what can you tell me about what it feels like to be there in port-au-prince?ur apologies, we will try to get you audio going. >> hello? >> we have you now. >> i was saying for now, the streets are calm in port-au-prince and other parts of the country. but people decided mostly to stay home, to remain indoors because there was a lot of anxiety, a lot of fear about what could happen next after the assassination of the president. we are in a country, especially port-au-prince, where gangs are ruling, so there are kidnappings and assassinations every. people are afraid now that the president is dead, that the situation could become much worse in the days to come. >> you say there was already in security with the prevalence of criminal gangs and kidnappings. has that deteriorated even more? have you sensed a shift? does it feel more dangerous now on the streets? >> after the assassination, that is what the population, we have that fear. we have that fear that things can become much worse. for now, for example today, the streets are very calm today. >> how do people

that it is sending senior fbi and dhs officials to port-au-prince but has so far denied request to sendroops to haiti, those as it will increase u.s. military aid there. meanwhile unrest is growing in haiti and it's a political turmoil and the worsening economic crisis. >> politicians are fighting amongst themselves. each one is claiming power. the leaders never think of the people. they always use the people for their own interests. amy: haiti struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic as the country has yet to see a single vaccine. we will go to haiti for the latest after headlines. covid-19 cases rose in 42 u.s. states over the past week as the vaccination rate has slowed down and the more transmissible delta variant spreads. over 99% of u.s. covid deaths in in je were among unvaccinated people. the centers for disease control issued new guidelines urging schools to fully reopen in the fall but leaving major decisions in the hands of local officials. the cdc said fully vaccinated students can mostly forego mask-wearing, even when inside, but that three feet of distance between ch

marcus moore on the ground in port-au-prince. >>> back here at home, the statues of confederate generals robert e. lee and stonewall jackson removed in charlottesville. the statues at the center of that deadly rally led by white supremacists. >>> news tonight about the urgent search for a missing mother from new jersey. she and her 2-year-old son allegedly taken by the child's father. the boy found roughly 800 miles away, but no sign of his mother. >>> terrifying moments on a carnival ride in michigan. the ride apparently close to toppling over with people on board when bystanders rush in to hold it down. >>> and countdown to the history-making space flight. billionaire richard branson on the eve of his groundbreaking moment, and the message from rival jeff bezos. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on this saturday. i'm whit johnson. we begin tonight with the oppressive heat wave in the west intensifying the already critical drought. record-breaking temperatures well into the triple digits. this on the heels of already deadly heat that killed 200 people in the pacific north

through an angry crowd in port-au-prince . others were arrested after they tried to break into the taiwanese and busy in the haitian capital. nearby residents are nervous. >> [indiscernible] >> the captured men were lined up along with weapons and gear. three others were killed in a gunbattle with security forces. haitian police say the assassination early wednesday of the president in his bedroowas carried out a group of 28 foreign mercenarie twof them haitian-amerin. the rest colombian. in response to haiti's request, the united states is sending fbi agent and homeland security officials to assist in the investigation. the two patients have been identified -- the two haitians have been identified, with one claiming to be a diplomatic bodyguard. >> we are supporting diplomatic efforts on the ground and making sure we are providing resources. >> colombia is also sending senior officers to haiti. little information has come out regarding who the masterminds are and why they carried it out. not everyone on the street is convince

gang violence and kidnappings are common, especially in port-au-prince. inflation is high.ood and fuel are scarce. the most 60% of the population makes less than two dollars a day. they have suffered a series of disasters, including an earthquake in 2010 that destroyed infrastructure, a 2016 hurricane, and the coronavirus pandemic. political instability led to protesters taking to the streets recently to demand the president's resignation. for more on this, i am joined by our guests. in washington is jenna, president and ceo of the truman national security project. in new york, sam, a reporter for the haitian times. also in washington, d.c., jake, a research associate and lead author of a blog on haiti relief and construction. sam, let me start with you. who is exactly in charge in haiti right now? the interim prime minister claude joseph? because a new prime minister had been appointed a few days back but had not yet been sworn in. sam: correct. i believe he was expected to be sworn in later this week after moise was assassinated. but claude joseph, the interim prime minis

