let's go live now to heidi ho castro who has been following the story force from washington. so heidi, what more do we know at this point? well, he is prime minister ariel henry was on his way earlier this morning to the emergency operation center in fort worth. and he has tweeted his condolences saying there is a loss of life now. we don't have official figures yet, but there are reports from local media and on social media of, of many italy's and as you said, the us geological survey has issued a red alert saying that the likelihood of high casualties is high and that the damage is likely widespread this earthquake, which measured 7.2 by the us geological survey, hit haiti at 8 30 in the morning local time. that's about 2 and a half, excuse me, 3 and a half hours ago from, from this moment. and it's at the center was that petite. trudy neve, which is about 160 kilometers west of haiti's capital. this is again the 7.2 magnitude. many are comparing it to the earthquake that hit haiti in 2010, which was slightly smaller magnitude measured at $7.00 by the us geological survey .

there, heidi show castro will check in with you again, hopefully when we get more information for the moment. heidi ho, castro life was there in washington. d. c. well, john bellini is geophysicist at the us geological survey, national earthquake information since you joined us now from golden in colorado. thanks so much for being with us. now. i know your team has been monitoring this quake. tell us what you know about at this point. we know that we have a magnitude 7.2 for this earthquake and it is located west of port prince of farther west actually than the january 2010 earthquake, which was a little bit smaller out of magnitude 7.0. so that is definitely a positive thing with them, but because of the size and population density, there will probably be widespread damage. and what sort of damage i know information is sketchy at the moment. and this, this may be a little speculative, but give us a sense of, of the kind of damage that an earthquake like this on this magnitude could do in a country like haiti, where the infrastructure is already not particularly strong. and as we said of the top there

now, heidi ho, castro is in washington force. heidi what, how is washington reacting then to all of these developments has i'm president biden met with his national security team this morning. as, as advisors push back on criticism, calling this u. s. withdrawal a disaster. jake sullivan, the national security advisor was on nbc saying that yes, the taliban is in control on the ground. but he says that us forces are in daily communication with taliban fighters to assure that us citizens are given safe passage through the checkpoints. he said that it was up to the us military though to get those people the final few meters to the airport itself. this happening admit reports of deteriorating security around cobbles, international airport. yesterday we saw military helicopters taking those americans the final few meters as reports of now, as you said 20 some afghan civilians, including a toddler among those who have died outside the crowd. now a total evacuation numbers of why house saying 25000 americans and afghan allies have been evacuated from us. can a stand since august 14th the day be

the us geological survey. eighty's prime minister says the enormous damage of several death, heidi ho castro has moved from washington dc. it's at the center was that petite trudy need, which is about 160 kilometers west of haiti's capital. this is again, the 7.2 magnitude and many are comparing it to the earthquake that had haiti in 2010, which was slightly smaller magnitude measured at 7.0 by the us geological survey. of course, that was a devastating disaster taking the lives of somewhere between 202300000 haitians and leaving one and a half 1000000 people. homeless was taliban take city off to city in afghanistan, president of connie made his 1st public comments in days, appearing in a brief video. he said he's speaking with local leaders in international partners about how to prevent more instability and violence caught upon his capture. 3 more provincial capitals in afghanistan, taking the total to $21.00. katara, he is urging the taliban to reduce escalation and accept the ceasefire. customs foreign ministers met taliban delegation in the awful of follow up on talks being held. they'r

now heidi ho castro is in washington dc for so heidi what more we hearing about us efforts to, to get more people out of cobble have them. we know the president biden is meeting now with his national security team. earlier this morning as visors taking to the us airways speaking with press and defense of the president's actions . of the white house says $25000.00 us national and afghan allies, habit evacuated from cobble since august 14th. that was aboard u. s. military flight, as well as coalition flights. and the white house says that within the last 24 hours there have been 8000 people evacuated. now the national security advisor jake sullivan was speaking with m. b. c. news this morning saying that the u. s. is in constant contact with the taliban on the ground, assuring that they are complying with an agreement to offer us citizens safe passage to the airport through the taliban checkpoints. he said, though it was the us military's job then to get those evacuees the final step into the airport itself. and yesterday we saw the u. s. military operation using helicopters to take ame

now, heidi ho castro is in washington d. c. for us. so heidi, the administration there has been coming under a lot of criticism over the last few days of the way they've handled these evacuations from cobble. what's the latest? the hearing that has a brother boat rather than biden's advisors have been speaking to the press this morning, sharing the updated numbers of evacuation. they said 25000 us national and afghans have been evacuated. this is a board american flight, as well as coalition flights since august 14th the day before cobble fell in all in the last 24 hours. the white house says some 8000 people have been evacuated from cobble and now the president taking this latest action and activating the civil reserve air fleet, which will include 18 commercial aircraft that will be used to take those evacuees on the 2nd leg of their journey if you will, once they've left cobble on the military flights, they will then be transported to their final destinations on these civilian aircraft. and yes, the administration has been confronted

ok, well let's go live now to heidi ho castro who is covering the story force from washington. so as we had there needs report, this really couldn't come in. it was time for a t right now with all the other problems that is dealing with. what more can you tell us about what's happening there right now? why we're hearing reports more about those confirmed dead, which at this point remains at $29.00. 1 of the bodies pulled from the rubble in the city of lake high, which was near the epa center, was that of the city's mayor who also served as a national senator in haiti. apparently he was inside of a hotel when it collapsed. many of these more stories are grim and they are to come as the us geological survey has issued a red alert, meaning that more loss of life is expected and the damage is expected to be widespread. and we've seen those heartbreaking images, shared over social media coming from the south west of haiti in places that have been difficult to reach for rescuers, who have been hindered by cracks in the terrain as well as mud slides. some good news as a haiti authorit

breaking point with the number of corona bars, patients in hospitals, which in record highs. heidi ho, castro reports from baton rouge, louisiana, one of the worst effected areas. let's go to set up a little bit 62 year old bobby burdette has just emerged from the covey intensive care unit at our lady of the lake hospital in baton rouge, louisiana staff have nicknamed him there miracle patient. most havent been leaving the i see you alive. i feel really well. maam, breathing has really gotten under control. burdette was never vaccinated and says he still has no regrets. his wife also tested positive. they're part of a dramatic surgeon co good cases in louisiana. only 39 percent of the state is fully vaccinated. strictly individual policies and the governments and ain't anybody else. but there's, according to the louisiana health department, the unvaccinated make up more than 90 percent of hospitalized cove with patients. i'm a nurse, laurie douglas has been caring for them, many of whom are young and otherwise healthy. she says, most do tell her they wish they'd gotten. the vaccine is to know