The number of individuals who have reached out to us through the crisis in take form has approached thousand and we are continuing to monitor the situation closely and are going to say that work is ongoing. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of american citizens. Sandra that was moments ago as the State Department continues to give an Update Screen right on the number of Americans Still stuck in haiti at this hour and efforts to get them out. All of this is happening as we are now awaiting an update from the white house. This hour. Screen left on the worsening crisis in haiti. Hello and welcome everyone. Im sandra smith in new york, john, great to be back with you today. John a quick weekend and now back to another busy week of news. Im john roberts in washington and this is america reports. Despite the State Department telling fox news last week americans who were trapped in haiti were on their own, officials appeared to reverse course and chartered a flight to mi
John any moment now we are expected to get an update from the white house as the situation in haiti spirals Out Of Control with hundreds of americans stuck in that country. The u. S. Is in rescue mode now, Officials Say they chartered a flight to miami with more than 30 americans on sunday. With that, welcome back the program. I am john roberts in washington. A busy week ahead. Sandra here we go and we are watching for this live event to happen. Im sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. Lets get right to peter doocy care he has live in that Briefing Room. We are looking for the plan to get those americans out but also a plan to deal with what is expected to be an influx of haitian migrants to florida. Peter. Exactly sandra because as we understand it, the haitians who have been caught basically by u. S. Border patrol trying to enter the United States they have been repatriated back to haiti over the last couple of days but there are lawmakers in florida who want assuranc
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Here sleeping in their cars, waiting for a curfew to lift at 6 a. M. A lot of folks anxious to see whats left of their homes, and for those who have already made it into lahaina, a lot of heartbreak and shock at what theyve seen. Heres some folks we talked to yesterday. Somewhere that i once knew is completely gone, its unrecognizable. Its devastating. I mean, we lost our houses, our jobs. Some of us grew up here. We dont even know whether half our friends are alive or gone. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll, now at 800 people, as Rescue Crews Search for more victims. Thousands of people have left the island, around 1400 staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its unclear how these fires started, but when they did ignite, the island was ripe for an inferno. 80 mileperhour winds caused in part by Passing Hush Dora fueled the flames hurricane dora.