the humanitarian crisis continues to worsen since the taliban takeover last summer and now the country is in the grip of a bitterly cold winter. the united nations has appealed for more than three and a half billion pounds in aid to try to help avert catastrophe. afghans are facing soaring unemployment, with many unable to feed theirfamilies or heat their homes. the un says nearly 24.5 million people are in need of humanitarian help, and a million children are thought to be at risk from severe malnourishment. from kabul, quentin sommerville sent this report. after 20 years of war, afghanistan faces a long, harsh winter and a cold and hungry peace. victorious, the taliban now guard food queues. more than half the country is going hungry. women, barred from work and education, have lost another fundamental right
soaring unemployment, with many unable to feed their families or heat their homes. the united nations say nearly 24.5 million people are in humanitarian need, more than half the population. and a million children are thought to be at risk from severe malnourishment. from kabul, our corrspondent quentin sommerville sent this report. after 20 years of war, afghanistan faces a long, harsh winter and a cold and hungry peace. victorious, the taliban now guard food queues. more than half the country is going hungry. women, barred from work and education, have lost another fundamental right the ability to feed their families. here in wardak province,
24.5 million deaths and growing globally as you demonstrated, and if we are going to be applying third doses to our populations and in many cases healthy people, certainly we have both an obligation and interest in ending the pandemic to get first doses to people around the world. but so far, leaders are not doing everything they can to that end. biden s summit plan calls for a modest acceleration of some of the targets that have already been established, and that is helpful. and we salute that. but it fails to generate the investments or the technology transfer that are possible that could retrofit manufacturing facilities around the world and deliver billions more doses of the most effective vaccines. we see a stepwise response rather than a transformative rather than a tra nsformative response rather than a transformative response which is needed. be intellectual transfer that you talk about, that is the key events,
healthy, going on long distance bike rides and running half marathons. but for months afterward, he s undergoing rehab to regain basic skills. this really is one of the most difficult experiences i had in my life. reporter: more than 24.5 million americans have tested positive for covid-19, approximately 1 in every 13 americans. and a uk study estimates that 10% of them suffered from long-term symptoms. experts are now warning a new health crisis may emerge as this group grows. these are very, very severe health impacts that are keeping people from working, keeping people from living their normal lives. and the most difficult part for a lot of patients is that they just don t have many answers. this is really concerning. thousands of americans experiencing these long-lasting symptoms. months after they have covid. and i guess i m wondering, are there places for them to turn? and the larger question, will insurance cover this, months, perhaps years out? reporter: well, david,
in second place here. warren s in first place among white democrats. sanders, harris the rest. then you see among black voters a different story. joe biden in front by 23 points over bernie sanders, kamala harris a strong lead from bernie over joe biden here among black voters. it s the reason we show him ahead nationally. you see that nine-point lead there for joe biden. that nine-point lead is powered by black voters. that becomes a big question for joe biden is that going to be durable for him? and josh, you have spent a lot of time with pete buttigieg. he s had his own problems among the black community with the police problems in south bend, where he s the mayor. but he s a big front-runner on money, $24.5 million in the last quarter. that s right. we continue to see this gap, andrea, between the amount of money he s raising outperforming all of the other candidates including joe biden and bernie