Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news america. Katty bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. Hits haiti. Tthew hundreds of people have to flee. The condition is atrocious. To step outside is to be drenched in seconds. Katty thoughts to the children of aleppo. The young victims of the battle in syria caught in the bombing and paying an unbearable price. The u. S. Vice president ial candidates get ready for their debate trying to prove why they are part of the winning ticket. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Haiti is feeling the force of Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to hit the caribbean and half a century. Torrential rain and strong wind forced many to abandon their homes. There is now appeals for rush food and water. The latest from portauprince. Reporter katie has taken a pounding from the worst storm to caribbean in a decade. Hurricane matthew has brought sustained wind of 145 miles per hour. Rain. Ential, unrelenting this category four storm has compounded the problems of the country still reeling from the 2010 earthquake and a cholera epidemic that these conditions are sure to exacerbate. The interim president says the storm has already claimed lives. I have already seen deaths. People out at sea. There are people missing who did not respect the alerts and have lost their lives. Of the worldsne poorest nations. Many of the 11 Million People live in shantytowns that offer little protection from the high wind and rain. Many refused to evacuate. They fear the few possessions may have left would be stolen. This is the route into the capital of portauprince. Almost impassable as the floodwaters rise. There are fears of catastrophic mudslides in a landscape badly depleted of trees. Hurricane matthew could drop three feet of rain. We are seeing flash flooding already. The conditions are absolutely atrocious. The step outside is to be drenched in seconds. The coastal areas on the southern shoreline, which we have yet to be able to reach, our worst. The floodwaters are said to be shoulder high. Nick bryant, bbc news, 80. Katty Hurricane Matthew causing havoc. Was the thriving commercial center of syria. Today it is in ruins, bombed by synonymousegime and with suffering. No one suffers more than the children. The World Health Organization says in under a week 100 children were killed in the rebelheld area of aleppo. These images are distressing. Reporter tenderness from a father who must watch the slowly stings of his childs body. He was wounded in an airstrike, his stomach ripped open. He is trapped by the sea. A child starving because of the damage to his bowels and absence of proper nutrition. Only basic facilities, doctors struggle. 7yearold suffers. Big boy, we are almost finished, the doctor says. Home. Taken his grandmother wants to get him to turkey. Before shehe sound speaks. There is still an irrepressible longing for normality. He is missing the walk to school with friends. The children are now taught in the basement in the hope they would be safer from falling bombs. Really, nowhere in east aleppo is safe. He knows this. He has already lost a close friend. Reporter aleppos agony began four years ago. It has escalated dramatically. The citys east is a claustrophobic hell from which there is now no escape. Before the latest encirclement many fled. Children losing their homes and country. Theet some of them in lebanese valley. Represents the first. Even if they managed to escape aleppo, the children face a new threat. Those who cross the mountains from syria behind me and arrive in lebanon carry the trauma of war in a world where they are hemmed in by poverty. He arrived from aleppo three days ago, crossing at night on a mule with a heart condition, now exhausted. She joined her grandchildren who arrived with her son 2. 5 years ago. Is a cousin. Her father was killed by a sniper and aleppo. Reporter this is the paradox of memory. It offers comfort and pain. The old aleppo family, where parents were strong, has been abandoned. Oful cannot work because injury. His 14yearold daughter works in the fields all day every day to support the family. Reporter cluster bombs, barrel bombs, phosphorus bombs, they have all been dropped. The Syrian Government and its russian allies. 106 children have been killed in just over a week. The kremlin says rebels are deliberately using Populated Areas and rejects claims that russia is carrying out war crimes. We are taking most strict precautions to make sure we do not hit civilians by any chance. If this happens, we are very sorry, but we need to investigate each accusation. Reporter ive never seen anything so blatant as these attacks on children. Everyone knows as long as these attacks with massive explosive weapons take place, children will be killed. It cannot be denied this will be the result. The attacks should stop immediately. Reporter there are enough treaties and promises to protect these children. The trouble is that no one with power carries to obey or enforce them. That is the tragedy of the children of aleppo. Bbc news. Katty the youngest victims of syrias war. Those bombs are falling every day. It was the ongoing assault on civilians in aleppo that led to america to break off talks with