able to get this airport operating on a 24-hour basis. so flights are coming in at last night. last night was the first night that happened bringing in more aid supplies. that is certainly the good news. the other good news is that the marines have started to spread out to try to get out and assess the needs along with their counterparts in the philippine navy, philippine military, assess some of these smaller towns and cities on islands and outlying areas that are more difficult to get to. some of them you can only get by air or by water. we went out a short time ago with the marines on their osprey jets. let s watch. the ospreys have arrived. american marines are now using their unique aircraft to check on remote island communities cut off by the typhoon. today we re flying to samar. from the air, the damage to its
nowhere is the desperation in tacloban more evident than here at the airport, where thousands of residents line up. they re waiting and have been waiting for hours for a seat on a plane to take them to manila, philippine military flight. there s no guarantee they re going to get on a flight today, however. they just come here every day. these are the priority cases, oftentimes, they have children, they are elderly, but they are desperate to get out. they ve been here for hours and they re going to be here for many more hours until the plane arrives. as i told you at the top of the program, as promised by brigadier general paul kennedy of the u.s. marines, he has been able to get this airport operating on a 24-hour basis. so flights are coming in at night. last night was the first night that happened bringing in more aid supplies. that is certainly the good news. the other good news is that the marines have started to spread out to try to get out and assess
thousands of residents line up, they are waiting and have been waiting for hours for a seat on a plane to take them to ha nman. there is no guarantee they will get on a flight however they come here every day. these are priority case, often times they have children, they are elderly by desperate to get out. they have been here for hours and will be here for many more hours until the plane arrives. as i told you at the top of the program, as promised by the general paul kennedy of the u.s. marines, he has been able to get this airport operating on a 24-hour basis. so flights are coming in at night, last night was the first night that that happened bringing in more aid, supplies. so that is certainly the good news. the other good news is the marines have started to spread out to try to make to try to get out and assess the needs along with their counter parts
new york. where is the desperation in tacloban more evident than here at the airport where thousands of residents line up. they re waiting and have been waiting for hours for a seat on a plane to take them to manila, phillipine military flight. there s no guarantee they re going to get on a flight today, however. they just come here every day. these are the priority cases, oftentimes they have children, they are elderly, but they are desperate to get out. they ve been here for hours and they re going to be here for many more hours until the plane arrives. as i told you at the top of the program, as promised by brigadier general paul kennedy of the u.s. marines, he has been able to get this airport operating on a 24-hour basis. so flights are coming in at last night. last night was the first night that happened bringing in more aid supplies. that is certainly the good news. the other good news is that the marines have started to spread
opened fire from rooftops today killing ten demonstrators who turned out to mourn dozens killed on friday. in friday s violence security forces and anti-government activists clashed in several towns. more than 80 people were reportedly killed. on to libya where rebels say they are close to retaking misrata. the government is pulling back soldiers who turned life in the besieged city into waking nightmare. the two sides are still battling near the western gates. the opposition says 15 people were killed today in fighting. back to the news here in united states, more on the tornado. no flights in or out of st. louis s main airport today after a tornado slammed through the terminals. they hope to have the airport operating at 70% of its capacity by tomorrow. at least five people were injured.