and actually, we have a key in haiti to solve the problem of haiti. this key has three heads, the young people who need access to higher education, the second one is the local grass roots organizations and the third one is the haitian -- my question is, how can you help? thank you. >> third question? >> thank you. ryan peck, george washington alumni. my question is, have foreign government or ngos taken any role in helping to hold or set up the haitian elections and has there been any reaction from the haitian public to their involvement or lack of involvement? >> michael the last question. >> thank you, michael shifter, interamerican dialogue. i thought the medium we had this week on brazil was pessimistic but this one has gone further than that. something to take note of and then a question. one is that you know, there used to be a time not too long ago when haiti was the example of international cooperation in the hemisphere and with the rome of -- [ alarm sounding ] >> must have been something controversial -- >> we may have to -- >> may i have yo

indeed, i think the longest article i've seen on haiti recently was one about ron paul's a visit to haitidvantage of the electoral cycle that's now in process to refocus some attention on haiti, the electoral cycle of course has been delayed itself the past three years which the first round of congressional elections have taken place three years ago, delayed because of debates over the organization of the electoral council, sort of, so maybe politics as usual for haiti. but on any event, on august 9 the first round of congressional elections were held. and i gathered the electoral results are dribbling out this morning, or yesterday, and it's 10 days after the election, 11 days after the election. we will do about those result of the more from people have been able to get into the website. this first round of elections saw something like 20 of 35 senators elected, and every member of the 120 members of the house. the elections themselves have been characterized in a variety of ways. interestingly i saw a headline in a miami herald, they characterized it as chaotic and violent. the oas obs

for haiti. the current ambassador, pamela white, who has been an extremely polarizing figure within haiti, is in her last few days. her successor has been confirmed and will be going to haiti, presumably, sometime in september. now, to what extent this will shift u.s. policy or u.s. actions, it's certainly hard to tell. it's been my, to my frustration, how the u.s. seems to have enabled martelli over the past three or four years to act the way he's acted. and, hopefully, that might change in the last few months, hopefully, of his presidency. but, you know, so i'll at least have some guarded optimism that things could improve with a new team coming from the u.s., because there is no doubt that it's the u.s. that is the major player in haiti. and robert, of course, talks about this very explicitly this his presentation. in his presentation. >> one thing i should just add is that the crisis in haiti now, the major crisis would have significant repercussions on the elections in the united states if

might have forgotten about haiti.e heard about the earthquake and we heard about what happened, but that was five years ago. and i think that people don't realize how bad haiti was. >> and that was something that struck me on my trip to port-au-prince with project med-an share. and going to haiti six times, she says she sees progress. some medical clinics are now self-sufficient. still in many areas -- >> there's nothing. they have absolutely nothing. >> that's where they set up mobile clinics and see about 300 people a day. diagnosing problems. >> one in the morning, one at night. >> and giving medication and education. they also visit orphanages. >> this is their playground right here. this is the well that they just got. but it's not clean water, so they can't drink it. >> millions of dollars were raised to help haiti, but it's been alleged the money never reached many people in need. >> it's really frustrating because that money could be used for education for schools. for clean water. for simple things we take fo

a politically unstable haiti is also bad for development in haiti.re are so many outside agencies, non-governmental organizations, u.n. agencies. they are trying to do redevelopment work, trying to feed children, build schools. all of this sort of thing. and political instability haley hampers that, makes it virtually impossible. we talked to the head of one of the ngos a short while ago and he said, you know, you can't function if the government is in chaos. so, there is the democratic element, and then there is the practical element and they kind of go hand-in-hand. >> rob reynolds, thank you very much indeed for bringing us live there from port au prince. >> approach pro-government forces have taken the city of zinjabar from howe howe rebels. they used tanks provided by the saudi-led coalition to launch their offensive on the capitol of the southern province. pro-hadi forces retook aden last month. >>> an influx of people who have headed into yemen's southern province to escape violence in other parts of the country. even those who find safety the

can haiti's police take care of security for these elections? >> well, in the past these peace keeping teams worked closely together by rank. and they've prevented all the kind of violence that cancelled elections in 1987. so they're probably not going to be major outbreaks. although the presence of armed gangs, militia and former military representing different political interests and economic goals are still out there. 1% of our urban slum could be associated with a gang that could explode and stop an entire election. >> there's always concern in haiti about fraud. >> of course. some of the fraud is not necessarily political. it's i need to get some money for my kids and my friends and so would you please just give me a certain number of voting cards? this has been going on throughout the process it always does, the problem is haiti has had 12 or more provisional electoral councils. every time they clean house there's interest in winning elections. >> apathy because things never get better in haiti. >> legislative elections have never had a hi