russia over the situation in syria. Lyse doucet spoke with john kirby in brussels about the decision. We dt like being in the position suspending the talks. Russia does have influence over a sod over assad and it makes sense to work out an arrangement with the russian government. They wont stop supporting the assad regime, the bombing, or the siege of aleppo. We had no choice. That said, there are still multilaterals that we can work inside. Is stillinled process existing. The Un Security Council is still there. There are opportunities to attack this for my multilateral perspective. We suspended these talks. It does not mean if russia is committed to a significant step, we could restart it. It is not like it is over forever. Said there are critics who that john kerry was on a fulls errand. Tot he would not be able make a deal with russia. Have they been proven right . I dont think so. No one is happy about where we are, but what is the alternative . Trying ant keep diplomatic solution, the alternative is more war and violence. Has nothing to apologize for for the effort he went through to get some kind of arrangement that would get the to get the cessation of hostilities. If russia is willing to commit and prove in some fashion that they are willing to make a onnificant step, put assad the ground and stop the bombing, we would listen to those ideas and restart a dialogue. Lyse there is a plan b. Stepped up about military action. We know from the audio tape that was released about john kerrys feelings of the war, he argued for military option. Is there another way forward . For months, the United States government has been open to discussions about other options outside diplomacy. This is not a new idea. It is something that our interagency and the president has welcomed. Lyse he has not welcomed it at all. To get involved militarily. He has come under criticism for that. Has welcomed a robust discussion about all options and to stay open to options. He has said that no other option is better than a diplomatic one. All the other options, military or not military, do not end up in a better place for a more peaceful syria then a diplomatic approach. We believe the right solution is political not military. We would be irresponsible if we did not have these discussions. You said ramping it up. I would say discussion about all options has been on the table for many months. Spoke to hime bbc months ago, he said that you refuse to separate yourself from supporting Al Qaeda Backed groups and that was the main problem in aleppo. That is absolutely false. Lyse the mingling of them together. We recognize a comingling with alnusra, al qaeda in syria. We have been working on the opposition to get the separation to take place. The fault for the breakdown, the fault for the suspension, lies in moscow. The secretary was clear of that today and in the u. N. The fact that they bolster the assad regime as that continues to attack its own people. Katty the spokesman for the u. S. State department. A look at other news, the colombian government negotiators have resumed talks to try to resurrect the peace deals following the results of the referendum. The two sides are back in havana after the colombian people rejected the terms of the agreement. All sides in colombia want to end more than 50years of fighting, but the opponents of the government have insisted on a renegotiation of parts of the deal. Putting the hoping ban on Maria Sharapova for 15 months after the tennis star appealed against the original twoyear suspension. That means that champion can return to competition in april in time for the french open. She tested positive in january. You were watching bbc world news america. Still to come, can you pick out the Vice President ial nominees . We put new yorkers to the test. There might he studying to be done. Police in south africa used stun grenades to disperse student protesters in johannes berg. In johannesburg. Several have been arrested in protest over the high cost of education forced the closure of several highprofile colleges. Reporter you have a standoff between the police, who are armed with rubber bullets and tear gas. There have already fired them, including stun grenades, do disperse the crowd of students. The rule is that students should be gathering in groups of no more than 15. Look at the crowd. The decision for the university is whether the students should continue to finish their studies for tony 16, or close indefinitely and lose the year. Theyre dispersing people was done grenades, chasing them down, and arresting them. They are retaliating right now. The government is shifting blame to the university manager. They are protesting for education. [gunshots] arerter the students singing and chanting old antiapartheid songs. They say there should be no fees or anyone attending university. The government is saying it does not have enough money to do that. Demandsit followed the of the students, other areas ine health and education primary and high schools would suffer. Katty in a few hours the less buzz president ial candidates will meet for their one and only debate with donald trump and Hillary Clinton running as the oldest candidates in u. S. History, the Vice President ial picks are important. Their