anna coren joins us from cebu. how are things there today, anna? what is the situation?porter: well, anderson, the relief operation certainly has stepped up a gear in the last half hour. the largest plane in the world, a russian plane has just landed from china, pack filled with aid. of course, we know the people on the ground in the disaster zones desperately need food, clean water, medical supplies and shelter. now, several c-130 hercules planes have also landed there to pick up aid and to take it to those areas, as well. obviously, the weather is a real problem. you have experienced it yourself. but certainly here it has been raining. and that could slow down the operation. it is certainly going to hamper with the relief efforts, but obviously will cause more misery on the ground, anderson. >> reporter: in terms of, you know, you talked to a woman who is still searching for her family members. in terms of actually recovery efforts, is there heavy equipment on the ground? how are people actually searching through rubble? >> reporter: yes, looking at the moment, anderso

anna coren part of our team is in cebu. of survivors so desperate for food that the situation has turned violent, even deadly. there have been reports of gunfire. criminals getting involved in taking the food. what is the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, michael, we're getting the same reports. there was apparently a stampede at a aware house that was stocking rice, and eight people were killed. you know, michael, it's not surprising that this level of desperation has led to this. recently, we were out with the military on an aid drop in goian in eastern province the first town hit by super tie fan haiyan. and people raced to the airfield once we landed. they're desperate. they have been without food, without clean water, without basic necessities for days now. they are scavenging whatever remains they can find and they were basically begging us. they need help. we were on the ground for all of 20 minutes delivering supplies. there were bags of rice, there were pallets of bottled water but perhaps it was enough to go around

anna coren takes us to a remote area particularly hard hit. >> above the vast blue sea that separatesnds that make up the philippines, a rescue mission is under way. we're traveling with the military to a remote group of islands devastated by super typhoon haiyan yet to be reached by authorities. from the air we can see the carnage, home after home, village after village, nowhere has been spared. on the ground, lie the injured with broken bones and interm bleeding. they've been waiting for days for a medical evacuation. >> we haven't seen anything like this before. i thought i'd only see this on television. >> there's a real sense of desperation here on the ground. the focus is obviously on the sick and injured and getting them to safety, the people of this hard hit island need food and fresh water. they've been without it for days. despite an assurances from the government, it is yet to arrive. the problem facing authorities is logistics, getting the supplies to these hard hit and remote areas and to the people who need it. this airfield in sa cebu has become the staging ground for t

cnn's anna coren is in cebu where survivors from tacloban are arriving.ese people finally get the help that they need? >> reporter: yeah, we hope so. you know, zoraida and victor, this has been a hideous wait longer in fact for these people who for so many of them have lost everything, loved ones, their homes, they come here carrying whatever they have left. they're getting off vessels bringing them here to cebu. for those with family and friends around the country, they'll be sent there. those with no relatives will be put up in evacuation centers around the city. these people are broken. you know, they are shell shocked, they are depressed. those that we spoke to said they have no idea how they're going to rebuild their lives. that's obviously where aid agencies and the filipino government will make a step up and assist these people putting the pieces back together. >> what is the explanation from the government? a few days ago, it was reported that that road from the airport had been cleared and that the airport was functional. there are clinics close

cnn's anna coren is "outfront" in cebu where rescue efforts at this moment are racing against time. >> reporter: above the vast blue sea that separates the thousands of islands that make up the philippines, a rescue mission is under way. we're traveling with the military to a remote group of islands devastated by super typhoon haiyan yet to be reached by authorities. from the air, we can see the carnage, home after home, village after village. nowhere has been spared. on the ground lie the injured with broken bones and internal bleeding. they've been waiting for days for a medical evacuation. >> i haven't seen anything like this before. i, i thought i'd only seen this on television. >> reporter: there's a real sense of desperation here on the ground while the focus is on the sick and the injured and getting them to safety. the people of this hard-hit island need food and fresh water. they've been without it for days. and despite assurances from the government, it is yet to arrive. the problem facing authorities is logistics. getting the supplies to these hard-hit and remote areas and

