ann curry joins us by phone from jap dpur, pakistan this morning where she is traveling with the country's president. ann, good morning to you. >> reporter: meredith, good morning. this morning in an exclusive interview with nbc news, his first first since the flood catastrophe, pakistan's president nra dari agreed the catastrophe threatens to destabilize his country. he said as long as militants are using it as an opportunity to gain ground, trying to turn pakistan into a nation like afghanistan. this concern has been echoed, as you know, by u.s. officials, and today senator kerry joined president zardari for a helicopter flight over the flood zone this morning. they saw the scope, the water breaching the canals and the main north/south railway. and for the entire 25 minute flight there was no break in the flooding down below. here is the latest on the ground. 22 days after the floods began, water is still everywhere. with millions struggling to escape it. this morning, the government said more than 970,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. >> water actually was all over this. >> reporter: