leyte, they are proud of their history. they were integral in the victory of the allies in the victory of the japanese occupation. this was a key tactical debate. democracy is long entrenched. look at it now, there's no one inside. a few minutes ago some volunteers came bip, picked up plywood, looked underneath it and said, "it's not human, it's a dog." that's what the search for survivors consists of. >> since you mentioned a little bit of personal angle, i'd like you to talk a little about the sense of shock that people must be feeling in looking at a town, as you mentioned, that has a strong, rich history. there it is behind you, in little bits and pieces. there must be an overwhelming sense of shock that people are still processing at this point. >> yes. we come across people who are inco-herent, they can't talk about it, they are still in shock, in hospitals, trying to get better. not a single person has been left unaffected in leyte. about 10 million people have been affected - one in 10 of every person in the philipp

it travelled lo the islands of leyte and cebu. it's moving now to vietnam. >> let's speak to our correspondent marga ortigas, who is monitoring the situation from manila. we were listening to our correspondent there, and you have to wonder if the authorities could cope with this. >> with a disaster this size there's no way they could have prepared for it, no matter how hard they tried. they did try. the government wanted to be proactive sent rescuers relief operators and relief goods to the areas directly in the path of the eye of the storm. still, that clearly will not be much help in a situation like this, where the roads are impassable, communication happens been impossible, many people already wounded and, indeed, fallen ill because of the rain and the windows and destruction wrought on their homes and villages. the problem has been how to get the communication lines up first off, because they need to understand exactly what is needed, and where. but that is going to take another few days before they can get that sorted. as me

it escaped the tidal surge that drowned so many on leyte island. but the power of the wind was apparent everywhere. a favorite of mainlanders there was nothing left of the beach side resort. almost all the boats on the island were damaged and vegetable crops destroyed. for now there is little that islanders can do except to wait for aid and think about how they will rebuild. craig leesom. >> the majority of typhoon haiyan victims in leyte where 3,000 people have been killed 37 we took a road trip on the northern part of the island to see the devastation now confro confronting survivors. >> reporter: it's about 120 kilometers to get from the western to eastern side of the leyte islands. the roads are busy with the traffic of he friends and families searching for loved ones or trying to get out. it is a journey into the tapestry of millions of filipinos. sugar cane fields. banana plantations, village after village has been decimated. the degree of destruction vary. some villager have water but nearly every building has been wrecked. poor neighborhood

these people are about to board a bus heading for leyte island. the journey will likely take at least 24 hours. they carry with them as many emergency supplies as they can. rice, water, instant noodles and canned foods. to give to their families who are suffering. >> translator: it breaks my heart watching the situation in the disaster area on tv. i have family members there. some relatives died. all the houses are gone. not one left standing. >> reporter: the bus company doesn't charge people taking aid to disaster-hit areas such as leyte and samar. there are now about 100 buses shuttling back and forth along the route. >> every day we are increasing our number. before we had eight daily trips. now we have been 16, up to 20 buses a day just to meet the demands of the devastated provinces. i think the private sector has to lend hand to speed up the recovery process. >> reporter: we met a typhoon survivor who came all the way to manila to look for supplies. he was about to make the return journey to his devastated home city in leyte. he says very l

places like the prove joins of leyte -- province of leyte, where it made landtall. 100 are dead.ut estimates could be at 20,000-30,000. >> have authorities been able to reach of the survivors in the areas that were hardest hit? >> no, not yet. these areas of cut off. they are almost impossible to get into the airport's, particularly in leyte. it has been damaged. these roads are covered by landslides and flooding. the storm surge in leyte was said to be as high as 15 feet. their correspondent was caught in the surge and had to climb on the top of a hotel to escape it. the first responders are trying to assess the amount of damage in these areas and trying to get into them to help people that are still there. the problem now is whether they can get fresh water and food into the areas. >> given that scope of damage, what can we expect to see in the next few days? >> i think what we'll see as first responders get in pictures of devastation, but also of the death toll, and that will rise significantly as we - as reports confirm. we have been getting. >>> thank you, that was craig liv

of leyte. down the road from tacloban - the city where most the international media attention has been focused. this town is on the coast and bore the same battering from typhoon haiyan that tacloban did, but it is less developed, less politically important. they are still waiting for some aid to flood in. there's a little bit of aid coming here, but it is nowhere near enough - having talked to the residents here. behind me you can see how badly devastated the area was. what you are seeing is an area that used to be first of all house, packed in close together. made of flimsy materials - built on bamboo sticks, whiker walls, palm leaves for the roofs. they have all been destroyed. the official number for the death toll is 3,000. residents spect it to go up because they think bodies may be under ut wreckage of what used to be this vibrant neighbour hood. the water, when it came up eight days ago was 15 metres high - as high as the roofs of the cement buildings you are finding here. >> what is th