appearance has revolved around Donald Trumps tax returns. Jon the subject that will not go away and the subject the Clinton Campaign is keen to keep in the headlines. Donald trumps taxes is the focus of this attack ad. He lost 1 billion in one year. Jon he is refusing to release his tax returns, but not denying that he did not pay federal income tax for two decades. Last night he claimed it showed how clever he was. Was able to use the tax laws and my business acumen to date out of the mess, the depression, when few others were able to do what i did. Thank you, you are too. Jon the pages of his 1999 999n showed that he lost million in one year. Mrs. Clinton he was bragging it made him a genius. What kind of genius loses 1 billion in a single year . Jon uncomfortably from mr. Trump, and interview surfaced from five years ago when he criticized those that did not pay their income tax. Mr. Trump i dont mind sacrificing, but half the people do not pay any tax. Jon theres been no collapse in support, but it is not doing him any good. Three quarters of americans think it is his duties to pay income tax. Three quarters of americans think donald trump should release his tax returns. On this issue he is on the wrong side of Public Opinion. The clinton and trump deputies will be in the spotlight in the one and only Vice President ial debate. Hillary clintons running mate is asked about the weather coming you can that the answer will be about Donald Trumps taxes. Katty for what we should be watching for, i am joined by gabe from politico. Does this debate actually matter . Good questiona and one the Vice President ial candidates will be asking themselves. Historically, the debates have not moved Public Opinion much, but Many Americans do not know who these candidates are. It will be a Good Opportunity for them to present themselves to the public. Katty lets break them down. Mike pence, what is his main task . Gabe to get the campaign moving in the direction where the story line is positive for them. They had a rough couple of days between the tax issue and the others since the last debate. He will try to make the case donald trump is the conservative candidate for the United States, and that Hillary Clinton is not qualified. Katty and tim kaine . What does he have to do on the democratic side . Gabe he is going to try to drive a wedge between mike pence and donald trump. Theyre very different candidates. Mike pence is staunchly conservative. Donald trump is not necessarily that ideology. What tim kaine will try to do is to bring up Donald Trumps incendiary remarks and force mike pence to defend him on stage. Katty tim kaine is known as a likable guy. You think he can do anything in 90 minutes to improve Hillary Clintons ratings on that front . Gabe the reality is very few will watch this compared to the president ial debate. Most people in the United States ofeady have a solid opinion Hillary Clinton. It is unlikely that a surrogate who is less known will be able to change that. But he will try to do is give a softer face to the president ial ticket. Katty many people might not watch, a have the task of shoring up their candidates, but these two gentlemen are both a heartbeat away from running the free world. Given the age of the candidates, potentially one of them could end up in that position. Absolutely. The big thing to watch tonight is that both candidates know not to mess up. They want to be in a position where they are seen as potential president s. Both have been talked about as running for president down the line. Their rising politicians, though neither is very young. They are clearly trying to audition to be in the position to be next in line. Said, Political Science shows very few people vote on the Vice President ial candidate. Katty the debate hall in edetti. A, gabe deben a bbc team put new yorkers to a test. We are asking people if they can pick the Vice President ial candidate out of this. Mccain, right . This guy . I think that is the democrat guy. Hillary picked one that is neutral as anything. She loves neutral. That is vladimir putin. Him . And, i forgot his name. I dont remember. Mike. Mike p. Mike pitts . Pence. Would you like to see more diversity . Of course. Unfortunately, mainstream america doesnt want that. The candidates that are running, i am not too enthusiastic about either. I have not done a lot of research on who the vice candidates are. They cant even focus on who the vp is. They need to focus on who will be the president first. Katty it is depressing how few people can recognize the Vice President ial candidates, especially for the candidates themselves. I am katty kay. Thank you for watching. Do tune in tomorrow. Make sense of International News at bbc. Com news. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation. Newmans own foundation, giving all profits from newmans own to charity and pursuing the common good. Kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And aruba tourism authority. Planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. You can find it here in aruba. Families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm sunny days, cooling tradewinds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. 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