Dama Damage News Today

Wind gusts over 200 miles of hour at times. feet of water taking over cars and homes. lets talk to sam tiesher. he joins us on the phone. he lives in the bahamas and works on coral conservation there. i want to talk to you about that, sam, because i know youre concerned about your efforts there. but how bad has the storm been so far and what are your gravest concerns at this point in time as you wait for the storm to pass and you can survey the dama dama damage? >> my gravest concern is the peop...

>> cell phones, internet, all of our radio equipment is down. >> so there is no way for people to even get in contact with rockport fire department right now? >> other than this one land line. >> is that what youre on right now? >> yes. >> well, we wont keep you on it too long. let me ask you one more question here. we got reports that there was a roof collapse at senior home. what can you tell us about that? >> i really cant confirm it. i know we have a good bit of dama damage, but not being ab...

Impact this administration will have on them. there was a phone call today. do we know what was said in it? >> it was a very closely watched phone call here in moscow. we know what they chose to tell us in the statement out from the white house, a very short one saying that this was a very good phone call according to mr. trump and the u.s. has pledged to work with russia, ukraine and all sides resolving that conflict. they said they were going to meet at some point. much longer, much more detai...

Keep sakes. >> ha ha. the video of my wedding. >> reporter: and they try to figure out what happens next. >> i dont know where to go, what to do. all i can do is just stand here and look at it. >> reporter: like so many families here, chris, mandy, their children, have lost almost everything. but right now this family prefers to focus on what they still have. each other. >> all i can say is i have three angels, i have my father, my grandparents, my family is my guardian angels. they say you have...

Acknowledged demographic liability with latinos and will fall on itself. >> i dont think the lesson will be learned bus they will have a good midterm and thats the worries of the establishment party. >> then afterwards comes the apocalypse. that sounds like a pretty gloomy scenario. >> are you feeling hopeful about their prospects? >> i think theyve hurt themselves. but to project out two years, you look at obamas victory in 2008, i dont think anybody would have predicted it would be a catastrop...

Port-au-prince which remain destroyed. we can only say that even now three years after the earthquake, if you just look at the health care system and the structures that exist, we are still at a point where the need of international organizations such as doctors without borders which, in effect is an emergency medical organization, are needed to fill the gaps. >> its amazing work that you guys are doing in haiti and around the world. ari schultz of doctors without ared borders. thank you for tak...

Oklahoma, 26 counties under a state of emergency. >> my house was there, and all of my belongings are over here. devastation. theres nothing. >> mississippis governor has declared an emergency. you can see why. look at the car. the force of yesterdays twisters flipped over cars and tracks on the interstate in clinton. damage estimate teams are spreading out across the state. look at all those power lines. speaking of power lines, thats a transformer that exploded in tuscaloosa, alabama. the stat...

Wasnt long before they announced the grim news that there had been multiple fatalities unlike last time. >> this is just unbelievable. >> reporter: and with scenes like these, its not hard to understand why. >> were just coming from this building over here. we saw it from the distance. that one over theres got some dama damage. our building has serious damage. theres people in there now. >> reporter: with not enough emergency services at hand and the hospital evacuated, the injured were laid on ...

Beginning of the aftermath of irene. the flooding is happening and also the scramble to repair the damage and get the lights on. >> especially at our houses. >> right, you guys are both without power and the threat of irene is now moving inland. we have incredible new flood video to show you. take a look at these raging waters out of bennington, vermont. >> it looks like niagara falls. >> not a coastal city. as this road is completely flooded. the state is seeing some of ok,

Explosion not far from their house. were also told it could take up to more than a year for investigators to piece together the cause of this terrible tragedy in the suburb of san francisco. claudia cowan is live in san bruno tonight with more. what was the reactio gn like once they got home? it must have been pretty overwhelming for so many. >> right, julie,t was. you can imagine the mixed emotions of returning to a home thats basically intact, but in a neighborhood that has yee literally torn ...