i travelled a 120km journey to get here from the western side to leyte, to the east of leyte. the kind of devastation that we are seeing is replicated right across the island. there are 10 million people affected by the typhoon, one in every 10 philippino, this is a populist county, there are 92 million people. yes, i have family. my father's family is from here. i am one of millions affected by what happened. i think you can see the church behind me, and what happened a bit earlier was that the archbishop and the cardinal did a co-celebration with the people from the community. it was a sober event and one in which they tried to inspire people to keep going, to be determined, to motivate them to get through the terrible time. the church itself may have lost its roof. the rain may be coming through the roof, but they are worshipping anyway. i want to show you, jonathan, what the destruction is that we are talking about. if i get the cameraman to pan over, you can see how every single roof in this neighbourhood has been - flew off the building that office moored to. all the peo

leyte was the hardest hit. south-west of manila.t caused landslides, blew off roads and shut down electricity. >> for more, we are joined by mar margo ortiguez. what is the scope of the devastation? >> the full extent the government can't begin to estimate. we are seeing pictures of the worst areas - way beyond the first 24 hours since the storm hit. particularly on leyte island many homes - in fact, some witnesses are saying all the homes on that island have been destroyed. this is not a small island of fishing villages, there was a full-blown city, almost 2 million inhabitants, concrete structures, and the roads have been damaged or blocked. many areas are flooded and impassable. communication lines have been down for over 24 hours. people have been calling for help from satellite phones, at least those that have been able to get to them. one of the first things that the government is doing is sending soldiers and relief workers in, to help those in place over the last several days. the philippine government worked to be proactive

our correspondent is on the line with us from tacloban in leyte province.t's good to have you on the phone. we have heard little from anybody from the eye of the storm, from the worst-hit areas to find out what is going on, and what it was like. can you tell us what it was like to sit through this enormous storm? >> basically remember in an area called a small village, which is by the coastline of leyte province at around 6:00 pm. at 4:40 in the morning, we felt the wrath of it. we set up a live position. in 35 minutes, the winds became too strong for us to stay put, so we moved to the second floor to set up. from there i could see roofs being blown away are and trees swaying like paper, and just a matter of 10 minutes the water started going quickly all the way to the second floor we were in, and we were trapped. some of the hotel guests that were also with us there started going up in the same area. we had nowhere else to go. we broke in. we broke into a stock room where water was there. we broke in and managed to get in, but the water was going up. me an

>> well, president benigno aquino visited leyte island yesterday. you could tell that he was extremely frustrated with the slow response, the inability to get to the people in the necessary time, because it's not just food and water, it's also shelter - many of these people have been without shelter. some 390,000 people - between that figure and 500,000 require shelter. they are now saying 9.5 million have been affected by the typhoon. that's a lot of people to help. the aid is coming in. but also they have a problem with looting. where it's not reaching, people are desperate for food, they are fighting for it, and they are looting. we are hearing reports of atms being attacked. president benigno aquino is talking about instituting emergency law, and is sending in troops to restore order. >> if the storms are not addressed, you see the ripple effect problems - looting and disease, especially since we are considering thousands of people killed, and as you mentioned there's not a lot of places to put them. >> that's right. what happened in the past is

. >> reporter: it takes 170 kilometers to get from the western to the earn side of leyte island. it's a journey into the tapestry of personal tragedies of millions of pill phen filipinos. fillage aftevillage after villan wrecked. neighborhoods along the shoreline have suffered worst. this is on the western side of the island. thousands of people lived in houses built from little more than palm leaves on bamboo stilts over the water, a traditional style in the philippines. the tide was low at the time but the incredible force of the winds knocked all the houses closest to the sea down. not many people were injured or killed. on the other side of the island is the side that saw the 15-meter high storm surge that flooded coastal villages, hundreds of meters of lands. the scale of the disaster is unprecedented. to get from the western to eastern side of the leyte island all we could see was kilometer after kilometer of utter devastation. the death toll is 3,000 here but this whole area was crowded informal settlements of flimsy built homes. those who stayed said they didn't want to a