who lives in miami, but he's currently behind bars in port-au-prince.e tried to see him in jail. >> stop filming. >> reporter: in the end, no visitors allowed. sanome has long been a critic of the haitian government, recording this video in 2011. >> where is the leadership of haiti? nowhere to be found. you know why? because they're corrupt. >> reporter: haiti's chief of police says a sanome wanted to take over the government, ariving in haiti in a private jet in june, accusing him of contracting with a venezuelan security company to enlist the services of some of the 18 colombian men now under arrest. also under arrest, three americans, including a man who occasionally worked as an informant for the u.s. drug enforcement agency. >> we've got haiti, colombia, venezuela, and the united states all implicated. yes, this is an international event. >> reporter: authorities raided sanome's home in port-au-prince and say they found guns, ammunition, and shooting targets. yet questions remain. >> haitian officials themselves have described this as a multimillio

embassy in port-au-prince to beef up security, this as new questions arise about the man at the center to have the investigation. haitian police say christian emmanuel sanon a failed businessman from florida hired the 26 columnians and two haitian americans to carry out the attack with his goal to take over as president. haitian prove michele said sanon told him last month he was on a mission to replace moise, that moise would be resigning soon. but a former associate of sanon said he would never get involved in an assassination plot. >> i don't believe he has anything to do with it. i would seem to be a gentlemen with a good heart and very good intention for his country. >> reporter: well, after years of a lack of government transparency, many people here in port-au-prince say they are skeptical of the police's version of events. one haitian official in the prime minister's inner circle told me today that the f.b.i. remains on the ground here helping with the investigation, norah. >> o'donnell: all right, the mystery continues, mola lenghi. thank you. well, tonight, new evidence that

if that is indeed true, what does that tell you about what's happening in port—au—prince right now?ally, that was a process, that was in the evolving process, i should say. because the president two days before he passed away, ariel henry as the countries new prime minister and he came from the opposition ranks and that was in order to basically create a grim sort of political agreement to pave the way for the opposition to take part in in the september election. that appointment was done. mrjoseph was the caretaker prime minister and he was basically according to constitution, he was the want to take charge because he was in function when the assassination happened. but you know, the situation certainly a vault and i don't have confirmed reports of that but if it has evolved where there were several talks between the two men and between the different factions of haiti to come within acceptable political, i would say decision to put the country towards elections as soon as possible with the appointment of a new government, a new consensus government. right. what's interesting is tha

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in midday conference here in port-au-prince haiti.as claude joseph, it was joseph who offered his opinion on what he termed a miscalculation, on the part of some of the people involved in this assassination. he said, quote, the killers thought they could kill the president and force the rest of the government to flee. he said, obviously, that hasn't happened. the investigation goes on. that's where the chief of police of haiti's national police force jumped in. he said at this point, more than two dozen police officers on the island are being investigated in one way or another, as a result of this assassination. among those police officers being investigated, we're told there are some officers who were actually at the presidential residence the night of the assassination. also, haiti's national police chief saying that members of the fbi that have come here from the united states to assist in this investigation, have had a chance to at least preliminarily question some of the key suspects in this case. we are also told that the funera

this is a moment of calm, but the certain is this city, port-au-prince, and this country, could descend into chaos at any moment. tonight, many questions remain about who killed the president and why. nearly two dozen people under now arrest, two seen here, dragged by police through an angry crowd. officials parading suspects in front of the cameras along with a large cache of weapons. two are american citizens, james solages and joseph vincent. a haitian judge leading the investigation says the americans claim they were only acting as translators for the assassins. i asked acting prime minister claude joseph about their role. they said that they were only merely translators in the midst of this operation and that they were set up. is that true? >> only the investigation can tell. >> reporter: 19 suspects are from colombia. the head of the colombian police says they traveled into haiti in two teams through the dominican republican. he said they were recruited, but wouldn't say who recruited them and why. how can you be sure you have to right people? >> we do have the right people, and t

