dr. nancy snyderman on what this means. >>> crippling disease. nfl legend tony dorsett goes public with a devastating diagnosis. what's happening to his brain after so many years in the game? >>> and the power of one man's compassion. dedicating his life to saving others as the guardian of the great golden gate. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. we are all about to hear the president of the united states apologize, and not just for the troubled rollout of the new health care website but for the fact that his promise to the american people that if they like their current health insurance they can keep it has not held true for all. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd sat down with the president exclusively a short time ago at the white house. he's on the north lawn to start us off. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the troubled health care rollout and the president's apparent broken promise about people keeping the plans they like has been weighing heavily on the entire white house. it was a chast

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dr. nancy snyderman, nbc new bogophilippines. >> reporter: this is har smith in tacloba friday morng under a withering sun the line to ceive a meager ration of rice stretches for ocks. how much will yoget? >> two kilos of rice. >> reporte is that enough to feed a family? >> no. >> reporter:ut it is food ey're here for. anger inhis heat would be a waste of energy. yet when the food showed up,ll hell broke loo. crews still roam the neighborhoods, clecting and tryingo identify bodies. the workers e dutiful, respectful. [ crying ] >> reporr: their work is nowhere near done. ill here under the most cruel rcumstances, you see many people repeating the ritua of daillife. a woman bathes her child. a mother nurses hebaby. why would you wash clothes unless y knew you would need them tomorrow? this iwhat hope looks like. its supply is not limitles this aftnoon we went back to check on mecon sans. you love this place? >> yes. i lo this place. reporter: we met her last moay. she and her extended family are still where weeft them -- alive, but not well. >> dead bodies there. >> reporr: still? she and th

dr. nancy snyderman reporting. also brand new video of the hospital the super typhoon hit in the town of san juan. the images show upthe rooted trees, bending in the wind almost horizontal. the death toll this morning is up to 2300 people. >>> a closed door briefing with secretary of state john kerry and vice president joe biden left republican senators fuming about a possible deal with iran. in the words of two lawmakers, the meeting was anti-israel and unconvincing. the meeting was set up to try to stop congress from imposing a new round of economic sanctions, a possible death blow for diplomacy. but senator bob corker said there were precious few details on what any new deal would look like, adding he was very disappointed. senator marc kirk called the briefing fairly anti-israel. a senator aid told the "new york times" anytime he anybody would say anything about what would the israelis say, they would get cut off and kerry would say stop listening to the israelis on this. and while there is some support in the

dr. nancy snyderman reporting. and the lack of clean water is only part of what's becoming a great humanitarian disaster. aid workers are rushing to provide survivors with basic needs. one telling nbc news, it's an endless path of misery. ian williams joins us from manila now. what progress is being made? >> reporter: it is painfully slow. offers of age, pledges of aid are pouring in to the philippines from across the world. the actual help is only trickling into the areas that desperately need it. to underline the desperation, we had reports overnight of more looting, this time a government-run rice warehouse just up the coast from tab although ban. eight people died in the stampede to get at that rice. now government officials are on the defensive. they continue to blame the devastation, the debris for blocking access to some of these areas, but insist that things are improving, that roads are being cleared, airports open and that we'll see a rapid improvement over coming hours and days. they say the law and orde

dr. nancy snyderman joins me now on the phone from cebu. dr. nancy, the shock -- i don't know how people are copying. the shock on the face of that doctor and of the medical personnel, they really are trial to cope with this disaster as best they can but they don't have the tools. how are supplies getting in. >> supplies aren't getting in. this hospital hadn't been visited by anyone. we choppered into a far area of town where it's obvious bottled water -- people hadn't seen one bottle so they are relying on sheer will. the concern in this area, tacloban, as far from the airport as any part is that people are not gathering their water. we watched people gather water from estuaries, waterways that frankly had corpses and dead animals bloating and rotting. this town had a fragile water system to begin with but killed within minutes when the storm surge rose. the genuine and real concern within days, dysentery, typhoid, other infectioning that are water-borne could be a reality. the airport we're talking about is 20 kilometers away. the road being d

dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: visits to the emergency room are skyrocketing.ut 130 million a year. >> i'm going to listen to you, too. >> anybody can be seen. so i think in our country now a big thing is that the emergency department is the safety net for people without insurance. >> reporter: it is a tremendous burden on hospitals struggling to keep costs down. >> 81-year-old lady here with shortness of breath. >> reporter: that's why minnesota's north memorial health care system is among the first in the country to test a new approach they think may reduce admissions and keep people healthier. they are sending paramedics on house calls to patients with chronic conditions like diabetes and asthma who may otherwise go to the e.r. >> you get to spend more time with them, find out what's going on, what's bothering them. what they need help with. how are you today? >> reporter: chris anderson is among the first group of paramedics specially trained to make house calls. he checks in on patients like victoria, helping her with her medications and blood tests, thing

dr. nancy snyderman in cebu.in tanauon city ha a team of doors arrived st week to treat the sick and wounded. >> i've never been in a war but this is what i imagine it's like. >> reporter: within three days th performe 100 surgeries. >> we need supplies quickly. >> reporter: when weere here on wednesday resources were stretched thin. we brought some bic suppls, gauze, wraps, needles, sir rings and bleach, not a lot. some acetaminoen but at least someing that will help tie them or because wh we left they didn't have much. it still is crded inside as it was the other day, a long line of patients but a far y from what wsaw the last time. >> ow. >> reporter: you have a lot of good supplies here, yr a bit antibiotic, even a solar powered refrigerator and food is now plentiful. the makeshift operatingoom is still active upstairs but not nearly business busy. >> when the americans left afte ick days of work w came here the night before so we took over from them. >> reporter: there are doctors here, patients who are bing

dr. nancy snyderman was there and w bothope and frustratn. >> rorter: it is the tale of two cities on one tarmac in cebu, philippines. on one end the c-130s being loaded with ric and water. december continued for tacloban and those who svived the typhoon. awaitinguman cargo on the other end. a cmercial airline ting those who got out to manila. >>id you have fily behind in tacloban? >> i don't kw what's happened my family. >> repter: who is missing? >> reporter: 48 hours aft the monster storm struck, t air base in cebu is awash in humanity. those seeking to get out and ironically those seeking to get in, hoping to find led ones still alive. >> we'veeen here since last night and we'll still be here. >> reporter: their bodies pressed against thefence, they frustrated by what they believe has been an anemic response to the devastation. demanding informatn and clinging to hope that programs loved ones havescaped injury. there are a lotf people waitinhere. how will you decidwho gets to go first? >> if we ar lucky, we can . but if not, we cnot go. we have toait until tomorrow i guess. >> reporte

dr. nancy snyderman who is there. nancy? >> reporter: alex, i'm south of manila.we flew in this afternoon, it was easy to start to see some of the flooding that came from the outer rings of this typhoon. most of the devastation is south and east of us. towns like tacloban, that have been relative the story and other villages that may literally be wiped off the map. today we witnessed c-131 cargo planes being loaded with rice, canned goods and water desperate to get into the hardest hit areas. interesting, some people desperate to get to those areas to find loved ones who have been cut off. we saw a passenger flight allowing people to get on it and fly north to manila. this is really an interface between those who have survived and want out and those who are desperately looking for loved ones and want in. reporting tonight from the philippines, alex, back to you. >> we appreciate that so much. we are seeing a lot of reaction to this storm on social media. the weather channel tweeting this morning, a thousand words cannot describe the sheer power of typhoon haiyan's

dr. nancy snyderman.united nations world food program is the lead organization providing aid in the philippines, overseeing relief efforts from the international community. joining me now from new york is wfp spokesperson. thank you so much. i know you are -- it's an overwhelming situation. tell us what wfp has been managing to do so far. >> yes, thank you so much for having me. we have really launched a global response to this crisis. when nature strikes like this with such force and the whole world has to come together, and i think the world is really responding, we had people on the ground within 12 hours. we have been able today to bring in food to 50,000 people together with the philippine government. we brought rice in so that people together with the canned food they're getting from the government have something to eat. we brought in today with c-130s one of those big gigantic airplanes these high-energy biscuits. these are the things that keep people alive. as you can see from that woman who was j

