead. authorities said the fire was suspicious. when did you sense, sonia, that the authorities suspected you of setting the fire? >> well, they took me to the hospital. i was there eight d

alison stewart takes on this cluttered field in her new book called "junk" digging through america'sthis is what i thought about your book. you know it's junk when you're embarrassed by it, it's broke, it can't be fixed, the sight of it scares little children. >> yes. we all still have it in our house. that's what happened to me. when my parents passioned away i had to clean out their basement like gen-xers and baby boomers. that basement, it was a junk situation. they accumulated so much. i would tell people what i was doing and the lady who did my nails to the lady who put bernie madoff behind bars, everybody had a junk story. my reporter radar went off. i thought what's going on in the 21st century. >> i was going to say, why are we doing it? >> it's an interesting matchup, i think, of generational issues going on right now. you have people like my folks born in 1929 who were taught to save. you have baby boomers who were taught to buy and it became cheaper to buy new than to fix. you have millennials, i went to a tiny house meetup. i said what about your pictures? they're here, m