Oct 07 Watch 3:45 News Wrap: Hurricane Ian death toll tops 100, Uvalde suspends campus police force In our news wrap Friday, Hurricane Ian is now the second-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, the Uvalde school district suspended its entire campus police force after intense criticism over their response to the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 12:53 Brooks and Capehart on October surprises with just a month until the midterms By Amna Nawaz New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including October surprises in the U.S. and crises on the world stage with just a month until the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Lack of flood insurance leaves families with broken homes following Hurricane Ian By Rebecca Santana, Michael Phillis, Associated Press The Insurance Information Institute says only about 4 percent of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance although 90 percent of catastrophes in the U.S. involve flooding. Continue reading
Oct 06 Hurricane Ian evacuees return to devastation as death toll hits 101 By Stephen Smith, Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press Hurricane Ian's death toll has climbed into the triple digits. The number of recorded storm-related deaths rose Thursday to at least 101 in the eight days since the storm made landfall in southwest Florida. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 7:34 News Wrap: Dozens of children and adults killed by attacker in Thailand In our news wrap Thursday, an attacker armed with guns and a knife stormed into a daycare center in Thailand and massacred dozens of children and adults, a federal judge halted key provisions of New York's sweeping gun law and… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 6:26 Housing, food, electricity still in short supply for many after Hurricane Ian By William Brangham More than a week after Hurricane Ian's landfall, search efforts for the missing or dead are still ongoing in some of the hardest hit communities in southwestern Florida. Chessa Latifi is a senior program advisor with Project Hope, a nonprofit… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch 6:56 Biden surveys catastrophic damage left behind in Florida by Hurricane Ian By William Brangham, Lizz Bolaji President Biden arrived in Florida Wednesday to survey the damage left behind in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The visit comes as search and rescue crews continue their work in the hardest hit parts of the state. Jennifer Hiner, a… Continue watching
Oct 05 WATCH: Biden pledges Florida recovery help after surveying damage with DeSantis By Josh Boak, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Biden comforted local residents Wednesday, walking among them with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 rival. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 3:13 Rescue teams search for people who may still be trapped in homes after Hurricane Ian By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, search and rescue teams are still on the job. More than 100 people were killed in the state during the storm and its aftermath. Utility workers say it will likely… Continue watching
Oct 04 Analysis: How disasters like Hurricane Ian can make inequality worse By Anna Rhodes, Max Besbris, The Conversation Research on Hurricane Harvey found that flood insurance and strong social networks were key factors in determining how quickly people recovered, regardless of socioeconomic status. Continue reading