vast area where the super typhoon has cut across the philippines. it is just impossible for them to be able to get in touch with some of the areas that have been affected. now, we know that the city of tacloban, a city of 200,000 people bore the initial brunt of this super typhoon. we understand that the city is filled with water. it's filled with debris. we don't know the how significant that damage is. we're certainly seeing footage of flooding in many areas. and there's no doubt that there is damage across the area, but until it becomes light, we don't know how bad it is. the military is waiting for a couple of hours more, when the run sizes here in the philippines and they will be straight up in the air in the helicopters to get that aerial view. so they can figure out where has been hardest hit, who needs the help, what do they need, probably food, water and medicine and the bakes. they say ahead of time, the more