supertyphoon haiyan left more than 1,000 people dead in the island nation. winds up to 300 kilometers per hower ripped east of the island's archipelago, ripping off roofs and uprooting trees. tens of thousands of people lost their homes and their livelihoods. >> i never thought the wind would be so strong that it would destroy my house. i don't know what i should do now. >> thousands of soldiers and emergency relief teams are trying to help survivors. the philippines are hit by around 20 typhoons a year but experts say haiyan was one of the most powerful ever recorded in the world. aid workers in several countries in the middle east have won a massive polio vaccination campaign. last month the world health organization confirmed the first outbreak of polio for many years. the campaign aimed to immunize around 20 million children throughout the region. in lebanon, for example, all children under 5 will receive the vaccine. it's one of the largest polio vaccination drives ever. that concludes our v [traditional music] ♪ (gyatso) everywhere, we are talking. we

. >> the once typhoon, supertyphoon, haiyan traveled to the north china sea, made landfall over northern vietnam. now it is a remnant low pressure system but still affecting southern china with hesthy amounts of rainfall. the rainfall is over 260 mill /* millimetres reported in gongxui province. widely spread will be about 100 millimeters of additional rainfall, so severe flooding will be at very high risk. down to the south, we have another tropical system that will be traveling over mindanao, making its way across these islands, again, bringing very heavy rainfall. in comparison to the supertyphoon haiyan, the winds and the gusts are not as strong as what we saw before, but it is capable of unleashing gale-force winds, hefty amounts of rainfall, 100 to 150 millimeters of rainfall, which could collapse buildings as well as thunderstorms to be scattered across much of these areas, and that includes the worst hit area of tacloban as well, so we'll keep a very close eye on this. >>> japan's foreign minister said a growth in the domestic economy will have far-reaching benefits for the rest

all the cruel calling cards of supertyphoon haiyan. winds driving rain up to 159 miles-per-hour, left behind wastelands. ace hundreds are known dead with the toll likely to soar into the thousands. >> we just made a mass grave for 57 people who died, says the mayor of this town. that number is going do increase. the storm made this chapel a morgue. relatives looking for lost loved ones pray not to find them here. giant waves wash this huge ship ashore, and storm surges as high as 20 feet are feared to have swept many victims out to sea. others believed lost under mounds of debris. soldiers desperately search for life beneath this block of cement. for some it was too late. hundreds of thousands are going to relief centers, desperate for necessities. >> we need food, clothes, weather says this man. it should be given towels immediately. 90 u.s. marines arrived from japan with supplies for victims of the storm and to help in search and rescue efforts. with so much of the philippines still flooded and electricity and communication cut and

. >> the bay area is continuing to open its hearts and wallets for victims of supertyphoon haiyan. in san jose at the north site community center, volunteers witch the national federation of filipino association collected canned goods and clothing to ship to the victims. abc7 news is hosting a fundraiser tomorrow. you can make donations to the red cross' relief fund through a live hotline from 11:00 a.m. to 11:35 p.m. we'll have details tomorrow when the fundraiser begins. >>> a bay area man who dedicated his life to helping sick children is being remembered tonight for his kindness and generous spirit. barry taylor and his wife, elaine, created the taylor family foundation in livermore. barry passed away yesterday from a massive heart attack. plans are underway to celebrate his life and generosity. the taylor family foundation began when the taylors held a fundraiser in 1990 in their backyard to support children with life-threatening illnesses. today the foundation provides a free once in a lifetime camp experience for almost 3,000 children a year. we have been a proud sponsor of

. >> the bay area is continuing to open its hearts and wallets for victims of supertyphoon haiyan. in san jose at the north site community center, volunteers witch the national federation of filipino association collected canned goods and clothing to ship to the victims. abc7 news is hosting a fundraiser tomorrow. you can make donations to the red cross' relief fund through a live hotline from 11:00 a.m. to 11:35 p.m. we'll have details tomorrow when the fundraiser begins. >>> a bay area man who dedicated his life to helping sick children is being remembered tonight for his kindness and generous spirit. barry taylor and his wife, elaine, created the taylor family foundation in livermore. barry passed away yesterday from a massive heart attack. plans are underway to celebrate his life and generosity. the taylor family foundation began when the taylors held a fundraiser in 1990 in their backya to support children with life-threatening illnesses. today the foundation provides a free once in a lifetime camp experience for almost 3,000 children a year. we have been a proud sponsor of th

