so i had rahman is the advocacy and communications director for the international rescue committee of gaston and cobble and she gave us this update. well, it is an absolutely devastating situation that we are seeing unraveling and practical hostem. as was mentioned in the report earlier, these are some of the most underserved and impoverished communities in the country . they're extremely remote with poor infrastructure as people do not have the economic means to build proper housing. most in these areas live in mud homes that could not handle the massive jolt that they received last night. and i've mentioned the death toll is ex, has already exceeded a 1000 with scores more injured. and initial estimates are that 1800 homes have been destroyed or damaged. i do to, you know, the remote nature of the areas in which the largest impact is we are expecting that this figure will rise. has your organization been given access to the region? yes, we all have deployed mobile health teams to districts affected in a whole host province to, to provide emergency medical relief. we're also sending

a grim picture, your painting there somewhere aside from one of the international rescue committee . thank you so much for your time. termini will quote do justice to its responsibilities. that is, the message from german chancellor will have shots who use an address to the countries parliament to re stay germany's commitment to supporting ukraine and other international allies. in a wide ranging speech shows said the un nato had joined forces like never before, to fight against russian imperialism. he said germany knew from its history, that alliances were important and that germany was a reliable partner. in the gruesome zip codes, please. oh, in the biggest security children's in europe for decade, germany as the most densely populated and largest country in the use, doing justice to its responsibility. taking responsibility, not just for its own security, but also that of its allies. it 2 weeks ago when i was in the baltic states, i made it clear that an attack on the baltic states would be an attack on all of us under hawkins. and i asked the w as chief political editor, we had

lozano who is the acting vice president for global policy and advocacy for the international rescue committee and she has previously served in multiple roles with the u.s. government including as director for strategic planning of the national security council that is policy planning director for the secretary of the state. and we are joined by mr. peebles, who is the director for ukraine for save the children become a mr. walsh has extensive career working in areas of conflict and save the children and previously served as country director in south sudan and in tanzania and forth we have, mr. edward graham, the vice president of the operations for samaritans purse, and is joined in 2019 and after a 16 year long career, the niceties army i don't think him for servo our country as well witnesses will be a new to this so that we can swear you in. >> would you all please raise hand us any swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is a true, the whole truth and nothing buto te truth, so help you god. and very good and let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative an

a grim picture, your painting there, samira sy, at roman of the international rescue committee. thank you so much for your time. and the earthquake could be felt hundreds of kilometers away for more on why this happened. where and how it did. i can now welcome the best stevens from our science department but but give us the bigger picture. how common are earthquakes in afghanistan? so in the area around peg, tito has seen about 50 in the last 5 years. but in terms of earthquakes of this magnitude, they're relatively rare in afghanistan. there's only been 5 in the last decade that have actually been a similar or stronger magnitude is worth bearing in mind. the region around afghanistan is 2nd only to the ring of fire in the pacific in terms of the most seismically active areas in the world. so that means that yes of quite a common and why has this earthquake happened in practica? so the earth's crust is divided into that, it out to shall, is divided into tectonic tapes. they're moving all the time, and sometimes they get stuck on when they do, there's a build up of tension. and w

a grim picture, your painting there somewhere aside from one of the international rescue committee . thank you so much for your time. thank you. saudi arabia's crown friends mohammed been some on is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the killing of a saudi journalist plunged relations between the 2 countries into crisis. the crown prince has been meeting turkish president ridge of type ardon in ankara, following a trip by ardon to re on in april. both sides say they are keen to mend ties that have been strained since journal is jamal. cal shoji was killed in the saudi consulate in is symbol in 2018. i am comma is head of the middle east research team at your age, a group of political risk consultancy, and joins me now. welcome good to see you. after the group killing of kush oak g turkish president, or was one of the fiercest critics of the saudi crown prince. today, they're both sitting in ur dawn's palace over dinner. why they're rap rushman that i think they have done here is let bygones be bygones. and the strategic interests mean that there has to be some form of normalizati

i was speaking to the international rescue committee. they have a deployed local medical organizations, local medical teams to try and respond there. they are on their way. they are also sending cash assistance programs that are on their way from cobble. but the biggest issue right now is how to get to these locations because they're further away from the provincial capitals. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in southern china by floods and land slides monsoon reins of a heavier scene in the region. for 60 years. at least 5 people have been killed. bangladesh and india also struggling with rising flood waters. 100000 people have been evacuated in bangladesh is northeast, and tens of thousands more people have been moved to safety in india is a psalm state. election officials have told us congressional panels. they were pressured by former president donald trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. there were testifying the false hearing by a committee investigating last year's attack on capital hill across part

