in the jungle on our way here it's the largest migrant care band to set out from southern mexico this year. the rest for now, but the plan is to take to the road again after midnight, and make it as far as they can before the heat sets in once again. ah, a deadly earthquake strikes the se, afghanistan, at least 50 people are said to have been killed. ah, i'm about this, and this is all to see. relied from doe hob, also coming up. the war is flooding in decades and bangladesh and north east india forces nearly 10000000 people from their homes. you are senate takes

a 1st step towards tougher gun law is republicans and democrats say they'll consider a bill to controlled firearms. this is, this is a tragic parody. you are state election official is reveal how they were threatened by donald trump, who wanted them to overturn results of the 2020 presidential election. ah. we're going to begin with some breaking news in afghanistan. at least 50 people are set of being killed after a 5.9 hours quake rocked the southeast of the early hours of widens day morning. it happened about 44 kilometers from the city of halston near pok t called province. the quaker could be felt in the afghan capital kabul, as well as pakistan's capital islamabad. we're going to have more on not sorry, we'll bring it to you as it develops the worst floods in decades in india

and bangladesh have killed more than a 100 people. and left 9500000 stranded and struggling to access food and clean drinking water. both countries have deployed that armies to help with section rescue efforts. we've got to correspondence covering the situation in a moment. we're going to hear from poverty, motel and stuff was out, and india's ne, in state of awesome for us. let's begin with tons of charges, reports, facility and barbara dash sugar. ali is alive, stock farmer for lost his home in the floods. he and his family have been living on the side of this road for almost a week now without any kind of help to get over. yeah, i could go and see the condition of our home. what is the point of talking about it? it is only ala who can provide, he is the one who gives and who takes away. i might have a sweetie begum is waiting for a government assistant on the outskirts of the city of syllabus. after carrying 4 hours, she is beginning to lose hope. oh, there is muso owner and my home chest steep is sitting here waiting thoroughly the

alleys in so far with received nothing. i'm forces have rescued or evacuated, more than 100000 people from 2 of the worsted districts in the northeast. many others are still stranded in remote rural areas. this is one of the many school in sham gone young cilla region that has been used as make ship shelter for those villages were effected by the flood. most of the people took shelter on their own. now there in desperate need for food and fresh water, even residents and urban areas with better drainage systems are affected. sleep on the on, but he wanted to he night. we've never seen floods like this in a lifetime. our home has water up to the here 29. we've no running water and electricity with nail using rain water youth youth bucket. they will only cover laura during her visit to their your prime minister. shake us in our said future building development should take into account the number of natural disasters that

bangladesh experiences. many of this people are still recovering from the last month's pre monsoon flash floods, legal and we left our home to take shelter. here is no food or fresh water, it would help if we got some relief from the government so we can get by for the poor, rural farmers who have lost everything ill take months. if not years to rebuild their homes. they need all the assistance they can get, but help is yet to come. look at on various joining us now live from sil at solver . it is obvious from you report that the frustration that people are feeling while they're waiting for this age to come. yes, a cry for fresh water and food is still the call of the day. there's many plots of newspapers that data shows that the relief effort by the government is quite inadequate. considering the scale of this disaster, the in at least 4 distinct under to lead division has been effected millions been

effected. we drove up to 40 miles into another distant cause shown. i'm going yesterday, miles and miles up place as looks like a sea of water. all around, everything is under water, some are 7 might, some are totally washed away. people are taking shelter on their own and abandoned schools or whatever they can find. we found people taken shelter on the road side with make ship toppling and bamboos. this is the st in the road. a lady of it has improved somewhat in the phillips city, the water has receded because they didn't rain for the last 3 days. all day was raining last night and today i'm not as heavy. it's dry now. lots half an hour to stop raining. what you can say behind me is a sure to my neighbor. this is a trans boundary bar in the indian side. it's called box. all the water from him alive. i mean from the mega lion das, some comes to this and now they're even called coursera goes into gauges, rebar, which is in bangladesh known as gemini, and eventually into bail bengal. so this, i'm very interconnected between northeast indian bangladesh. what is the prime

