We begin in the phippines where it is going fromad to woe. This morning nearly 2,000 people just days aft that devastating typhoon, ts morni neay 1,200 people are confirmed dead. Officials warn tt number could climb to more than 10,000. And its now a race against time to help survivors. The uss George Washington is on its way. On board, dozens of american ilors and more than 80 aircraft. Nbcs ian william joins us from mala. Goodorning, ian. Reporter good morning. The president ial pale this rning have been at pains to emphasize they a doing all they can to sedily get help to those affected areas. A president ialpokesperson sang that aid waseing spatched and that communations are being restored. He said that noby would be forgotten, that aid would reach even the most farrehing areas. Now, thi comes in the face o growing criticismrom some of those areas that theyre simply not getting any aid, despetely need water, food and shelter not getting through now, aid flights are getting in. And
A new poll shows a 2016 matchup a lot of people would love to see, clinton versus new jersey governor Chris Christie. All this morning, as relief workers, supplies and money make their way to the philippines, the true toll of the terrible typhoon is becoming more painfully clear. Well go thrive manila for the latest and hear about how Filipino Americans are helping their home country. And back in washington, a deep dive and how washington turned a boring word like procurement into a big problem. Find out exactly why the government help december sk hurting and why president obama told me that its the biggest difference between the government and the private sector. Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, november 12th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Lets get to my first reads. Well start in the philippines. The latest there and the devastation left by whats now being called super typhoon haiyan. A Global Relief effort is now under way to help hundreds of thousands of
Good morning to you as we start a new week. Im richard lui. Oscar pistorius is on the stand now, testifying in his own murder trial. The 27yearold olympic athlete shot his girlfriend to death at his home on valentines day last year. Moments ago on the witness stand, he told her family he was sorry and he was only trying to keep her safe. Id like to apologize and say there hasnt been a moment since this tragedy happened that i havent thought about your family. I wake up every morning and people i think of, people i pray for. I cant mention it at the time and the sorrow that i caused you and your family. I was simply trying to protect reeva. Pistorius says he thought Reeva Steenkamp was an intruder when he shot her through a bathroom door. Pistorius is charged with premed traded murder. Hours ago, australian officials reporting yet another sound detected in the search for Malaysia Flight 370. They are cautious but calling search prospects encouraging at the moment. An Australian Navy shi
about 575 miles north of the area where the objects were located. just yesterday, officials released an image from a chinese satellite, showing a large object measuring approximately 72 feet x 42 feet, floating in a remote area of the indian ocean off australia. that object is about 74 miles southwest of the possible debris captured in another satellite image, revealed on thursday, by australian authorities. an international contingent of planes and ships have been scouring the area for four days now, and so far, there s been no definitive sign of the plane or the 239 people on board. but the prime minister of australia is hopeful that answers will be found soon. it s still too early to be definite, but, obviously, we have now had a number of very credible leads and there is increasing hope, no more than hope, no more than hope, that we might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft. since the plane vanished more than two weeks ago, the pen
for the 289 people on board continues. good morning, i m jonathan capehart sitting in for melissa harris-perry. today new development in the search for flight 370, a chinese satellite has spotted a large floating object in the indian ocean that has been the focus of a multi-national search for the plane. malaysian transportation minister made the announcement shortly after he received the news from the chinese this morning. the news that i just received is that the chinese ambassador received satellite image of floating objects in the southern corridor, and they will be sending ships to verify. the object discovered by the satellite measures about 74 feet by 43 feet. it was found along one of the two possible routes believed by investigators to be the flight path taken by flight 370. news of this latest discovery comes just two days after australian officials announced that a different satellite spotted two other objects that they called their most credible lead in the