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mola lenghi is in port-au-prince. >> reporter: vincent was one of about 30 people and three living in fda that pla role presidenmo assassination. he claims he was there simply as a translator. as you mentioned, we now know he previously had ties to the u.s. government as an informant. >> dea operation, everybody stand down! >> reporter: president jovenel moise was gunned down by assail lents, claiming to be members of the dea exactly one week ago. we now one of those men, 55-year-old joseph can vincent previously worked for the dea as an informant. the drug enforcement administration denies any involvement with the assassination. mike hill has worked with informants in haiti, but he had not worked with vincent. >> these are individuals that are usually engaged in criminal activities, but we use them because they can provide very valuable information on the activities of criminal groups, the organizational hierarchy of these groups as well. >> reporter: haitian police remained focused on another florida resident they arrested, christiansen sanon who they sas a key player. and that sano

since wednesday's attack the city of port-au-prince has wrestled with returning to normal, but normal has long been deerate en like is o haveecomineasingly common. thcotrs econo a s shorta has been imidst of gas shortage and in scenes like this, people lining up for fuel because the opportunity to get gas is spontaneous this. father two of says you have to fight to find gas. helen john was on the way home from church when she saw the station was selling fuel so she stopped to fill up her two gas cans and she said she was hurt by the news of the assassination. >> this is only something you read about in the history books but now you are all living this. >> she said this is something she could have never imagined. >> we are told the u.s. teams on the ground right now assessing the interim government's requests have met with the prime minister and will brief president biden once they get back to the u.s. as the investigation into this brazen attack continues. marcus moore, abc news, port-au-prince. >> marcus, thank you. >>> former president trump is not backing down from his unproven cla

abc's marcus moore and our team in port-au-prince tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi and the department of homeland security dispatching senior officials to haiti to help investigate the brutal assassination of president jovenel moise. the country in utter turmoil. the haitian government requesting american troops to help keep the peace. the government officials here declaring a state of siege. they urged people to stay in their homes and to remain calm, and that is what we have seen here. this is a moment of calm, but the certain is that this city, port-au-prince, and this country could descend into chaos at any moment. tonight, many questions remain about who killed the president and why. nearly two dozen people now under arrest, two seen here, dragged by police through an angry crowd. officials parading suspects in front of the cameras along with a large cache of weapons. two are american citizens, james solages and joseph vincent. a haitian judge leading the investigation says the americans claim they were only acting as translators for the assassins. i asked acting prime minister c

. >> reporter: tonight, he is behind bars in port-au-prince. we tried to see him today at the jail. we're here to see sanon. but we were told to turn our camera off and that visitors weren't allowed. haiti's chief of police says sanon wanted to take over the government. that he came to haiti on a private plane in june and he had contracted with a venezuelan security company to enlist the services of some of the 19 colombian men now under arrest. authorities raided his home in port-au-prince and say they found guns, ammunition and shooting targets. but so many questions remain about sanon's alleged involvement. tonight, the flags here still at half staff, even as people start to venture out of their homes again. and while it seems that life is getting back to some bit of no there are concerns about safety. a notorious gang leader calling on his followers to take to the streets violently in protest. but the prime minister here urging people to stay calm. he is also pleading with the u.s. to send troops to help keep order. president biden so far not willing to do that. >> the people of

not in port-au-prince, but in another part of the country.ains why. >> reporter: well, we have some updates into the investigation into this assassination. a midday press conference here in port-au-prince, haiti, among those who attended were acting prime minister claude joseph as well as the chief of haiti's national police force. it was joseph who offered his opinion on what he termed a miscalculation on the part of some of the people involved in this assassination. he said, quote, the killers thought they could kill the president and force the rested of the government to flee. he said, obviously, that hasn't happened. the investigation goes on. that's where the chief of police of haiti's national police force jumped in. he said that at this point, more than two dozen police officers here on the island are being investigated in one way or another. as a result of this assassination. among those police officers being investigated, we're today, there are some officers who were actually at the presidential residence the night of the assassinati

cnn's matt rivers is live in haiti's capital port-au-prince with the latest.k us through the latest. what do we know? >> we're trying to piece together how this happened. we're not far from where this assassination took place. we know that some of the assailants come up this road behind me and they passed the police check poin to do so and they came here to this police checkpoint and got past police here and if you look down that road there, you zoom in, about 100 meters down the road, that is the beginning of the compound where the president of haiti is assassinated. arrests on street of port-au-prince on thursday after an army police operation against heavily armed mercenaries, mercenaries that authorities say are responsible for the brazen assassination of haiti's president jovenel moise early on wednesday. haitian police have detained 15 columbias and two haitians americans. those who posed at u.s. dea agency included foreign nationals. this audio circulating on social media purporting to be the time of the assassination. with men shouting they are drug en