dr. nancy snyderman is in cebu for us this moing. >>ood morning. >> rorter: the world has deended upon cebu. hind me planes from saudi arabia and unit arab emirates and singapo and israeli and unit states, of course, australia, all figuring how to get people out a aid in. it's been a complicad week. international relief aid is uring into in the hardest hit area of tacloban eightays after a dastating typhoon slammed into the phippines. after the inial days ofhaos when aid was nowhere to be fou for the hundred ofhousands lefthomeless, finally, some hope. toda u.s. navy helicopters fromhe "uss george washington" are droppg food and water supplies to isolated communities deerate for any help. the mission? fijed a w to fd those who survived the storm and the sech for the missing on the back burner. not all d and assistance are reaching those who nee it the most on the remote island some have not seen relief from international encies. >> we needelp. we nd help. we nee your help. water especially food, first aid, medicin and some of us only

dr. nancy snyderman on what this means. >>> crippling disease. nfl legend tony dorsett goes public with a devastating diagnosis. what's happening to his brain after so many years in the game? >>> and the power of one man's compassion. dedicating his life to saving others as the guardian of the great golden gate. "nightly news" begins now.

dr. nancy snyderman reporng there. and the lack of clean water is on part of what's becoming a grea humanitarn disaster. aid rkers are rushing to provide survivors with basic needs. one telling nbc news, it's an endls path of misery. nbc's ian williams joi us live from manila. good morning. what progress is being made? reporter: good morning, richard. aid iseginning to flow, but it is frustratingly sl, unbelined by reports of fresh looting, a few mil up the coast from tacloban. that left eight people dead when a wa collapsed. we believe that mht have been the result of a stampe, desperate people wanting to get their hands on that rice. the government is on the fensive. emergency response offials saying today ty are doing their st,laming the ser volume of debris for holding em up. they also said they expect the fl of aid to improve fro now on. they also said that there is now a curfew in place in taclan in order to improve the law and order tuation. for eir part, the u.s marines are going to bring in equipment to enable

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dr. nancy snyderman got an aerial tour of the destruction. filed this report from the philippines. >> reporter: it's been four days since typhoon haiyan hit. we ventured by copter to see how much the topography changed. as youfully toward tacloban, you start to see puddles of water in the troubled areas and then you're struck by the fact it's almost deforestation look. fronds are off the trees. it's really just sticks coming out of the earth. suddenly officer the last mountain range, there it is in front of you, the town of tacloban just wreaked havoc. there is destruction. there are unfortunately still bodies in the street. dead animals in the waterway. unfortunately also people consuming water that we know is not safe. people have been advised to boil water. but after spending four hours in the town today, we only saw one woman doing it with a small rudimentary fire that was, in fact, being stoked by pieces of wood that had come from a neighboring building. the new concerns that a low pressure system may usher even more rain into this alrea

dr. nancy snyderman reporting from mana for us tonight. for our viewers who wish to help in this, all that iormation remas onur website tonight. nbcnightlyws.com. >>> now back in this country, and we're forced to say in light of our lead story, we're country bssed with so much. we turn tohe medical news tonight. it's about statins. the cholesterol-loring drugs taken by millions americans. e in four over the age of 40. today the first new guidelines a decade about how they should be pscribed and the news could be aame cnger and could result in many more americans taking these drugs. we start off our reporting tonight with nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: ithe united ates, someone has a heart attack ery 34 second every four minutes, someone dies from a stro. cardiovaular diseaseorsens as plaque buildsp in the arteries. up untilow cholesterol levels have larly dictated whetr or not a patient is prescribed statins. but now the guidelines change that. doctors will now tailor treatment to iividual patients. taking intoonsideration ltiple facto

