Im erin burnett. The breaking news, I Quote The Buck Stops with me end quote. Those are the words of President Biden admitting the fall of afghanistan happened, well not at all as he expected, yet, he says there is plenty of blame to go around. Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan Military collapsed. Sometimes without trying to fight. Americans cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan Forces are not willing to fight for themselves. When i hosted president ghani in the White House in june and spoke to him by phone in july, we had very frank conversations. We talked about how afghanistan should prepare to fight and clean up the corruption in government so the government could function for the afghan people. We talked extensively about the need for afghan leaders to unite politically. They failed to do any of that. I also urged them to engage in diplomacy, to seek a political settlement with the taliban. This advice was fl
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7.2-magnitude quake that struck southern haiti saturday. the u.s. and colombia sending specialized rescue teams to help. while there have been moments of miraculous rescues, hope of finding more survivors in the mountains of debris is fading. the death toll, according to haiti s civil protection agency, is more than 1400. translator: the whole area where i live is destroyed. there are many people dead. we don t know how many dead there are. local hospitals, some badly damaged by the quake, overwhelmed by the estimated 5700 people injured. translator: yesterday, it was really hard, and we didn t have enough staff. we had the people who work at the hospital, but we didn t have any staff. although we kept them until 6:00 a.m. international aid pouring into the country from the u.s., mexico, and around the world. but getting that aid to those most in need, a huge challenge.
As officials work to establish a humanitarian corridor from port-au-prince to the affected areas to the south, free of gang violence. a tall order for a nation already buckling beneath the weight of economic instability, the covid pandemic, and political unrest following the assassination of the country s president last month. haiti s prime minister appealing to his nation to work together to help those affected by the quake. many now homeless and forced to sleep outside. translator: this is the moment to unite, to have a greater national unity. a greater solidarity with the victims. let s forget our quarrels and come to the aid of those in difficulty. the risk of further devastation as tropical storm grace arrives, punishing wind and rain now adding another challenge to rescue teams. the possibility of flash floods and mudslides.
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