right now, supertyphoon haiyan is lashing the philippines. they are expecting catastrophic damage. here is francis coe. >> reporter: the typhoon slammed early friday. the central philippines are barrelling the front. drenching rains that made visibility virtually nonexistent. debris went through the air. the roads transformed into rapid moving rivers. storm surges are expected to reach 20 feet in some cities. about 1 million people are taking coverage in shelters in 20 provinces. because the country is made up of islands, there's fear residents have few options. they are calling haiyan a perfect storm with a clear eye. the only positive, it's fast moving. that's little comfort for residents now bracing for the worst. >> nbcs bill karins will be more on the powerful storm in a few minutes. now to an nbc exclusive with president obama including an apology. chuck todd sat down with him and asked him about a promise he made to the american people that said if you like your health insurance, you can keep it, period. >> first of all, i meant what i said. we worked hard to try to make sur

community was the first to be hit by supertyphoon haiyan.there has been no communication. well, the plan is to conduct a search and rescue mission, these men know all too well they're likely facing a recovery operation. the police and military on this flight have e nommous job ahead. we have just landed at the air field. and as you can see, all around us tees enormous palm trees have been snapped like twigs. everything has been flattened. you can see the local people over here standing under a shelter that is -- its roof has been completely ripped off. they have been without supplies now for days. this typhoon hit this point first. this was the first town really that was devastated. and these soldiers, they have no idea what they're about to face. as the troops unload bags of rice and boxes of bottled water, the locals desperately watch on. >> food to eat. there's a shortage of food, tents, everything. everything's gone. so we need help. >> reporter: of the 50,000 people in this town, almost everyone is homeless. dozens of people have lost t

we're going to look at the satellite here from supertyphoon haiyan.t some intensity a bit, but still very powerful and moving toward vietnam. the wind is at 155, it's 170 miles mouth of manila. it will move across the south china sea, and by the time it gets here it is expected to have wind speed of 120 miles an hour, but the track, still getting a lot of moisture coming in from the sea there, so maybe not losing much intensity, despite it being over land. certainly it looks like flooding and wind damage will be a problem here for the next two days. and it is starting to get warmer in denver as the wind comes across the mountains, but elsewhere cooler air coming in to minneapolis, washington, d.c., and the pacific northwest still seeing this weather come in from the ocean there. the valleys not seeing the winter weather advisory, but the upper elevations getting a little snow, and on the eastern slope of the rockies, the wind is picking up there. not a lot of rain or snow, but some is over montana. wind advisory for texas, oklahoma, and up through kan

one week ago supertyphoon haiyan, strongest ever reported, storm shredded villages, leveled towns, destroyed everything in its path including families. badlbadly needed aide and relies finally beginning to arrive. while the u.s. says they have turned a corner new statistics suggest otherwise. nearly 13 million people impacted, close to 2 million are displaced and the local red cross say some 25,000 people, men, women and children are still unaccounted for. america tonight's joie chen is on the ground in the philippines, she joins us from sabu airport, the staging ground for supplies. joie you have been traveling for the last couple of days. i can only imagine what you've witnessed. >> adam it's really quiek remarkable. we are here at sabu where we have been and in fact as you say it is a staging ground. we're seeing international aircraft from all across the world, these big c-130 cargo aircraft bringing much needed supplies coming in from a number of different countries and all coming through here. the problem is that this is really quite a difficult mission for a lot of the aircraft. under

community was the first to be hit by supertyphoon haiyan. since then there has been no communication. well, the plan is to conduct a search and rescue mission, these men know all too well they're likely facing a recovery operation. the police and military on this flight have e nommous job ahead. we have just landed at the air field. and as you can see, all around us tees enormous palm trees have been snapped like twigs. everything has been flattened. you can see the local people over here standing under a shelter that is -- its roof has been completely ripped off. they have been without supplies now for days. this typhoon hit this point first. this was the first town really that was devastated. and these soldiers, they have no idea what they're about to face. as the troops unload bags of rice and boxes of bottled water, the locals desperately watch on. >> food to eat. there's a shortage of food, tents, everything. everything's gone. so we need help. >> reporter: of the 50,000 people in this town, almost everyone is homeless. dozens of people