system in haiti's ... ... private is not necessarily the answer. privatization of the water is not necessarily the answer, but working with the government but on the other hand you need a government that is responsive and can take control of ngos and of international government moneys. otherwise what has happened is that international government moneys and knowings have been controlling the government and that's not good for the government at all. thank you for joining us on al jazeera america. dealing with its own financial problems, greece is also trying to deal with the flood of migrants. the solution has been plagued with problems and why some say it's their country's duty to provide refuge for those escaping war and persecution. ersecution. >> tomorrow. >> my idea of a fun night out? a bit of anarchy! >> punk legend, john lydon. >> my weapons are words, not bullets and bombs. >> turning childhood anger... >> i was left-handed and the nuns seen that as a sign of the devil. >> into hit music. >> it's a perfect introduction into becoming a sex pi

haiti's prime minister admits there's a problem.e are conscious house it affected the sovereignty of our country. it's the consequence of instability. this university student said haiti would be better off on its own. >> translation: i think they should go. they brought us cholera and brought misery. >> reporter: without foreign help, from volunteers like doctors without borders, working alongside hatian physicians, the health system would get worse. >> education depends on outsiders, 90% of schools operate by churches or organizations. a bright spot is policing. the head of the u.n. police operations said the hatian national police or hmp is doing the job of law and order. >> it's a myth to think the hmp is not doing it now. i can tell you. i see it every day. my officers are not involved in managing the security across the country as much as the hnp is. >> reporter: officials say sunday's elections, if successful will be a major step for haiti to reclaim its sovereignty >>> still to come on al jazeera... [ bell tolls ] ..a memoria

why might there be such you a low turnout in haiti? these are very significant elections. >> well, i think most of the population is not happy with the government and doesn't trust their handling of the elections, even though the electoral consulate has shown some signs of independence, it's very disorganized, apparently, and there's also the question of violence. there's been a lot of violence between partisans of the many, may be candidates in the leadup to the elections, so people are a little scared that have, as well. >> is part of this addition organization connect would to the fact that there are so many candidates running? 1,800 people for 39 posts, that's terribly confusing. >> so many candidates, and the fact that everything has been done in a very slap dash manager, very last minute. of course, this all comes out of the uprising last december which saw the prime minister then step down and a new one step in, so there's just been a lot of pushing and pulling and confusion and everything in haiti since that time. >> how does t

. >> voting underway in haiti after nearly four years of delays.here are concerns over the securities and fears that low voter turnout could harm leaks legitimacy. preleaks surveys he show it could be as low as 15%. rob reynolds documents. >> reporter: in the haitian countryside, life is hard. money is scarce. government services are nearly non-existent. people here in this village fetch their drinking water from the same stream that their animals wade in. framon has six children with a 7th on the way. the family scrapes by on the meager earnings of her husband, a day laborer. government doesn't provide any services for us. >> the head of the government that leaves her to fend for herself, president marteli was holding a political rally nearby making promises and asking tomazo residents for votes. decades of mis rule, corruption, foreign intervention and natural disasters have left haiti a hollowed out state. functions like the military, healthcare and education run by outsiders, u.n. agencies and non-governmental organizations or ngos. maybe haiti

also coming up on the program, haiti's first elections in years. escaping violence but facing new challenges. the families struggling to find security in yemen. plus a wave of patriotism and celebration in singapore as the city-state marks half a century of independence. >>> six of iraq's most senior politicians face being stripped of their positions as anger grows over the way the country is being run. two form he prime ministers are among those under threat. protesters have been demanding the government of corruption and incompetence. radical solution has stunned the country. mohammed jamjoom reports. >> prime minister and council of ministers would seek to cancel the positions of some of its top leadership. a decree garnering strong reaction on the streets of the capital. >> translator: this is a real test to the political blocks in parliament. if they refuse the prime minister's proposal, that means they will be the enemy of the iraqi people, singled out and held accountable. >> reporter: prime minister haidehaider al-abadi's proposal cancels t