some of them including the priest come from the hard-hit islands of leyte and samar. communication with friends and family there has been difficult. so they are finding solace in prayer. >> translator: for those of us who are still alive, our mission is to help and give support to those who are grieving and those who are suffering. >> reporter: this woman grew up on leyte. she and others shared their feelings with the priest. >> reporter: she came to japan 23 years ago from the town of almok. she married a japanese man. she have three children. raising a family made it hard for her to visit her hometown often. she has fond memories of her family there, even though life there wasn't easy. >> the house is there. it's not good, not nice. it's made of bamboo and wood with cement floor. that's why it's easy to wash out and i really miss that place. i've missed that place since i was a child. >> reporter: the typhoon ravaged ormoc. it cut communication lines. but the day after the storm, she received a text message from her younger brother. she learned her two brothers and

we have a team of reporters in the philippines, including at the airport, marga ortigas on leyte, and harry fawcett on bohol. >> we are at the airport here, it's a tiny airstrip but is one of the busiest airports in the world. this is where the typhoon came ashore. to the left, a mile away, a week ago. now the aid is pouring in. right here we have got three ce 130s on the route from australia, new zealand and the u.s. helicopter flights are coming in, flying in and out from america. warships offshore, the u.s.s. "george washington" off sure. hundreds of people are here at the shattered airport coming in from villages all around. they'll be evacuated to tacloban, cebu and some to manila. this region is uterly devastated. we spent the day in this area - nothing is left standing. all the people looking for some place to go. most of these people will have to be leaving. >> the majority of victims were in leyte, up to 3,000 killed there. veronica pedrosa looks at the devastation confronting survivors. >> it's about 120km to get from the west to the eastern side of leyte. the roads are busy

the typhoon slammed into the central philippines on november 8th, unleashing much of its force on leyte island. the national disaster risk and management council updated its casualty report on wednesday. it said 4,011 people have been confirmed dead, and 18,557 others injured. 3,310 of the deaths were in leyte. that's about 80% of the total. the island was hit hard by storm surges. nearby samar island suffered 411 deaths. most of the dead have yet to be identified. the storm caused widespread damage, severed roads and bridges are making it difficult to get food, water and other supplies to the survivors more than ten days after the typhoon struck. many of those injured are believed to be without adequate medical services. the philippine government has been stepping up its relief efforts, sending in helicopters and ships. the united states, japan, china and other countries are assisting. china says it will send a hospital ship to the philippines to treat injured survivors. the two countries are locked in a territorial despite over islands in the south china sea. but observers say china w

the epicentre of this disaster on leyte island. from there they have had to coordinate where it should go and how it should get there. that has been difficult because the local coordinators have been victims and survivors of this typhoon. >> speaking of the difficultyies, the number of people left without homes is up to 4 million, are there enough shelters to hold them? >> well, there hasn't been, many people are spending the night in darkness. there's power only to 24 provinces that have been affected and had the power cut by the typhoon. it is a major concern. the relief effort has not just been about food and supply, it's about bringing evacuees in from some areas where they simply want to get out of because they have lost everything. there's nothing there for them. we have seen hundreds coming through. and the government set up shelters specifically to take care of their needs. >> thank you for joining us this morning, craig leeson. >> violence rocks kabul, this time in twin bombings, a suicide blast ripped through the side of

cbs contributor barnaby lo was in leyte on assignment for chinese television. >> reporter: just as we finished this report typhoon haiyan unleashed its full furry. winds up to 190 miles an hour blew the roof tops off. debris was flying in all directions. the ocean rose several feet in just a few minutes. huge waves crashed into our hotel. >> reporter: >> reporter: the rain didn't stop for hours then the ceiling in the room caved in and we had to change rooms again. for three hours, we didn't know if we would survive. but nothing prepared us for what we saw when the storm finally moved on. the devastation was complete. scott, survivors here now face living without water or power. aid has started to be delivered, but this is going to be a massive job and getting around is still very difficult. >> pelley: barnaby lo reporting from leyte. 90 u.s. marines landed in the philippines over the weekends and right now several u.s. navy ships are rushing to the area, including the aircraft carrier "george washington." the "george washington" was on a port visit in hong kong and is expected to arr

st predeployed a disaster assistance advance team in manila.ance t that team was on the ground d in leyte province almost immediately after the storm sto passed through and was beginning to assess damage and send back a reports on assistance priorities. we rapidly stood up a response management team in d.c. and a started sending people out. to the philippines to lead that response. we have been working hand in glove with the department of defense's pacific command which has proved absolutely critical. there were enormous logistical a constraints that we faced inl. e first days after the storm and the dod involvement has been vital to getting those -- to vi getting someta of those obstacl cleared and enailing the initial aid effort to gain momentum. as scot said, we have mobilized now across the u.s. government b more than $37 million in assistance to help typhoon-affected populations. uo and while much still remains to be done, we are beginning to see some notable progress. several days ago usaid partnership with unicef and the government of the philippines go with support from dod got th

devastation as far as the coastline, stretches in the worst affected area, leyte island. there are many areas that they haven't got into. some 390,000 people estimated to have been displaced across the central philippines, 4.3 million affect. the president benigno aquino went to the leyte province to look for himself and said the priority now is to provide necessities - food, water and shelter to the survivors of the typhoon. >> as communications between villages wiped out by the storm are slowly re-established a picture is emerging of total devastation. >> then we have estimate given on casualties, more or less 10,000. for the whole province of leyte. >> reporter: rescuers are trying to reach the remote areas in the path of the storm. local officials believe the toll will rise further. this is the moment when the tomorrow hit tacloban, a city of more than 2 million people. gusts of wind up to 300 k/hr. with it came flood water. people used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. this is the scene rescue crews are seeing as they reach isolated areas. >> a tornado pass

what they will need and that will be an ongoing emple, from towards the east of here, two places, leyte, takriban, we're trying to get a clear story of how many buildings were destroyed. spl. >> how does the are red cross work in a place like this? >>> the international red cross is working, credit they have about half of the a million volunteers and staff as well, everybody was already in place. mrm teams were ready to be deployed, rapid ask assessment, certain and record. it is radio big coordinated effort across all of the effected islands. >> what does the pred cross, obviously going to be shelter now. and we had already in anticipation of this, the international red cross had been looking fors.to make sure our shellkinn will need things like emergency are tarpaulinless, building buildings smerktd will be the last, beyond that there will be longser term recovery. >> nicola jones with the internationaadditional informat. kevin cor corriveux. no. in terms of the rain, not scidges the last the for the search and recovery. now, with this storm we now have the newest update from the join

. >> reporter: it was a vicious force that paralyzed leyte. it swept through the philippines friday morning. it destroyed everything in its path - powerlines, roads, villages, all wiped out in an instant. the typhoon arrived three hours earlier than expected. thousands of people were trapped when water rose as high as five metres. we were one of them right at the height. we are trying to make our way out of this place. this is a little over three hours after the wrath has been brought into the town. this place has become a ghost town. a few hours ago we were, ourselves, caught up in the middle of what is considered the most powerful typhoon in the world this year. it was hard because at some point we were preparing for a live and all of a sudden the water went up. before we knew it we were by the ceiling, clinging for our lives. it's a miracle we survived. we really need to make our way out of here. there's only destruction and death. it was the world's worst typhoon and the damage for leyte is unprecedented. the governor fears that at least 2

they were packing and they were going to transport across to leyte, by truck. the first time this particular company behind me has worked with donations, sending it over by land, is yesterday, when they packed a truck full of goods with food, rice, medication as well as some clothing. now, you mentioned the security situation. this is one of the things that people are very afraid to begin to do because there were reports of armed men basically stopping relief convoys, taking what they could, generally robbing those trying to help the victims of the typhoon. it seems the escaped convicts are aggravating the security situation. already security forces have been amped up in those areas. the police and the military that have been stationed are now casualties themselves, quite traumatised by what happened and lost loved ones in, indeed, some of their belongings. more than 500 police are in tacloban city alone to try to ascertain the security of the road so the goods packed in places like this can get to the people that need it most. from here, it's being packed on t

. >> reporter: it's about 120 kilometers to get from the western to the east easternty leyte island. the roads are busy with traffic of those looking loved one. sugar plain fields, banana plantations. village after village, nearly every building has been wrecked, roofs are merely twisted debris. neighborhoods along the shoreline have suffered the worst. thousands of people lived in houses built from little more than palm leaves on bam patio stilts over the water. a traditional style in the philippines. the incredible force of the wind knocked the houses closes to the see down, on the other side of the island, the side that saw the meter-high storm surge that flooded coastal villages hundreds of meters of land. the scale of this disaster is unprecedented. on 120 kilometer to get from the western to the eastern side of the leyte island all we could see is kill merit after kill merit of utter devastation. the death toll of 3,000 here but the whole area was a crowded informal settlement. those who stayed said they didn't want to abandon all that they own. in the end they lost all and wer

