welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. desperate for relief, aid arrives, but some are still waiting. plus the son of a prominent u.s. senator dies in a plane crash. ♪ we begin with the growing desperation in the areas of the philippines devastated by typhoon haiyan. emergency supplies are arriving from all over the world, but

getting that aid to those who need it is proving to be tough. the official death toll is nearly 1800 but no one expects that number to be final. in some places bodies still litter the streets. al jazeera steph has more. >> reporter: this is an area that hasn't had enough attention here so far. this is basically an interesting area because driving through the island there's no damage whatsoever, and then suddenly you reach this area of complete destruction. the storm has landed here pretty harshly as well. i'm here in a little area, where behind me six houses were just completely flattened. and people in front of me along the whole road children are holding up signs saying help we

need food. hundreds of children are on this road asking for help and food, and so far only a few aid organizations have reached these people here. there is a massive effort underway to get badly needed relief to those in need. >> reporter: wanting to be useful, volunteers are coming in droves to this government warehouse in manila. some haven't let physical challenges hold them back. >> translator: i wanted to help those so badly effected by this storm. even a little, in the smallest way that i can. >> reporter: the typhoon crossed 44 provinces on friday and effected nearly 10 million people. dozens of countries including those with territory and legal

disputes are sending aid. stretched and overwhelmed by the disaster, philippine officials are grateful for all of the assistance. >> the goal is to come up with 20,000 factually pacts. but there are still major distribution problems because of the extent of the damage to the roads and airports. so once the bags leave here it doesn't mean they necessarily get to the people who need them. relief workers have had to walk for hours just to find survive skr vors and they are prepared to keep going. >> translator: what is important is that we see this through together and really help the victims. >> reporter: there is now a strong sense of a shared purpose. filipinos are determined that it

will not keep them down. a non-profit children save the children says the typhoon is especially hard on children. it is sending workers to the philippines to try to help out, and are sending back reports of what they have seen. >> reporter: for every five people she saw dead on the road, two were children. so that obviously has effected by colleagues very, very much. >> save the children are now concentrating their efforts in the area where they say most children left behind are now either or fanned or loss. >> the rain falling now is to the south. so that's good news.

and it is moving out, to that is more good news. this was the track. it was south of manila, but the satellite picture shows that now we're looking at more rain. it passed by to the south, so not really effecting areas that had the track of the storm go directly over it, but the rain is hampering the ability to get the aid in. that's a good situation here. the rain is clearing out. more relief can make its way into the areas that need it. but the rain really hampered the relief efforts. here is what we can expect. people are waiting for relief, there is rain coming down, but the situation is starting to improve with that rain clearing out. so that was the big problem, all of this rain hampered the ability for the relief to come into areas that needed it. the national forecast, cold

temperatures coming into parts of the country. i'll a a look at that a little bit later. four people are dead after a bizarre shooting in brooklyn, new york. ♪ >> reporter: they wanted to play their music as loud as they wanted to. ♪ >> reporter: without the fear they would be arrested, in iran rock music is illegal. so they would often rehearse in an attic. they were the subject of a film. the director reacted to the news

from iraq. >> it really makes me sad, and so hard to talk about them now. they just wanted to go somewhere to play the music. they wanted just the freedom to take an instrument and go to somewhere, to the mountain, to on the street to play the music and talk to the people with the music. they wanted very small thing. >> reporter: after the film's release, the yellow dogs sought political asylum in the u.s. >> they told me to be strong, powerful, to try to find someplace, somewhere to play the music. they tried in iran, but they couldn't. >> reporter: the problem was struggle with finances. >> we have to ask the new president what we wants to give

to the new generation, the young people. >> reporter: one brother said he wanted to go back, but feared a life behind bars. iron foreign minister is now opening up about what went wong in last week's meetings. they focused on reducing iran's nuclear program. >> translator: if diplomats fail to maintain an integrated and unified style it harms mutual trust. the goal of these trusts is to reduce the trust that has been created in the last eight years. >> leaders are set to go back to the negotiating table next week.

funerals were held today for some school children held in syrian civil war. mortar shells hit a school bus in damascus. nine students were dead, 27 others were injured this the son of oklahoma senator died in an plane crash. witnesses say the plane spiraled out of control and burst into flames. officials say the reported mechanical problems before he lost control. thousands of people are expected to pay tribute to the first tsa agent shot in the line of duty. eric holder is along those expected to attend. the public service will be held in los angeles. police say several other people were wounded when the gunman

opened fire. the shooter is still in the hospital after being wounded by police. garbage piling up in the streets of madrid. 6,000 garbage workers walking off the job more than a week ago.