minister came here? she assured the people that all kinds of little help will be provided and all kinds of rehab. everyone will be rehabilitated. but for people living in rural areas, marginal farmers that they already suffered in may. the fust waiver flat and this is obviously much more wars. this is the 2nd wave of flood for them to recover. it takes months and years unless they get financial assistance from the government for them, it's literally impossible to get back into their life and livelihood again. because everything washed away, whatever i'm mega, life start, they had capture is already culture, farmland. all the parties are gone. major challenge for what the people in this region and the for the government, they need to declare this as a disaster emergencies zone. so thank you very much and it's staying dry. most people are hoping that it remains di. thank you. tom. thank you very much. in the top of your change, we're bringing this up to deter, from bangladesh. there let's go to poverty, my cell across the border, who's joining us from a civil job in the dying?

the a strict of india's awesome sate tanveer saying that for the moment the reins har, holding off, and that was the big worry, wasn't it that we were going to get more rains? and the situation was going to get worse. but where you are, of course, the troops are being sent in, but the problems are just as big as bangladesh is facing thing in the state of the south. now we're coming to you from a nash highway it an excellent bank. and as you can see under water, in fact the, unfortunately we've lost our signal there from a puppy motel. as you can imagine that the, the situation in both india and bangladesh is very difficult at the moment. you can see that from the pictures there, particularly behind pav me there when she was talking to us. so communications can be very difficult. we're going to try and get her back and in later programs. well, let's move on. the u. s. senate voted in favor of considering

a bill that would toughen gun lawless. it's an initial step towards passing what would be the 1st major gun legislation in decades. the compromise bill was presented by republicans as well as democrats, but it falls far short of the sweeping changes demanded by gun control campaigners . i received tens of thousands of calls and letters and e mails with a singular message. do something, do something, not do nothing. but do something. texans are disgusted and outraged by what happened at rob elementary. and they want congress to take appropriate action to prevent the loss of more edison lives. there was something different in the eyes of these families. as they once again had to contemplate the idea that our schools are no longer safe. places that are

supermarkets are no longer safe spaces, but they also were contemplating the idea that congress was so caught up in its own politics. so addicted to backing into our own corners that we wouldn't be able to do anything meaningful or the renewed efforts to address us gun violence were prompted by 2 mass shootings in the last 2 months. one was a racist attacked and killed 10 black people in the state of new york. the other was a massacre at his school in your wild a texas and 19 children. and 2 teachers were gone down on tuesday, a senior official overseeing the police in texas called the of all the officers response and object failure. mike hannah, as more from washington, dc out on the passenger side trying to buy posterboard, showing a timeline of the shooting. the condemnation of the states top lawman was absolute . one error 14 minutes in 8 seconds and fell along. the children waited and the

teachers waited. rooms $111.00 to be rescued. and while they waited, the ante commander waited for radio and rivals, waited for shields. they waited for swat. lastly, he waited for key that was never needed. according to the time line, the gunman entered the school around 11 33 am and here's the door. it took some 18 minutes before the police entered the classroom and killed the 18 year old. the screen grab from a security camera shows on police in a school car door just minutes after the killer entered. 3 minutes after the subject under the west building. there were a sufficient number of armed officers warring body army to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping

a hallway of dedicated officers from any room, $111.11 was yon scene commander who decided to place a lives of officers for the lives of children. for the command on the ground was p tarrot under the school district's chief of police. he's been giving evidence this week behind closed doors, but neither he nor his lawyers have publicly responded to the latest criticism of his lack of action. and at the school board meeting, monday, terrance of the dead and the survivors demanded police accountability. it's more angry that they're trying to cover up a lot of things in china holding back from speaking. also just that they should have just gone in and done their job basically they just didn't do their job not expect. and another parent talks about the impact on her daughter who survived. they were asking questions how she thought about dinner. she just started breaking down because she don't really want to talk about like she let do it. and she don't