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anna koran on the scene for us. thank yanna coren on the scene for us. thank you.y. we have to warn you, her record contains very disturbing images. paula, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, wolf, we took a road on the road just recently been opened up so they can get aid, and it was surprising what we saw. the sign refers to a very different time. now, all that greets visitors on the road to tacloban is devastate. three dates since the storm itself, there are still bodies by the side of the road. we can't show you the faces of these bodies, as it's just too graphic. you can still see the terror, as the wave hit on their faces of these bodies, and they're still here three days on. some of them are crudely covered. others are just open and have blackened skin from the sun. the officials say they're looking at the living, which is what you would under, but they have to get rid of the bodies. this is a health issue of people living and trying to survive here. the stench a overpowering. and of course they have to start considering disease. this is the taclob

anna coren is in the isolated town of cebu. anna, what's the latest?e crisis enters the sixth day. there's a military presence here in the cebu airport, which is the staging ground. but some are saying it's taking way too long for the world to react as people on the ground, wolf, continue to suffering. she walks through the ruins, pointing to the boldies of her dead loved ones, looking for others who are missing. many typhoon survivors are forced to live in the rubble, filth and stench. they have nowhere else to go. >> reporter: as the desperation grows worse, so does the violence. army forces patrol the streets. eight people were killed when a wall collapsed during a stampede at a government food warehouse. people stood by as people stormed in, taking 100,000 sacks of rice. even children see it all around them. everyone kept on stealing food and furniture, something like that. >> reporter: the u.n. emergency aid chief acknowledges relief efforts have been far too slow, but that's beginning to change. the relief operations has certainly stepped up with

now i want to turn to anna coren in cebu. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: this is very much the staging ground of the disaster relief operation. the c-130 hercules are flying out of here. we joined one of those military cargo planes yesterday and traveled to a town in the eastern province. it was the first town to be hit by super typhoon haiyan, as we flew over, the place was devastated. every single building was flattened. we were on a muddy runway for all of 20 minutes to deliver that aid. every single palm tree around that huge, huge trees just flattened. you know, snapped like twigs. it really gives you an idea of the force of this storm. there were many, many locals that raced to that airfield while we there on the ground delivering that aid. this is a township of 50,000 people. and yet, everyone is now virtually homeless. there was splice, perhaps, for several 00 families that might last a couple of days. the people there were saying they desperately need food. they desperately need fresh water. no medical supplies have come in. and as fa

anna coren, the philippines. >> in other news, veteran's day.e those who served in the military. there will be parades, speeches, flags. for one nashville family, all eyes are on a van coming down the street. it carries a piece of history that reconnects a daughter and two sons to their now deceased hero father. in a crate in a dhl warehouse in nashville sits a delivery that has waited 69 years. how it got here, well, that's the story. it begins in the sky over nazi germany, november 1944. a young american pilot struggled to control his shot-up b-17 bomber. the plane is dying and so is his wounded crew. they can't bailout. he has it try it crash land in belgium. mary ann hubert was only a child living there at the time. but she knows the story. he gets out of the clouds and what does he see? >> caller: he sees the steeple of a church. >> right in front? >> caller: a few feet below his wing. so his copilot and himself, they have to brace them self to try to lift the wing and they miss it by a feet or two. >> the plane lands in the field, sparing

. >> anna coren thank you very much. and of course to our paula hancocks too. still to come we're going to continue our coverage of the typhoon in the devastated philippines. we're going to go live to show you what happened when rescue workers tried to go in so you can see why the scale of the loss of life here could truly become unprecedented and what it would be like it a similar storm hit the united states, because a storm like this made sandy look like a tiny little speck. >>> plus a police officer who responded to the newtown massacre believes he has post-traumatic stress disorder, his superiors, though, say he should be fired. why? . >>> and sunday mail delivery could be on the way. ask about the air optix® contacts so breathable they're approved for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. serious eye problems may occur. ask your doctor and visit airoptix.com for safety information and a free one-month trial. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he fo

--anna coren. security forces patrol the streets. outside the city.ple were killed when a wall collapsed during a stampede at a government food warehouse. police stood by as people storm then taking 100,000 looking as a growing problem. even children see it all around them. >>: everyone instilling from stores and they're taking food and furniture. >>: the u.n. emergency aid chief acknowledges relief efforts have been far too slow. but that's beginning to change. >>: the disaster relief operation as more supplies are sent in to the disasters of survivorsterror of when the n hit. this 53 year-old woman huddled with her 16 year-old daughter and elderly father but when the storm surge hit she could not save them. >>: i lost my daughter. my 16 year-old i told her during the evacuation go. go live-judge believe me but she said no, i cannot leave you. >>james: the red cross and other organized asians are urging the public to make financial contributions. this is the clothes and toys and other supplies may very well just pile up. and they could already hurt t

