earlier, i spoke to international rescue committee's ciaran donnelly. ciaran, thanks for being with us. i understand that the international rescue committee has around a dozen teams on the ground there in libya. what are your teams seeing? what are they telling you? we have been _ what are they telling you? - have been operating in libya for a number of years working at about a dozen locations with different programmes covering healthcare and essential protection, but equally for women and children. about a staff in the country. we are not operative in derna, but we are operating in an area west of derna, also affected by the floods. none of our staff are directly affected. thankfully they are safe but many of their family have been put at risk and many have lost belongings and many have lost belongings and homes. 0urfirst priority is taking care of our staff. but secondly and immediately after that looking to assess needs. we are sending in an assessment team to derna to get assessment team to derna to get a sense of on the ground needs. everything we

the international rescue committee, a humanitarian organization, recently tested this theory in floodf northeastern nigeria. to discuss the results, i'm joined by the director, babatunde oji. sandy, thanks so much for joining us. how did this pilot program work? >> thank you very much, ali. so the project was actually as a result of us realizing that the flooding in nigeria was getting to a level where there was a need to actually work with communities and to see how they could actually be better prepared for flooding, which is resulting from climate change. and also, in terms of making sure that we also provided them with some information. so, fortunately, we google provided us with resources and we worked with the international food policy research institute to initiate this project, which was targeting 1450 smallholder farmers in adamawa state, where we we had 725 of this 1450 household farms. they were the ones that got resources pre-flooding and the other group which was like the control was provided resources post-flooding. we worked with the national meteorological institute to

what we are looking for is international rescue teams to come as soon as possible and join us and rescueand rescue bodies, because if we don't collect the bodies then another tragedy will happen. we are hearing so many tragic accounts from the flooding. 0ne particularly struck us was the libyan journalist who has particularly struck us was the libyanjournalist who has been speaking to the bbc about the moment that his friend learnt that the whole family had died. my that his friend learnt that the whole family had died. my friend, i am sta in: whole family had died. my friend, i am staying with — whole family had died. my friend, i am staying with him _ whole family had died. my friend, i am staying with him right - whole family had died. my friend, i am staying with him right now, - whole family had died. my friend, i am staying with him right now, to. am staying with him right now, to support him, because when we were preparing for this interview with the bbc, i heard while i was next to him the news of the death of his full family. his mother, his father, his two brothers, his sister,

i understand that the international rescue committee has around a dozen teams on the ground there in. what are those teams seeing right now? what are they telling you? we have been _ what are they telling you? - have been operating in libya for quite a number of years working in a dozen locations of the different programmes covering health care and essential protection. 180 staff in total across the country. not operative there but we are to the west of the derna, which is also affected by the floods. 0ur is also affected by the floods. our staff are all safe other many of the family have been put at risk and many of them have lost belongings and home so we are obviously, first priority, taking care of our stab at second they looking the needs so we are sending an assessment team towards derna trying to get a sense of on the ground needs. everything we are hearing points to overwhelming devastation, confirming the kinds of images that people have been seeing in the media, entire neighbourhoods washed away in these neighbourhoods and parts of libya that have suffered from the direct a

according to the calculations of the international rescue committee.f the 1 million refugees , they intend to leave for their homeland if they lose state benefits, and this moment is already close. warsaw has announced its intention to reduce support for ukrainians next year. a slight increase in the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections and covid-19 has been recorded in belarus. nevertheless , the overall nutritional situation is calm, as reported by the country’s deputy minister of health alexandrenko. more than 50 employees of the department underwent a planned test today. vaccination against coronavirus infection and influenza. prevention in the form of vaccination is best carried out from september to december, before a significant increase in incidence, which usually occurs in january-february. there are enough drugs in the country's medical institutions. they are vaccinated with vaccines to prevent influenza, as well as with the light satellite, all vaccines are russian-made. we note growth, as was natural in past years, when teams wer

