The people of Haiti are struggling to recover from a series of tragedies. Two weeks ago, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the island, before being battered by Tropical Depression Grace. More than 2,000 people are dead and hundreds are still missing. Before that one-two punch, Haiti still had not recovered from the last decade’s disasters, including the devastating 2010 earthquake, three hurricanes, and the recent assassination of its president. We hear from Lavarice Gaudin who is working around the clock to help his fellow disaster victims.
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The debate over vaccine passports is often based on emotion rather than fact. But they are nothing new. Proof of vaccination is needed for overseas travel, certain health care jobs, as well as entry into schools and daycares. The yellow card was introduced in 1959. Travelers needed them to visit countries where they could be exposed to yellow fever, cholera or rubella. When the smallpox epidemic hit the U.S. in 1899, the hardest hit states put vaccine mandates in place. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong is an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School. He studies the impact of vaccine passports to fight the evolving coronavirus.
Twenty years ago, Afghanistan was ruled by an extreme version of Sharia law. Women could not work, and girls were banned from schools. The Taliban has promised women’s rights will be observed within “Islamic Law.” But not even a week after capturing the capital city of Kabul, there are already reports of the Taliban reinstating repressive policies. Zainab Salbi is the founder of the Women for Women International. Soledad O’Brien talks to her about what a return to oppressive rules could mean.
The world is watching as the Taliban takes over Afghanistan. Fear of the Taliban and a return to repressive policies has a tight grip on those inside and outside the country. Correspondent Jessica Gomez spent part of the week with an Afghan community in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she met a man who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. coalition forces and says America must protect those who helped them.
This week, a look at the growing tension between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. We follow a COVID survivor who is going door-to-door to get her Chicago community vaccinated. Soledad also talks to Dr. Laura Murray, a clinical psychologist at Johns Hopkins University, about the psychology behind vaccine hesitancy. Plus, a dire warning about climate change. We talk to Dr. Jessica Tierney, a lead author of the U.N.’s new report on global warming. And, Jessica Gomez shows us a new way to train workers for the skills employers are looking for.
Right now, the U.S. job market is hot. The Labor Department reports U.S. employers posted more than 10 million job openings at the end of June. That’s after hiring more than 6 million workers during the same month. But while demand might be high, there’s a gap in how many potential employees are trained to do the work. Correspondent Jessica Gomez shows us an innovative approach to helping workers learn the skills to match the jobs.
Hundreds of climate scientists are sounding the alarm bell with a new landmark report on climate change. According to the report released by the U.N., heat waves, wildfires, flooding, and droughts are all ramping up. Scientists also say governments need to act fast. Dr. Jessica Tierney, an associate professor at the University of Arizona, is a lead author of that report and studies paleo-climatology, the study of past climates. Soledad talks to her about what we could be facing in the near future.
Just under 60 percent of the U.S. is vaccinated against COVID-19. Of the adults that are unvaccinated, many are adamant that they will never get the shot. Others say they want to “wait and see” before making a decision. Soledad O’Brien talks to behavioral health expert Dr. Laura Murray. She’s a clinical psychologist and senior scientist at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.