. >> a crucial test for haiti's political stability, as people vote in long delayed elections. plus: a success story, singapore celebrates 50 years of independence. >> iraq's prime minister is calling for six top government posting to be abolished to help tackle corruption and cut spending. al abadi's cabinet has given its support. the proposal must be passed in parliament. the move could unsettle iraq's delicate sectarian balance and here's why. the six posts under threat are the countries three vice presidents and three deputy prime ministers, all of whom represent various political and sectarian blochs. al-maliki is one of iraq's shia vice presidents, a policy rising figure since the u.s. withdrawal in 2012, blamed for stoking sectarian tensions while he was prime minister. allawi is recorded as a moderate and has been a strange critic of hard line politicians like al-maliki. another prime minister has handled in his resignation in the last hours. we have more from baghdad. >> the political scab militiament in iraq shaken up after the decision to dismiss the country's three

haiti has many problems, without political stability. open the won't be able to attract international investment to grow its economy and continuing projects meant to raise the standard of life for haitian people will suffer if the political situation deteriorates. many polling places are in remote parts of the haitian countryside and must be taken to port-au-prince to be counted by hand. haiti's electoral council says it will be six to 10 days before the results of this election are not. there is expected to be a second round, a run-off election in october. and in that month as well, the first votes will be cast for haiti's new president. rob reynolds, al jazerra, port-au-prince. >>> prints i more coming up on al jazerra, including indonesia is suffering from a chronic malnutrition problem, not only affecting people but the economy. >>> his inning ca incarceration. >> advertishis day in court. but behinded closed doors. detained reporter appears on espionage charges in iran. ♪ ♪ >>> the top stories now on al jazerra. two armed attackers

this election is one that is important for haiti. the president of haiti has called for calm, has called for an acceptance of the results, but already we are getting reports that two polling stations in party you a prince have been trashed. a group of people came in, tore up the ballots, threw all the materials on the ground, and so those polling places are out of commission. that's not a good sign so early on, because this election is really a chance for haiti to bolster its fledgling democracy and get back a measure of its sovereign. >> i in the haitian countryside, life is hard, money is scarce, and government services are nearly non-existent. people here in the village fetch their drinking water from the same stream that their animals wade in. this family has six children and a sevenned on the day and scrapes by with meager earnings of the husband, a day laborer. >> government doesn't provide any services for us. >> the president was holding a political rally nearby, making promises and asking residents for votes. >> decades of m

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now, a lot of people have been asking about haiti. the government of haiti has not issued a warning yet. although, it's pretty close and right on the same island with the dominican republic. so we're going to say, if you're traveling to haiti or have loved ones there, they need to be on the lookout, too. the storm is expected to bring very heavy rain across these islands. all the way into the turks and caicos and eventually the bahamas. right now, top winds at 45 miles an hour. by saturday afternoon, it will be moving through the turks and caicos in the bahamas and then heads toward south florida. at this time, the current track brings it right along the coast, north of west palm beach. we'll have more on the storm as we continue to track it and the changes coming with the track coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> good enough, janice. thank you. >>> dive teams have not recovered the body of that fishing captain whose boat sunk off the coast of sandy hook. new jersey state police tweeted this photo of crews out on the water. th

also coming up on the program, haiti's first elections in years.g violence but facing new challenges. the families struggling to find security in yemen. plus a wave of patriotism and celebration in singapore as the city-state marks half a

might have forgotten about haiti. we heard about the earthquake and we heard about what happened, that was five years ago. i don't think people realize how bad haiti was before the earthquake. >> it is heartbreaking, because you can't save everyone and help everyone. but we do save and help a lot of people over there. >> they have help to set up mobile clinics that see 300 people a day giving education and medication. >>> there's an odd twist to an accident in delaware. anthony jenkins was hit by a car in bear and died. he wanted to donate his kidney to his daughter, but he was able to to be a donor. after her father died, his daughter received his kidney. >> my dad was able to give me a life again. >> stacy is hoping that one day she can meet the other recipients of her father's organs. >>> a central pennsylvania man didn't have his way, so he attacked a man over a big mac. we'll explain. >> when it's eagle versus drone guess who wins? the eagle, you'll see this incredible video at 5:00 a.m. ♪ i am never getting marr

