you know, they have paid thousands of dollars to try to get to this point. there was one man we just spoke to in line, who left haiti just a few weeks ago, after the earthquake, made it to the dominican republic and was able to come here by boat and then by bus to reach this spot. again, jose, as you know, this is one of the bottle necks along that journey to the u.s. and there is concern here from local officials that more people will keep coming. right now, it s hard to get an exact estimate, but one estimate is about 20,000 migrants are here just in this one town. some of them coming up from south america, after spending years in chile. others are now making the fresh trek from haiti. they are all gathered here, waiting in line, soon trying to get into the boats that will then take them across the panamanian border to try to cross the daring gap. many of them have been desperate here for weeks, trying to figure out whether to continue their journey or try to find out
over the next couple of days but just outside of new orleans hundreds of thousands of people don t have electricity. power crews from across the country are right now. they are trying to get power restored as quickly as possible. they face so many obstacles. this storm was like no other storm they ever faced. 30,000 power poles were damaged during ida. that s more than hurricane katrina and others combined. water pressure is weak at best and fuel at gas station size one of the hardest things to find. people are hot and tired. they don t like waiting in line. i get. i am asking you to be patient. i am asking you to be good neighbors to one another. i know that you will be. with water, fuel and food in short supply. many focus impacted by the storm have to rely on the kindness of others.
response for about 12 years and i think this one really just no one saw it coming. i think this was a really improbable scenario. but we re going to do it. we re going to take care of each other. you know, new orleans is known for caring for our community, and a lot of the ways we show love is food. reporter: so, if you think about this, jim, look, we talked to several people yesterday who were waiting in line, not only for food, but for gas. this is not something they expected. when you think about it, a category 1 storm sort of sticking it to the city this way, that s not something people really expected at all. you have power line crews coming in from all across the country trying to get power back on. but i can tell you, patience is starting to run thin. when you listen to the radio, people are very upset because they obviously want power back. you put on top of that, they re going to their cars sometimes to run the car so they can charge their phone. but if you don t have a lot
out demanding change, demanding that the communist government stand down. and their main gripe, their main grievance was these are people who have, especially since the pandemic, have become used to having to live on small food rations, are used to empty shelves at the supermarkets and pharmacies, and increasingly used to power cuts, the water going out. so it was really the underlying complaints of people, was that they re fed up with waiting in line and economic privation. the protests started in the morning and they arrived in havana yesterday early afternoon, and these protests, some were peaceful and others were violent. i saw confrontations between protesters picking up paving
skroen us. 130 rainbow flags are flying at u.s. embassies around the world to mark pride month. and in many companies lgbtq rights are under attack and some are seeking asylum here in the u.s. now advocates are pointing to a massive backlog of those desperate for refuge. and new this morning airing now, the stories of those waiting in line, those who have managed to get through, and those trying to help. with more on what they need to see. loud and proud in pride here at home, but oversea, the lgbtq community facing a darker reality in many places. it is a crime to be gay in 71 countries, 15 criminalized trans people and 11 punished same sex relationships with the death penalty. in ghana, there are no protections for yoe receive and others in his community, we re