nation. nbc s jennifer bjorklund in a wet and rainy washington. good morning, tell us how this is impacting the search. reporter: good morning, chris. it is impacting the search in, as you put it, the most miserable way. they are not going to give up. they are not taking any time off. it s rainy up here most of the time during this portion of the year, so people up here are hearty. they are used to being out in it, but under the conditions in which they are working in the mud, it is mud that is enormous. the volume of mud that came down is the equivalent of 11 empire state buildings. if you had to weigh the mud, it would be enough to fill 50 empire state buildings. if they could get rid of it with heavy equipment, just move it out of the way, they d have the bull dozers, tractors, land movers, up there. but it is a forensic dig. these are people who are digging with their hands in cubic feet,
adjudicated. again, a piece of paper? which would constitute something. what about the jewish settlements, with tens of thousands of israeli settlers have to vacate? very orthodox, i m telling you that they will not leave i mean you could bring bull dozers to their doorstep and they won t go. the vast majority may well agree to be incorporated in the state of israel but you are still left with people living there for a long time. it is land that belongs to them and as prime minister s health takes a turn for the worse it is important to point out that only
standstill now. most of the area looks the same today as it did when the storm happened. we mentioned this earlier. for a lot of folks here, you re talking bull dozers going through their neighborhoods and taking down homes much like parts of new orleans. martha: a lot of people literally have nowhere to live. they talk about trailers they want to see, to have hot shower and electricity is what they need for right now and to get some help. a bad situation. all right. talk about this now for a moment. the fbi is launching a new international effort we re hearing to get answers on the benghazi terror attacks that happened more than two months ago and four americans lost their lives on that night including our u.s. ambassador. fbi officials are using facebook and the internet we re told to see if they can find any leads who was involved. this poster is trying to solicit information as well. the fbi began searching for those responsible we were told immediately after that attack. we know t
yemen u.s. backed president. and military in bahrain used bull dozers to demolish the monument there . violence erupted there earlier this week. there are reports that at least five people were killed in the confrontation . reports in a deadly face off with government forces in syria. this grainy footage was shot there, but we can t confirm the auth10 tisity. there is a large unrest and five people were killed by syrian security forces. two different scenes, first in israel where air strikes in the gaza area took out a member of a terrorist group . in egypt where a ousted the president action in the polls. here is more and sarah takes
there. reporter: as you said, more than 4,000 homes under wear. the souris river now has crested. all eyes remain fixed on the broadway bridge, the last remaining artery linking the two sections of the city. even though the crest was lower than expected, the city remains on edge. next few days will be critical. what s most important for everyone is to remain vigilant. reporter: across town national guard bull dozers ripped down another bridge, this one in danger of being swept away. it swamped 4,000 homes and businesses so far and boats are the only way into most nabds. dean anderson s job is to rescue those still trapped in their homes, but like so many helping here, his own house is under