delays and fist fights at polling stations during haiti's first leaks in years. facing new challenges, families struggling on to find security in yemen, plus. >> singapore, from colon y'all outpost to global economic giant. 60 years of independence. in sport, the worst possible start for arsenal. west ham with a 2-nil win. >>> hello there. thank you for joining us. six of iraq's most senior politicians facing being stripped of their positions as anger grows over the way that the country is being run. prima the prime minister has promised to act. his solution risks unsettling iraq's delicate sectarian balance. these are the posts he wants to get rid of. iraq's three deputy prime ministers and three vice presidents. all represent powerful faxes. nouri al maliki a polarizing figure since 2011. another job which could go is that of the former prime minister, yeda lowi. mohammed jamjoom has more from baghdad. >> reporter: iraq's government shocked the country with its announcement that the prime minister and council administers would seek to cancel the positions of so

haiti has many probables. without policeical stability they -- political stability they can't attract invote ofmentsvotw the economy. many polling places are in remote parts of the haitian country side and must be counted by hand. the council says it the be six-10 days before the results of the election are known. there is expected to be a second round aircraft run off election in october. in that month as well, the first votes will be cast for haiti's new president. >>> demonstrations turn violent in fergueson as many turn up to mark the killing anniversary ofe killing of michael brown. >> reporter: wouldn't -- one of hundred demonstrators wreaked havoc on the business district. they refused orders to disperse. police and demonstrators were in a stand off when the shots rang out. >> back off. back off. >> reporter: it was right here where police and demonstrators wereis faking off when the shots rang out. that happened farther down where two businesses had been robbed. police were able to move the remaining d

. >>> there have been fistfights, report of fraud and plenty of frustration in haiti as people votede long delayed parliamentary elections and some would-be voters said they couldn't even cast their votes and we are at port au prince. >> reporter: across haiti to take part in parliamentary elections and there were problems but there didn't appear to be serious or widespread violence. at this voting station many people complained that their names were not included on lists of eligible voters. that led to shouting and angry confrontations between disappointed citizens and election workers and many people wound up going home without casting their vote. >> have the right to vote. >> reporter: several polling places in port au prince were trashed leaving ballots and other materials strewn about and dozens of the 1500 voting centers nationwide was shut down from problems and they expect a low turnout. and she heads the eu elections observer missions. >> there are some incidents and some poll centers but it's not the general rule. the rule is it will be maintained all along the day. >> repo

years of natural disasters have left haiti a hollowed out state. u.n. agencies and nondeposittal organizations or ngos. many haitians resent this. >> it's like those guys, let's help them. but the distrust is they always want to think for us to design for us to do things for us. >> reporter: haiti's prime minister admits there's a problem. >> we are conscious of it how it has affected the sovereignty of our country. a long continuing crisis of instability. >> reporter: this university student says haiti would be better off on its own. >> translator: i think they should go. they brought us cholera, they brought us misery. >> reporter: volunteers from doctors without borders, the legality system would get worse. education too depends on outsiders, 90% of schools are operated or funded by churches and foreign organizations. one bright spot is policing. thed of the u.n. police operation says the haitian national police or hnp is doing a job of law and order. >> it is a myth to say that the hnp is not doing it now. i see it every day. my officers are not inv

. >> reporter: i'm in haiti where national elections are being held. a vote that could be crucial to this country's future. >> and we meet a commune in senegal. >>> the iraq were prime minister wants to abolish the post of vice president and deputy prime minister. his proposal needs to be approved by the cabinet and parliament. but it could upset iraq's balance. >> reporter: the prime minister's decision to rid the government of the positions of vice president and deputy prime minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment here. it's not a surprise considering how much pressure the prime minister has been under from these mounting protests that have been growing in cities throughout the country, many activists calling on the government to end corruption here. the people in iraq, all that we have spoken with, they are apolitical, they want to see an end to corruption. they want electricity, air conditioning at a time when iraq is suffering a heat wave. they want clean drinking walter, clean water to bathe in. this country really seems