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, philippines. >> all right, dr. nancy, thank you. gwendolyn panni gwendolyn pand from the red cross joins us. what is the status of the search and relief effort right now? >> right now,g from the red cross joins us. what is the status of the search and relief effort right now? >> right now, authorities are the ones concentrating in the search and rescue effort. and organizations line the red cross are focused more on the survivors. so because many of the survivors are already very desperate and they're so impatient already for all the delays in terms of really food. so we're trying our very best to meet the needs of the people affected by this typhoon. so it's not quite going on very well because there are still a lot of bodies lying on the road, you know, just everywhere scattered. and the debris are still, you know, everywhere. order is a concern or problem. people are trying to -- not trying, but some have already started to loot some of of the shops or stores. because they have no food to eat. >> they're desperate. gwenn dough ly

dr. nancy snyderman for us this morning, thank you. dylan is in boston this morni tracking the stm's pa. good morning. >> gd morng, erica. is storm is still a powerful orm. it's a category 1quivalent at this point. obviously it h been weakening, but it sitti to the east of vietnam rit now, actually to the noreast ofe nang of vietnam. the nds are 90iles per hour and theyxtend 40 miles out from the center of thestorm. so it is still fairly powerful. but it is weakening. it's movin into thgulf of tonkan right now. later this afternoon as it approach vietnam, it should still be a category 1 rricane. still a lot of rain and a lot of wind and rough surf. it's worth watching although it's not nearly as perful as it was several days ago. lester? >> all right. dylan, thanks. we'll check in with you in a few moments. >>> filipino-americans ross th country are hoping t hear from their loved ones, but because phone lines are down, it's been difficult. mike taibbi heard from some people who can only just watch and wait. >> reporter: the story o typ

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> still to come, first, the brooklyn nets coach. then the pittsburgh steelers head man caught in coaching controversies. are they going too far to help their teams win games? first, though, this is "today" on nbc. . >>> this week has seen a couple of questionable moves by coaches in the sports world. some are calling these underhanded moves during their games. >> in the first case the nfl is deciding whether to discipline the pittsburgh steelers coach kite tomlin, and jason kidd fined 50,000 dollars for spinning a drink on the floor. >> neither team won so the coaches, it was all for not just trying to cheat their way to a win. first take a look at the steelers and listen to commentary coming in from the video. >> glancing back over his shoulder. but you can see he kind of did force jacobi jones back into the field, a little mission accomplished almost and when he's snickering. i mean, you know, my man, he's a player now. >> i mean the smirk kind of gives it away what he was up to. but this kind of raises the question and he brought

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> still to come, first, the brooklyn nets coach. then the pittsburgh steelers head man caught in coaching controversies. are they going too far to help their teams win games? first, though, this is "today" on nbc. . >>> this week we have seen a question of questions about the coaches in the professional sports world who may or may not have been trying to help their team. some are calling these underhanded moves during their games. >> the first case, the nfl is deciding whether to discipline pittsburgh steelers coach mike tomlin for a sideline infraction and in the nba, the new jersey nets coach jason kidd was fined for allegedly spilling a drink on the floor. dylan? >> neither team won, the first disclaimer here. the coaches, it was all for not trying to cheat their team to a win. first take a look at the steelers and listen to the commentary coming this. >> he is glancing over his shoulder but you can see he kind of did force jacoby jones back into the middle. a little mission accomplished, almost. he is snickering. my man, he's a

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dr. nancy snyderman on the ground in the philippines.an head to msnbc.com. >>> time now to flash back to this day in 2010. that's when president barack obama presented the medal of honor to army staff sergeant salvatore gunta. he bravely ran headlong into enemy fire to rescue two wounded americans in afghanistan. he is the first living recipient of the medal of honor for action in afghanistan. >> there's no way i can wear the medal of honor for myself. i can't. it's too big for me. i can't bear that myself. it's not for me. if i'm going to be the one that's up there and gets it, that's fine. but by no means is that mine. i'm just the one there at that time. it's for all these people, from iraq and afghanistan. all these unsung heroes. my name is lee kaufman. married to morty kaufman. [ lee ] now that i'm getting older some things are harder to do. this is not a safe thing to do. be careful babe. there should be some way to make it easier [ doorbell rings ] let's open it up and see what's cookin'. oh i like that. look at this it's got a h

dr. nancy snyderman spent time with israeli medical teams in one remote town. >> reporter: the world descendeduietly with no fanfare the israeli defense force has arrived, too. they brought medical and building expertise to a small town few people heard of a five hour drive north of sabu. sls known for security, topnotch medicine and dealing quickly. dealing with a disaster is no exception. they arrived yesterday and opened their gates. problems range from accidents, dehydration. they are not seeing trauma witnessed on other islands. >> what's the problem? >> oh, diabetes. >> no question, medical supplies are needed in this region of the world to take back to israel. >> amidst lost houses, crisis, illness, there's happiness, the first baby born. >> congratulations, mom. typhoon hit your family hard? >> yes. >> you must have been very scared being pregnant? >> yes, ma'am. >> the baby boy's name? israel, of course. >> one happy moment. joining me from manila, nbc's ian williams. help is arriving but how quickly is it mobilizing. >> the death toll rise up sharply to 3,600, earlier the u.n. gave a

dr. nancy snyderman aiving the surveying the widespread damage from the air and also reports from rescuethe ground. at is coming upn the "today" show that willtart precisely at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >> 6:52. new this morning scaryoments in the north bays an out-of-control drive came dangerously close to crashing her car into a house. the chp sayshe woman drove over the ln of a he on the coer of blacksne and deepste drive before slamming into a tree. the tree likely kept the car from hittinghe house. the driver was taken into cuody. authorities are testing to see if alcohol or drugs played a role. >> in stockton a 6-year-old boy the only able to escape after two men break io the home shooting five people inside. deputies s the suspectare still the run this morning aftethey wentoom to rm friday night shooting that family as they slept. in their 50s a their adult s tragically were killed. the couple's daughter and boyfriend were also shot. ey are expected to survive. the 6-year-o boy, he was able run to a neighbor's house to try and get help. witnesses telng us the men they t

dr. nancy snyderman, has a look at how one clinic is changing the way care is provided. >> reporter: laughter isn't a typical doctor's visit. >> hi, there. >> reporter: in fact, it might be a model for the future of quality health care. it's a shared medical appointment, a unique way the cleveland clinic is providing routine patient check-ups for as many as 15 people with similar health issues, all at once. >> they take away more -- it's bang for your buck. there's value. you have extra time, extra information, extra resources, extra understanding. >> reporter: while a typical check-up lasts 15 to 30 minutes, a patient can have a shared medical appointment for as long as two hours, all for the same cost as a traditional visit. here's how it works. after a one-on-one physical examination with a doctor, everyone signs a privacy agreement, then the group meets to discuss test results. ask questions and share ideas about wellness, prevention and nutrition. >> it's just peanuts and oil. >> there's a lot of things that we share today with our health that are very good. and that gives me a very good

dr. nancy snyderman flew to a remote town by helicopter and found american doctors doing their best underxtremely limited conditions. doctors are performing surgeries under flashlight, including amputations, c-sections, also antibiotics and dressings are running out at this point. >> reporter: the work is nonstop. doctors haven't slept in four days. >> to fix this, the surgeons are going to have to clean it up. >> reporter: upstairs, dr. sarah may from seattle treats an 8-year-old girl whose leg was cut by flying debris. >> unfortunately, we've been doing procedures like this every day. we let them wake up. we dress the wound. we give them the one day of antibiotics we have. all we can do is have them come back. >> just have them come back? >> have them come back the next day. >> let's go to what ian williams has reported from the ground for us. >> reporter: tamron, the uss george washington and seven support ships has now arrived off the coast of the devastated province of leyte. they're calling this operation to help each other or sharing. the first thing that giant aircraft carrier wil

dr. nancy snyderman joins me now from new york. thank you for joining me.t returned from that region. what were you seeing on the ground? what were the conditions like? >> it depends. in jordan, there's a large refugee camp, almost semipermanent at this point to the aspect they have a hospital and women's clinic established. neighbors lebanon, they use the military to serve as interface, anyone crossing into lebanon must be vaccinated at the border. i have to say jordan and lebanon have really ramped up trying to stop this outbreak. the concern is for every child shown up with polio, there may be 200 now carrying the virus and they want to stop it at its borders literally. iraq is sort of a squishy area because we don't know how much are going across the iraqi border but that medical infrastructure has been devastated. >> winter is coming, what could the implications of that be on these people? >> there could be terrible because we know that people will be huddling together. there's a shortage of petrolle and housing. any time you bring people together, it'

dr. nancy snyderman.e are going to talk about this again, never. >> no, major bloomberg, such a leader on this. >> a big event in north carolina. billy graham turned 95 years old. >> ahh. >> he had a big celebration. people saw his last sermon he's going to give. 95 years old. he's a man who sat with presidents from jfk through, you know, bill clinton, been with pope john paul ii. he has, over the past 50 or so years had an extraordinary impact in america and across the world. >> let's go to politico. willie as that. >> the chief white house correspondent at politico, mike allen has a look at the playbook. good morning. >> good morning, willie. happy friday. >> there it is. the weekend begins with that. interesting doings in the state of georgia. the grandson of jimmy carter is running in that state. handicapped the race and introduce us to jason carter. >> fascinating georgia race, not only jason carter, grandson of the president running, but the daughter of former senator sam nunn is running for senate.

dr. nancy snyderman on internet addiction.ect, protecting family relationships in the digital age. what do we do about this? these instruments that bring so much ease to our life. they bring so much complexity to our lives. you can't monitor in a family situation. it's impossible to monitor what your children are doing all the time. >> it's actually not impossible. i think one of the big disconnects is that we are so drawn in that you let them take over us and our authority as parents and forget that there ways that we can monitor especially when the children are little. >> you think it lets those parameters that settings sids up for success later? >> the minute you introduce anything to your family, you have to sit down and say this is our responsible use policy. you can watch this on the weekends, but not during the week. when you use this computer, here are the rules. be nice. don't be mean. don't go anywhere we haven't said you can go. post that. it's about taking control. we all adapted so quickly, it's control of us. >>

dr. nancy snyderman will tell us about the rapid intervention to this potential international crisis. >>nd the reason for the concern is that syria has been polio-free since 1982, and neighboring countries as well have not seen it in more than a decade. so when the outbreak was found, the world health organization considered it the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: almost three years into the syrian war, the medical system is now in shambles. before the conflict began, 90% of syria's children had been immunized against polio, but now the rate is around 60%, and with that, the resurgence of the deadly disease. health officials in the region are taking the threat seriously, and in lebanon, every child crossing the border is immunized with the oral polio vaccine. >> and it is true that you have immunized 700 people in seven days? but that is the rule in lebanon, if you want to come, you must get the vaccination? and in jordan 3,000 children were vaccinated in three days. but the sanitary conditions arngd the weakened ip immune situation, everyone is considered vulnerable. with the world heal

dr. nancy snyderman is in the philippines d looked at the area harst hit. >> flying er the mountains, theywhere. there's a sea devastation. a soup, if you will, of animals, human destation, water and trees. it is a sight unlike any i've ever seen before in a city wiout food, water and electricity tensio are ruing high. bodies still lie in the street and reports of looting and violence have prompted the military to gin patrols. possible thieves are stoppedt arbitrary checkpoints. and the water supply is hausted too. followg the storm surge, the waterws are blocked with animal and buiing debris and e stench of decay is in the air. even waterrom the normally reliable pumps have been compromise people a using it for drinking and baing. few appear to be boiling water, suggested. everywhere, people are thirsty and access to aid islow and not aprent in the center of the city. the newest concern is the low pressure weather systethat may bring even more rain tthis area ovethe next 48 hours. the concern is it cod harm the water system even more a, with that, threaten people with problems like dysen

dr. nancy snyderman thank you so much. still to come this >>> a very good friday morning. 8:26. much anticipated speech tomorrow. clinton will speak at the national association of realtors conference. tomorrow night she'll be with her daughter, chelsea, as san francisco's regional ballroom to raise money for the clinton foundation. both events are closed to the public. >>> let's see how open those roadways are right now. checking in with mike. >> you know, they're relatively open. we just can't see them because there's fog, and that will be an issue for drivers as well. this is the view of the san mateo bridge toll plaza. you can see for about a quarter mile. that is an issue crossing the bayview. be careful especially on the bridges. we traffic getting lighter as we travel 880 between the san mateo and dunbarton bridge. 101 and 85 is where the dense fog is. north 101 and 286. look at that. all throughout san francisco. the east bay from the dunn barton bridge and oakland and the east shore freeway, a tough drive. back to you. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us as