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Least 125 others. todays attack is baghdads bloodiest in months. and it comes as iraqs military is trying to show it can fill the gap left by departing american forces. jenna: now to a growing crisis in pakistan. the united nations is warning that 3 1/2 million children could be in danger from deadly diseases like cholera there, unless they get clean water and food and medicine immediately. u.n. relief workers say only a fraction of the millions displaced by this massive flooding have received a...

This is whats left of his neighborhood. but his house survived and became an island. those are his parents. we find another family. there are 15 of them. a boys leg is broken. an infant is sick. not far from here, a baby drowned. the navy here has rescued thousands of people but there are still thousands just like them who are stranded. and this is one of hundreds of lakes that these floods have created and to give you a sense of the scale of this disaster, just this lake alone is bigger than de...

>> reporter: a two-week deluge has swollen rivers, submerged villages and virtually wiped out the infrastructure, with nearly 16% of the country now covered in water, countless pakistanis have been forced from their homes. theyve rescued thousands but there are still so many just like them who are stranded. this is one of hundreds of lakes that these floods have created. to illustrate the scale of this disaster, this lake alone is bigger than delaware. those trapped on the ground now rely on aid...

From pakistan. how are people going to observe ramadan? >> its a real concern amongst relief workers, thomas, because muslims observe a fast between sunrise and sunset. now, even if youre getting good nutrition, that takes a toll on your well being. and, of course, for people that are already malnourished, it could take a further toll on their health. and theyre in bad shape in many places in this country. millions of people are out of their homes. they dont have enough food, they dont have enou...

Conduct autopsies on the six american workers ambushed in afghanistan. their bodies will be flown back to the u.s. as part of the criminal investigation. six americans and four relief workers were gunned down in a remote section of northern afghanistan on friday. secretary of state hillary clinton has been denouncing the murders. >> we are heartbroken by the loss of these heroic, generous people. and we condemn in the strongest possible terms these vicious murders. >> by the way, the taliban did...

With fresh and deadly violence in afghanistan today on the heels of the ten relief workers killed just trying to do their jobs, selling the war in afghanistan to a skeptical american public may be mission impossible. but over the next week, general david petraeus will try to do just that. hes launching an all-out media blitz to drum up support for the war. lieutenant general william boykin joins me now. welcome, general. >> thank you very much, chris. >> this media blitz was planned before the m...

Very densely populated city. so many people living there. now these tent cities outside of port-au-prince, many of them. if you dont have a car and you cant get around the country, these tent cities may as well be in the other part of the country. these people, they cant get to port-au-prince anymore. its a true sort of displacement in the truest sense of the word, wolf. >> and as you know, sanjay, there was an enormous outpouring of help for the people of haiti immediately after the earthquake ...

They have more clean water in many areas even as compared to a day or two before the earthquake. so thats good. its not a question of how sustainable is that going to be because its expensive. theyre filling up these big water bladders in these camps trying to provide water for people living in these temporary tent cities. but everyone that ive talked to, even as recently as a couple of weeks ago say, that time is going to come to an end when they can continue to do that. you can also point to a...

All you think about. and this is probably one of the areas where you maybe can point to and say maybe there has been some success since the earthquake. they have more clean water in many areas even as compared to a day or two before the earthquake. so thats good. its not a question of how sustainable is that going to be because its expensive. theyre filling up these big water bladders in these camps trying to provide water for people living in these temporary tent cities. but everyone that ive t...