it's taking days instead for the international rescue teams to hoist the american k you back to safety is supposed to shop by a 100 gary and team of rescue is at the weekends giving some sense that the painstaking mission has been taking place inside the tech. he stood the piece kate looking down slowly. okay, go. for the full 2 year old was more than a 1000 meters deep. when he felt ill, the spelling of the month experiencing a stomach bleed while on the expedition to mount the cape and left him to wait to escape the cold thing, this message once medical help was finally able to reach him. it's the responses the attorneys government to get the medical supplies that are in my opinion, my life, vh one, jessica. some, as you can see on the alert, i'm talking i'm not on the as i get so and you know a lot of help to get out of here. and that help came from more than 150 rescue as medics and caving experts from several different countries with each team taking responsibility to navigating a different section of the case a sub to 80 and rescue mission. the ended with this moment in the early

at the most of the cave, international rescue and medical teams coordinate. the mission i made because team is working really, really hard to, to try to keep much commission as us double as possible. yesterday since yesterday we started lifting the stretch and transporting game for the cave and uh we have to do it very carefully because we cannot risk any uh, condition uh, worsening of money. and so. ready we must pay attention, meet up to meet. this is the moment mark. dicky went into the cave with his fiance, days later at a depth of more than 1000 meters. he began vomiting and suffering from gastro. intestinal bleeding. dickie travelled there to map a new cave passage. now rescue words are hard at work plodding a route to free him from the depths of years. a and a reminder now of our top story. nearly 2700 people that known to have been killed in morocco, sports to us quaking over a century rescue teams and trying to save survivors from the rumble in flats and villages. the american top next on dw documentary series looks at house mass. tourism is accelera

the un, ngos like the international rescue committee can send people in.fforts. we aren't trying to get people from outside but we are finding that libyans are able to get there and start providing relief. aha, able to get there and start providing relief.— able to get there and start providing relief. a broader view from ou providing relief. a broader view from you because _ providing relief. a broader view from you because you - providing relief. a broader view from you because you were - providing relief. a broader view i from you because you were there providing relief. a broader view - from you because you were there for a long time. this was bound to be a chaotic mission, wasn't it, to try and recover? i chaotic mission, wasn't it, to try and recover?— chaotic mission, wasn't it, to try and recover? i think so. since the revolution — and recover? i think so. since the revolution there's _ and recover? i think so. since the revolution there's been _ and recover? i think so. since the revolution there's been a - and recover? i think so. since the revol

international rescue teams managed to move an ailing american explorer stuck deep inside a cave system up nearly 2,000 feet. but there is still a long way to go. mark dickie is now about halfway to the surface. experts say the rescue could still take several days. >>> more than 140,000 ah uto workers are expected to strike. they want demands for pay raises and restoration of traditional pensions as well as a shorter workweek. next on the cbs weekend news, how a denver animal shelter is going the extra mile to keep pets and owners together. >>> america's animal shelters are in crisis. many are at capacity, understaffed and dealing with a dramatic drop in adoptions after a pandemic boom. but one colorado shelter has enlisted new help to keep pets in their forever homes. tory mason from our cbs denver station shows us a proactive approach that's working. >> reporter: you never forget the day you bring a new family member home, and you never forget leaving one behind. there are many reasons to surrender a pet. the most selfless being, you can't provide the life they deserve. >> it's either

our villages are searching for local and international rescue and relief efforts. the authorities have taken them to the marshy sea libya is still trying to understand the scale of these destructions , which has been determined by the government to determine the damages. it says that the total number of buildings in this city is 6,142, 1,500 were damaged, and 891 buildings in this city were completely destroyed. out of 211 buildings have been destroyed, about 398 buildings have been destroyed. the united nations migration agency announced that more than 38,000 people live in eastern libya . only some rumors are trying to give us confidence others say you should leave the city, we don't have water and other resources, the local authorities are working on a partial and total evacuation plan for the city, sending aid is having problems and can't get the right information from you. thank you, at the time of saying goodbye, i invite you to watch the meeting of the islamic council in the public hall, and let me tell you that they announced and the head of the assessment

