>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories that we're following for you. makeshift rescues in the philippines as typhoon haiyan. many living in makeshift tents while others do not survive. later the largest gathering of brazil's indigenous tribes. ♪ >> the death toll from typhoon haiyan is rising in the philippines. the red cross estimates 12

punis1200people were killed by . we have more on the tragic after marmath37 this is what it was ln the storm hit taclaban. winds hit and with it came floodwater. people are rescued on mattresses while the water quickly rises. they're some of the lucky ones. this is what rescue crews will see when they reach isolated areas. devastated towns and villages. >> the tornado just passed us a and the tornado lasted for four hours. everything was crumbling. at first it was the ceiling that went off, and then the roofs just started flying in all directions. and then the water just started coming. >> people are desperate. they need food and water.

>> we've got looting going on at the drugstore by the looks of it. >> the government knows this is a problem. we're hoping as many stores as we can so people can access the food. there is looting going on, and we've deployed army and pmp as much as we can. and trying to secure power and water, which are the basics. >> the big problem now is getting the aid in. with communications down it's hard for emergency organizations to organize relief. roads are blocked or flooded. even getting food and medicine and water in by air or by sea is difficult. it's military has only three hercules aircraft to fly in soldiers and aid. >> we're bringing food, medicine, water, filtration plants and water bags and body

bags. a lot of people are dead, and we want to make sure that we manage the conditions of the dead. >> reporter: the number of people who will have died will increase as rescue workers reach isolated areas. >> it will be substantially more. we are not prepared to say how much more at this point in time. >> reporter: the government says there is an one kilometer wide strip inland from the sea where everything has been destroyed. and one united nations official even compared the scale of the devastation to the 2004 indian association tsunami. right now the priority is to find the dead and urgently help those who have advised the storm. many of them will have lost everything. nicole johnston, al jazeera. >> devastating pictures we're seeing there. unicef is already on the ground in the philippines and we have the spokesperson for unicef.

what are they finding? >> it's a devastatio devastatin, indeed. this is a country that has seen three emergency events already. airports are cold. it's difficult to get in. you know how difficult it is to get communications out at a time like this. children are the most affected in these sorts of situations. they're small. they're vulnerable. they cannot swim. they slip out of parents arms. >> when you say effected we mean the most extreme situations. children who could be orphaned. >> orphaned and many killed. in isn'ts similar to this you uniformly have 40% to 60% of victims are children simply because they cannot cope. the area is so devastated that it is looking like tsunami in

some places. what we know is around 3,000 schools at this stage are damaged. it could be much more. we just don't know the information is coming in very--it's trickling in. but the important thing at a time like this is of course the rescue operation. but then as its setting up shelters, setting up a system of support to the filipin philippis government. they have sent in soldiers to the affected areas with helicopters and so over. unicef has sent in supplies from copen haigen. >> had a are your needs? >> the the biggest needs are water and sanitation at a time like this aside from the medical operations of the rescue, healing and wounded. it's really a matter of all rehydration salts, plastic shelter, chlorinated tablets to make sure that the water i

is--disease spreads at a time like this. >> i imagine there are isolated areas that could take a while to get to people. >> absolutely. there are islands at great distances as well. a very fragile situation unfold be and as always children are in a vulnerable position. >> people will be very worried and very moved for the first few days, and then they forget about it. >> absolutely. our teams are on the ground, but it is, you know, the communications are very tenuous at the moment. >> sarah crow as you learn more about the situation, please do keep us posted so we can keep our viewers posted. thank you. >> thank you. >> we're waiting for an announcement about the negotiations in geneva. the west wants to limit iran's

ability to creates new weapons. the deal would be historic. we'll be joined very shortly to talk more about this with experts who have been covering this story for quite some time. we also have live reports coming from geneva as well. in the meantime we'll talk about what has been happening in syr syria. as fighting intensifies in aleppo, the council against bashar al-assad's regime is decide building to attend a peace conference also happening in geneva. >> the syrian opposition coalition has always been the trickiest issue for the coalition and remains over the next couple of days. on one level thi, they can't not show up. on the other hand f they show up, across the table is the

assad regime, they risk losing what little credibility they have with syrians inside the country that have sacrificed so much to get to this point. >> all right. much more on the other side of the break. here it here on al jazeera america. theses are strait forward conversations, no agenda, just hard hitting debate on the issues that matter to you ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america

