digging out the survivorors of a devaststating mudslilide in soun califofoia.his woman is lucky, but rescuers are still searching for those trapped, buried, or swept away. at least 17 people are confirmed dead. ♪ >> i'm bright golf. it's good to have you with us. tonight, time is running out. political leaders in germany are bracing for a long and difficult night of negotiations. angela merkel and her conservatives in the central left spd are trying to see if they have enough common ground to enter formal coalition talks. as the exploratory talks enter their final day, the chancellor said that the stakes are high and the outcome is far from certain. >> there are still big h hurdles to overcome. speaking for my party i can say we will be as coconstructive ass possible in our seararch for compromises. but of course, we are also aware that we want to deliver the right kind of deal for the country. that means it's going to be a tough day. brent: that was the german chancellor there. let's go to our correspondent. she is at the social democrat's headquarters. she ha