their homes completely and utterly destroyed. rescue crews have been taking advantage of every daylight hour trying to find survivors. but they are trying to get into the remote towns and villages. weather conditions are hampering the helicopter flights it s the only way in to a lot of the smaller places that are otherwise completely cut off from the outside world. nepalese families living in the united states are trying to get in touch with relatives living in nepal. in some cases they have got through but the news is not good. they said they couldn t dig them out. they don t have the helicopters to get the food or medicine. but there are no helicopters. and the roads are blocked. reporter: the u.s. is part of the major aid operation under
or do something else. or escape to a foreign hand. so they had a plan. we don t know what it is now but the police will be sorting that out to find out what it was. stay with me. joining me now, nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel engel. what are you hearing about these attackers? well, we will learn a lot more about the attackers in the coming hours and days it seems. especially after these reports from two u.s. officials, two have been captured alive. which doesn t always happen as your previous guest was saying. a lot of dedicated militants wear suicide vests, they keep hand grenades on them so they won t be taken alive. two were captured alive and another one was killed in a raid operation. at this stage we just know that at least one of the three
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checking headlines around the world, first to tacloban, one of the cities hardest hit by the supertyphoon in the philippines. cnn s ana corrine is at the airport, where people are trying to escape the devastation. ana? reporter: here at tacloban airport, there are thousands of people who are gathered in the hope that they can get out of this devastated city. many of them have been waiting patiently here for days, camping out. they ve brought their luggage, which is really all that remains of their belongings. they re hoping to either get to manilla or somewhere where they can meet up with family and friends or stay at evacuation centers. but the rain is causing a huge problem. as you can see, it is absolutely torrential. and it is hampering not only their flight to get out of here, but also the aid operation. the rain has eased, so we wanted
i ll ask him what is in the bill that could affect the affordable care act. turning now to the philippines where hunger and frustration are reaching their peek. the death toll just above 3600. hundreds of international aid workers have set up makeshift hospitals to treat those who have been turned away from hospitals or can t get to them. humanitarian aid is finally starting to trickle in. we re in tacloban with more on the relief efforts. reporter: the aid operation is very much under way and growing by the day. at the moment it could be described as patchy and some people would say too little too late. a lot of aid is being brought in by the u.s. military. the aircraft carrier the uss george washington is mored off shore and officers there are telling us that they brought in more than 28,000 tons of aid so