and how we can do in vaccinating the world against covid-19. dr. long, thank you so much for being with me. i so appreciate your time. my pleasure, jose. still ahead, conditions are growing more and more dire in afghanistan now that the taliban is in charge. the extreme measures people are taking to be able to survive, to feed their starving families coming up next. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports. g jose diaz-balart reports. doug blows several different whistles. [a vulture squawks.] there he is. only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty making your way in the world today takes everything you ve got
46 past the hour. the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan is deepening this morning. widespread poverty in the aftermath of the taliban takeover is forcing many afghans to take drastic steps just to survive. i want to warn you some viewers may find what you re about to see distressing. sky news special correspondent alex crawford reports on the dire conditions from herat, afghanistan. reporter: they ve all sold their kidneys to survive. the organ trade isn t new in afghanistan, but it s just gotten more desperate. every single person here is hungry, and poverty is driving already poor people to even more extreme measures. this man tells us we have no choice, we ve already sold our kidneys. now we ve got to sell our
the mother describing the moment that her son told her her daughter drown. the u.s. coast guard suspects this is another case of human smuggling of people desperate to flee to the united states. still ahead, more on the retirement of supreme court justice stephen breyer and a look at some of the names on the list for his replacement. plus the physical and emotional scars of a devastating humanitarian crisis in afghan where people are selling their kidneys, selling their children just to survive. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports. g jose diaz-balart reports. well, he may have friends, but he rides alone.
good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. a very busy morning. supreme court justice stephen breyer expected to announce his retirement today paving the way for president biden to make his first supreme court nomination. we ll look at who may be on the short list to succeed him in what could be an intense political battle over the nation. the kremlin says there are few reasons for optimism after the u.s. and nato delivered written responses to russian demands to end the threat against ukraine as russia continues to build up its forces along the border. we ll go inside afghanistan for a look at the desperate and disturbing measures people are taking just to survive. meanwhile, here in the u.s., covid cases are rising in some areas and falling in many
food for the others. it is a tragic situation and one they see no quick end to. there s a lot of women there who have sold their kidneys and are now thinking of the last option which is selling their children, too. the aid is fought over, what is here is far outweighed by the huge need. it s really very hard in afghanistan right now, she says, and there are too many people like me who don t have a husband or a father to support them. for women who aren t allowed to work under the taliban and aren t even allowed to complain about that, it s misery on mistery. she s crying telling us her bag of flour has been stolen. i don t know what i m going to do, she says. for aid is not feeding into the country whiels s politicians are