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response kicking into high gear across america's south. a weekend of violent storms and deadly tornadoes. officials saying a full recovery in places like mississippi could take years. volunteers and nonprofits, including the american red cross, salvation army and samaritan's purse flooding into the area offering assistance, food and shelter. they need a lot of all of it. welcome, brand-new hour starts now. i'm bill hemmer. dana has time off this week. a big welcome to aishah. >> aishah: i'm aishah hosni. search and rescue operations are officially over in mississippi. now comes the h...

Maybe it's time to run to the grocery store? maybe it's time on head outside. what do you want people topping about the importance? those who have stayed in their homes about staying through until it passes? >> not only that. give us time assess and clear roadways. our biggest problem is not them running to the grocery store. it is not open. it is running to go empty out their neighbor's freezer or their relative's freezer. when you take those chances and run into a telephone pole or a telephone wire or a tree, then we have to respond to that individual and put them into a hospital, let's be f...

I'll show you where the tree came into the house. this is what people are finding when they come back. this is why they want to come back. you can see right here. >> well, one of the main reasons why we stayed was because we knew that there was going to be problems. and we can help out other people. we didn't think that we would need the help this time. but we're out chain sawing trees away, trying to clear roads. it's just -- you know a lot of people left that were probably safe. but we're just really glad that we're safe now. >> you obviously feel like you made the right decision. you have t...

Neighborhood has actually helped me when i didn't even ask them to board things up. a neighbor was on my roof boarding up a hole today. people went over and were chain sawing that tree that you can hear in the background. people come in and asking with everything and i'm not even asking. it's open and wonderful and it's, you know, it's worth moving across the country for. >> listen, thank you for talking to us. i know this is an incredibly stressful time. give your girls the best. this is the carolina, carolina place neighborhood in wilmington. so, send the crews. get the trees up, right? >> p...

Their mission today is to get on shore and help clear some roads. some crews have assisted in all three hurricanes. along the way, marines see devastation and desperation at gas lines. a talk with a local company about live power lines. and then back breaking work for marines. about three miles up this road, there's an faa tower that's crucial to aif yaegs and bringing relief to the island. but it's running on generator. chain sawing against time. >> it's got three days to four days of fuel. the goal is to get that road open before the generator runs out of fuel. >> distances measured in feet....