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matt rivers, cnn, port-au-prince haiti.nchts aid groups are also sounding the alarm about escalating violence and instability in haiti. unicef estimates at least 1.5 million haitian children are in urgent need of emergency aid, including medicine, food, clean water, and so on. the agency says the rising violence is only compounding that crisis. making it more difficult for aid workers to enter and get around the country. >>> bruno mars is a unicef representative in haiti. he joins me, now, from port-au-prince. and thanks for doing so. you said -- i was reading earlier -- you said, quote, this is the worst humanitarian crisis the country has faced over the past few years. and it is deteriorating, week after week. politics aside. conditions for haitians have been appalling for years, now. how would you evaluate the current situation for the people? >> well, indeed. as you said, near -- nearly one-third of all children in haiti, at least 1.5 million children, are in need of humanitarian assistance due to the rising -- the risi

cnn's matt rivers is in port-au-prince.ter: there are so many more questions than answers at this point, fred. yes, we have this information from the haitian government about the suspects involved. what they're basically telling the public here to believe is that there were 28 foreign nationals with no haitian help, at least so far in this investigation. frankly, a lot of people are having trouble believing that. but we don't know the motive. we don't know who financed it. there are so many mysteries surrounding this assassination. haitian police wasting no time. the countrywide man hunt for the final suspects in the assassination of president jovenel moise intensifies. 48 hours after his murder, authorities release details about the suspects, some whom they claim are in this video. police say there are a total of 208 people involved in the at -- 28 people involved in the attack. three were killed. 20 are in custody, and they're looking for the other five. two are identified as haitian-americans. this audio recording that c

unicef reported that armed gangs control about a third of port- au-prince. and since the violence spiked last september, more than 18,000 people have fled their homes. moise was elected in 2016 but didn't take office until the following year. he said his five year term was supposed to end in 2022. but, his critics, including human rights groups and clergy members, insisted that his term was up this past february. earlier this year, he dissolved parliament, saying most lawmakers' terms had ended. he also forced three supreme court justices into early retirement. moise pursued sweeping constitutional changes that would incrse presidential power. he planned a vote on a referendum, as well as his replacement, in september. that election is in flux. the united states backed moise's timeline. but u.s. officials also criticized what they called his unchecked presidential power. >> this situation calls into question the core precepts of haiti's democracy. >> alcindor: but haitian human rights activists, like pierre esperance, opposedhe u.s. backing moise, as esperan

i mean, we hear gunshots almost every day in port-au-prince.e are not seeing an increase in terms of gang violence. but we don't know. we can't be suref anything. laura: thank you so much for joining us. guest: thank you. laura: in other news now, members of the european parliament approved a resolution condemning hungary for a law restricting the fictions of homosexuality. the legislation bans schools from using materials to promote homosexuality to those under 18. it also prohibits lgbtq relationships from being shown on tv before 10:00 p.m. the prime minister says the law is necessary to protect children. 15 u.s. states reached a deal with purdue pharma that would clear the way for a multibillion dollar settlement over the company's role in the country's opioid crisis. the funds would be used to prevent any future devastation. last year, produced led guilty to criminal charges related to oxycontin, which it knew was addictive. roughly half a million americans have died from overdoses. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come t

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cnn's matt rivers is live in port-au-prince with more on this. matt, what is the latest?> reporter: yeah, kate, that number of suspects detained now at 21 after a press conference last night with authorities here in port-au-prince announcing the arrest of a 63-year-old named christian emanu aellisonom. the asian government said they carried out this assassination in very vague terms. police chief in haiti said that this man wanted to seize power in some sort of way without expanding on exactly what that means. but i could tell you, that just because there was an arrest last night of a central figure, there are a lot more developments that will likely come and there are senior members of the government here in haiti who believe that there will be more arrests here on the island. >> i don't think mercenaries colombians, from the military, would just get in the country. it is obvious. just get in the country and kill the president. where did they get the cars that they are driving. how did they get into the country? there is a lot of things that doesn't make sense for foreig

jovenel moise was murdered in the hills above port—au—prince. biden adds his voice to the international condemnation. a state of emergency is now in place in the country. borisjohnson has defended his decision to delay easing the self—isolation policy a month after restrictions end, but admits he has not seen any data on the impact it will have. the taleban is continuing to take more ground in afghanistan — as government forces fight hard to repel an advance on a key provincial city. and in the next two hours it is estimated england fans will buy more than 50,000 pints a minute, as they endure the euros semi—final against denmark. haiti is a the poorest country in the western hemisphere. it's been plagued, for years by political instability and gang violence. another chapter of that sorry story, was written in the early hours of this morning, with the assassination of presidentjuvenal moeese. according to reports spanish speaking mercenaries forced their way into his home in petion ville in the hills above port au prince and shot the president d

