welcome to "al jazeera america." i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we're following for you. the president of the philippines accuses local officials of not being prepared for the fury of typhoon haiyan. the focus of diplomatic talks in jerusalem remains firmly on iran's nuclear program. questions about the question behind the affordable care act website. aid is pouring in from all over the world to the philippines, but getting food and water to areas is a huge

task. almost 4,000 people are dead and 3 million are did he placed. paul beban hitched a ride on a relief flight. >> reporter: there's not a second to lose as australian air force troops pack the c-130 with equipment and supplies. it's fum of aid workers, police and one civilian, a young woman holding bacterias in the dim cargo area. as the plane descends, she is overwhelmed. her name is dalia. hundreds here are desperate to leave. dalia is desperate to get in. she hasn't heard from her family in more than a week, and she's terrified of what she mind find in her hometown. what's your reaction seeing this? >> devastating. my emotion is --

>> heads east towards the ocean, a panorama of of total destruction. this is all that's left of taytat. it's hard to imagine that anyone could have lived through this. then a shout. it's her older brother, fausto. amazingly somehow everyone is here, her entire family is alive. >> this is one of my brothers, my younger brother. >> reporter: tears of relief and

joy, but the struggle is far from over. his house is barely standing, dalia wants her sister-in-law who needs medicine to evacuate. >> i'm worries because there's no hospital, no nothing here. whatever happens to her. >> reporter: her family and the few others survivors here say they want to rebuild their town and their lives, but there are no jobs and no money. food and freshwater are running low, and the aid won't last forever. in the aftermath of the typhoon, the only thing people really have here in taytay is each other. paul beban, al jazeera, the philippines. we have a new view of the storm. take a look at what appears to be cell phone video from people on the ground in the philippines. of course, taken nine days ago when the first winds began to make landfall. it's really powerful. it's fret frightening. see those waves ravages against

neighbors' homes there. thousands remain missing, but shelters are put in place in the hardest-hit areas. craig gleason has more from cebu, philippines. >> reporter: one of the main problems with a disaster like this is finding water, food and particularly shelter for displaced people. hundreds have been arriving on the c-130 hercules aircraft every day, and finding them shelter is one of the main concerns of the philippine government. they're using a gymnasium to place people. if we look at the board, you can see there are 191 people here, 54 of those are under the age of 9, amongst the vulnerable groups we have four lactating mothers and we've got nine injured people and no pregnant women just yet. over here we've all the medical action. this is hosted by the taiwan medical peace corps where they treat the sick and injured. the man who is responsible for

looking at all this is joel, the chairman. nice to meet you. tell us a little bit about what's going on here. it's very important work. you get a lot of sick and injured people coming in with the flights into cebu here. >> yeah. we have a mini hospital here. instead of everyone going to the hospital, we have a hospital here right now. >> what sort of injuries are you seeing? >> you have cuts, bruises and a lot of those that suffer fever and in fact there's a 3-day-old baby here and he was for two hours -- two days waiting for a ride in tacloban, and finally thet got here and go straight to the hospital. this taiwan hospital is taking care of them. >> reporter: disease is a major problem, isn't it, if it's not checked? you have problems with contaminated water and no food or sanitation. >> yes, in tacloban, but here

we're safe. we have enough supply of clean, potable water. we've been providing provisions with their meals and everything. somehow we put a smile on their face. >> reporter: it looks like it. you can hear the kids over there plays with the toys supplied to them by the government and by donors. one of the main problems taking care of here is food, shelter and water for survivors from typhoon haiyan. france's president francois hollande is in israel for talks with netanyahu. top of the agenda is iran's controversial nuclear program. france assured israel today it would oppose easing economic sanctions against iran until it was certain the country ended its pursuit of nuclear weapons. to tell us more about this mike hanna joins us live from israel. tell us more about the meetings and talks, mike. >> reporter: well, netanyahu is meeting the french president at want moment, and top of the agenda is the issue of iran am we have already heard from

