0 sticking out of. buildings, streets lined withdecomposed bodies. searchers hoeing cloths over their mouths against the stench. survivors are trying to survive. mobs of people cleared store shelves of food and water, police reporting others grabbing everything in sight in store after store, like tvs and christmas trees. officials say the looting slowed after soldiers cracked down. theirs another reason in the words of one survivor, there's nothing left to loot. u.s. marines are delivering water, food, and generators, one marine commander on the ground said, quote, eave single building, every single house. to give you a better idea of the storm's power, we'll show you before and after. first, a tacloban, an island city in eastern philippines, more than 7,000 miles west of los angeles. this was a thriving port community filled with tightly-packed buildings and and comfortable with these cats. but just a shooter time ago the victim's mother came out and said her daughter was often left alone at that sanctuary with no help at all, and that she had in the past expressed concerns about her safety before. the sanctuary has not yet commented on that mom's report. keep in mind, this facility is not open to the public. >> not the first animal handler to die on the job this year, trace. >> reporter: no. it's the fourth. we have had a rash of these things. last month, a 62-year-old elephant manager in missouri was charged and killed by a 41-year-old elephant. that elephant apparently had been in that facility -- this is not it -- had been there along with his handler for some 25 years. and then in fresno earlier this year, 24-year-old intern was actually killed by a lion. the intern didn't go into the million people live in this area who are affected, and obviously there are americans among them. this is the largest expat community here, 300,000, and there are those that live in those areas that are affected. the u.s. military is sending in planes on an almost hourly basis to many locations. there's so many places that have been hit and affected. it's getting difficult to get help to them. the philippine government is saying, we're stopping the official count to some extent. they're still releasing numbers on the death toll but they're concentrating on the livings' getting help to those people in need. >> mike, as late as this morning, the word was that they haven't even gotten reports out of some of the smaller towns to the south. what do you know? >> let's take an example of an island, people there have been farming -- this is the first day they have been able to re-establish communication by cell phone. so, you have a community that is 100,000 people who live there. and now they're just finding out that 300 people are buried in mass graves because there's no refrigerationor bodies. so you have situations lining that. it's very much like what happened with the tsunami a few years ago. you have a lot of places wiped out. no power. no communication. airports wiped out. in many cases like tacloban, and all of the conditions combining to make things worse. the physical president declared a state of emergency and put troops on guard. some relief convoys have threatened to shoot looters who attempt to go near the convoys, bringing supplies and medical equipment to the areas. >> what a disaster. mike cho hen live with us from manila. thank you very much. the united states and its allies coming together on a deal curb iran's nuclear activity. but iran wouldn't have it. coming up, secretary of state john kerry weighs in, and we'll get analysis. police say iranian musicians who had come to america to play their music freely are the victims of a murder-suicide here in new york. the details of that coming up. from the fox news deck on this monday afternoon good to have you in.