, haiti. >> joining me from port-au-prince, haiti activist monique cleska.nk you for joining us. i understand this took place not far from your home. we have people gathering outside of the embassy with suitcases. people want to leave the country. unrest in the streets. give us a sense of the mood in the wake of what you called a nightmare. >> well, there is a sense of distress, but what i can say is it is a continuing distress. because we have been living pretty much in a state of siege, even though it was not declared, for the last three years. there have been a huge, a protest movement, and it really is a kind of social upheaval that has been going on in haiti since the huge riots were held in the july -- exactly three year ago, july 2018, when youths just took over the streets asking for jobs. asking for better health care. asking for more investments in the social issues. >> but, surely, what just happened, i mean, it's taking it to a new level. i know you wrote that a lat of the fear comes from not knowing who's behind the coup. so as we're learning mo

matt rivers is in port-au-prince.t are you learning about the immediate aftermath of the attack? >> yeah. we have a source here in port-au-prince involved with the operation to try to capture these suspects. these alleged assassins of they left the presidential residence in port-au-prince. we know from our source they were allowed to leave the residence because interestingly at the time that they left, security forces here in haiti didn't know whether the president was alive or dead. that was a question. why were they allowed to leave? they confirmed the president's assassination and set up a roadblock and forced the assailants into an empty t building. a shootout took place. the strangest part is that sometime during hostage negotiations because there was two haitian hostages inside the building. sometime during the negotiations, a group of the mercenaries actually ended up leaving that empty building and going about 100 meters up a hill to the taiwan embassy. our source believes they did it because they thought it w

over the past decades and jovenel moÏse was no differen and the people, the masses in haiti, in port-au-princeve had enough and are rising up. juan: dahoud andre, your response on the issue of kim saying you're representing more of the opposition? >> [laughter] kim ives is a joke and it is sad your giving him a platform to push this garbage. [indiscernible] someone who is responsible for all of these massacres. and despite the denunciations of the people -- of all of these poor neighborhoods who themselves they said it is jimmy cherizier -- [indiscernible] and the people in the streets on the radio station in the country and people are massacred are speaking directly about who they saw came with guns, with gasoline and fire to burn down their homes. so now to say that dahoud andre is aligned with the opposition -- [laughter] there is a former ally of kim ives and his newspaper that he owns. kim is a white man, an american. so he cannot come to this program or anywhere else and say that he is the owner, the puppetmaster of this newspaper so he is pretending -- i'm sure that amy goodman and juan

harold isaac is a journalist in port—au—prince. of president moise we were already in a massive political and constitutional crisis, and if anything that death has propelled us in a worse crisis where we have three persons claiming to be able to run the country and, as it is, this delegation, as you mentioned, is set to talk with the parties to try and perhaps find a way to resolve that crisis, but we are accustomed to crisis in haiti. yeah, quite. i mean, iwonder, does the biden team, as it comes over, do the envoys basically put themselves in a position where they will have an audience with each of these three and then decide which route to take, or is it pretty clear what the americans would want? well, honestly, at this point, we do not know. because for one, as per reports that have been going around, the delegation seems to already be here, and as for even communication for senator lambert, which is one of the parties involved in this conflict, they've met but we don't have an agenda, we don't have any communique or any sort

do we expect to see international foreign troops on the street of port—au—prince?t i think the un is thoroughly sick of haiti. they had a 13—year peacekeeping force there that got in a lot of trouble in a lot of ways — the last thing being the cholera epidemic, which the peacekeeping forces want to get entangled again. i think most outside forces don't want to get militarily amy wilentz. in a major escalation since international troops started withdrawing from afghanistan, the taliban have seized a key border crossing. islam qala is one of the biggest trade gateways into neighbouring iran, generating around $20 million a month for the afghan government. afghanistan's defence ministry says security forces are trying to recapture the site. these are momentous and deeply uncertain times in afghanistan. —— kabul�*s oldest market, one of its busiest. painters, masons, plasterers, they all come here to find a day's work. it's always been tough, but much tougher now. translation: the . foreigners are leaving. we are worried about the war. it's everywhere. people are fleei