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opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. >> now there are some changes. is hundred days after league elected hassan rouhani is showing openness not only in politics but with the country's borders. >> reporter: in iran there is a list, an on it the names of those whose defenses range from the criminal to political. many are students and academics caught up in the 2009 election.

foa dshems is one of them. he was banned from attending university. >> i was in journalism and during the post election incident i was briefly arrested. last year i took the examine for my master during ahmadinejad's presidency. but they didn't give us our test results and verbally i was told i was not allowed to study 2347 that is until now. shams has now just been allowed back to university, and he thanks the new president for that. one of iran's most respected political minds said that hassan rouhani has used his first 100 days in office to begin the process of taking the country back from radicals. he himself was jailed in 2009 and banned from teaching. >> i had been in jail for more or less one year.

but personally i have no complaint because it has been a cost. which i should pay for my nation and for my country i'm so happy after the four or eight years everything is clear at the moment. >> those eight years belong to the previous government of mahmoud ahmadinejad. it had jailed hundreds, journalists, activists and academics, it blacklisted the country's largest organization of journalist. but since rouhani's election they have released hundreds of prisoners. many more will remain in jail or under house arrest including the leaders of the reformist green movement. >> reporter: in iran's complicated political system,

the domestic situation is changing but very slowly. since roma rouhani's election, y are received their freedom. but when it comes to gender rights, inequality, many iranians are hard press to see any improvements. the constitution is still the constitution. the law is still the law, and the president swore to up hold t not to change it. al jazeera, tehran. >> now we're waiting for an announcement about the negotiations in geneva. world leaders have been working on a plan to reduce iran's nuclear program. iran is hoping to lose the sanctions which have been crippling its economy for years. we go to the consecutive director of the arms control association. thank you for your time. what do you anticipate coming out of these talks, real

tickcally? >> it looks as though after three days the sides have come very close to a first phase agreement that would applause iran's nuclear progress in exchange for relief from the p 5 plus 1 m. it looks at though they're not going to be able to reach a written agreement on this first phase. it looks as though they're going to be coming back to geneva within days to try to close the remaining gaps on the framework that they're close to coming on agreementen. >> it seems to be recognizing iran iran's right to enrich

uranium. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, iran has insisted for many years that in these negotiations they have a right under the new england non-provo livnon-proliferation. it could be use enriched for por reactors for further enriched for weapon's grade. there are concerns about past activities that iran was involved in that could have potential military as they continue to investigate those issues. there is a meeting on monday between iaea director and senior iranian officials. on that issue. but at the corp it looks like what iran is prepared to do is

halt the enrichment of uranium to 20% levels which is above normal reactor fuel grade levels and close for weapon's grade. they're showing a willingness to stop the introduction of international centerfuge. iran has 10,000 rater enrichment machines now. they have 19,000 installed. the p 5 plus 1 a.m. bo would lie iran to pause its progress in that capacity. in exchange iranians are looking for relief on the very tough and abiding sanctions that have prevented iran from training in oil, that they have a tie of their assets in banks from oil revenues. that's the gust of thi butts ofd

in six months time a far reaching deal that brings relief and rationing back nuclear capability. >> so phil, my understanding is that very shortly we're going to get an official update of what's been going on? >> yes, we're expecting a press conference any minute. perhaps secretary kerry and iranian foreign minister. it is not happying right now. we do know there was a possible lateral, and there has been a series of meetings here. as your guest was mentioning

there, there was a number of outstanding issues that need to be worked out, but it doesn't look as though it's going to happen today. however the group on the ground, those high-ranking diplomats saying that they do intent for the country to meet once again as soon as possible. possibly within the week and try and finalize what is being called first phase, first step, which ultimately will lee to a a process aimed at ending the conflict at a whole. this was never intended to be a final phase. this is just a second step. there will an second round and hopefully that first step will begin in earnest. >> if you could it will us again what the sticking points are. >> interestingly enough earlier today we heard from the french.

their meaning have been tight-lipped and their cards held close to the chest. but the french foreign minister samcame out and said there are o issues. arak, and with this initial stage, this kind of testing out period of a six-month stretch, that glad could come online. the plant as a by product produces plutonium and weapons. the other issue that the french french foreign minister has said has been blocking things here is the stock pile of uranium. still items to be.