. >>> supertyphoon haiyan is battering the philippines. it's being called one of the strongest storms ever recorded. it's leaving massive devastation in the wake. this video shows some of the incredible force of the storm. authorities are reporting three deaths and seven injuries but communication systems are down and the death toll could be much higher. i'm mike mibach. >>> the storm is being held right here in the bay area. and katie utehs is live from milpitas. what are those in the community telling you? >> reporter: at this point, they are trying to reach family and friends and with little successful. as you mentioned, telephone service is wiped out as well as power in many communities. they are trying via facebook. but it's easy to see why you wouldn't have services when you take a look at the video of the damage. the storm hit the country's eastern island of samar around 4:30 friday local time and. at least three people have been killed but the death toll is expected to rise as relief workers reach isolated communities. it's called

this is day eight since supertyphoon haiyan hit this region and has devastated much of the philippines in the south. a lot of coastal communities. you have been witnessing what we have been seeing over the last several days. it's easy to think that by day eight with all the aid that's coming with the increasing improvements and the way it's being distributed it's easy to think that the worst is over. but for many people on the ground, the nightmare continues. there is still a lack of food, still a lack water and people are dying. people are still dying, people will die who don't need to die. they're going to die of things that if they had antibiotics they couldizely be cured of. we have an example of that this evening. you may have seen this picture. it's been seen around the world. it's really stunned a lot of people. a woman in what has remains of a hadn't in tacloban who has no other option but to try to pump air into her husband's body to keep him alive. she's manually been pumping air into his lungs to keep him alive. he essentially has a broken leg. but an infection has set in be

. >> reporter: it's called supertyphoon haiyan. it's 300 miles wide. and it's bearing down on the philippines right now. this storm has had wind gusts of 235 miles per hour. that is comparable to an extremely powerful category 5 hurricane. evacuations have been ordered. and officials are preparing people for significant risk to both lives and property. as it hit land, the sustained winds, as opposed to the wind gusts, were recorded at an unheard of 195 miles per hour. by comparison, the massively destructive superstorm sandy, carried gusts of 80 miles per hour. and hurricane katrina, the worst in recent american history hit with 120-mile-per-hour winds. but this one is much bigger. and the warnings from officials found like something you hear before the start of a war. at this hour, we still do not know the extent of the damage. we may not know for a long time. but officials have predicted that some areas will lose power or be left completely uninhabitable for weeks or months. and what's not directly impacted by the high winds of the storm could face s

supertyphoon haiyan was one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall, and the government of the philippines estimates that around 10 million people have been affected, of whom 4 million have been displaced from their homes and roughly 4,000 deaths have so far been confirmed. the devastation and the loss of life is absolutely staggering, and i want to express my deepes condolences and on behalf of the usa our deepest condolences to the people of the philippines. for these horrific losses. in the face of this disaster, the u.s. government has mobilized the full range of our humanitarian response capabilities. the office of foreign disaster assistance is mandated to direct and coordinate that overall humanitarian effort in close partnership with our military, state department and a range of other colleagues. the collaboration and cooperation we've seen has been exempla exemplary. we've seen tremendous collaboration and coordination here in washington and in the philippines. before the storm hit, the u.s. response was already beginning. our hydro meteorological efforts identifie

huge waves crashed ashore, as supertyphoon haiyan made landfall. the are island of lehte is wrecked. spotty communication, filipino authorities credit report at least expwhrp 110 people are debt in tekloban. two c-140 cargo planes have left there and they are trying clear the runway. >> goa what's the lateliest? >> well, we understand that government aircraft have now been able to land in lehta which is believed to be the worst affected island. and initial reports are saying that there are innewer rabble can casualties on leyte many coavment villages was given fair warning that there somewhere would be a storm surge by it, we understand if waves as high as 15 feet also crashed on the island because it was supposed to be a tropical storm. there is only so much you can do to prepare for the strength of haiyan, one of the strongest in history, and also the damage could be in the millions of dollars. the government itself have published 1.5 million to help. we're exactly trying, much of the philippine islands, people there have not been heard from in o

restore our free >> the situation in the philippines is still chaotic in many places a week after supertyphoon haiyan stormed through the region. the death toll has climbed over 3200 with more than 12,000 injured. as many as 18,000 are helping in the relief effort with a big boost from a u.s. naval task force, including 20 u.s. military helicopters bringing food and water in and bringing people out for health care. joie chen the host of al jazeera's america tonight. joie thanks for joining us. the philippine government has been defending the pace of the relief effort, saying in a situation like this nothing is fast enough. from what you've seen is the relief effort adequate? has it been picking up? >> it is clearly a very difficult situation antonio. think about it. there are more than 7,000 islands in the philippines and a lot of these places are quite small quite remote and very hard to communicate with. juice short time ago, i met a woman and her daughter who had just come from an eastern province and she said for days our biggest hope was just to communicate with the outside world. we were okay,

the supertyphoon haiyan devastates thousands of people.housands are believed to be buried in the rubble. and aid is pouring in from all over the world tonight. dozens of countries are sending cash and supply to the region. the biggest need, food, shelter, and fresh water. also hard hit was this city, and that's where we find reporter craig geeson. tell us what the biggest challenge for the government is right now. >> reporter: the biggest challenge is getting the food aid to the people who most need it. i'm standing at the air force base right now, and watching right in front of me, an international cargo transporter pulling in just 150 meters away from me, loaded with relief supplies. international help on its way, and it has been streaming in over the past days. there are three c130s that have been going in and out all day. they are loading them up with supplies and unloading some of the survivors who are being taken to the hospital for the help they need. >> talk about the reports of wide-spread luting, and how that might impact the eff

. >>> it has been more than a week since supertyphoon haiyan destroyed the philippines.dies off the street. some of the images you are about to see are graphic. families are guarding the dead as more cadaver bags arrive. the u.s. military has 9,000 troops delivering supplied. there's relief coming from around the world. places like saud ya arabia, the official death toll, just over 3600 people. that number is expected to grow, sadly. >>> there's the tiniest victims of the storm. some are calling storm babies. infants born immediately after the storm fighting for their lives. ivan watson visited a hospital chapel that's become home for some of the families. >> reporter: she bumps for dear life. her newborn baby isn't breathing. there's no incubator, no respirator or electricity to power the machine to save this 2-day-old baby's life. her mother pumps oxygen by hand. the baby is just one of 27 newborns here, storm babies you could call them. all born after the typhoon. they are in a hospital chapel that was converted into a maternity ward after the storm destroyed this cit

a $25 donation is suggested to help victims of supertyphoon haiyan.ll proceeds will go to catholic relief services in the philippines. >>> the final design for a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge is nearing completion, but the money to build the life-saving safety net still needs to be found. the $5 million design is due to be finished in just a few months, but there's a report funding sources to construct the $50 million project must still be lined up. possible sources include the federal government, the metropolitan transportation commission, which paid for the design. some suggest collecting donations from tourists visiting the bridge. >>> and a bow to the holiday shopping season. no construction around san francisco's union square for the rest of the year. crews have paved, relined, and reopened stockton street. the two blocks have been closed since last july for construction of the new central subway union square station. consumers welcomed the holiday moratorium. >> i think it's a great thing, it's our own little sidewalk. >> work is sti

the world is now getting a closer look at the widespread destruction from supertyphoon haiyan. there are reports of mass graves and bodies lining the streets. destroyed runways and roads are make search and rescue efforts even more difficult. there's now anger fear and from you traition ifrustration in --n the town of tacloban. from here in the united states aid is rushing in, the filipino military says four days after the storm it's now just beginning to deliver supplies to remote areas that need it the most. more than 20 countries have contributed so far. in addition to the united states britain and australia both donated $10 million to buy tents mosquito nets and sleeping nets. craig leeson, what's the latest there? >> well, we just got back from the air force base here, where the c-130 herk leas hercules ait rotate every hour dropping off survivors that need medical attention taking them oa specially set up hospital at that base where they're being dealt with immediately and then they're loading those planes up with supply with the aid that's coming from the u.s., coming fr

this is day eight since supertyphoon haiyan hit this region and has devastated much of the philippinesot of coastal communities. you have been witnessing what we have been seeing over the last several days. it's easy to think that by day eight with all the aid that's coming with the increasing improvements and the way it's being distributed it's easy to think that the worst is over. but for many people on the ground, the nightmare continues. there is still a lack of food,

a $25 donation is suggested to help victims of supertyphoon haiyan.ll proceeds will go to catholic relief services in the philippines. and a benefit was held in san francisco last night, musical performances and an artist auction. all proceeds will go to the national alliance for filipino concerns. total damage from the typhoon is estimated at $288 million. >>> the final design for a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge is nearing completion, but the money still needs to be found. the $5 million design is due to be finished in just a few months, but there's a report funding sources to construct the $50 million project must still be lined up. possible sources include the federal government and the metropolitan transportation commission, which paid for the design. some suggest collecting donations from tourists visiting the bridge. >>> and a bow to the holiday shopping season. no construction around san francisco's union square for the rest of the year. crews have paved, relined, and reopened stockton street. the two blocks have been closed since l