cnn's matt rivers is in port-au-prince haiti.ow this attack unfolded. but also how the authorities caught them. walk us through it all. >> reporter: yeah, we had one key source here in haiti, jim and poppy, who has a lot of knowledge over exactly what happened in the 36 hours after this assassination took place. within that 36-hour time period, a group of 26 colomb$26 colombid mercenaries, two americans, the majority were declared dead or were detained. let's pickup our investigation with what happened after the convoy carrying that group left the presidential residence. >>> as the convoy traveled down the road, a roadblock was ready. heavily armed security forces would not let them pass without a fight. arriving and seeing they couldn't go any further, the convoy stops, part of which you can see here. our source says the suspects jumped out and saw this building across the road. they raced toward it, immediately taking the stairs to the second floor. it's in this building that these alleged mercenaries will begin defending thems

matt rivers is in port-au-prince. we're learning one of the men actually worked alongside the dea.dea employees, they would have been informants who are flipped to inform dea officers. >> reporter: right. this is exactly what we're learning. and really it is just each day that goes by, we're learning more and more incredible details. this latest reporting comes from my colleague evan perez in the u.s. who we reported last night that several of these suspects that have been detained as a result of this assassination here in haiti, have these direct links to law enforcement agencies in the u.s. as informants including at least one who worked previously as dea informant. and if you remember during the assassination, someone, one of the suspects, was outside of the presidential residence saying d dea stay back. and they recognized that no one was working on behalf of the dea involved in this asatiation. and some of the informants may have been working with the fbi. the fbi did not comment on that to cnn. but it seems that every day the links that by what happened here in the united sta

cnn's matt rivers is live in port-au-prince with this exclusive report.ome remarkable details on how this unfolded? >> reporter: we were able to spend a good chunk of time with a very key source here in port-au-prince who really took the time to walk us through in detail so much about what happened in the key 36 hours after this assassination. hours after haiti's president was assassinated, gunfire still crackled through port-au-prince. but this time it was the alleged assassins under attack. as bullets slammed into the concrete walls around the group, one fighter called his sister. he told me they were in a house under siege under fire and fighting, she added he's not a killer. just 36 hours after a group of more than two dozen colombians and two haitian americans allegedly assassinated a president, most would be detained or declared dead. this is how that happened according to a source with knowledge of the operation to track them down. night time video from around the time of the president's death quickly went viral where you could hear a suspect claim

matt rivers has been on top of the story from port-au-prince.> reporter: yeah. i think there's still a lot of questions out there, including whether this particular person is even the master mind. i don't think that we know where the end of all of this is yet, jim or poppy. it's still an ongoing situation. it was on sunday evening here in port-au-prince that authorities came out with the first press conference, first update, really, in two days, in part, to announce the arrest of christian emanuel sonom, born here in haiti. basically they're saying through working with a venezuelan security firm based in florida, he was able to get in touch and recruit 26 colombian mercenaries and two haitian americans that the government say were the ones who actually did this assassination. he orchestrated them here in the country. he organized their efforts. and when police raided his home a few days ago, sanon's home here in port-au-prince, they found lots of ammo, shooting targets. they found pistol and rifle holsters, a slue of those kind of things that le

embassy in port-au-prince asking for visas. are chronic. the assassination, just the final straw. >> matt rivers joins us now from haiti. what are haitian police saying about other possible suspects as well as the alleged florida connection? >> reporter: ander zonk up until this afternoon, no haitian national had been listed as a suspect in this assassination. it was only foreign nationals. that changed when we got word from a government source here in port-au-prince saying ten haitian nationals, citizens of haiti have been added to the list. they are actively searching for the suspects, bringing the overall number of suspects to 39 in this case. of those ten suspects three were named publicly by haitian authorities, charged with murder, attempted murder, and armed robbery, including, anderson, a former senator here in haiti. the takeaway being, this investigation, far from over. >> matt rivers, appreciate it. thanks. >>> next, the outpouring of support from for protesters in cuba. (vo) i am living with cll and i am living long

