Womens rights. That Pr Campaign is met with lots of skepticism. Here the White House is struggling to contain the fallout of the collapse on President Bidens watch. One white House Official privately admits, and im quoting now, our confidence is being questioned. Our correspondents are covering it all from the White House to The Pentagon to the afghan capital. Lets go to our chief correspondent clarissa ward. Shes joining us from kabul. There are thousands and thousands of americans and afghans. They are hoping to flee the country but are so fearful of being attacked by taliban fighters on their way to the airport. The taliban just promised what theyre calling Safe Passage to anyone who wants to evacuate. But is that happening . Well, what the taliban says its trying to do, wolf, is present these chaotic scenes that we have seen at the airport where you just have a crush of humanity storming the premises, flooding the runway. But certainly their activities are being called into question. I spoke with a photographer just moments ago who was at the airport earlier today. He saw taliban fighters at a Check Point outside the perimeter of the airport beating people with whips. He himself was beaten at a certain point for taking a photograph of one of these taliban fighters. And a woman and her child tried to push through and taliban fighters actually shot them. They were not killed. They were quite seriously ly injured. But this gives you a sense. It is largely under control by comparison to the epic images that we have seen coming out over the airport over the past few days but certainly still very tense on the perimeter. So many people trying to get in. The taliban trying to keep people back, allowing Safe Passage to those who need to go but trying to keep Rule And Order in the way they knew how to do it, which entails in this case shots fired and whips. In kabul today, many of them, they are so, so fearful of whats to come. So many of them are afraid to go on The Streets. What has already changed for them potentially, though, Under Taliban Rule . Well, so far its difficult to see how different life will look like Under Taliban Rule. The taliban is trying to say, listen, guys, everything is fine. We are a new, branded taliban. They let Government Workers come back to their posts today. We went to a market. It was pretty crowded. But there are differences. You can already see it. People are fearful. They dont want to go out on The Streets. And it is particularly who is fearful and who doesnt want to go out on The Streets. At the central kabul market today, stores were open and people were back on The Streets. Or at least some people. It was impossible not to notice that women here seemed to have largely melted away. One store was doing better business than usual. For more than a decade, mohamed has been selling burkas, the headtotoe covering once imposed by the taliban. Business was good, but now its even better, he tells us. More sales. Why do you think you are selling more burkas right now . Because the taliban took over, and all the women are afraid, he says. So thats why theyre all coming in and buying burkas. Do you feel abandoned . Yeah, exactly. Reporter in an apartment downtown, we saw that fear firsthand. Until last week, she was working for the un. Thats not her real name and she asked we not show her face. Shes petrified the taliban will link her to western organizations and says she hasnt gone outside since they arrived in kabul. You look very frightened. Exactly. Too much stress. It is not easy for a person to work a lot with international organizations, having more than ten years of experience with working with international and now no one of them helping. No response. Reporter are you angry . No, im not angry. But as a person who worked with them, now i need their supports. It is not fair. Reporter you look very emotional as well. Yeah. Because im thinking about my future, my daughters. What will happen to them if they kill me, two daughters without mother. Reporter the taliban says they have learned from history and that womens rights will be protected. But many fearful afghan women remain to be persuaded. Were on our way now to the home of a afghan politician. Shes told me there are taliban fighters outside her front door, so shes asked that i go in alone. She was one of the afghan government negotiators during Peace Talks with the taliban and has dealt with the group a lot. She says that promising change is not enough. You have to really prove it in the provinces. They have to show it by example. Its very easy to issue statements, but people need to see that in practice. Reporter she has ever reason not to trust. Last year she was shocked by unknown gunman. The taliban denied they were behind the attack. You have children. I have two daughters. Reporter and are they here . They are in kabul. Reporter are you concerned for them . Im concerned for my daughters and all the girls of afghanistan. I dont want history to repeat itself on them very brutally. Reporter 20 years of progress for women in afghanistan now hangs by a thread. Tonight We Saw For The First Time the taliban spokesperson, head journalist, had been talking to him for years, but we saw him behind the podium answering questions. What was so extraordinary, wolf, was the bravery of the questions coming from these afghan journalists. They were not pulling any punches. They were pushing him on womens rights. They were pushing him on whether female journalists would be allowed to keep doing their job. And one afghan woman asked a question that stuck with me. She had been talking about this Blanket Amnesty that the taliban was offering to people, and this afghan journalist said to him, but will the afghan people forgive you for what you have done for the scores of civilians who have been killed in your Car Bombs . And to which he said simply, well, Collateral Damage happens sometimes. But i just thought it was so