. >> reporter: it's called supertyphoon haiyan. it's 300 miles wide. on the philippines right now. this storm has had wind gusts of 235 miles per hour. that is comparable to an extremely powerful category 5 hurricane. evacuations have been ordered. and officials are preparing people for significant risk to both lives and property. as it hit land, the sustained winds, as opposed to the wind gusts, were recorded at an unheard of 195 miles per hour. by comparison, the massively destructive superstorm sandy, carried gusts of 80 miles per hour. and hurricane katrina, the worst in recent american history hit with 120-mile-per-hour winds. but this one is much bigger. and the warnings from officials found like something you hear before the start of a war. at this hour, we still do not know the extent of the damage. we may not know for a long time. but officials have predicted that some areas will lose power or be left completely uninhabitable for weeks or months. and what's not directly impacted by the high winds of the storm could face serious flooding from a

this is day eight since supertyphoon haiyan hit this region and has devastated much of the philippines in the south. a lot of coastal communities. you have been witnessing what we have been seeing over the last several days. it's easy to think that by day eight with all the aid that's coming with the increasing improvements and the way it's being distributed it's easy to think that the worst is over. but for many people on the ground, the nightmare continues. there is still a lack of food, still a lack water and people are dying. people are still dying, people will die who don't need to die. they're going to die of things that if they had antibiotics they couldizely be cured of. we have an example of that this evening. you may have seen this picture. it's been seen around the world. it's really stunned a lot of people. a woman in what has remains of a hospital in tacloban who has no other option but to try to pump air into her husband's body to keep him alive. she's manually been pumping air into his lungs to keep him alive. he essentially has a broken leg. but an infection has set in

within the hour the associated press reports more than 100 people have died as a result of supertyphoon haiyan and expected to rise. the survivors getting out of the water. the images of the destruction, very sizable. >>> aide workers are assessing the damage caused by that typhoon. here at home, though, experts are awestruck by the size and magnitude of that storm. >> damian trujillo looks at how the experts are analyzing the storm. >> i think it's about 500 miles wide. bigger than katrina. >> reporter: she's been studying storms for almost 40 years. >> this is pretty much realtime here. the thing is that it's tracked pretty much over the philippines now. >> reporter: but even san jose state's dr. allison is amazed at the supertyphoon that struck the philippines. scientists use a technique to measure a typhoon's intensity. >> the intensity peak has a value of 8. it's not possible to get stronger than 8 and yet yesterday i saw some graphics that suggested that this storm was getting up near an 8.1. that's a holy crap. >> reporter: the supertyphoon included smaller storms within the eye and sus

about what's going on in the philippines, because the damage there is so severe from what was supertyphoon haiyan, that many towns are only accessible right now by helicopter. >> yeah, the roads are just washed out. a u.n. damage assessment team arrived on the ground in the coastal province of tacloban early this morning. now, one team member said the last time i saw something of this scale was the aftermath of the indian ocean tsunami. and you remember those pictures. >> oh, my goodness, yes. we want to take a moment to walk you through some of the new video. take a look at this, we're getting it in from the hardest-hit areas. frightening to see it. one of the cnn crews described the scene in tacloban as being like a tsunami. and you get that by watching this. the storm surge is what you're seeing here, as that typhoon made landfall. some reports indicate the waters were as high as 16 feet in some places. >> unbelievable. and when those waters receded, this is what was left. just complete devastation. and you see the waters here. but the water is just so bad, we're just now starting to get the s

. >> it's been five days since supertyphoon haiyan slammed into the philippines. but still after all that time there's no official death toll, no concerted effort to retrieve the bodies of those who have died. the cleanup in some badly hit areas that is barely started if it's started at all. everywhere you go there are pleas for help. >> everything is gone. our houses, everything. there's nothing to eat. there's nothing to drink. >> we need more people to help -- to help the current situation. >> help is on the way. 250 u.s. service members are on the ground in the philippines and two more ships are on the way. but right now there simply isn't enough aid, and what aid there is isn't getting out to those who need it most. day after day, thousands come to tacloban airport hoping for a ride out. praying they can escape the devastation, the lack of food and water, the decaying bodies lying on the street. but with 800,000 people displaced, many are without options. while others continue to search for loved ones lost in the storm surge. >> only one missing is my eldest

five days after supertyphoon haiyan, the rapidly deteriorating conditions are leading to an utter staterrive, but getting it to those who need it has been way too slow. the latest death toll is estimated at 2,357 with nearly 4,000 injured. the mayor of tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities, is urging residents to leave. the problem is it's almost impossible to go anywhere else. nick payton walsh is there in tacloban tonight or this morning, of course, for you, nick. nick, 600,000 people homeless, no place to go. how concerning is the security situation there? when we hear about stampedes of people just to get rice. >> reporter: well, certainly i think people are wrapped up in the fear of lawlessness here in tacloban in the city yesterday i heard stories, fears of sexual assaults, attacks even on children in some ways. no evidence to back that up that we saw. but that's consuming people, i think, a sense of fear of what criminals may be up to or even some rebel militia groups that are roaming in this particular part of the world. and we encountered some of those fears ourselves when we

