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 Friday’s Headlines: In Haiti, Despair Giving Way to Anger Despair has begun to give way to anger in Haiti, as countless victims of Tuesday's devastating earthquake awoke Friday still waiting on humanitarian aid that continues to be slowed by a broad array of complications. Even as the… Continue reading
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
Jan 15 Watch Brazil Spearheading U.N. Peacekeeping Efforts in Haiti U.N. Undersecretary-General Alain Le Roy discusses the 9,000-person U.N. force in Haiti, which is being led by Brazilian soldiers. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch U.S., World Assembling Help for Haiti Kwame Holman reports on how the United States is responding to help Haiti, and then Jeffrey Brown talks to a Los Angeles Times reporter about international efforts on the ground. Continue watching
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 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 14 Haiti: A Haunting History Lesson By Margaret Warner In all the public statements we've heard about the Haitian tragedy -- from President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or USAID chief Rajiv Shah -- no one had mentioned a key concern underlying the aggressive U.S. response. But… Continue reading
Jan 14 NPR Reporter: Relatively Minor Injuries Proving Fatal for Quake Victims By Hari Sreenivasan NPR correspondent Carrie Kahn called us late this afternoon from Haiti, where she has been covering treatment of quake victims and the frantic search for survivors in the hills around Port-au-Prince. She described American doctors' saying their patients… Continue reading