ironed out. when this gets under way we'll bring it back to you. phil ittner thank you so much. eboni deon has a look at weather for us. >> tracking haiyan as it continues to move onto the china sea. as it does it will continue to weak 7. still at this time it's a category 3rd hurricane as it closes in just along the coast of vietnam. as yet next the 24, 48 hours the for a strong tropical storm storm. those winds are going to be coming down but we're expecting a lot of rainfall. we're seeing mostly clear conditions but i'm tracking an area of low pressure that is bringing in winds on the

backside of that low. we have winds over 20 miles an hour where with we do have wind advisories interest. most of the showers have been on the lighter side, so travel carefully. we do have a winter storm warning for the northern rockies. we could end up with six inches of snow in the higher elevations. but right now it's clouds with rain along the coast line in ebony, thank you. when we come back. indigenous tribes gather in brazil. that's next.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york.

here are your headlines. negotiators in geneva should make an announcement soon. world leaders have been trying to gray on a deal to reduce iran's nuclear program. it's the most progress it has made in decades. >> more than a thousand people are feared dead from typhoon haiyan. the united nations said the storm has disrupted the lives of 43 million filipinos. legislators in germany celebrate kristallnacth, when windows in businesses were broken and scores of jews were killed. millions of americans suffer from eating disorders. we spoke with one woman who knows how costly the disease can

be. >> reporter: for years she has struggled with an eating disorder. >> for me the hardest parts was first going in to treatment. >> reporter: eventually going to a treatment center that her parents paid for out of pocket. >> each day was a thousand dollars. and for two-month stay that was $60,000. a college education. my insurance company did not think that an eating disorder was significant enough to have covered. >> 20 million american women and 10 million american will struggle with eating disorders at some time in their lives. lynn runs the organization and talks to patients and families every day. >> it has been horrific to try to get treatment for an eating disorder. it depends on where you live. i know stories where somebody goes to a treatment center to get treatment and the insurance says no, you're not thin enough

the person has to drive home and lose more weight for them to qualify. imagine this, that would be like saying to a cancer treatment well your tumor is not big enough before we remove it. >> insurance companies typically pay for physical treatment but mental treatment is paid for by themselves. >> i've seen people take out is second mortgages and use their retirement to help those they love. >> combined with the affordable care act will expand and protect behavioral benefits to more that 62 million americans. this is the largest expansion of behavioral health coverage in a generation. >> for some staying healthy is something that she works hard at

and helps others at the crisis hotline. >> it's something that you have to think about consciously every day and work forwards i towardsd remind yourself why you're doing it. you're doing it for yourself and for your family. it's something that needs help with treatment, therapy. >> for millions of americans who struggle with mental ill and addiction, there is hope that they can focus on healing rather than on cost. al jazeera new york. >> as brazil prepares to host the world cup, brazil's indigenous games of its tribes host their own event. >> reporter: chants from an indigenous people getting ready for competition.

people pouring in from all over to compete in the games. they compete in blow darts, wrestling among pours, football breaks with the tradition, but it is an event. this is brazil, after all. >> if previous years in canoeing we were champions. in the tug-of-war we got to the finals and lost. but this year we came to win the games. >> we came here to share with other tribes that are our brothers, too. we're going integrate among different ethnicities and meet new tribes. >> the worl world olympics comio this country, this is more colorful. and what they lack in tv time

they make up for in passion. >> reporter: there are more than 1500 indigenous people in more than 40 tribes taking part in these games but for them it's about a lot more than simple competition. it's tradition, it's our culture. this is why we came from so far away to share our culture in the outside world. >> but before the games could begin they participate in a ceremonial fire dance to celebrate being together. filling the air with tribal song and dance, energy that will be transformed into bouts of athleticism in the coming days. al jazeera, brazil. >> 194 people would be a pretty big guest list for a wedding party. in sri lanka the most brides maids, 126 took part.

that's a big party. thanks for watching. >> low-end welcome. i'm phil torrez here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity . lindsay moran is a former cia agent, kyle hill is an engineer, tonight he's got the dirtiest job and the science that can revolutionize indians's dairy farms. michelle nixon, and i'm phil tors.