Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Rescue crews in western Columbia are digging through the rubble,
searching for survivors after this week's powerful earthquake.
The operation is growing more urgent as teams move beyond the critical 72-hour window.
Reporter John Otis is in Cali, one of the cities hit hardest by the quake.
Colombian officials know they're in a race against the clock.
At a news conference yesterday, Cali mayor Alejandro Eder said they have identified
seven sites in the earthquake zone where they have the best chance to save people.
Let's listen.
So here the mayor is calling on Cali residents to avoid the disaster
zone so as not to create traffic jams or to get in the way of rescue teams.
That's John Otis reporting.
Attorney General Todd Blanch is speaking out for the first time since his Senate confirmation last week.
He says a plan to compensate people the White House claims were targeted by the Biden administration is dead.
NPR's Kerry Johnson reports the proposed anti-weaponization fund drew bipartisan outrage on Capitol Hill.
Todd Blanche says there's no infrastructure for the nearly $1.8 billion fund,
no commissioners and no transfer of money from the Treasury.
President Trump touted the fund as a way to help his supporters who face charges, including for storming the U.S.
Capitol on January 6th.
Blanche addressed the question with reporters at the DOJ.