now an international rescue team delivered units of blood and administered transfusions to him.tors say he is now in stable condition. >> the quick response of the turkish government to get medical supplies that i needed, in my opinion, saved my life. i'm up and alert and talking. i'm not healed on the inside yet, so i may need a lot of help to get out of here. speculative help to get out of there. the monumental journey back to the surface. crews say it could take days because the cave is so deep and narrow and it's unclear if he will be able to leave on his own or if you will need to be carried on a stretcher. >>> more than a dozen musicians coming together tomorrow to support maui. this comes nearly a month after those deadly wildfires. the concert is being live streamed on youtube and will feature appearances by ll cool j, sarah mclachlan, and lucas nelson. during the concert people can donate directly on the live stream page. the money will go to maui strong fund, which is providing aid to the people impacted by the fires. the two hour event will start at 5:00 p.m. our time

international rescue efforts as well, britain, spain, the uae and qatar have sent help but as always in these situations, it is eight agencies and local rescue teams on the ground already that play an absolutely vital role especially given the mountainous terrain. we are talking about the high atlas mountains in morocco where there are many rural and remote areas, not too many rural and remote areas, not too many roads coming in and out and at the roads are affected by rubble from the earthquake, by splits in the road making equipment like what we see in front of us, that big yellow digger, if that cannot get up impassable roads then many people in those more remote areas are stuck using their bare hands to try and move rubble, trying to make things safe and try to look for survivors and loved ones. it is a desperate task. we know 2100 people have been killed so far. joe inwood reports. high in the atlas mountains, the grim work of recovering bodies continues. these remote communities didn't stand a chance against one of the most powerful earthquakes this country has ever seen. more t

david milliken the president and chief executive officer of the international rescue committee. the founder and chief executive officer. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39, the council's provisional rules and procedure i also invite the following to participate in the meeting. his excellency the european union delegation to the united nations and his excellency, the permanent observer for the united nations. it is so decided. i propose that the counsel invite the permanent observer of the observer state of the holy seed of the united nations to participate in the meeting in accordance with the provisional rules and procedure on the previous practice in this regard. there being no objection it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. i wish to draw the attention of council members to document s- 2023-560. a letter dated 26, july, 2023, from the permanent representative of the united states of america to the united nations addressed to the president of the security council transmitting a concept paper under considerati

an international rescue contingent came to the rescue along with russian rescuers from france, the united arab emirates, turkey and greece and sinners work as specialists in libya. a seminar meeting was held in veliky novgorod, where preparations for the cervical meeting of the presidential state council on the development of the russian labor market were discussed . among those who attended this conference were regular participants of the presidium itself and the minister of the federal government and numerous experts from employees of scientific organizations to business representatives. will be continued by anastasia efimova almost everyone here today the governor without a tie, that’s more, that means, there, straight from the ship to the ball , and it turned out that they didn’t have time, they had to drop their things straight from the plane at the hotel and came here, but also, of course, this has to do with the form of such events that as few trade forums as possible. as directly as possible, that is, we speak from the ground what there are regions. this is a familiar format on th

a spokesperson says for the international rescue committee says broken roads, failed communication andrks and years of civil conflict have all contributed to make libya one of the worst human rights crisises of the time. >>> search crews continue to search the rubble in hopes of finding survivors after the 6.8 magnitude quake rocked the area last weekend. the death toll is close to 3,000 people and 6,000 are hurt. international aid groups warns that morocco faces a hue challenge in the people affected. >>> we're back in 60 secs. up next, the fallout from the controversial decision. no pride flags. only the u.s. and california flag can be flown on campus. can other school districts follow suit? >>> and bringing it back to life. the iconic san francisco restaurant that's set to reopen after it shut down during covid. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff raineri. what i see about two different systems moving >>> a lot of talk about this story. is it ethical. debate to ban the pride flag among others. the small town in the east bay getting attention. the decision by the school board may impact

