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Different middle east. and what the danger is, i think, for the west is al qaeda will take advantage of any sort of prolonged instability. and any disappointment by populations that not enough is being done quickly enough. so theyre ready to pounce. its just -- nobody knows how all of this is going to shake out. >> we talked to arwa damon from the border of tunisia and libya. she said people are desperate. theyre saying, we need help. what about that crisis there and what theyre doing with the r...

For millions of flood victims the wait for help has been equally agonizing. he says it took two weeks before he received a bag of flour from an aid agency. this is the first time im getting help, he says. the pakistani government has received sharp criticism for its perceived slow response to the floods. aid groups say international aid has also been too slow and too small for a disaster this big. one private aid official tells cnn the european union and the uk have pledged millions but aid grou...

Claiming responsibility? >> i doubt this is the actual taliban that our troops are fighting, thi think this is probably a smaller group a fringe group and this could also possibly be that the karzai government is saying its a taliban for political purposes. the one thing i think that we all agree upon is that these people who were murdered were true humanitarians, i have come across these different aid groups and they are true humanitarians, theyre not there for selfish gain, theyre not over the...

Tents, laying out their blankets on top of gravestones. this village is one of thousands across northwest pakistan that have been destroyed by what pakistani government officials are calling the worst floods in northwest pakistan in this nations 63-year history. the floods coming after three days of record breaking monsoon rains. many of these villages in flood ravaged areas are cut off from help. thats why aid groups and the government is having a very difficult time getting to them. this is ob...

Residents of this village are. all of them are afghan refugees. what they did was pick up the belongings that they had, move uphill to a graveconsidered. thats where they pitched their tents, laying out their blankets on top of grave stones. this village is one of thousands across northwest pakistan that have been destroyed by what pakistani government officials are calling the worst floods in northwest pakistan in this nations 63-year history. the floods coming after three days of record-breaki...

Residents of this village are. all of them are afghan refugees. what they did was pick up the belongings that they had, move uphill to a graveyard. thats where they pitched their tents, laying out their blankets on top of grave stones. this village is one of thousands across northwest pakistan that have been destroyed by what pakistani government officials are calling the worst floods in northwest pakistan in this nations 63-year history. the floods coming after three days of record-breaking mon...

Nearly 3,000 have been left homeless by the blazes in the western part of the country. one official does not expect the situation to improv in the near future. gloog in pakistan has killed at least 800 people and the death toll is expected to rise. nearly 1 million people have been affected by the flood. rain has washed away thousands of acres. aid groups are rushing in to help victims of the flooding but more monsoon rain could be on the way on monday. president barack obama hopes that congre...

Its now about 62% contained thanks to better weather conditions. authorities have lifted evacuation orders and most residents have returned home. the crown fire is the biggest of three wildfires that have blackened more than 17,000 acres in that region. scorching temperatures are fueling some of the worst wildfires russia has ever seen. at least 28 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 left homeless by the blazes in the western part of the country. temperatures in some areas could reach 104...

In pakistan where flooding has killed at least 800 people. that death toll also is expected to rise. the u.n. says nearly a million people have been affected by the flood. rain has washed away thousands of acres of crops. aid groups are rushing in to help victims of the flooding, but more monsoon rain could be on the way by monday. those are your headlines this hour. im don lemon. "toxic america" continues right now. basic.? preferred. okay. at meineke i have options, and 50% off brake pads and ...

What they did was pick up the belongings that they had, move uphill to a graveyard. thats where they pitched their tents, laying out their blankets on top of gravestones. this village is one of thousands across northwest pakistan that have been destroyed by what pakistani government officials are calling the worst floods in northwest pakistan, in this nations 63-year history. the floods coming after three days of record-breaking monsoon rains. many of these villages in flood-ravaged areas are cu...