. >> i'm in haiti, where elections are being held. it could be crucial for the future >>> now radioactive unions, now helping to rebuild it >>> the iraqi prime minister is seeking to abolish the post of vice president and deputy prime minister. haider al-abadi's proposal needs to be approved by the cabinet and the parliament, but could upset the sectarian balance. we have more details from the iraqi cap fall in baghdad >>> the iraqi prime minister's decision to rid the government of the positions of vice president and deputy prime minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment, it's not surprising considering how much pressure the prime minister has been under because of mounting protests growing in cities throughout the countries, activists calling on the government to end rampant corruption. the people have been coming out. all that we have spoken with, saying they are apolitical in nature. they want a return to basic services. they want electricity, airconditioning at a time when iraq is experiencing a blazingly

might have forgotten about haiti. we heard about the earthquake and we heard about what happened, but that was five years ago. and i think that people don't realize how bad haiti was before the earthquake. >> it is heartbreaking, you can't save everyone, and help everyone, but you do -- we do save and help a lot of people over there. >> they have helped to set up mobile clinics that see 300 people a day, getting education and educating haitians. such great work thisser doing. >> why police say someone opened fire into a crowd of people lined up for a summertime treat. >> if you ever submitted a bad deposit slip citizens bank may owe you money. that's next in our market watch report. come to sesame place before little kids become big kids. and celebrate our 35th birthday with our new neighborhood birthday party parade. buy your 2016 pass now and get the rest of 2015 free. sesame place. ♪ go before they grow. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so

>> haiti goes to the polls after a four year delay. many voters may stay away. we'll tell you why. coming up in the next half hour, first the son, now the father, another funeral for a palestinian whose family home was bombed in the west bank. japan's prime minister is called to rethink his stance on passivism. >> reporter: only a few hours away, but a tribe managed to live here in complete isolation. i'm reporting from west java. >> after years of delays, months without a government and protests on the streets, people in haiti are hoping democracy will return to their country. they are about to vote in elections that are more than three years due. it's after a history of coups and natural disasters. >> at this talk radio station, it's all politics all the time. in a country so poor that televisions are a luxury and half of adults can't read or write, radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti. you have to use them with a lot of capability. >> reporter: running for office is expensive. some candidates say there's a lot of dirty money floating around.

investment to grow the economy and continuing projects meant to raise the standard of life for haitill suffer if the political situation deteriorates and many polling places are in the remote countryside and must be taken to port au prince to be counted by hand. it will be 6-10, days before the results of the election are known and expected to be a second round, a runoff election in october and in that month the votes will be cast for haiti's new president, port au prince. >>> a man is in critical condition in ferguson after what was an exchange of gunfire and happened at the end of the day of peaceful demonstrations to mark the death of teenager michael brown a year ago and he was unarmed when he was shot by a police officer. one of the main activists looking for mexican students has been shot dead and he was the leader of the group calling itself community police of the state and the 45-year-old help lead efforts to find the bodies of students who disappeared in september of last year and presumed to have died and john holman is in the city of vera cruz and sent this update. >> rep

democracy may be taking group in haiti. as a haitian proverb has it, little by little the bird builds his nest. six died. 800 evacuated from their homes. the disasters triggered by a series of weather fronts. over 100,000 have no electricity in their homes and 9,000 no drinking water. the bad weather is set to continue. a mexican activist helping families has been killed. his body was found near his home in the sit of aguero. it's thought he was hurtered. he searched for 43 students. >> they prayed for jimenez the way they prayed for others. they wondered if the death would bring change, because it has not for others. he was a fight erp, a man that wanted to defend the people. he was a good man. he was not a killer. he helped to organise a search for 43 million students abducted and presumably killed. it caused an outcry. he was also part of a group called the other disappeared, searching for people reported missing by families, also presumed dead. >> look, this is a bone. here is another one, a bigger one. another bone. th

people gathered in the shade of a tree to watch political news shows on haiti television.haiti people varied and motor bike taxi driver thought the election was a big success. >> translator: everything went smoothly, i voted, it was the best election ever. >> reporter: eve voted but then his polling place was trashed by protesters just like more than 50 others around the country. now he is not sure his vote will count after all. >> translator: because it was a total catastrophe, one of the worst i ever seen. >> reporter: peddling soft drinks from a cart did not bother with the election. >> translator: i didn't go to vote. what is the point when you know we will stay in the same situation? >> reporter: the vote was marred by violence and also by incompetence and many people did not vote because they had trouble finding their names on list of eligible voters posted at the polling places and opposition political party say the government and the supposedly independent electoral council created confusion at the poles. >> there are some people in haiti who don't want elections,