the international rescue committee office said it will be part of resettlement for refugees. >> the goal is to get people to permanent housing as soon as possible, and depending on inventory, that can take up to three months. >> the school was able to make space partially due to fewer students on campus due to their new hybrid learning model. >>> the private family struggle, alex smith speaks out about his six-year-old daughters help battle, and the emergency surgery helping her on the road to recovery. >> and now california's largest lumber provider is closing all of its privately owned forest lands as of july 1st. they owe nearly 2 million acres of land across northern california and the sierra in the past it would stay open for recreational use during the summer, but those policies have been dialed back over the past few years due to fire danger. so far no >>> former 49ers quarterback alex smith is opening up about his young daughters where malignant brain tumor. the recent 10 hour surgery that saved her life did share photos on instagram of his six-year- old daughter, sloan. he said

she's with the international rescue committee, joining us tonight from kabul.nk you for your time. samira: thank you for having me. judy: attorney general merrick garland traveled to ukraine this week to discuss u.s. efforts to help prosecute russian war criminals. ukrainian authorities say they are investigating more than 15,000 possible war crimes committed by russia since the country invaded in february. the u.s. and european countries are also supporting an international criminal court investigation. nick schifrin talks to the icc prosecutor about the pursuit of justice. nick: the horrors of a horrific war, more than 1000 ukrainians in bucha bound and executed by russian soldiers buried in a mass grave, a theater in mariupol destroyed by a direct russian strike, as hundreds of women and children hid inside. outside, their city obliterated, many residents forcibly deported into russia. kyiv has already found a russian soldier guilty of killing a ukrainian citizen and sentenced him to life. but russian war crimes are widespread and include the killing, tortur

joining me now is a communication and advocacy coordinator for the international rescue committee and. welcome to the "nehour." and thank you for joining us. let's start with what we know. what have you been able to learn about the extent of the devastation, how many people have been injured or killed? what are you hearing right now? >> what i'm hearing from the ground is that it is an absolutely devastating situation, upwards of 1000 people killed, scores more injured. we hear that 1800 homes have been destroyed as a result of this earthquake that took place in the middle of the night. these areas that are most affected are some of the poorest and most remote areas in the country. they lack the appropriate infrastructure. people do not have the economic means to build proper housing. and as a result, most of these areas had mud homes that have basically been razed to the ground. amna: you mentioned this happened in the middle of the night, meaning people were at home sleeping when this ppened. >> yes. people were in their, in their beds, in their homes. it was around 2:00 a.m. we fel

they've partnered with every campus rescues in the international rescue committee for this pilot program. of 236 refugees will be given temporary housing on campus. school leaders say it puts social justice into action. they say housing is the hardest part of resettlement for refugees. >> temporary housing a bit longer. now are going back to a bit of a baseline about a month or so. depending on inventory can take up to three months. >> they can do this because there are fewer students on campus. >>> the g7 summit began in germany today. members of canada, germany, france, italy and japan gather in the alps. the focus is on the economy, climate concerns and the war in ukraine. president biden outline plans for a massive global infrastructure investment. the u.s. has pledged $200 billion in public and private capital over the next five years. >> developing countries lack central infrastructure to navigate shocks like a pandemic. they feel the impacts more acutely. they also have harder times recovering. that is not just a humanitarian concern. there are dozens of related projects underway

we know that the international rescue committee has started some efforts in terms of mobile health care and terms of trying to bring cash to the community. there's another young start up out of the united states called the i c lap, which is also hoping to begin distribution today or tomorrow. so there definitely are efforts, but it doesn't seem to be enough as of yet because one major issue yesterday was the inclement weather. which created road blocks which made it very difficult for the agencies to reach the area. and today here being at the patio regional hospital, we've seen that even though this is a regional hospital where patients from 3 for different provinces. it's still lack, very important resources for instance, they don't have a helicopter. so when patients come from pack the car here, if they're in bad condition, they have to send them to cobble because they don't have proper emergency services or head injury treatment. they have to send them to cobble by road, and we spoke to a doctor who said, that is of course, very dangerous because you're sending someone in critical c