they said the area would be closed off to civilians and that only libyan and international rescue teamss been calls for the complete evacuation of survivors from derna. although rescue efforts have been scaled up, the aid operation so far has been described as chaotic. anna foster sent us this from the port of derna a short while ago. this is what remains of the waterfront area, here in derna. you can see what a mess it is. you can also really see the power of that water that cascaded through the city. it has broken up sea defences and tossed them around. there are cars smashed and dropped on top. there's a whole mixture of floating broken wood, household appliances, tyres, it's all bobbing in the stagnant water. there is a really rich and distinctive smell of decay and death hanging in the air, particularly in this area. just this morning, i was talking to a turkish rescue team, because all the time, there are recovery workers patrolling up and down the water area here. when bodies wash back in, which they are still doing all the time, they retrieve them and try and give them some kind

also need to understand laura, that is a priority is mental health, not the iris here, the international rescue committee is planning to tackle this issue a time. we have deployed medical teams to provide mental support and psycho social activities for the children as well. so it is natural to have this response or reflects from the from the african population laura, but we need to provide how unhealthy to be provided very soon. we saw one very traumatic story from a woman who had survived the floods that and searching for just one body from the extended family of a number of people who died in the floods is a vague grim task as a matter of identifying bodies. but how essential is it to allow the survivors, the space to grieve? yes, exactly. exactly is all we have uh well, i totally eggs on the ground have reported this horrific scenes where a family is trying to find many members trying to identify a body is on the street or in hospitals at the moment. uh, internet of the inside of the displaced people affected by the set prices are staying in shelter in schools for example, in don't know. uh

a change and hasn't since they us never quotes assigned between palestine and israel, the international rescue teams a rallying olivia of the catastrophic floods that have now killed more than 6000 people and counting at least 10000 are still missing. 30000 people have been left homeless. libya correspondent malik training begins our coverage in unprecedented catastrophe. entire communities in the eastern city of done the have been swept away by floods or reduced revel. people here are still coming to terms with the aftermath of storm. daniel. it brought rector rainfall and to dams, holding huge amounts of water burst, sending a joint wave towards the city. this child asks people if they know where his mother is, but no one has seen or a thousands of others remain on, accounted for bodies washed into the sea, can be seen in the distance, but it's too dangerous to recover them for now, this total is huge and so it might teach to thousands really, but we don't have a different number right now. the loss is being felt across the country. here in modern square and the capital tripoli, flags are fl

might have ten buildings that are completely abandoned and one building where there is a rescue team, be it internationalere is much more need for rescue capacity than what the country is offering now. but i haven't seen evidence of impediments, active impediments to foreign aid reaching libya. when i talk to these rescue missions, they all said that they arrived 2a hours after that tragedy occurred. they say that they have had good cooperation so far with local authorities. now, you rightfully mentioned two governments, and as far as they told me, the way it is being coordinated is that foreign capitals do liaise initially with internationally recognised governments in tripoli who authorises requests for international aid, authorises requests for internationalaid, but authorises requests for international aid, but then on the ground, activity happens through the military authority that is present in the eastern libya and has the control of the area around. so we need to the un, the un agencies are not on the ground actively yet, so as i was driving into turn—off, there was still driving a convoy to aids

. >> reporter: what started as an exploration expedition turned into a massive international rescue effort. >> there's lots of different medical terminology, but circling the drain is one of them and i was down pretty deep in that drain >> reporter: at times, he says, he was only semiconscious. rescuers gave him a blood transfusion. >> i'm not healed on the inside yet, so -- i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: loaded on a stretcher, dickey was pulled up to safety after an arduous 57-hour effort >> cave rescuers are family i'm the person that got rescued. they did all of the work to get me out, and i trust them >> reporter: thankful, he says, and not surprised that the tight-knit caving community answered his call stephanie gosk, nbc news >> that's "nightly news" for this thursday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> i'm raj mathai. next on "nbc bay area news tonight," the governor giving out millions of dollars to fight a huge problem -- smash-and-grab and other kinds of thefts. so which c

and a 150 international rescue was planning to hold him to the surface on a stretcher. in front of the con reports, it's a complex effort to rescue mark dicky traps deep inside this cave in the southern turkish province of merson. most of the 40 year old joins and international keeping expedition late last month. but do you begin vomiting and suffered stomach bleeding? la defending it has been over a week since he became trapped more than a 1000 meters down. this is about because okay, of with the for the it's for associate degrees, the temperature inside the kids. we have to use a vac decala technic. it'll technics and have to have a lot of metal passage. doctor sees conditioning has improved, but he's required several blood transfusions inside the cape, leaving him on able to climb out on his own. market cave beneath the taurus mountains is over 12000 meters deep making it took. he is 3rd deepest case. with base camp setup in stages will take hours for rescue risk to reach dickie's position. more than a 150 rescuers from trickier and other countries are involved in th

the situation is really vague, as we don't know much in the absence of our media and even international rescueions imposed on the media. irate armoured group to lift restrictions imposed on the media.— armoured group to lift restrictions imposed on the media. we have to leave it there, _ imposed on the media. we have to leave it there, i'm _ imposed on the media. we have to leave it there, i'm afraid, - imposed on the media. we have to leave it there, i'm afraid, but - leave it there, i'm afraid, but thank you for taking us through what we know. thank you very much. scientists and star gazers will have their eyes on the skies above the us state of utah this weekend. a capsule is due to plummet from space at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet. it contains rocks and dust from an asteroid, which took four years to reach from earth. those samples could give vital clues about the formation of our planet, more than four billion years ago. our science editor rebecca morelle has the details. asteroid bennu, a 500m wide rock hurtling through space. with its boulder—strewn terrain, it tops n

now. the way _ accept and from which country. 13:3 now, the way international rescue teams work, those won't move until there has been a formal request by the country in crisis. now, it took morocco all the moroccan government until sunday afternoon to give that green light and in that case it was only four for named countries. they were the uk and spain and the uae, qatar in the gulf, who have been deploying equipment and teams but very notably, there was no request for french aid. that's significant because there are extremely important historical ties between france and morocco. it's a french protectorate, the french were former colonial ruler is here and now they have been some quite significant tensions in the last few years between the two countries. the french for their part in a former french for their part in a former french protectorate, the french were former colonial ruler is here and now they have been some quite significant tensions in the last few years between the two countries. the french for their part are that years between the two countries. the french for their par

are conducting a large-scale operation to eliminate the consequences of the disaster , an international rescuealists, rescuers from france, the united arab emirates, turkey and greece are working in libya igor mikhailovna together. basharasa the syrian president's plane arrived on a visit to china and landed at the hangzhou airport. the program includes negotiations with chinese president xi jinping. in particular , it is planned to discuss the prospects for trade and economic cooperation and the issue of restoring the series. bashar assat and his wife will also hold a series of meetings in shanghai and beijing. india has suspended the extradition visas for canadian citizens, applications have been stopped amid a diplomatic row between the countries , which promised to reduce the number of employees in its activities, and previously the authorities of the american country expelled a high-ranking indian diplomat, allegedly. he was involved in foreign intelligence. new delhi responded by sending a canadian diplomat home. of the same rank, the indian ministry of foreign affairs also recommended t

earlier, i spoke to international rescue committee's ciaran donnelly.with us.

that is evarado eskoville with the international rescue committee in less than america. thanks so much. thank you. as well, there's plenty more ahead on this news out, including we traveled taken to marco's remote atlas mountains to see how a small community is coping 2 weeks after the devastating as quick. plus, i'm katherine story in kaden is the 10 town known as the home of thompson's. and i'll be speaking to children. aspire to be great. ok to meet despite the challenges they face. the next for something is back on top of the grid. we'll have action from qualifying for the japanese comp free. in sports, the most go says there's been another attack on its black sea portions of us to poland . the russian controlled crimea ferry traffic was temporarily suspended. spot has now resumed, no casualties were reported. this comes a day off to you kindly in this house, tug of the headquarters of russia's lexi place in the city. the head of ukraine's intelligence is at least 9 people were killed, into russian generals were injured in that attack. both statements copy independen

