Said, much bigger than the 7. 0 earthquake of 2010. The problem right now is they dont have equipment nearby, Rescue Equipment that is Sorely needed, and the Prime Minister has called a State Of Emergency, but im not quite sure how quickly they can get the reSources out to people to help save Some lives. Right now they are releasing they are confirming 29 dead, but im afraid that that toll is going to rise rather dramatically in the next few days. Gary, Something you know So well. 2010, and you just mentioned the number of casualties, that the numbers will probably grow. You remember how the big problem was Rescue And Hospital reSources being mobilized . That was a big cause of 300,000 people being lost in 2010. How are those specific ReSources Today in 2021 . Reporter well, not much. A lot of the rescue is done by international community, the u. S. , Canada And Other Countries sending help. Since then, unfortunately, haiti has not really shored its emergency preparedness. As you know,
Dont have one. Your child will wait for another child to die. A message like that coming at the same time as the republican governors in texas, florida and other states try to force schools not to mandate masks for their students. Well have more on that ahead. We start with that Breaking News in the caribbean where officials say at least 29 people have died in haiti after a magnitude 7. 2 earthquake. New video shows homes and churches reduced to rubble. It happened in the Western Peninsula just before 8 30 eastern this morning. Multiple aftershocks have also rocked the region. The quake, which was felt in the capital of portauprince some 100 miles to the east, triggered a Tsunami Threat in the caribbean that was eventually called off. Joining us is nbcs ed ogostin. Ed, i want to start with you. What reporting are you getting right now from Inside Haiti as the government and global organizations begin to search for those missing or impacted . Reporter well, the 2010 earthquake was massi
Our coverage. good afternoon, i m joe fryer in for yas man vossoughian. today three majors stories we are following. massive earthquake hits haiti, which never fully recovered from a quake a decade ago. the united states scrambles to get our personnel and allies out of harm s way in a race against time in afghanistan. we are following new developments in the dangerous ride in covid cases across the country. hospitals are overwhelmed in the hardest hit states leading to a chilling warning from texas. if your child has a heart, congenital heart defect or something, needs an icu bed, more than likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we
Global scramble, so to say, the u.s. sending in some 3,000 troops to try to secure the safe departure of embassy personnel. we are seeing great britain doing the same. we are seeing countries like germany, norway, switzerland, canada, all closing their embassies or at least significantly reducing the amount of people inside as the taliban threatens that capital city. thousands of people are now fleeing to kabul, which relatively speaking is the safest place to be. today we re hearing from the president of afghanistan who says that he is trying to secure trying to prevent, rather, future blood shed and saying that he is remobilizing afghan forces to try to secure kabul, but this is a vastly evolving situation that is really changing by the hour. but at this point, joe, afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. the taliban s movement seems to be happening faster than anyone anticipated, pauline.
Your child will wait for another child to die. with me to discuss is msnbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar. doctor, good to have you with us. at one time it felt like children were the least at risk group when it came to covid-19, and i know we were grateful for that last year. now we are watching hundreds of kids get hospitalized nationwide with the virus. first of all, help us to understand, why are more children being diagnosed now than before? well, joe, it really comes down to numbers. there s no evidence yet that the delta variant, you know, is targeting children more than the original strains. it is really just it is really just sheer numbers. the more people we have getting infected, you know, the more children are going to obviously be susceptible. i think people need to remember while there is a bi-directionality to transmission, meaning that kids can certainly pass it to their parents and to the adults in their lives, the direction is most prominently the other wa