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evacuated half a dozen trailers near cullowhee tuesday morning. those forced to leave are back home cleaning up. the red cross helped by giving victims a debit card to replace needed items. yeah. thank you very much. darcel: many residents still wonder if a flood will come again and if they ll be able to stay in their homes. residents still have emergency needs, they re asked to contact the red cross at 828-333-9919. coming up at 5:30, some of the damage caused by the flood waters. seven people are shot in the early morning hours of new year s day in kansas city. authorities say the shootings were all unrelated. left a person dead and another critically wounded. kansas city s police chief tweeting overnight the gun fire came from irresponsible individuals. darcel: in the aftermath of last night s dramatic hotel fire in dubai, firefighters continue the process of cooling down the smoulderring build. fire sent flames shooting up one side of the 64-foot building. e ....
and we begin this hour in the u.s. state of south carolina where a confederate battle flag, a fixture on the capitol grounds for a years won t be flying much longer. at 10:00 a.m. local time today the flag will be removed from the state house grounds and placed in a nearby museum. the fight to remove the flag was reignited last month after a massacre inside a church in charleston. nine black worshipers were shot and killed during a bible study session. police say the white suspect who posed for pictures as can you see with the flag wanted to start a race war. here s cnn alina machado. reporter: surrounded by the very lawmakers who helped make this moment possible south carolina governor nikki haley, took a moment to remember the nine lives lost just 22 days ago. it seems like so long ago. because the grieving has been so hard. but at the same time we have all been struck by what was a tragedy that we didn t think we would ever encounter. nine amazing people that for ....
ta tacloban. it s not a prietty sight. few answers about relief efforts. i just want to bring you up to date on all that we have seen in the last 24 hours. philippines where five days the cleanup has barely started if started at all. everything is gone, there s nothing to eat, nothing to drink. weed me nor people to help the current situation. reporter: help is on the way. 250 u.s. service members are on the ground in the philippines, and two more ships are on the way. right now, there simply isn t enough aid, and what aid there is, isn t getting out to those who need it most. day after day, thousands come to tacloban airport. the lack of food and water, the decaying bodies lying on the street. but with 800,000 people displaced, many are without options. while others continue to search for loved ones lost in the storm surge. only one missing is my eldest daughter. i hope she s alive. this woman cries for her mother who s still missing. translator: i m still ....
good morning. welcome to early start. glad you re with us. i m zoraida sambolin. i m christine romans. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. berman has the day off. nice to have you with us. we begin with what is unfolding in the philippines. more than 10,000 people now feared death in the aftermath of typhoon haiyan. drinking water and food cut off to millions. bodies are littering the streets and hanging from trees as well as. entire villages are gone. haiyan has been downgrade to do a tropical storm but still a killer and slamming into northeast vietnam overnight and we are getting reports of widespread destruction there as well. such a tragedy. we begin our coverage with andrew stephens live in the fips a philippines and can you tell us what is happening now? it s evening right now. reporter: i m at the airport which is shattered by this huge tropical storm surge that came through here at 8:00 or 9:00 friday in the morning. a shell here but it s turning into a cru ....
china s capital. family members march on malaysia s embassy in beijing, the intended designation of doomed flight 370. they re demanding answers on the search. challenging malaysian s announcement the plane crashed killing all on board, outraged relatives ask how can all hope be lost when not a single piece of debris has been found? if something found, we ll go to australia. if nothing found we ll stay here and go to malaysia and fight for ou ourselves. pauline is live in beijing with more. hello pauline. reporter: these family members are not satisfied with the announcement the plane has gone down. they say they want hard evidence, a piece of luggage or a seat cushion, some debris from the plane with 370 s markings. until they see that, they don t want to close the door on the search. this morning, outrage and furry as people face off with the government. family members are protesting. from the beginning, they hide everything. i don t think this kind of gover ....