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They are scavenging whatever remains they can find and they were basically begging us. they need help. we were on the ground for all of 20 minutes delivering supplies. there were bags of rice, there were pallets of bottled water but perhaps it was enough to go around for several hundred families. there were 50,000 people in this township. and much of this area has not been accessed. so that just gives you an idea of the level of frustration of confusion, of desperation really here on the ground....

The best way to accept right now? >> reporter: it has to be through the international aid agencies. i mean, clearly on the ground, the organization has to be at a higher level. it is probably no good just coming here trying to help, because you just add to the problem. if you can support the international aid agencies, maybe support the governments who are trying to set things in motion, you know the u.s. military is here, the marines on ground, theyre bringing in the c-130s on the ground, the f...

And more bad news. >> all right, obviously we have to follow this, so early in the process even though the storm is gone. we know the u.s. military is sending food, water, generators, also sending manpower, so needed in a situation like this, a group of marines flying in with more help behind them, theyll try rebuild the airport, thats important so more help can come in. paula hancocks has that part of the story. >> reporter: chris, the u.s. marines arrived here at the airport just this afternoo...

Helicopters. the mv22 tilt rotor to aircraft being used. it can take off and land in vertical ways. crews and equipment started arriving monday. >> already begun to move supplies at the request of the government of the philippines, and were standing by to provide additional assistance. today we have conducted two sorties. we transported pallets of relief supplies. >> reporter: state department and usaid are taking part in the relief effort. >> thanks. >> the pro football player at the center of ...

The shank and attempted to dispose it, he said it wasnt his. >> as i was going through an old box it look tattered and looked to be a piece of plastic. we have a lot of broken pallets and do tie saran wrap, but that particular day it was more than it appeared. >> step in and step all the way to the back wall. >> valentine is also placed in confinement but believes he has a solid defense since he was with an officer when he found the shank. >> i dont see how you can charge me with something, i ha...

Staff have confiscated a home made weapon or shank. >> you guys are trustees, that means youre supposed to be trustworthy much more so than the regular inmate. but im not going to have one of my officers or staff around here getting stabbed or one of you getting stabbed. >> the kitchen is very dangerous place to work. we have all kind of items that can be utilized as weapons, this pallet is dry rotted and it could be pulled off. its that simple. i have somebody that said it was them? somebody be...

>> going into an rv was kind of more of an experiment for us. and so what we did was we rented our house that we had here and bought a 38-foot travel trailer and pulled it to florida and lived at a campground in florida during the course of that assignment. >> at the time, andrea was again pregnant. she miscarried just after the move. in 1997, the yates returned to houston where their third son is born. in 1998, they trade in the rv for a renovated 350-square-foot bus, a bus they bought from mic...

There were pallets on the floor where the children slept. >> mrs. yates was overwhelmed. she was -- had begun home schooling, and she just couldnt handle it. >> you can imagine home schooling. >> "a," "b," "d," "e." >> she was changing diapers 24/7, washing diapers, not permitted to use pampers. had to use cloth diapers because they were more basic. they were the salt of the earth. return to, you know, disassociate from materialism. return to the basics. >> so theres no question that she was str...

So far it looks like at this point it is contained. i dont want to say that and give anyone false sense of hope. so were just waiting to see how they proceed. >> so just turning now to the meme who were injured, we know that at least six of them were taken to nearby hospitals. five air lifted. one taken by ambulance. all of them were told with severe burns. we did speak to an eyewitness earlier who told us that hundreds of propane tanks are at this plant. as this erupted, you could hear them pop...

Explosion. it blew the roof off of this plant. >> and, just explosions going on and on and on again. the backyard propane kind of canisters, according to eyewitnesses. pallets and pallets stacked with them. hundreds of them. hundred of them. going off like a shotgun blast many people described. again, tavares is about, a little north of orlando. and were just told that you can see this for miles away. neighboring towns like mt. dora, people going out by the lake and watching what really looked l...