interesting and such a marker of a new moment that the taliban, whether or not they have changed, afghan people have changed. And they are willing to fight and speak out for what they believe in, wolf. I hope these young journalists will be okay. We will stay in touch. Lets go to the White House right now with officials are echoing president Bidens Defiance on afghanistan. One top official suggested there is no internal second guessing of the president s strategy. Cat Lynn Collins is joining us right now. The administration is doubling down on whoo we heard from the president , right . They are. As his top aids are speaking with Reporters Today as President Biden has been monitoring afar from camp david. He is set to return in a few hours tonight. He is coming back to a washington where typically his allies on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers, are even questioning his draw down of the troops in afghanistan and how this has proceeded. With Senator Bob Menendez saying they want a full accounting for these shortcomings. Tonight the biden administration is defending its exit from afghanistan while attempting to manage the fallout from a chaotic departure. There have been questions raised. These are reasonable questions. Reporter an internal Blame Game over why the u. S. Didnt act sooner is underway. As cnn reports, an Intelligence Assessment show the taliban were pursuing a total military victory. They planned for months. Welldrawn plans dont survive contact with reality. Reporter Jake Sullivan said hes also taking response bt. Hes taking responsibility for every decision the united States Government took with respect to afghanistan because, as he said, the buck stops with him. I am also taking responsibility and so are my colleagues. The top national Security Aid promising a review of what could have been done differently. We will conduct an extensive hot wash, as we say. We will take a look of every aspect of this from top to bottom. Reporter for now, their primary goal is evacuating the thousands of americans who remain in afghanistan with assurances from an unlikely group. The taliban informed us, they are prepared to provide Safe Passage of americans from the airport. Reporter thousands of troops on the ground in kabul. We will be putting 300 passengers on your average military Cargo Plane heading out of the country one another other. Reporter top military commanders are in communication with taliban leaders that biden said just weeks ago he couldnt trust. Do i trust the taliban . No. Reporter it is too soon to see if the taliban will be seen as a legitimate form of government. Ultimately it will be up to the taliban to show the rest of the world who they are and how they intend to proceed. The Track Record has not been good. Reporter and, wolf, of course what has happened in afghanistan is being monitored by the world as well, including a lot of major u. S. Allies. Until today President Biden had not spoken with any of those allies despite the fall of kabul happening on sunday. But now he has spoken to the british Prime Minister. According to a readout issued by Downing Street during that conversation they had about evacuating people out of afghanistan, the Prime Minister johnson, quote, stressed the importance of not losing the gains made in afghanistan over the last 20 years, of protecting ourselves against any emerging threat from terrorism and continuing to support the people of afghanistan. So thinly but not so thinly vailed there, making clear their feelings of what happened as well as these reactions from across the world pour in. There will be a virtual meeting of the g7 leaders next week. Afghanistan will be at the top of the list of things they have to talk about. Lots of disappointment coming in from americas nato allies. All of them stunned by whats happened in afghanistan. Thank you very much. Lets get a closer look at the increasingly desperate situation unfolding in afghanistan, which includes a huge number of americans. Barbara star is with us. The White House says there are 11,000 selfidentified american citizens still in afghanistan. What is the plan to safely get them all out . Well, wolf, out of that 11,000 figure, nobody is sure if that is actually accurate. Of course that is just an estimate at this hour. The administration is still telling americans who are in kabul not to travel to the airport unless they have some indication that they have a flight, that they have some indication from the u. S. Government that they will be able to get out. They want them to shelter in place until it is safe for them to travel. So that is Item Number one. Now, once they get to the airport, there is about 6,000 troops the u. S. Hopes to put on the ground to continue to ensure security at the airport and to have an orderly and safe for them to depart. But progress is slow right now. Today about roughly 1,000 people got out but just over 300 of them were americans. The pentagon says it is gok to Ramp Up that throughput, if you will, Ramp Up the effort to get people out. But still only two weeks to go until the deadline of the end of the month and they have a lot of people to move, wolf. Barbara, we have all seen that really dramatic video of the u. S. Military plane swarmed by people in the tarmac and kabul. I understand the u. S. Air force is opening a full scale investigation; is that correct . Yeah. They are doing that. This is such a series of tragic events. So desperate they would attach themselves to an Aircraft And Hope they could survive. They found Human Remains in the wheel well. So the Air Force wants to investigate and find out exactly what happened and find out how, of course, perhaps they can prevent this from happening again. Barbara star at The Pentagon for us, thanks. Lets get some more on all of this. Democratic senator of delaware is joining us. Hes a key member of the foreign relations committee. Thank you so much for joining us. I know you are