want to really, she is afraid, she just garrett and it might happen as yet. this be no public criticism in the special committee of a law that allowed an 18 year old to buy an a 15 assault rifle, 3 years before he could legally buy a beer in the eyes of many who lost loved ones. the law as much as police inaction should also be held accountable. my kind of era washington, and we're going to return to adult story, the earthquake and sophie stuff kind of stand which government spoke spanners. byerson says has killed at least 250 people. we're going to bring in journalists idea at all apart, and he's joining us now from couple of good to have with us. so what more do we know about what has happened today? mr. hi day,

i told our fax and i it's rob matheson in doha. so i don't know if you can hear me . can you tell me if you can hear us? thank you so much. yes, i can hear you. thank you very much. indeed. we had thought we perhaps have lost the line there for a 2nd. can you tell us any more about what has happened today with this earthquake? yeah. unfortunately in afghanistan lesser a last night. ah, about that 1 o'clock. it is, have been a, it begins bitter lane, the beach and, but yeah, but because it is a large of a happen it with almost a del now will b, m a more them to eat but were killed and also to number it will be increased because that it will, there have been during the night during the night the people were, are sleeping. can you tell us a little bit about the, the, the area itself is it may me

a residential as it mainly villages and houses or other businesses there as well. this is a that happened in the region, especially before i mentioned this happen, a region in which there is a lot of village people were, are leaving, but the guy but the are those and there is a people are living budget and man, dad, village we have a people in one family in one house we have a lot of we have will see, or 2 assemblies. this area had been ada village area. can you tell us the types of houses that are, are there? how are they constructed? and sorry, i wondered if you could tell us a little bit about how the houses in the villages are built. are they made out of concrete? are they made out of stone? how are they put together? can the is there, can any of them survive and earthquake like this?

if janice, then is the people of her, not a good economy done. and it is to happen and done back and rear or all of that the most of the houses are is a built it liked additionally not granted. that is traditionally you'd siiler soon and other things that's not template houses. can you talk to us about the rescue efforts that are going on at the moment to try to help the people there? and unfortunately, again, it's done is almost is separating a big economy crisis. people are basing with different problems, especially going in with problems and before a day or not access to the medic. alex's said to her, as a needed to insert it is people are busy with the larger problem at this written when

have happened, like this events that people or need more help and assistance because it can be, it don't have a good in the we don't have any more quickly support stands in the region, and dr. jen specially but he got a post because these are for region from the cds. we're seeing some pictures. i say we're speaking all of the helicopters moving into the area. also some vehicles that are moving, but people along a roadway. we've also seen some pictures of the damage. has there been any response from the government about what has happened here? i again a, some new government the when happen every year, even dealer act quickly like the yesterday it events today come from dick decamp to the hill. people support people and assist people. but the

facility of government is not more because the afghan is stand with this government is a shipping a lease in one ear, but also it's government assisting with the international sanction and been not to have a more facilities to provide the people. but did i do, i would use that facilities that they have in the are hence a benita. it is a now the quite a meant to international community. international assistant program will become to support people unhinge government. does afghanistan suffer from earthquakes like this a lot a story and please do beat you are i was sure i was just wondering if this kind of earthquake was common enough. gaston this is the after

a long time, it's the 1st time that it could have been in afghanistan and did a deal with them to the people. but this is a 1st time enough janice done on the happen like this. they asked me to have it or did a been a hit bootstrap in against sir, we appreciate your time. thank you very much for joining us on al jazeera hi viola parked in. thank you very much indeed. ok, we're going to return to popping little in sarasota in india's ass on state for an update on the floods that have devastated the region. poverty thanks very much for deed for waiting with us because we had some few technical problems earlier on you . we're bringing us up to date with the situation where you are. yes, and i was as i was saying, the situation is worsening in the state of

