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The nba all-star game. fans will be tuning in to see how the pelicans anthony davis does filling in for the injured kobe bryant. at least davis will have the support of his hometown as the game will be played in new orleans. tipoff is at 8:00 p.m. on tnt. and thats your weekly five. i want to go to the crisis in syria. more than 600 people were evacuated from the city of homs today. the evacuations just hours after an attack on u.n. relief workers that were trying to deliver food and supplies ...

Hospitals are struggling to treat thousands of injured. the death toll is raised to 4400. the need for help, as you might imagine, immense. literally spelled out in the streets in some places. strained relief workers are faced with a grim choice. health care for the living or remove the dead. the bodies everywhere. theres a growing risk of the spread of disease. storm victims by the hundreds wait in line to get military flights away from the destruction. >> the people like us, very ordinary, can...

Like that. then some of the houses were just destroyed and some are no more now. >> its so difficult for everyone there. relief workers worry about disease and infections. pools of standing water and a breakdown in sanitation can trigger outbreaks. anderson cooper visited an overwhelmed health clinic jammed with patients in tacloban. >> its like this every day now in this overcrowded clinic at tacloban airport, there are too many people, not enough supplies. >> its a little bit chaotic. >> it lo...

Crucially, along with the winds and heavy rain, there was an unexpectedly massive storm surge of up to 20 feet, and thats not a wave that is 20 feet, that is a wall of water 20 feet higher than the sea usually is. in the end, it was that flooding resulting from the risen sea which took filipino authorities by surprise and which did the most damage. the "l.a. times" reporting that between 2 and 3 million people may have lost their homes. the official death toll stood at 1,774 people as of earlier...

Desperate i have seen in covering disasters over the last couple years, jake. >> anderson, where are the relief workers and where are the people looking for help? and how can they not be brought together? >> reporter: well, there are certainly a lot of people who would like help. i was out yesterday just walking neighborhoods nearby here. its very hard to get a vehicle so you just walk around and found a handful of people right away. everybody we talked to has lost somebody and is literally sear...

>> we turn to the increasingly desperate situation in the philippines in the hard hit city of tacloban. they are pleading for help, asking, begging for food and water and medicine. all of those things scarce today. the u.s. militarys mobilizing to help deploying the aircraft carrier u sss washington which expected to arrive thursday. the general in charge of the u.s. relief operation says of course time is of the essence. >> i need the rest of the world, international donor community to get mobi...

Crucially, along with the winds and heavy rain, there was an unexpectedly massive storm surge of up to 20 feet, and thats not a wave that is 20 feet, that is a wall of water 20 feet higher than the sea usually is. in the end, it was that flooding resulting from the risen sea which took filipino authorities by surprise and which did the most damage. the "l.a. times" reporting that between 2 and 3 million people may have lost their homes. the official death toll stood at 1,774 people as of earlier...

Typhoon in the philippines still struggling of course to find food and water as relief workers fight to reach them due to all of the damage blocking the way. plus -- >> i am here today because i want you to know that my story can be your story. >> first lady michelle obama taking on white house officials say is a broader policy role, focusing on getting kids on track to go to college. and 12 years after best man, the sequel is set to hit theaters, morris chestnut and malcolm d. lee will join...

Attack yesterday. number two, another story crossing our news desk. three people were killed, four others hurt in a shooting outside of an elks lodge in michigan. witnesses say the gunfire started just after 2:00 a.m. at the hall in muskegon, about 40 miles west of grand rapids, according to our affiliates. police arent sure how many shooters were involved and have not identified any suspects. and a huge storm is bearing down on chinas coast today. at least 50,000 relief workers are standing...

About the ongoing stalemate here. this is the russians saying, look, weve brought syria to the table. theyve given up unilaterally their chemical weapons, and it hasnt physically started yet as a protest. but the russians say american, britain, france, still want there to be somewhere in the wording of all of this, a suggestion that force could be on the table if they dont move fast enough. a real stalemate, potentially, and its now going to have to play out. during all the showmanship of the un...