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 hardest-hit 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 hardest-hit areas of the peninsula southwest of port-au-prince, he is calling on the government to put all of the haitian government resources into treating the wounded and recovering th
situation? reporter: as you mentioned, the haitian prime minister has confirmed that there are deaths, and we re expecting those deaths to be significant and casualties also to be significant. i spoke to people in port-au-prince earlier this morning and the person i spoke to did not report any damage from this earthquake, that he could see, whereas back in 2010, the damage in port-au-prince, the capital of haiti, was catastrophic. this earthquake hit further to the south. so there s at least hope that the human cost will not be as cataclysmic as it was back in 2010. this earthquake comes at a difficult time for haiti. last month the prime minister sorry, the president, the head of state, jovenel moise, was assassinated. foreign powers have selected the acting head of state, the prime minister, a core group led by the united states selected that prime minister. and joe biden has just been informed of the earthquake and he has authorized a humanitarian response to be headed
texas democrats used to block a redistricting proposal in 2003, but the latest move is not without risk as jane reports the lawmakers could be arrested. she writes this. under the texas legislature, the quorum of 2/3 is required for the legislature to conduct business and they could be compelled to report to capitol and they could be tracked down. the white house press secretary a short time ago teeing up the speech by calling the republican push for voting restrictions across the country, the worst challenge to democracy since the civil war. and with that, we will bring in our guests, priscilla thompson in texas, and the digital reporter the aforementioned jane tim, and playbook political reporter eugene daniel. and priscilla on the ground, as i understand it, you have the lawmakers in the airport in austin ready to board planes ready to come here to washington. yeah, and that is exactly right. we began hearing the murmurings of this picking up yesterday and i was in the c
capital for the latest developments on a manhunt. and space race. branson s flight this weekend as he prepares to boldly go where in billionaire has gone before. thank you for joining us. we begin this hour with confusion over covid booster shots. pfizer announcing it wants to get emergency use authorization for a booster saying it is seeing waning immunity from the two-shot vaccine. last night though the cdc and fda pumping the brakes insisting that fully vaccinated americans do not need a booster right now. this comes as minutes ago the cdc just issued updated guidance as schools prepare for students to return to in-person learning. let s begin with elizabeth cohen. elizabeth, walk us through these mixed messages. what is going on with this confusion? right, boris. this does seem to be something of a mess at a time when the cdc and others are urging americans to get vaccinated. pfizer saying, oh, the vaccines we have out there, there is waning immunity. that is not th