we know that the international rescue committee has started deploying more mobile medical units, but the assistance is still slow to come. we're currently at the army corps. and here on the tarmac is where helicopters will land and transport, the injured 2 ambulances that will then take them to the regional hospital here. but once we get to the regional hospital here, it's another issue in the hospital, doesn't have proper emergency equipment. and it may not be able to treat head to injuries. and so in that case, they will have to go by land to the city of kabul, which is another 4 or 5 hours away. so again, it shows sort of in this disaster setting, the kinds of shortcomings with which government is currently operating, extremely urgent. you know, we were talking to a pilot earlier who was piloting one of the aircraft. and he was saying that when he lands unpacked the call, you know, hundreds of people just swarm towards the helicopter, trying to get their think an injured on board. trying to get attention trying to get out and get to a better hospital as much as much possible. and

according to the international rescue committee, the organization was this number will only rise up by 6000000 more people if prices for grain continue to mount. member of the africa humanitarian action organisation says that there is no reason to follow washington's orders. if doing so, could exacerbates the continents hunger crisis. i don't think is appropriate for anybody to say last week. i'm not biased from anywhere when 1000000 stop now stuttering, and therefore it's very important that we get the food as soon as possible before dying. and it's very important that most often countries including south africa question the show of why they should support any initiative from any other side of it is an online competence. and therefore, it's very important that africa keeps. this goes open with any country in the world . this is very important source for africa because we have a lot of people here. we have climate change in our lives and now have a 1000000 droughts, not happening in many parts of africa. simply, we cannot make the peace of africa holmes in this great on the happening,

we know that the international rescue committee has started some efforts in terms of mobile health care and terms of trying to bring cash in to the community. there's another young start up out of the united states called the i c lap, which is also hoping to begin distribution today or tomorrow. so there definitely are efforts, but it doesn't seem to be enough as of yet because one major issue yesterday was the inclement weather. which created roadblocks which made it very difficult for the agencies to reach the area for you and special rapid says more must be done to stop me in mom's humanitarian crisis and help refugees. tom andrews accused, the military johnson was took power and a crew last year of war crimes and crimes against humanity. thousands of indigenous protesters of march through aqueduct, capital, quito, and the 10th day of the nation wide strike demanding lower prices for fuel and food . the final reports in to so called states capture scandal has criticize president, so around the pose of not doing enough to stop years of corruption. the judicial commission investigated

afghan family is being placed on campus through the international rescue committee. and an office in san jose and oakland are sending those families to us and we have four of them at the moment. it sounds like more coming, right? can you tell us what their profiles are are these individuals who had worked with the us closely? these are individuals who worked with the us government and are in danger if they remain in their own country, so we are delighted to be able to offer them sanctuary. this program is an expression of ndnu's values in action. so we're very honored to be able to help this families out to provide some comfortable housing for them while they resettle and it's an honor for us and the town. i'm just curious where they might have been since of last summer when us troops pulled out of the country like did they just recently get out of the country or had they been here for a while but just elsewhere? most of them have been here for a while elsewhere on military bases where they all of them have been. checked out physically, they've been background checke

according to the international rescue committee, the organization warns this number will only rise by 6000000 more people with prices for grain continue to mount. a member of the africa humanitarian action organisation says there is no reason to follow washington's orders. if doing so, could exacerbate the continents hunger crisis, i don't think is appropriate for anybody to last week and not the buyers from, from anywhere when millions are starving. and therefore it's very important that we get the food as soon as possible before we start. and it's very important that most often countries including south africa question the show of why they should support any initiative from any other side of it. that is an online company. and therefore it's very important that africa keeps it open with any country in the world. this is very important source for africa because we have a lot of people here. we have climate change in our lives and now have a major drought, not happening in many parts of africa. simply, we cannot make the people who are africa, phones in this great, all that's happening

it comes from mark k who's from the international rescue committee. this is what he told us a little bit earlier, isn't just a problem. it may be as making. and we are a global community and we need to be doing more to ensure that this group are, are supported term and that can be seen, you know, with the e. u and other states are doing more to reset all of these people who are increasingly vulnerable in libya. i would also love to see the you do more to ensure the proper search and rescue missions are occurring in the central med to prevent further completely prevent loss of life. i'm going to leave our conversation there. steve, have a look up my laptop. everybody. i want you to see the report for madison some frontier thats doctors without borders right here on my laptop. so you can go and check it out yourself, which is remind you what it is called out of libya, opening safe pathways for vulnerable migrant start in libya. the you and hcr has actually just recently flown out, migrants from libya for a safe corridor. so some action is happening. ste