very close to the president. You are a member of the foreign relations committee. Are you getting any specific answers for why the administration was for all practical purposes blind sided by this taliban victory within only a few days . Well, wolf, this has been a hard week as we have all watched the tragic Scenes Unfolding In Kabul and the unexpectedly swift collapse of the Afghan Military and government. I think there will be plenty of time for pointing fingers and for after Action Review after Jake Sullivan promised today. We should be pulling together congress and the executive, our Military And State department to ensure that we get as many americans and afghan allies and partners out of kabul safely as we possibly can in the weeks ahead. The military said publically when they get the airport fully operational again and they have fully secured it, they can remove as many as 5,000 people a day. I am hopeful that in the coming days we will get to that operational tempo and be able to safely remove all americans and our closest afghan partners and allies. But you have been briefed extensively over these past several weeks. Did you ever expect that the afghan political leadership would escape, run away, get out of the country within a few days or that the entire 300,000 Afghan Military would collapse, put their guns down, all their weapons down and hand over all that u. S. Military equipment, tanks, artillery, everything else to the taliban. Did you expect that to take place within three or four days . Not at all. Wolf, i was shocked by the speed with what the taliban swept across the country and the fact that, you know, after fighting bravely and hard for many, many years the afghan national Security Defense forces largely collapsed without a fight in many provincial capitals and that the afghan government collapsed and their leaders fled. That was quite a surprise to me. I will say this going back to my first visit to afghan, it is clear that our mission which was striking back at alqaeda after 9 11 and knocking down any Terrorist Group had largely been accomplished in the first few years. And the expanded mission undertaken over four administrations of trying to build a nation in afghanistan was very difficult, very tenuous and that frankly even after pouring tens of billions of dollars over many years i saw a decade ago in my first visit that the Afghan National Security Forces and the government that led them were not likely in the long run to succeed in holding off the taliban and in developing a deep and legitimate government. I think it is more like hundreds of billions of dollars, u. S. Taxpayer dollars that were wasted for all practical purposes in afghanistan and on the 20th Anniversary next month of 9 11. The taliban will be in control of that entire country. As you know, senator, a senior white House Official is telling Cnn Today there is no second guessing to the president s strategy, but when you see this absolute chaos unfolding, shouldnt there be some second guessing . Well, two things if i could, wolf. First, this was not a wasted effort over 20 years. I have been speaking to veterans, to Gold Star families, so very concerned americans who have been calling me alarmed about afghan partners or americans they know who are in Harms Way in afghanistan. The men and women of the United States armed forces and our afghan partners over the last two decades bought us desperately needed Breathing Room to push back an alqaeda, to buy the United States time to strengthen our own defenses, to build a global network of partners. When President Biden took office earlier this year, the intelligence Communitys Assessment was that they have largely moved on from afghanistan. To the extent they face threats from other countries, other places in the world. And, second, yes, of course there has to be accountability for some of the missteps here. President biden in a clear speech to our nation last night said the buck stops herem. One of the reasons i long admired President Biden is he said he will not mislead the american people. He has been clear eyed why he made the mission to complete our withdrawal after 20 years of fighting in afghanistan. Today in a lengthy Press Conference he made it clear that they intend to focus on this urgent mission right now in securing the Safe Passage out of afghanistan of our citizens and our key partners and allies and there will be an after Action Review. Arent you concerned, senator, that with the taliban now in control of all of afghanistan with access to all the u. S. Military equipment that was left behind that there and opening up all those prisons, Alqaeda Terrorist freed right now, taliban terrorists freed right now that there could be a resurgence of antiamerican terrorism emanating from afghanistan . Wolf, thats absolutely right. That is a serious and legitimate concern. But ill remind you, we dont have a significant true presence on the ground in countries like Somalia Or Yemen or libya. We retain a robust counter terrorism capability. We are going to be able to, we must, continue to maintain that capability with regards to any resurgence of Alqaeda Or Isis on the ground. It is concerning that the Air Base was abandoned and that that Military Prison has now been opened by the taliban. And i am concerned about developments on the ground in afghanistan in terms of our security. That is the sort of issue that we in the foreign relations committee, the armed Services Committee will be focussed on in the months ahead. But i have confidence in President Biden, his national security team, our military and our State Department that they will remain vigilant in protecting our country from threats overseas. What sworries me is those terrorists who killed so many terrorists are now free and for all practical purposes theyre taking charge of that country. Senator, as usual, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you, wolf. 