. >> haiti goes to the polls after four years delay. but many voters may stay away, we'll tell you why. i'm fauziah ibrahim from the world news from doha. coming up in the next half hour. awninger against israel, the palestinian toddler burned to death last week is buried. (f) rethinking his move away from pas pacifism. the victims of the nagasaki bombing. >>> the city of ferguson, missouri, on the first anniversary of the shooting of the black teenager, michael brown. after years of delays months without a government and protests on the streets, people in haiti are hoping democracy will return to their country. they are about to vote in parliamentary elections that are more than three years overdue. the polls are a test of stability after coups, natural disasters and violence. rob reynolds reports. >> all politics all the time. in a country so poor that televisions are a luxury and more than half of all adults can't read or write, radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti, and you have to move them, we f

the world bank says haiti is the poorest country mount americas and one of the poorest in the world.dependent on foreign aid it will have to cope with decreasing donations in future years. rob reynolds has more now from portport-au-prince. >> reporter: at the talk radio station in port-au-prince, it's all politics all the time. in a country so poor the televisions are a luxury and where more than half of all adults can't read or write radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti. and you have to use them with a lot of capability to have the success in politics. >> reporter: running for office is expensive. and some haitian candidates say there is a lot of dirty money floating around. >> a lot of people use bad money like drug money things like this because in this election we have this problem in haiti. >> reporter: and money talks. >> and money talks unfortunately. >> reporter: we caught up with would-be senator is to ask about shady campaign funding. >> translator: i have got people calling me every day offering me money, but i refuse. i want to be able

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in the meantime, let's look at haiti. haitians will vote sunday after almost four years of delays to choose new senators, deputies, local officials. haiti has operated without a parliament since january when terms of elected members expired. on sunday, every seat in the legislature is up for grabs. 1,800 candidates said in march they will run for the vacant posts, but candidates have done little campaigning. they'll vote for president in november. voter apathy is an issue with only 15% have the public expected to cast their ballot on sunday. we have more now from port-au-prince. >> at this talk radio station in port-au-prince, it's all politics all the time. in a country so poor that televisions are a luxury, and where more than half of all adults can't read or write, radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti, and you have to use them with a lot of capability to assist in politics. >> rung for office is expensive and candidates say there is a lot of dirty money floating around. >> a lot of

. >>> plenty more to come in the news hour including anger and frustration as people in haiti voted in long, delayed elections. the washington post reporter detained in i ran with spying allegations finally has his day in court but behind closed doors and in sport alex focuses his debut on one of the team's greatest players and joy has the details. ♪ syrian rebels say they have made it against the government and taken the mountains and rebels took more of idlib and fighting to the assad's family's stronghold of latakia and we have the report. >> reporter: [gunfire] opposition fighters say they forced out government forces from central syria and this is a plane in hama and fighters see it as an important point in advance to the government's stronghold of latakia and home to bashar al-assad's sect. >> translator: there is no red line and the next fighting is on the coast and we are almost on the coast. >> reporter: the alliance which calls itself the army of conquest has been making steady gains against the assad government in recents months and includes el nusra front and the u.s. consi

he's not able to run for another term, haiti has many problems. without political stability, the country will not be able to attract foreign investment to grow the economy, suffering if the political situation deteriorates. many polling places are in the remote parts of the haitian country side and must be taken to port-au-prince. six to ten days before the results of this election are known. there's expected to be a second round, a run off version, and in that month as well the first votes will be cast for haiti's new president. rob reynolds, al jazeera, port-au-prince. >>> four years ago, u.n. officials set a target of this year to cut the world's hungry in half. subsaharan africa is the region with the highest prevalence of hunger. 100 million children in developing cungs ar countries ae underweight. stefanie dekker reports from western java. >> his tummy hurts but at almost three years old he should be bigger and he still can't talk or walk. four of his siblings have already died of malnutrition, a condition caused by lack of nutrition. >> tra

. >> this could be a serious problem for haiti and dominican republic. it doesn't take strong storms to create mud slides and loss of life. >> reporter: it is moving up the florida west coast. >> the biggest concern is one we don't know how much land it will go over and how much water we'll get. >> reporter: make sure every member of your family is ready. your parents, your children, your grander children do you have a plan. across florida traffic jams at gas stations. bottled water a hot commodity. some shoppers found empty shelves while others lucked out. >> i took a chance. >> >> reporter: not everybody went away happy. >> they ran out of propane. >> reporter: the best case has it weakening into a tropical depression before it hits florida. which you can severson, new york. >> former president bill clinton will be in new orleans to mark the ten year anniversary. 1800 people were killed and 1 million were forced from their homes. today new orleans looks drastically different from how it looked on august 29, 2005. signs of rebuildings have taken on many

