City of portauprince. The humanitarian crisis is also a getting worse with hospitals coming under attack and and many people going hungry. This as the Prime Minister has agreed to step down once a transitional president ial council is created. Welcome to fox news live, happy st. Patricks day, im mike emmanuel. Americans trapped in haiti getting a lifeline, charter flights for u. S. Citizens stuck there but warning americans to travel to the pickup point at their own risk. Bryan llenas is live with the late from the Dominican Republic p. Hello, bryan. Reporter hey, mike. Yes, gangs in haiti have made life there virtually impossible, very difficult. We are on the dominican side of the border, and this is a marketplace where haitians are able to buy and sell goods and bring them back to their ohm as their home as their country continues to be in a state of crisis. The United Nations says nearly half of haitis population is food insecure and in need of some kind of humanitarian assistance
it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. breaking right now, reports of strikes near several hospitals in gaza. the palestinian red cross saying israeli snipers are opening fire at one facility. israel has said it does not target hospitals. we ll ask an idf spokesperson about what is happening in just a couple of minutes. also breaking, the white house announces a crucial in person meeting between president biden and china s xi jinping in california next week. on capitol hill, time is running out. we re just one week away from the deadline to come to a deal and avert a government shutdown. we got brand-new reporting on where negotiations stand. meanwhile, the fbi investigating a series of letters containing suspicious powder sent to election workers in several states. and former president donald trump defends his family s separation policy at the border. we ll play for you what he had to say. we begin this hour with breaking news out of the i