Jan 14 Watch In U.S., Haitian Expats Relying on Each Other for Support Ray Suarez takes a look at Haitians living in the United States and how they are coping with the devastating earthquake, which has made contacting loved ones on the island nearly impossible. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Global Humanitarian Response Critical to Haiti The death toll in Haiti is on the rise, with some 50,000 people feared dead and three million more injured or homeless. Judy Woodruff talks to Helene Gayle of Care USA about the humanitarian effort underway. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Haitians Start Burials, But Basic Needs Still Lacking Judy Woodruff gets on-the-ground reports from Tony Winton, a broadcast reporter for the Associated Press, and Bob Poff, divisional director of disaster services for the Salvation Army. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Clinton: U.S. Committed to Haiti’s Recovery Jim Lehrer speaks with former President Bill Clinton about the U.S. response to the Haitian earthquake, and its pledge to provide $100 million in aid. Continue watching
Jan 13 Digging Through Rubble, Haitians Hunt for Signs of Life By Hari Sreenivasan After speaking with us earlier today by phone, we were able to establish a Skype video connection with journalist Ansel Herz who has been covering the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. “A lot of… Continue reading
Jan 13 Expert: Haiti Faces Trouble Sheltering Throngs of Quake Victims By Hari Sreenivasan Haiti expert Robert Maguire of Trinity Washington University, who is also chairman of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Haiti Working Group, stopped by the Rundown this afternoon to discusses how the nation had been trying to recover… Continue reading
Jan 13 Scientists Explain Geology of Haiti Earthquake By Lea Winerman Tuesday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake was the largest recorded in Haiti since 1770, but more than a dozen quakes of that size have shaken the country's Caribbean neighbors repeatedly over the past centuries. That's because Hispaniola, the Caribbean Island Haiti… Continue reading
Jan 13 Thousands Feared Dead as World Rushes to Respond to Haiti Disaster By Larisa Epatko The damage and casualties caused by a major earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday continued to unfold a day later, and thousands were feared dead or trapped in the rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's president said. Continue reading
Jan 13 Reporter: In Port-au-Prince, Haitians Aid Each Other Amid Slow Quake Rescue Efforts By Simon Marks Ansel Herz, a Texas native and freelance journalist, spoke to us this afternoon from outside a U.N. peacekeepers' base in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where he has been living for four months. He described scenes of carnage and desperate attempts… Continue reading
Jan 13 Raw Footage: Earthquake Disaster in Port-au-Prince, Haiti By Maureen Hoch This raw footage from APTN shows the damage at the United Nation's office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after Tuesday's devastating earthquake. Stay tuned for ongoing coverage of the situation in Haiti online and on tonight's NewsHour broadcast. Continue reading