benjamin netanyahu in the course of the day greeting the french president when he arrived thanking for the role in interrupting a certain deal, international deal with iran in order to end sanctions against that country. netanyahu insists that these sanctions must be maintained and, in fact, strengthened, and this is what he will be trying to persuade the french president to up his opposition to any deal on the table with iran. >> mike, what can you tell us about the meeting between palestinian president abbas and the french president? >> reporter: this is a meeting that will be in between meetings with the israeli leaders. he will go to ramallah in the course of tomorrow and hold a one-hour meeting with the palestinian president. this is very much a matter of protocol. the french president cannot be in the region without paying a visit to the president of the palestinian authority. he will hear from president abbas anger at israel's ongoing

settlement activity. he will expect the french president to bring these sentiments back for further talks with benjamin netanyahu expressing french displeasure at the ongoing settlement activity. at the same time, this very much is a sidebar to what is the central theme of the french visit, and that is to discuss the issue of iran. >> let's talk about iran again. netanyahu is campaigning against iran have been nuclear power, on yusly. he's going to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. is he likely to get support from the russians on this? >> this will be a very interesting meeting having met president hollande. he will be going to russia, as you say, and there he will meet with vladimir putin. the russian position in the whole issue of iran is not that clear. they were central in terms of the talks and negotiations at that took place in geneva.

netanyahu will be going to the russian president with the insistence that no deal must be tabled with iran. he will attempt to explain israel's position on the matter to the russian president, but importantly, too, the following day he will be meeting with the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, who will be coming back to the region for further talks with netanyahu. now, the israeli prime minister will be going into that meeting with information gleaned from both the presidents of france and russia, dependses depends on what he gets from then, he will introduce it into his skurgss with john kerry which will focus on iran. >> of course, mike, netanyahu has described john kerry as an old friend but someone that you will disagree with because friends do not always agree. mike hanna live from jerusalem. thank you so much. two bombs rocked kabul today one day after a suicide bomber blew up a site where tribal elders were meeting to decide the future of u.s. troops in

afghanistan. jane ferguson reports. >> reporter: it was an attack on the footsteps of where the country will debate the future of u.s. forces here. a suicide bomber rammed a car with explosives into a military vehicle just as afternoon rush hour was beginning. civilians were among those killed and injured. >> translator: i have a kabob stall here. suddenly there was a big bang, and everything went dark. i didn't understand what was happening. they took me to the hospital. there was a lot of people injured and a lot of smoke and dust. you can see it from my clothes. >> reporter: the blast destroyed many cars and hit a street lined with market stalls. >> translator: at around 3:00 there was a big explosion. there were huge flames and smoke. i know some of the shop keepers there. there were butchers, vegetable

sellers and a mechanic. they were all hurt. >> reporter: the police say it was a suicide car bombing here targeting the afghan military presence, which was present here trying to protect where the hall is just beyond that row of trees behind me that you can see here. now, the hall is meant to host over 250,000 representatives that arrive in afghanistan later next week to come here to discuss the future of u.s. troops in the country. there has been heavy security here for weeks. thousands of security forces have been deployed onto kabul streets trying to stop this from happening at next week's meeting. they gather community leaders, and it is an afghan traditional way of making a major decision. in this case about whether u.s. forces should stay after their deadline for withdrawal next year. but those responsible for this bombing prefer to use their voice in a more direct, violent

way. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. staying in afghanistan, police say a group of contractors were found beheaded today. it happened in kandahar after their vehicle was stopped by the taliban. the six contractors were involved with building police compounds and checkpoints in the area. the pakistan government plans to put former president musharraf on trial for treason. on monday a letter will be send to the supreme court requesting treason proceedings begin. he could face the death penalty or life in prison if convicted. we're in islamabad. >> reporter: pakistan's interior minister announced that the government had decided to go ahead with proceedings against the former military rural, general musharraf, under article 6, but the announcement came as a surprise to the people of pakistan who were more concerned about what happens happening in the city of rawalpindi where the

city was experiencing curfew. the military was called in to control the situation, and even though the government was no relaxing the curfew in that city, the situation was quite tense. the people were without communications because mobile telephones were blocked. the international airport in islamabad was also seeing difficulties with passengers. so there were many questions as to what was really happening in the city of rawalpindi and why the government chose to make this announcement now. still ahead, we update the top stories and the latest developments surrounding the floundering affordable health care website.

