authorities to offer that military assistance and have it approved by state and local authorities. it is expected that that will come the final signature not just idea, but everyone is looking towards that. we are looking at dozens of helicopters beginning to start aid flights. food, water, supplies. there are hundreds of medical personnel on stand by that can bring them into the areas down in the keys to help with hospitals and medical care perhaps not being available for sometime until power is restored and things get back moving. these ships are already running into heavy seas and high winds, but they are expected to be on station off southern florida ready to begin operations as soon as later today. in the caribbean island, the
but also for the nepali government, they ve welcomed in as many countries as they can to provide assistance to people who are cut off in the remote mountain areas where helicopters are there only lifeline for food, water, medicine. and the u.s. says they remain committed to that humanitarian mission. in fact, they continue aid flights as we speak in addition to that recovery work at the crash site. because they say keeping busy will help them get through the pain of losing six of their own in a very tragic crash in a dhaunt has suffered so much, victor, christi. will ripley from kathmandu, thank you. now that the decision is in for the boston marathon, we ll get insight into the tsarnaev family. the defense showed pictures of dzhokhar tsarnaev as a young boy. so what went wrong? we ll get answers from an author who just wrote a book about the brothers.
kill you. these men were effectively indentured servants working in libya for years for just $250 a month. now they say they re destitute. we are helpless now. we are penniless. our families are crying. ivan is joining us from the border between libya and tunisia. does it look like the u.s. is gearing up for a much more massive relief operation based on what you re seeing and hearing there, ivan? we no two american air force c 130s arrived carrying thousands of tents. we have not meard of more aid