let's bring in robin youngblood. she says the mudslide moved her home a quarter mile in 30 seconds. she is live from washington. it's nice to talk to you. thank you. >> hello, shepard. >> how are they handling those who are so horne blue affected by this? >> they set up a counseling center in arlington, the chaplain at oso has been taking donations for clothing and darrington and arlington have food centers for people who need it. many of us are collecting donations. i have an organization called church of the earth. if people go to www.church of the earth.org, it's a tax deductible donation, and we're not charging any overhead. eave dime goes to survivors. >> how -- i don't understand how people are holding up. seems like an impossible set of circumstances, robin. >> it's impossible. i just was in the governor's office helping get new i.d. a new driver's license, because mine was drowned. and i can't -- couldn't even get access to my bank and money because i had no i.d. and the woman who helped me, donna, is a member of our oso community. her husband works for the stillaguamish tri

. >> reporter: youngblood was one of the lucky few pulled to safety as is her neighbor. >> they brought jacob to us in the ambulance. and he was just, drenched and shiverrering and shaking. >> searchers are determined to continue their efforts digging tirelessly through the mud hoping through all odds to find someone alive. >>> and there's newly released photos of curt cobain's suicide. one of the photos you see here shows the singer's wallet and driver's license. another shows cobain's suicide note with a pen stuck through it. the lead singer of nirvana was 28 years old when he shot himself to death. despite the release they're not reopening the case. we've posted all of the photos under our hot topic section. >>> now to the crisis in ukraine. today russian president putin called for president obama to -- russia has gathered an estimated 50,000 troops for what it calls military exercises. the white house says president obama urged a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the hour long talk. >>> major league baseball has increased the penalties for players caught using performance enhanci

> her searcher has been in a helicopter searching, taking part in the rescue operation, and rescued youngblood as well as a friend who was with her. >> we can see the rain behind you, the weather now making things worse. >> yeah, the weather has been quite miserable right now. it's really picked up. it was letting up this morning, hardly anything was falling, but now it's coming down steadily, and forecasted pretty stormy weather including possible thunderstorms throughout the weekend, so this has already been a challenging search with mud and debris. and the weather makes it even more difficult. >> sabrina, thank you. >>> the president is on the ground in saudi arabia at this hour meeting with the king. they will discuss a number of topics, including the crisis in ukraine, iran and syria. patty culhane hah more. >> reporter: lot has changed since 2009 when president obama received this warm welcome. if of his decisions have since angered saudis. calling for mubarak to step down, negotiating with iran, and then threatening to act against bashar al-assad, and then changing his mind. all leading

. >> robin youngblood's home was caught in the middle of it all. >> this is no way what we went through we should be alive. >> we got only a few bruises. >> it blocked the north fork of the river creating a severe flooding threat and tonight there is word rising water is slowly breaking through the dam. >> we go want to ask people to remain in a state of heightened awareness because there is not total predictability about how this river is going to behave. >> reporter: we are at a checkpoint near the mud slide where law enforcement is only allowing people in who want to check on their property or loved ones. everyone else is being kept out, that is how precarious this situation is. those people who have been displaced by the slide, though, are getting help from the red cross. they have set up two shelters in the area. >> all right, that was lee stoll of cbs associate kiro. >> with the threat of more flooding looming we want to bring our affiliate eric fisher from wbz. >> what is next in the pacific northwest? >> jeff, still a developing situation here. we have a flash flood watch out fo

we're hearing from some of the survivors from saturday's slide, including robin youngblood, who described what she heard and described moments before the slide. >> first, we heard a roar. i thought maybe there was a 747 going down, it was so loud. we looked out the window, and there was a gigantic wall of mud racing across the valley. i think it must have been going 150 miles per hour. and all i could say is oh, my god, and then it hit us. >> that survivor, robin young-blood, was reunited with her searcher and rescuer yesterday. and it was a very emotional reunion as the two of them got together and hucked. meantime, the operation continues today. and we're facing some difficult conditions here. >> sabrina, on the issue of those conditions, i can't help but see the rain powering behind you, and that cannot be good for the rescue efforts. >> certainly not, del. the rain is really coming down now. we had a slight break earlier this morning, but it is now falling steady. and certainly, that's making a complicated rescue operation that much more challenging. del, back to you. >> thank you ver