this is supertyphoon haiyan hitting the philippines with a force comparable to a strong category 5 hurricane358 miles per hour. so far, three people have been killed. seven injured. it is expected that that will go up as the hours unfold. we will know the full extent of the damage, but it is still early. it is dark there now. paul lal hancocks joining us from manila. it is now 1:30 in the morning, paula. millions have evacuated ahead of the storm. what are you seeing? >> reporter: as you say, suzanne, it is 1:30 in the morning. we understand the sun comes cup at about 5:00 a.m. still that time, officials don't know what they have to deal with. now, the second the light comes up, we're told by the military, they will be getting helicopters in the air to try and find out exactly where the worst hit areas are. and obviously, where the most remote places are, as well and where people need food, water and medicine. now, ahead of time, they have actually gone to some of these more remote areas and had given some basic supplies, thinking that maybe they would be cut off once this super typhoon hit.

days sis supertyphoon haiyan has hit. the damage and devastation is immense and tragic. the death toll stands under 2000 but the red cross estimates the numbers will increased, maybe 10,000, even higher and no way to know right now. the focus is on the frantic effort to get help to survivors. u.s. marines are on the ground and bringing aid and the "uss george washington" is on its way. can the help get there fast enough for the millions of people who need it? andrew stevens is live in taclob tacloban. give us a situation of what it is like on the ground right now. >> reporter: the lights on the runway has gone up right now. a big problem in the past over the past five days, operation had to close down when night falls. if there is more aid coming in around the clock that will make a big, big difference. walking around the city today, it's a lot quieter. i've seen food being distributed but it is really, to me, looking quite haphazard. there is not big relief staging centers and not an abundance of people on the street handing things out yet but i do speak to a few people

five days after supertyphoon haiyan, the rapidly deteriorating conditions are leading to an utter stateaos. aid has just started to arrive, but getting it to those who need it has been way too slow. the latest death toll is estimated at 2,357 with nearly 4,000 injured. the mayor of tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities, is urging residents to leave. the problem is it's almost impossible to go anywhere else. nick payton walsh is there in tacloban tonight or this morning, of course, for you, nick. nick, 600,000 people homeless, no place to go. how concerning is the security situation there? when we hear about stampedes of people just to get rice. >> reporter: well, certainly i think people are wrapped up in the fear of lawlessness here in tacloban in the city yesterday i heard stories, fears of sexual assaults, attacks even on children in some ways. no evidence to back that up that we saw. but that's consuming people, i think, a sense of fear of what criminals may be up to or even some rebel militia groups that are roaming in this particular part of the world. and we encountered some of

rise in solidarity with the people of the philippines in the wake of the devastation caused by supertyphoon haiyan. i just returned yesterday from my district, guam, where we have a large filipino population, trying to reach relatives all to no avail. remember that we are the closest neighbors to the philippines. the images that we see on tv are horrific and unimaginable. we are strong allies with the philippines and have deep historic and cultural ties. as we have done in the past, we will stand by our allies in need and i commend the obama administration for rushing to the aid of the filipino people. and also i commend the efforts of the filipino community of guam, the government of guam, and the local nonprofits and businesses for mobilizing to provide resources to their counterparts like operation tomadachi, we are rushing to the aid of the philippines. this is how we demonstrate our commitment to the pacific partners. i appreciate and commend the efforts of our federal government to send significant resources to the impacted areas of the philippines and i urge this congress to reaffirm this c

. >> today my thoughts are with the victims of supertyphoon haiyan in the philippines. the high foon ravaged the philippines, bringing sustained winds that reached 175 miles per hour and storm surges reaching 13 feet. ms. chu: in the aftermath, reports of more than 2,300 dead, but the number could be far larger. haiyan wiped out roads, electricity and communications in much of the country. mayors are faced with unthinkable decisions like choosing between transporting in food and relief supplies or transporting out the bodies of victims. when those in the other parts of the globe are in need due to disaster, the united states always lends a hand. right now the philippines are in need. i urge members of congress and all members of this united states of america to continue opening their hearts to provide critical support to the recovery efforts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the sp