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What is your response to that . Do you really need to be inside the White House to understand how badly they actually bundled this . Well, look, first of all i have we have a mutual admiration in that we work with campaigns and government and cnn. I have Nothing But Respect for her. She did there what a professional secretary should do. She shifted the question to friendlier terrain. I did not in any Way Question the president s case. I thought that he did quite a good job, frankly, in his Speech Yesterday about explaining why he thought it was time to get out of afghanistan. Of course thats not why he was called upon to take an emergency speed. He was called upon to make that speech because the execution of that withdrawal was chaotic and denied what the country had been told would happen. So it was a failure. And it was a that was clear to everyone. And i just thought, from the standpoint of of his presentation that it would have been better to just acknowledge that and say, you know, were going to take he should have said more of what Chris Koontz said in his interview with you a few minutes ago. It obviously didnt go the way it was supposed to go. And the important thing now is to look back and find out why. But in the immediate go forward and figure out how to remedy the situation as best you can. So, you know, similar wanted to shift back to the logic behind leaving afghanistan. That wasnt my question. My question was what about the execution of it . Yeah, because the execution clearly was not what even the president only a few weeks earlier had anticipated. He said exactly the opposite would occur. One senior white House Official, maggie, says our confidence is being questioned. Does that raise serious questions about President Bidens credibility right now . Look, certainly within washington, wolf. I dont think we know how the average american is viewing this, how much they care about this. We have seen since 2001 we have seen interest in what is taking place in the Mideast Go from an extremely unifying force to what we have seen as Disinterest And Disaffection by The Public. Im not sure it is something that The Public is that consumed with. Time will tell. It might be depends on what happens in the region, whether there are new threats of terrorist attacks. I do think it is a problem for biden that he cant answer the basic question of why this execution was so bad without saying you are questioning my strategy. I understand why he is giving that as his reaction because it is generally popular to withdraw from afghanistan, at least it was until the last couple of days. But that is not what he is being questioned about. I dont think these questions will go away with my ease and i dont think the White House is making it easier amongst itself. I think they are doing what the president didnt do yesterday, and it is only going to continue until the president does it himself. Well see what he says tomorrow. Hes supposed to be speaking again tomorrow. Imagine if this was all happening under a trump presidency. Just how different would the reaction from democrats be . Well, look, i think, first of all, democrats have been fairly critical of President Biden. I think there is bipartisan concern about the execution of this of this mission. But clearly, wolf, you are asking a question you know the answer to. Were in a highly polarized environment and so, you know, people tend to gravitate more to their tribe on questions like this. The thing i would be concerned about if i were the president is, you know, we have now this is a traditional thing in washington. You are both very familiar with it. Today has been a day of Finger Pointing, the State Department pointing the finger at the Defense Department and both of them at the Intel Community. The Intel Community leaking what they told the president. So this is not what they want to be doing. Right. This is not what you want. And, so, its better to be transparent. It didnt go right. There are reasons it didnt go right. Find out what those reasons are. But in the immediate, also give People Assurance that you are moving forward and doing the things that need to be done. What do you think, maggie . I think david is right. I mean, look, i think that the Finger Pointing is something that this White House and this administration in general has managed to avoid. They avoided a lot of drama and a lot of chaos over the last seven months. I think it was a point of pride for them, this scenario. I do think it is important, wolf, there are a lot of comparisons to saigon and vietnam. Certainly the images were deeply concerning and upsetting. But the circumstances in the country are not the same as they were then. So i think that the White House is aware of that, but i do think they know they have a narrow window for at least trying to get their arms around this and theyre not there yet. Thank you guys very, very much. Coming up, the Taliban Disavowing their horrific history of terror and misogyny. Is there any reason the world should believe them . Ill ask when we come back. And their suv is always there with them. So when their windshield got a chip, they wanted it fixed fast. They drove to Safelite Autoglass for a guaranteed, sameday, inshop repair. We repaired the chip before it could crack. And with their insurance, it was no cost to them. Woman really . Tech thats service you can trust, when you need it most. Pop Rock Music singers safelite repair, safelite replace. [sfx radio being tuned] welcome to allstate. 