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Stay in russia for as long as a year while he figures out where else he can go. snowden of course facing espionage charges in the united states. he's been holed up in moscow's international airport for three weeks now actually trying to make it to latin america eventually. phil black on the story for us in moscow. some mixed signals from the russians. i mean, they won't extradite him back to the united states and have sort of suggested they'd love it if he'd move on, but what chance he'll get this temporary asylum? >> reporter: well, michael, i think at the very least you can say that among of...

Blown away. you have people's homes elect c electrical systems are blown away, where the houses are declared basically unlivable and you have to deal with almost a rock bottom situation where whole communities have to be rebuilt, especially the electrical systems, sewer systems, water systems. how do you do the triage in the next couple months, in fact, the next couple of days? >> it's the assessment process. you hit the nail on the head, chris. it's one thing to go through the rescue efforts we're going through right now and the recovery efforts we're going through right now. the cleanup we'r...

Emergencies such as this. >> i've gotten an education on what you do in these situations and how devastating it can be. up around the new york city area in breezy point, places like staten island and the rockaways where all the electricity is blown away. you have people's homes electrical systems are blown away, where the houses are declared basically unlivable and you have to deal with almost a rock bottom situation where whole communities have to be rebuilt, especially the electrical systems, sewer systems, water systems. how do you do the triage in the next couple months, in fact, the next ...

Have been wiped out as well. so one of the toughest things, you have an instant result. a long process of rebuilding we've seen in the many disasters we've helped recover from. >> disaster response is a big part of what habitat for humanity does. walk us through some of the process here. what will people in north texas be seeing from your organization over the coming days and weeks? >> initially our disaster response professionals on the ground, supporting the assessment process and we'll have opportunity after the search and rescue initial relief, we're not a relief organization, part of the ...

Habitat for humanity. members of the group are on the ground trying to help. jonathan reckford from our atlanta bureau, thank you for being here. have you had a chance to talk to representatives on the ground in north texas? >> we have. we are still doing early damage assessments. our hearts go out to all of those who are affected by this terrible storm. we want to first support the assessment process and help as many families as we can with cleanup, repair, and permanent rebuilding. >> how soon do you think they will be able to start rebuilding? people won't even be allowed back to their home...