video from the emergency room at a johannesburg hospital. patients are waiting on stretcher, they are in cubicles, doctors and nurses are overwhelmed. not enough beds. what does that result in in these waiting areas? it is chaos. reporter: this senior doctor wanted to speak out, reveal what they call warzone-like conditions. we agreed to hide their identity because they were afraid of reprisals from the government. in recent days they said that the bodies couldn t be wrapped fast enough to make space for the sick. there are patients who are dying while they are waiting to be seen, while they are waiting to go to the ward. because the resources are just being overwhelmed by the onslaught of patients. how does that make you feel? a sense of helplessness, but then also almost a blunting, a
doctors are overwhelmed. nurses are overwhelmed. not enough beds, and what does that result in, in these waiting areas of the hospital? it s it s chaos. reporter: the senior doctor wanted to speak out, reveal what they call war zone-like conditions. we agreed to hide their identity because they were afraid of reprisals from the government. in recent days, they said the bodies couldn t be wrapped fast enough to make space for the sick. there are patients who are dying while they re awaiting to be seen, while they re awaiting to go to the ward because the resources are just being overwhelmed by the onslaught of patients. how does that make you feel? the sense of helplessness, but then also almost a blunting, a desensitization that we re doing everything we can, but it s still not enough. reporter: patel s team is often diverted from hospitals with critically ill patients. they search for hours to find a
said they gave assurances that his predecessor would remain safe. they called on the president to leave office, saying he was forced to resign. they are in a state of calm this thursday, one day after members of the former president party clashed with police. england s football association begins the search for a new manager today after fabio resigned on wednesday. they are scheduled to meet in three hours s time. english officials took the national captainsy away. world business today starts right now. . good morning from cnn london. par. a good afternoon from cnn hong kong. you are watching world business today. the top stories this thursday, the 9th of february. as investors wait for an agreement on greek debt, germany said they must deliver on cuts now. celebrations are over, but now the second biggest economy is feeling the economic hangover. and they are probably the most coveted consumers in the world. we will look at the new middle class and how they are pro
coroners and fury of that tornado will make the job extremely difficult. our brian todd is in joplin. brian? reporter: the process of finding those miss iing is pickg up there s serious kinks and the family are dealing with them as best as they can. they file into the church to pay tribute to a man who is not there. the family and friends of radonald miller iii also known as trip are determined to memorialize him regardless of what authorities do with his body. trip seen here is one of several people killed in the tornado whose bodies couldn t be immediately released to their families. we couldn t get an answer on why his body was held. even though the family know he is deceased. officials here are trying to streamline the process of locating those missing and i.d.
bodies of those killed in a devastating tornado almost one week ago. just ahead, one of the coroners involved in the daunting and grisly task. and clash of conservative men for the race for the white house. will it be sarah palin or michele bachmann? i m candy crowley and you re in the situation room. first to the u.s. investigation into osama bin laden and dramatic new clues revealing that he may have been trying to reach out to pakistan for protection in the years before he was killed. this comes as hillary clinton paid a visit to the country in a new effort to ease tension in the wake of bin laden s death. chris lawrence is at the pentagon with all of the details. chris? candy, all of this is coming out of the massive treasurer trove of intelligence that the navy s.e.a.l.s pulled out of bin laden s compound. this revelation is fascinating in that it really reveals one of the ways in which osama bin laden thought about trying to evade u.s. detection. documents seized sh