the scope of hurricane ian s devastation is becoming clearer for days after the category four storm slammed into the coast of southwest florida, with record-breaking strength. 85 people are dead, 81 in florida, and four in north carolina. the death toll rises each time rescue crews reached new areas. and searches are going on around the clock. but some people are still stranded and waiting for help, like these residents of sanibel island. there has been no communication, nobody official has come on to the island to tell us what is going on. we don t have places to go, we have no cars to get their. lack of food, medicine, clean water, and electricity. these are all on the list of tops concerns. more than 1 million people are still without power across four states. now, president biden says he and the first lady will travel tomorrow to puerto rico, which is still reeling from hurricane fiona, and tour damage in florida on wednesday. our hearts, to state the obvious, it
we re watching all of it very closely as you might imagine. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . doctors have been saying they are keeping queen elizabeth medically comfortable at balmoral castle in scotland. buckingham palace says they re concerned for her health. yesterday the queen canceled a virtual meeting with her private counsel and she was also described as looking frail at an event earlier this week. in fact, many people since that event have talked about how frail she looked. a lot of loss of weight. they were concerned and not necessarily doctors. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live for us in london. greg with the latest. it s safe to say the u.k., perhaps many around the world, are holding its breath maybe saying a few prayers this amongst the troubling news about the health of queen elizabeth ii, the 96-year-old sovereign of this country. we got world from the royal household following further evaluation by doctors there
one big thing among others that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women, the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and checkmate, with a difference. how underwater chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in east africa, where kenya s deputy president, william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election but, amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr ruto gotjust over fifty per cent of the votes, narrowly ahead of the oppositi
one big thing among others that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women, the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and the organisers of the oscars apologise to a native american actress, nearly fifty years after she was booed off stage for declining the best actor award on marlon brando s behalf. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in east africa, where kenya s deputy president, william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election but, amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr r