For a country and people no strangers to hardship. The tragedy is cruel, incomprehensible. Water, electricity has collapsed almost entirely this coming tuesday marks six years since a massive earthquake rocked haiti, killing or injury hundreds of thousands of haitians. Leaving more than a million. In response, thousands of aid workers were dispatched, raising billions in donations. Many of you texted personal contributions. More than 43 million was connected in that way alone in total. More than 13 billion was pledged worldwide. Where did that go. Ill take you on a journey through the slums much porta prince, and across the rural badlands. And youll hear the politicians, the haitians who are trying to peace their lives together. Youll also hear from the people most accountable for what has and has not happened. The list includes the head of the United Nations mission in haiti, the director of the American Red Cross in latin america, and the man that run haiti for the last decade. And t
For a country and people no strangers to hardship. Incomprehensible. Water, electricity has collapsed almost entirely this coming tuesday marks six years since a massive earthquake rocked haiti, killing or injury hundreds of thousands of haitians. Leaving more than a million. In response, thousands of aid workers were dispatched, raising billions in donations. Many of you texted personal contributions. More than 43 million was connected in that way alone in total. More than 13 billion was pledged worldwide. Where did that go. Ill take you on a journey through the slums much porta badlands. And youll hear the politicians, the haitians who are trying to peace their lives together. Youll also hear from the people most accountable for what has and has not happened. The list includes the head of the United Nations mission in haiti, the director of the American Red Cross in latin america, and the man that run haiti for the last decade. And the president that ran haiti. First the money dral.
A grand jury in ferguson, missouri could be in place by tomorrow. It will begin hearing evidence in the shooting death of Michael Brown. He is the unarmed black teen whose death sparked days of violent protests. Despite the presence of the National Guard the violence erupted once again in ferguson, 31 people were arrested, two people were shot after the peaceful protests once again turned chaotic. Police say they were shot at but did not fire their weapons and once again demonstrators say they were met with tear gas. And we are in ferguson right now and lets start with the grand jury set to hear testimony tomorrow. What do we know . Reporter del, a grand jury could hear the case of the Michael Brown shooting as early as tomorrow. There is a standing grand jury that meets every week so its unclear if it will happen as early as tomorrow. But once it does a spokeswoman says it will take several weeks for the 12 jurors to review the facts of this case. And their ultimate task of course is
And torrential downpours. Meteorologist Steve Rudin Alex liget joining me in the storm watch Weather Center. Keep you on top of it every step of the way and come in immediately if any of these storms turn violent or severe. Leon and alison . Alison thank you. So the overnight rain meanwhile, caused some serious flooding concerns on area roads, too. Standing water shut down two lanes of route 50 in bowie, maryland causing big delays for rush hour commuters. Water pooled along eastern avenue. One driver didnt realize the depth of the water and got stuck. Just tried to pull through and wound up stopping. Thats right. Wont make it. Just turn around. Alison well ddot crews helped push her car out of the water and waited there for a tow truck. Roads were mostly clear by mid morning. But flooding caused problems in parts of Old Town Alexandria too. High water caused the king street trolley to Cancel Service at city hall. Stay with abc 7 and wjla. Com as we track the potential for storms throu
Emergency aid is being rushed to the philippines bringing desperately needed basic essentials to the victims of typhoon high, the recordbreaking super storm destroyed villages and hundreds of thousands have no power, food, water or shelter and hospitals are over run and good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, the philippines red cross said 1200 people were killed in the storm but could top 10,000, slowly relief efforts are going to efforts caught off by bridges and roads and they reached the airport on sunday seeking supplies or a way out. A 2 million Relief Program from the United Nations food program is underway and the u. S. Military sent marines for search and rescue efforts and al jazeera has more detail. Three days after suffering one of the worst typhoons ever the devastation is coming into view. Many of the hardest hit are unreachable and hard to say just how bad it really is. With a death toll expected to be in the thousands and impact felt by millions typhoon survivor