. >> reporter: what started as an expedition turned into an international rescue effort. >> lots of differentorter: at times he was only semi conscious. rescuers gave him a blood transfusion. >> i'm not healed on the inside yet. >> reporter: loaded on a stretcher, he was pulled up to safety after an arduous 57-hour effort >> i'm the person who got rescued. they did all of the work to get me out >> reporter: thankful, he says, and not surprised that the tight-knit caving community answered his call. stephanie gosk, nbc news >> there's more in store this morning. here's dillon dryer with a look ahead at the third hour of "today". >> this morning on the third hour of today a special guest in st studios 1 a. elmo is stopping by, and that's all this morning on the third hour of "today." >>> plus on the first day of hispanic heritage month, a basic vocabulary after struggling with his own lack of spanish fluency. >> so great to see that and the effort he makes. you know, to make it fun so many people struggle with the difficulty of it, and just kind of, you know, shun everything else make fun out o

are conducting a large-scale operation to eliminate the consequences of the disaster, the international rescue together with russian specialists, rescuers from france, the united arab emirates, turkey and greece are working in libya igor pikhanov to conduct derna, libya after a short advertisement, our broadcast the program to conduct duty units will continue. i could become anyone, a musician, a restaurateur, a leading producer, a husband, a father. and i became because i was always free alpha bank, i am smart and free. cashback 60 million rubles. with a sberbank client. open a business card, pay at any convenient time and receive 10% cashback for purchases during the sberbusiness promotion period. millions of entrepreneurs trust us. the legend is back with us again. collect the entire collection of libers as a gift for the purchase of nine percent per annum , the first month is zero percent. apply at gazprombank.ru.

families who are still missing loved ones are praying, but we spoke earlier with an international rescuem who says they sent their search dogs home because they believe at this point they are not going to find anybody else alive. there are also questions about whether the moroccan government should be accepting more international aid. only a small number of foreign governments have been able to send teams so far. there is a small american survey team on the grounds here, but there is as yet no agreements on a larger american deployment. raf sanchez, nbc news, amizmiz, morocco. >>> a prison escapee is still on the run after escaping from a pennsylvania prison. a home owner shot at cavalcante several times overnight. investigators say he was spotted stealing a rifle near that homeowner's garage. the convicted murderer managed to get away with a gun and is now believed to be armed. police believe cavalcante was not hurt and the search continues for him northwest of philadelphia. >>> we are still tracking developments on the work under way to repair a massive sinkhole in san francisco. this

international rescue team literally the hours count at this time of year.ds are blowing on the mediterranean sea near the libyan coast and another storm will arrive here in the coming hours. the libyan authorities called this operation high- risk and entrusted it to the russian team. as the most prepared for the bodies, it is difficult to get close to the steep cliffs on one side and the rapid current and pitfalls on the other, two groups began working from the shore and the water began preparing the bodies for transportation. the current in this place is very strong, but still as close as possible. distance to the shore the captain shows the skill of navigation and almost 10-5 meters away there are stones in this bay 20 km from the city, a whole garbage bullet has formed among the fragments of wood and plastic it is necessary to allow those killed on the water strong current to approach on rubber boats it is impossible to tear it apart immediately , therefore , plastic walls are used. it stands in the bay. rescuers use their hands to clear their way throug

the international rescue team is in a hurry , literally counting down the clock at this time of year. on the mediterranean sea near the libyan coast strong winds are blowing and another one will come here in the next few hours, the libyan authorities called this a high-risk operation and entrusted it to the russian team. as the most prepared for the bodies, it is difficult to get to the steep cliffs on one side and the rapid current and pitfalls on the other, two groups began working from the shore and the water began preparing the bodies for transportation. the current in this place is very strong, but the closest distance to the shore is the captain. shows skill in navigation and passes stones almost 10-5 meters away in this bay, 20 km from the city, a whole garbage bullet has formed among the fragments of wood and plastic; you need to find those who died on the water; a strong current; approaching on rubber boats is impossible; it will immediately tear it apart; therefore , plastic walls are used; it stands in the bay; rescuers use their hands to clear their way through the wreckag

