Point we don t know the exact death toll. This video just into cnn shows some of the damage on the island there, buildings collapsed into rubble, streets covered in debris. The prime minister is headed to some of the hardesthit areas now. This could be a massive test for the new leader that took office after the shocking assassination of the president last month. Joining us, patrick ottman, an and allison chinchar. What are you hearing about the impact of the outbreak? reporter: as each hour passes by, we see new harrowing images, new accounts of dead pulled from rubble, seeing images of people being treated in the open air because there s still aftershocks and many buildings collapsed in the earthquake. The prime minister said not only is he going to be traveling to the effected zone, the hardesthit areas of the peninsula southwest of portauprince, he is calling on the government to put all of the haitian government resources into treating the wounded and recovering the dead. Haiti is
Kabul airport. The marine and army forces, about 3,000 in total, will be tasked with what the pentagon spokesman calls a quote, reduction of civilian personnel at the embassy. The those old enough, this might bring back the american departure in 1975 with helicopters on the saigon embassy rooftop. Listen to ned price saying this is neither an escalation nor a retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. This is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. This is not abandonment. This is not an evacuation. This is not the wholesale withdrawal. What this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn t be read as any sort of message to the taliban. Whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it s certainly falling. Cl clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. What s the latest you can tell us about the plans the u. S. Government has put into motio
Retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. This is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. This is not abandonment. This is not an evacuation. This is not the wholesale withdrawal. What this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn t be read as any sort of message to the taliban. Whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it s certainly falling. Clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. What s the latest you can tell us about the plans the u. S. Government has put into motion about the american embassy? the situation is really going from bad to worse. 12 provincial capitals now under the control of the taliban. Among them, harat, the third largest city in the country. Also, kandahar appears to be on the brink of falling. This would be a huge one. It s a strategically important city. Also the birthplace of the taliban, so it has a lo
Rules and incentives to both vaccinations, use president defense. He s moved to grab power. Destry opens an investigation into violence outside the parliament, putting up a brave face, peruse and new left wing latest as a joint. Warry and financial markets tumbled. Iverson cabinet appointments. Ah, more than 200 afghans brought to the united states from cobble on and evacuation fly have begun their re settlement process. Some will be joining family members already in the us. They represent just a fraction of the 20000 contractors who helped the american war. If it in afghanistan, those left behind feed time is running out to avoid retaliation from rapidly advancing taliban forces. Heidi jo. Castro reports from fort lee virginia, the buses carrying former afghan interpreters and their families, including $57. 00 children and 15 babies. Arrived at the fort lee military base in virginia on friday morning. This is the 1st place they lay their heads in the us safely away from the taliban, p
This is al jazeera and these are the top stories. More than 200 afghans brought to the united states from cobble on and evacuation flight have begun. There. We settlement process. President joe biden says their arrival is an important milestone around 20000 others waiting to be relocated. We were fighting for the country that we have never seen it, even in our dream and all of us. We have a jewish flag on our shore there. And we were fighting for 2 years for that flood. And we thought we were american, we considered our self as an american because we were, we were serving this country to museum security forces have arrested a member of parliament who accused the president of staging occur last week earlier, president chi said issued a statement, promising he would not become a dictator. Did you dish or is investigating for members of the countries, the biggest party over violence outside parliament on monday when members were locked down? us president joe biden has warned further guide