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>> you know, haiti is a chaotic country. every day haiti is fairly chaotic. the polling places reflected that. yes, they started late but they only started an hour late. that's not terrible. people here say haitian time. i wasn't really amazed to see the polls, the voting got going an hour late. yes, there were problems with people not being able to find where they were supposed to vote or not being on the rolls. but overall many people were coming in, voting without problems. i didn't see any violence in the ones that i visited, you know, about half a dozen polling places around the capital. i've seen pictures of some of the other ones that wer trashed but the international community, observers are saying that that was a very small number of the actual polling places that were open on election day. overall for haiti at this moment in time, things went relatively well. >> suarez: npr's jason beaubien in port-au-prince, thanks for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> ifill: >> ifill: after his arrest in portland, oregon, friday night, another young home-grown ter
>> you know, haiti is a chaotic country. every day haiti is fairly chaotic. the polling places reflected that. yes, they started late but they only started an hour late. that's not terrible. people here say haitian time. i wasn't really amazed to see the polls, the voting got going an hour late. yes, there were problems with people not being able to find where they were supposed to vote or not being on the rolls. but overall many people were coming in, voting without problems. i didn't...
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and, it first appeared in haiti shortly after the nepalese soldiers arrived. still, u.n. officials have denounced the allegations. they insist the riots are actually a ploy by opposition political groups to disrupt haiti's elections later this month. i spoke earlier today with jacqueline charles of the "miami herald," who is on the ground in port-au-prince. jacqueline, tell me what you've seen today. >> well, essentially i've been out today, and i was in a community that is outside of the capital, where they are dealing with the cholera epidemic. so as a result of this, you've had stone throwing, as people have gone in to try and remove bodies of individuals who died as a result of this disease. so we're starting to see how communities are starting to react, there's a lot of fear, a lot of apprehension about cholera. people aren't sure, they're afraid they're going to get infected. >> ifill: how did the cholera outbreak lead to rioting, what's the connection? >> they're still trying to determine whether or not there is a connection. i think we have to look at this in two
and, it first appeared in haiti shortly after the nepalese soldiers arrived. still, u.n. officials have denounced the allegations. they insist the riots are actually a ploy by opposition political groups to disrupt haiti's elections later this month. i spoke earlier today with jacqueline charles of the "miami herald," who is on the ground in port-au-prince. jacqueline, tell me what you've seen today. >> well, essentially i've been out today, and i was in a community that is...
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the good thing is that it's not taking a direct hit at haiti. if that had actually happened, this place would really be in trouble. it look like looks like it's going to pass offshore. the very southern tip of haiti might get struck directly, but it looks like the bankrupt of the country will not get a full hurricane blow from tomas. >> tell us about the efforts to get people into more store-resistant shelters. >> reporter: there have been attempts at some of the more organized camps, rows and rows of tents. it didn't go that well. if you look at the people in places behind me, they were going about their ordinary business today basically having given up saying they had nowhere to go and they weren't going to make any attempts to move in with friends and family as the government has asked them to do because if they had friends and family they could be living with they'd already be living with them. >> suarez: government representatives, we're told, have been pleading with residents to leave, but is there transportation out of port-au-prince if y
the good thing is that it's not taking a direct hit at haiti. if that had actually happened, this place would really be in trouble. it look like looks like it's going to pass offshore. the very southern tip of haiti might get struck directly, but it looks like the bankrupt of the country will not get a full hurricane blow from tomas. >> tell us about the efforts to get people into more store-resistant shelters. >> reporter: there have been attempts at some of the more organized...
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and in part this is because haiti is a very young country. the majority of the people are young here. and people are really trying to pull them in. the former first lady is very much the sort of serious candidate saying that he is 70 years old, the dean of a university. and saying that she would be the responsible one, the one who can guideç haiti throughç this incredibly tough period that is going to be coming as they really try to getgoing on the recovery from this earthquake with all the problems and now particularly the cholera situation, i know there have been some talk or some calls for delaying this election. but i ger officials there including the international community decided it was better to go ahead? >> yes, there have been calls by some of the presidential candidates themselves have called for this election to be postponed. but the international community has said no, they're saying that this is the time to do it. that postponing it would open it up to people thinking that maybe that is a politically motivated move, that the
and in part this is because haiti is a very young country. the majority of the people are young here. and people are really trying to pull them in. the former first lady is very much the sort of serious candidate saying that he is 70 years old, the dean of a university. and saying that she would be the responsible one, the one who can guideç haiti throughç this incredibly tough period that is going to be coming as they really try to getgoing on the recovery from this earthquake with all the...
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. >> ifill: from haiti, jonathan snow of "independent television news" reports on the ground, ten months after the earthquake. >> for the vast majority there is aid, not development. their emergency, more permanent by the day. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown explores political involvement rules for journalists. >> ifill: and we examine reform efforts in the nation's largest public school system, as new york city school chancellor joel klein steps down. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> opportunity is a powerful force. set it in motion, and it goes out into the world like fuel for the economy. one opportunity leading to another and another. we all have a hand in it, because opportunity can start anywhere and go everywhere. let's keep it moving. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public b
. >> ifill: from haiti, jonathan snow of "independent television news" reports on the ground, ten months after the earthquake. >> for the vast majority there is aid, not development. their emergency, more permanent by the day. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown explores political involvement rules for journalists. >> ifill: and we examine reform efforts in the nation's largest public school system, as new york city school chancellor joel klein steps down. >>...
