Of haitis powerful gangs who took over the capital, Port Au Prince, while he was on a trip to kenya pushing for a un backed police force. The Transitional Council, announced by the Caribbean Community bloc, will be in charge of nominating a new Prime Minister but haitis gangs are demanding a seat at the table. 0ur Central America correspondent will grant is just outside of haiti and sent us this report. This is the dajabon Border Crossing between the Dominican Republic and haiti, and we have already seen dominican authorities Deporting Haitians back in to the poorest country in the americas at a time that it is facing its most acute humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. It is also that they are being deported into a political vacuum. Prime minister ariel henry stood down, citing the fact that his situation was untenable given to the violence on the street of the capital, Port Au Prince. His decision came after the Caricom Group of caribbean nations and the us Secretary Of Stat
Prompting new retaliation from u. S. Forces and new fears that the violence could spread. Lets bring in Aaron Gillcrist whos covering todays diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and Nbcs Jay Gray whos in tel aviv. Jay, starting with you. What is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war Cabinet Meeting last night and what may have come from that. Day 81 of the war and as intense the u. N. Says it has been since the start and as deadly. They are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. We know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. They have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. On the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the Tunnel Network
ukraine. officials have said offensive actions are under way in the countries ease where the company eight catches deputy describing bakhmut as the epicentre of hostilities in claiming russian forces are also on the defensive in the south. we ve been looking at the video footage circulating. we ve been looking at the video footage circulating. ukraine says its forces are footage circulating. ukraine says its forces are shifting footage circulating. ukraine says its forces are shifting to - footage circulating. ukraine says| its forces are shifting to offensive actions in some parts of russian occupied territory. earlier today the russian defence ministry said they had forwarded a major ukrainian offensive. what s going on? let s take a look. russia claims at this video shows evidence of a major ukrainian offensive being repelled. the video is bad quality and all we can see is military vehicles being under heavy fire. we can t say anything beyond that. we know that the vi
prompting new retaliation from u.s. forces and new fears that the violence could spread. let s bring in aaron gillcrist who s covering today s diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and nbc s jay gray who s in tel aviv. jay, starting with you. what is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war cabinet meeting last night and what may have come from that. day 81 of the war and as intense the u.n. says it has been since the start and as deadly. they are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. we know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. they have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. on the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the
the top of the hour here on your friday morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. there are deep concerns as china s president xi jinping is preparing to meet with vladimir putin in moscow, and the summit is not a surprise, but washington is on edge to see if china makes any move in particular to provide weapons for the war in ukraine. and this st. patrick s day guest in washington, and it is ireland s prime minister. and also, the wild week on wall street comes to a close, and the major company that just filed for bankruptcy. we will get you caught up on that ahead, but we want to begin with the news with that meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin. will ripley is joining us now with more on that and what is on the agenda for this face-to-face meeting? well, there is the official meeting, and also the agenda that the u.s. is concerned about which is lethal support from china to russia. vladimir putin needs chips can, ammo and all of the tools that he can get t