this was the scene of another tragedy here in leyte ft philippines. this warehouse was where the national food authority kept symptoms for the entire province. it must have been full of rice. after typhoon haiyan struck, desperate people flocked here. there's an overwhelming stench of wet, rots ing right, but when there was still milled rice in these warehouses, groups of people would come to take what they could. on thursday the roof collapsed killing 8. despair is also killing people across leyte island, veronica pedro pedrosa, al jazeera, the philippines. >>> france's president will continue to oppose a nuclear deal with iran until he's convinced that it's not pursuing nuclear weapons. francois hollande spoke in israel at the start of a three-day visit. france blocked a final deal to ease sanctions on iran during a summit of world powers and iran last week. al jazeera's mike hannah is live for us now in jerusalem. israel's prime minister said that iran's nuclear program will top the agenda with his talks with president hollande. he praised france f

it was an enormous storm, and it was packing so much power when it hit leyte province.s you heard, the storm search represented a tsunami. one of our own correspondents was caught up in the storm surge. she was reporting as it hit, and she was forced to climb through the ceiling of her hotel to get to the roof. her and her crew feared for their lives, like many others. it came thick and very fast. if you look at the debris and the pictures that i am sure you have seen, you can see that it does look like a tsunami. many of the ngos say it looks like the indian ocean 2004 tsunami, because the debris is scattered everywhere. nothing on the east coast was untouched. there are few structures, trees or telephone poles standing. that's why the rescue effort has been difficult. there's no power, and there's no communication, so people in need of help who haven't eaten, are unable to communicate that to the rescue workers, that's a problem. it's identifying where the survivors are and getting the food and aid to them. >> it's impossible to underestimate the power of the storm su

now doctors are seeing on the ground in leyte province, the worst affected areas, incidents of cholera and typhoid becoming a problem to tackle. >> speaking of medical issues, i understand there are almost 25,000 pregnant women due to give birth each month within the disaster area. are they getting the support and hep they need? >> well, it's been very difficult on the ground in tacloban for them to get the support. there was the story - tragic story of a baby born during the typhoon and died this morning because the parents - they had to keep the baby alive, keep the lungs clear by handpressing oxygen into the lungs because there was no power and machines to keep the baby alive. there's also stories of survival. a woman gave birth after the typhoon in the shattered remains of the airport tower. we have seen babies coming into cebu shortly after the typhoon, and they are being taken care of at the medical centres, the field hospitals set up in the gymnasiums and the sport complexes that the government is setting up. >> so many challenges. craig leeson reporting from cebu in the philipp

eight people were crushed to death after thousands stormed a rice warehouse on leyte island. we're learning two americans are among those killed in the storm. more than half million people have been displaced. kpix 5's cate caugiran reports, survivors are still searching for the basic necessities they need to live. cate? >> reporter: michelle, the situation there is getting even more desperate. we're learning the severe shortage of foot and drinkable water has sparked looting and violence. soldiers with guns are stepping up security in tacloban city trying to prevent looting in a hard hit part of the philippines. panicked survivors are in dire need of food and water. children line the streets begging for anything they can get. residents are digging up pipes and smashing them to find water. this man says, we don't know if it's safe. we need to boil it. but at least we have something. officials say typhoon haiyan destroyed tens of thousands of homes and buildings and killed more than 2200 people. many bodies pulled from the rubble lay uncollected on the side of the road. airpor

it escaped the tidal surge that drowned so many on leyte. the pour of the wind was evident. a favourite of mainlanders, there was nothing left of the beach resort. almost all the boats on the island were damaged and vegetable crops destroyed. for now, there's little the islanders can do, except wait for aid and think about how they will rebuild. . >>> international aid organizations save the children says that nearly 4 million affected by typhoon haiyan are thought to be minors. >> back in the u.s. a detroit man is facing murder charges for the killing of an unarmed black teenager. he claims it was an accident. we go inside the story striking a nerve across the nation. >> his name theodore wafer, until now authorities refused to identify him. he appeared in court for arraignment and the shooting of 19-year-old renisha mcbride on his doorstep. the prosecutor is charging the dearborn heights man with second degree murder, carrying a firearm. he said little. >> we obviously do not feel the evidence in this case feels that the defendant acted in lawful self-defence. >> the charg

