i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast, in italy, people are struggling with loss and sadness as they bury victims from the earthquake wednesday. they held a state funeral saturday which was also a national day of mourning. it reduced one town to rubble and badly damaged another. it is the human loss that is most painful in these communities. nearly 300 dead and many more are missing. atika shubert has more now on the service. >> reporter: a school gymnasium turned makeshift chapel fit for a state funeral. 35 coffins each with a bouquet of flowers and a picture of the person lost in italy's devastating earthquake. beside them, family members, many survivors themselves, their broken limbs in casts, faces bruised and bandaged, their eyes red and swollen from crying. italy's prime minister and president attended offering condolences to those who lost loved one, thanking those who pulled survivors from the rubble. a bishop led the service mentioning victims by name i

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