the international efforts to help the struggling survivors of supertyphoon are haiyan. >>> the nuclear negotiations for iran are not over yet. >>> and honorrings the are sacrifices of if americans. >>> we begin with the horrific event of super-typhoon haiyan, who one can imagine how much the damage will take to repair. the toll on the survivors is unimaginable. let's put this into perspective here. we knew this was going to be a devastating typhoon. when it came on shore it was already enormous. the winds were 195 miles an hour, the storm surge was 45 feet. that's nine times taller than a normal human being. >> first light brings new hope for many people in the central philippines. each day it signals arrival of flights from the military bringing in much needed supplies and taking people out of an area largely destroyed by typhoon haiyan. getting on board are the injured and sick and those who have lost everything. people walk for huge distances to get to the airport in the hope that they might find some food or water given out by the military or a ticket out. on their face the etched

supertyphoon haiyan pounds the philippines with gusting winds of up to 200 miles.n in to manila as much as 8 to 12 inches of rain not out of the question. flooding is a concern. good news it is departing quickly. conditions improving in the philippines. back to you. >> thank you, jim. >>> keep it here on abc news for the latest on the typhoon in the philippines. get the latest damage reports later on on "america this morning" and "good morning america." >>> major story this morning is an apology from president obama to people losing their health insurance. in an interview with nbc news, mr. obama said he is sorry the americans are losing the plans he said they could keep under the health care law. >> i am sorry they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. we've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we will do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> the white house argued those impacted will ultimately receive better coverage. meantime, th

overnight, supertyphoon haiyan slammed into the philippines, forcing more than 150,000 families, that's 750,000 individuals, to evacuate, leaving countless stranded throughout the country's more than 7,000 small islands. wind gusts up to 235 miles per hour, roughly the top speed of a formula one racer. and faster than any u.s. storm. it's an astounding 300 miles wide, roughly the distance from boston to philadelphia. and will bring a storm surge likely to exceed 20 feet. it has all of the calling cards of a storm that we know here in the u.s. this is so much more powerful, the destruction, the damage, the water moving through, the wind, people having to evacuate. all that happening right now. and likely to continue to happen with this storm. so, we'll show you its past and its track. from the philippines, it has another opportunity to make landfall, still as a very strong storm in vietnam. then kind of swirl in through laos. this thing will drop an awful lot of wind and rain. look at this storm, 100 miles per hour with the wind speeds by the time the storm is well inland, by 1:00 in the

and it's the supertyphoon haiyan. you're watching the incredible eye head toward the islands.st weather on the board. not only today but for a couple of days running. that mild air will eventually even sweep into denver. so, denver, 59 degrees today. just getting better. phoenix, hello. 66 in new orleans. 85 in orlando. >> that's good. >> that was nice, jo >>> hi. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. partly sunny today with mid-60s at the coast, low to mid-70s for the rest of us. enjoy the mild weather. i think we have one more day of it in your accuweather seven-day >> all of america's weather was brought to you by home depot. >> a chance for america to thank everybody, for their service and sacrifi sacrifice. >>> it is day four of a car giveaway here. watch closely for our clue. it is coming. you could get the keys to a brand-new mazda. >>> you will also be watching when the lovely and talented we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. before you invest in a mattress, discover the bed clinically proven to improve sleep quality. the sleep number bed. onc

>> reporter: well, dave, supertyphoon haiyan has killed too many to count and has pushed tens of thousandsivors to the brink. the official death toll, nearly 1800, again, as you mentioned, expect it to kline. a reporter just spoke to the philippines's president and asked him about that [inaudible] >> we're still establishing the numbers, especially for the missing. but so far 2,000, 2500 is the figure we're working on as far as deaths are concerned. >> reporter: four days since the typhoon riched through the philippines -- ripped through the philippines and the scope of the damage is not clear. in the hardest hit area of tacloban, bodies still litter the streets. officials saying they have to focus on the living before they can begin to bury the dead. but that's created an overpowering stench throughout the city. people have been forced to cover their faces, their mouths and nose because the smell is unbearable. when the typhoon hit it triggered a massive storm surge, a wall of water that flattened entire neighborhoods. the u.n. relief agency now saying more than 800,000 people are display

the red cross estimates as many as 1,200 people have been killed by supertyphoon haiyan. 1,000 of the deaths are in one coastal town, the city of tacloban. homes, buildings there are levelled from the storm's ferocious 195-mile-an-hour wi s winds. trees are blocking the roads and communication lines, of course, are down. torrential rains plus the storm surge have put entire towns under water. extraordinary images. and many of the people who died are believed to have drowned. neighbors helped neighbors evacuate to safety when they could, as the floodwaters rose even higher, as you see right there, in some instances. here are some of the incredible images of ordinary citizens carrying out courageous rescues trying to help out one another. as high as the death toll is now, it could get even worse as crews reach hard-hit areas cut off from the storm. ivan watson joins us live from manila, so, ivan, what are officials telling you about when they'll be able to reach the people in the devastated areas? >> reporter: it's very tough. there are no telecommunications right now. there's no electr