in the central philippines the destruction stretches from leyte to tacloban and palay. craig leeson is in cebu with the latest. >> reporter: they lumbered into the cebu air force base with precision - delivering precious cargo from the nightmare that is one of the worst natural disasters. those that could not walk were carried - the sick, the old and those that wanted to escape the disaster. >> bodies are on the road. nobody is picking them up. >> the injured and sick were taken to a military hospital. for many the horror of losing their families outweighed the pain of their injuries. this woman was struck by her roof as it collapsed in the storm. she called out with her doctors after it passed. they were among the lucky ones. . >> we survived. >> the doctors are working around the clock. overwhelmed by the injured. every now and then a ray of hope mu . we had a spine fracture, pregnant women coming in. we already delivered two babies yesterday. >> after discouraging human cargo the c130s are loaded with supplies intended for those facing the hardship of yet another day

it did not receive the massive surge of water that leyte did, but it did receive the wind. that caused damage to this island. it desimated parts of it. behind me - you can see some of the palm trees have been snapped. some are standing, there are houses to my left. the damage here is just as great, and we are here to travel with a convoy. it's one of the first relief shipments to arrive. these people have been without food, medical attention and water since the typhoon hit. we are travelling across the island to three major centres to watch the aid is distributed to people that need it the most. >> aid to other areas has been a major issue. are you hearing updates from government officials that that situation is improving? >> well, it certainly seems to be improving on the ground in cebu when i was there yesterday. cebu - philippines air force base was extremely busy with international aid organizations coming in c130 aircrafts, finally arriving, organising relief efforts, and sending most aid to tacloban, where it's needed, because that was the epicentre of the disaster. i

it's piling in and being distributed to areas in need - particularly tacloban in leyte, the epicentre of this disaster. but the challenge has been getting it from tacloban out into the - the regions from there that are hard to reach. many of them are still cut off. there is only power to four of the 30 provinces hit by the typhoon. there are difficulties that aid workers are still seeing that were there from day one. we travelled up to bantayan yesterday with a cargo shift, one of the first aid relief and witnessed the hunger of people as they crowded around the trucks of rice, trying to get food for the first time in many days. just about every home was destroyed on that island. 95% totalled. they didn't get the tidal surge, but they got the wind. there isn't the medical need up there, there weren't the deaths and casualties, but they have problems with shelter and disease and things like that. yes, the relief is arriving. in the remote areas it's trickling in. that is causing problems for the philippines government, which copped flak over the pace with which it's getting relief into

. >> then we have an estimate of 10,000 for the whole province of leyte >> reporter: rescuers are tryingo reach people in remote provinces in the wake of the storm. this is the moment when the storm hit tacloban, a city of more than 200,000 people. monster winds whipped in from the coasts with gusts of 300 k/hr. with it came flood water. people used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. >> i can feel electricity in the waters >> reporter: this is the scene rescue crews are seeing as they reach isolated areas. >> a tornado passed us. it lasted for four hours. the hotel was just crumbling, you know. i mean at first it was the ceiling that went off, and then the roofs started to fly in all directions, and then the water started coming. >> reporter: the survivors are desperate. we have looting going on at a drug store by the looks of it. >> we are opening as many stores as we can so the people can have access to food. there is looting going on, and we deployed army and police as much as we can. we are trying to secure power and water, which are the basics >> reporter: with communicatio

. >> al jazeera's veronica pedrosa reporting from leyte island. >> since the storm hit 1500 emergency shelters have been set up in the philippines. 82,000 families are staying in the shelters. crews are searching for more than 1500 people listed as missing. >> the first deadline for enrol. in a health care plan is less than a month away. the administration reports improvement in healthcare.gov. one-fifth of those needing insurance may need to sign up another way. mike viqueira reports from the white house. >> administration officials set a target date - november 30th. they said at that time the vast ma majority would have an experience that runs smoothly. today we learnt the white house definition of vast majority. eight in 10 americans log on to the website and buy insurance. >> who won't be alt. who are the two in 10 - those having technical difficulties, those too frustrated and who give up. and those who insurance policies are so complicated they'll have to talk face to face or have their hands held through it. jay carney, the white house speaksman, explained. >> we need to make s