i want you to meet robin youngblood. she lost her home in the landslide but made it out alive. she was pulled from the rubble by a rescuer. they gave each other a big hug when they were reunited today. i spoke with her earlier tonight. first of all, i'm so glad you're okay. walk us through what happened saturday morning. i understand you were sitting in your living room with a friend. all of a sudden you heard this huge roar. >> yeah. i've never heard anything like it before. i said, what the heck is that? and we walked over to the window. there was a wall of -- it took me a second to realize it was mud. and it was racing like 150 miles per hour across the far end of the valley. and i said oh, my god and then it hit us. >> what happened when it hit you? what did it feel like? could you actually see the mud as it came up to the house? >> i didn't see it hit us. i hit so fast that we went down. we were under water and mud. and we had mud in every orifice. and the house was moving. and i just remember thinking, okay, creator, if this is it, i might as well relax. and i just let my

listen to survivor robin youngblood tell anderson cooper how she managed to get out alive. >> my house is match sticks. there's nothing left. it ripped the roof off. and that's -- i thank god for that, because if the roof had still been on, the house filled up with mud and water, we would have drowned. the only way we got out was we dug the stuff out of our nose and mouths so we could breathe, but i was able to pick my way through debris and get up to the top and call for my friend, yedi, from holland, my student who was with me for a week. and she was pinned under a tree that had fallen, and i couldn't get to her. there was nothing stable to stand on. so, i just yelled at her to dig herself out somehow, even if she was hurt. better to be hurt and alive, because i could see that the house was going to fill up with mud. >> what a nightmare. that mudslide dragged her home a quarter of a mile from its foundation. also, you're looking at pictures of her thanking search-and-rescue operators, first responders for pulling her out of the rubble last weekend. hers is just one of so many stories

robin youngblood said living through it was like whirling in a washing machine of mud and trees. >> we were tumbled inside and had mud in our eyes and nose and mouth. i'm really grateful i'm alive. >> reporter: the scale of it all is simply mind-boggling. from here, you can see trees that are 50 feet to 60 feet tall, that have been tossed around like toothpicks and thrown hundreds of yards. the mudslide started here on this ridge, a square mile-sized chunk broken loose, cascading over this valley. take a look. the community before, dotted by houses, to the left of the river. and today, all-mud, leveling everything in its path. the area's only school was closed today. many of their students lived in the slide zone. this school may have been the hardest hit? >> well, it's not just the school. it's the town and the community. >> reporter: tonight, some rescue crews are being forced to pull back, fearing more slides in the same area. neal karlinsky, abc news, darrington, washington. >>> and we want to know what's ahead. so, let's bring in abc's meteorologist, ginger zee, right now. ginger?

survivor robin youngblood thanked her safe are who rescued her. he was in a helicopter circling the area. back to you. >> thank you for being with us this morning and the updates. >> summer raffo was one person swept away by the mudslide. her brother taken and her 16-year-old son rushed to the disaster site. they were digging for survivors when word reached them that a bod which was found. > -- body was found. >> we were working a little way as away when word reached us that a blue car was found. everyone out there know she's drives a blue car, and knows she's my sister, as soon as it was located. similar to how we did it today, i got the call. then it was by the time we got there they had exposed the - her upper portion of her body. she was identified. so i wasn't going to believe it until i got over there and saw it. it was something i had to have proof of to make sure i had that closure. i didn't want someone to say "she's here", and she leaves. and i never know and see her in that situation and see her leave. i wanted and needed to see her lea

when remington youngblood was 10 years old, he started "change 4 georgia." it's a community-service program that collects much-needed items for current and past members of our military, as well as their families. hi, remington. >> hi! >> you've said that the goal of your organization is to "serve those who are serving us." what gave you the idea to do that? >> i can answer that question in one word -- freedom. our troops fight for our freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press. and they go to the other side of the world, leaving behind everything they love -- family, friends, neighbors, and the wonders of america -- to fight for our country. and they deserve our thoughts, prayers, and support. and i'm here to give them all three. >> so, what exactly do you do for our troops and veterans? >> change 4 georgia is a non-profit organization that assists our troops overseas by providing them with items that fit in their backpacks, add comfort, and are not readily available -- items like beef jerky, ramen noodles -- a favorite -- a