>mr mo se was shot dead during an attack on his private residence in the capital, port—au—prince.is said to be receiving treatment for wounds. details are still coming in. haiti has been racked by instability since president mo se began ruling by decree, after legislative elections due in 2018 were delayed. after legislative elections due borisjohnson said he is shocked and saddened by today's news and described the act as abhorrent and called for calm. described the act as abhorrent and called for calm. jacqueline charles, the haiti and caribbean correspondent for the miami herald, explained what we know so far. this assassination, according to the prime minister, he tended at around 1am in the morning. i've had sources tell me that it actually happened earlier. a group of unidentified assailants speaking in english and also in spanish entered the area where the president lives, it's in the hills of port—au—prince and basically you hear on one of the video is someone saying this is adea operation, dea being the us drug enforcement administration. these are not dea agents. they ar

do we expect to see international foreign troops on the street of port—au—prince?iously. but i think the un is thoroughly sick of haiti. i had a 13 year peacekeeping force there they got in a lot of trouble in a lot of ways. last thing being the cholera epidemic which the peacekeeping forces brought into haiti. so i think they don't really want to get entangled again. i think most outside forces don't want to get militarily entangled again in haiti if they could avoid it. ., ., again in haiti if they could avoid it— again in haiti if they could avoid it. ., ~ ., .,~ avoid it. thank you for making the time- _ in a major escalation since international troops started withdrawing from afghanistan, the taliban have seized a key border crossing. islam qala is one of the biggest trade gateways into neighbouring iran, generating around 20 million dollars a month for the afghan government. afghanistan's defence ministry says security forces are trying to recapture the site. from kabul, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more on the situation across afghan

matt rivers, cnn, p port-au-prince. >>> and taiwan's embassy in haiti may have been dragged into the case unwittingly. the ministry of foreign affairs told cnn that group of armed men were arrested after theyin allegedly broke into the embassy grounds on thursday. intruders were 11 mercenaries and described haitian police carrying out a search operation in order to pursue justice and reveal the truth of the assassination. it is not yet clear if the 11 suspects are part of the 28 mentioned in the news conference thursday. >>> just ahead, joe biden on the defensive, the u.s. president explains why after 20 years the time is right to bring american troops home from afghanistan. but now we're hearing of further taliban gains there. we're live with the latest developments. >>> plus tropical storm elsa is moving north and also new york is feeling its effects. we'll get the latest from our meteorologist ahead. s no need f? think again. neutrogena® makeup remover wipes remove the 30% of makeup ordinary cleansers can leave behind. your skin will thank you. neutrogena®. for people with skin. n

during the attack, she was critically injured and taken to the airport here in port-au-prince. recovered in a hospital in miami for more than one week. obviously, now feeling well enough to have returned to the island. she's a surviving witness of the attack. investigators want to hear what she has to say and so, too, do members of the public. because so many questions still surround the investigation into the assassination of president moi years. it's unclear if or when she plans to speak out publicly. she'll be attending funeral events taking place this week. some events will take place here in port-au-prince and his official funeral on friday in a town on the northern part of the island. that's where he's from and where his official funeral will take place on friday. matt rivers, cnn. >>> coming up on cnn news room, the indigenous tribe in brazil are fighting for their survival and the survival of the rain forest. how illegal mining is threatening their lives. >>> dry conditions could spark more fires in the u.s. we'll get you the latest on the weather. lay someone brainy on

matt rivers is with us now from port-au-prince.aking out if. >> reporter: she was is a survive witness, she saw presumably who killed her husband and she will be able to provide investigators should she be willing to do so some information about just who was inside the house that might and what if anything they said to her. as this investigation goes on, we know here in port-au-prince that u.s. delegation has arrived here comprising of a mix chur of fbi and homeland security. and the numbers haven't moved much since yesterday.detained, killed, another five remain at large. but even if the first lady has insights to share with investigators, it will be interesting if she has any insights into the motive, how were they allowed to come in here? and within the haitian government, there is a sense that someone inside the country had something to do with this. let me play you a sound bite. >> i don't think that colombians, military, would just get in the country. it is obvious. just get in the country and kill the president? where did th