is to evacuate several dozen bodies whose dead were washed up by the sea on the coast; the international rescuecounting down the clock at this time of year. strong winds are blowing on the mediterranean sea off the libyan coast and another storm will arrive here in the coming hours. the olympic authorities called this a high-risk operation and entrusted it to the russian team, as the most prepared for the bodies it is difficult to get close to the steep cliffs on one side and the rapid current and pitfalls on the other. two groups began work from the shore and water. preparations of bodies for transportation to the current began. there is a very strong intimacy in this place. distance to shore. the captain shows skill in almost 10:5 m passing the stones. in this bay, 20 km from the city , a whole garbage bullet has formed among the fragments of wood and plastic; it is necessary to find those who died on the water; there is a strong current ; it is impossible to approach it in rubber boats immediately will tear apart, so they use plastic walls; stands in the bay; rescuers use their hands to clea

some international rescue missions have begun to reduce their contingents. leaving the country, meanwhile the russians continue to help the lionesses. at each site our rescuers are met equally, people shake hands and ask to be photographed with them. rescuers work on land and in water. a large group is clearing the waters of the port, there are sunken boats and cars washed away by the flood, the work is complex and dangerous; the depth is more than 8 m ; there is a lot of debris at the bottom. visibility, zero russia helped us a lot. many thanks to the rescuers. they work every day. may god help them in everything for their good deeds; also, the ministry of emergency situations specialists delivered more than 30 tons of humanitarian aid to libya; these are tents and basic necessities; kits are being distributed volunteer centers. most of the city seemed to be under water, many dead, every family. here, in a crisis, they are giving out humanitarian aid. thank you very much, the ancient local authorities are urgently building a road bridge. it will not only co

their task is to evacuate several dozen bodies whose dead the sea washed up on the coast, the international rescue literally for hours at this time of year on the mediterranean sea near the libyan water impasse. strong winds are blowing and another one will come here in the next few hours. storm libyan authorities called this a high-risk operation and entrusted it to the russian team. as the most prepared for the bodies, it is difficult to get close to the steep cliffs on one side and the rapid current and pitfalls on the other, two groups began working from the shore and the water began preparing the bodies for transportation. the current is very strong in this place, but such is the closest possible distance to the shore. the captain shows skill and passes almost ten-five meters away. stones in this bay 20 km from city, a whole garbage bullet has formed among the fragments of wood and plastic; it is necessary to find those killed on the water; a strong current; it is impossible to approach on rubber boats; it will immediately tear it apart; therefore, plastic walls are used; stands in the bay; r

. >> reporter: what started as an exploration expedition turned into a massive international rescue effortn is one form, and i was down pretty down deep in that drain. >> reporter: at times he says he was only semiconscious. rescuers gave him a blood transfusion. >> i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: loaded on a stretcher dickey was pulled up to safety after an arduous 57-hour effort. >> cave rescue workers and their families, they did all the work to get me out. >> reporter: thankful he says and not surprised that the tight-knit caving community answered his call. stephanie gosk, nbc news. >> that's "nightly news" for this thursday. thank you for watching, everyone. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. . >>> right now at 4:30 there is a good chance your pg&e bill could be going up again. we'll break down how improvements to pg&e's infrastructure could impact your wallet. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. we'll get to the pg&

rather, we saw an agency moving from an international rescue efforts. from from the greeks, a boss collided was another 70 in a car, 5 people were killed, 7 were injured. this is the problem with a lack of to, with the nation. i like being able to orchestrate something about this because let's be frank. it's like giving a butcher. you know, it's like giving a um, an agency about this, a butcher's life. when they do the scuffle, they need to be small incisions. they have to be very careful about the way in which the organizers and their hand bring those efforts that block them jump missing during that job. they haven't even said translators. and because they're worried about the kind of conversations, those people might end up translating, not just between international such a musketeers, but with citizens of them. so this is a very, very difficult and brutal police. they to operate in and is making the 8 efforts even harder to sustain. so i suggest, quite frankly, they should step aside and that i mean, semester community to do that work on how to put a