a some people are really struggling. now we're coming to you from a national highway. this is an important road link that connects to various towns and a neighboring state. and as you can see, is under water, you know, on, on drive up here. we saw scores of trucks carrying food and supplies parked on the road just waiting for the situation to improve so they can go in and finish their deliveries. of, you know, the situation is changing really fast. there's incessant rainfall, fresh, round or flooding. in fact, just down this road, a lot of people are camping out. they were earlier in a relief camp in the area which got washed away in around a flooding just yesterday. and they had to move once again. so people are really not able to cope with the changing situation. there is relief work that's going on . but it's been hard to keep up across the state. the toil of people affected by these floods is rising. it's now nearly 5 and

a half 1000000 people. and over the last 24 hours, 7 people have died in these floods. now it's important to add that floods are not uncommon in a song. in fact, some level of flooding is required by this regions ecology and economy. but residents say they haven't seen this kind of devastation in many years, and i really anxious because experts say that climate change is going to make what you're seeing around me, even a more common and more intense poverty. thank you very much. indeed, patty, me talking to us from she for john in india's assault state in the usa election officials until congress. they were personally pressured by then president donald trump, to overturn the result of the 2020 vote. the committee heard testimony from georgia, secretary of state, as well as our zone and state leadership. it was the 4th hearing of the house is committee investigation into last year's attack on capital hill. i jo castro has more weeks before the january, 6 riot at the u. s capital far right protesters,

some who would later turn violent in washington illegally occupied the state capitol building in arizona. joe biden won the swing states, but donald trump and his supporters refused to accept defeat. trump's attorney rudy giuliani called arizona's republican house speaker, demanding help to overturn the results he would say aren't we all republicans here? i said look you are asking me to do something that is the child or to my oath. trump also lost in the swing state of georgia. he himself called the states top election, official republican brad reference berger. i just want to buy the $11780.00 low, which is one more that we have. what i knew is that we didn't have any votes to find very good. robins burger testified that he and his family suffered harassment from,

from supporters, including sexually explicit messages to his wife and someone breaking in to his daughter in law's home. i think sometimes moments requires you to stand up and just take the shots. we just followed along with all the constitution. and at the end of the day president trump came up short. trump also turned up the pressure on to every day americans, mother and daughter election workers in georgia. falsely accusing them of counting fake ballots. we have at least $18000.00 that's on pay. we had them counted very heavily, 18000 voters having to do with the roomy freeman that he's a vote scammer of professional vogue, scammer and hustler. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you the president of the united way? it's supposed to rebels it every american not to target one.

but he targeted me an investigation has cleared both women of wrongdoing and widespread voting fraud was never found in any state or democracy held because courageous people like those you heard from to day put their oath to the constitution above their loyalty to one man or to one party the system held but barely, and the question remains will it hold again, even before today's hearing began, trump hosted on his website, that his phone call pressuring george a secretary of state to find votes was quote, perfect. he called the january 6th committee. crazy democrats and again, falsely alleged that the election was stolen. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington security forces in ecuador of use tear gas and pellet shots against indigenous protesters converging on the capital kito

living fighting st bottles with students and other protesters in the center of the city. a nationwide strike began 9 days ago. demonstrators have 10 demands, including lower prices for food, fuel, and food, and an end to mining on indigenous land. and at least one protesters being killed and 3 are reported to be in a critical condition. to let's get more on that afghanistan. earthquake al jazeera journalists. either latifah is joining us live now by phone from a couple. ali, thanks very much. indeed for being with us. what more do we know about the south quake? the just keeps increasing. its reached more than $100.00. 55. now injured is more than $200.00 authorities are reporting that at least $100.00 houses have been destroyed. they're calling for helicopter. brought in helicopters, they're calling for agencies to come in. but the problem is, you know,

