Jan 15 Haiti’s Crushing Quake By Larisa Epatko Haiti's earthquake was "a catastrophe of monumental proportions," said Nick Birnback, spokesman for the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The Caribbean nation was still mending from a series of major storms in 2008 and deep-seated political problems when the quake… Continue reading
Jan 15 Clinton: Haiti’s ‘Ironic’ Twist of Fate Embodied in Monday NewsHour Report By Maureen Hoch During a press briefing late Friday afternoon, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took questions on the relief effort in Haiti and announced plans to travel to the beleaguered country on Saturday. She also referenced a segment the NewsHour aired Monday… Continue reading
Jan 15 Journalist: Anger, But No Violence Seen in Haiti By Hari Sreenivasan We caught up again Friday with freelance journalist Ansel Herz, a radio reporter who has been living in Haiti for the last four months. He addressed various reports of violence increasing in the streets of Haiti. "I've seen no weapons… Continue reading
Jan 15 Waiting for News From Haiti in Brooklyn By Ray Suarez BROOKLYN, N.Y.--The Haitians and Haitian-Americans of New York can see the newsstand photos of unimaginable suffering. They watch hour after hour of the television coverage that is now flowing freely from Port au Prince. For most of us, that coverage… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch Many Americans Among Dead, Missing in Haiti Quake Up to 50,000 Americans live in Haiti, and six are now confirmed dead with many more missing. Bill Neely of ITN has more on how U.S. citizens have been affected. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch In Haiti, the Sights and Sounds of a Sudden Disaster A look at some of the sights and sounds of the massive earthquake that pummeled Haiti Tuesday and victims' desperate efforts to survive. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine Mass. Senate Race, U.S. Quake Aid Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including the tight Senate race in Massachusetts and the American response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Staggering Death Toll Continues to Climb in Haiti The scene in Port-au-Prince worsened with casualty estimates climbing and survivors begging for relief. Independent Television News reports on the staggering human toll of the earthquake. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Ambassador: ‘We’re Going to Have Some Order in Haiti’ Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph, discusses how the Haitian government is responding to the crisis even though many of its workers are quake victims as well. Continue watching