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Are being washed away. one of the shots you can see the water move across the field. in the background you can see a japanese highway with semis and cars. >> in some of the pictures we have seen, there are bridges out. there are cars driving up and going whoa and turn gz -- turning around. >> and with the bridges out that affects first responders. the biggest worry besides their equipment is trying to get to these places. the debris will be left everywhere that will clog roadways and if the bridges are out, all of the instraw structure -- infro struck you are -- infrastructure damage. everywhe...

You and other people are going to survive. >> i don't know. we've got water out in the -- virtually the whole city. they've shut down the reservoirs. power's coming back to parts o of the city. we just got power back about an hour and a half ago. the power stayed on throughout. and the central city won't have power for a long time yet because there's gas leaks and damage they have to worry about before they switch the power back on there. but the real problem i think is going to be the water system. there's so many burst pipes everywhere, there's major infrastructure damage to that from what i...

People dead. we are talking about a massive am of infrastructure damage as well. just in the northwest, we are talking about 278 bridges that have been destroyed. so you can imagine how difficult it is to get aid to the people that really need it. >> and perfect opportunity for the taliban to seize the most vulnerable with regard to recruiting. we always see that happen whether it is the earthquake in iran to the massive flooding in pakistan. >> that's right. we have see islamist groups led to the terrorist groups. they have been handing out food and shelter involved in war with the government...

Begun. new york is hit first. elevators stuck. subways come to a halt. four million commuters are strand in the darkness. after 24 hours of blackout with repairs under way, there's a new disaster -- a massive summer storm sweeps over the eastern seaboard damaging thousands of lines. within 30 minutes, lights go out across ten states, from michigan to vermont and all the way up to canada. by day two, it's clear the northeast grid has suffered significant infrastructure damage. gas stations can't pump fuel, food rots without refrigeration. on day three, in the stifling

Viable country compared to any country in the world. you got to remember that this economic recession that we're living through has affected the rest of the world. but chile has had a really strong economy for decades now. i mean, a couple of decades ago it was growing at 8 1/2%. just recently, 4 1/2%. the economy now has suffered a lot more, but a lot of the wines that we drink in the united states come from chile. a lot of the grapes that we find in our supermarkets are made from chile -- or made in chile, grown in chile. and it has a huge economic infrastructure in place. but i've got to te...