Good morning, im mara schiavocampo. We beginning in the philippines where its going from bad to worse days after that devastating typhoon. This morning nearly 1,200 people are confirmed dead. Officials warn that number could climb to more than 10,000. Its now a race against time to help survivors. The uss George Washington is on its way on board dozens of sailors and 80 aircraft. We have the latest from manila. Reporter good morning, mara. This morning the president ial palace here says they are doing everything they can to get aid to the affected areas. A spokesman said no filipino will be forgotten and he said communications are being restored. He said 30 of communications has been restored to tacloban city. This comes in the face of growing criticism from those areas that they simply are not getting any aid, desperately needed food, water, shelter, medicine, isnt getting through. To be fair logistics are a nightmare. Many of the roads down there remain blocked and the security situa
First time from a Security Officer who witnessed the attack. On october 27th, it broadcast a report on benghazi, using a socalled eyewitness, suggesting the u. S. Government could have sent backup to the besieged u. S. Mission in benghazi, libya, during the attack that killed four Americans Last year. One guy saw me. He just shouted. I couldnt believe that he had seen me because it was so dark. He started walking towards me. And as he was coming closer . As i got closer, just hit him with the butt of the rifle in the face. And no one saw you do it . No. Or heard it . No, there was too much noise. But the security contractor who was the star eyewitness had already told the fbi he was not there on the night of the attack, and that differing account for 60 minutes to finally admit its error. Nobody likes to admit that they made a mistake, but if you do, you have to stand up and take responsibility and you have to say that you were wrong. Of course, we all remember the last time cbs news m
Almost a decade. Tonight, youll hear for the first time from a Security Officer who witnessed the attack. On october 27th, it broadcast a report on benghazi, using a socalled eyewitness, suggesting the u. S. Government could have sent backup to the besieged u. S. Mission in benghazi, libya, during the attack that killed four Americans Last year. One guy saw me. He just shouted. I couldnt believe that he had seen me because it was so dark. He started walking towards me. And as he was coming closer . As i got closer, just hit him with the butt of the rifle in the face. And no one saw you do it . No. Or heard it . No, there was too much noise. But the security contractor who was the star eyewitness had already told the fbi he was not there on the night of the attack, and that differing account for 60 minutes to finally admit its error. Nobody likes to admit that they made a mistake, but if you do, you have to stand up and take responsibility and you have to say that you were wrong. Of cou
On who will be on top for gaming supremacy. Youre looking at stunning before and after satellite images of Tacloban City and you can clearly see the massive devastation caused by typhoon haiyan and the pictures show trees and buildings washed away completely by the storm. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America im stephanie si, the destruction of haiyan is turning the city of tacloban into a morgue and death tolls are more than 4400 and the casualties are in once this lively city and a week after haiyan struck bodies are if the streets and others stored in the buildings by the airport and facing a task and burying the unidentified dead with a ceremony. The mass grave because the cadavers in the meantime needs to be buried and for the dead. Reporter for those lucky to survive staying alive in the aftermath is not easy and aid to the city is slow and threat of disease is on the rise and we have more. Reporter it has been a week since typhoon haiyan ravaged parts of the philippines
A shootout echos through the streets of libya as the showdown with militias intensifies. Plus sri lanka fights back after the british Prime Minister demands a war crimes investigation. The aid effort in the philippines is turning a corner those are the words from the United Nations more than a week after the country was hit by a powerful storm. Thousands of dead, hundreds of thousands homeless. More than a million need help. We go to cebu one of the main distribution centres. Marga ortigas and Veronica Pedrosa are in tacloban on the island of leyte. Steph is in cebu. It turned a corner in terms of getting the aid out from behind the airport where you are into some of the more remote areas. Yes, it has been a busy day at the cebu airport. A lot of planes have been coming in from all over the world, from asia, arab, europe. From now we can talk about a massive relief operation. It has taken nearly one whole week. And the question is why it has taken so long . Has the government underesti