. >> robin youngblood watched the wall of mud caving in. >> we tumbled inside and had mud in our eyes and nose and mouth and i'm really grateful i'm alive. >>reporter: president obama has declared a state of emergency now for the national guard is now assisting in the massive effort with governor instant lee vowing to get more federal resources. >> petal to the metal everything we get the family will get. >>reporter: search crew haven't found any survivor since sachlts head of emergency management doesn't expect to find any more considering all the time that has passed. but he added he's still hoping for a miracle. this is abc news arlington, washington. >> today governor brown directed the state office of emergency services to send members of the state urban search and rescue team to help out in response and recovery effort in washington state. >> coming up next. big announcement from the white house. plan to overhaul the nsa once secret spying program. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn aro

today we're hearing more incredible stories of survivors, including 64-year-old robin youngblood who rode a wave of mud for a quarter mile. >> and i'm sliding and i'm tumbling and then it stopped. must have been going 150 miles per hour. i just had time enough to say oh, my god and then we were hit. >> for the latest from arlington, i'm joined by jennifer bjorklund. do we know anything more about the process of searching through this enormous hillside of mud to try to find the victims? >> yeah, it's such a difficult search and what we did hear so much about in the news conference was just how amazing it is to see it in person, how it doesn't translate well in photographs or on television. now, the search dogs are search a help but that the scent they might catch takes maybe the path of least resistance. it might be 40 feet away down and over. they can't get an exact location of where they might location victims of this disaster. that's the tough part is working with this enormous mud pile that's not only very wide but also very deep, andrea. >> jennifer, thank you so much. stay with

i want you to meet robin youngblood. she lost her home in the land slide but made it out alive. she was pulled from the rubble by a rescuer. they gave each other a big hug when they were reunited today. i spoke with her earlier tonight. first of all, i'm so glad you're okay. walk us through what happened saturday morning. i understand you were sitting in your living room with a friend. all of a sudden you heard this huge roar. >> yeah. i've never heard anything like it before. i said, what the heck is that? and we walked over to the window. there was a wall of -- it took me a second to realize it was mud. and it was racing like 150 miles per hour across the far end of the valley. and i said oh, my god and then it hit us. >> what happened when it hit you? what did it feel like? could you actually see the mud as it came up to the house? >> i didn't see it hit us. i hit so fast that we went down. we were under water and mud. and we had mud in every orifice. and the house was moving. and i just remember thinking, okay, creator, if this is it, i might as well relax. and i just let my

robin youngblood lost her home in the landslide. she was bruised. she made it out alive. but she is angry about a situation. i spoke with her a short time ago. >> robin, first of all i'm so glad that you are okay. walk us through what happened saturday morning. i understand you were sitting in your living room with a friend. all of a sudden you heard this huge roar. >> yeah. i've never heard anything like it before. i said, what the heck is that? and we walked over to the window. there was a wall of -- it took me a second to realize it was mud. and it was racing like 150 miles per hour across the far end of the valley. and i said oh, my god and then it hit us. >> what happened when it hit you? what did it feel like? could you actually see the mud as it came up to the house? >> i didn't see it hit us. i hit so fast that we went down. we were underwater and mud. and we had mud in every orifice. and the house was moving. and i just remember thinking, okay, creator, if this is it, i might as well relax. and i just let myself go limp. >> how long did it go on for? >> couldn't

i want you to listen to survivor robin youngblood, what she told anderson cooper about how she got out alive. >> my house is match sticks. there's nothing left. it ripped the roof on. and that's -- i thank god for that, because if the roof had still been on, the house filled up with mud and water, we would have drowned. the only way we got out is we dug the stuff out of our nose and mouth so we could breathe, but i was able to pick my way through debris and get up to the top and call for my friend, yedi, from holland, my student who was with me for a week. and she was pinned under a tree that had fallen. and i couldn't get to her. there was nothing stable to stand on. so, i just yelled at her to dig herself out somehow, even if she was hurt. better to be hurt and alive, because i could see that the house was going to fill up with mud. >> the mudslide dragged robin's home a quarter of a mile from its foundation, a quarter of a mile from its foundation. you're looking at pictures of her thanking the rescue worker, randy fay. he's the one who pulled her out of the rubble last weekend. >>>