>> right now, shiba, it's threatening the dominican republic and haiti. heavy rain bands move over the dominican republic now and the storm will continue moving west at 20 miles per hour. top winds at 50 miles per hour. we know it has a history of producing flooding rains and power outages because of the wisnds. now it will move towards cuba later tonight and tomorrow. and as it enters cuba, it moves over cuba, it will weaken to a tropical depression. ill waiting to produce a lot of rain and possibly power outages with the winds. winds will be down to 35 miles per hour. this is saturday afternoon. sunday morning, it's still over cuba so will be there for 36 hours. and then it moves into the florida straits. it may regain strength as a tropical storm headed toward the florida keyy on sunday afternoon and then could possibly make a second landfall south of tampa, florida, monday afternoon. the question is where it's going to move over florida. still a lot of uncertainty here. these are the areas of the watches and warnings, the ea cuheba. nothing in florida

haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. highly democrat on foreign aid it will have to cope with decreasing donations in future years. we cross now to rob reynolds, who is in port-au-prince. any idea about how many haitians will actually vote? >> that is a very big question, and in past elections the turnout has been low. the last time there was a national election in this country, less than 30% of all eligible voters did actually turn out and cast blots. when i spoke to the prime minister of haiti a couple of days ago, he said that a very low turn out could endanger the legitimacy or bring into question the legend mas of the election results. as you mentioned the polls open early sunday morning. there are more than 5.8 million registered voters. they are expected to choose from between 1800 candidates who were running for 139 open seats in the national legislature. there will be a runoff election then in october and in that same month, presidential elections will be held and final presidential runoff elections probably in

haiti has many problems. political stability the country won't be able to attract international investment and continuing projects meant to raise the standard of light for people will suffer if the political situation deteriorates and many are in remote parts of the countryside and must be taking to port au prince to be counted by hand. what happens next? well, the election council will release results in about ten days and they will know who won the election but the top vote gutters will then face off in a second round, a runoff round in october and also in october there are 50 candidates for president, they will go into the first round of voting for that office and then there will be another runoff for the final top vote gutters in the presidential contest and it will take place in december and there are plenty of opportunities for hatians to exercise their democratic right and plenty of opportunities for things to turn out badly if violence increases over the course of this long electoral cycle. >>> in mex

more than five years after haiti's devastating earthquake, it's estimated 60,000 still live in camps. security is still a concern, but the size of the u.s. peacekeeping force is expected to be reduced next year. the word bank said it is the poorest country in the americas and one of the poorest in the world. we have more now from port-au-prince. >> at this talk radio station in port-au-prince, it's all politics all the time. in a country so poor that televisions are a luxury, and where more than half of all adults can't read or write, radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti, and you have to use them with a lot of capability to assist in politics. >> running for office is expensive and candidates say there is a lot of dirty money floating around. >> a lot of people use bad money, like drug money, things like this, because in the election, we squabble in haiti. >> and money talks. >> money talks. >> we asked about shady campaign funding. >> i've got people calling me every day, offering me money, but i refuse. i want to be able to show the public exactl

explica requiere mayor seguridad a la hora de transportar la mercancÍa del suelo dominicano hacia haitÍ de cualquier cosa para venir y hacer vandalismo. jessy: en la frontera el comerciante dice que hay que buscar una soluciÓn ya que ambos paÍses se necesitan. >> nosotros somos vecinos, somos hermanos no podemos estar peleando me entiendes porque nosotros allÁ citamos alimentos tambiÉn. jessy: el chofer explicÓ que siempre hay cordialidad entre dominicanos y haitianos pero la delincuencia es la mayor preocupaciÓn. >> el haitiano es trabajador quiere al dominicano ellos dicen que les damos comida en la realidad del dominicano pero entonces hay un tigeraje que nos tiene en zozobra. jessy: cientos golosamente repÚblica dominicana llevando diversas mercancÍas, transportistas y compradores temen que se pueda generar una crisis alimenticia por la cancelaciÓn del transporte de carga. reportero: esta noche los ecos del sistema de la tormenta pero ha estado en nuestra regiÓn como el pronÓstico de la semana mÁs adelante. reportero: haciendo un dÍa caluroso y soleado de la temperatura arriba de lo