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sales and cause backlogs in warehouses. drhorton is also feeling the pinch of the government shutdown. the home builder feeling a 2% drop over the summer. buyers are holding back because of uncertainty in mortgage rates. on the positive side of the real estate ledger, a downturn in bankruptcies. america's dream of energy independence taking a step closer to becoming a reality. the international energy say theys that the two will replace saudi arabia and russia in production of oil in two years. but the ie say in 2020, the oil

fields in texas will lose their prime. in other news another potentially deadly problem facing neighbors of syria, a new polio outbreak. and now the efforts to immunize. >> reporter: this is the first time these children are being vaccinated from polio. the disease has reemerged after more tlan a decade. two months ago their father brought his family to lebanon to escape the hardship and violence. >> translator: there are no health senors in syria. we are worried about the polio virus, but at least here we are able to give the children what they need. >> reporter: this is one of dozen un center, that is part of a coordination with the lebanese government to make sure all

syrian children living in lebanon are vaccinated. half of the refugees here are children, and many have not been vaccinated since they arrived. the united nations says there is a risk of an outbreak in the region after cases were confirmed in syria. officials acknowledge this task is particularly difficult in lebanon. here syrian refugees live among the population, and they are spread across the country unlike in other neighboring countries, there are no official counts in lebanon. reaching all of them will be a challenge. >> we hope that everybody will receive the message. it's very hard in countries where families are settled sometimes in garages. they live literally wherever they can find a space to set up a shelter. >> reporter: syrian children go

to lebanese schools where polio vaccinations are now being administers, and vaccination teams and mobile medical units are going door to door. the virus spreads quickly. many lebanese are worried because thousands of syrians cross into lebanon every day. >> translator: we are afraid and hope that the government tightens control at the borders to prevent the virus from reaching here. >> reporter: polio has already broken out in syria, so far it has paralyzed at least ten childrens. now hundreds of thousands of children across the region are at risk. the world health organization is linking that polio outbreak in syria to pakistan. it says a strain of the virus with origin in pakistan has been spreading across the middle

east. the glitches with the affordable care website are hurting enemployment. less than 10% of what the white house wanted have now signed up for the plan with all of those problems health insurance companies are pushing the federal government for a way out, alternatives. "new york times" reporting that insurers want a shortcut that would allow them to directly enroll those who qualify. the administration opposing that problem. and problems with the website have kept thousand eligible for medicaid from signing up. garbage, piling up on the streets of madrid, 6,000 garbage workers walking off of the job more than a week ago.

they say that are upset about layoffs and kut backs. and it is causing a smelly mess. >> reporter: it was a city that prided itself on being clean and well maintained. but right now madrid is a rather depressing place. >> we just arrived here about an hour or so ago. we just came over from barcelona, and our first impression was the bar gau gauge -- garbage on the street. >> reporter: everyone in madrid is paying the price of the failure of trade unions and a group of private companies responsible for rubbish collection to reach an agreement. the private companies would not speak to us on camera, but off camera, they told me they are prepared to be flexible, but the unions have to meet them halfway. but the unions are pretty fired

up, frightened of losing their jobs, and seeing already modest salaries reduced. >> translator: we are very, very lucky to have work. we want to keep our jobs, but we don't want jobs that are paid so badly that we can't feed our children. we want to keep our -- dignity. >> reporter: this strike is just one symptom of the economic crisis. the spanish government has opted for privatization to keep the public deficit down and make services profitment. but what about the human cost? madrid is in a mess, and it won't be easy to clear up. spain says it has plans to lay up a about one in five of all sonation workers. up next what was once bootleg is now a billion dollars

