the epicenter and there are fears that entire towns could be wiped out. over the weekend rescuers scrambled to save people buried alive in the rubble. they simply don t have enough of the heavy equipment you really need to move the rubble. the city of palu is facing a very grim problem, what to do with all these bodies. in situations like this, limiting the spread of disease and contamination is absolutely critical. they need to get these victims buried quickly. volunteers have begun digging an enormous mass grave more than 300 feet across. sadly, that means that many people won t be able to say good-bye to their loved ones before they re laid to rest. it does show you just how concerned the government is that this natural disaster could escalate into a humanitarian crisis. people are desperate for clean drinking water, food and fuel.
region last week authorities are rushing to get aid and rescue equipment to the area the president has now called for other countries to pitch in and help more than eight hundred forty people have been confirmed dead so far tens of thousands of people are homeless. the moment disaster struck first an earthquake then this tsunami indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and the government has been keen to show it was ready for this one but the region at the center of the disaster around the city of palu is remote so the rescue operation has been slow to get off the mark. this woman is begging to be airlifted out of the region are responding to the distress president joko widodo help distribute emergency food supplies he also authorized international aid agencies to enter the country to help struggling local authorities. we didn t expect it to be like this we hope and pray for the communities affected and ask
stocks up in advance. so, it s been a year later, poppy. that rule proposal officially went on friday, but it still may take another 90 days for the omb to study it. this is the slow progress of these kind of things, even on something that had the support of the president, a republican president, and many republican lawmakers. it was bipartisan, but then, where s the progress? and still so few answers on what motivated this gunman, 58 people dead, so many wounded. thank you for the facts. and on what would seem to be a pretty simple gun control measure in the wake of a shooting like this. but even something like that takes more than a year. it could have made a world of difference. thank you. appreciate it. also, we are watching what is happening in indonesia, because right now, rescuers on the indonesian island of sulawesi are digging through destroyed homes, huge piles of debris. they are looking frantically for any possible survivors after the massive earthquake and devast e d
unfolding in indonesia. rescuers there digging through destroyed buildings, through huge mounldz of debris for any survivor. this after friday s monstrous earthquake and disastrous tsunami that followed the earthquake. at least 844 people are now dead in the city of palu with the death toll expected to climb much higher. look at those images. you have hundreds of victims that they re burying right now in these mass graves. they re trying to prevent the spread of disease, and then if you missed it over the weekend, stop and look at this video. this is the moment when that tsunami wave ten feet high is rushing in, slamming into the coast of palu. let s go to matt rivers. here s there now. matt, where you are, this makeshift clinic was not supposed to be a clinic, and there are people in the midst of this tragedy suffering right on the ground behind you. you know, it s difficult to watch, frankly. we have been here all day long, and what these people are putting up with behind me, wit
tsunami. it happened friday on an island. more than 800 people are dead. that number expected to rise. we are in new york city with more. jon, because of the sheer number of casualties, the government is planning a mass burial, citing health reasons, as first responders gain access to coastal areas still out of reach with damaged roads, they expect the death toll to reach into the thousands. rescue efforts have been hampered by blocked and destroyed roadways, lack of heavy equipment, and limited fuel supply, with the indonesian air force bringing supplies to survivors. the quake triggered aftershocks and 20 foot waves that put the coast under water overall affecting 2.4 million people with the most deaths recorded in the city of palu. while touring the devastation, indonesian s president told people to say where they are and wait for relief. translator: we advise the people to remain in palu, to do their economic activities here to ensure a fast recovery to normality.