all of this helps accelerate the trade to haiti late in the decade. they imported something on the order of 30,000 muskets just for his own forces in haiti. by the time napoleon sent a french army of tens of thousands of veterans to regain control of the island in 1802, they understood that acquiring these arms was the number one imported job. they estimated there were probably about 110,000 muskets in the hands of former slaves. yellow fever famously devastated the planes army. but guns and in emissions enabled black insurgents to drive them out of the country altogether. the leader of the french expedition, right at the moment of his defeat, he says "it is the americans who brought the muskets, the canons, the gunpowder, all of these munitions. i am entirely convinced that americans formed the plane to promote the independence of the antilles so they can monopoly to the trade." all the while, anxious spanish administrators are watching all of this. they are getting more and more nervous. in 1806, spain's secretary of state looked upon the ruin of ha

julio: continÚan los problemas fronterizos entre repÚblica dominicana y haitÍ.ulio: en preparaciÓn para la llegada del pontificio filadelfia, hoy una conferencia de prensa con una guÍa de informaciÓn para residentes. la guÍa contiene informaciÓn sobre las opciones de transporte, mapa y cÓmo tomar parte de los eventos que ver las fechas. ademÁs, será actualizada diariamente con notificaciones sobre cambios en el sistema de transporte pÚblico y avisos para los viajeros. para mÁs informaciÓn visite la pÁgina que aparece en pantalla. allÍ podrÁ ver la guÍa. habla mÁs de un idioma - habÑar mÁs de un idioma nos abre las puertas es por eso que es importante para los hijos. marÍa: estudios recientes confirman que hablar varios idiomas ayuda a tomar decisiones correctas, racionales y drÁsticas. asimismo, ejercita mÁs el cerebro y los hace mÁs inteligentes. entonces, por quÉ no darle la oportunidad a nuestros hijos de que sean bilingües? >> en otra sociedad ser bilingüe te muchas mÁs oportunidades en todos los niveles. marÍa: le ha hablado en espaÑol a sus hijas desde que

the world bank says haiti is the poorest country in the americas and one of the poorest in the world.ighly dependent on foreign aid it will have to cope with decreasing donation in future years. more from port au prince. >> reporter: at this talk radio station in port au prince, it's all politics all the time. in a country so poor that televisions are a luxury and where more than half of all adults can't read or write, radio holds the key for politicians. >> radio is the best medium in haiti, and you have to use them with a lot of capability to have the suggestions in politics. >> running for is expensive. some haitian candidates say there is a lot of dirty money floating around. like drug money, think like this because in this election, we have this problem in haiti. >> money talks unfortunately. >> we caught up with would-benator john rannel to ask about shade this this this this. >>> culturally, we are presidentialist like, you know, it's better than parliamentary. but the parliamentarian system is inside the regime that we have right now. >> when we talked about sovereignty and ho

haiti has many problems. without political stability, the country won't attract international investment to grow its economy. the people will suffer if the political situation deteriorates. many polling places are in remote parts of the haitian countryside and must be taken to port-au-prince to be counted by hand. >> what can we expect to happen next? >> it's a long process, laura. we showed you in our story a president not allowed to run for president again, according to law, so a new president is going to have to be chosen. that will happen in the first round in october, and at the same time, the parliamentary elections will be finalized and the parliamentaries seated. there were 50 people running, so that will then have to be sorted out and the top vote getters go into another round of elections in december. there's going to be opportunities for unrest and incidents. parties are already complaining here today about incompetence at the polls, about people who are left off the list of voters who are eligible

right now winds at 45 and gusty winds with the squall over haiti and the dominican republic. we'll watch it, but the threat seems to be diminishing. i'll have the rest of our weekend forecast coming up in a few. >>> there's some new information tonight in the search for a convicted sex offender who walked away from a court ordered home visit in hyattsville yesterday. this was breaking news at the top of our newscast last night at 11:00 and tonight 49-year- old james norris, jr. is still missing. authorities are now offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to his capture. we also know a lot more about his history and just how dangerous he could be. norris is serving a 34 year sentence for a serious violent crime, first degree rape and assault. he'd been on probation and released to a state hospital after 23 years in prison, but he has not been following the rules. norris never registered as a sex offender as he is legally obligated to do. in august of 2012 he was found to be using drugs and had been arrested, both probation violations. so if you see him, please call