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♪ welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here is a recap of our top stories. aide is pouring into the philippines from around the world. typhoon haiyan is expected to have lefts thousands dead. the son of oklahoma senator jim enhoff is dead. he went down in a plane crash. he was just 52. iran's foreign minister is opening up about what went wrong with talks last week in geneva. he said it is not over. we have just learned that iran has agreed to let the un inspect the new heavy water reactor. here at home some southern states are looking for the past,

they are looking back to revitalize their economy. alabama and tennessee have legalized moon shine. small distilleries are starting to pop up. but some are upset. andy has more. >> reporter: in the backwoods of this country, the sheriff is always on the look out for illegal moon shine sites. in the ten years he has been sheriff he has uncovered 15 illegal distilleries. >> would this be a big depreciation? >> yes. as you catch a bear, they have 12, 13 barrels right there. >> reporter: this site was recently uncovered, and the sheriff and his deputies shot holes in the barrels so they couldn't be reused. >> one lady he was busting so many one time, she said you need

to leave old people in the woods alone. because that's how they make their living. >> reporter: the south has had a long and sometimes turbulent history with alcohol but moon shine has a unique place here. it didn't take us long to find an illegal still. over the generations plenty of people have been prosecuted for making moon shine, but despite the risks, little as changed. and people here still want their moon shine made the old fashioned way. but here they are not too worried about the block market. this is alabama's first legal distril -- distillery. the cofounder said all the

effort will be worth it. >> it will be extreme satisfaction to know that we were the first to the market. >> reporter: when this brand hits the shelves, it will mark a mile stein for alabama moon shine, but it's unlikely to change old habits. y'all come back now, hear? the owner of the miami dolphins is speaking out for the first time about the bad behavior in his clubhouse. he said he is appalled by the behavior. >> personally, i want to make sure that the type of racial slurs, harassment, you know, bullying, doesn't occur in our team in our locker room or anything to do with it, because there's no room for that. >> reporter: that promise made by the miami dolphin's team

owner. >> i'm richie incognito. >> reporter: the starting guard has garnered a lot of attention in recent years. players and sports writers alike have named him one of the nfl's dirtiest players. but he is suspended now because of harass of jonathan martin who left the team two weeks ago briefly checking himself into a florida hospital for mental distress. part of the allegations are that incognito got martin to fund a $15,000 trip to las vegas, and threats and bullying. >> this isn't an issue about bullying. this is an issue of my and

john's relationship, where i have taken stuff too far. and i didn't know what it was hurting him. >> reporter: while martin has not publicly implicated incognito there are reports that his silence were out of fear of retribution. >> if he said you hurt me. i would just apologize. >> reporter: martin has yet to comment but his lawyer say his allegations go way beyond locker room hazing. incognito says he was abouting in fun. in a culture locker room brotherhood. i'm meteorologist dave warren. we're looking outside here across new york city, and we do not any anymore snow, the snow has cleared out. very little sunshine, that will change though because the skies will begin to clear.

it is getting cold out there. this is the radar plus the coulds showing the snow has cleared out from new york, but is pushing south. so this will continue to push south. it is starting to clear up a bit, but this is cold air coming in. lake effect snow showers developing as that cold air moves over the great lakes. the temperatures will drop here. trying to climb a little bit with sunshine, but the at the same time the cold air is coming in from the northwest. here comes the lake effect snow showers. now it depends on how the wind shapes up or sets up. we'll see which area gets the most snow, but the potential is there. climbing up to 43 degrees and then dropping, wednesday, thursday. it will start to warm up a bit friday and saturday. temperatures climbing back up into the upper 50s this weekend.

but it will continue to move south, the front pushing south but slowing down just a little bit. it's already through oklahoma and texas. these temperatures are 47 in dallas, 37 in oklahoma okay. freeze warnings in effect, and hard freeze warnings. that temperature will potentially drop to or below the freezing mark tomorrow. dropping to 32 degrees tomorrow up to 52, so it does start to get a little warmer thursday and friday, but it also brings the moisture. as the temperatures climb we have rain in the forecast. and the temperature will be back to 70 degrees across the plains. dave thank you very much. that's it for al jazeera america. thanks for watching.

"inside story" is next. and check us out 24 hours a day on aljazeera.com. ♪ >> the aftermath and suffering gripping the philippines tonight in the wake of typhoon haiyan. the most devastating and lethal storm in decades. that's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. typhoon haiyan could end up being the deadliest storm in the philippines. it pushed a wall of water 2 stories high as it stumped through the islands.