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With candy crowley. he stresses this is still a catastrophe despite the well being capped and the kill operations on that well working. many beaches are also looking a lot better. the 23-year-old omar khadr, the youngest detainee being held by the u.s. military in guantanamo bay in cuba is set to be tried before a military tribunal this week, charged with terrorist acts and killing a u.s. soldier in afghanistan. its the first trial under the obama administrations new military commission system...

Type of tube, whats called an endotrakial tube that you put into their airway to reestablish the breathing has to be the right size. so youre dealing with lots of children, young people. and the ems, im looking at the scene, theres obviously still people circulating around the scene. making sure that all that equipment is available. again while simultaneously securing the scene, making sure theres not fire that can break out and injure some of the people who werent that badly injured or the resc...

>> shepard: fox news weather alert. serious weather moved through ohio, johnstown, ohio, a chicken barn collapsed and multiple fatalities. we have live pictures as well. >> we have pictures, two people are dead. johnstown is northeast of columbus, ohio. you can see the rescue workers on top of the barn. strong winds whipping all over the state of ohio this afternoon. thats exactly what happened at this barn. it happened a fewer hours ago. the roof of this barn just collapsing. two people inside ...

Hello, everyone. im don lemon live at cnn world headquarter. in pakistan a major humanitarian disaster unfolding right now. the pakistani government tells cnn more than 11,000 people have been killed by devastating floods in the northwestern part of the country. thousands of other people are stranded. rescue workers are trying to reach them. the u.s. embassy in islamabad says it is providing immediate aid including two water filtration units, more than 50,000 meals and helicopters that helped re...

>> seeking answers in a letter to thad allen, markey wrote -- meanwhile, b.p. is a step closer to implementing the static kill, that in conjunction with the drill ing of the two relief well could finally bring the environmental disaster to an end in the next two weeks. >> shannon: kris gutierrez live on the scene in louisiana. thank you. slowdown on another oil spill. canadian company that owns a pipeline that leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil in the kalamazoo river in michigan ha...

>> julie: one down, two dangerous ones to go in an arizona manhunt. police capturing this convicted killer near the town of rifle, colorado. fellow inmates, two others are still on the run. officials say massive flooding has killed at least 1100 people into pakistan as rescue workers struggle to save tens of thousands still trapped by raising floodwaters. >> and netherlands ending their mission in afghanistan after concern over the alliance long term strategy. >> eric: people heading into their ...

We spent much of the day driving to the hardest hit locations and once we got here, it was clearly a disaster. the communities we saw, its going to take years for them to rebuild. the hardest hit area is the province. we went to a city that is a couple hours west of islamabad. there, you just saw hundreds of homes swept away by floodwaters. officials saying businesses, schools, government buildings have also been destroyed. one government official is calling this the worst natural disaster ever ...

In the rain. were being told that the casualty figures may be much higher as some numbers have not been collected. those waiting to be rescued could have disease or suffering from hunger. doctors say some have diarrhea and others have marks on their skin, causing itching but children and the elderly seem to be most affected. reports about those that were trying to save others, have lost their lives and rescue workers have also been injured. entire families have gone missing. continuing bad weath...

Now torrential monsoon rains have left other people stranded in the northwest region of the country and rescue workers are struggling to save lives daily. over a million have been affected by the floods. rivers overflow having wiped out villages. devastating and destructive landslides throughout the northwest. cities have been cut off with water blocking entry and exit routes due to heavy rainfall. majority of the farm lands have been destroyed. peshawar, the capital of northwest province has be...

Rainfall over the coming days. most of those, though, have been hit the hardest are the rural poor who live in those flood-prone areas. >> its just awful. what about rescue efforts? are they -- are they effective enough? do they need more help? what do you know about that? >> reporter: at the moment the government declared a state of emergency. 12 inches of rain has fallen over the last 36 hours in the northwest. military and rescue workers are using help couldnters to get essential supplies to ...