>> welcome to august mork, i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. >> there's no hope. we have to get out of this place. >> the wounded go first, but thousands of people are trying to get out of tacloban. >> obama administration officials facing tougher questions about the rollout of the affordable care act. >> a white house tribal nations conference, the president looking at the issues facing native americans. >> in the typhoon ravaged philippines, relief is finally

on the way, the government now saying all major roads are clear. the five days after haiyan hit, food, water and medicine remain scarce and those who survived the storm are now contending with hunger and disease even as they try to identify and bury their dead. the latest casualty physician, the official number of dead is now 2,344. others are ored injured and many missing. we have more from the philippines. >> international aid continuing to stream in here in cebu at the air force base. the australian medical team just arrested. they a collection of doctors and nurses provided by the australian government are going down to tacloban to set up field hospitals and help provide relief on the medical front, much needed there at the moment.

they arrived in this c130 just a short time ago. the philippine government today saying that the situation is still extreme. they don't expect the number of dead to be as high as they originally thought, however, which is the first good news that we've had, but there is still looting, and they currently have about 600 soldiers that have been deployed to the area to try and control what they say is still a very dangerous situation. >> that is craig leeson reporting from cebu. countries are bringing aid workers and supplies, like food, water and shelter. this as countless thousands are trying to get out of tacloban. they're waiting in these long lines to get on planes that will take them to safety. the wounded are taken out first, then the children and the elderly. the u.n. also trying to raise more than $300 million in aid to help out in the philippines. on tuesday, it issued an appealle for emergency help.

the u.n. is trying to provide enough funding to last some six months. they already say they have collected $60 million in pledges from their member nations. >> here in the u.s., filipino americans are trying to cope. many say they haven't heard from family or friends since the typhoon struck. in some communities, the long lines are from people waiting to give. we have their story. >> the typhoon's impact mobilized members of these filipino neighborhoods. the donations dropped off over the last few days. this center started spontaneously when students showed up with food for survivors of the typhoon. it's just one of the many places in the bay area ponding to the disaster. >> we are collecting canned goods, children's clothes, slightly used adult clothes, blankets. tarps, bed sheets, everything, they lost everything.

>> the city south of san francisco has one of the largest filipino communities in the country. >> it's bigger than katrina. >> i believe we have at least 18 typhoons a year, and this is really the strongest ever. >> so many people have donated food and supplies with the best of intentions, but it will be costly to mail and will be weeks before these items make their way to the philippines. disaster relief agencies say a financial contribution is the best way to help now, allowing experts to use funds for maximum impact. it's whatever people feel they can give. rudy kept the doors of his community center open until midnight to collect donations. he's confident that despite the tragedy, everything will be ok. >> the will of the filipino people is such that, you know,

they're very resilient. they can overcome a lot of catastrophe and they will overcome this, i'm pretty sure. >> so far away from the disaster, filipino americans here have certainly stepped up to the plate to reflect that very strength, sending help and hope. melissa chan, aljazeera, san francisco. >> another storm is blamed for at least 100 deaths in africa da. that this is northern somalia after a tropical cyclone hit sunday. it left much of the area under water. floodwaters have stranded 30,000 people. they, too, have no food or water. >> the white house now saying its problem-plagued health care website is getting better. congress still has a lot of questions about what went wrong and what's being down fix it. they top to get those answers today.

