Additional US Marines have been deployed to help secure embassy in Haiti

another team of US Marines has been deployed to Haiti to provide additional security at the US Embassy in PTO Prince this development comes as Regional leaders are working to help Haitians install a transitional Council right now following the resignation of prime minister Ariel enri but violent gangs that largely control the capital right now say they want to see a seat at the table they actually want a seat at the table the council would also appoint an interim leader who would help steer the

country towards fresh presidential elections CBS News miam ter horn joins us now with the challenges that lie ahead Terry good morning yeah and good morning and there are a lot of those challenges this morning we are hearing from us Southern command who says the US Embassy in Haiti is still open but operations there are limited mainly to help out US citizens who are in Haiti right now but as you can imagine and as we've been seeing now for weeks if not months the situation in Haiti very desperat

e leaving Haitians there in fear and many South Florida worried about their loved ones the prime minister of Haiti stepping down after mounting pressure from the United States Secretary of State Anthony blinkin met with Caribbean leaders in an emergency meeting Monday they announced they will help form a special Council to pick an interterm leader the goal to stabilize the country long enough to hold presidential elections something that hasn't happened since 2016 but Haitian gang leaders say th

ey won't recognize the new government for months the country has been rocked by gang violence their leader jimy barbecue shazir says the country will remain in chaos if the people are left out of the process we Haitians have to decide who is going to lead the country he says and what model of government we want the turmoil has left nearly 12200 people dead 700 more injured I don't know exactly how much time we have left to have some more Foods you know thanks for getting day after day is more di

fficult the state department forced to evacuate non-essential Personnel but for some Americans there is no way out we've contacted agencies to extract us they have just said it's way too dangerous where you are you have to stay put back here at home families worried about their loved ones stuck on the island or not wanting to leave their home miate county mayor sending a letter to President Biden asking for help it's just an untenable situation so a lot of questions this morning about what's nex

t for Haiti and a lot on the mines as you can imagine of Haitian Americans especially the ones here in South Florida because we're so close so coming up in our next hour of news we'll talk about the local efforts to help out Haiti but right now those efforts are at a standell we'll tell you how locals are still pitching in to get that help much needed to the plagued country this morning we're live in Miami Terry hornstein CBS News Miami