>> al jazeera america brings you live coverage: typhoon haiyan. >> relief efforts are well underway here in cebu. >> we have a problem with no homes to go back to. >> clean water, food, medicine, all vitally required. >> the australian medical team arrived. >> this is a government warehouse that is preparing relief for the families most effected. >> al jazeera america is there with continuing live coverage. >> the water rose to half-way up to the second story. >> to find out how you can help, go to aljazeera.com. welcome back to "al jazeera america." here's a look at your top stories. relief supplies have started reaching remote locations in the philippines nine days after typhoon haiyan left large areas of the country in ruins. u.s. military is helping air

lift food and water to survivors isolated by the storm. rescue teams are still searching for more than 1,000 missing people. france's president francois hollande is in israel for talks with prime minister netanyahu. top of the agenda. iran's controversial nuclear program. the people of chile are votes in their next president, the country is in an important ally and trades partner for the united states. two welch are in the runs, but leading in the polls is former president michelle bachelet. we're live from the capital city of santiago. what's happening there today? lucia. >> reporter: hello, richelle. right now i'm in the national stadium. this is the largest voting center in the whole country, but it's also very well known because during the 1973 military coup, this became a torture and detention center where tens of thousands of people were brought, mistreated and many

murdered, in fact. right now, as you can see, it's a place where people have come to exercise their democratic right to vote for a new president. as you have said, it's the former president, michelle bachelet leading in the polls by more than 20% according to mof these polls. s why why is that? she left with 81% approval rating. it's extraordinary, especially since the central left coalition she represents is actually very unpopular in chile. many people see her as a kind of mother of chile person who is sensitive to the needs of particularly the poor unlike her main rival, evelyn mats it -- matthei. she wants to protect the interest of big business and elite, unlike bachelet promising

a whole series of reforms and increasing spending for the needy and proposing a constitutional change to change the whole system altogether, to get rid of the constitution that will currently in place written under the previous dictatorship. there was a whole array of proposals. it's the first time that there are nine presidential candidates, three of them women and also the first time that chileans aren't forced to vote. it's no longer mandatory. we see a lot of people out here, so it seems like people are either used to voting or want to make their voice and their opinions heard. richelle. >> lease let's talk moore about people making sure their voices are heard. they're encouraging voters to mark the ballots to call for a new constitution. how is that a factor in what's happening today with voting? >> reporter: that's right. almost all of the candidates in

this race -- as i said, there are nine of them -- agree that chile needs serious reforms, and they're calling for a constitutional assembly. it's actually the government is not allowed to call for a referendum to do that. there's an impromptu referendum going on right here where people are asked to mark the letter ac, which in spanish stands for constitutional assembly on their ballots. the problem is a lot of people haven't heard about the movement, so it's mostly being circulated on the social networks. so i don't think it's going to have that much of an impact. the hope was if enough people approved that that would give impetus for the next government to insist on this referendum not technically allowed right now. >> we'll continue to follow the election results throughout the day. thank you so much. a number of other elections taking place around the world today. in kosovo local elections are takes place. nato and eu troops are standing guard at polling stations. they canceled voting two weeks

ago in some parts of the country because of violence. long-standing ethnic tensions split the area in two, divides serbs and ailal baynians. mow zam beak had a sift war that ended in 1992. municipal elections are set for wednesday. more than 100 different political parties are on the ballot in nepal. the vote for assembly seats underscores a desperate need for a new government and constitution. no clear majority or political road map is expected. many maldives they have new president. he's being sworn in today after defeating the incumbent that resigned last year. he took office in 2008 as the first democratically elected president. it was an exceptional tough week for president obama and his health care plan. as white house officials

scrambled to figure problems with the healthcare.gov website, he faces new criticism from democrats. erica ferrari reports. >> reporter: new challenges for the health care law. not only are republicans relentless in their criticism -- >> so far his attempt to transfer a health care system has not been pretty. >> reporter: now the president is faced with the revolt of members from their own party. friday 39 democrats jumped ship supporting a gop plan that would allow americans whose health plans have been canceled to keep their policies for an additional year. it allows insurance companies to continue selling plans that do not meet the new guidelines for one more years. the white house says the legislation weakens the health care law. >> this one on the floor really takes the cake, because it is essentially pull the plug on the affordable care act. >> reporter: the president met with insurance company executives at the white house to make good on his pledge to fix the health care website by the end of the month. >> we're going to be soliciting