during these hearings, such organizations as doctors without borders, the international rescue committeeso save our children were present today, and they spoke directly about what exactly needs to be done to help ee in the process of humanitarian aid and for ukraine both at the international level and at the level of the united states of america and one of these speakers was jose andreas, the head and founder of the world centl kitchen, which is currently leading a large-scale assistance program for the provision of food and nutrition in ukraine and he directly stated that he does not see the sense in the fact that the united states of america provides products directly to him in ukraine, that the united states of america should do this by sponsoring the restoration of factories in ukraine , the restoration of the restoration of the work of marketing markets in ukraine, in order to get rid of this problem as such, i propose to listen a fragment of his speech just now that the world food program is importing food to ukraine and at the same time they are saying that we need to find ways to

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such as world central kitchen, doctors without borders, save the children, the international rescue committee and samaritans purse, aid is fortunately making its way into ukraine. that task is complicated, however, and made more dangerous by indiscriminate violence and selling of civilian areas and key infrastructure. and as russia shifts objectives towards eastern ukraine, the international humanitarian community may only be beginning to understand the full extent of destruction that the military has left in its week. and the deteriorating conditions in ukraine have had a compounding impact on ukrainian women and girls who face heightened sexual exploitation and conflict-related gender based violence. and i went to poeland, ukrainian and poeland and ukrainian points for assistance to ukraine and observed firsthand the generosity of the polish, moll maldovan people and the assistance from the international community our ability to provide relief and support services for the people of ukraine may soon reach capacity. our delegation also visited a world central kitchen relief site located near

i was speaking to the international rescue committee. they have a deployed local medical organizations, local medical teams to try and respond there. they are on their way. they are also sending cash assistance programs that are on their way from cobble. but the biggest issue right now is how to get to these locations because they're further away from the provincial capital. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in southern china by floods and landslides, monsoon reins of a heaviest seed in the region for 60 years. 4 provinces have been effected, at least 5 people have been killed. cruise moving people now to higher ground bangladesh and india are also struggling with rising flood waters. 100000 people have been evacuated in bangladesh, is northeast and tens of thousands more people. if you move to safety in india's state election officials testifying before the us congress say they were pressured by former president, donald trump, to overturn the result of the 2020 election. it was testifying at the 4th hearing by a house

so for in, since i was speaking to the international rescue committee, they have sent mobile medical units from nearby areas. and so that's how they were able to respond fairly quickly that they had teams already impact yon tactic on and host who could be deployed before the roads got really bad. ah, they're also starting sort of cash assistance programs, but that has been a leave from kabul. and again, even as i said earlier, the fla flight that we were supposed to try and be on was with the ministry of public health. so that's gonna again affect how much of the government surfaces care services can reach their right away. so the organizations that already had some kind of a footprint in the nearby area and the surrounding provinces and districts, they are the ones that will be able to respond fairly quickly and then hopefully be able to get us more and more information as the day goes along, all right, thanks so much i'll, samantha malt is chief of communications advocacy and civic engagement. unicef, she says, people in the disasters own are in desperate need of aid. patricia is s

we're speaking to the international rescue committee, they have a deployed local medical organizations, local medical teams to try and respond to their they are on their way. they are also sending cash assistance programs that are on their way from cobble. but the biggest issue right now is how to get to these locations because they're further away from the provincial capitals. and the road conditions can be difficult. there has been raining that has been flooding over the last few days. in some problems there's even been snow. so really, the issue is how long it's going to take for them to get there, to give their information and to get the proper assistance back. but they haven't deploying local health groups. they have been deploying cash assistance program. they've been in contact with the government, they've been in contact with other agencies, so they're rallying support. but it's just a matter of getting there at this moment. the issue is that right now, aircraft is limited and they, they've been sent out. they don't know how many more they can send out today. so the 1st line of

we know that the international rescue committee has started some efforts in terms of mobile health care and terms of tried to bring cash to the community. there's another young start up out of the united states called the i c lap, which is also hoping to begin distribution today or tomorrow. so there definitely are efforts, but it doesn't seem to be enough as of yet because one major issue yesterday was the inclement weather. which created road blocks is made a very difficult for the agencies to reach the area. now the final result in the south africa, so called states capture scans on present. so run the poser didn't do enough to stop years of corruption. the 3 year judicial commission investigated a string of allegations against his predecessor, jacob zoom. a ram opposed to served as a deputy between 20142019 british. foreign secretary lives trust is in turkey to discuss ways to free up ukraine's black. c ports to allow grain to be shipped out. she says the global grain crisis is urgent and needs to be solved within the next month. millions of people are stranded in ne india and bangl