. >> reporter: survivor robin youngblood says all she has left is this painting, a prized possession that happened to rise to the surface of the debris flow. she was with a friend in her home when a 25-foot wall of mud burst through her living room wall. >> we were moving. we were under water. under mud. we had mud in our hair, eyes, nose, mouth. nothing was stable enough to stand on. so i just kept yelling at her to dig herself out even if it hurt. >> reporter: some 30 homes were destroyed. now questions are being raised about whether people should have been allowed to live in this area in the first place. >> this study, i think, should have served as a red flag. >> reporter: geologist dan miller authored a government study 15 years ago, warning that the oso area was likely to experience a catastrophic mudslide. >> i was surprised that permits were being given for building in that area. initially my reaction was anger. you know, i thought this was a stupid thing to be doing. >> that whole mountain is unstable. it's still unstable. i only bought the house two years ago. nobody forewa

robin youngblood said living through it was like whirling through a washing machine of mud and trees. >> we had mud in our eyes, nose and mouth. i'm really grateful i'm alive. >> reporter: the scale of it is all is simply mind-boggling. from here you can see trees that are 50 to 60 feet tall, which have been tossed around like toothpicks. and thrown hundreds of yards. the mudslide started here on this ridge, a square mile size chunk broken loose, cascading over this valley. take a look, the community before, dotted by houses to the left of the river and today, all mud. leveling everything in its path. the area's only school was closed. many of their students lived in the slide zone. so this school may have been the hardest hit? >> well, it's not just the school. it's the town and community. >> reporter: some rescue crews are being forced to pull back, fearing more slides in this same area. neal karlinsky, abc news, >> so, officials there came out with this new list of 176 names of people who are considered still not accounted for. but they do expect that list to go down, that number t

robin youngblood's house was destroyed by the landslide. she was actually inside it when it hit. but somehow she managed to survive. she shared her remarkable story with our anderson cooper. >> robin, first of all, i am so glad that you are okay. walk us through what happened saturday morning. i understand you were sitting in your living room with a friend. all of a sudden, you heard this huge roar. >> i've never heard anything like it before. i said, what the heck is that? and we walked over to the window. there was a wall of -- it took me a second to realize it was mud and it was racing like 150 miles an hour across the far end of the valley. and i said, oh, my god and then it hit us. >> what happened when it hit you? what did it -- what did it feel like? could you actually see the mud as it came up to the house? >> i didn't see it hit us. it hit so fast that we went down. we were under water and mud and we have mud in every orifice and the house was moving. and i just remember thinking, okay, creator, if this is it, i might as well relax. and i just let myself go limp. >> how

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. >> reporter: robin youngblood rode a wave of mud a quarter mile. the 64-year-old can't believe this is what she survived. >> it must have been going 150 miles an hour. i mean, i just had time enough to say "oh, my god," and then we were hit. >> loanna says she's lucky, too. >> it looks like a bulldozer that was dozing down 100 trees at a time. >> reporter: she was home with seven children, a slumber party coming to an end when she called 911. >> houses are gone! >> reporter: everyone made it out safely, but what happened here is still fresh. >> i was thinking, well, this is the end, i'm going to die. >> reporter: there hasn't been a rescue in o since saturday was hoisted to safety by randy fay, but fay couldn't find jacob's father and three brothers and sisters. >> and you hurt for that kid and the mom. but the silver lining is mom and kid are back together. so that's what you hang on to. >> reporter: this morning 90 are missing, down from 176. natasha lost her mother saturday but is still waiting for word on her 4-month-old baby. all she has left