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ifill: still to come on the "newshour": the looming currency dispute at the world economic summit; a haiti update; ethics questions for journalists and change at the top for new york city schools. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: president obama shifted his focus today to the problems of global economic recovery. he did so hours after concluding his latest appeal to the muslim world. the president's asian tour took him this evening to south korea for a major summit on world economic problems. the gathering of 20 nations formally convenes tomorrow. mr. obama arrived in seoul after a strikingly personal address to more than 6,000 university students in jakarta, indonesia. he spent four years there as a child, and he began today by saying, "indonesia is a part of me..." >> i first came to this country when my mother married an indonesian named lolo soetoro. and as a young boy i was... as a young boy i was coming to a different world. but the people of indonesia quickly made me feel at home. and while my stepfather, like most i
ifill: still to come on the "newshour": the looming currency dispute at the world economic summit; a haiti update; ethics questions for journalists and change at the top for new york city schools. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: president obama shifted his focus today to the problems of global economic recovery. he did so hours after concluding his latest appeal to the muslim world. the president's asian tour...
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peacekeepers from nepal brought the cholera into haiti. in washington, state department spokesman p.j. crowley acknowledged the heightened tensions. >> clearly concerns are on the raise, frustration is on the rise. we understand that. you know, the number of, you know, cases continues to rise. the number of hospitalizations, you know, continues to rise. there is obviously an investigation going on to try the determine the source of the outbreak. as far as i know that investigation is ongoing and has not reached any conclusions. >> holman: haiti's ministry of health has reported nearly 17,000 cases of cholera in the country. the bacterial strain is identical to one native to south asia. afghan president hamid karzai pleaded with insurgents again today to abandon violence and accept offers of reconciliation. his latest appeal marked the muslim holiday of eid al adha, or feast of sacrifice. karzai spoke a day after the leader of the taliban, mullah omar, declared his fighters will step up operations. and insurgent attacks killed two more nato
peacekeepers from nepal brought the cholera into haiti. in washington, state department spokesman p.j. crowley acknowledged the heightened tensions. >> clearly concerns are on the raise, frustration is on the rise. we understand that. you know, the number of, you know, cases continues to rise. the number of hospitalizations, you know, continues to rise. there is obviously an investigation going on to try the determine the source of the outbreak. as far as i know that investigation is...
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hundreds of protesters in haiti accused u.n. peacekeepers today of starting the cholera outbreak. crowds in cap haitien hurled rocks and threatened to set fire to a major u.n. base. cholera had never appeared in haiti until recently, but the epidemic has killed more than 900 people. it started near a base housing u.n. troops from nepal, where cholera has also been active lately. in indonesia, thousands of people returned to their villages near the mount merapi volcano after it calmed somewhat in recent days. many found their homes and crops blanketed in thick ash. in all, nearly 400,000 people have fled the volcano since this round of major eruptions three weeks ago. some 260 have been killed. the secretary of homeland security defended new airport screening measures today. janet napolitano said body scanners used at airports are safe and the images are viewed in private. opponents have complained they're far too revealing, and may pose a radiation risk. those who opt out of the scans are subject to full-body pat- downs. napolitano said the searches are both professional and neces
hundreds of protesters in haiti accused u.n. peacekeepers today of starting the cholera outbreak. crowds in cap haitien hurled rocks and threatened to set fire to a major u.n. base. cholera had never appeared in haiti until recently, but the epidemic has killed more than 900 people. it started near a base housing u.n. troops from nepal, where cholera has also been active lately. in indonesia, thousands of people returned to their villages near the mount merapi volcano after it calmed somewhat...
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hurricane tomas spared western haiti a direct hit today. but heavy rain from the storm brought new misery, and a new threat of disease, to survivors of january's earthquake. jon snow of independent television news has this report. >> the clouds, hurricane safely offshore. not another natural disaster but another day in haiti's evolving agony. so delicate is her ecological imbag-- imbalance here that even this ramps up the threat of something you cannot see. a mass life-threatening epidemic in a country that had not seen cholera in six decades. what has happened as a result of the tropical rains is the stoking of the highways by which cholera is spread. spontaneous water courses, cascading through refuse strewn waterfalls then to stand in roadways to be stirred by passing traffic. finally to swell the rivers, threatening productive farmland and worse, bearing at speed straight to the population with little other means of waste disposal. this is the construct of disease, vial polluted waters, filth on the riverbanks, working through t the dre
hurricane tomas spared western haiti a direct hit today. but heavy rain from the storm brought new misery, and a new threat of disease, to survivors of january's earthquake. jon snow of independent television news has this report. >> the clouds, hurricane safely offshore. not another natural disaster but another day in haiti's evolving agony. so delicate is her ecological imbag-- imbalance here that even this ramps up the threat of something you cannot see. a mass life-threatening...
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appealed today for $164 million to contain the cholera outbreak in haiti. so far, the disease has killed at least 724 people, and it is expected to continue spreading. aid groups have set up temporary hospitals as demand for treatment mushrooms. officials have confirmed more than 11,000 cases since last month. a former tennessee college student has been sentenced to serve a year and a day for hacking into sarah palin's email account. it happened in 2008 when palin was the republican nominee for vice president. david kernell told prosecutors he was looking for something to derail her campaign, but found nothing. a federal judge recommended he serve his time in a halfway house, not in prison. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: and we turn again to the g-20 summit and to judy woodruff. >> woodruff: to discuss the take-aways of the meetings, we're joined once more by eswar prasad, a professor of trade policy at cornell university. he's also a senior fellow at the brookings institution and a former economist at the internatio
appealed today for $164 million to contain the cholera outbreak in haiti. so far, the disease has killed at least 724 people, and it is expected to continue spreading. aid groups have set up temporary hospitals as demand for treatment mushrooms. officials have confirmed more than 11,000 cases since last month. a former tennessee college student has been sentenced to serve a year and a day for hacking into sarah palin's email account. it happened in 2008 when palin was the republican nominee for...