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Their spokesman claiming today that while their ideology has not changed. On the basis of maturity, on experience, our vision, there are a lot of differences. When the taliban previously ruled afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, women were forced to wear burkas, schools for girls were closed. Women unaccompanied in public places could be beaten. Today when asked if afghan women can go to work yes, with regards to women, as i stated earlier, it will be within the Frame Work of suria law. Within the Frame Work of suria law. What does that mean . Well, work for women will be limited. It will be in Education Teaching girls or treating other women patients. Girls may be able to go to school, but it will be a Quran School and when they become teenagers, my guess is there will be no education. As for the Talibans Record of violence against women, another claim. There will be no violence against women, no discrimination against women within the Frame Work of islamic law. Womens rights advocates say this isnt the reality on the ground. What were seeing on the ground is that women are still being harassed in The Street by taliban forces. There are report after report of, you know, women and girls being kidnapped and forced into marriage to taliban soldiers or put into sexual serving. Public floggings for minor offenses. Reporter one of afghanistans first female mayors of a town in central afghanistan told Britain Shes received death threats. Quote, i am sitting here waiting for them to come. They will come here and kill me. There is another promise being made by the taliban. Blanket amnesty for people who worked in the previous government, even for people who helped the forces fighting against the taliban. I would like to assure you there will be no danger to them. I dont believe this Blanket Amnesty for the government and for the military. They have already beheaded an afghan who was an interpreter for the military. Reporter relations between the Taliban And Alqaeda remain strong. A tall Ban Spokesman promised on their watch, no death will be caused to anyone outside afghanistan. But with alqaeda on the rebound there we can expect more foreign fighters coming in. This will be energizing for any jihaddy around the world. Reporter once they gain strength and more training and resources in afghan stab, we can expect a tax on american interest, not necessarily on the american homeland, but certainly on american installations overseas or on possible soft targets. Wolf, thats a real concern. It certainly is. Joining us now, the u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. Is there any reason at all to take the taliban at their word here . Wolf, it is great to be here. And what we will take the taliban on are their actions. It is what they do not what they say. And it is their actions that we will judge them on. The Un Secretary General is saying that theyre already getting, and im getting him now, chilling reports of mounting Human Rights Violations against the women and girls of afghanistan. What specifically are you learning about those threats . We are hearing from people in afghanistan that they are getting threats from the taliban, and we have expressed in no uncertain terms here at the united nations through a very strongly worded Press Statement from the Security Council that we expect the taliban to respect human rights, including the rights of women and girls. We have also indicated that they have to be respectful of humanitarian law and that we do not expect to see that afghanistan will become a Safe Haven for terrorists. But, again, it is not their words that we will hold them to. It is their actions that we will be watching. So far we have seen several very, very disturbing actions. So many afghans, ambassador, especially female journalists, judges, they all say the same thing. Theyre terrified that they will be killed, killed by the taliban. What more can the u. S. , the biden administration specifically do now to try to save their lives . You know, we are working around the clock to get vulnerable afghans who want to leave afghanistan out of afghanistan. We have secured the airport, and we are getting planes out 24 hours a day. In the past three days, we have moved more than 3,000 people. And we will continue to take people out who are vulnerable as quickly as we possibly can until we finish the job. Ambassador, you say Americas Commitment to afghanistans women and girls doesnt necessarily depend on a u. S. Military presence in afghanistan. But how much harder will it be to fulfill that commitment now that the taliban is in complete control of the country . You know, wolf, i wont say that it will be easy, but i will say that we will use every tool that we have, our diplomatic tools both here at the united nations and at the State Department. We will use our development tools. We will work with the united nations to ensure that afghan womens rights are upheld, and we will ensure that the taliban are held accountable when those rights are when they break those commitments. Ambassador Linda Thomas green field, were grateful for you for joining us. Good luck. Were counting on you. This is a horrendous situation unfolding right now. I know you and your colleagues will be very busy trying to do the best you can. Thank you for being with us. A republican governor leading the charge against Mask Mandates just tested positive for covid19. Before we talk about taxsmart investing, whats new . Audreys expecting. Twins wed be closer to the twins. Change in plans. At fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. Life is full of unexpected surprises. For your first day of school. But other times, it helps knowing what to expect. At university of phoenix, you can count on fixed, affordable tuition for your program. 