The prisoners stayed behind to avoid the shooting lets hear from one of them. Translation it was a very difficult situation last night. The riot in the prison put our lives at risk. We had because there was a lot of firing, we hid because there was a lot of firing, we were afraid for our lives. Remember, haiti has been plagued by Gang Violence for years. But the situation has got worse since president moise s assassination at his home in 2021. We know currently gangs control 80 we know currently gangs control 80 of the capital, port . Au . Prince. Which means that violent scenes like these from over the weekend have become more common. Gang leaders say they want to force him to resign have a listen. Translation we ask the haitian i National Police and the military l to take responsibility and arrest ariel henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy. The armed groups are not your enemy. Lets speak to mathias pierre, a former minister in the hatian government until 2021. He was in
just remind them to keep an eyen eye on their drinks. for linda, that most were gay adds to her family s pain. to see a group of people who have been persecuted just for being themselves, targeted, just really hurts it angers me it grieves me. reporter: she s hopeful her son s story will be a warning that may save people lives stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, up in flames, a training carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in minnesota forcing people earlier today to flee their homes. what we know about this latest derailment. also, an update on the health of pope francis who the vatican says is progressively improving in the hospital. we ve got a live report from rome. plus, an investigation underway after nine soldiers were killed in an army helicopter crash in kentucky what we just learned from pentagon officials. and any minute now, we re expecting
those angles what we need to do is make sure we keep the problems on the ground because little problems become big problems in the air, and it s not okay to be violent, to put everyone at risk and inconvenience everyone else who was traveling that day. sarah nelson, thank you so much for coming on the program we appreciate it thank you. we ve got breaking news out of nashville because officials just now released 911 calls from inside the covenant school during monday s shooting let s listen have you counted the gunshots do you know how many it was? it sounds like somebody is shooting a gun you re still hearing shots? no, it sounds like they stopped at the moment. okay. okay i want to bring back nbc s lindsey reiser from nashville, i don t know if you ve had a chance to hear this before it just hit our air. it sounds like you can hear a child crying in the background one of the things that has been notable about this is how forthcoming officials have been,