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This island. the prime minister says hes asking the united states and receiving help from the u.s. and that hes hopeful that in the days to come, more help will flow from the u.s. the u.s. coast guard is on the scene and other parts of the bahamas. we saw a u.s. coast guard helicopter fly over this island yesterday. but the situation is desperate. theres a crew of bahamians who have taken their own boats, own jet skis to the hardest hit areas, trying to rescue people trapped in their houses now ...

Dorians damage and wreck on the island. >> an official is telling cnn 50 people have been rescued by u.s. coast guard. have you seen any sign of coast guard helicopters? or anything like that. >> yes. we have not seen any sign of any organized relief. or rescue. other than volunteers. amazing individuals. tonight when we got to where we were working we saw a coast guard helicopter. appeared to be a coast guard helicopter flying over the skyline. and it gave us hope. there are so many people in n...

Would never have attempt fire department they didnt know the lives of their families and neighbors and fellow bahamians were on the line. it was harrowing stuff. theres no excuse today. helicopters have to be able to land. resources have to be able to get in. i know there are people, rescue workers in the bahamas have been waiting for today. today is the day. it is absolutely calm and still it is the first day since really we landed here since before the storm that there are decent weather condi...

>> well, north charleston is not as low as the peninsula. so we have fewer people. in fact, we have four of the shelters. the only four in charleston county are established in north charleston. so we will be getting people from the peninsula coming out to stay in north charleston and ride out the storm. if the winds get over a certain degree, those shelters will be transferred into berkeley and dorchester county. but i think were not going to get that strong of a wind, a category 4 it would take...

>> from the videos people have been sending around and stories people have been telling, water breaking through, people fleeing if not at the second story, even into the attic. and often out of the attic and onto the rooftops. there are folks who are pleaing for help regularly and the rescue workers cant get to them. ive heard there are people waiting for the eye of the storm to basically show up so that people can get in, get out. there are rally calls for jet skis, which can be sort of nimbly ...

Rescue workers have evacuated 900 people from a train stranded in monsoon floodwaters near mumbai, india. >> flooding partially sup americaed the train and covered the tracks. we were able to get everyone out on those inflatable rescue boats. some of the most beautiful beaches in the western hemisphere face an ugly and smelly effect, due in part to warming oceans. huge areas of seaweed are plan getting the beach.

Woman was abducted nor have they found any trace of her. rescue workers resumed the search at day break using off road vehicles, canine units, hikers and aerial support. she has been missing since last friday. she disappeared with no supplies or even a cell phone. temperatures are once again forecast in triple digits in the area theyre searching 100 miles south of las vegas. authorities tell us theyre unaware of how long the couple was separated before she disappeared nor how for she was from th...

Thousands of rescue workers that are awaiting help from washington. jon stewart said hes is making things difficult. rand paul is said that jon stewart is making things up. >> i know jon stewart. jon stewart is sometimes funny, sometimes informed. in this case hes not funny nor informed. i put forward pay for the border funding, a pay for the disaster funding. i do this on every bit of funding. his name calling exposes him as a left winger, part of the left wing mob that is not using his brain. ...

Resumed searching for the missing woman at first light. rescue workers are searching by air, on land and dogs to try to track her. theyre searching in an air 200 miles northeast of l.a., about 100 miles from las vegas. as you can imagine, the mojave dessert conditions are not very hospitable. temperatures topping 100 degrees. authorities say the 69-year-old didnt have any supplies or even a cell phone when she disappeared. her husband says he last saw her walking ahead of him as he stopped to ta...

Slice up your dog." >> oh, my gosh. >> that was troubling, to say the least. >> powell says that she had no supplies and she got lost while running away from the assailant and traveled by night to avoid dehydration. eventually finding water on the second day. >> i tried to eat the inside of cactus, i tried to -- a couple of flowers, they were to drive for my mouth. i find a big slab of rock, id clear out the ground, take out the pine needles that were all around me, and i would just sleep on the...