>> the man believed to be the tech guy behind it is testifying today, but he did not come voluntarily, did he? >> no, he did no the. parker was subpoenaed to testify. the white house kept insisting, look, he's trying to fitch the website, he does not have time to talk to you. the chairman wanted to hear from park so he is here today. he said things are getting better. he admitted volume is still a problem. he said there are other key problems, which he did not identify. he said right now, 20,000 to 25,000 people at a time can get on the website, which is an improvement, but still a long way to go. >> is there a sense that this could be more of the same on the the republican side? there have been a lot of hearings about the problem with healthcare.gov. is there a sense that anybody is trying to fitch the problems no. >> there have been at least two dozen hearings and this is in a sense more of the same, testy language between the republicans and democrats, chairman daryl

isis saying the government has had time to do this, they made a mistake trying to go live on october 1. it blew up on the launch pad. the ranking member on this committee argues that no one in the hearing or even in the country believes that republicans are trying to fix the website, they just want to shut the whole health care system, the obamacare system down. as far as fitches, the white house is just insisting and its witness insisting they are working round the clock to try to get this website up and running, lots of problems still to overcome. >> there is a tendency to believe that as goes capitol hill, as goes the white house, there goes washington. is this a hot button issue they are talking about or are they talking more about the woes of the redskins? >> maybe both. i think this is a hot button issue. when you see people that thought they would keep their health care coverage because the

president said if you like your plan, you can keep it, when you hear stories of people getting notices saying your health care insurance is gone, you to have sign up again, they can't get on the website, they're premiums are going up strikes a chord. the republicans know it and the white house knows it. they have got to fix this. >> thank you very much. president obama also facing friendly fire on healthcare.gov, former president bill clinton saying the president should ohennor his promise to the people who want to keep their health care policies. many americans are receiving cancellation notices from their insurance companies. >> i permanently believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they've got. >> former president clinton saying his faith in the affordable care act remains, saying the botched rollout is similar to the trouble with medicare part d.

clinton said that, too was a disaster waiting to be fixed. >> "the new york times" is reporting some state-run exchanges are also having issues, ranging from not being able to pay for policies to wrong information about who can sign up. on line enrollment numbers for states are lower than analysts had projected. >> native american tribal leaders are sitting down with president obama today. they traveled to washington to discuss several issues, including health care, education and protecting native lands. libby joins us now live from washington. native americans are getting a face-to-face meeting with the president. they have a lot on their agenda, don't they? >> that's right, they certainly do, del. we saw tribal leaders meet privately with president obama yesterday and today he will address hundreds from around the country, more than 500 tribes are represented, everywhere from this area to alaska and hawaii. they have a lot of issues that are concerning to them, financial issues, first and

foremost. the government shutdown that we all lived through just a few weeks ago was especially detrimental to tribes. even though members of the military were able to get up and running, get put back on, there were many programs that benefit native americans that were just stopped temporarily. even though those programs are back up and running, they have another problem, sequestration, across the board budget cuts that kicked in are really did hey mental to the american indian community. we heard health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius address what these across the board cuts have meant today. >> these cuts mean 3,000 fewer in-patient admissions, and unconsciencably 804,000 fewer out patient visits for patients. 804,000 trips that should be to the doctor or to see a nurse or to keep people healthy have been

cut. it's congress who has to take action on a realistic budget, getting rid of sequestration and preventing the next round of arbitrary cuts from having a devastating impact. >> she pointed out that one in every three american indians does not have health care in this country. also the elderly are especially in danger of not being covered. she talked about healthcare.gov, the website on everybody's mind here and encouraged people to try to use that resource. i heard one tribal leader say it would have been good to use the community to test the model. >> secretary of state john kerry also set to speak as a congressional hearing today. he will be talking about iran's nuclear program. he just returned from talks in geneva.

speaking to a senate committee behind closed doors, he is trying to get lawmakers to hold off on further sanctions against iran. >> the images out of iraq are stunning, in stark contrast to the car bombings that litter the news. millions of muslims taking part in ceremonies that mark the anniversary of the death of a key figure in shia islam. most pilgrims wear black, marching through the streets, chanting and hitting themselves. they punish them guess in guilt over the death. >> whitey bulger has his day of reckoning. tax cuts... the economy... iran... healthcare... it goes on and on... ad guests on all sides of the debate.