flew in from "uss geoge washington" bringing food and water bo make of the more devastated area of leyteng philippine government's effort beginning to get up to speed, although there are terrible bottlenecks, european television reporting several miles of back logs, ferries to leyte island, in tacloban itself the mayor complaining he couldn't get any trucks locally and a shortage of fuel. pledges of aid pouring in throughout the world, japan, made its biggest overseas deployment since the second world war. australia, britain, even china upped its offer, originally they came up with a $100,000 offer, which was ridiculed even in china's state press. that's been increased to $2 million. as some pointed out that's less than the pledge made by the swedish furniture store ikea offering $2.7 million from its charitable foundation, andrea. >> thanks so much, ian. for more information on how you can help victims in the philippines, please go to our website. >>> new york congressman crowley joins us directly from the floor where you were voting. presumably you were not one of the 39 who abandoned

we have been able to find barns and other things that we've been able to get from cebu to the leyte, to tacloban. that has been one of the bigger challenges. that's always one of the bigger challenges. but we're starting to see that move, and we're starting up our six clinics soon. it is starting to move now. >> bob, if we had shown the people at home video reports from living conditions, the other 51 weeks of the year, which in some parts of the country are pretty bleak, they might not be motivated to give. there is a tendency to be wary of efforts to give aid for systemic problems as opposed to disasters. what is that difference? what is thecal clues that is going on in people's heads? >> you pinpointed one of the challenges with disaster philanthropy. the philippines problems did not start with this particular cyclone. they've had earthquake and 20 big typhoons during this past year. there is a lot of issues that have been in place in the philippines for a long time. a very poor population vulnerable coastal areas, poor infrastructure. but those are the sorts of things that as you

as you can see here in leyte, many of the roads are quite impassable. as far as the people here are concerned they have heard the news that is painted, but it's not quite the reality they are seeing on the ground. they are concerned about security, as there are not just survivors potentially taking things from other survivors or relief convoys, but criminal elements as escaped convicts have taken to looting. people in their homes, or what is left - they loot them at night. people are in fear of their lives because armed men come in to take whatever they can. the national government saying that they are dealing with the situation by imposing a curfew. it's from 6:00 pm to 6am, the 12 hours that it is dark. they are sending in more police and military troops. people here are saying they are not seeing evidence of that. >>> there are some remarkable stories of survival. a town in northern cebu, where one died - but is paying the price for being well prepared. >> mayor ricky ramirez making his round around the town. in darkness devastation is visible. more

. >> total devastation has become typical coastal areas of eastern leyte. this iin this district residentr resident told me of their ordeal. dramatic stories of survival has become commonplace. everyone is in the same position. traumatized by their experience, thankful to be alive and worried for the future. for now just getting enough food to eat for a few days is the focus. aid is coming through but people say it's not enough, and it's not always good quality. >> we survived the calamity, and a few days after we're about to eat this kind of rice. we have no medicine, we have no hospitals, but we will get sick about this rice that they were given. >> reporter: district leader is san miguel's link to city government. he goes to city hall daily to ask if there is anything for the people in this area. he noticed that some sacks of rice from ba were bad. >> nearly every sack had rice like that, black, lumpy, not fit for human consumption. >> reporter: the rice is yellow and old. the can de formed because whatever is inside seems to have expanded. this area has

they are getting some reports that they are evacuating leyte island. super typhoon is expected to make landfall there. check this out. they don't get that strong very often. this is a monster form, folks. look at the eye, very consolidated, very small. that gives you just an idea of how strong it is. already beginning to see some of the outer feeder bands of the hurricane beginning to move onshore getting reports of some heavy rainfall now in the philippines. but the winds have not kicked up yet. that is going to be right around this core here. that's going to be moving onshore and check out the winds. amazing! sustained at 175 miles per hour gusts over 205 miles per hour. this is a monster storm, could see a tidal surge of up to 20 feet or more on leyte island. here's the latest track making its way through the central philippines. looks like the next 12 hours it's going to be a devastating storm and then pushing back out into the open waters. around the bay area today we have a lot of high clouds in our skies but a fairly calm start to the day. 40s a

tacloban, leyte was also badly hit. the damage to roads and airports is making it extremely difficult for the much-needed relief to reach those that need it. there are fears that 10,000 people could be killed or missing while hundreds of thousands have lost their homes. there's wide-spread looting and soldiers are trying to restore order. wayne hay is in tacloban. >> people have been streaming into the airport here in tacloban city on monday as the military flights from areas such as the capital manila resumed, bringing in crucial aid for the people badly affected by the huge storm that has left this city, this area, in tatters. people have been coming here since first light trying to get their hands on items - food, water and something that they can use to build a shelter. most buildings in tacloban were completely destroyed by the storm or substantially damaged. a lot of the people who have been coming here want to leave. their homes have been destroyed or damaged and they want to get out of the area because there's n

