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Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti
As Hurricane Matthew heads for Florida, President Obama cancelled today's campaign appearances there. From the headquarters of FEMA , he emphasized the severity of the storm and issued this warning. "Matthew could soon affect areas all across the southeast.
By Warren Olney • • 6m ListenAs Hurricane Matthew heads for Florida, President Obama cancelled today's campaign appearances there. From the headquarters of FEMA, he emphasized the severity of the storm and issued this warning. "Matthew could soon affect areas all across the southeast. So at my direction, FEMA has been on the ground in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, working with state and local officials to prepare"
The Governors of Florida and North Carolina are warning people to "prepare for the worst," but the island nation of Haiti might already have seen it. We get an update from Jacqueline Charles, who is there for the Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti, who joins us from Boston.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Sáša Woodruff
Producer, 'To the Point'
Elizabeth Segal
freelance journalist
Brian Concannon
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
The full episode
1 of 3Reality Check: Military spending and national security- 1:57Hurricane Matthew hits HaitiYou’re reading this
- 8:51Reality Check: politics and the military
- 43:39The vice-presidential candidates' debate