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mobsters, james whitey bulger hearing from family of his victims. we have more on today's hearing. >> i just left the courtroom a few minutes ago, and they are halfway through the 13 victims who are going to be speaking today. earlier this morning, whitey bulger, who is now ate four years old was described as grotesque, as a little socio path, as a man who reigned terror on the city of boston since the truman administration. many people speaking this morning, many victims speaking here this morning were children when their fathers and uncles, cousins were murdered 40 years ago. they told the judge and directed their thoughts to whitey bulger and told him what it was like living over the last 40 years

without having a father or an uncle around. they talked about the fear that they have driving down the streets, wondering if something similar might happen to them if they might be gunned down as the way sometimes their father or uncles were. later this morning, whitey bulger is going to have the opportunity to address those victims himself. it's unsure at this point whether or not he will do that. tomorrow the judge will sentence bulger. he is looking at probably life in prison, plus five years. >> one of the reasons people want to hear bulger speak has to do with what he seems to be most upset about, which is that he was never, ever that upset about the criminal acts that he was supposed to have taken part in, but more so that the government said that he was a snitch and he believed that the government was the snitch. all eyes again on whitey bulger, correct? >> in fact, before the hearing

began this morning, they were going over the sentencing guidelines and the presentencing at the same time that he could make to the court. he refused to make a statement to the court, saying that this whole trial had been a sham. through this, the whole morning, he basically has said very impassively, doodling on a legal pad, didn't even look at any of the witnesses, never looked up the whole time, sat emotionless and didn't address anybody, just looked down at his legal pad, never made eye contact with anybody in the courtroom. >> live from boston, dyan, thank you very much. >> taking a look at money news, the dow continuing its slide after setting an all time high earlier in the week. the blue chips falling 63 points.

investors seem to be concerned about the future of the fed and bond buying program. the nasdaq is slightly higher. >> a positive outlook from macy's, going into the fourth quarter with confidence after a three and a half jump in sales during the summer. macy's said the gains come despite a tepid economic climate and the government shutdown they say did not hurt. it adds its business was particularly strong in october. >> it is a significant day for the nation's native americans. leaders from 600 tribes in washington, as you heard are there meeting with the president. topic number one is the economy, but native americans say they have taken matters into their own hands, we have the story of one man who's making a difference one cup at a time. >> the coffee's on at ben's place. this is the 10th year ben hale's been roasting and

grinding fair trade beans. it's not been easy. >> i had to build this facility, work for years while i still had the business, keep pouring money into the business for years before i could even open it, perfect my green bean roasting process, my purchasing process, find stores, so that's six, seven years before any return right there. >> ben employs three young people all from the tribe. >> i think it's great to have something different other than smoke shops along the highway, and who doesn't love could have fee? >> a future head of marketing right there. >> for jen races, they have lived on the reservation behind me, surrounded by some of the most expensive real estate in the country. many of them have taken jobs working in that community, but it is rare to find a native

entrepreneur like ben. >> according to figures from the u.s. census bureau in 2007, the trend is up. there are almost 237,000 native american owned businesses in the u.s. employing just over 184,000 people in tribal communities nationwide. altogether, these enterprises generate an estimated $34.5 billion in receipts, mostly through native owned construction and manufacturing enterprises. that's an increase of 28% over 2002. >> what is this area? >> this is the village. >> elizabeth, a teacher and and he woulder shows me around the recently opened outdoor museum. >> our people today have recreated a small village so that everyone can see what it looked like in 1640, not like my house down the road. >> you have air conditioning? >> we have air conditioning. [ laughter ].

>> she's confident the trend towards native american entrepreneurship will continue. >> we don't imagine that somebodies going to hand us a lot of money. we have no idea of that. i don't think that the people want to live that wow. i think they would -- we do want to find a place in the outside world where we can make that kind of money, but bring it home, and develop what we have here. >> she says native americans may have a hard time qualifying for bank loans to start their businesses, but they do have other distinct advantage, they're indians family. >> ben did not have to go out and rent something at the will of somebody else, come and go, go out of business, ruin him, whatever. no, he could build here and nobody would ever take it away. that's what you have to know. >> in these uncertain economic times, that's quite and

advantage. aljazeera, south hampton, new york. >> still ahead, getting on that short list for a job interview could be just a game. details in a moment on an innovative approach to hiring.

>> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines. more than 2,000 people are dead in the philippines. supplies are getting in to the hardest hit areas, but some people just want out. they're lining up at the airport in tacloban in hopes of being evacuated. >> a republican led house oversight committee will hear from parker on the troubled

healthcare.gov. >> president obama is meeting with native indian tribes today. >> a video tool can help employers find the right employees, happening right here. it's being used to find the best and brightest doctors. >> what if playing a video game could get you a job interview? what if it could help you find your next star employee? that's exactly what this game is designed to do. it engages a job seeker in a desktop video game all while gathering to ton of data that can be analyzed a candidates abilities and personality. >> part of the point of the game is trying to see how well you can evaluate people. >> n.y.u.'s department of orthopedic surgery piloted the program to test whether it would be useful to select candidates for its competitive residency program. >> the top students with with the highest scores are applying

for our positions. we have over 700 applications a year for our 12 positions. >> faculty spend full four days interviewing the finalists. >> you would think that of these highly skilled individuals applying that every person who got a position would work out wonderfully. it doesn't always work out that way. >> it's a problem guy hopes he can solve. he's the founder and c.e.o. of the company behind the games. >> game as an experience is a human experience that reveals information about our behavior and who we are. are you competitive? how do you deal with change, how do you deal with adversity, do you strategize. >> beyond in sight into the candidate, he believes the data helps predict which candidates will be successful in the roles the company has to fill by matching job seeker profiles to top talent already working within an organization.

>> the first person that comes up is a 95% match. >> house tech isn't the only one who sees the potential in solving this problem. on line dating company e harmony is developing an algorithm that matches employers and employees. several other companies have designed evaluations that match applicants and jobs. >> these databased approaches do more than identify and match talent. they can pinpoint which job seekers are likely to stick around longer. n.y.u. is undecided whether or not it will employ the application the next time it seeks residents, but sees the advantage. >> they're very into this and adept at it. >> aljazeera, new york.

>> we are starting the national forecast with a weather map. that is about it, that's all we can see here. normally see radar and clouds, there's one speck of snow coming down in pennsylvania and lake affect snow showers around the northeast. they're winding down, but the map is pretty much all we have, quiet weather across the country. there's warmer air out here and a few clouds and one or two showers in idaho and wyoming into montana. that is about it. that is all we can find across the country. the temperatures are warming up along the southwest. still, that very cold air that came in from canada is moderating, warming just a bit, but still very cold temperatures across the midwest and northeast, even the mid atlantic states down to north and south carolina temperatures have dropped. current readings, just above freezing in new york.

a foot of snow, lake effect snow in northwestern pennsylvania, but now that is winding down. things are pretty quiet. 39 in new york today, then up to 50 thursday. friday, 55 and over the weekend, almost close to 60 with a few more clouds. the warm air does come back and not nearly as cold as it was, these freeze warnings really were in effect this morning, now the freeze warnings a little farther to the east. skies are clear and temperatures cold, but you not quite as cold in the southern plains. >> thank you very much very much. dresses fits for a princess are being auctioned off today courtesy of disney. ten dresses created by well known fashion designers all going on sale today in london. bidding starting at nearly $5,000. the money recognized will help out a london children's hop. thanks for watching aljazeera america. i'm del walters. "inside story" is next. check you the out 24 hours a day

on aljazeera.com. aiy haiyanhaiyan's record record-setting winds from a half a world away. that's "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. too fan haiyan is the biggest storm to hit the file beans. 800,000 people have been forced from their homes and the philippine government said