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In vanuatu with care international, an aid group helping victims and she joins us now on the phone. tell us we just reported that relief worker is reporting unbelievable destruction. what do you see? whats the state of the city on the ground? >>. >> yes hi thank you for having me. absolutely. we woke this morning to absolute devastation here. and we did get out into the town this afternoon to get an idea of how the devastation is. were talking up rooted trees, palms everywhere roofs have been ri...

Were also now learning something the u.s. said it didnt know at the time, the other hostage, south african teacher pierre korkie was mere hours away from being released after negotiation, this aid group out of south africa. josh rogan is our political analyst in bloomberg view. he joins me from washington. josh, nice to see you. >> likewise. >> so the u.s., the administration said they had no clue that pierre korkie was even there at this compound but even if they did and even if they knew this ...

This separate aid group. choing me now chad williams former navy s.e.a.l. and author of "seal of god." chad, welcome back. >> thank you for having me on. >> lets begin with cover of darkness, after this flight you have this team walking six miles, i have to imagine this is a team thats in tiptop shape i for these twice. whats going through their minds >> they want to be concealed as possible. the element of surprise is the most important factor when trying to pull one one of these dangerous and ...

>> we would not consider what they are doing as a resurgence, its not atypical for them around periods of transition in afghanistan to try to terrorize the local populous with sporadic attacks. >> reporter: some aid groups have urged their -- if you are already in afghanistan, you should leave. the three to terrorists and criminal violence is extremely high -- >> the president did not give us the full number of forces and over general petraeuss objections drew hem earlier. >> the attacks on fore...

Centers with aid groups bringing the disease into their country. at least 86 people have died since last month in guinea. two deaths also happened in neighbor liberia, so it is jumping now. confirmed cases in sierra leone and suspected cases in mali. they are two countries away from where it started. theres no cure for ebola to cause fever, severe bleeding among other things. it is almost always deadly. 88% of a kill rate. well, as we head into the election season, 36 seats in the senate. all ...

Nbcs ian williams. ian, do we have an update on the death toll numbers? >> reporter: well, the latest were hearing, alex, these are the official figures coming from the government, is 2,344. youll recall the president said he doesnt expect the final figure to be more than 2,500. although, aid groups working down there are quite skeptical about that. they say we shouldnt be arguing over the number but concentrate on bringing this urgently needed aid to those who remain alive but have lost everyth...

Extent of this four days on. one of the things that must be concerning aid groups and we saw in the video there, bodies literally lying in the street. no way of burying them at the moment. a lot of them under the rubble. that raises the prospect of disease, of course. not to mention tainted water supplies, wells and the like. what do you do about that? how urgent is that side of things? >> its very urgent. people have been running out of food stocks and water. for now, theyre able to -- they are...

Some grim numbers. the mayor of the coastal city of talcoban says he he fears at least 10,000 may be dead. right now, 151 people are confirmed dead. now, talcoban is the area that was hit the hardest by this monster storm. we know at this point, food is scare, water is running out, and the damage is so bad, rescue groups and aid groups cant even move in to get supplies there soon enough. the police and military have sent reinforcements to tacloban, because people are desperate for anything to ea...

>> very, very a lot, very lot. >> reporter: more than one out of every four people is a refugee, he tells me. it is the people living in these surrounding communities that are now sending a message to the refugees in they valley camps. this will never be your home. this can never be your home. the childrens smiles belie a particularly awful way of life. their story is one of fleeing the violence of their home country, and not being wanted in their adopted one. after two years, there are no fixed...

The childrens xhooil smiles belie a particularly awful way of life. their story is fleeing the violence of their home country. then not being wanted in their adopted one. after two years, there are no fixed water facilities or system of sanitation. instead, just the steady stream of sewage snakeing its way through this 5,000 person camp. they have lost everything, their material possession, their dignitary, their permanence. to simply live like this, aid groups say reasonables at the camp are re...