rescue teams are now discovering the true horror of supertyphoon haiyan. >> that was nbc's angus walker in the philippines. officials estimate that 4.5 million people have been affected by the typhoon, including 1.7 million children and nearly half a million people are now homeless. the rescue effort and the need for relief is massive. if you would like to help the red cross and world food program and the salvation army are just some of the organizations mobilizing relief efforts and accepting donations. >>> turning now, back to politics, here in the u.s. and in particular, to race and the gop. now, you may have heard this week that new governor-elect of virginia, terry mcauliffe, owes his win last tuesday to women. women, they say, voted against mcauliffe's opponent. you know, attorney general bob cuccinelli. we like to call him around here, cuch. he'll be known as teddy mccuch, because of his draconian policies against reproductive rights, is widely popular sex acts and the like. i can see how you might make that mistake. if you look at the exit polls, it looks like mcauliffe had a ni

the philippines is still recovering from supertyphoon haiyan, which leveled coastal cities, killing at3,600 people and displacing millions. aid has been pouring in from around the world, including from the united states, which has sent an aircraft carrier with 5,000 sailors and 80 aircraft and pledged $20 million to the relief effort. but it's not only out of the goodness of our hearts. by helping out the philippines, the united states and others are hoping to gain more influence on china's doorstep in order to keep that country's power in check. joining our panel now is gordon challenge, columnist with forbes.com and author of "the coming collapse of china." what do you make of that argument, yes, we're great humanitarians, americans have a great spirit and all of that, but this is in part strategic, this aid to the philippines? >> it does have a strategic benefit, but i think we would do this regardless of the pivot. remember, december 2004, the great tsunami, more than 250,000 people died and remember, the bush administration was there. now, the bush administration ignored asia. a t

some forecasters say typhoon haiyan -- actually a supertyphoon -- could be the strongest of any storm of its type at landfall ever. they are warning of widespread devastation, significant loss of life, maximum sustained winds of 195. gusts to 235 miles an hour. waves offshore have been measured at 50 feet. this storm is about 500 miles wide nearly reaching the capital city of manila from the point of landfall. to put it in perspective hurricane katrina was about 400 miles wide, smaller than this storm. katrina had sustained winds of 125 miles an hour. we saw what that did. far less than this storm when it made landfall back in '05. >>> good evening. i'm miguel almaguer with late-breaking news. we're getting our first images of the massive supertyphoon sweeping over that country. social media and nude agencies have captured some of the very first moments of impact. typhoon haiyan making impact in the eastern philippines. the damage we're seeing is now significant and forecasters say could be catastrophic. as you can see from these images, pieces of buildings flying off homes and other

. >> supertyphoon haiyan continues to roll across the philippines now, bringing destructive winds, heavyou what it's looked like as it moved just south of the island -- just south of tacloban. they went through the eyewall with category 5 conditions, likely in that region, about 12 to 18 hours ago. now, this system continues to rapidly move off toward the w t west. the good news is it's moving away from the philippines. but the bad news is, there will be another landfall likely in vietnam later on in the weekend. as of 10:00 a.m. eastern, the maximum sustained winds were estimated at 155 miles per hour. that's down considerably from where they were yesterday, but still in the category 5 range. movement toward the west at 23 miles per hour. this system will continue to move on toward the west, and here's the cone. it's likely going to impact vietnam, perhaps make landfall as a category 3 later on in the weekend, maybe as early as sunday morning. back to you. >> all right, that was dr. greg postel at the weather channel. >>> we're keeping an eye on how it trades in the first full session,

haiyan. >> prevent the future where supertyphoons become a way of life. >> meantime, mr. hundreds of people took to the streets of warsaw to protest. >> it reliance on coals for almost all of its electricity. now poland is playing host to the annual climate talks. activists say it's no surprise what country has been chosen to sponsor the event. they include aslo mittow, the largest steel and mining company. its activities produce over 190 million tons of carbon dioxide for the year. that's more than the entire output of venezuela. also a partner, poland's largest electric company. it runs this power station, one of the largest fossil fuel power plants in the world. >> it's very concerning, it's very dangerous and we've got to ensure that this conference is for the interests of people in the planet and these companies and their bottom line is to ensure that they continue to make or maximize their profit. in my mind this is akin to having cigarette companies sponsoring a conference on lung cancer and then being surprised when that conference says smoking is acceptable and s