Ticket because, quote, the alternative is simply untenable. And remember the american soldier who dashed over the dmz into north korea . What we are learning about a plea deal for travis king, and history will have to wait at least one more day. The setback for spacex ahead of a launch that would send astronauts on the farthest mission from earth in five decades. We are live on floridas space coast with an update. Msnbc reporters have the latest development. We start with the fight over georgias election rules. Msnbc correspondent lisa rubin is with me. Lisa, explain what this is all about and how it could complicate things in november. Chris, this is a lawsuit against the Georgia State Election Board. Its a fivemember board that makes rules essentially for the conduct and administration of elections in georgia. The suit is over two rules in particular that affect novembers elections, both of which allow for local county election Board Members to do a reasonable inquiry on one hand or
of a security force to curb gang activity so haiti can distribute humanitarian aid and expand the economy. earlier i spoke to jacqueline charles, the caribbean correspondent at the miami herald, who is based in port au prince. thank you so much for being with us here on bbc news. to begin with, just paint a picture of the situation that people are facing there in haiti right now. this is a country of approximately 12 million residents and almost half, 5.2 million, are in need of humanitarian assistance and this includes 3 million children. just last month we had deadly floods, we had another earthquake on the southern panhandle. the situation with gangs, especially in the capital, they control over 60% of port au prince. it makes it difficult to get around, it makes it difficult for people to go out to work, to just get basic food.
earthquake on the southern panhandle. the situation especially in the capital, they control over 60% of port au prince. it makes it difficult to get around and makes it difficult for people to go out to work and just get basic food. we have a situation where tens of thousands of patients have been forced from their homes and they are sleeping in public vases. 0n the streets, others have also fled the country so it really is a dire humanitarian situation that the un in the last couple of weeks have been trying to raise attention to. and just focusing on that situation of the capital being controlled, as you just pointed out there, jacqueline, by a large part, of gangs. and we had horrendous reports that in a bid for control and in a bid to instill fear there have been reports of sexual violence essentially being used, in particular against girls and women. , ., .,
the caribbean correspondent at the miami herald, who is based in port au prince. thank you so much for being with us here on bbc news. to begin with, just paint a picture of the situation that people are facing there in haiti right now. this is a country of approximately 12 million residents and almost half, 5.2 million, are in need of humanitarian assistance and this includes 3 million children. just last month we had deadly floods, we had another earthquake on the southern panhandle. the situation with gangs, especially in the capital, they control over 60% of port au prince. it makes it difficult to get around, it makes it difficult for people to go out to work, to just get basic food. you have a situation where tens of thousands of haitians have been forced from their homes, they re sleeping in public plazas, on the streets, others have also fled the country so it really is a dire humanitarian situation that the un in the last couple of weeks