Minister has just confirmed there have been deaths following this massive earthquake in haiti. There are no official numbers yet. Haiti as a state that is in dire straits. Last month, the head of state, the Prime Minister, was assassinated. Its going to take some time to get any handle on the amount of deaths that weve seen in light of this earthquake. I spoke to a friend in portauprince before coming on air. He was in bed this morning at about 8 30 when the earthquake shook. The earthquake, he told me, went on for over a minute of tremors, and that was in portauprince. As you said in your introduction, this earthquake is bigger in terms of the Richter Scale than the massive earthquake that shook and devastated haiti in 2010. That earthquake killed an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people, apocalyptic levels of destruction, sadness, and death. And as the Death Count comes in in the following days, we can only hope that its not as terrible as what happened 11 years ago. But well be report
Haitis ambassador to the united states will be here to explain. Just about 45 minutes were expecting to hear from President Biden about the u. S. Troop withdrawal. Its been accelerating as the country effectively ends 20 years of war there. It was a promise made by candidate biden. As troops are leaving, the taliban is gaining ground quickly. The country is at a real risk for war President Biden was asked about the prospects of kabul falling. Heres what he said yesterday more than 2200 americans have died in afghanistan since 2001. In the united states, more than 2 Trillion have been spent just in that country. While ending the war remains popular, the potential of afghanistan returning to a haven the terrorism is. Its made for a powerful symbol of the vacuum. Miles of unguarded roads, hundreds of discarded vehicles. Here at home while it goes much of the Public Opinion in this country. Remember, there was a time afghanistan was the socalled good war. Here is a warning from then Senato
Tonight. And i am not going to tell you why they are here, okay . Because its actually kind of a movie thing that crosses over into our news. But, you know, thats coming up. You have Sacha Barron Corken and aaron horken . Yes, Sacha Baron Cohen, yeah, im wicked excited about that. Wow. Thats incredible. I am going to go because i want to watch your show. You have a reason to watch this time. Thank you, rachel. We have a Breaking News Report which we will get to in a moment from politico tonight reporting that the first trump aide, the first trump appointee has been arrested in connection with the invague of the capitol. He was a former aide in mike pompeos state department. His name is federico cline, a former marine. He was arrested tonight for his participation in the attack on the capitol. We are going to get to that, the details in a moment. And a new study shows that black lives matter worked. Killings declined after black lives matter protests. The Civil Rights Act was passed in
Debut on the show, by Sacha Baron Cohen. Do i have to explain who that is, rachel . He is kind of a movie thing. Its not a news i know. And he is going to be joined, actually, by aaron sorkin, who might have, you know, written some words for sacha to say tonight. Not that he needs any help. And i am not going to tell you why they are here, okay . Because its actually kind of a movie thing that crosses over into our news. But, you know, thats coming up. You have Sacha Barron Cohen and aaron sorkin . Yes and in my case aaron is easier to get because ive worked with him before. But Sacha Baron Cohen, yeah, im wicked excited about that. Wow. Thats incredible. I am going to go because i want to watch your show. You have a reason to watch this time. Thank you, rachel. We have a Breaking News Report which we will get to in a moment from politico tonight reporting that the first trump aide, the first trump appointee has been arrested in connection with the invasion of the capitol. He was a for
united states and around the world, i am coming to you live. today on the program the mess at the mexican border, it might get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the authority to expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jay johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellin says america may go into default in just 18 days. there is little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and sully america s standing abroad. i will get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial towns. then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask a regional expert. but first, here is my take. the tragic mass shooting in the suburb of dallas, texas took place as i was leaving the country to visit written. i might as well have