we had more breathalyzers and captain also attended the marine rescue committee and refresher class and we continue the final background investigation for the 130th class. we had 120 service request and 110 of those records were completed. our team has moved into their new headquarters which is former station 49. that tenant project is expected to be completed in july. we had the last two of our type two pumpers and our clothing is expect be in mid-july. and now we get to the feel good section of my report with lots of pictures. our big hero when it comes to facilities. and if you look real close we have 50 new bodies there ready to go into the field. and if you look really really close, you can see the chief in the middle. we also congratulated who just completed their 240 hours and beginning on june 25th, the community paramedics are working on the crisis response teams. we had chief respond joe, this is sort of a sign of our times where we have late badge pinings with people who had covid during the ceremony. we also had chief nickelson here. with a lot of our lgbtq leaders and the m

the international rescue committee joins me with an urgent plea to help the staggering 100 million peopleus, a chilling wave of journalist murders in mexico.

humanitarian organization is just world central kitchen, doctors without borders, international rescue committee and samaritan's purse aid is fortunately making its way into ukraine. that task iso complicated howevr and made more dangerous by indiscriminate violence and shelling of civilian areas in key infrastructure infrastructure as russia steps up military objectives toward ukrainerd the international humanitarian community may only be beginning to understand the full extent of destruction and suffering the russian military has left in their wake. the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in ukraine have also had a compounding impact on ukraine women and girls who face a heightened risk of exploitation and conflict related and gender-based violence. in march a heavy honor to lead a bipartisan delegation to poland romania and moldova and multiple ukrainian border points to conduct oversight of the delivery of u.s. and international security and humanitarian assistance to ukraine. we had the opportunity to observe first-hand the generosity of the polish romanian moldova and people who have wel

oakland international rescue committee office said that housing is the hardest part of the resettlement for refugees. the school was able to make that space, partly due or to fewer students on campus due to the new hybrid learning model. >>> trending for you this morning, a one in 1 million miracle pregnancy for a massachusetts woman. >> it is actually one in 70 million. earlier this year, 30-year-old ashley discovered she was expecting. two weeks later the ultrasound revealed she was having not just one set of twins, but two. identical twins, two boys and two girls. they have already named the two pairs, chesley and chasson for the girls and chance and chest and for the boys. i think she should pick other than c names because you have to mark everything and keep it all straight. she is due in early august. that is coming from a mom of multiples. >> and, she always told her she already has four kids. so, eight is enough. >> hopefully, the other kids will be able to help out. and the babies formula shortage is coming to an end. >>> we want to take a look at the forecast. no matter how ma

we know that the international rescue committee has started deploying more mobile medical units. but the assistance is still slow to come. we're currently at the pack the army corps. and here on the tarmac is where helicopters will land and transport, the injured 2 ambulances that will then take them to the regional hospital here. but once they get to the regional hospital here, it's another issue in the hospital doesn't have proper emergency equipment and it may not be able to treat head injuries. and so in that case, they will have to go by land to the city of kabul, which is another 4 or 5 hours away. so again, it shows sort of in this disaster setting, the kinds of shortcomings with which government is currently operating, extremely urgent. you know, we were talking to a pilot earlier who was piloting one of the aircraft. and he was saying that when he land unpacked the call, you know, hundreds of people just warm towards the helicopter, trying to get there thinking injured on board. trying to get attention trying to get out and get to a better hospital as much as much as pos

catanzano, in a report released last month the international rescue committee wrote that the war in ukraine has highlighted the failure of the international community to anticipate and respond to crises and fulfill basic needs, of communities in crisis. can you elaborate further about what irc meant i that? >> i'm happy to respond to the question. when we work around the world, we are seeing that we've been in these places in some cases 20 or 25 years. these are emergencies. these are not events that happen overnight and we are providing services so many years later. as i mentioned i believe in my statement, it's wonderful to see the outpouring of support to the crisis inside ukraine and to see the funding level so high. but it's also disheartening to look across rest of the world and see funding levels so low . while the response in ukraine is funded almost 3/4 of the way only three months into this crisis, the rest of the world is looking at you manage and response plans that are funded less than 20%. these are places with communities and people wish is people, which is only being exacerb

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