Ashore. this is what the aftermath looks like, still, nearly a week later in the city that took the brunt of haiyan s destructive force. and aid is getting into some places in the philippines, but it is not enough and it is not to enough places yet. the head of humanitarian efforts for the u.n. today said so very bluntly. she said, quote, we have let people down, because we have not been able to get in more quickly. we are all extremely distressed that we have not managed to reach everyone. but the effort to reach everyone now is mammoth and well underway. the u.s. navy aircraft carrier george washington and four other ships are at the scene of the storm now. a u.s. navy cargo ship as transported food and water to tacloban, with more to follow there. the sister ship to the usns comfort, remember, the comfort was the u.s. hospital ship that was deployed to haiti after the earthquake there, the comfort s sister ship is called the mercy and they ve been called to active duty and s
And aid is getting into some places in the philippines, but it is not enough and it is not to enough places yet. the head of humanitarian efforts for the u.n. today said so very bluntly. she said, quote, we have let people down, because we have not been able to get in more quickly. we are all extremely distressed that we have not managed to reach everyone. but the effort to reach everyone now is mammoth and well underway. the u.s. navy aircraft carrier george washington and four other ships are at the scene of the storm now. a u.s. navy cargo ship as transported food and water to tacloban, with more to follow there. the sister ship to the usns comfort, remember, the comfort was the u.s. hospital ship that was deployed to haiti after the earthquake there, the comfort s sister ship is called the mercy and they ve been called to active duty and starting to prepare for a mission in the philippines if death toll has reached almost
Underway. the u.s. navy aircraft carrier george washington and four other ships are at the scene of the storm now. a u.s. navy cargo ship as transported food and water to tacloban, with more to follow there. the sister ship to the usns comfort, remember, the comfort was the u.s. hospital ship that was deployed to haiti after the earthquake there, the comfort s sister ship is called the mercy and they ve been called to active duty and starting to prepare for a mission in the philippines if death toll has reached almost 4,500 people. it s still not known what the final toll in human life will be. but one major task in the efforts to preserve life now is the collection and burial of dead bodies. yesterday, the mayor of tacloban told his city s residents to get out if possible, to just flee if they could. to try to find shelter and food with relatives, to do anything they could to leave. there have also been reports of