Nightly News   |  September 23, 2012

Death of a baby panda

The National Zoo in Washington is mourning the unexpected death of a giant panda cub born just one week ago

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>>> a surprising and sad turn of events to report. a giant panda cub born just a week ago has died. when they heard a distress call from the mother, they realized they had an emergency on their hands, and even tried cpr on the panda, but it was too late.

>> the veterinarians, the volunteers, watching this birth with great joy but with great passion and the loss is -- there's no other word for it, it's just devastating for us at this time.

>> officials say they don't know what happened, but they hope to have some preliminary results as early as tomorrow.