“The grave reality of Hurricane Dorian’s devastation in the Bahamas is becoming more evident each day. Great Abaco Island is virtually uninhabitable, and there’s major destruction near Freeport and its surroundings on Grand Bahama. Government officials say 2,500 people are still unaccounted for. Stephanie Sy, the NewsHour’s new national correspondent, talks to Christy Delafield of…
“The Trump administration announced today that they will not grant temporary protected status to people from the Bahamas displaced by Hurricane Dorian. The status would allow Bahamians to work and live in the here until it’s safe to return home. The same status is currently granted to over 300,000 people living here from 10 countries,…
“While the worst of the Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement…
“Puerto Rico officially raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria last year from 64 to nearly 3,000 following the release of a study ordered by the governor of the island. This officially makes Maria one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. We get a response from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González and Randi Weingarten,…
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“Education officials in Puerto Rico announced 283 schools will remain closed this summer nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria struck. They say the hurricane has exacerbated the U.S. territory’s economic slump as families continue to depart for the mainland. Danica Coto, a reporter for the Associated Press, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what’s at stake…