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Hi on this Tuesday, May 6, 2008. I'm Rebecca Field in for Kristin Volk with today's top news update. The death toll has jumped again from that catastrophic cyclone in Myanmar. A local government radio station reports more than 22,000 people are dead and 41,000 are still missing after the storm hit over the weekend. The U.N. is reportedly estimating a million people could be left homeless from the destruction. Relief organizations have started to arrive in the area providing food and other supplies. Meanwhile President Bush and first Lady Laura Bush are offering U.S. aid to Myanmar. The President called on the military government earlier today to allow the U.S. to come in and help. His wife made a similar plea yesterday, asking officials to let in the disaster response team to assess the situation. Bush says the U.S. has already given some aid, but wants to do much more. Voters in Indiana and North Carolina are heading to the polls today…a day that could be the final straw in the battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. 187 delegates are up for grabs today and the New York senator would need to take 70 percent of them to match up with the Obama. Clinton recognizes the importance of today's primaries…she called the election a game changer. Oil prices have hit another record high today. Oil futures reached more than 121 dollars a barrel…reportedly because of worries about a weak U.S. dollar and limited supply. The dollar w ...
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