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anna coren has been talking to some. anna? and assistance a week after super typhoon haiyan hit the philippines. you know, millions of people, jake, have been displaced, homeless, and they are the survivors. they want to get out despite the aid coming in. we caught up with the latest boatload of refugees to flee. . having escaped death and destruction on a scale never before seen in the philippines -- >> it's just a dead city now. >> reporter: these survivors carry what few belongings they have down the ramp to safety. transporting almost 3,000 people from tacloban to cebu, this naval vessel couldn't have come soon enough. >> i was feeling hopeless. if we had stayed another week, i don't think we would survive. there's nothing here. >> reporter: the ship will continue to sail back and forth, making the slow 24-hour journey, until everyone who wants to live gets out of the devastated city. while the cry cat shortage -- others say they had to flee because of serious safety concerns. >> security is not good. they ransack homes, a

back to you. >> anna coren, thank you. s the first time i've seen more structures down than there are up in these communities. >> i can't even see where the road -- where the homes begin and the road ends. >> let's take a look at our other headlines right now. >>> the official number of how many americans enrolled through health care benefits this week, early estimates not good. as many as 50,000 people signed up through the site last week. another 60,000 signed up through state-run agencies. that's a fraction of what the obama administration expected. >>> honored in a public memorial in los angeles today. 39-year-old geraldo hernandez was shot to death at l.a.x. november 1st. he was checking i.d.s when gunman came up and shot him at point blank range. >>> dr. perry inhoff died in a plane crash in northeast oklahoma sunday. secretary of defense chuck hagel release released condolences, but there is no confirmation of death. the witness told tulsa newspaper that the propeller gave out before the small plane spiraled out of c

. >> anna coren on the scene for us. thank you.ate on the scale of this disaster and the relief effort. and the ambassador is joining us from the embassy here in washington. embassy, our deepest, deepest condolences. a lot of deaths in the philippines. do you have a number yet? do we know how many people were killed? >> yes, first, let me thank you for the words of concern. and the condolences that you've expressed. the official death toll that we've received from the national disaster risk reduction management council, which is the official government agency overseeing the disaster relief operations is 1,798 people dead. but 2,842 were injured. and 82 missing. this is as of yesterday or as of last night. >> what's the most important thing, embasambassador, you nee right now? >> well, based on the reports we got last night, there's still a shortage of food, drinking water, medicine, particularly antibiotics and temporary shelters. because, as you know, about 600,000 people were displaced out of their homes. as many homes were, were

anna coren, cnn, tacloban, the fiancee. >> thank you, anna. >>> now to tokyo where caroline kennedy ise the 50th anniversary of her father's assassination. syma reports from hong kong. >> reporter: caroline kennedy arrived in tokyo to take up her post as u.s. ambassador there, but also to president john f. kennedy, who was killed 50 years ago next week, is the first woman ambassador to japan. kennedy was sworn in by secretary of state john kerry in washington on tuesday. back to you, zoraida. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> now to london, where prince harry is leaving for his trip to antarctica and some of the most extreme weather on the planet. cnn's royal correspondent, max foster, is in london. max? >> reporter: well, prince harry leaves the uk on sunday, set for antarctica, and a 200-mile trek in temperatures as low as minus 45 degrees. and with a 70 kilogram sledge in tow. he's joined a team of british veterans who lost limbs in combat and who are competing against a team from the u.s. and another made up of canadians and australians. it's all about raising funds and awaren

. >> anna coren reporting live from the philippines. >>> blinding rain, ferocious winds, deafening sounds, the next guest describes this super typhoon which came asheer two blocks from his hotel. captured on video trees bending to the force of winds gusting up to 250 miles per hour. storm surges dumping between 40 and 50 feet of water on the streets as residents used whatever they could find, including practice stresses to escape. joining she storm chaser james reynolds who took that incredible video. good morning, james. >> good morning. >> tell me what it was like to be in the heart of that storm. >> this was a terrifying event to go through, the sheer ferocity of the storm, as it came ashore over tacloban was really just unimaginable. i've covered many typhoons before, but this was just off the scale, compared to anything i've seen. i've documented and been through. the winds just screaming, debris hitting off solid concrete hotels so hard we could feel it shaking and of course the terrifying force of the storm surge and the rapid speed at which it swamped the downtown parts of the cit

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