ideas from them, but we're working 24/7 to get it fixed. >> reporter: picking up the pieces won't be easy. the lead contractor is filled with executives from a company that flubbed at least 20 other government i.t. projects. with two weeks until the deadline, the president is promising to get it done. er eric ferrari, al jazeera. we have the stormy forecast for parts of the midwest up next. i'm on one of the most diverse streets anywhere in the world, devon avenue in chicago. >> bodies are on the roads and nobody is picking them up... >> joie chen report live a special edition of america tonight... 9pm et / 6pm pt on al jazeera america

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breaking news to bring you from russia. an airliner making a landing in the central city of kazan crashed and then exploded on landing. the emergency ministry officials there say as this happened, it caused 44 people to lose their lives. 44 people dead in a plane crash in russia.

i'm meteorologist eboni deon with an update on the weather. we see active weather conditions across the nation's mid-section and we will continue to monitor is closely. could be in line for long track tornadoes through the day. this is the area of concern right now from missouri stretching into wisconsin. that's where we have mainly rain and a few thunderstorms that have propted tornado warning. that tornado warning just south of milwaukee will be expiring in the next five minutes. i will watch this area closely, because it's very warm, much warmer than average. now with an area of low pressure and cold front extending out, it will be with us through the afternoon and evening. we have a tornado watch in effect right now, and it does include st. louis into chicago as well as my walk. this watch will be in effect until 4:00 p.m. local time. we're also watching an area further south that includes parts of southern indiana, parts

of southern missouri. so evansville needs to certainly be on guard and keep a close watch to the sky as you make it out through the day. quiet for now in a few locations, but once we get the rain going, storms will be on the move. so far some of these storms have moved swiftly off to the north and east around 50 miles per hour. so these storms are movely very quickly but putting town heavy rainfall and to the northeast we have scattered rainshowers further i understand land. the wind is the billingest concern here. we have wind advisories in lake erie and into ohio as well. winds could gust 40 to 60 miles per hour as we head into the afternoon hours. so make sure that you have any outside furniture secured and bring in, of course, any trash cans or anything like that. we'll watch them progress eastward throughout the day. back to you. global diversity reigns in one chicago neighborhood. it is a place that be uniquely american yet a microcosm of the larger world. al jazeera has the report.

>> reporter: in the time it takes to drive through one street in chicago, you can travel half the world. welcome to devon avenue, the road locals call the most diverse street in america. new immigrants on the u.s. come here to the northern boundary of chicago to find inexpensive houses, acceptance and the comforts of the old country. >> it's indian style and looks like india. >> reporter: on a short ride you can have a bagel breakfast in a jewish deli, a taco lunch, afghan style green tea and a curry dinner. >> it's like a solid bowl. people are keeping their identities, their heritage, their culture intact while being part of the larger american experience. >> reporter: the streets are a united nations of ethnicities with the mingled aromas of the world's kitchens and it's

accents. >> all kinds of languages. there's arabic, hindu, other languages. >> reporter: in the 1960s this was mainly a jewish neighborhood. now portions have been renamed. wave after wave of immigrants have enriched devon avenue. in a short ride you can roll through little pakistan, little india, little arabia and little israel, all one right after the other just like on a map. india's patel family has done well here. just a short drive from the baghdad barbershop and the athens but tie salon. in asia they bicker but not here locals say. >> i think it's the american way of life. you know, people come here, and we understand how america is about tolerance and acceptance. i think those conflicts were --

i'm not saying they went away, but they were somehow put on the back burner. >> reporter: in other words, the residents of devon avenue may bring their culture to america, but they leave the add animosities in the rear-view mirror. john hend ron, al jazeera, chicago. doris lesing has died. over the course of her career she wrote plays and dozens of novels. in recognition of her work, she was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 2007. she was 94. this is breaking news out of russia. a boeing 737 airliner crashed while tries to land at the kazar airport in central russia. they say the plane exploded and it's believed that 44 people were killed, and we'll bring you much more on the story as it develops throughout the day. i'm richelle carey, and "listening post" is next.

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