the pakistani navy are using hovercraft to rescue flood victims and get aid to people. >> my husband and i are helpless. we have no money and no food. we need the world to help us. >> family is like this want to stay here to protect their property. at least some of them are getting aid and clean drinking water. but they have had absolutely nothing in another village. occasionally they swim or wade back to their homes to salvage what they can. these are all he has left in the world. the villages, a shelter from the brutal heat and they wait for help to come. [crying] >> for those affected by the floods, they have been [unintelligible] telling of their frustration at the local authorities responsible for delivering the aid. >> many people are protesting against the political leaders. no one cares about the children, people are dying from hunger and disease. >> no one is helping us. they are creating different issues for us. sometimes they tell us to bring our identity cards. no one is helping. >> the president came to visit, but we were not allowed to convey in front of him. we are req

. >> villages have become islands, and the pakistani navy are using hovercraft to rescue flood victims and get aid to places. >> my husband, me, and my children are helpless. we have no money, clothes, or food. we need the world to help us. >> families like this one to stay here to protect their property, and at least some of them are getting paid -- food and clean drinking water. -- are getting aid -- food and clean drinking water. they have nothing in another village. these are the people. occasionally, they swim or wade back to their homes to salvage what they can. this man fumbled a few dry clothes, all he had left in the world. the villagers gather in the brutal heat and wait for aid to come. ben braun, bbc news. >> officials in pakistan and the united states are warning that floods and the slow response represent an opportunity for militant groups, particularly the taliban. they were driven out by a major offensive last year. >> a place of stunning beauty there's news stars. the floods devoured rivers. -- a place of stunning beauty bares new scars. many communities are cut off. i

and the pakistani navy are using hovercraft to rescue flood victims and get aid to places like catori>> my husband, me, my children, are helpless. we have no money, no clothes, no food. >> despite their ordeal, families like this one to stay here to protect their property. and now at least some of them are getting aid, food, and clean drinking water. but they have had absolutely nothing in another village. these are its people. occasionally, they swim or way back to their homes to salvage what they can. and this mans' unbundle is all but has left in the world. the villagers of got them shelter where they can go away from the brutal heat and wait for days to come. >> we will have more from another correspondent in pakistan just a little later in the program. at least eight holidaymakers from hong kong have been killed in manila, capital of the philippines, where a tourist bus was hijacked after a nine-hour siege covered live on tv. police shot and killed the hijackers. a former colleague was armed with an assault rifle. david reports. >> the nightmare for tourists, mostly from hong kon

the pakistani navy has been battling raging floods to reach those stranded, where rivers have become vast lakes. they found four men, there was only room for two of them on board. they say many more need help. those who can, come to camps like this one. she was forced to give birth here. she says "there was no doctor or health worker" and asks good gaud to protect her. for her new baby and thousands more, this is now home. lama hasan, abc news, islamabad, pakistan. >>> and this note tonight, hip-hop star wyclef jean's bid to be president of his native haiti appears to be over. he prepared to return his family to the u.s. after haiti's election commission disqualified him from running presumably because he's not been living in haiti. >>> the bittersweet wedding, american bride and groom who met because of the families that bonded after lockerbie. >>> the families in in country who keep bears in their backyards and there is a new development tonight after one of those bears attacked. and the american heart this evening, camp counselors teaching kids at camp a thing or two. after all, t

we spent the day with the pakistani navy. abdul malik came to them, pleading for help. his family is stranded in their own home. he's not sure if they're okay. this is what is left of his neighborhood, but his house survived and became an island. those are his parents. we find another family. there are 15 of them, a boy's leg is broken. an infant is sick. just this morning, not far from here, a baby drowned. the navy here has rescued thousands of people, but there are still thousands just like them who are stranded. and this is one of hundreds of lakes that these floods have created, and to give you a sense of the scale of this disaster, just this lake alone is bigger than delaware. now that you have your family, where will you go? "we have nowhere to go," malik says. "we have no one to help us, and no jobs." that's the biggest problem. the flood hit so quickly, there are few shelters, few relief workers -- little hope. in town, people are living by the side of the road, sleeping under propped up beds. and they're living in a former school, turned dirty and squall lid r

pakistani navy boats have been sent to the provinces to rescue those stranded by the flood waters. >> of russia covered with thick smog. it has been seeping into homes and offices throughout moscow for several days. air pollution is an all time high, six to seven times the norm. there is an ongoing heat wave and strong winds. >>> patricia neil has died. she won an oscar in 1963 for her roll opposite paul newman in hud. a few years after word she almost died after suffering three strokes but she regained her ability to speak and walk and was able to resume her film career. she started in the home coming, precursor to waltons and she was also a long time commercial spokesperson for maxwell house coffey and a pain reliever. she died of lung cancer yesterday at her home in massachusetts. >>> today marks 65 years since the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on nagasaki japan leading to the end of world war ii. the city held a ceremony today honouring those who lost their lives august 9th, 1945. tens of thousands of people attended, including some survivors of the attack which came three days afte

we spent the day with the pakistani navy. abdul malik came to them pleading for help. he's not sure if they're okay. this is what's left of his neighborhood. but his house survived and became an island. those are his parents. we find another family. there are 15 of them. a boy's leg is broken. an infant is sick. not far from here, a baby drowned. the navy here has rescued thousands of people but there are still thousands just like them who are stranded. and this is one of hundreds of lakes that these floods have created and to give you a sense of the scale of this disaster, just this lake alone is bigger than delaware. now that you have your family, where will you go? "we have nowhere to go," malik says. "we have no one to help us and no jobs." that's the biggest problem. the flood hit so quickly, there are few shelters, few relief workers, and little hope. in town, people are living by the side of the road. sleeping under propped-up beds. and they're living in a former school, turned dirty and squalid relief camp. tell me what happened to your youngest son. he died of

. >> reporter: with time running out, the pakistani army and navy want everyone living in villages to go. but some farmers are still reluctant. gesturing and begging, this woman urged the men to change their minds. for god's sake, save the lives of your children, she pleads. finally, they relent and the women and children are helped aboard. they can't force them to leave. at first many families chose to stay, believing that the waters would drop. instead they're still rising relentlessly. they haven't eaten or drunk anything for days. now they're fearing for their lives. a mass exodus is underway along the banks of the river indus. roads are filled with refugees as the panic sets in. in this town, hundreds haven't made it to the road. instead they've crowded on to a small strip of land, the only place they could reach. >> we are in big trouble. help us. we are requesting your president to kindly help us. otherwise if you are not going to help us, we all will die. >> reporter: but no one is here. aide agencies haven't arrived yet. the rescue boats don't come this far down river. helico

pakistani aviation elements. they have now been replaced by 15 u.s. navy and marine corps helicopters. we have plans underway to bring in additional helicopters in the first week of september. there are ongoing discussions between our military leaders and military leaders, here in pakistan, about other means that they may wish us to fulfil. at this time, i am not aware of any new decisions that have been made. >> examples of the additional means [inaudible] >> i'm sorry, i did not understand the question. >> what are the other needs that you are assisting on with the pakistani authorities? >> i am afraid it is just too garbled to hear. >> the question is what kind of assistance argue engaging in with pakistani authorities? >> thank you. the other types of assistance being discussed with pakistani authorities would be best asked to the embassy representatives. our focus is on the u.s. military assistance that are partnered with pakistani military element here. there are a broad range of conversations going on with many agencies of the united states government, through the u.s. embassy,