Is a 24houraday effort now here in tacloban as operating lights are allowing planes to land at night. In communities we are seeing the aid trickle in. We are seeing people line up for food. But in many plays, they say, well, food aid is certainly not gotten to my street yet. People are fending for themselves. You see people cutting water lines to get some sort of Drinking Water when you ask whether its safe to drink, they ask us, well, what are the on the grounds . We have seen power crews out trying to what are the options . We have seen power crews out trying to clean the debris. Aid is coming in but when will there be enough power, enough food, enough water, is the question. Seth doan, cbs news, tacloban, philippines. Not only are the donations critical to get the supplies to people. A group of nurses is departing sfo in just a few hours to try to take care of some of those victims of typhoon haiyan. Thats where we find kpix 5s betty yu standing by at the airport. Betty, how many of
Largest population of Filipino Americans outside of the philippines. You can see volunteers here are taking calls right now. The total at this point 317,000. The number to call is 18885 helpsu. Money really is the best way to help because that way the red cross can buy whatever they need and they can buy it close by at hand so there arent big transportation costs to deal with. We have a lot of reporters out tonight and a great deal of our broadcast tonight will deal with the situation in the philippines. In just a few hours a handful of bay area nurses will be heading to the philippines to try to help out in the relief efforts. Kpix 5s betty yu joins us live from for where they are getting ready for that big trip. Reporter thats right. This group departs sfo around 9 00 tonight. No that once they get to the philippines, they will they know that once they get to the philippines they will face a number of challenges but are confident that their skills and expertise will make a big differ
Good wednesday morning. Begin with breaking news, we learned another case of ebola in texas. A Second Health care worker who gave care to Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive for the virus. Were learning about the case as the nurse battling the virus is doing better. Dr. Richard besser is on the line with us now. The cdc said its not unexpected to see more cases. This is another one. Whats your reaction and most concerning about this. This is very concerning, t. J. The fact that the first case of ebola treated in the United States has now led to two Health Care Workers with ebola is really is really frightening. And i think should cause us to consider again whether every hospital in america should be expected to be able to take care of an ebola patient safely. Dr. Besser, we know the texas hospital, the nurses union came out saying they did not believe that proper care was taken when the first patient came through. How do we know that hospitals across america are prepared to deal with eb
Shawn. The issue of travel advisory in california as that becomes the second state to hit more than 1 million confirmed infections. More than a thousand nurses are threatening to go on strike. Icu beds gone in some states, and governors who for nine months resisted declaring a mask mandate, well, now they are saying wear a mask. Charles watson live in atlanta with the very latest. Charles . Reporter hey, eric. With the u. S. Averaging about 140,000 daily new cases in the last week alone, states are increasingly pushing lockdowns. The governors of california, oregon and washington issued joint travel advisories on friday in an effort to get a handle on surging cases in those three states. What that means is that if you travel to any of those states, youll be asked to selfquarantine for 14 days. Theyre also asking resident to avoided all nonessential travel out of state and limit interactions to only people who live in their homes. The causes are no longer flat, the cases are rising, and
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