it's more remote, it's more devastated area. the harder to reach and you know, just in the past and avalon, it's on the government has always had a challenge. were responding to natural disasters like this. and now that there is less funding less a international organizations in the country. they really need as much help as they can get to get as much aid to the people directly possible. and the government has been calling on for an agencies to do what they can. they have sent helicopters, they are constantly sending pictures and updates and things of that nature, but it will be really big test of how much the mac am or it can deliver in terms of preparedness for natural disasters going forward. because unfortunately, our quick slides land like things like that are not rare. and i want yeah, i want to be given that point because this is, i've, i've kind of son is prone to, to ask quakes. is there any way that people are able to protect their houses from

the claim? so do they have to just rely on the materials that they have behind in order to be able to build them? that's a, that's a gone. unfortunately, we seem to have lost our line to ali from a couple again, as you can imagine, signals kind of drop in a note. we're going to try and get back to him in later programs and get more of the details of what's happening on this developing story. you can see some of the pictures there of the, the remnants of some of these buildings that have been hit by that as quite the reset to hit 6 point one on the scale. it's supposed to be in the southeast of the kind of the country. molly was telling us that the latest figures that he had was that 155 people had been killed with 200 injured. obviously, we are in the early hours of this event. these figures are likely to change. let's move on. molly is observing 3 days of national morning after a massacre at the weekend fighters killed 132 people in several villages and

saturday and sunday. witnesses say they were revenge attacks. nicholas hoc explains what is behind the violence in central money for the attack took place in the early hours of 5 o'clock in the morning over the weekend and villagers were woken up to the sound of both gunfire and the smell of smoke. why smoke or because the attackers lit their village is made up of fat roofs and mud homes on the fire. and the administrator that we spoke to says that many of those that have died were in that fire and he fears that the death toll is likely to rise. now whilst there has been no group that has officially claimed responsibility over this attack, while the 1000000 authorities point the finger towards an affiliate jeremiah and said to the slum one was the mean and more specifically, a preacher philosophy preacher. i'm a do cooper. i had an organization called massena catawba. why? well, because there's been in that area which is the center of molly grievances,

between full on the herders and local farmers. this is the beginning of the rainy season. the country has gone months without rain and philosophy herders are trying to find places to grace their land, often encroaching towards in the farmland. and so these arm groups linked to al qaeda have exacerbated, are using these existing grievances pitting people against each other. during this attack, villagers called for help, and they called the 1000000 authorities, the police, the un peacekeeping force, or despite the presence of a un peacekeeping force, just 2 hours away on a helicopter to the side of the attack. despite the 1000000 forces. despite the presence of russian fighters nearby, well, none of them intervene, so there's a sense of anger and frustration among the local villagers that known enough is being done to try to tackle the situation. interestingly, the french that had

a military base in mexico, in the region where this attack took place just handed over that military base simonian forces, so they could have intervene. but they didn't. i said there are so many questions. there are left unanswered and there's 3 days of national morning. a government official from by miko is, is expected on the ground to reassure a population that is angry and frustrated. as attacks go unabated. european unions urging ethiopians government to lift restrictions and fuel supplies to the northern region of to grey blocks wanting the shortages are crippling the distribution of emergency humanitarian aid. the conflicts integrity has been going on for a year and a half and 5, thousands of people have been killed. more than 9000000 need help to get food more needs to be done. much of the blockade still luis. there is a need to leave the restrictions,

especially on the provisional fuel on cash and sections and soon to new president. hi say it has confirmed the new constitution will not enshrine islam as the religion of the state. a referendum on the text is planned for next month, so i dissolved parliament and assumed executive powers last year. moves lead to protests and sharp laugh at the school over the next constitution of to new z. a won't mention a state with islam as it's religion, but of belonging to an amr, which has islam as its religion. the oma and the states are 2 different things. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, at least a 155 people are set of being killed after a large earthquake rocked, southeastern afghanistan on wednesday morning. 250.