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The biden administration is on the brink of recommending covid Booster Shots for most americans. Tomorrow will include the first u. S. Data on waning immunity among the fully vaccinated. Lets bring in the former director of the cdc. Doctor, first, as the former head of the cdc, what will you will looking for in this data that will be released behind this expected decision as early as tomorrow to recommend Booster Shots . Wolf, what i will be looking for is a sign that the vaccines are losing some of their effectiveness against hospitalization. There have been signals of Breakthrough Cases. To date there hadnt been data in the United States showing that people fully vaccinated were at increased risk for hospitalization or severe infection. If thats what theyre seeing in the United States, that would be grounds, i think, for recommending boosters here, while at the same doing a lot more than we can. Some people as you know especially older people, Health Care workers have already hit that eightmonth mark. How worried should they be . How will all this roll out . Yeah, you know, i say lets wait and see what the data are showing. You know, until now, you know, the United States has been Keeping Track on any signals here as well as signals around the globe and while there are signals of Breakthrough Cases or asymptomatic cases, there hasnt been for severe infections. What i would expect to see, again, is a staged movement towards giving people a Booster Shot with those going first to those who got vaccines first, those at greatest risk so elderly, those in nursing homes, Front Line Health Care wores and then likely moving on to other people but it will be very important that the data are shared so everyone can take a look and make a decision what they want to do. We just learned, doctor, that the horrible delta very yes, Maam Veariant accounts for 99 of the cases in the United States. Were seeing the impact of this much more transmissible variant. What it says to me, when you think about six months ago when the Delta Veariant Wasnt here, we were focused on what is going on in the United States. We need to do much, much more to control this pandemic globally because as this virus spreads anywhere in the world, new variants can arise and thankfully, the Delta Variant is covered by our current vaccine but there is no guarantee a Variant Couldnt arise anywhere in the world no longer covered by a vaccine and we would be in a much more serious position than we are now even though now is now quite a concerning place to be. And whats your reaction to the news that the texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for coronavirus after banning Mask Mandates in the State And Modelling risky Pandemic Behavior like this event he attended last night . Well, my initial reaction is i hope the governor does well, that he recovers fully and he doesnt develop severe symptoms. I also hope that it leads him to reconsider his stand on masks because what hes demonstrated is that people who are fully vaccinated, if theyre going into indoor places wearing a mask is a good thing to do and if he can encourage schools to require masks, that will save lives in the state of texas. Very important for him to reconsider. I know hes already taking the reagain ron antibody. We hope he has a speedy recovery. Thank you for joining us. There is more Breaking News were following. Horrible news, the Death Toll from that devastating haiti earthquake has just risen again and a Cnn Crew arrived in one of the hardest hit cities. Were going there live when we come back. . Yeah, actually im taking One Last Look at my dashboard before we board. And you have thinkorswim mobile so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. You two are all set. 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The Death Toll from that devastating 7. 2 Magnitude Earthquake that Hit Haiti is now risen to almost 2,000 people and tropical Storm Grace is making matters worse. Cnn matt rivers has just arrived in a very hard hit city of jeremy matt, what are you seeing there . Reporter yeah, wolf, we really just got here a few hours ago and yet, even though we havent been here very long, the damage in this city is extremely apparent. Every block in the town behind me just below me has some sort of damage. Some blocks worse than others but some of the worst damage would be totally collapsed buildings. We know hundreds of people of that 2,000 figure that you just mentioned, hundreds of them come from here in jeremy, thousands of the injured of the 10,000 or so reported injured. Thousands come from here. This is one of the hardest Hit Areas in haiti. It is haitis fifth largest city. What were also seeing here or really what were not seeing, wolf, is in the time weve been here a haitian Government Response driving through the town. There were no Search And Rescue crews. There were no real police presence. There were no firefighters. There were no heavy equipment. It was ordinary citizens. We saw some citizens you can see in this video going through the rubble themselves looking for Food Supplies because that was actually a Grocery Store that collapsed. Food supplies are thin in this city right now. Anything can help. And what the local government here, not just here but in other hard Hit Muni Ncipalitmunicipal are getting on Talk Radio to solicit help from the federal government. Talk radio is a huge industry and an effective way to get the message out and local governments are sending representatives to Talk Radio stations across the country asking for federal help. One reason its not here yet, its a remote part of haiti, difficult to get to but a lot of work let to do here in jeremy. A lot of work. Be careful over there matt rivers reporting. Our heart goes out to all, all the folks in haiti and to our viewers, thanks for much for watching. Im Wolf Blitzer in the Sit Wa Situation room. Erin Burnett Outfront starts now. Outfront next President Biden returning to the White House right now earlier than planned. The White House on defense and still struggling to explain how afghanistan went so wrong, so fast. Were live in Kabul And Washington tonight. Former Nfl Player and Bronze Star Nate is outfront. What he wants to say to fellow veterans that sacrificed the on going war in afghanistan. Texas Governor Greg Abbott fighting the counties in his state over Mask Mandates tested positive for covid. Lets go