charmaine deogracios, nhk world, leyte island. >>> rescue workers may be struggling to do their job, but that's not deterring the international community. governments from around the world are sending people and supplies to help communities battered by the storm. the u.s. military has dispatched 250 marines from japan's okinawa prefecture to the disaster zone. it's also committed five cargo planes and four usa preaircraft. a japanese medical team arrived by ferry on wednesday morning. team members headed for the city of tacloban with four truck loads of medical supplies and other aid. a belgian relief team has also arrived at the city. relief items have yet to reach survivors. the main challenge is to restore transport routes as quickly as possible while protecting the safety of aid workers. >>> the devastation and the loss of life caused by the super typhoon have left the 200,000 filipinos living in japan full of sadness. in time of need, there are places where they can turn to for solace. filipino volunteers gathered to make posters for a fundraising campaign. they attached message

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sustained winds 195 miles an hour, gusting to 235 making its way onshore in the next few hours at leyte island. they are going to see massive flooding with a storm surge maybe over 20 feet. this is a devastating storm moving right through the philippines and headed toward vietnam. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. as we look out over the next couple of days we are going to see a few more clouds coming our way and and chance of showers toward next tuesday. >>> roberta gonzales is taking mobile weather lab for a different kind of spin. this one in san jose. roberta? >> it is such a beautiful day here in san jose. let's look at the mobile weather. 68 degrees but feels warmer due to the sun on plaza. in fact, we are just right outside the beautiful rotunda at city hall in san jose. we came here because we wanted to talk about the fantastic program. a councilmember in san jose and the chair of the bay area air quality management district joins us. this program, the bay area bike share program, seems to be getting off to a good start. >> we are so excited. in two months we have already had ove

leyte was the hardest hi. pictures show residents buckling down preparing for the worst. 500,000 have been evacuated. the storm is expected to make landfall in vietnam tomorrow. >> in geneva talks between iran and world powers continued. a u.s. state department official says progress

on wednesday and team from japan working on leyte island left or mark four times le bah. the group and to turn back temporarily because the security situation in top twelve on seemed uncertain. they finally arrived on thursday evening. philippine emergency services at kia stretched to the limits that they should soon receive more assistance from countries such as the united states. about three hundred us military prison now and the philippines working on relief operations to apply the evacuated about eight hundred survivors from top of mind to manila. they transported twenty five tonnes of emergency supplies including clothing and blankets. the us has increased its number of troops to more than one thousand by the end of this week. it will also deploy for more on st transport aircraft making a total of eight to the lansdowne had to bribe from wild to get a better picture of the destruction image is from my japanese to be learned satellites reveal how the recent typhoon damage many buildings in coastal areas and major brands in and around top of mind. that is the decay of

expected to spend about a month and mostly on the island of leyte at the check on the supply of electricity and the status of communication systems japanese leaders will use what they've learned to determine what needs to be rebuilt. japanese leaders have already sent in self defence force personnel and medical units from the japan disaster relief team. and it offered more than fifty million dollars in aid. major indices until killing new york ended higher on monday investors on the knee did shoot a weaker yen while those on the dow jones industrial average began a holiday shortened week. ign joins us from the business tax. so i will can you tell what this book ended by roger but the similarities seem to stop there. it was up by more than two hundred points on monday with the dow was up by single digit still again is again investors seemed upbeat amid increased hopes of an economic recovery in the us the weekend accord to win a bronze nuclear program also boosted market sentiment. in fact the dow jones and the shabbat ended and another record high after gaining for a third straight day it w

continuing to take a closer look now into the philippines, it moved across leyte island yesterday afternoon. still a category 5 hurricane, a super typhoon, 165-mile-an-hour sustained winds, gusts of 200 miles per hour. now, it is going to move back out over the ocean waters staying very strong and then approaching parts of vietnam near da nang possibly making landfall there as a category 4 storm and then quickly weakening to a category 2 but we're looking at serious damage in vietnam when it gets there. jericka duncan reports it's blamed for four deaths in the philippines. >>> reporter: windows were no match for the fury of typhoon haiyan. strong winds roared through the empty streets as villagers in the philippines took cover from the historic storm. meteorologists say the category 5 storm is possibly the most powerful to make landfall anywhere in the globe. >> this was the image at its peak intensity with winds sustained at 195 miles per hour. >> reporter: waves crashed on land washing away pieces of people's lives. tin sheets ripped from building roofs also scattered throughout the roads